National Compensation Survey: 

Occupational Wages in the 

United States, June 2005 

Supplementary Tables 

U.S. Department of Labor 

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner 

July 2006 
Table of Contents 

 Page 

 Supplementary tables: 

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

 all workers, National Compensation Survey, June 2005 ............................................................. 1 

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

 full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, June 2005 ..................................................... 10 

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

 part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, June 2005 ..................................................... 19 

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

 all workers, National Compensation Survey, June 2005 ............................................................. 24 

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

 full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, June 2005 ..................................................... 33 

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

 part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, June 2005 ..................................................... 42 

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

 all workers, National Compensation Survey, June 2005 .............................................................. 46 

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

 full-time workers, National Compensation Survey, June 2005 ...................................................... 52 

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

 part-time workers, National Compensation Survey, June 2005 ..................................................... 57 

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

 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, June 2005 ................. 60 

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

 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, June 2005 ................ 73 
SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 June 2005

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $18.62 1.0 $7.50 $10.00 $14.96 $23.08 $33.66

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 18.95 1.1 7.75 10.35 15.25 23.66 34.02

White collar .................................................................................. 22.96 .9 9.00 12.31 18.55 28.86 41.77

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 24.59 1.0 10.48 13.91 20.35 30.63 43.33

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 30.24 1.2 14.67 20.00 27.14 36.53 48.08

Professional specialty ............................................................ 32.50 1.2 16.90 22.57 29.71 39.21 50.42

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 36.38 1.2 23.61 28.38 34.40 42.47 51.63

Architects ....................................................................... 30.23 7.0 19.79 23.08 27.90 34.62 44.08

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 42.33 8.0 23.34 30.95 42.98 52.36 59.55

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 33.20 5.9 25.00 27.59 29.85 34.89 50.65

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 43.16 16.1 26.14 32.25 36.06 55.94 65.19

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 35.76 8.7 26.44 29.10 29.47 44.85 47.79

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 39.93 5.7 31.73 34.23 38.65 44.07 50.30

Civil engineers ............................................................... 32.49 3.0 20.91 25.96 30.53 36.91 45.29

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 39.04 2.6 25.28 30.87 37.33 44.57 55.56

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 33.16 2.5 22.94 27.19 32.21 36.69 44.67

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 31.88 2.0 23.08 26.42 30.79 36.43 42.20

Marine engineers and naval architects .......................... 29.46 10.9 20.19 24.04 26.75 33.17 41.88

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 39.36 2.2 25.57 31.15 38.41 46.33 56.73

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 35.72 11.5 20.51 26.44 40.80 40.80 49.50

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 35.30 2.4 20.51 26.44 34.20 42.44 51.44

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 35.28 2.6 20.45 26.44 34.12 42.31 51.44

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 35.68 5.5 21.15 25.47 36.84 43.75 50.62

Actuaries ........................................................................ 37.23 9.4 23.86 26.51 36.00 46.88 50.58

Statisticians .................................................................... 28.43 8.6 14.72 25.28 28.81 31.25 39.80

Natural scientists ............................................................... 29.80 5.1 17.00 20.98 26.46 35.48 45.96

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 35.12 9.2 22.93 26.44 30.48 43.75 46.70

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 32.18 8.2 20.67 23.65 31.14 36.89 48.38

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 34.15 7.8 17.42 25.24 32.36 43.59 49.67

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 29.53 7.0 19.00 23.16 27.44 33.03 43.78

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 28.89 7.2 15.04 19.47 30.94 36.19 40.37

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 28.60 15.9 16.35 18.15 24.04 35.01 49.02

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 21.27 10.0 14.17 17.07 19.44 25.82 30.31

Medical scientists ........................................................... 28.18 10.5 15.14 18.94 24.06 32.32 44.63

Health related .................................................................... 32.18 3.0 19.10 22.48 27.56 35.39 47.74

Physicians ...................................................................... 62.52 10.6 19.50 23.38 64.90 96.15 104.17

Dentists .......................................................................... 46.46 10.7 15.18 42.82 49.52 49.52 61.18

Optometrists .................................................................. 60.76 13.7 42.60 45.67 61.67 75.00 93.75

Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ........................... 33.45 8.8 28.63 31.25 31.25 31.25 45.58

Registered nurses .......................................................... 28.15 1.0 19.69 22.53 26.75 32.00 38.43

Pharmacists ................................................................... 44.23 1.6 36.38 42.39 45.50 47.74 51.00

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.40 3.9 15.70 17.85 20.71 24.26 30.66

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 22.78 1.7 18.18 19.64 22.03 25.80 27.97

Occupational therapists ................................................. 27.26 3.8 17.64 23.04 27.46 31.17 35.88

Physical therapists ......................................................... 29.99 3.3 22.11 25.38 30.00 33.00 38.50

Speech therapists .......................................................... 29.56 5.6 17.25 23.77 30.11 33.53 39.35

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 17.84 3.8 12.95 13.94 15.84 20.45 25.09

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 36.49 7.0 15.00 31.25 37.50 46.64 48.08

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 42.98 2.7 22.98 29.77 38.46 51.28 67.46

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 53.35 12.6 32.01 40.96 51.08 68.35 80.20

Biological science teachers ........................................... 44.07 10.2 26.19 33.23 38.99 46.76 58.47

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 38.50 9.2 28.94 31.00 32.98 41.30 53.44

Physics teachers ............................................................ 53.20 8.5 39.39 44.52 48.22 61.14 73.46

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 37.58 11.5 18.43 30.53 40.71 44.02 48.16

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 38.46 7.8 26.10 26.98 34.90 45.70 59.09

Economics teachers ...................................................... 66.18 19.2 37.30 42.89 66.45 85.45 102.05

History teachers ............................................................. 41.74 9.2 26.44 30.15 38.05 50.31 63.53

Political science teachers .............................................. 36.27 7.2 26.20 29.26 37.86 39.15 52.90

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 49.47 15.6 27.61 32.27 41.71 63.49 78.15

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 44.96 5.7 30.56 36.92 42.41 56.61 59.80

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 60.03 10.4 35.20 42.31 54.68 77.62 92.65

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 40.44 12.7 25.25 30.74 40.76 48.56 55.13

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 June 2005–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Teachers, college and university –Continued

Computer science teachers ........................................... $39.61 17.3 $22.84 $29.13 $40.00 $55.31 $58.47

Medical science teachers .............................................. 51.65 10.0 22.66 31.25 46.51 66.07 90.97

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 43.99 9.9 25.05 27.33 33.26 47.27 76.92

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 45.73 12.6 28.16 33.87 38.44 52.79 76.19

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 55.12 23.5 20.80 25.94 55.74 75.22 84.15

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 36.11 8.8 22.49 27.11 35.31 40.29 51.94

Physical education teachers .......................................... 27.32 16.6 7.00 15.91 28.11 40.00 48.39

Education teachers ........................................................ 39.16 10.8 19.23 30.68 37.32 44.54 48.88

English teachers ............................................................ 45.27 11.1 26.77 31.72 40.39 63.18 63.59

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 35.21 17.1 18.57 18.57 30.29 45.43 50.88

Law teachers ................................................................. 54.77 15.1 26.92 28.78 55.22 72.61 82.37

Social work teachers ...................................................... 30.81 26.9 19.37 19.37 27.26 29.00 60.51

Theology teachers ......................................................... 40.78 6.4 27.56 30.77 35.52 48.99 53.02

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 35.28 6.4 20.72 27.31 35.82 41.11 50.32

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 40.90 2.8 21.15 27.99 37.22 50.12 64.94

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 31.51 1.3 16.90 23.55 29.98 38.24 48.34

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 19.35 5.0 9.00 11.00 14.50 25.17 34.61

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 33.49 1.4 21.83 25.46 31.17 39.69 49.63

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 33.19 1.9 21.94 25.54 31.03 38.69 48.34

Teachers, special education .......................................... 34.55 2.9 21.00 26.22 32.02 41.30 52.34

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 31.67 2.9 15.80 23.06 30.61 38.57 49.13

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 12.71 4.0 8.13 10.19 10.88 15.38 19.17

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 28.15 6.3 12.32 16.63 26.44 36.20 45.84

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 27.78 3.0 16.91 20.16 25.67 33.66 41.55

Librarians ....................................................................... 28.16 3.1 17.07 20.51 26.43 34.26 42.04

Archivists and curators .................................................. 24.57 12.2 13.40 17.27 24.18 29.42 37.26

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 31.02 3.3 16.21 21.20 28.85 35.79 48.43

Economists .................................................................... 33.85 7.8 19.23 23.32 30.23 39.07 49.21

Psychologists ................................................................. 30.27 6.5 14.22 20.34 28.66 35.64 52.63

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 28.99 13.1 12.30 19.23 25.45 36.97 46.70

Urban planners .............................................................. 26.86 4.6 19.07 22.79 26.76 31.10 33.76

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 18.62 1.7 11.97 13.95 17.31 22.08 27.46

Social workers ............................................................... 19.13 1.9 12.45 14.42 17.55 22.62 27.91

Recreation workers ........................................................ 13.24 6.6 6.67 8.33 12.00 17.16 22.15

Clergy ............................................................................ 15.98 12.8 12.07 12.18 12.58 18.52 20.75

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 18.60 13.4 11.25 16.35 16.87 20.05 21.21

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 51.20 4.7 25.48 32.78 46.73 62.50 79.42

Lawyers ......................................................................... 50.88 4.8 25.48 32.31 45.92 61.23 79.33

Judges ........................................................................... 59.63 11.4 46.06 48.90 57.83 75.39 82.12

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 24.46 3.5 10.00 14.50 20.45 29.16 43.51

Technical writers ............................................................ 35.35 14.8 15.00 22.23 34.60 50.48 54.33

Designers ....................................................................... 20.82 4.1 9.84 13.23 18.62 26.04 33.66

Musicians and composers ............................................. 39.26 15.9 19.13 26.67 31.59 38.55 70.00

Actors and directors ....................................................... 32.15 17.1 10.00 15.83 25.51 43.51 52.97

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 17.79 6.6 9.98 14.28 18.27 20.00 22.79

Photographers ............................................................... 17.05 12.0 8.00 10.00 13.86 22.44 30.67

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 15.62 11.9 8.00 9.30 12.00 19.13 25.54

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 25.68 7.4 10.50 14.97 21.64 29.67 43.01

Public relations specialists ............................................. 24.98 6.1 16.83 17.50 22.81 27.04 35.32

Announcers .................................................................... 30.05 27.6 6.50 10.00 15.58 22.60 88.95

Athletes .......................................................................... 25.68 14.3 9.00 15.00 20.12 31.32 55.29

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 31.51 7.0 16.91 20.79 29.81 38.65 50.92

Technical ............................................................................... 22.28 2.1 12.15 15.19 19.23 25.05 32.05

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 18.90 2.3 11.05 14.12 17.82 22.51 27.56

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 31.74 4.0 22.00 25.00 31.50 37.00 40.63

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 15.67 4.3 10.00 12.00 15.31 18.11 23.89

Radiological technicians ................................................ 24.12 2.5 16.80 20.00 23.00 27.68 33.09

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 June 2005–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

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. $17.53 1.5 $13.00 $15.00 $17.00 $19.64 $22.73

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.49 1.8 10.02 12.50 15.28 18.81 24.53

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 23.91 11.8 12.01 16.35 22.31 27.01 32.19

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 24.21 5.6 16.93 20.00 23.52 28.39 32.05

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 22.65 4.4 16.04 17.35 21.17 26.45 32.65

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 24.94 4.0 14.75 18.31 23.25 30.13 38.17

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.99 2.6 14.42 17.56 21.63 25.72 28.57

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 19.71 9.2 12.00 14.71 17.50 23.98 31.03

Biological technicians .................................................... 17.66 3.7 11.24 14.00 16.59 20.50 24.82

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 21.96 6.1 14.80 16.50 22.12 24.82 29.56

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 21.19 9.7 14.00 16.16 19.00 25.08 31.20

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 95.50 12.8 24.40 43.18 92.05 140.59 177.99

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 15.66 10.3 8.00 9.50 13.90 18.00 25.81

Computer programmers ................................................. 30.89 3.1 18.27 23.29 28.87 36.22 43.78

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 23.35 7.4 16.65 18.50 21.64 30.00 32.55

Legal assistants ............................................................. 22.18 3.8 14.56 16.90 21.43 25.82 30.66

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 20.09 5.1 11.37 13.60 18.75 23.16 30.73

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 33.69 1.9 17.00 21.64 28.88 40.19 54.43

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 38.20 2.3 18.27 24.28 33.45 46.22 60.51

Legislators ..................................................................... 13.69 25.3 3.46 4.99 9.33 16.92 30.52

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 51.53 6.5 43.10 48.08 55.66 57.69 60.10

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 31.54 2.9 19.97 24.35 30.65 36.01 44.25

Financial managers ....................................................... 40.91 3.9 21.00 26.26 34.52 51.34 65.88

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 32.13 7.5 21.00 23.45 27.87 36.88 51.49

Purchasing managers .................................................... 35.35 8.2 18.75 23.08 32.33 41.99 50.52

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 45.36 4.2 23.50 29.00 39.52 54.96 69.60

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 37.21 3.4 19.23 25.88 35.95 46.15 56.23

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 35.15 3.3 19.00 26.46 33.57 41.87 51.32

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 21.12 7.4 12.24 14.42 18.75 24.42 32.01

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 21.45 4.4 10.24 16.25 21.64 26.94 30.63

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 30.55 7.6 15.39 18.82 24.45 32.89 49.76

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 40.98 4.6 18.72 25.88 36.07 48.91 63.08

Management related .......................................................... 27.04 1.1 16.25 19.67 24.63 31.27 39.44

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 25.54 2.0 16.35 19.97 24.24 30.29 35.90

Underwriters .................................................................. 27.41 5.7 17.91 19.23 25.70 31.83 41.01

Other financial officers ................................................... 32.42 3.5 16.38 20.59 27.85 36.41 50.00

Management analysts .................................................... 30.66 5.1 19.06 22.14 27.65 36.16 47.89

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 25.43 3.8 15.91 18.36 23.76 29.36 36.27

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 23.08 15.3 15.94 16.35 17.83 34.84 34.84

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 27.16 3.8 16.16 20.19 25.06 31.13 40.39

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 26.06 5.9 16.52 19.51 23.32 29.95 40.17

Business and promotional agents .................................. 23.25 5.5 16.67 18.50 24.22 26.28 29.81

Construction inspectors ................................................. 24.48 5.0 16.27 19.23 23.63 29.42 34.80

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 23.16 4.0 16.52 19.67 21.31 26.63 31.59

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 26.10 2.4 15.96 19.14 24.46 30.93 38.84

Sales ......................................................................................... 15.32 1.5 6.75 8.00 11.00 17.28 28.85

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 20.48 3.5 10.50 12.80 16.59 22.69 36.06

Insurance sales .............................................................. 23.06 8.5 9.98 13.86 18.13 28.34 43.27

Real estate sales ........................................................... 21.40 14.1 10.00 14.29 16.59 24.04 49.30

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 41.04 7.0 14.42 16.51 28.13 43.27 74.59

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 20.48 10.3 9.50 11.59 16.62 25.48 38.12

Sales, other business services ...................................... 23.98 7.7 8.35 12.50 18.51 27.37 41.54

Sales engineers ............................................................. 37.71 9.1 22.60 29.38 38.46 43.17 57.69

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... $26.89 3.3 $12.50 $16.45 $22.66 $33.63 $45.68

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 21.98 6.1 7.64 10.71 17.31 26.50 40.31

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 10.43 8.8 6.15 6.90 8.16 10.10 14.90

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 9.02 10.0 6.00 6.75 7.58 10.27 15.00

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 12.34 5.6 7.25 8.50 10.25 14.06 18.52

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 10.84 6.9 7.50 8.24 9.27 12.00 17.15

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 12.86 5.0 8.50 9.65 11.50 14.33 17.90

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 13.99 3.0 8.24 10.39 13.00 15.85 20.81

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 11.74 3.1 6.75 7.60 9.47 13.00 19.23

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 9.62 4.5 6.50 7.25 8.90 10.73 14.24

Cashiers ......................................................................... 8.73 1.4 6.10 7.00 8.00 9.78 12.22

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 14.67 13.1 8.00 9.70 13.26 16.25 20.19

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 13.52 7.7 6.62 8.25 10.80 16.35 24.26

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.53 .7 9.00 10.82 13.62 17.10 21.20

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 20.58 2.3 13.49 16.63 19.71 23.96 28.85

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 21.61 8.3 15.09 18.16 23.29 23.29 24.35

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 23.09 3.2 14.42 17.54 21.43 27.40 31.68

Chief communications operators ................................... 21.68 4.1 18.15 19.92 21.12 23.00 23.00

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.61 4.3 13.75 16.33 19.90 23.79 28.66

Computer operators ....................................................... 16.40 3.6 12.18 13.39 16.08 18.80 21.82

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 14.16 8.2 9.24 11.50 14.47 17.01 17.94

Secretaries ..................................................................... 16.67 .9 10.64 12.93 16.00 19.63 23.59

Stenographers ............................................................... 18.33 4.7 11.67 13.17 16.00 21.61 28.17

Typists ........................................................................... 15.29 2.6 10.68 12.62 14.88 17.61 20.00

Interviewers ................................................................... 12.01 4.6 8.00 9.50 11.25 14.87 17.17

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 9.18 1.8 7.25 8.00 8.75 10.00 11.95

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 15.35 3.3 8.50 11.18 16.00 19.86 20.88

Receptionists ................................................................. 11.79 1.5 8.06 9.50 11.50 13.65 15.99

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.68 2.5 9.00 10.75 12.93 16.32 18.92

Classified ad clerks ........................................................ 13.00 6.0 11.26 11.88 12.40 14.65 14.65

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 13.86 3.8 11.25 12.01 12.72 15.48 17.96

Order clerks ................................................................... 14.44 3.1 8.91 10.85 13.46 16.97 21.00

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 16.49 2.3 11.82 13.79 16.00 19.57 21.41

Library clerks ................................................................. 12.71 2.7 8.45 10.00 12.04 14.84 17.94

File clerks ....................................................................... 10.77 2.1 8.00 9.00 10.00 12.00 14.42

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 14.02 2.6 9.00 10.74 13.34 16.41 20.00

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.89 1.5 10.00 11.96 14.37 17.00 20.54

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 16.60 2.3 11.28 13.50 15.75 19.62 22.55

Billing clerks ................................................................... 13.39 1.9 9.50 11.00 13.00 15.00 17.47

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 13.39 9.3 7.09 10.85 13.45 16.11 20.12

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 13.34 4.4 10.00 10.65 12.28 15.39 18.26

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.28 8.6 9.68 9.82 11.19 14.72 18.00

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 12.26 6.7 9.50 10.02 11.25 12.00 20.04

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 11.18 3.3 8.57 10.61 11.33 12.24 12.54

Telephone operators ...................................................... 12.36 5.6 8.00 9.00 10.86 14.77 20.11

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 11.66 20.6 7.25 8.00 11.00 13.62 20.32

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 11.78 5.7 8.40 9.00 10.82 12.94 16.85

Messengers ................................................................... 9.94 8.1 7.00 7.50 9.60 11.85 13.39

Dispatchers .................................................................... 16.31 4.8 8.50 11.47 15.00 20.28 25.35

Production coordinators ................................................. 18.78 3.7 12.46 13.75 17.86 22.39 27.25

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 13.90 2.0 9.27 10.90 13.25 16.00 20.37

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 12.88 1.7 8.06 9.75 12.45 15.05 18.07

Meter readers ................................................................ 17.10 5.0 11.00 12.64 15.75 20.01 25.88

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 14.74 7.8 9.88 10.38 13.50 14.99 26.43

Expeditors ...................................................................... 15.37 4.9 9.12 11.06 15.87 18.79 22.59

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 19.47 3.5 12.05 14.60 17.50 22.57 29.66

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 15.74 3.6 9.75 12.11 14.25 19.10 23.99

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 June 2005–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

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... $15.48 2.9 $10.65 $12.60 $15.60 $17.80 $19.60

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 14.41 7.2 8.88 10.50 13.46 17.55 20.88

General office clerks ...................................................... 13.45 1.0 8.90 10.44 12.75 15.63 19.15

Bank tellers .................................................................... 10.94 1.3 8.50 9.34 10.45 12.21 13.93

Proofreaders .................................................................. 15.38 18.9 8.25 9.36 13.44 22.07 24.27

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 12.29 1.7 8.50 10.05 12.00 14.00 16.05

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 14.36 5.0 9.04 10.39 13.30 17.78 21.16

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 12.06 1.7 8.40 9.50 11.15 13.72 17.17

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 14.75 1.3 9.36 11.35 14.26 17.25 20.67

Blue collar .................................................................................... 15.87 .9 8.21 10.42 14.35 19.80 26.29

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 19.95 .9 11.00 14.23 18.55 25.00 30.59

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 24.75 2.7 15.63 18.88 24.04 28.85 34.56

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 18.70 3.1 10.00 14.00 18.00 21.92 27.00

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 13.91 9.4 8.75 11.00 13.13 14.50 18.00

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 19.31 2.7 12.50 15.10 18.30 22.75 27.00

Aircraft engine mechanics ............................................. 27.34 8.7 18.75 22.77 27.41 31.06 38.37

Small engine repairers ................................................... 15.42 5.6 11.00 12.73 15.00 18.50 19.25

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 16.29 4.5 10.00 13.00 15.60 17.76 23.73

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 24.76 4.0 14.40 22.54 26.01 28.30 31.61

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 19.41 2.8 13.13 15.50 18.55 22.96 26.24

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 15.41 7.4 10.00 12.00 15.25 18.00 20.58

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 21.33 2.1 14.38 17.17 20.61 25.51 28.42

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 16.14 4.7 11.12 12.50 14.82 19.00 23.04

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.99 2.6 12.50 15.06 22.00 27.78 31.18

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 20.57 12.2 9.50 15.39 21.00 23.92 36.81

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 16.22 5.8 10.00 12.45 15.84 18.56 24.84

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 25.11 4.8 14.00 24.87 27.54 28.28 28.75

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 23.80 3.4 15.00 21.18 25.08 26.91 28.98

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 18.56 3.2 12.25 15.00 17.56 21.92 26.00

Locksmiths and safe repairers ....................................... 14.73 9.9 10.00 12.00 13.83 18.09 20.61

Office machine repairers ................................................ 17.44 8.5 10.75 14.08 16.64 19.79 23.83

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 20.81 5.9 13.25 16.50 19.87 26.68 29.49

Elevator installers and repairers .................................... 38.67 14.5 27.06 28.43 47.26 47.26 47.26

Millwrights ...................................................................... 22.30 6.3 15.00 16.71 22.55 27.24 30.33

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.82 2.4 10.22 12.61 16.00 20.15 25.24

Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and

tilesetters ..................................................................... 21.09 9.7 14.22 18.08 21.00 25.00 26.63

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 24.28 6.1 16.66 20.00 22.78 29.70 31.38

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 32.48 3.8 22.56 26.73 30.25 40.72 41.63

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 23.55 7.7 15.50 19.75 23.08 28.25 29.76

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 27.59 7.5 19.50 21.25 28.65 32.75 33.73

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 22.24 5.0 15.41 17.01 20.40 26.25 32.23

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 26.21 9.2 15.00 20.00 27.29 32.70 40.00

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 17.92 13.5 14.00 15.00 15.00 20.00 25.53

Carpet installers ............................................................. 24.45 12.9 11.60 20.00 20.69 34.80 35.12

Carpenters ..................................................................... 19.77 4.5 12.00 14.50 18.05 24.08 31.25

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 17.18 13.6 11.00 12.00 15.90 20.54 26.56

Drywall installers ............................................................ 17.98 6.9 12.00 14.00 16.46 20.69 26.94

Electricians .................................................................... 25.81 3.1 15.50 18.48 24.41 31.65 40.47

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 14.69 3.5 10.00 11.50 13.25 16.16 20.49

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 26.55 3.4 17.50 23.04 26.68 30.40 35.72

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 16.26 3.5 11.00 12.12 15.00 18.71 23.75

Plasterers ....................................................................... 15.88 5.8 12.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 20.00

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 24.46 7.0 15.50 17.75 24.00 30.00 36.03

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 14.64 4.4 9.10 12.00 14.00 16.67 20.71

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 18.42 6.8 10.50 13.25 17.00 24.20 26.88

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 June 2005–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

Glaziers .......................................................................... $17.98 9.0 $11.00 $14.00 $17.00 $23.63 $25.52

Insulation workers .......................................................... 18.91 8.8 10.80 12.59 18.17 24.04 30.15

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 16.25 12.3 10.00 11.70 14.00 19.00 26.92

Roofers .......................................................................... 16.25 7.4 9.00 11.50 15.00 20.50 25.00

Sheet metal duct installers ............................................. 24.07 12.8 9.25 16.38 24.22 33.09 34.30

Structural metal workers ................................................ 24.22 12.4 14.00 15.56 22.22 28.25 39.08

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 17.60 5.5 10.08 12.15 16.00 20.45 26.86

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 24.40 19.4 11.93 13.87 20.00 35.18 35.18

Drillers, oil well ............................................................... 25.02 17.8 10.00 16.00 29.63 34.02 34.02

Mining machine operators ............................................. 18.57 9.3 11.36 15.55 19.12 21.73 26.05

Supervisors, production ................................................. 22.21 2.0 14.54 16.88 21.05 25.95 31.73

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 23.94 2.0 16.86 19.80 24.13 28.92 31.07

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 17.92 7.4 14.00 15.50 17.00 20.00 24.80

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 20.65 6.1 11.75 16.50 19.50 25.60 29.10

Machinists ...................................................................... 19.93 2.0 13.77 16.50 20.00 23.00 26.50

Boilermakers .................................................................. 19.47 9.9 14.87 16.00 17.92 22.87 25.40

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 16.20 9.1 8.90 12.00 15.76 19.55 22.50

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 21.41 8.9 11.46 15.72 20.96 28.49 31.81

Layout workers .............................................................. 18.46 16.0 11.56 13.25 16.75 21.05 35.00

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 17.80 10.1 10.00 12.05 15.03 20.10 28.22

Sheet metal worker apprentices .................................... 14.13 6.3 12.00 12.50 13.00 15.59 18.19

Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood ....................... 18.14 11.4 11.95 15.00 15.70 20.75 22.72

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 12.89 7.2 9.00 11.00 12.50 13.77 16.50

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 12.04 6.8 9.02 10.00 12.00 13.00 16.50

Dressmakers .................................................................. 12.53 7.7 8.50 11.00 11.43 13.30 18.30

Tailors ............................................................................ 16.94 18.9 8.32 10.45 13.00 20.35 36.06

Upholsterers .................................................................. 15.05 11.5 8.50 12.29 14.85 17.37 20.51

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 14.21 14.3 9.75 12.50 12.50 17.93 20.40

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 18.27 9.1 14.25 14.30 16.35 20.40 28.13

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 15.25 2.7 9.75 12.75 14.61 16.25 21.17

Bookbinders ................................................................... 15.45 10.5 8.00 10.40 14.96 20.92 22.17

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 13.93 3.5 8.76 10.25 13.07 16.50 20.85

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 14.26 12.4 10.00 10.06 11.10 16.14 22.21

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 12.10 3.9 7.30 9.05 11.15 14.50 18.44

Bakers ............................................................................ 11.78 5.1 6.75 8.75 11.45 13.58 17.85

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 13.16 4.8 8.19 10.50 13.54 15.67 17.60

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 20.09 4.7 10.39 14.75 19.22 25.96 28.74

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 23.35 10.4 15.65 16.64 26.63 26.63 27.33

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 20.79 11.0 17.82 17.85 17.85 26.28 27.33

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 19.25 2.7 12.09 15.19 19.08 22.94 27.54

Power plant operators .................................................... 28.18 3.8 20.68 26.17 26.52 30.95 36.21

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 23.67 4.4 13.90 19.20 23.65 27.61 32.27

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 23.86 4.7 16.13 20.43 24.65 27.50 29.08

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 14.19 1.3 8.30 10.09 13.00 16.90 22.56

Lathe and turning-machine set-up operators ................. 17.41 3.7 12.70 14.35 16.51 19.75 22.47

Lathe and turning-machine operators ............................ 15.88 6.1 10.35 12.07 15.25 18.58 21.68

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 16.14 6.9 10.75 13.25 16.22 18.81 22.09

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 13.73 7.5 8.50 9.69 12.09 16.00 21.59

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 16.65 11.4 10.51 12.50 15.25 19.31 26.98

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 14.22 8.0 7.25 10.00 13.75 17.70 20.59

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 13.52 2.5 8.60 11.00 12.75 15.50 18.70

Forging machine operators ............................................ 12.93 10.3 8.61 10.50 11.50 15.32 18.65

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 16.82 3.1 12.00 14.10 16.50 19.00 21.57

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 15.38 4.3 9.45 11.15 14.00 17.98 26.64

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 13.41 3.6 8.50 10.10 12.75 15.26 19.75

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 14.49 7.8 8.50 10.60 13.84 18.10 23.00

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 15.95 5.2 10.90 13.66 15.30 17.80 21.48

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,3 June 2005–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 .... $12.15 7.3 $8.00 $9.00 $12.75 $14.16 $14.50

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.11 4.9 7.50 9.00 10.75 12.50 15.25

Shaping and joining machine operators ........................ 13.69 2.8 11.00 12.71 13.80 14.50 16.25

Nailing and tacking machine operators .......................... 10.46 10.9 7.13 7.79 9.22 13.85 13.87

Printing press operators ................................................. 16.99 2.8 11.05 14.00 17.00 19.98 22.69

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 16.56 5.9 13.25 13.25 15.70 18.45 21.89

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 14.81 6.5 9.20 10.90 14.57 18.02 19.97

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 12.60 7.1 9.00 9.67 11.50 13.07 16.39

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 12.23 5.8 9.00 10.27 11.75 13.60 16.93

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 10.92 4.7 7.90 9.79 10.75 10.75 14.26

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 10.40 8.3 7.25 8.50 8.64 11.25 15.00

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 9.47 5.1 6.75 8.00 9.50 10.50 12.05

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.83 5.7 7.00 8.05 9.35 11.00 13.50

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 12.35 8.1 7.43 9.52 11.45 14.70 18.89

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 14.14 4.5 8.14 10.45 13.52 16.48 22.43

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 13.83 3.8 10.01 11.22 13.29 16.22 17.61

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 15.48 4.2 10.31 11.61 14.95 18.36 21.50

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 19.55 5.4 12.30 16.09 18.98 24.45 25.62

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.63 7.9 8.00 8.25 11.19 13.20 16.81

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 15.52 4.4 9.85 11.58 14.17 17.27 26.21

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 14.48 7.8 9.00 11.63 13.12 18.36 21.00

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 16.06 23.1 10.00 10.00 12.00 21.74 28.04

Folding machine operators ............................................ 13.02 16.8 6.90 8.35 12.44 16.03 20.44

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 15.33 6.1 10.50 12.04 13.70 17.50 25.13

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 15.57 11.9 10.25 11.60 14.54 16.39 27.19

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 13.85 2.9 8.56 11.46 13.66 16.42 18.75

Motion picture projectionists .......................................... 13.99 36.1 8.00 8.00 12.00 14.95 32.62

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 10.64 6.0 8.00 8.50 10.00 11.86 16.37

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 14.64 2.5 8.50 10.45 13.60 17.92 22.76

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 15.90 2.4 11.00 12.40 15.09 18.00 22.25

Solderers and brazers ................................................... 12.08 8.7 8.23 9.00 11.60 14.14 16.50

Assemblers .................................................................... 14.95 2.0 8.15 10.02 13.00 18.00 26.73

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 11.42 11.4 6.95 8.10 10.00 14.47 17.00

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 11.67 8.3 7.50 8.50 12.38 13.95 15.66

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 11.81 6.3 7.05 10.30 11.50 14.00 15.29

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 16.75 26.4 9.00 9.92 12.75 28.35 28.75

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 12.66 5.8 6.75 9.15 11.25 14.64 19.00

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 14.05 4.6 8.50 10.03 12.39 16.58 23.44

Production testers .......................................................... 15.18 5.0 10.01 11.64 14.00 17.75 20.96

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 13.31 8.0 9.00 10.75 12.48 13.69 18.20

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 11.91 6.2 7.00 9.00 10.30 14.79 16.50

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 15.28 1.6 8.60 10.75 14.10 18.75 23.62

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.65 5.7 11.37 14.50 16.48 23.58 27.17

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 15.26 2.3 9.00 11.00 14.42 18.94 22.65

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 13.03 9.5 5.50 7.00 11.67 17.64 23.84

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 14.87 2.5 9.75 11.27 14.00 17.83 22.20

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 8.95 6.4 6.25 7.00 8.75 9.75 12.18

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 8.07 10.4 5.75 6.00 7.00 8.67 11.60

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 10.53 6.2 6.15 7.00 8.95 12.00 18.03

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 25.82 22.3 13.65 13.65 26.00 35.82 42.10

Locomotive operating .................................................... 28.06 18.6 14.47 14.47 25.84 37.09 45.60

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators ................. 29.55 6.9 16.12 22.93 29.37 37.80 39.49

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ......................................... 22.52 3.9 18.03 20.00 23.21 24.40 25.58

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 19.16 14.3 12.92 14.58 19.74 21.67 25.71

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 12.63 7.9 8.34 8.91 9.92 17.35 20.20

Marine engineers ........................................................... 21.48 20.4 14.38 14.38 18.00 24.24 35.27

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 22.69 3.4 16.25 18.75 22.51 27.18 28.05

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 June 2005–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

Operating engineers ...................................................... $20.97 8.1 $12.00 $13.05 $18.72 $27.22 $31.50

Hoist and winch operators ............................................. 12.12 19.6 9.25 9.50 10.50 10.86 25.62

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 16.69 6.2 12.24 13.91 15.07 18.00 22.40

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.97 4.6 10.00 13.15 16.00 18.50 23.89

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 16.07 5.2 10.56 12.50 14.35 19.00 25.76

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 14.18 1.8 9.20 10.71 13.43 17.00 21.04

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 16.62 5.4 10.00 12.25 15.50 20.38 26.65

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 11.63 1.4 6.75 8.00 10.18 13.61 18.51

Nursery workers ............................................................. 10.26 11.4 7.00 7.00 9.42 13.31 15.10

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 24.03 6.4 14.70 19.56 25.00 25.00 29.40

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 11.65 3.4 7.50 8.25 10.23 14.60 17.44

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 11.65 10.7 7.75 9.23 10.50 14.65 17.84

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 9.79 16.4 7.05 7.30 8.75 10.50 14.65

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.97 4.9 12.00 15.17 18.71 23.00 28.03

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 11.77 3.9 8.00 9.00 10.50 14.00 17.43

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 12.58 3.5 8.50 10.00 11.25 14.50 17.00

Construction laborers ..................................................... 14.58 4.0 8.00 9.75 12.50 20.00 23.20

Production helpers ......................................................... 11.30 3.1 7.25 8.40 10.30 13.35 17.13

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 12.07 13.6 7.23 8.29 9.83 14.76 23.56

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 9.86 1.6 6.00 7.00 9.00 11.75 14.85

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.87 2.5 7.75 8.70 10.50 12.30 14.74

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 12.55 2.2 7.75 9.50 11.65 14.70 19.75

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.13 3.7 6.50 7.25 8.50 10.00 12.31

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 9.65 4.0 6.50 7.50 8.75 10.36 13.74

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.63 4.9 6.30 7.00 8.73 11.10 13.95

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 11.04 2.2 6.61 8.00 10.00 13.27 16.96

Service .......................................................................................... 10.89 1.3 5.75 7.00 9.25 12.52 18.55

Protective service .............................................................. 17.74 2.6 8.45 10.30 15.45 23.86 30.36

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 27.52 4.7 17.92 20.34 25.27 32.02 39.83

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 31.73 2.7 19.23 25.26 30.73 37.57 44.99

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 20.03 8.5 10.50 12.00 15.87 28.64 33.65

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 19.51 11.4 12.50 13.00 19.00 24.57 30.12

Firefighting ..................................................................... 19.42 2.8 11.50 14.46 18.50 23.96 28.55

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 24.98 1.0 16.20 19.63 24.88 29.10 33.91

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 19.93 2.3 12.67 14.72 19.11 24.10 28.22

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 17.60 6.4 11.35 12.16 15.49 22.68 26.06

Crossing guards ............................................................. 10.88 6.5 6.67 8.24 10.10 13.00 15.81

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.49 2.2 7.00 8.50 9.75 11.55 14.81

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 11.94 4.7 7.00 7.75 10.25 14.05 19.99

Food service ...................................................................... 7.90 .9 3.30 6.00 7.25 9.50 12.43

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 5.13 2.2 2.13 2.65 5.15 6.75 8.10

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.82 3.0 3.50 5.25 6.75 8.00 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.54 3.1 2.13 2.25 3.85 6.10 7.35

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 6.22 3.2 3.65 5.00 6.30 7.25 8.50

Other food service ........................................................... 9.00 .8 6.00 6.75 8.00 10.20 13.30

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.75 2.6 8.31 9.93 12.76 16.25 20.77

Cooks ............................................................................. 9.89 1.4 6.50 7.50 9.50 11.48 14.13

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.32 1.5 6.00 6.75 7.75 9.40 11.67

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 8.06 1.3 6.00 6.50 7.50 9.00 11.00

Health service .................................................................... 11.13 1.2 7.58 8.97 10.37 12.61 15.75

Dental assistants ........................................................... 15.38 3.5 10.25 13.00 15.00 17.51 21.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 11.96 2.5 8.00 9.17 11.11 13.64 16.75

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 10.53 1.4 7.50 8.68 10.00 11.92 14.38

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 11.11 2.4 6.75 7.99 9.98 13.27 17.95

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 17.30 4.5 11.54 13.17 17.79 20.28 23.95

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 June 2005–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 .................................................... $8.77 2.9 $6.50 $7.04 $8.00 $9.84 $11.77

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 11.24 2.8 7.00 8.08 10.21 13.50 17.75

Pest control .................................................................... 14.28 9.6 9.00 10.50 12.00 16.66 21.09

Personal service ................................................................ 10.32 5.2 5.75 6.75 8.50 11.50 16.25

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 14.92 6.0 8.70 11.00 14.42 18.75 21.25

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 12.48 8.8 5.91 7.09 10.00 14.51 21.57

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 7.27 3.7 5.30 5.65 6.55 7.67 10.75

Guides ........................................................................... 13.05 8.6 7.75 11.40 13.33 15.51 16.83

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.53 6.5 5.15 6.16 7.00 8.60 10.00

Public transportation attendants .................................... 30.52 5.3 11.00 23.96 30.10 37.59 48.15

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 7.90 5.2 5.40 6.15 8.00 9.00 11.00

Welfare service aides .................................................... 10.10 5.6 6.05 7.30 9.87 12.45 14.47

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 8.94 3.1 6.30 7.25 8.50 10.24 12.00

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 9.47 3.9 6.50 7.00 8.50 10.83 13.53

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 11.05 4.0 6.75 8.21 10.00 12.50 17.58

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2004

and January 2006. The average reference period was June 2005. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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

Compensation Survey,2 June 2005

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $19.70 1.1 $8.50 $11.00 $15.99 $24.28 $34.92

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 19.85 1.2 8.50 11.17 16.12 24.62 35.02

White collar .................................................................................. 24.03 .9 10.00 13.37 19.67 30.00 43.02

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 25.08 1.0 10.88 14.23 20.86 31.17 44.00

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 30.66 1.2 15.00 20.27 27.50 37.00 48.50

Professional specialty ............................................................ 32.89 1.2 17.33 22.84 30.01 39.66 50.85

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 36.38 1.2 23.61 28.42 34.41 42.43 51.54

Architects ....................................................................... 30.22 7.1 19.79 23.08 27.90 34.62 44.08

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 42.27 8.1 23.34 30.95 42.95 52.36 59.40

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 33.20 5.9 25.00 27.59 29.85 34.89 50.65

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 43.16 16.1 26.14 32.25 36.06 55.94 65.19

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 35.76 8.7 26.44 29.10 29.47 44.85 47.79

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 39.93 5.7 31.73 34.23 38.65 44.07 50.30

Civil engineers ............................................................... 32.49 3.0 20.91 25.96 30.53 36.91 45.25

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 39.13 2.5 25.49 31.04 37.44 44.60 55.56

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 33.19 2.6 22.94 27.21 32.21 36.71 44.67

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 31.93 1.9 23.08 26.42 30.79 36.62 42.33

Marine engineers and naval architects .......................... 29.46 10.9 20.19 24.04 26.75 33.17 41.88

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 39.27 2.2 25.57 31.13 38.27 46.26 56.52

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 35.72 11.5 20.51 26.44 40.80 40.80 49.50

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 35.34 2.3 20.72 26.46 34.23 42.46 51.44

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 35.33 2.5 20.67 26.52 34.12 42.31 51.44

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 35.71 5.5 21.15 25.76 36.84 43.75 50.80

Actuaries ........................................................................ 37.23 9.4 23.86 26.51 36.00 46.88 50.58

Statisticians .................................................................... 28.43 8.6 14.72 25.28 28.81 31.25 39.80

Natural scientists ............................................................... 29.85 5.2 17.01 21.03 26.57 35.64 46.05

Physicists and astronomers ........................................... 35.12 9.2 22.93 26.44 30.48 43.75 46.70

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 32.23 8.2 20.67 23.95 31.14 36.89 48.38

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 34.15 7.8 17.42 25.24 32.36 43.59 49.67

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 29.53 7.0 19.00 23.16 27.44 33.03 43.78

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 28.89 7.2 15.04 19.47 30.94 36.19 40.37

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 28.87 16.3 16.35 18.54 24.04 35.04 50.00

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 21.27 10.0 14.17 17.07 19.44 25.82 30.31

Medical scientists ........................................................... 28.01 11.0 15.07 18.82 24.06 32.32 44.23

Health related .................................................................... 32.36 3.4 18.90 22.20 27.41 35.78 48.20

Physicians ...................................................................... 61.34 11.0 19.32 22.71 64.90 91.47 101.75

Dentists .......................................................................... 46.30 11.0 15.18 42.82 49.52 49.52 61.18

Optometrists .................................................................. 62.86 14.1 40.87 49.92 61.67 75.00 93.75

Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ........................... 33.45 8.8 28.63 31.25 31.25 31.25 45.58

Registered nurses .......................................................... 27.90 1.1 19.56 22.28 26.44 31.75 38.09

Pharmacists ................................................................... 45.25 1.1 39.81 43.00 46.00 47.76 51.35

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.28 4.3 15.00 17.50 20.71 24.26 30.66

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 22.76 2.3 18.34 19.81 22.00 25.80 27.36

Occupational therapists ................................................. 25.96 3.7 16.77 22.14 26.11 29.56 34.51

Physical therapists ......................................................... 29.34 3.3 22.11 25.00 29.85 32.50 34.88

Speech therapists .......................................................... 29.47 5.9 17.25 23.56 30.18 33.53 39.35

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 17.72 4.0 12.66 13.94 15.45 19.72 25.50

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 36.71 7.0 15.15 31.73 37.50 46.64 48.08

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 43.69 2.5 23.96 30.35 38.85 52.11 68.51

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 52.72 13.5 31.68 37.76 50.82 64.70 80.20

Biological science teachers ........................................... 44.49 10.5 27.91 34.45 40.19 47.04 58.47

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 38.51 9.2 28.94 31.00 32.98 41.30 53.44

Physics teachers ............................................................ 53.20 8.5 39.39 44.52 48.22 61.14 73.46

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 39.57 9.8 22.89 34.80 41.41 44.02 48.16

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 38.83 8.1 26.10 26.98 35.15 46.32 59.09

Economics teachers ...................................................... 66.23 19.2 37.30 42.89 66.45 85.45 102.05

History teachers ............................................................. 41.39 9.9 26.44 30.15 38.05 50.24 63.09

Political science teachers .............................................. 36.21 7.2 26.20 29.26 37.86 39.15 52.90

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 49.58 15.6 27.61 32.27 41.71 63.49 78.15

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 44.68 5.9 30.56 35.51 42.41 56.61 59.40

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 60.62 10.6 36.31 43.13 54.68 78.00 92.65

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 40.88 12.4 27.34 30.74 41.73 49.13 55.13

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 June 2005–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

Computer science teachers ........................................... $39.89 19.8 $22.84 $22.84 $37.64 $56.99 $58.71

Medical science teachers .............................................. 51.79 10.2 22.59 31.15 46.97 66.40 92.62

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 44.47 10.2 25.33 27.33 34.29 48.84 76.93

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 46.19 13.0 28.18 34.14 38.44 52.79 77.48

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 55.12 23.5 20.80 25.94 55.74 75.22 84.15

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 36.79 9.6 22.49 27.22 35.31 40.29 54.28

Physical education teachers .......................................... 34.38 7.5 21.28 26.97 28.43 45.37 51.94

Education teachers ........................................................ 39.46 10.7 19.23 31.31 37.32 44.54 50.68

English teachers ............................................................ 45.89 11.0 27.18 31.75 40.73 63.18 63.59

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 35.14 17.9 18.57 18.57 30.29 45.34 48.86

Law teachers ................................................................. 55.10 15.3 26.92 28.78 55.22 72.61 82.37

Theology teachers ......................................................... 40.80 6.4 27.56 30.77 35.52 48.99 53.02

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 36.09 6.9 19.37 27.84 36.45 42.42 50.32

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 41.72 2.9 21.84 28.81 38.17 51.04 65.94

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 32.06 1.2 18.71 24.10 30.44 38.61 48.69

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 19.89 4.9 9.00 10.75 15.29 26.90 36.05

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 33.56 1.4 21.96 25.50 31.24 39.73 49.74

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 33.18 1.9 21.94 25.53 30.96 38.75 48.34

Teachers, special education .......................................... 34.65 3.1 21.19 26.43 32.14 41.27 52.20

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 32.68 3.0 17.78 24.22 31.16 39.28 49.97

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 11.76 10.1 10.27 10.27 10.27 12.67 16.76

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 28.35 6.4 12.50 16.69 27.07 36.20 45.70

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 27.98 3.0 17.26 20.51 26.25 33.90 41.99

Librarians ....................................................................... 28.37 3.1 17.31 20.60 26.61 34.41 43.47

Archivists and curators .................................................. 24.74 12.3 13.40 17.27 24.21 29.42 37.26

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 31.38 3.2 17.10 21.49 28.91 36.06 49.21

Economists .................................................................... 33.85 7.8 19.23 23.32 30.23 39.07 49.21

Psychologists ................................................................. 31.02 5.7 15.02 20.53 28.91 36.78 54.43

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 28.99 13.1 12.30 19.23 25.45 36.97 46.70

Urban planners .............................................................. 26.93 4.6 19.07 22.79 26.85 31.10 33.76

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 18.80 1.7 12.07 14.08 17.41 22.15 27.46

Social workers ............................................................... 19.11 1.9 12.47 14.42 17.54 22.51 27.91

Recreation workers ........................................................ 15.01 6.1 8.25 10.30 14.08 19.34 22.90

Clergy ............................................................................ 15.74 13.2 12.07 12.07 12.58 17.31 20.74

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 18.74 15.5 11.25 11.25 17.83 20.05 23.08

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 51.26 4.7 25.48 33.46 46.70 62.50 79.42

Lawyers ......................................................................... 50.89 4.9 25.48 32.31 45.80 61.23 79.33

Judges ........................................................................... 61.38 11.1 46.06 51.51 57.83 75.39 82.12

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 25.48 3.6 11.51 15.87 21.68 30.11 44.23

Technical writers ............................................................ 35.82 14.7 15.00 22.23 36.01 51.14 54.33

Designers ....................................................................... 21.65 3.6 10.88 14.42 19.58 26.93 34.62

Musicians and composers ............................................. 38.84 20.4 19.13 29.21 31.59 38.55 79.98

Actors and directors ....................................................... 33.13 17.8 10.00 16.62 25.51 45.06 54.27

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 18.69 5.3 14.00 15.00 18.27 20.00 24.52

Photographers ............................................................... 17.14 11.5 8.92 10.20 14.41 22.44 28.72

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 16.43 18.2 8.00 8.00 15.91 19.13 27.84

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 25.97 7.5 10.50 15.20 21.88 30.01 43.01

Public relations specialists ............................................. 24.98 6.3 16.53 17.50 22.81 27.29 35.32

Announcers .................................................................... 40.13 29.5 10.58 15.58 20.19 27.88 117.79

Athletes .......................................................................... 29.51 15.4 13.22 16.83 24.11 36.40 56.72

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 31.43 7.4 16.91 20.31 28.91 38.90 50.97

Technical ............................................................................... 22.57 2.2 12.36 15.37 19.51 25.37 32.19

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 18.87 2.6 11.00 14.08 17.85 22.50 27.36

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 31.57 4.1 22.50 27.25 32.87 37.00 39.50

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 15.68 4.5 10.00 12.19 15.31 18.21 23.61

Radiological technicians ................................................ 24.11 2.6 17.00 20.00 23.00 27.79 32.64

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 17.47 1.6 12.97 15.00 17.00 19.64 22.64

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 June 2005–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

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. $16.69 1.8 $10.15 $12.69 $15.50 $18.97 $24.63

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 23.89 12.0 12.01 16.33 22.31 27.01 32.09

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 24.21 5.6 16.93 20.00 23.52 28.39 32.05

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 22.78 4.3 16.13 17.76 21.35 26.45 32.69

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 24.47 4.0 14.75 18.26 23.00 29.23 36.05

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.93 2.7 14.42 17.52 21.23 25.50 28.57

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 19.71 9.2 12.00 14.71 17.50 23.98 31.03

Biological technicians .................................................... 18.11 4.0 12.00 14.06 16.83 21.96 25.44

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 21.98 6.1 14.80 16.50 22.12 24.82 29.56

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 21.28 10.1 14.27 16.50 19.23 24.60 30.00

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 97.51 13.0 25.00 46.25 97.72 143.75 179.83

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 16.50 11.9 8.76 9.53 13.94 18.97 26.04

Computer programmers ................................................. 30.82 3.2 18.27 23.28 28.85 36.06 43.27

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 23.35 7.4 16.65 18.50 21.64 30.00 32.55

Legal assistants ............................................................. 22.50 3.7 14.66 17.67 21.43 26.11 30.74

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 20.62 4.9 12.40 14.52 19.10 23.72 30.79

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 33.78 1.9 17.10 21.64 28.95 40.34 54.58

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 38.28 2.3 18.27 24.31 33.53 46.27 60.62

Legislators ..................................................................... 11.99 43.7 3.46 3.46 8.45 9.33 39.18

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 52.11 6.3 43.10 48.08 55.66 57.69 60.10

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 31.52 2.9 19.97 24.35 30.70 36.01 44.02

Financial managers ....................................................... 40.82 4.0 20.91 26.20 34.44 51.34 65.88

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 32.16 7.5 21.00 23.27 27.87 36.88 51.49

Purchasing managers .................................................... 35.35 8.2 18.75 23.08 32.33 41.99 50.52

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 45.33 4.2 23.50 28.99 39.49 54.92 69.71

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 37.30 3.4 19.23 25.60 36.31 46.19 56.41

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 35.12 3.3 19.00 26.45 33.33 41.47 51.53

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 21.17 7.5 12.24 14.42 18.75 24.74 32.01

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 22.14 4.1 11.54 16.25 22.36 26.94 31.18

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 30.84 7.9 15.39 18.82 24.27 35.00 49.76

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 40.99 4.6 18.72 25.90 36.07 48.84 63.17

Management related .......................................................... 27.09 1.2 16.33 19.67 24.63 31.35 39.53

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 25.50 2.0 16.39 19.94 24.11 30.50 35.71

Underwriters .................................................................. 27.41 5.7 17.91 19.23 25.70 31.83 41.01

Other financial officers ................................................... 32.53 3.6 16.59 20.66 27.85 36.43 50.48

Management analysts .................................................... 30.70 5.2 19.06 22.17 27.69 36.16 47.89

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 25.52 3.8 15.91 18.55 23.83 29.51 36.27

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 23.08 15.3 15.94 16.35 17.83 34.84 34.84

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 27.16 3.8 16.16 20.19 25.06 31.13 40.39

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 26.05 5.9 16.52 19.51 23.32 29.91 40.17

Business and promotional agents .................................. 23.25 5.5 16.67 18.50 24.22 26.28 29.81

Construction inspectors ................................................. 24.60 5.0 16.65 19.23 23.63 29.29 34.80

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 23.23 4.0 16.54 19.67 21.31 26.63 31.59

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 26.11 2.5 15.96 19.22 24.46 30.98 38.84

Sales ......................................................................................... 17.84 1.7 7.50 9.50 13.33 20.25 32.71

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 20.60 3.6 10.65 12.88 16.70 22.82 36.67

Insurance sales .............................................................. 23.10 8.5 9.98 13.73 17.89 28.77 43.27

Real estate sales ........................................................... 22.06 14.0 11.85 14.42 16.83 24.04 49.30

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 41.38 7.0 14.42 16.74 28.52 43.27 75.76

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 20.61 10.5 9.50 11.59 16.62 25.48 38.12

Sales, other business services ...................................... 25.32 6.2 10.00 14.29 20.00 28.70 42.41

Sales engineers ............................................................. 38.11 9.5 22.60 30.00 39.01 44.49 57.69

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 27.09 3.5 12.70 16.71 23.07 33.95 45.72

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... $21.91 6.3 $7.61 $10.87 $17.31 $26.43 $40.20

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 13.10 14.4 7.00 8.15 9.50 12.35 18.76

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 10.88 12.3 6.77 7.25 10.27 12.60 15.50

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 15.24 6.1 8.65 11.28 13.83 16.21 21.86

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 11.93 8.3 7.50 8.75 10.00 13.03 20.00

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 13.70 5.6 9.00 10.09 12.00 15.30 18.88

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 14.83 2.9 9.50 11.69 13.89 16.35 22.03

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 13.42 3.2 7.38 8.56 11.13 15.26 22.50

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 10.57 5.3 7.00 7.85 10.00 12.00 15.49

Cashiers ......................................................................... 9.55 1.9 6.50 7.50 8.75 11.00 13.13

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 17.17 15.1 10.00 12.69 13.94 19.24 21.73

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 15.73 8.0 8.77 10.24 12.82 20.19 26.92

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.82 .7 9.25 11.02 13.93 17.42 21.48

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 20.59 2.3 13.48 16.63 19.71 23.96 28.85

Supervisors, computer equipment operators ................. 21.61 8.3 15.09 18.16 23.29 23.29 24.35

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 23.09 3.2 14.42 17.54 21.43 27.40 31.68

Chief communications operators ................................... 21.68 4.1 18.15 19.92 21.12 23.00 23.00

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.61 4.3 13.75 16.33 19.90 23.79 28.66

Computer operators ....................................................... 16.44 3.6 12.18 13.39 16.15 18.80 21.82

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 14.02 7.8 9.24 11.64 14.75 17.01 17.94

Secretaries ..................................................................... 16.81 1.0 10.88 13.00 16.17 19.74 23.66

Stenographers ............................................................... 18.36 5.2 11.75 13.17 15.85 21.61 28.17

Typists ........................................................................... 15.24 2.5 10.68 12.63 14.86 17.60 19.82

Interviewers ................................................................... 12.58 4.4 8.59 10.00 11.96 15.54 17.66

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 9.24 1.9 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.99

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 15.34 3.6 8.50 11.07 16.00 19.86 20.95

Receptionists ................................................................. 12.06 1.7 8.50 9.86 11.74 13.75 16.33

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.84 2.7 9.14 11.00 13.07 16.59 18.97

Classified ad clerks ........................................................ 13.10 5.8 11.26 11.88 12.61 14.65 14.65

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 13.86 3.8 11.25 12.01 12.72 15.48 17.96

Order clerks ................................................................... 14.74 3.1 9.10 11.06 13.88 17.25 21.46

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 16.57 2.3 11.88 13.79 16.00 19.62 21.43

Library clerks ................................................................. 13.43 3.2 9.27 10.81 12.72 15.50 18.12

File clerks ....................................................................... 11.08 2.7 8.35 9.50 10.50 12.01 15.00

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 14.12 2.7 9.13 10.92 13.46 16.45 20.17

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 15.06 1.5 10.01 12.00 14.50 17.12 20.67

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 16.87 2.0 11.65 13.64 16.00 19.71 22.94

Billing clerks ................................................................... 13.39 2.0 9.46 11.00 13.00 15.00 17.47

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 13.39 9.3 7.09 10.85 13.45 16.11 20.12

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 13.82 5.9 10.00 10.75 12.56 15.84 18.77

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.33 8.8 9.68 9.82 11.20 14.85 18.00

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 12.35 6.6 9.50 10.09 11.25 12.00 20.04

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 11.22 3.3 8.57 10.61 11.33 12.24 12.54

Telephone operators ...................................................... 12.78 5.5 8.00 9.17 11.32 15.74 20.11

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 12.75 21.7 8.00 9.20 11.80 15.14 21.56

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 12.07 6.9 8.40 9.14 10.98 14.53 17.35

Messengers ................................................................... 10.09 10.5 7.00 7.50 9.60 11.65 13.83

Dispatchers .................................................................... 16.48 4.9 9.00 11.70 15.21 20.47 25.35

Production coordinators ................................................. 18.79 3.7 12.39 13.75 17.88 22.39 27.25

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 13.97 2.1 9.45 11.00 13.46 16.07 20.44

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 13.37 2.0 8.85 10.46 12.91 15.50 18.44

Meter readers ................................................................ 17.31 5.2 11.14 12.75 17.09 20.45 25.88

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 15.24 8.0 10.28 11.00 13.57 16.00 26.75

Expeditors ...................................................................... 16.07 4.8 9.35 12.15 16.35 19.46 22.69

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 19.62 3.5 12.25 14.74 17.64 22.64 29.89

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 15.94 3.8 10.00 12.25 14.38 19.60 23.99

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 15.53 2.9 11.00 12.70 15.64 17.81 19.60

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 14.51 7.5 9.24 10.66 13.50 17.68 20.88

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

General office clerks ...................................................... $13.77 1.1 $9.16 $10.73 $13.00 $16.00 $19.46

Bank tellers .................................................................... 11.20 1.5 8.70 9.50 10.65 12.69 14.24

Proofreaders .................................................................. 17.88 15.7 10.25 12.98 17.11 23.83 24.27

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 12.24 1.5 8.50 10.28 12.00 14.00 16.01

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 14.72 5.3 9.08 10.62 13.91 18.04 21.16

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 11.56 1.9 8.30 9.31 10.79 13.24 15.96

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 15.05 1.3 9.75 11.82 14.66 17.50 20.85

Blue collar .................................................................................... 16.27 1.0 8.55 10.93 14.77 20.06 26.56

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 20.04 .9 11.00 14.40 18.64 25.00 30.60

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 24.81 2.7 15.63 19.10 24.08 29.18 34.59

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 18.94 3.1 10.66 14.50 18.50 22.00 27.23

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 13.91 9.4 8.75 11.00 13.13 14.50 18.00

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 19.43 2.6 12.75 15.50 18.50 22.99 27.00

Aircraft engine mechanics ............................................. 27.34 8.7 18.75 22.77 27.41 31.06 38.37

Small engine repairers ................................................... 15.44 5.6 11.00 12.73 15.00 18.50 19.25

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 16.34 4.5 10.00 13.00 15.60 18.00 24.00

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 24.77 4.0 14.35 22.54 26.01 28.39 31.61

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 19.47 2.8 13.50 16.00 18.55 22.96 26.24

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 15.47 7.4 10.00 12.00 15.25 18.00 20.58

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 21.33 2.1 14.38 17.17 20.62 25.51 28.42

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 16.14 4.7 11.12 12.50 14.82 19.00 23.04

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.99 2.7 12.50 15.06 22.00 27.78 31.18

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 20.78 12.4 9.50 15.61 21.00 23.92 36.81

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 16.22 5.8 10.00 12.45 15.84 18.56 24.84

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 25.11 4.8 14.00 24.87 27.54 28.28 28.75

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 23.95 3.4 15.77 21.18 25.08 26.91 28.98

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 18.49 3.1 12.18 15.00 17.50 21.75 25.75

Locksmiths and safe repairers ....................................... 14.73 9.9 10.00 12.00 13.83 18.09 20.61

Office machine repairers ................................................ 17.54 8.5 10.75 14.00 16.87 19.79 23.83

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 21.24 5.7 14.08 17.02 20.23 27.21 31.26

Elevator installers and repairers .................................... 38.67 14.5 27.06 28.43 47.26 47.26 47.26

Millwrights ...................................................................... 22.30 6.3 15.00 16.71 22.55 27.24 30.33

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.90 2.5 10.39 12.65 16.00 20.19 25.24

Supervisors, brickmasons, stonemasons, and

tilesetters ..................................................................... 21.09 9.7 14.22 18.08 21.00 25.00 26.63

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 24.28 6.1 16.66 20.00 22.78 29.70 31.38

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 32.48 3.8 22.56 26.73 30.25 40.72 41.63

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 23.55 7.7 15.50 19.75 23.08 28.25 29.76

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 27.59 7.5 19.50 21.25 28.65 32.75 33.73

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 22.25 5.0 15.41 17.01 20.40 26.25 32.37

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 26.43 9.0 16.00 20.00 27.29 32.70 40.00

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 17.92 13.5 14.00 15.00 15.00 20.00 25.53

Carpet installers ............................................................. 24.45 12.9 11.60 20.00 20.69 34.80 35.12

Carpenters ..................................................................... 19.73 4.5 12.00 14.50 18.00 24.00 30.96

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 17.18 13.6 11.00 12.00 15.90 20.54 26.56

Drywall installers ............................................................ 17.98 6.9 12.00 14.00 16.40 20.69 26.94

Electricians .................................................................... 25.79 3.1 15.50 18.30 24.39 31.65 40.47

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 14.69 3.5 10.00 11.50 13.25 16.16 20.49

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 26.54 3.4 17.50 23.04 26.61 30.40 35.72

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 16.29 3.7 11.00 12.15 15.00 18.71 23.75

Plasterers ....................................................................... 15.88 5.8 12.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 20.00

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 24.46 7.0 15.50 17.75 24.00 30.00 36.03

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 14.64 4.4 9.10 12.00 14.00 16.67 20.71

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 18.47 6.8 10.50 13.50 17.00 24.20 26.88

Glaziers .......................................................................... 17.85 9.1 11.00 13.50 17.00 23.63 25.52

Insulation workers .......................................................... 18.91 8.8 10.80 12.59 18.17 24.04 30.15

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and repair –Continued

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... $16.25 12.3 $10.00 $11.70 $14.00 $19.00 $26.92

Roofers .......................................................................... 16.21 7.5 9.00 11.50 15.00 20.50 25.00

Sheet metal duct installers ............................................. 24.07 12.8 9.25 16.38 24.22 33.09 34.30

Structural metal workers ................................................ 24.22 12.4 14.00 15.56 22.22 28.25 39.08

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 17.57 5.5 10.02 12.10 16.00 20.45 26.86

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 24.40 19.4 11.93 13.87 20.00 35.18 35.18

Drillers, oil well ............................................................... 25.02 17.8 10.00 16.00 29.63 34.02 34.02

Mining machine operators ............................................. 18.57 9.3 11.36 15.55 19.12 21.73 26.05

Supervisors, production ................................................. 22.24 2.0 14.60 17.00 21.09 25.96 31.75

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 23.94 2.0 16.86 19.80 24.13 28.92 31.07

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 17.92 7.4 14.00 15.50 17.00 20.00 24.80

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 20.72 6.1 11.82 16.50 19.50 25.60 29.10

Machinists ...................................................................... 19.93 2.0 13.77 16.50 20.00 23.00 26.50

Boilermakers .................................................................. 19.47 9.9 14.87 16.00 17.92 22.87 25.40

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 16.20 9.1 8.90 12.00 15.76 19.55 22.50

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 21.41 8.9 11.46 15.72 20.96 28.49 31.81

Layout workers .............................................................. 18.46 16.0 11.56 13.25 16.75 21.05 35.00

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 17.80 10.1 10.00 12.05 15.03 20.10 28.22

Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood ....................... 18.14 11.4 11.95 15.00 15.70 20.75 22.72

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 13.14 6.9 9.75 11.10 12.50 14.15 17.00

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 12.13 7.0 9.02 9.82 12.00 13.00 16.50

Dressmakers .................................................................. 12.48 7.8 8.50 11.00 11.43 13.30 18.65

Tailors ............................................................................ 17.63 20.4 8.50 10.45 13.00 20.35 36.06

Upholsterers .................................................................. 15.05 11.5 8.50 12.29 14.85 17.37 20.51

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 14.21 14.3 9.75 12.50 12.50 17.93 20.40

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 18.63 11.4 14.25 14.25 15.15 24.97 28.13

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 15.25 2.7 9.75 12.75 14.61 16.25 21.17

Bookbinders ................................................................... 15.45 10.5 8.00 10.40 14.96 20.92 22.17

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 13.99 3.7 8.76 10.30 13.12 16.62 20.95

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 14.26 12.4 10.00 10.06 11.10 16.14 22.21

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 12.35 3.8 8.05 9.40 11.20 14.80 18.49

Bakers ............................................................................ 12.29 5.6 6.00 10.00 12.00 14.25 18.06

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 13.27 4.9 8.50 10.56 13.54 15.67 17.60

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 20.37 4.2 10.73 15.32 19.45 26.02 28.74

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 23.35 10.4 15.65 16.64 26.63 26.63 27.33

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 20.79 11.0 17.82 17.85 17.85 26.28 27.33

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 19.27 2.7 12.09 15.20 19.08 22.94 27.54

Power plant operators .................................................... 28.18 3.8 20.68 26.17 26.52 30.95 36.21

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 23.71 4.4 13.90 19.20 23.67 27.61 32.27

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 23.86 4.7 16.13 20.43 24.65 27.50 29.08

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 14.32 1.4 8.50 10.31 13.11 17.00 22.68

Lathe and turning-machine set-up operators ................. 17.41 3.7 12.70 14.35 16.51 19.75 22.47

Lathe and turning-machine operators ............................ 16.12 6.2 10.50 12.50 16.00 18.68 21.68

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 16.14 6.9 10.75 13.25 16.22 18.81 22.09

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 14.04 6.7 8.50 10.08 12.39 16.25 21.87

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 16.65 11.4 10.51 12.50 15.25 19.31 26.98

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 14.25 8.1 7.25 10.00 14.00 17.70 20.59

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 13.60 2.7 8.58 11.00 12.98 15.60 18.75

Forging machine operators ............................................ 12.93 10.3 8.61 10.50 11.50 15.32 18.65

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 16.82 3.1 12.00 14.10 16.50 19.00 21.57

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 15.65 4.0 9.35 11.65 14.15 18.25 26.66

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 13.46 3.6 8.50 10.23 12.81 15.40 19.75

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 14.49 7.8 8.50 10.60 13.84 18.10 23.00

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 15.95 5.2 10.90 13.66 15.30 17.80 21.48

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 12.20 7.1 8.00 9.25 12.75 14.16 14.50

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.11 4.9 7.50 9.00 10.75 12.50 15.25

Shaping and joining machine operators ........................ 13.69 2.8 11.00 12.71 13.80 14.50 16.25

See footnotes at end of table.

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

Compensation Survey,2 June 2005–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

Nailing and tacking machine operators .......................... $10.46 10.9 $7.13 $7.79 $9.22 $13.85 $13.87

Printing press operators ................................................. 16.99 2.8 11.00 14.00 17.00 19.98 22.65

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 16.66 6.3 13.25 13.25 16.69 18.45 22.81

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 15.71 5.8 9.50 12.50 17.00 19.00 19.97

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 12.61 7.1 9.00 9.67 11.59 13.07 16.39

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 12.23 5.8 9.00 10.27 11.75 13.60 16.93

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 10.92 4.7 7.90 9.79 10.75 10.75 14.26

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 10.53 9.2 7.03 8.36 9.00 11.67 15.50

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 9.46 5.4 6.75 8.00 9.50 10.50 12.20

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.98 5.6 7.14 8.13 9.50 11.00 13.50

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 12.35 8.1 7.43 9.52 11.45 14.70 18.89

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 14.43 4.0 8.75 10.93 13.60 16.61 22.43

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 13.83 3.8 10.01 11.22 13.29 16.22 17.61

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 15.57 4.1 10.31 11.84 14.95 18.36 21.50

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 19.55 5.4 12.30 16.09 18.98 24.45 25.62

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.65 8.0 8.00 8.25 11.19 13.23 16.81

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 15.49 4.4 9.85 11.55 14.17 17.24 26.21

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 14.04 7.8 8.50 11.52 13.00 17.30 21.00

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 16.81 22.6 10.00 10.00 13.05 28.04 28.04

Folding machine operators ............................................ 13.02 16.8 6.90 8.35 12.44 16.03 20.44

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 15.33 6.1 10.50 12.04 13.70 17.50 25.13

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 15.57 11.9 10.25 11.60 14.54 16.39 27.19

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 14.08 2.7 9.00 11.50 13.81 16.42 18.75

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 11.47 7.8 9.00 10.00 10.17 12.00 16.85

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 14.74 2.6 8.64 10.52 13.66 17.95 23.00

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 15.90 2.4 11.00 12.40 15.09 18.00 22.25

Solderers and brazers ................................................... 12.17 9.0 8.55 9.00 12.00 14.39 16.50

Assemblers .................................................................... 15.06 2.0 8.23 10.10 13.00 18.24 26.74

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 11.81 10.8 6.95 9.00 10.46 14.59 17.00

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 11.73 8.3 7.50 8.50 12.38 14.00 15.66

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 12.21 4.6 8.75 10.48 11.50 14.00 15.21

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 16.75 26.4 9.00 9.92 12.75 28.35 28.75

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 12.80 5.8 7.35 9.40 11.50 14.69 19.29

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 14.12 4.7 8.50 10.15 12.50 16.61 23.44

Production testers .......................................................... 15.19 5.0 10.01 11.64 14.00 17.75 20.96

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 13.78 8.2 10.64 11.03 12.81 14.55 18.30

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 11.91 6.2 7.00 9.00 10.30 14.79 16.50

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 12.33 8.1 9.25 10.71 11.63 16.00 16.00

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 15.69 1.7 9.23 11.00 14.50 19.13 24.23

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.71 5.8 11.58 14.50 16.68 23.58 27.48

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 15.37 2.4 9.25 11.00 14.50 19.00 22.86

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 15.76 6.1 8.50 10.30 14.75 20.19 25.07

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 15.67 4.3 9.50 12.00 14.74 19.34 22.67

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 8.96 8.2 6.00 7.00 8.75 10.25 12.18

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 7.70 9.7 5.15 6.25 7.50 9.00 10.59

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 12.58 5.3 8.10 8.95 10.70 15.00 20.36

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 25.82 22.3 13.65 13.65 26.00 35.82 42.10

Locomotive operating .................................................... 28.07 18.6 14.47 14.47 25.84 37.09 45.60

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators ................. 29.55 6.9 16.12 22.93 29.37 37.80 39.49

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ......................................... 22.52 3.9 18.03 20.00 23.21 24.40 25.58

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 19.47 14.7 12.92 14.58 20.00 21.67 25.79

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 12.26 7.4 8.50 9.00 9.92 16.50 19.38

Marine engineers ........................................................... 21.48 20.4 14.38 14.38 18.00 24.24 35.27

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 22.69 3.4 16.25 18.75 22.51 27.18 28.05

Operating engineers ...................................................... 20.97 8.1 12.00 13.05 18.72 27.22 31.50

Hoist and winch operators ............................................. 12.12 19.6 9.25 9.50 10.50 10.86 25.62

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 16.66 6.2 12.24 13.91 15.07 18.00 22.40

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 June 2005–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

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... $17.02 4.7 $10.50 $13.25 $16.00 $18.50 $23.89

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 16.07 5.2 10.56 12.50 14.35 19.00 25.76

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 14.23 1.8 9.26 10.90 13.45 17.00 21.04

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 16.82 5.6 10.00 12.43 15.89 20.40 26.65

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 12.14 1.7 7.05 8.50 10.78 14.31 19.55

Nursery workers ............................................................. 11.43 8.8 8.60 9.25 10.00 13.50 16.50

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 24.03 6.4 14.70 19.56 25.00 25.00 29.40

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 12.10 3.5 7.50 8.50 10.93 15.21 17.83

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 12.11 10.6 8.55 9.23 10.75 14.67 18.28

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 10.05 15.9 7.30 7.65 8.75 10.76 14.65

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 20.01 5.1 12.00 15.37 18.71 22.94 28.16

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 12.14 4.1 8.00 9.00 11.00 14.25 17.43

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 12.62 3.6 8.50 10.00 11.17 14.50 17.43

Construction laborers ..................................................... 14.57 4.4 8.00 9.80 12.50 20.00 23.14

Production helpers ......................................................... 11.45 2.9 7.25 8.50 10.50 13.73 17.48

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 12.17 13.8 7.21 8.29 10.00 14.76 23.56

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 11.27 1.9 7.00 8.50 10.55 13.19 16.41

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.89 2.5 7.80 8.70 10.51 12.30 14.78

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 12.94 2.4 7.85 9.50 12.00 15.55 20.08

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.08 3.6 6.75 7.25 8.50 10.00 12.31

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 10.05 3.8 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.90 14.75

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.79 5.5 6.50 7.00 8.90 11.46 14.12

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 11.43 2.4 6.75 8.25 10.32 13.76 17.32

Service .......................................................................................... 12.01 2.1 6.40 7.97 10.18 14.00 20.19

Protective service .............................................................. 18.38 2.7 8.75 11.00 16.25 24.42 30.83

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 27.52 4.7 17.92 20.34 25.27 32.02 39.83

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 31.73 2.7 19.23 25.26 30.73 37.57 44.99

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 20.20 8.7 10.50 12.00 15.97 29.92 34.04

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 19.51 11.4 12.50 13.00 19.00 24.57 30.12

Firefighting ..................................................................... 19.65 2.4 11.74 14.81 18.68 24.27 28.71

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 25.05 1.0 16.23 19.75 24.88 29.16 33.91

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 20.01 2.4 12.68 14.67 19.24 24.24 28.22

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 17.64 6.3 11.35 12.16 15.49 22.68 26.06

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.51 2.4 7.00 8.50 9.80 11.68 14.58

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.79 6.8 7.61 9.00 12.08 16.91 22.05

Food service ...................................................................... 8.88 1.5 4.25 6.50 8.25 10.76 14.00

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 5.36 2.8 2.13 3.00 5.15 6.75 8.91

Bartenders ..................................................................... 7.03 4.6 4.00 5.65 6.89 8.50 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.71 4.3 2.13 2.35 4.25 5.92 7.35

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 6.53 5.4 3.70 4.75 6.44 7.50 9.85

Other food service ........................................................... 10.01 1.1 6.50 7.50 9.15 11.54 14.75

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 14.00 2.7 8.75 10.00 13.02 16.50 21.05

Cooks ............................................................................. 10.37 1.4 7.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 14.98

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 9.09 2.3 6.23 7.20 8.50 10.40 12.65

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 8.82 1.8 6.25 7.17 8.19 10.00 12.21

Health service .................................................................... 11.40 1.2 8.00 9.09 10.67 13.00 16.00

Dental assistants ........................................................... 15.41 3.5 10.25 13.18 15.00 17.51 21.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 12.22 2.6 8.00 9.50 11.54 14.00 17.01

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 10.77 1.2 7.77 8.97 10.20 12.02 14.55

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 11.57 2.3 7.00 8.11 10.50 13.95 18.57

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 17.33 4.5 11.54 13.17 17.95 20.28 23.95

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.80 3.2 6.50 7.09 8.09 10.00 12.00

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 11.80 2.5 7.35 8.60 11.00 14.27 18.54

Pest control .................................................................... 14.13 9.3 9.00 10.50 12.00 16.66 19.07

Personal service ................................................................ 10.86 8.2 5.75 6.94 9.00 12.07 17.58

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ $14.95 6.1 $8.76 $11.00 $14.42 $18.75 $21.25

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 13.05 10.0 6.50 7.50 10.50 14.72 22.28

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 7.28 3.9 5.30 5.65 6.55 7.50 10.81

Guides ........................................................................... 13.90 6.0 10.55 12.50 13.82 15.87 16.83

Public transportation attendants .................................... 31.98 3.7 18.34 26.05 30.13 38.93 48.15

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 7.86 5.5 5.35 6.15 8.00 9.00 10.95

Welfare service aides .................................................... 11.59 3.0 8.45 9.50 10.94 12.91 15.38

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 9.06 4.0 6.50 7.25 8.75 10.39 12.09

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 9.60 5.2 6.50 7.00 8.50 10.50 13.94

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 11.85 5.0 7.90 9.30 10.97 14.36 17.94

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2004

and January 2006. The average reference period was June 2005. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 June 2005

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $10.52 0.9 $5.60 $6.75 $8.10 $11.08 $18.00

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 11.12 1.1 5.50 6.75 8.50 12.04 20.33

White collar .................................................................................. 13.46 1.6 6.50 7.50 9.65 15.40 26.36

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 17.83 1.9 8.00 10.00 13.95 22.88 32.67

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 24.80 2.5 10.71 15.59 23.00 30.30 40.00

Professional specialty ............................................................ 26.96 2.5 10.71 18.13 25.50 33.08 42.90

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 37.26 18.3 23.78 23.78 30.00 44.50 63.99

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 31.72 7.5 12.94 19.99 30.20 37.18 51.11

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 31.87 7.7 12.94 19.99 31.50 37.18 51.11

Natural scientists ............................................................... 25.56 19.5 17.00 18.13 21.16 26.66 45.96

Health related .................................................................... 31.24 3.1 20.27 24.00 28.32 35.27 43.96

Physicians ...................................................................... 85.46 12.3 50.00 62.00 84.08 104.24 125.00

Registered nurses .......................................................... 29.21 1.8 20.60 24.01 28.00 33.34 39.71

Pharmacists ................................................................... 37.23 8.0 12.85 33.00 39.86 45.20 49.12

Dietitians ........................................................................ 22.30 6.2 18.50 18.50 22.50 23.63 28.14

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 22.91 5.6 16.64 19.00 22.37 25.66 31.62

Occupational therapists ................................................. 33.08 6.5 25.00 27.88 32.00 37.89 45.00

Physical therapists ......................................................... 35.68 6.4 24.00 30.00 39.00 40.00 43.00

Speech therapists .......................................................... 31.63 5.7 25.57 26.34 30.00 37.00 43.22

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 19.94 7.0 16.04 16.80 19.00 22.62 23.75

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 34.57 23.7 15.00 29.11 33.40 45.00 58.78

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 31.38 4.9 15.63 21.07 30.00 40.00 49.00

Biological science teachers ........................................... 31.10 31.1 17.00 17.00 26.00 30.72 63.40

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 23.18 14.8 15.63 15.63 21.88 30.00 34.38

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 31.06 18.6 23.45 23.75 26.32 42.51 46.00

Computer science teachers ........................................... 38.66 6.3 34.37 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 28.23 9.4 18.04 21.07 25.00 31.16 47.00

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 29.21 17.1 16.67 20.00 21.88 40.00 51.00

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 27.62 13.9 15.00 15.00 26.00 36.26 47.00

Physical education teachers .......................................... 18.02 32.0 6.05 7.00 15.91 24.00 38.47

Education teachers ........................................................ 24.87 18.1 13.23 17.19 17.46 31.82 45.40

English teachers ............................................................ 30.65 7.1 15.87 21.86 34.00 38.72 45.55

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 36.44 15.8 22.46 26.00 30.00 48.75 56.64

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 31.59 5.6 17.51 21.25 28.11 38.24 52.06

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 19.15 5.4 9.33 11.43 15.00 23.78 35.12

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 15.89 10.8 10.00 13.50 13.50 21.00 21.00

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 24.45 8.2 10.71 17.93 23.20 32.13 35.39

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 34.71 7.2 21.83 29.14 34.43 37.93 43.30

Teachers, special education .......................................... 30.08 24.6 15.00 18.00 20.00 49.74 53.85

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 21.21 9.7 10.13 12.50 18.00 29.23 38.00

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 13.00 3.7 8.00 9.89 11.34 16.00 21.57

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 22.71 24.4 10.50 11.60 24.24 26.13 48.46

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 22.03 4.1 13.26 15.84 19.67 24.38 39.11

Librarians ....................................................................... 22.39 3.9 13.52 15.84 19.85 25.10 39.69

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 25.05 19.5 10.00 13.76 27.00 30.00 35.00

Psychologists ................................................................. 25.10 19.6 10.00 13.76 27.00 30.00 35.00

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 16.05 7.8 6.67 10.20 15.24 21.21 26.00

Social workers ............................................................... 19.73 4.9 11.50 14.42 18.00 24.46 28.94

Recreation workers ........................................................ 9.90 11.7 5.50 6.67 8.91 12.00 17.00

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 49.30 16.2 25.64 29.57 47.62 60.57 63.33

Lawyers ......................................................................... 50.67 16.7 25.64 29.57 47.62 63.33 68.46

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 15.28 8.2 6.50 8.50 10.87 20.00 31.95

Designers ....................................................................... 12.42 16.5 7.25 8.00 10.00 13.18 20.00

Musicians and composers ............................................. 41.35 24.1 12.00 15.46 25.00 70.00 70.00

Photographers ............................................................... 16.37 32.5 7.05 7.50 13.86 13.86 38.46

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 14.27 17.0 8.90 10.00 12.00 12.00 24.36

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 16.40 13.4 9.00 10.32 14.00 20.00 24.15

Announcers .................................................................... 8.54 10.8 5.50 6.50 9.00 10.00 11.13

Athletes .......................................................................... 13.45 10.0 7.50 8.50 10.87 17.62 24.62

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 33.06 9.9 18.20 32.20 33.08 34.48 43.61

Technical ............................................................................... 19.30 3.7 10.82 14.00 17.00 22.06 30.00

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... $19.25 6.2 $12.68 $14.54 $17.30 $22.70 $28.96

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 32.15 8.2 22.00 22.50 28.00 40.63 46.88

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 15.57 23.1 9.61 11.03 13.55 18.01 26.58

Radiological technicians ................................................ 24.23 7.4 16.00 18.14 23.00 26.38 37.30

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 17.77 1.8 13.95 15.60 17.00 19.50 23.40

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 15.12 4.8 9.06 11.08 13.77 17.55 23.84

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 25.12 18.6 14.00 17.08 21.25 33.97 38.84

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 37.71 11.8 15.17 37.04 40.00 40.00 42.51

Drafters .......................................................................... 24.75 8.4 21.70 21.70 25.00 28.91 30.00

Biological technicians .................................................... 14.50 10.4 10.82 11.50 16.50 17.00 17.00

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 10.65 19.6 7.00 7.70 8.30 9.50 14.92

Computer programmers ................................................. 33.13 7.9 17.65 25.00 34.62 41.44 50.96

Legal assistants ............................................................. 16.56 14.4 14.09 15.00 15.00 15.00 20.19

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 11.65 19.0 8.75 9.25 10.00 12.96 18.07

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 26.43 4.5 12.50 17.16 26.00 30.00 44.00

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 28.88 9.9 7.08 18.82 28.89 33.00 50.94

Legislators ..................................................................... 15.66 28.3 4.99 4.99 12.00 23.08 28.69

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 42.35 26.5 29.62 29.62 29.62 57.69 66.53

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 32.25 9.2 15.50 33.00 33.00 33.00 43.51

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 37.47 15.7 27.00 27.00 41.76 48.35 48.35

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 23.94 10.4 13.75 18.82 28.89 28.92 28.92

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 33.64 18.0 20.00 20.00 20.20 49.52 56.86

Management related .......................................................... 24.96 4.1 14.00 17.00 24.52 29.00 38.15

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 26.53 8.3 14.58 21.00 25.01 30.00 38.15

Other financial officers ................................................... 23.63 14.5 12.00 14.50 17.50 35.20 36.90

Management analysts .................................................... 27.32 7.8 19.23 20.75 22.29 29.79 40.16

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 20.87 7.1 15.00 16.00 20.99 26.88 28.80

Construction inspectors ................................................. 19.54 29.2 11.00 11.00 11.00 30.00 30.00

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.48 10.9 15.00 17.01 25.25 28.89 40.00

Sales ......................................................................................... 8.14 .8 6.00 6.67 7.50 8.86 10.50

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 9.78 14.4 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.48 12.25

Real estate sales ........................................................... 10.39 14.2 6.92 6.92 10.00 11.00 13.48

Sales, other business services ...................................... 8.74 4.9 6.75 7.00 8.00 10.00 10.30

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 10.60 7.5 9.00 9.00 9.25 12.00 13.00

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 7.64 3.1 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.10 9.50

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 8.17 11.2 5.75 6.25 7.19 8.75 11.17

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 8.94 3.1 7.00 7.60 8.75 9.92 10.99

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 8.98 3.6 7.32 7.84 8.69 9.75 11.00

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 10.12 3.0 7.50 8.70 10.00 11.25 13.17

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 8.18 3.2 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.00 9.80

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 8.18 2.2 6.10 6.75 7.50 8.86 10.70

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 7.38 2.0 6.00 6.50 7.25 8.00 9.00

Cashiers ......................................................................... 7.83 .9 6.00 6.50 7.35 8.50 10.00

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 10.46 10.9 8.00 8.00 9.00 11.30 16.25

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 7.88 3.7 6.00 6.40 7.10 8.80 10.30

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 11.62 1.0 7.50 8.76 10.60 13.50 17.00

Computer operators ....................................................... 12.66 11.7 8.92 11.00 11.00 15.59 15.59

Secretaries ..................................................................... 14.31 3.7 9.00 10.75 14.00 16.00 21.15

Stenographers ............................................................... 18.16 5.5 11.40 13.06 16.88 21.11 29.80

Typists ........................................................................... 15.89 12.1 10.00 11.82 15.65 18.43 24.00

Interviewers ................................................................... 9.64 6.7 7.50 7.75 9.25 10.86 12.33

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.67 4.1 6.00 7.75 8.25 9.50 11.25

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 15.36 3.7 9.38 11.57 15.33 20.29 20.60

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.11 4.6 6.75 7.57 9.28 12.12 15.00

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 10.60 9.5 6.50 8.00 10.25 12.00 14.00

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 June 2005–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

Order clerks ................................................................... $10.45 7.2 $6.55 $7.50 $9.10 $12.50 $14.19

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 13.15 11.8 8.00 10.52 12.21 17.60 17.60

Library clerks ................................................................. 10.93 4.2 7.15 8.37 9.79 13.00 16.52

File clerks ....................................................................... 9.72 3.9 8.00 8.25 10.00 10.00 11.81

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 12.11 5.4 8.05 9.83 10.82 14.50 15.65

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 12.53 2.2 8.35 10.00 12.66 14.05 17.85

Billing clerks ................................................................... 13.43 6.7 10.30 11.00 12.00 14.92 17.79

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 11.20 2.8 8.50 10.00 10.86 12.59 14.39

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 10.08 8.2 8.50 8.50 9.00 11.44 12.00

Telephone operators ...................................................... 9.61 3.5 8.50 9.00 9.00 10.00 11.84

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 10.34 4.0 8.20 8.79 10.12 11.70 12.69

Messengers ................................................................... 9.51 8.8 7.00 7.50 9.50 12.00 12.00

Dispatchers .................................................................... 11.16 9.2 6.75 8.00 10.00 11.00 19.61

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 12.02 8.5 8.50 10.00 12.01 13.78 16.03

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 9.97 5.7 7.00 7.50 8.85 11.35 14.55

Meter readers ................................................................ 13.69 4.5 10.50 11.00 15.50 15.50 15.50

Expeditors ...................................................................... 10.10 11.0 7.25 8.19 8.73 11.95 14.25

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 8.78 2.4 7.15 7.85 8.37 10.00 10.75

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 15.91 12.9 11.19 12.00 13.88 17.13 28.14

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 12.52 5.9 7.30 9.44 11.85 15.01 17.02

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 11.82 16.1 8.00 8.33 9.57 14.01 23.50

General office clerks ...................................................... 10.95 3.4 7.40 8.50 10.60 13.00 15.00

Bank tellers .................................................................... 10.09 1.7 8.00 9.00 9.60 11.00 12.92

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 12.79 8.8 9.00 10.00 11.35 15.00 20.00

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 13.56 2.1 8.52 9.89 12.64 16.96 19.45

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.52 3.8 8.00 9.20 10.51 12.86 16.00

Blue collar .................................................................................... 9.60 1.4 6.00 6.95 8.50 10.87 14.47

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 12.60 6.9 7.00 8.50 10.25 14.23 22.85

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 9.60 5.4 8.00 9.52 9.52 10.00 10.00

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.64 15.3 9.77 11.35 25.58 25.58 36.36

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 10.90 15.3 6.00 7.98 10.00 15.00 17.91

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 11.98 9.6 8.00 9.00 10.73 13.00 16.00

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 8.96 14.7 5.40 6.00 7.00 11.44 17.50

Bakers ............................................................................ 9.61 4.0 7.50 7.60 8.50 13.00 13.00

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 9.39 2.7 6.28 8.00 8.52 10.00 12.00

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 7.84 6.7 6.28 6.50 7.00 9.03 10.20

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 8.06 3.8 6.86 8.00 8.24 8.50 8.50

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 10.03 5.3 7.75 8.00 9.50 10.21 13.50

Assemblers .................................................................... 10.21 5.3 7.16 8.25 10.00 10.50 13.75

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 10.80 3.4 6.00 7.00 10.00 13.50 17.48

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 11.91 7.0 6.75 8.00 10.76 15.06 19.41

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 7.37 8.4 5.15 5.50 6.50 8.00 12.50

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 13.55 2.0 9.93 10.97 12.92 15.75 18.00

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 8.91 5.2 6.48 7.25 8.50 9.45 11.30

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 8.34 17.0 6.00 6.00 6.75 8.50 20.00

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 7.03 5.3 5.40 6.15 6.33 7.25 8.76

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 11.59 11.1 7.50 8.00 9.54 14.26 17.64

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 12.85 10.2 8.00 9.00 12.33 14.32 16.43

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 8.69 1.6 6.00 6.55 8.00 9.95 12.50

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 9.02 3.9 7.00 8.00 8.25 9.00 11.50

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 7.02 5.9 6.00 6.00 6.50 8.00 8.50

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 11.49 7.7 7.27 10.00 13.00 13.00 14.50

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 1.3. United States, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers, National

Compensation Survey,2 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Construction laborers ..................................................... $15.25 26.2 $5.15 $7.50 $10.00 $25.00 $29.00

Production helpers ......................................................... 8.74 6.1 7.00 7.50 8.50 9.38 12.25

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 7.70 1.1 5.65 6.25 7.25 8.40 10.00

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 9.66 9.7 7.00 7.30 9.35 9.60 11.77

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 10.95 3.1 7.00 9.00 10.50 12.75 15.10

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.62 16.5 6.50 7.00 8.06 10.18 10.95

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 7.70 5.3 5.50 6.50 7.00 8.50 10.00

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 7.98 3.8 5.92 6.25 7.50 9.00 10.25

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 7.95 3.0 5.65 6.50 7.50 9.00 10.50

Service .......................................................................................... 7.59 .9 4.00 6.00 7.00 8.88 11.00

Protective service .............................................................. 10.41 3.6 6.60 7.50 9.00 11.00 16.00

Firefighting ..................................................................... 9.49 15.3 7.16 7.16 7.62 10.00 18.27

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 18.50 11.2 11.65 12.74 14.64 25.00 32.00

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 17.25 9.3 8.75 15.85 16.00 18.50 20.00

Crossing guards ............................................................. 10.67 6.8 6.67 8.20 10.00 12.94 15.81

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.38 5.7 6.50 7.95 9.00 10.15 16.00

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 8.92 5.9 6.50 7.25 8.00 10.25 13.50

Food service ...................................................................... 6.50 1.0 2.66 5.50 6.75 7.50 9.14

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 4.90 2.6 2.13 2.60 4.75 6.75 7.50

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.57 3.9 3.15 5.10 6.75 8.00 9.31

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.38 3.3 2.13 2.19 3.35 6.15 7.35

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.88 2.7 3.13 5.15 6.25 6.75 7.50

Other food service ........................................................... 7.34 .8 5.50 6.15 7.00 8.00 9.75

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 10.20 10.5 6.50 7.50 9.00 12.36 14.60

Cooks ............................................................................. 8.00 1.9 6.00 6.50 7.50 9.23 10.55

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 7.44 2.4 5.50 6.25 7.08 8.00 9.94

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 7.29 1.2 5.50 6.25 7.00 8.00 9.45

Health service .................................................................... 9.86 3.1 6.15 7.75 9.41 11.10 13.81

Dental assistants ........................................................... 14.90 12.6 7.50 11.50 13.25 17.50 26.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 10.60 2.9 7.25 8.22 9.53 12.00 15.04

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 9.51 3.4 6.01 7.50 9.11 10.80 13.12

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 8.48 3.3 5.75 7.00 8.00 9.42 11.43

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 13.38 8.8 7.00 14.17 15.00 15.00 15.00

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.55 5.0 6.25 7.00 7.75 9.25 11.09

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 8.39 3.4 5.50 6.80 8.00 9.42 11.40

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service ................................................................ $8.79 1.9 $5.91 $6.50 $7.84 $10.00 $12.45

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 13.44 5.9 8.00 10.28 14.00 16.74 16.95

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 11.28 14.8 5.91 6.50 9.00 14.25 21.36

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 7.21 4.6 5.15 5.75 6.75 8.00 9.48

Guides ........................................................................... 10.39 13.7 6.50 7.00 8.50 13.57 15.00

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.33 6.3 5.15 6.00 7.00 7.75 10.00

Public transportation attendants .................................... 13.26 30.4 8.50 8.50 8.50 11.00 27.11

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 9.44 13.8 6.70 7.00 8.00 10.20 14.91

Welfare service aides .................................................... 7.62 7.4 6.05 6.05 6.85 8.40 11.23

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 8.58 3.3 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.55 11.25

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 9.22 3.6 6.50 7.00 8.50 11.44 13.00

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 9.61 3.7 6.18 7.00 8.47 10.00 13.77

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2004

and January 2006. The average reference period was June 2005. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 June 2005

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $17.82 1.1 $7.25 $9.65 $14.00 $21.64 $32.00

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 18.12 1.2 7.50 10.00 14.45 22.12 32.31

White collar .................................................................................. 22.21 1.0 8.53 11.80 17.45 27.61 40.87

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 24.08 1.1 10.00 13.44 19.54 29.73 43.08

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 29.80 1.5 14.00 18.98 26.37 36.00 47.84

Professional specialty ............................................................ 32.48 1.6 15.76 21.93 29.39 39.45 50.48

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 36.78 1.4 23.80 28.69 34.86 43.13 52.26

Architects ....................................................................... 29.81 7.7 19.79 22.32 27.04 33.30 43.80

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 42.33 8.0 23.34 30.95 42.98 52.36 59.55

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 34.08 6.8 25.00 27.59 32.31 36.35 50.65

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 43.16 16.1 26.14 32.25 36.06 55.94 65.19

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 35.75 8.7 26.44 29.10 29.47 44.85 47.79

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 40.40 5.5 32.05 34.58 38.86 44.07 50.30

Civil engineers ............................................................... 32.51 4.2 20.00 25.05 30.00 38.32 45.98

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 39.19 2.6 25.12 31.15 37.48 44.73 55.63

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 33.26 2.6 23.08 27.21 32.21 36.76 44.67

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 31.94 2.0 23.08 26.42 30.90 36.62 42.16

Marine engineers and naval architects .......................... 29.94 11.6 20.19 24.04 29.90 33.25 42.93

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 40.10 2.2 26.25 31.43 39.13 47.07 57.00

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 36.16 11.4 20.51 26.44 40.80 40.80 49.50

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 35.66 2.4 20.62 26.67 34.62 43.26 51.61

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 35.68 2.7 20.48 26.77 34.62 43.09 51.78

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 35.72 5.5 21.15 25.77 36.87 43.75 50.80

Actuaries ........................................................................ 37.23 9.4 23.86 26.51 36.00 46.88 50.58

Statisticians .................................................................... 29.36 8.9 16.22 26.44 29.07 31.25 39.80

Natural scientists ............................................................... 32.70 2.9 17.99 23.35 30.36 39.48 49.53

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 32.15 8.9 20.19 23.13 29.43 36.92 49.53

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 37.13 6.8 25.24 32.00 38.46 43.59 52.89

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 32.07 8.4 19.53 23.88 30.75 36.49 48.65

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 31.29 10.1 14.00 25.09 30.94 36.19 40.70

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 33.54 10.2 17.18 22.19 29.72 40.03 63.22

Medical scientists ........................................................... 31.71 13.0 16.36 20.33 25.64 40.87 47.25

Health related .................................................................... 32.83 3.5 19.30 22.77 28.00 36.00 48.08

Physicians ...................................................................... 70.97 8.0 21.01 32.35 70.00 98.08 110.17

Dentists .......................................................................... 51.99 4.5 44.35 49.52 49.52 56.55 61.18

Optometrists .................................................................. 60.76 13.7 42.60 45.67 61.67 75.00 93.75

Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ........................... 33.45 8.8 28.63 31.25 31.25 31.25 45.58

Registered nurses .......................................................... 28.35 1.3 19.70 22.78 26.93 32.25 38.46

Pharmacists ................................................................... 44.60 1.5 37.28 43.00 45.82 47.76 50.78

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.54 5.3 15.01 17.54 21.00 24.64 31.22

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 22.79 1.8 18.30 19.76 22.00 25.80 27.97

Occupational therapists ................................................. 27.15 4.4 17.07 23.10 27.46 31.17 35.94

Physical therapists ......................................................... 29.72 3.6 22.11 25.38 30.00 33.00 37.15

Speech therapists .......................................................... 26.75 6.1 19.23 22.28 26.25 31.25 33.53

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 17.05 3.5 12.31 13.94 14.94 18.46 23.67

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 37.00 7.9 15.00 30.95 37.50 46.64 48.08

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 43.56 3.7 21.28 28.21 37.86 51.74 72.71

Biological science teachers ........................................... 51.28 12.8 28.76 37.89 45.06 49.04 116.35

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 56.94 9.8 37.03 46.23 49.05 65.90 85.80

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 40.16 6.3 26.16 30.00 41.25 44.98 60.25

Economics teachers ...................................................... 55.11 12.9 31.87 39.06 56.21 62.30 68.91

History teachers ............................................................. 36.56 9.6 25.81 27.65 30.15 43.13 50.39

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 48.01 27.5 26.80 30.10 36.11 65.45 85.89

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 45.00 10.4 28.85 29.02 42.99 56.61 56.61

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 62.93 13.2 35.18 36.47 64.36 81.80 96.61

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 39.02 14.6 30.74 30.74 30.74 42.27 59.61

Computer science teachers ........................................... 28.36 11.9 19.23 22.84 22.84 30.88 41.09

Medical science teachers .............................................. 61.67 8.2 32.69 44.99 60.10 72.12 90.97

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 54.97 13.8 24.73 28.21 38.81 65.93 98.90

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 47.86 8.2 22.00 31.10 43.71 52.79 79.13

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 37.99 7.9 19.78 27.11 37.20 40.48 63.88

Physical education teachers .......................................... 21.97 19.3 7.00 14.06 22.04 28.11 36.43

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 June 2005–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 ........................................................ $39.90 16.4 $21.95 $30.33 $35.05 $40.34 $77.34

English teachers ............................................................ 39.57 6.8 25.72 28.31 32.93 42.65 67.22

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 42.92 8.4 26.00 32.05 43.64 47.68 61.32

Law teachers ................................................................. 65.76 13.1 47.91 52.33 63.85 78.00 99.49

Theology teachers ......................................................... 42.01 11.2 25.64 28.11 37.79 48.11 62.77

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 38.37 5.8 18.33 23.00 32.73 46.98 67.40

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 20.74 3.5 9.77 12.81 18.71 27.46 34.13

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 12.71 4.5 8.50 9.75 12.02 14.20 19.02

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 24.47 5.2 15.58 18.75 23.65 29.66 33.70

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 31.21 4.4 18.60 23.08 30.20 36.53 45.73

Teachers, special education .......................................... 26.17 10.2 15.44 19.62 25.24 30.90 40.91

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 22.86 5.6 11.54 15.94 21.88 29.70 36.23

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 8.39 10.5 6.00 6.50 8.00 10.88 11.00

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 17.71 8.6 10.11 12.02 14.67 20.33 32.67

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 29.42 6.4 18.22 21.63 26.61 35.92 48.08

Librarians ....................................................................... 29.60 7.4 18.22 20.87 26.61 35.92 48.08

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 30.70 6.4 15.14 20.42 28.75 36.00 48.08

Economists .................................................................... 34.32 8.3 19.35 23.08 30.23 39.07 49.74

Psychologists ................................................................. 23.20 8.0 11.69 15.02 20.49 27.91 35.00

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 34.19 2.4 20.91 25.09 31.25 38.69 53.00

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 17.11 2.8 10.73 13.02 16.26 20.05 24.73

Social workers ............................................................... 17.73 3.1 11.78 13.94 16.59 20.90 25.72

Recreation workers ........................................................ 11.68 7.4 6.35 8.00 11.27 14.22 18.00

Clergy ............................................................................ 15.98 12.8 12.07 12.18 12.58 18.52 20.75

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 18.60 13.4 11.25 16.35 16.87 20.05 21.21

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 56.29 4.4 28.85 36.92 50.76 69.23 88.40

Lawyers ......................................................................... 56.29 4.4 28.85 36.92 50.76 69.23 88.40

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 24.18 3.7 10.00 14.42 20.19 28.86 43.16

Technical writers ............................................................ 35.36 14.8 15.00 22.23 34.60 50.48 54.33

Designers ....................................................................... 20.84 4.2 9.84 13.23 18.62 26.13 34.01

Musicians and composers ............................................. 39.45 15.7 19.13 27.50 31.59 38.55 70.00

Actors and directors ....................................................... 32.15 17.1 10.00 15.83 25.51 43.51 52.97

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 17.74 6.8 9.98 14.28 18.27 20.00 22.69

Photographers ............................................................... 17.04 12.5 8.00 9.59 13.86 22.44 31.23

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 14.82 16.3 8.00 8.00 12.00 19.13 23.75

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 25.78 7.5 10.50 14.92 21.64 29.68 43.01

Public relations specialists ............................................. 24.74 7.0 16.83 17.50 22.78 27.29 32.84

Announcers .................................................................... 30.05 27.6 6.50 10.00 15.58 22.60 88.95

Athletes .......................................................................... 22.64 12.6 9.00 14.00 19.57 30.00 38.46

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 32.72 9.0 16.91 20.31 30.93 44.85 53.67

Technical ............................................................................... 22.79 2.4 12.28 15.35 19.58 25.72 33.00

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 18.93 2.7 10.98 14.00 17.88 22.66 27.79

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 32.11 4.0 22.00 25.16 32.87 38.00 40.63

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 15.49 4.5 10.00 11.76 15.21 17.86 23.47

Radiological technicians ................................................ 24.04 2.5 16.67 20.00 23.30 27.72 32.45

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 17.79 1.7 13.50 15.30 17.03 20.00 22.95

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.37 2.3 10.00 12.50 15.04 18.30 24.25

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 24.05 12.0 12.01 16.50 22.61 27.10 32.26

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 24.21 5.6 16.93 20.00 23.52 28.39 32.05

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 22.64 4.4 16.04 17.31 21.10 26.45 32.69

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 26.00 5.6 15.40 19.25 24.92 30.92 38.41

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.99 2.7 14.42 17.52 21.01 25.95 28.57

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 19.61 11.9 12.00 14.25 17.50 23.98 31.50

Biological technicians .................................................... 18.46 5.3 12.00 14.80 17.00 21.96 25.44

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 21.96 6.4 14.56 16.48 22.12 24.67 29.56

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 21.79 10.1 13.85 16.50 20.27 26.66 32.43

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 95.50 12.8 24.40 43.18 92.05 140.59 177.99

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 June 2005–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 ..................................... $13.33 10.1 $8.00 $9.25 $12.20 $15.09 $18.00

Computer programmers ................................................. 31.51 3.1 18.46 24.06 29.27 36.42 45.17

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ 23.35 7.4 16.65 18.50 21.64 30.00 32.55

Legal assistants ............................................................. 22.51 4.1 15.00 17.31 21.43 26.11 30.76

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 20.45 6.4 11.00 13.60 18.75 23.27 33.32

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 34.21 2.2 16.88 21.72 29.00 40.87 55.39

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 38.54 2.8 17.78 24.04 33.15 46.91 61.60

Financial managers ....................................................... 40.56 2.8 20.50 25.50 34.10 50.00 67.79

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 31.23 7.7 21.00 22.85 25.23 36.06 46.85

Purchasing managers .................................................... 35.06 8.4 18.75 22.79 30.83 40.87 50.52

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 45.42 4.2 23.50 29.05 39.52 55.05 69.71

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 27.73 4.7 13.23 19.23 25.24 33.57 45.65

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 35.79 3.5 19.00 27.22 34.49 42.12 51.74

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 21.12 7.5 12.00 14.18 18.51 24.42 32.01

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 20.96 4.4 10.10 14.54 21.38 25.32 29.43

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 30.80 8.2 15.39 18.82 24.23 32.69 49.76

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 41.29 4.7 18.72 25.96 36.24 49.46 63.90

Management related .......................................................... 27.78 1.2 16.35 19.94 25.33 32.20 41.11

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 25.94 2.2 16.35 20.19 24.73 30.77 36.70

Underwriters .................................................................. 27.41 5.7 17.91 19.23 25.70 31.83 41.01

Other financial officers ................................................... 32.78 3.8 16.38 20.51 27.68 37.02 51.25

Management analysts .................................................... 31.96 4.9 19.93 23.35 29.56 38.27 50.20

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 25.81 4.3 16.00 18.39 23.93 30.00 36.64

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 23.95 16.5 16.35 16.35 20.74 34.84 34.84

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 27.18 3.8 16.16 20.19 25.14 31.25 40.39

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 27.37 4.7 17.98 20.59 24.46 31.62 42.06

Business and promotional agents .................................. 23.34 5.8 16.67 17.71 24.22 27.12 29.81

Construction inspectors ................................................. 24.11 12.0 13.00 18.72 22.24 35.23 37.06

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 25.73 6.9 19.35 19.67 26.62 29.71 33.28

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 26.29 2.7 16.00 18.99 24.46 31.25 39.59

Sales ......................................................................................... 15.33 1.5 6.75 8.00 11.00 17.28 28.85

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 20.49 3.5 10.50 12.80 16.60 22.69 36.56

Insurance sales .............................................................. 23.06 8.5 9.98 13.86 18.13 28.34 43.27

Real estate sales ........................................................... 21.37 14.8 10.00 14.29 16.35 24.04 49.30

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 41.04 7.0 14.42 16.51 28.13 43.27 74.59

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 20.48 10.3 9.50 11.59 16.62 25.48 38.12

Sales, other business services ...................................... 23.98 7.8 8.35 12.50 18.47 27.37 41.54

Sales engineers ............................................................. 37.71 9.1 22.60 29.38 38.46 43.17 57.69

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 26.89 3.3 12.50 16.45 22.66 33.63 45.68

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 21.98 6.1 7.64 10.71 17.31 26.50 40.31

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 10.43 8.8 6.15 6.90 8.16 10.10 14.90

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 9.02 10.0 6.00 6.75 7.58 10.27 15.00

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 12.34 5.6 7.25 8.50 10.25 14.06 18.52

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 10.84 6.9 7.50 8.24 9.27 12.00 17.15

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 12.86 5.0 8.50 9.65 11.50 14.33 17.90

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 13.99 3.0 8.24 10.39 13.00 15.85 20.81

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 11.74 3.1 6.75 7.60 9.48 13.00 19.23

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 9.62 4.5 6.50 7.25 8.85 10.73 14.24

Cashiers ......................................................................... 8.67 1.4 6.10 7.00 8.00 9.75 12.19

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 17.96 13.5 8.46 10.00 14.42 25.47 33.13

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 14.67 13.1 8.00 9.70 13.26 16.25 20.19

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 13.52 7.7 6.59 8.25 10.80 16.35 24.26

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.44 .7 9.00 10.65 13.50 17.00 21.25

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 June 2005–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, general office ............................................ $20.90 2.5 $13.50 $16.75 $20.19 $24.62 $28.98

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 23.17 3.3 13.88 17.30 21.63 27.65 31.68

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.53 5.4 14.43 16.00 19.23 23.79 27.60

Computer operators ....................................................... 16.66 3.8 12.36 13.64 16.80 18.83 21.50

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 13.91 9.6 9.24 9.47 13.18 16.00 17.01

Secretaries ..................................................................... 16.95 1.2 10.58 13.00 16.25 19.95 24.15

Stenographers ............................................................... 16.69 5.0 11.52 13.00 14.87 18.57 25.00

Typists ........................................................................... 15.86 5.6 10.82 12.86 14.82 18.31 24.00

Interviewers ................................................................... 11.81 4.5 8.00 9.50 11.01 14.34 16.34

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 9.17 1.8 7.25 8.00 8.75 10.00 11.95

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 15.17 3.4 8.50 10.99 15.56 19.86 20.83

Receptionists ................................................................. 11.79 1.6 8.01 9.50 11.50 13.63 15.98

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.63 2.7 9.00 10.75 12.92 16.20 18.68

Classified ad clerks ........................................................ 13.00 6.0 11.26 11.88 12.40 14.65 14.65

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 13.96 4.0 11.25 12.01 12.79 15.14 17.96

Order clerks ................................................................... 14.40 3.2 8.91 10.85 13.46 16.95 20.87

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 16.36 2.5 11.88 13.79 16.00 19.23 21.41

Library clerks ................................................................. 12.44 7.8 8.45 9.18 12.17 14.79 16.90

File clerks ....................................................................... 10.70 2.2 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.93 14.42

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 14.01 2.8 9.00 10.75 13.23 16.41 20.34

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.83 1.5 10.00 11.90 14.25 17.00 20.57

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 16.40 2.6 11.00 13.00 15.40 19.62 22.94

Billing clerks ................................................................... 13.34 1.9 9.63 11.00 13.00 15.00 17.44

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 13.39 9.3 7.09 10.85 13.45 16.11 20.12

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 13.35 4.4 10.00 10.68 12.28 15.39 18.26

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.48 9.4 9.68 9.68 12.02 15.50 15.50

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 12.26 6.7 9.50 10.02 11.25 12.00 20.04

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 11.05 4.0 8.49 10.31 11.33 12.24 12.39

Telephone operators ...................................................... 12.38 5.7 8.00 9.00 10.82 14.77 20.11

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 11.96 6.0 8.50 9.50 10.90 12.91 16.85

Messengers ................................................................... 9.64 8.0 7.00 7.50 9.60 11.52 12.36

Dispatchers .................................................................... 15.63 5.0 7.50 11.00 14.49 19.98 24.41

Production coordinators ................................................. 18.77 3.7 12.39 13.75 17.86 22.39 27.25

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 13.87 2.0 9.26 10.90 13.25 15.98 20.37

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 12.74 1.8 8.00 9.55 12.32 15.00 17.78

Meter readers ................................................................ 17.41 7.7 11.25 12.55 15.60 21.07 25.88

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 14.69 8.0 9.88 10.38 13.50 14.99 26.43

Expeditors ...................................................................... 15.22 4.9 9.12 11.06 15.87 17.70 22.12

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 19.44 3.5 12.06 14.65 17.52 22.50 29.21

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 15.66 3.6 9.60 12.09 14.04 18.73 23.99

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 13.44 4.8 9.74 11.10 12.90 15.38 19.13

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 14.33 7.5 8.88 10.50 13.40 17.49 20.88

General office clerks ...................................................... 13.22 1.2 8.60 10.00 12.44 15.25 19.10

Bank tellers .................................................................... 10.94 1.3 8.50 9.34 10.45 12.21 13.93

Proofreaders .................................................................. 11.86 12.6 8.25 8.82 11.00 13.67 17.11

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 12.04 1.6 8.25 10.00 11.61 13.80 16.00

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 14.37 5.6 9.00 9.74 13.30 18.04 21.23

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 10.37 7.0 7.17 7.70 9.50 11.75 15.59

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 14.61 1.5 9.24 11.20 14.00 17.05 20.48

Blue collar .................................................................................... 15.75 1.0 8.00 10.25 14.05 19.64 26.26

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 19.93 .9 11.00 14.00 18.50 25.00 30.64

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 24.68 2.8 15.63 18.75 24.04 28.85 34.52

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 18.40 3.1 10.00 13.85 18.00 21.05 25.39

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 13.81 9.7 8.75 11.00 13.13 14.50 17.21

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 19.21 3.0 12.50 15.00 18.00 22.69 27.00

Aircraft engine mechanics ............................................. 27.35 8.7 18.75 22.77 27.49 31.22 38.37

Small engine repairers ................................................... 15.41 5.8 11.00 12.73 15.00 18.50 19.25

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 June 2005–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 body and related repairers .......................... $16.28 4.5 $10.00 $13.00 $15.60 $17.74 $23.88

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 24.76 4.0 14.40 22.54 26.01 28.30 31.61

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 19.40 3.5 13.13 16.00 18.50 22.93 26.50

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 15.44 7.5 10.00 12.00 15.25 18.00 20.58

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 21.30 2.1 14.41 17.17 20.58 25.50 28.42

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 16.14 4.9 11.12 12.50 14.80 19.00 23.04

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 22.07 2.6 12.50 15.00 22.06 28.28 31.18

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 20.76 14.8 9.50 13.89 21.00 23.92 36.81

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 16.22 5.8 10.00 12.45 15.84 18.56 24.84

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 25.24 4.8 14.00 25.08 27.54 28.28 28.75

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 23.71 3.4 15.00 21.18 25.08 26.91 28.98

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 18.55 3.5 12.40 15.00 17.50 22.00 26.00

Office machine repairers ................................................ 17.36 8.7 10.75 14.08 16.64 19.78 23.83

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 21.09 7.1 14.08 17.02 19.87 27.32 31.31

Elevator installers and repairers .................................... 38.94 14.6 27.06 28.43 47.26 47.26 47.26

Millwrights ...................................................................... 22.30 6.3 15.00 16.71 22.55 27.24 30.33

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.78 2.9 10.00 12.50 16.00 20.25 25.24

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 24.41 6.0 17.79 20.00 23.00 30.00 31.38

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 32.67 3.9 23.50 27.32 30.30 40.72 43.33

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 23.54 7.8 15.50 19.75 23.08 28.25 29.76

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 27.39 8.5 19.50 21.25 28.65 32.25 32.75

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 22.51 6.6 14.66 17.01 21.00 27.00 32.68

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 26.27 9.2 15.00 20.00 27.29 32.70 40.00

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 17.92 13.5 14.00 15.00 15.00 20.00 25.53

Carpet installers ............................................................. 24.45 12.9 11.60 20.00 20.69 34.80 35.12

Carpenters ..................................................................... 19.68 4.9 12.00 14.50 18.00 24.00 31.25

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 17.18 13.6 11.00 12.00 15.90 20.54 26.56

Drywall installers ............................................................ 17.98 6.9 12.00 14.00 16.46 20.69 26.94

Electricians .................................................................... 26.12 3.3 15.30 18.50 25.07 31.65 40.47

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 14.61 3.5 10.00 11.50 13.25 16.16 20.49

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 26.66 3.8 17.50 23.06 26.54 30.40 35.84

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 15.93 3.9 10.50 12.00 15.00 18.25 22.00

Plasterers ....................................................................... 15.15 3.0 12.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 20.00

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 24.73 7.0 16.00 18.00 24.18 30.00 36.03

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 14.46 4.7 9.10 12.00 14.00 16.00 20.30

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 18.39 6.9 10.50 13.25 17.00 24.15 26.88

Glaziers .......................................................................... 16.58 11.6 10.00 13.00 16.00 19.50 24.20

Insulation workers .......................................................... 18.91 8.9 10.80 12.59 18.17 24.04 30.15

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 16.51 13.6 9.00 11.50 14.00 21.00 26.92

Roofers .......................................................................... 16.25 7.4 9.00 11.50 15.00 20.50 25.00

Sheet metal duct installers ............................................. 24.07 12.8 9.25 16.38 24.22 33.09 34.30

Structural metal workers ................................................ 24.17 12.7 14.00 15.50 22.22 28.25 50.40

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 18.40 6.8 10.84 12.50 16.00 22.50 29.84

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 24.40 19.4 11.93 13.87 20.00 35.18 35.18

Drillers, oil well ............................................................... 25.02 17.8 10.00 16.00 29.63 34.02 34.02

Mining machine operators ............................................. 18.57 9.3 11.36 15.55 19.12 21.73 26.05

Supervisors, production ................................................. 22.19 2.0 14.60 17.14 21.09 25.80 31.59

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 23.94 2.0 16.86 19.80 24.13 28.92 31.07

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 17.92 7.4 14.00 15.50 17.00 20.00 24.80

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 20.65 6.1 11.75 16.50 19.50 25.60 29.10

Machinists ...................................................................... 19.88 1.9 13.75 16.50 20.00 23.00 26.50

Boilermakers .................................................................. 19.77 9.8 15.00 16.00 17.92 22.87 25.40

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 16.20 9.1 8.90 12.00 15.76 19.55 22.50

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 21.41 8.9 11.46 15.72 20.96 28.49 31.81

Layout workers .............................................................. 18.46 16.0 11.56 13.25 16.75 21.05 35.00

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 17.80 10.1 10.00 12.05 15.03 20.10 28.22

Sheet metal worker apprentices .................................... 14.13 6.3 12.00 12.50 13.00 15.59 18.19

Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood ....................... 18.14 11.4 11.95 15.00 15.70 20.75 22.72

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 June 2005–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

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... $12.81 7.0 $9.00 $11.00 $12.50 $13.65 $16.00

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 12.04 6.8 9.02 10.00 12.00 13.00 16.50

Dressmakers .................................................................. 12.53 7.7 8.50 11.00 11.43 13.30 18.30

Tailors ............................................................................ 16.94 18.9 8.32 10.45 13.00 20.35 36.06

Upholsterers .................................................................. 15.05 11.5 8.50 12.29 14.85 17.37 20.51

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 14.21 14.3 9.75 12.50 12.50 17.93 20.40

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 18.27 9.1 14.25 14.30 16.35 20.40 28.13

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 15.21 2.8 9.75 13.27 14.61 16.25 21.00

Bookbinders ................................................................... 15.45 10.5 8.00 10.40 14.96 20.92 22.17

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 13.93 3.5 8.76 10.25 13.07 16.50 20.85

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 14.25 12.5 10.00 10.06 11.01 16.14 22.21

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 12.10 3.9 7.30 9.05 11.15 14.50 18.44

Bakers ............................................................................ 11.74 5.2 6.75 8.75 11.25 13.58 18.06

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 13.16 4.8 8.19 10.50 13.54 15.67 17.60

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 19.94 4.5 10.30 14.36 18.90 25.75 28.74

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 23.35 10.4 15.65 16.64 26.63 26.63 27.33

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 20.79 11.0 17.82 17.85 17.85 26.28 27.33

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 18.49 10.8 11.50 14.38 18.38 22.94 28.25

Power plant operators .................................................... 28.40 3.8 21.67 26.39 26.70 30.40 35.27

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 23.92 5.5 14.00 19.46 25.43 27.61 31.84

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 24.03 4.7 16.71 20.43 25.26 27.50 29.08

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 14.17 1.3 8.30 10.08 13.00 16.85 22.50

Lathe and turning-machine set-up operators ................. 17.41 3.7 12.70 14.35 16.51 19.75 22.47

Lathe and turning-machine operators ............................ 15.88 6.1 10.35 12.07 15.25 18.58 21.68

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 16.14 6.9 10.75 13.25 16.22 18.81 22.09

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 13.73 7.5 8.50 9.69 12.09 16.00 21.59

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 16.65 11.4 10.51 12.50 15.25 19.31 26.98

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 14.22 8.0 7.25 10.00 13.75 17.70 20.59

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 13.52 2.5 8.60 11.00 12.75 15.50 18.70

Forging machine operators ............................................ 12.93 10.3 8.61 10.50 11.50 15.32 18.65

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 16.82 3.1 12.00 14.10 16.50 19.00 21.57

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 15.38 4.3 9.45 11.15 14.00 17.98 26.64

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 13.41 3.6 8.50 10.10 12.75 15.26 19.75

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 14.49 7.8 8.50 10.60 13.84 18.10 23.00

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 15.95 5.2 10.90 13.66 15.30 17.80 21.48

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 12.15 7.3 8.00 9.00 12.75 14.16 14.50

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.11 4.9 7.50 9.00 10.75 12.50 15.25

Shaping and joining machine operators ........................ 13.69 2.8 11.00 12.71 13.80 14.50 16.25

Nailing and tacking machine operators .......................... 10.46 10.9 7.13 7.79 9.22 13.85 13.87

Printing press operators ................................................. 17.02 2.9 11.00 14.00 17.00 19.98 22.74

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 16.56 5.9 13.25 13.25 15.70 18.45 21.89

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 14.83 6.5 9.20 10.90 14.57 18.02 19.97

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 12.60 7.1 9.00 9.67 11.50 13.07 16.39

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 12.23 5.8 9.00 10.27 11.75 13.60 16.93

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 10.92 4.7 7.90 9.79 10.75 10.75 14.26

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 10.40 8.3 7.25 8.50 8.64 11.25 15.00

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 9.47 5.1 6.75 8.00 9.50 10.50 12.05

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.80 6.0 7.00 8.05 9.25 11.00 13.50

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 12.35 8.1 7.43 9.52 11.45 14.70 18.89

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 14.14 4.5 8.14 10.45 13.52 16.48 22.43

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 13.83 3.8 10.01 11.22 13.29 16.22 17.61

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 15.48 4.2 10.31 11.61 14.95 18.36 21.50

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 19.56 5.4 12.30 16.09 18.98 24.45 25.62

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.65 8.0 8.00 8.25 11.19 13.23 16.81

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 15.52 4.4 9.85 11.56 14.17 17.24 26.21

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 14.48 7.8 9.00 11.63 13.12 18.36 21.00

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.1. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2 National

Compensation Survey,3 June 2005–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

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... $16.06 23.1 $10.00 $10.00 $12.00 $21.74 $28.04

Folding machine operators ............................................ 13.02 16.8 6.90 8.35 12.44 16.03 20.44

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 15.24 6.3 10.50 12.00 13.50 16.62 25.13

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... 15.57 11.9 10.25 11.60 14.54 16.39 27.19

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 13.85 2.9 8.56 11.46 13.66 16.42 18.75

Motion picture projectionists .......................................... 13.99 36.1 8.00 8.00 12.00 14.95 32.62

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 10.64 6.0 8.00 8.50 10.00 11.86 16.37

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 14.61 2.5 8.50 10.45 13.60 17.85 22.76

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 15.69 2.3 11.00 12.30 15.00 17.74 21.31

Solderers and brazers ................................................... 12.08 8.7 8.23 9.00 11.60 14.14 16.50

Assemblers .................................................................... 14.95 2.0 8.15 10.02 13.00 18.00 26.73

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 11.42 11.4 6.95 8.10 10.00 14.47 17.00

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 11.67 8.3 7.50 8.50 12.38 13.95 15.66

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 11.82 6.3 7.05 10.30 11.50 14.00 15.29

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 16.75 26.4 9.00 9.92 12.75 28.35 28.75

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 12.66 5.8 6.75 9.15 11.25 14.64 19.00

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 14.05 4.6 8.50 10.03 12.39 16.57 23.44

Production testers .......................................................... 15.18 5.0 10.01 11.64 14.00 17.75 20.96

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 13.31 8.0 9.00 10.75 12.48 13.69 18.20

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 11.91 6.2 7.00 9.00 10.30 14.79 16.50

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 15.10 1.8 8.50 10.50 14.00 18.51 23.14

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.50 6.4 10.00 13.52 17.97 23.24 25.61

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 15.20 2.4 9.00 11.00 14.28 18.90 22.50

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 13.01 9.5 5.50 7.00 11.67 17.57 23.81

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 12.91 6.5 8.80 10.00 12.00 14.38 18.00

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 8.93 6.5 6.25 7.00 8.75 9.75 12.18

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 8.01 10.6 5.75 6.00 7.00 8.64 11.33

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 9.62 5.7 6.00 6.50 8.64 10.95 15.00

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 25.68 22.6 13.65 13.65 26.00 35.82 42.10

Locomotive operating .................................................... 28.94 23.1 14.47 14.47 28.96 39.31 47.10

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators ................. 30.28 5.9 15.52 23.29 30.74 39.18 40.84

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ......................................... 21.64 4.0 15.54 19.67 21.14 23.60 26.77

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 18.85 14.8 12.92 13.75 19.74 20.00 25.54

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 11.80 7.0 8.34 8.75 9.30 14.42 19.38

Marine engineers ........................................................... 21.37 20.9 14.38 14.38 17.71 23.17 35.27

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 22.77 3.5 16.25 18.75 22.82 27.18 28.05

Operating engineers ...................................................... 23.50 10.4 13.00 14.00 25.14 28.50 33.50

Hoist and winch operators ............................................. 12.12 19.6 9.25 9.50 10.50 10.86 25.62

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 16.66 6.2 12.24 13.91 15.07 18.00 22.40

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.94 4.6 10.00 13.15 16.00 18.50 22.75

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 16.36 6.1 11.00 12.50 14.50 20.00 25.00

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 14.18 1.9 9.19 10.71 13.37 17.00 21.04

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 16.67 6.1 9.95 12.34 15.55 20.43 26.65

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 11.43 1.5 6.75 8.00 10.00 13.26 17.86

Nursery workers ............................................................. 10.28 11.6 7.00 7.00 9.42 13.31 15.10

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 24.39 7.3 14.84 20.19 25.00 25.00 29.40

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 10.75 4.3 7.00 8.00 9.42 13.00 16.72

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 10.81 10.9 7.70 9.00 9.35 13.50 15.33

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 9.79 16.4 7.05 7.30 8.75 10.50 14.65

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.77 6.4 12.00 15.00 18.51 22.92 27.42

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 11.28 3.6 8.00 9.00 10.32 13.46 17.00

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 12.48 3.7 8.50 10.00 11.17 14.00 16.35

Construction laborers ..................................................... 14.72 4.3 8.00 9.75 12.50 20.00 23.83

Production helpers ......................................................... 11.29 3.2 7.25 8.40 10.30 13.35 17.13

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 9.27 6.7 6.84 7.82 9.00 10.10 12.09

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 June 2005–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

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... $9.84 1.7 $6.00 $7.00 $9.00 $11.67 $14.80

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.87 2.5 7.74 8.67 10.50 12.30 14.78

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 12.54 2.2 7.75 9.50 11.64 14.65 19.75

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.04 3.7 6.50 7.25 8.50 10.00 12.00

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 9.61 4.0 6.50 7.50 8.75 10.35 13.64

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.63 4.9 6.30 7.00 8.73 11.10 13.95

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 10.69 2.4 6.50 7.75 10.00 12.65 16.10

Service .......................................................................................... 9.38 .9 5.46 6.75 8.50 11.00 14.44

Protective service .............................................................. 10.76 2.5 7.00 8.50 9.75 11.68 15.73

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 17.11 11.4 10.19 11.00 15.35 18.04 33.65

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.33 2.2 7.00 8.50 9.63 11.33 14.29

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 8.71 2.5 6.50 7.25 8.00 10.23 11.00

Food service ...................................................................... 7.75 1.0 3.15 6.00 7.25 9.25 12.00

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 5.12 2.2 2.13 2.65 5.15 6.75 8.05

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.82 3.0 3.50 5.25 6.75 8.00 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.53 3.1 2.13 2.25 3.85 6.09 7.35

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 6.18 3.7 3.65 5.00 6.30 7.25 8.50

Other food service ........................................................... 8.86 .9 6.00 6.75 8.00 10.00 13.03

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.72 2.8 8.28 9.79 12.76 16.50 20.77

Cooks ............................................................................. 9.80 1.5 6.50 7.50 9.25 11.25 14.00

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 8.22 1.4 6.00 6.50 7.65 9.27 11.50

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 7.85 1.6 5.75 6.50 7.39 8.56 10.55

Health service .................................................................... 10.90 1.3 7.50 8.80 10.20 12.28 15.12

Dental assistants ........................................................... 15.39 3.5 10.25 13.00 15.00 17.51 21.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 11.67 2.9 7.88 9.00 10.87 13.25 16.25

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 10.26 1.4 7.40 8.56 9.90 11.55 13.64

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 10.61 3.1 6.70 7.56 9.35 12.08 17.70

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 16.95 4.0 11.54 13.00 17.95 19.62 23.08

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.76 3.0 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.82 11.75

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 10.67 4.6 6.75 7.90 9.64 12.38 17.48

Pest control .................................................................... 14.21 9.8 9.00 10.20 12.00 16.66 21.09

Personal service ................................................................ 10.13 5.2 5.70 6.70 8.25 11.00 15.59

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 14.75 6.4 8.70 10.97 14.42 18.75 21.25

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 12.48 8.8 5.91 7.09 10.00 14.51 21.57

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 7.16 2.7 5.25 5.63 6.55 7.40 10.67

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Guides ........................................................................... $13.17 8.6 $7.75 $11.57 $13.44 $15.87 $16.83

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.53 6.6 5.15 6.00 7.00 8.60 10.00

Public transportation attendants .................................... 32.00 5.4 15.53 26.05 30.13 40.07 48.15

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 7.90 5.2 5.40 6.15 8.00 9.00 11.00

Welfare service aides .................................................... 9.58 5.9 6.05 6.92 9.50 11.42 13.00

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 8.53 3.7 6.06 7.25 8.00 9.52 11.32

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 8.69 2.9 6.50 7.00 8.00 9.96 11.96

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 10.86 4.5 6.75 8.00 10.00 12.00 17.58

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2004

and January 2006. The average reference period was June 2005. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 June 2005

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $18.95 1.2 $8.06 $10.58 $15.08 $22.99 $33.46

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 19.06 1.3 8.25 10.75 15.35 23.11 33.50

White collar .................................................................................. 23.40 1.1 9.69 12.75 18.63 28.85 42.31

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 24.61 1.2 10.50 13.82 20.00 30.22 43.62

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 30.28 1.6 14.32 19.23 26.66 36.54 48.22

Professional specialty ............................................................ 32.96 1.6 16.34 22.12 29.92 40.00 51.34

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 36.77 1.4 23.84 28.70 34.86 43.05 52.21

Architects ....................................................................... 29.79 7.7 19.79 22.32 27.04 33.25 43.80

Aerospace engineers ..................................................... 42.27 8.1 23.34 30.95 42.95 52.36 59.40

Metallurgical and materials engineers ........................... 34.08 6.8 25.00 27.59 32.31 36.35 50.65

Petroleum engineers ...................................................... 43.16 16.1 26.14 32.25 36.06 55.94 65.19

Chemical engineers ....................................................... 35.75 8.7 26.44 29.10 29.47 44.85 47.79

Nuclear engineers .......................................................... 40.40 5.5 32.05 34.58 38.86 44.07 50.30

Civil engineers ............................................................... 32.51 4.2 20.00 25.05 30.00 38.32 45.97

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 39.28 2.6 25.47 31.25 37.52 44.81 55.63

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 33.30 2.6 23.08 27.26 32.27 36.78 44.67

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 31.96 2.0 23.08 26.42 30.90 36.62 42.19

Marine engineers and naval architects .......................... 29.94 11.6 20.19 24.04 29.90 33.25 42.93

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 40.02 2.2 26.25 31.41 39.10 46.97 57.00

Surveyors and mapping scientists ................................. 36.16 11.4 20.51 26.44 40.80 40.80 49.50

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 35.71 2.4 20.82 26.77 34.62 43.27 51.63

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 35.73 2.7 20.80 26.90 34.62 43.11 51.78

Operations and systems researchers and analysts ....... 35.75 5.5 21.03 25.96 37.02 43.75 50.80

Actuaries ........................................................................ 37.23 9.4 23.86 26.51 36.00 46.88 50.58

Statisticians .................................................................... 29.36 8.9 16.22 26.44 29.07 31.25 39.80

Natural scientists ............................................................... 32.79 3.0 18.12 23.55 30.49 39.43 49.54

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 32.20 8.8 20.41 23.19 29.43 37.16 49.53

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 37.13 6.8 25.24 32.00 38.46 43.59 52.89

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 32.07 8.4 19.53 23.88 30.75 36.49 48.65

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 31.29 10.1 14.00 25.09 30.94 36.19 40.70

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 34.13 10.2 17.18 22.97 30.65 40.39 63.74

Medical scientists ........................................................... 31.48 13.7 16.36 20.09 25.48 39.90 47.32

Health related .................................................................... 33.15 4.1 19.00 22.50 27.81 36.74 48.87

Physicians ...................................................................... 69.88 8.2 20.95 28.70 68.18 98.08 110.00

Optometrists .................................................................. 62.86 14.1 40.87 49.92 61.67 75.00 93.75

Health diagnosing practitioners, n.e.c. ........................... 33.45 8.8 28.63 31.25 31.25 31.25 45.58

Registered nurses .......................................................... 28.15 1.5 19.56 22.50 26.71 32.00 38.46

Pharmacists ................................................................... 45.74 .8 40.37 43.35 46.00 47.76 51.05

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.42 5.9 13.97 17.50 20.71 24.76 31.22

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 22.69 2.4 18.38 19.76 21.82 25.80 27.36

Occupational therapists ................................................. 25.60 4.1 15.38 21.63 26.62 29.50 33.09

Physical therapists ......................................................... 28.98 3.5 22.11 25.07 29.85 32.06 34.72

Speech therapists .......................................................... 26.49 6.7 17.25 21.53 25.93 31.25 33.53

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 16.87 3.5 12.31 13.90 14.90 18.46 23.08

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 37.12 7.9 15.00 30.95 37.52 47.12 48.08

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 44.89 3.9 22.84 29.00 38.56 52.79 73.95

Biological science teachers ........................................... 51.59 12.8 28.76 38.46 45.26 49.04 116.35

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 57.08 9.8 37.03 46.23 49.05 65.90 85.80

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 40.98 6.6 26.16 31.79 41.25 44.98 61.45

Economics teachers ...................................................... 55.37 12.9 31.87 39.06 56.21 62.30 68.91

History teachers ............................................................. 36.76 9.6 25.81 27.71 30.15 43.13 50.39

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 48.13 27.5 26.80 30.10 36.11 65.45 85.89

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 43.99 10.2 28.85 29.02 42.99 56.61 56.61

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 62.93 13.2 35.18 36.47 64.36 81.80 96.61

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 39.29 14.6 30.74 30.74 30.74 42.27 61.66

Computer science teachers ........................................... 28.71 12.0 19.23 22.84 22.84 30.88 41.09

Medical science teachers .............................................. 61.69 8.2 32.69 44.99 60.10 72.12 90.97

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 56.20 14.0 24.97 29.00 39.45 66.82 102.88

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 49.39 8.3 27.91 32.16 50.90 53.01 79.13

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 39.86 7.8 26.61 31.86 37.33 43.59 66.63

Physical education teachers .......................................... 28.71 8.7 21.28 22.04 28.11 28.11 44.29

Education teachers ........................................................ 40.68 16.6 24.82 30.33 35.05 41.26 77.34

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 June 2005–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

English teachers ............................................................ $40.34 7.1 $27.14 $28.39 $32.93 $43.17 $67.59

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 43.96 8.5 30.03 32.73 44.01 47.68 61.34

Law teachers ................................................................. 66.59 13.5 48.20 52.89 63.85 78.09 99.49

Theology teachers ......................................................... 42.01 11.2 25.64 28.11 37.79 48.11 62.77

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 39.93 6.1 19.10 24.44 34.66 48.49 69.33

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 21.11 3.3 9.80 13.00 18.86 28.08 34.22

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 12.31 3.8 8.50 9.50 11.50 14.20 17.53

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 24.64 5.5 15.76 18.78 23.92 29.81 33.70

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 30.88 4.6 18.45 23.00 29.92 36.35 45.73

Teachers, special education .......................................... 26.09 9.1 15.89 20.00 25.24 30.90 37.63

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 23.61 6.4 12.26 17.31 23.30 29.73 35.35

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 17.92 8.8 10.24 12.25 14.67 20.33 33.60

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 29.68 6.5 18.27 21.63 26.61 35.92 48.08

Librarians ....................................................................... 29.85 7.5 18.27 21.06 26.67 35.92 49.38

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 31.29 6.8 16.01 20.43 28.85 36.97 48.08

Economists .................................................................... 34.32 8.3 19.35 23.08 30.23 39.07 49.74

Psychologists ................................................................. 22.78 8.6 12.24 15.38 19.96 26.58 37.87

Social scientists, n.e.c. .................................................. 34.19 2.4 20.91 25.09 31.25 38.69 53.00

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 17.25 2.8 11.27 13.46 16.30 20.00 24.72

Social workers ............................................................... 17.59 3.2 11.80 13.89 16.42 20.50 25.14

Recreation workers ........................................................ 13.24 7.6 8.24 9.37 12.50 16.88 19.77

Clergy ............................................................................ 15.74 13.2 12.07 12.07 12.58 17.31 20.74

Religious workers, n.e.c. ................................................ 18.74 15.5 11.25 11.25 17.83 20.05 23.08

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 56.19 4.4 28.85 36.92 50.76 69.63 88.40

Lawyers ......................................................................... 56.19 4.4 28.85 36.92 50.76 69.63 88.40

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 25.24 3.7 11.24 15.45 21.33 29.67 44.09

Technical writers ............................................................ 35.83 14.7 15.00 22.23 36.01 51.14 54.33

Designers ....................................................................... 21.68 3.6 10.85 14.42 19.58 26.93 34.62

Musicians and composers ............................................. 39.06 20.3 19.13 29.21 31.59 38.55 79.98

Actors and directors ....................................................... 33.13 17.8 10.00 16.62 25.51 45.06 54.27

Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers 18.66 5.4 14.00 15.00 18.27 20.00 24.52

Photographers ............................................................... 17.13 12.0 8.50 10.00 13.93 22.44 28.77

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 16.35 19.9 8.00 8.00 15.15 19.13 27.84

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 26.07 7.6 10.50 15.18 22.19 30.29 43.01

Public relations specialists ............................................. 24.73 7.3 16.83 17.50 22.72 28.16 33.51

Announcers .................................................................... 40.13 29.5 10.58 15.58 20.19 27.88 117.79

Athletes .......................................................................... 25.95 12.5 12.50 16.26 22.84 31.32 47.00

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 32.87 9.2 17.11 20.21 30.39 45.19 53.94

Technical ............................................................................... 23.17 2.5 12.50 15.50 19.97 26.10 33.01

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 18.91 3.0 10.92 14.00 18.00 22.68 27.59

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 32.09 4.0 24.29 27.85 33.00 37.00 39.50

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 15.59 4.7 10.00 12.06 15.31 18.01 23.47

Radiological technicians ................................................ 24.25 2.8 16.75 20.09 23.36 28.12 33.39

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 17.82 1.9 13.39 15.15 17.25 20.00 22.95

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.59 2.3 10.15 12.70 15.33 18.76 24.62

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 24.03 12.2 12.01 16.50 22.61 27.10 32.10

Industrial engineering technicians ................................. 24.21 5.6 16.93 20.00 23.52 28.39 32.05

Mechanical engineering technicians .............................. 22.78 4.3 16.13 17.68 21.29 26.45 32.69

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 25.77 5.5 15.40 19.23 24.87 30.57 38.17

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.94 2.8 14.42 17.52 21.01 25.95 28.57

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 19.61 11.9 12.00 14.25 17.50 23.98 31.50

Biological technicians .................................................... 18.94 5.7 12.02 14.91 17.35 22.93 26.56

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 21.96 6.4 14.56 16.48 22.12 24.67 29.56

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 21.90 10.5 14.21 16.50 20.27 26.70 32.71

Airplane pilots and navigators ........................................ 97.51 13.0 25.00 46.25 97.72 143.75 179.83

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 13.91 13.2 8.25 9.50 12.66 15.14 18.00

Computer programmers ................................................. 31.45 3.2 18.46 24.04 29.13 36.42 45.17

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.2. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 June 2005–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

Tool programmers, numerical control ............................ $23.35 7.4 $16.65 $18.50 $21.64 $30.00 $32.55

Legal assistants ............................................................. 22.78 4.2 15.00 18.06 21.43 26.23 30.76

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 21.13 6.0 12.50 14.75 19.07 23.72 34.02

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 34.31 2.2 17.00 21.76 29.16 40.98 55.73

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 38.62 2.7 17.79 24.04 33.22 46.92 61.72

Financial managers ....................................................... 40.47 2.8 20.30 25.44 33.96 49.60 67.79

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 31.26 7.8 21.00 22.85 25.23 36.06 46.85

Purchasing managers .................................................... 35.06 8.4 18.75 22.79 30.83 40.87 50.52

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 45.40 4.3 23.50 29.00 39.52 54.96 69.71

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 27.58 4.8 13.10 19.13 25.24 33.65 45.74

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 35.76 3.5 19.00 27.22 34.08 42.07 51.99

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 21.18 7.5 12.24 14.29 18.51 24.74 32.01

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 21.67 4.3 11.54 16.25 21.64 26.92 30.63

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 31.11 8.6 15.39 18.82 24.23 35.00 50.45

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 41.30 4.7 18.72 25.96 36.25 49.46 63.90

Management related .......................................................... 27.84 1.2 16.35 19.95 25.34 32.21 41.21

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 25.90 2.2 16.39 20.19 24.67 30.96 36.46

Underwriters .................................................................. 27.41 5.7 17.91 19.23 25.70 31.83 41.01

Other financial officers ................................................... 32.91 3.8 16.45 20.61 27.73 37.09 51.25

Management analysts .................................................... 32.00 5.0 19.93 23.35 29.56 38.34 50.20

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 25.93 4.4 16.00 18.77 24.04 30.05 37.22

Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .............. 23.95 16.5 16.35 16.35 20.74 34.84 34.84

Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm

products ....................................................................... 27.18 3.8 16.16 20.19 25.14 31.25 40.39

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 27.36 4.7 17.98 20.53 24.46 31.62 42.06

Business and promotional agents .................................. 23.34 5.8 16.67 17.71 24.22 27.12 29.81

Construction inspectors ................................................. 24.77 11.1 16.24 19.23 22.66 35.58 37.06

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 25.86 7.0 19.67 19.67 26.63 29.71 33.30

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 26.31 2.7 16.02 19.04 24.43 31.25 39.53

Sales ......................................................................................... 17.85 1.7 7.50 9.50 13.33 20.28 32.81

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 20.62 3.6 10.63 12.83 16.73 22.83 36.67

Insurance sales .............................................................. 23.09 8.5 9.98 13.73 17.89 28.51 43.27

Real estate sales ........................................................... 22.06 14.7 11.63 14.42 16.83 24.04 49.30

Securities and financial services sales .......................... 41.38 7.0 14.42 16.74 28.52 43.27 75.76

Advertising and related sales ......................................... 20.61 10.5 9.50 11.59 16.62 25.48 38.12

Sales, other business services ...................................... 25.32 6.3 10.00 14.29 20.00 28.70 42.41

Sales engineers ............................................................. 38.11 9.5 22.60 30.00 39.01 44.49 57.69

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 27.09 3.5 12.70 16.71 23.07 33.95 45.72

Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats ...................... 21.91 6.3 7.61 10.87 17.31 26.43 40.20

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 13.10 14.4 7.00 8.15 9.50 12.35 18.76

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 10.88 12.3 6.77 7.25 10.27 12.60 15.50

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 15.24 6.1 8.65 11.28 13.83 16.21 21.86

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 11.93 8.3 7.50 8.75 10.00 13.03 20.00

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 13.70 5.6 9.00 10.09 12.00 15.30 18.88

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 14.83 2.9 9.50 11.69 13.89 16.35 22.03

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 13.42 3.2 7.37 8.57 11.13 15.26 22.50

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 10.57 5.3 7.00 7.85 10.00 12.00 15.49

Cashiers ......................................................................... 9.47 2.0 6.50 7.50 8.66 11.00 13.11

Street and door-to-door sales workers .......................... 19.92 18.3 8.46 11.15 21.64 28.86 29.43

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 17.17 15.1 10.00 12.69 13.94 19.24 21.73

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 15.73 8.0 8.77 10.24 12.75 20.19 26.92

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.75 .8 9.16 11.00 13.79 17.33 21.62

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 20.91 2.5 13.50 16.75 20.19 24.62 28.98

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 23.17 3.3 13.88 17.30 21.63 27.65 31.68

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... $20.53 5.4 $14.43 $16.00 $19.23 $23.79 $27.60

Computer operators ....................................................... 16.71 3.8 12.38 13.65 16.81 18.85 21.63

Peripheral equipment operators .................................... 13.68 8.9 9.24 9.47 14.47 17.01 17.01

Secretaries ..................................................................... 17.13 1.2 10.94 13.14 16.44 20.03 24.42

Stenographers ............................................................... 16.49 5.7 11.75 13.00 14.45 18.57 25.00

Typists ........................................................................... 15.79 5.9 11.00 13.17 14.82 17.96 23.06

Interviewers ................................................................... 12.42 4.2 8.75 10.02 11.89 15.08 16.57

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 9.23 1.9 7.25 8.00 9.00 10.00 12.00

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 15.13 3.7 8.50 10.85 15.69 19.86 20.86

Receptionists ................................................................. 12.06 1.7 8.50 9.86 11.70 13.75 16.30

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 13.80 2.8 9.01 11.00 13.01 16.50 18.86

Classified ad clerks ........................................................ 13.10 5.8 11.26 11.88 12.61 14.65 14.65

Correspondence clerks .................................................. 13.96 4.0 11.25 12.01 12.79 15.14 17.96

Order clerks ................................................................... 14.71 3.1 9.10 11.06 13.80 17.17 21.20

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 16.42 2.5 11.88 13.79 16.00 19.23 21.41

Library clerks ................................................................. 13.05 5.7 8.93 10.56 12.92 14.80 17.33

File clerks ....................................................................... 11.01 2.8 8.13 9.42 10.42 12.00 14.91

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 14.11 2.9 9.00 10.95 13.39 16.49 20.50

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 15.02 1.6 10.00 12.00 14.50 17.05 20.67

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 16.68 2.3 11.44 13.50 15.67 19.71 23.37

Billing clerks ................................................................... 13.34 2.0 9.50 11.00 13.00 15.00 17.44

Cost and rate clerks ....................................................... 13.39 9.3 7.09 10.85 13.45 16.11 20.12

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 13.84 6.0 10.00 10.75 12.69 15.84 18.77

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 12.56 9.6 9.68 9.68 12.02 15.50 15.50

Mail preparing and paper handling machine operators 12.35 6.6 9.50 10.09 11.25 12.00 20.04

Office machine operators, n.e.c. .................................... 11.10 3.9 8.57 10.61 11.33 12.24 12.39

Telephone operators ...................................................... 12.82 5.6 8.00 9.35 11.32 16.15 20.11

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 12.33 7.2 8.65 9.50 10.98 14.57 19.78

Messengers ................................................................... 9.68 10.0 6.88 7.19 9.60 11.00 12.96

Dispatchers .................................................................... 15.83 5.1 7.50 11.00 14.90 20.00 24.41

Production coordinators ................................................. 18.77 3.7 12.39 13.75 17.86 22.39 27.25

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 13.94 2.1 9.43 10.90 13.33 16.00 20.56

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 13.26 2.0 8.79 10.32 12.86 15.30 18.00

Meter readers ................................................................ 17.71 8.1 11.50 12.68 17.31 21.51 25.88

Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers ............. 15.20 8.2 10.28 11.00 13.55 15.14 26.75

Expeditors ...................................................................... 15.92 4.8 9.35 12.15 16.35 19.46 22.37

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 19.60 3.5 12.25 14.88 17.65 22.57 29.59

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 15.86 3.8 10.00 12.19 14.25 19.19 24.04

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 13.51 4.9 9.81 11.10 13.00 15.42 19.13

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 14.44 7.8 9.00 10.50 13.46 17.55 20.88

General office clerks ...................................................... 13.57 1.3 9.00 10.50 12.69 15.75 19.46

Bank tellers .................................................................... 11.20 1.5 8.70 9.50 10.65 12.69 14.24

Proofreaders .................................................................. 13.82 9.0 10.25 11.00 13.43 15.79 20.00

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 11.94 1.5 8.25 10.00 11.70 13.74 15.27

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 14.86 5.4 9.05 10.39 13.68 18.09 21.80

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 10.01 8.1 7.00 7.50 9.24 11.47 14.41

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 14.93 1.5 9.52 11.67 14.49 17.31 20.72

Blue collar .................................................................................... 16.15 1.0 8.50 10.75 14.55 20.00 26.55

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 20.03 1.0 11.00 14.25 18.56 25.00 30.67

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 24.76 2.8 15.63 18.75 24.04 29.08 34.52

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 18.66 3.0 10.50 14.25 18.00 21.25 25.62

Automobile mechanic apprentices ................................. 13.81 9.7 8.75 11.00 13.13 14.50 17.21

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 19.34 3.0 12.75 15.03 18.00 22.72 27.00

Aircraft engine mechanics ............................................. 27.35 8.7 18.75 22.77 27.49 31.22 38.37

Small engine repairers ................................................... 15.43 5.8 11.00 12.73 15.00 18.50 19.25

Automobile body and related repairers .......................... 16.33 4.5 10.00 13.00 15.60 17.76 24.00

Aircraft mechanics, except engine ................................. 24.77 4.0 14.35 22.54 26.01 28.39 31.61

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 June 2005–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

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... $19.47 3.6 $13.50 $16.00 $18.55 $22.96 $26.50

Farm equipment mechanics .......................................... 15.50 7.5 10.00 12.50 15.25 18.00 20.58

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 21.30 2.1 14.44 17.17 20.58 25.50 28.42

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 16.13 4.9 11.12 12.50 14.80 19.00 23.04

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 22.08 2.8 12.50 15.00 22.00 28.28 31.18

Data processing equipment repairers ............................ 21.03 15.0 9.50 14.42 21.00 23.92 36.81

Household appliance and power tool repairers ............. 16.22 5.8 10.00 12.45 15.84 18.56 24.84

Telephone line installers and repairers .......................... 25.24 4.8 14.00 25.08 27.54 28.28 28.75

Telephone installers and repairers ................................ 23.85 3.5 15.62 21.18 25.08 26.91 28.98

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 18.47 3.5 12.40 15.00 17.48 21.92 25.83

Office machine repairers ................................................ 17.46 8.7 10.75 14.00 16.75 19.79 23.83

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 21.09 7.1 14.08 17.02 19.87 27.32 31.31

Elevator installers and repairers .................................... 38.94 14.6 27.06 28.43 47.26 47.26 47.26

Millwrights ...................................................................... 22.30 6.3 15.00 16.71 22.55 27.24 30.33

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 16.87 3.0 10.00 12.55 16.05 20.41 25.30

Supervisors, carpenters and related workers ................ 24.41 6.0 17.79 20.00 23.00 30.00 31.38

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 32.67 3.9 23.50 27.32 30.30 40.72 43.33

Supervisors, painters, paperhangers, and plasterers .... 23.54 7.8 15.50 19.75 23.08 28.25 29.76

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 27.39 8.5 19.50 21.25 28.65 32.25 32.75

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 22.54 6.6 15.00 17.01 21.00 27.11 32.68

Brickmasons and stonemasons ..................................... 26.49 9.0 16.00 20.00 27.29 32.70 40.00

Tile setters, hard and soft .............................................. 17.92 13.5 14.00 15.00 15.00 20.00 25.53

Carpet installers ............................................................. 24.45 12.9 11.60 20.00 20.69 34.80 35.12

Carpenters ..................................................................... 19.64 4.9 12.00 14.32 18.00 24.00 30.78

Carpenter apprentices ................................................... 17.18 13.6 11.00 12.00 15.90 20.54 26.56

Drywall installers ............................................................ 17.98 6.9 12.00 14.00 16.40 20.69 26.94

Electricians .................................................................... 26.10 3.3 15.30 18.50 25.07 31.65 40.47

Electrician apprentices ................................................... 14.61 3.5 10.00 11.50 13.25 16.16 20.49

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 26.66 3.8 17.50 23.06 26.54 30.40 35.84

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 15.96 4.0 11.00 12.00 15.00 18.25 22.00

Plasterers ....................................................................... 15.15 3.0 12.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 20.00

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 24.73 7.0 16.00 18.00 24.18 30.00 36.03

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 14.46 4.7 9.10 12.00 14.00 16.00 20.30

Concrete and terrazzo finishers ..................................... 18.44 6.9 10.50 13.50 17.00 24.20 26.88

Glaziers .......................................................................... 16.39 11.7 9.00 13.00 16.00 17.00 24.20

Insulation workers .......................................................... 18.91 8.9 10.80 12.59 18.17 24.04 30.15

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 16.51 13.6 9.00 11.50 14.00 21.00 26.92

Roofers .......................................................................... 16.21 7.5 9.00 11.50 15.00 20.50 25.00

Sheet metal duct installers ............................................. 24.07 12.8 9.25 16.38 24.22 33.09 34.30

Structural metal workers ................................................ 24.17 12.7 14.00 15.50 22.22 28.25 50.40

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 18.36 6.9 10.84 12.50 16.00 22.40 29.04

Supervisors, extractive .................................................. 24.40 19.4 11.93 13.87 20.00 35.18 35.18

Drillers, oil well ............................................................... 25.02 17.8 10.00 16.00 29.63 34.02 34.02

Mining machine operators ............................................. 18.57 9.3 11.36 15.55 19.12 21.73 26.05

Supervisors, production ................................................. 22.22 2.0 14.65 17.15 21.09 25.80 31.60

Tool and die makers ...................................................... 23.94 2.0 16.86 19.80 24.13 28.92 31.07

Tool and die maker apprentices .................................... 17.92 7.4 14.00 15.50 17.00 20.00 24.80

Precision assemblers, metal .......................................... 20.72 6.1 11.82 16.50 19.50 25.60 29.10

Machinists ...................................................................... 19.88 1.9 13.75 16.50 20.00 23.00 26.50

Boilermakers .................................................................. 19.77 9.8 15.00 16.00 17.92 22.87 25.40

Precision grinders, filers, and tool sharpeners ............... 16.20 9.1 8.90 12.00 15.76 19.55 22.50

Patternmakers and modelmakers, metal ....................... 21.41 8.9 11.46 15.72 20.96 28.49 31.81

Layout workers .............................................................. 18.46 16.0 11.56 13.25 16.75 21.05 35.00

Sheet metal workers ...................................................... 17.80 10.1 10.00 12.05 15.03 20.10 28.22

Patternmakers and modelmakers, wood ....................... 18.14 11.4 11.95 15.00 15.70 20.75 22.72

Cabinet makers and bench carpenters .......................... 13.06 6.7 9.75 11.00 12.50 13.80 16.29

Furniture and wood finishers ......................................... 12.13 7.0 9.02 9.82 12.00 13.00 16.50

Dressmakers .................................................................. 12.48 7.8 8.50 11.00 11.43 13.30 18.65

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 June 2005–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

Tailors ............................................................................ $17.63 20.4 $8.50 $10.45 $13.00 $20.35 $36.06

Upholsterers .................................................................. 15.05 11.5 8.50 12.29 14.85 17.37 20.51

Hand molders and shapers, except jewelers ................. 14.21 14.3 9.75 12.50 12.50 17.93 20.40

Patternmakers, layout workers, and cutters .................. 18.63 11.4 14.25 14.25 15.15 24.97 28.13

Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians .... 15.21 2.8 9.75 13.27 14.61 16.25 21.00

Bookbinders ................................................................... 15.45 10.5 8.00 10.40 14.96 20.92 22.17

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 13.99 3.7 8.76 10.30 13.12 16.62 20.95

Miscellaneous precision workers, n.e.c. ........................ 14.25 12.5 10.00 10.06 11.01 16.14 22.21

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 12.35 3.8 8.05 9.40 11.20 14.80 18.49

Bakers ............................................................................ 12.25 5.8 6.00 9.85 12.00 14.25 18.06

Food batchmakers ......................................................... 13.27 4.9 8.50 10.56 13.54 15.67 17.60

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 20.22 4.1 10.68 14.90 19.00 25.96 28.74

Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 23.35 10.4 15.65 16.64 26.63 26.63 27.33

Adjusters and calibrators ............................................... 20.79 11.0 17.82 17.85 17.85 26.28 27.33

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 18.49 10.8 11.50 14.38 18.38 22.94 28.25

Power plant operators .................................................... 28.40 3.8 21.67 26.39 26.70 30.40 35.27

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 23.99 5.6 14.00 19.46 25.62 27.61 31.84

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 24.03 4.7 16.71 20.43 25.26 27.50 29.08

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 14.31 1.4 8.50 10.30 13.10 17.00 22.68

Lathe and turning-machine set-up operators ................. 17.41 3.7 12.70 14.35 16.51 19.75 22.47

Lathe and turning-machine operators ............................ 16.12 6.2 10.50 12.50 16.00 18.68 21.68

Milling and planing machine operators .......................... 16.14 6.9 10.75 13.25 16.22 18.81 22.09

Punching and stamping press operators ....................... 14.04 6.7 8.50 10.08 12.39 16.25 21.87

Rolling machine operators ............................................. 16.65 11.4 10.51 12.50 15.25 19.31 26.98

Drilling and boring machine operators ........................... 14.25 8.1 7.25 10.00 14.00 17.70 20.59

Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine

operators ...................................................................... 13.60 2.7 8.58 11.00 12.98 15.60 18.75

Forging machine operators ............................................ 12.93 10.3 8.61 10.50 11.50 15.32 18.65

Numerical control machine operators ............................ 16.82 3.1 12.00 14.10 16.50 19.00 21.57

Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c. ........................... 15.65 4.0 9.35 11.65 14.15 18.25 26.66

Molding and casting machine operators ........................ 13.46 3.6 8.50 10.23 12.81 15.40 19.75

Metal plating machine operators .................................... 14.49 7.8 8.50 10.60 13.84 18.10 23.00

Heat treating equipment operators ................................ 15.95 5.2 10.90 13.66 15.30 17.80 21.48

Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators .... 12.20 7.1 8.00 9.25 12.75 14.16 14.50

Sawing machine operators ............................................ 11.11 4.9 7.50 9.00 10.75 12.50 15.25

Shaping and joining machine operators ........................ 13.69 2.8 11.00 12.71 13.80 14.50 16.25

Nailing and tacking machine operators .......................... 10.46 10.9 7.13 7.79 9.22 13.85 13.87

Printing press operators ................................................. 17.01 2.9 11.00 14.00 17.00 19.98 22.74

Photoengravers and lithographers ................................. 16.66 6.3 13.25 13.25 16.69 18.45 22.81

Typesetters and compositors ......................................... 15.73 5.8 9.50 12.80 17.00 19.00 19.97

Winding and twisting machine operators ....................... 12.61 7.1 9.00 9.67 11.59 13.07 16.39

Knitting, looping, taping, and weaving machine

operators ...................................................................... 12.23 5.8 9.00 10.27 11.75 13.60 16.93

Textile cutting machine operators .................................. 10.92 4.7 7.90 9.79 10.75 10.75 14.26

Textile sewing machine operators ................................. 10.53 9.2 7.03 8.36 9.00 11.67 15.50

Pressing machine operators .......................................... 9.46 5.4 6.75 8.00 9.50 10.50 12.20

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 9.97 5.9 7.18 8.13 9.50 11.00 13.50

Cementing and gluing machine operators ..................... 12.35 8.1 7.43 9.52 11.45 14.70 18.89

Packaging and filling machine operators ....................... 14.43 4.0 8.75 10.93 13.60 16.61 22.43

Extruding and forming machine operators ..................... 13.83 3.8 10.01 11.22 13.29 16.22 17.61

Mixing and blending machine operators ........................ 15.57 4.1 10.31 11.84 14.95 18.36 21.50

Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators .. 19.56 5.4 12.30 16.09 18.98 24.45 25.62

Compressing and compacting machine operators ........ 11.65 8.0 8.00 8.25 11.19 13.23 16.81

Painting and paint spraying machine operators ............. 15.48 4.4 9.85 11.53 14.17 17.24 26.21

Roasting and baking machine operators, food .............. 14.04 7.8 8.50 11.52 13.00 17.30 21.00

Washing, cleaning, and pickling machine operators ...... 16.81 22.6 10.00 10.00 13.05 28.04 28.04

Folding machine operators ............................................ 13.02 16.8 6.90 8.35 12.44 16.03 20.44

Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, except food ............. 15.24 6.3 10.50 12.00 13.50 16.62 25.13

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 June 2005–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

Crushing and grinding machine operators ..................... $15.57 11.9 $10.25 $11.60 $14.54 $16.39 $27.19

Slicing and cutting machine operators ........................... 14.08 2.7 9.00 11.50 13.81 16.42 18.75

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 11.47 7.8 9.00 10.00 10.17 12.00 16.85

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 14.71 2.6 8.60 10.51 13.65 17.92 22.93

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 15.69 2.3 11.00 12.30 15.00 17.74 21.31

Solderers and brazers ................................................... 12.17 9.0 8.55 9.00 12.00 14.39 16.50

Assemblers .................................................................... 15.06 2.0 8.23 10.10 13.00 18.24 26.74

Hand cutting and trimming ............................................. 11.81 10.8 6.95 9.00 10.46 14.59 17.00

Hand molding, casting, and forming .............................. 11.73 8.3 7.50 8.50 12.38 14.00 15.66

Hand painting, coating, and decorating ......................... 12.24 4.7 8.75 10.65 11.50 14.00 15.21

Hand engraving and printing .......................................... 16.75 26.4 9.00 9.92 12.75 28.35 28.75

Miscellaneous hand working, n.e.c. ............................... 12.80 5.8 7.35 9.40 11.50 14.69 19.29

Production inspectors, checkers and examiners ........... 14.12 4.7 8.50 10.15 12.50 16.61 23.44

Production testers .......................................................... 15.19 5.0 10.01 11.64 14.00 17.75 20.96

Production samplers and weighers ................................ 13.78 8.2 10.64 11.03 12.81 14.55 18.30

Graders and sorters, except agricultural ........................ 11.91 6.2 7.00 9.00 10.30 14.79 16.50

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. .................................................. 12.33 8.1 9.25 10.71 11.63 16.00 16.00

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 15.53 1.8 9.00 11.00 14.40 18.94 23.76

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.58 6.4 10.00 13.89 17.97 23.24 25.67

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 15.31 2.4 9.23 11.00 14.42 19.00 22.57

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 15.73 6.2 8.50 10.30 14.75 20.00 25.07

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 13.15 10.0 8.11 10.00 12.00 15.04 22.20

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 8.93 8.4 6.00 7.00 8.75 10.25 12.18

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 7.57 9.6 5.00 6.25 7.50 8.74 10.00

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 11.44 5.7 7.96 8.64 10.50 12.50 17.40

Railroad conductors and yardmasters ........................... 25.68 22.6 13.65 13.65 26.00 35.82 42.10

Locomotive operating .................................................... 28.94 23.1 14.47 14.47 28.96 39.31 47.10

Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators ................. 30.28 5.9 15.52 23.29 30.74 39.18 40.84

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. ......................................... 21.64 4.0 15.54 19.67 21.14 23.60 26.77

Ship captains and mates, except fishing boats .............. 19.15 15.2 12.92 14.58 20.00 20.00 25.71

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 11.39 6.4 8.34 8.75 9.25 12.33 18.13

Marine engineers ........................................................... 21.37 20.9 14.38 14.38 17.71 23.17 35.27

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 22.77 3.5 16.25 18.75 22.82 27.18 28.05

Operating engineers ...................................................... 23.50 10.4 13.00 14.00 25.14 28.50 33.50

Hoist and winch operators ............................................. 12.12 19.6 9.25 9.50 10.50 10.86 25.62

Crane and tower operators ............................................ 16.64 6.2 12.24 13.91 15.07 18.00 22.40

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 16.99 4.6 10.00 13.25 16.00 18.50 23.22

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 16.36 6.1 11.00 12.50 14.50 20.00 25.00

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 14.23 1.8 9.25 10.81 13.45 17.00 21.04

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 16.91 6.3 10.00 12.45 15.95 20.45 26.65

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 11.94 1.7 7.00 8.50 10.50 13.93 18.87

Nursery workers ............................................................. 11.53 8.9 9.00 9.35 10.00 13.50 16.50

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 24.39 7.3 14.84 20.19 25.00 25.00 29.40

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 11.17 4.7 7.25 8.00 10.00 13.79 16.75

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 11.29 10.2 8.75 9.23 10.50 14.10 15.33

Inspectors, agricultural products .................................... 10.05 15.9 7.30 7.65 8.75 10.76 14.65

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.80 6.7 12.00 15.06 18.51 22.89 27.17

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 11.64 3.8 8.00 9.00 10.50 13.91 17.00

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 12.51 3.8 8.50 10.00 11.17 14.05 16.35

Construction laborers ..................................................... 14.69 4.6 8.00 9.79 12.50 20.00 23.24

Production helpers ......................................................... 11.44 2.9 7.25 8.50 10.50 13.73 17.48

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 9.30 7.0 6.84 7.82 9.00 10.30 12.34

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 11.26 1.9 7.00 8.50 10.52 13.16 16.40

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 10.90 2.5 7.80 8.67 10.56 12.30 14.78

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 June 2005–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

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. $12.93 2.4 $7.95 $9.50 $12.00 $15.55 $20.09

Garage and service station related ................................ 8.98 3.6 6.75 7.25 8.50 10.00 12.00

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 10.00 3.8 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.85 14.70

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 9.79 5.5 6.50 7.00 8.90 11.46 14.12

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 11.07 2.5 6.75 8.00 10.00 13.25 16.61

Service .......................................................................................... 10.20 1.5 6.00 7.35 9.38 11.96 15.53

Protective service .............................................................. 10.94 2.9 7.10 8.50 10.00 12.00 15.73

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 17.12 11.4 10.19 11.00 15.35 18.04 33.65

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.36 2.4 7.00 8.50 9.74 11.50 14.25

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 9.41 3.0 7.00 7.75 8.80 11.00 11.27

Food service ...................................................................... 8.74 1.5 4.00 6.50 8.00 10.50 13.84

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 5.33 2.8 2.13 3.00 5.15 6.75 8.80

Bartenders ..................................................................... 7.03 4.6 4.00 5.65 6.89 8.50 10.00

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. 4.69 4.4 2.13 2.35 4.25 5.88 7.35

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 6.47 6.2 3.70 4.75 6.44 7.50 9.50

Other food service ........................................................... 9.91 1.1 6.50 7.50 9.00 11.38 14.73

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 14.01 2.8 8.50 10.00 13.07 16.97 21.25

Cooks ............................................................................. 10.29 1.5 7.00 8.00 9.93 12.00 14.75

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 9.05 2.4 6.12 7.00 8.50 10.40 12.60

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 8.63 1.9 6.25 7.10 8.00 9.84 11.62

Health service .................................................................... 11.17 1.2 7.90 9.00 10.50 12.50 15.51

Dental assistants ........................................................... 15.42 3.6 10.25 13.00 15.00 17.51 21.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 11.93 3.1 8.00 9.25 11.20 13.39 16.26

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 10.49 1.2 7.73 8.83 10.00 11.74 13.82

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 11.09 3.1 6.93 7.97 9.89 13.00 18.57

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 16.98 4.0 11.54 13.00 17.95 19.62 23.08

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.80 3.3 6.50 7.04 8.08 10.00 12.00

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 11.32 4.4 7.00 8.20 10.30 13.23 18.57

Pest control .................................................................... 14.06 9.6 9.00 10.20 12.00 16.66 19.07

Personal service ................................................................ 10.66 8.2 5.67 6.75 8.85 11.73 17.22

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 14.76 6.5 8.70 10.92 14.42 18.75 21.25

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 13.05 10.0 6.50 7.50 10.50 14.72 22.28

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 7.22 3.1 5.30 5.65 6.55 7.38 10.75

Guides ........................................................................... 13.90 6.0 10.55 12.50 13.82 15.87 16.83

Public transportation attendants .................................... 33.37 4.6 20.76 27.68 30.13 41.09 48.15

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 7.86 5.5 5.35 6.15 8.00 9.00 10.95

Welfare service aides .................................................... 11.12 3.2 8.45 9.50 10.55 12.50 14.20

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. $8.66 4.4 $6.25 $7.25 $8.35 $9.75 $11.69

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 8.80 3.1 6.50 7.00 8.12 10.00 11.85

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 11.61 5.8 7.81 9.18 10.69 13.50 17.94

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2004

and January 2006. The average reference period was June 2005. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 2.3. Private industry, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time workers,

National Compensation Survey,2 June 2005

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $10.15 1.0 $5.50 $6.57 $8.00 $10.50 $17.00

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 10.70 1.2 5.40 6.50 8.25 11.50 19.59

White collar .................................................................................. 12.96 1.7 6.50 7.35 9.25 14.42 25.46

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 17.55 2.3 8.00 10.00 13.50 22.47 31.71

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 24.68 2.9 10.58 15.60 23.00 30.00 39.45

Professional specialty ............................................................ 27.14 3.1 10.70 19.00 25.90 33.00 42.08

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 38.40 18.4 23.78 25.00 35.00 44.50 63.99

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 31.73 7.5 12.94 19.99 30.20 37.18 51.11

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 31.88 7.7 12.94 19.99 31.50 37.18 51.11

Natural scientists ............................................................... 26.40 25.7 17.00 18.00 19.00 45.96 45.96

Health related .................................................................... 31.29 3.5 20.49 24.05 28.48 35.00 43.96

Physicians ...................................................................... 89.41 12.3 52.88 64.03 100.00 105.29 130.21

Registered nurses .......................................................... 29.13 1.8 20.60 24.05 28.00 33.09 39.01

Pharmacists ................................................................... 37.11 8.3 12.85 33.00 39.86 45.20 49.12

Dietitians ........................................................................ 22.29 6.8 18.50 18.50 22.50 22.82 28.14

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 23.47 6.0 17.47 19.97 22.84 26.25 31.62

Occupational therapists ................................................. 33.45 6.8 25.00 27.88 32.00 38.00 45.00

Physical therapists ......................................................... 35.99 6.6 24.00 30.00 39.00 40.00 43.00

Speech therapists .......................................................... 30.45 4.9 26.34 28.81 30.00 30.00 37.00

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 20.20 7.8 16.50 16.80 19.00 23.75 23.75

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 23.67 7.9 9.00 15.63 21.88 30.00 36.26

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 19.75 16.3 15.63 15.63 15.63 21.88 30.00

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 19.94 17.3 13.80 13.80 18.40 21.88 28.09

Computer science teachers ........................................... 21.09 21.2 13.00 16.34 16.34 23.00 40.00

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 24.72 7.5 18.04 18.61 23.59 29.00 35.00

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 23.17 13.5 15.00 20.00 20.00 23.67 36.67

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 23.34 13.8 15.00 15.00 19.78 31.56 36.26

Education teachers ........................................................ 22.61 19.2 11.64 15.87 17.19 25.38 39.77

English teachers ............................................................ 22.86 11.3 10.58 14.82 19.10 30.00 38.33

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 23.22 7.6 14.50 18.00 22.00 27.78 32.94

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 18.09 9.4 9.45 12.00 13.50 21.00 29.70

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 14.47 13.5 9.45 13.50 13.50 14.02 21.00

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 19.85 17.3 10.71 10.71 17.00 25.23 33.48

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 37.22 15.9 19.00 28.96 35.58 38.02 58.88

Teachers, special education .......................................... 26.85 31.6 15.00 15.00 19.10 20.00 53.85

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 19.91 12.1 10.25 12.00 16.67 29.23 38.00

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 8.39 10.5 6.00 6.50 8.00 10.88 11.00

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 12.10 7.7 9.45 10.00 10.98 11.85 17.24

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 20.13 8.6 12.60 16.70 19.40 23.94 25.73

Librarians ....................................................................... 20.47 10.5 12.60 16.70 21.81 23.94 25.73

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 24.38 21.0 10.00 12.00 27.00 30.00 35.00

Psychologists ................................................................. 24.38 21.0 10.00 12.00 27.00 30.00 35.00

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 15.86 8.6 6.67 9.59 14.42 21.21 26.00

Social workers ............................................................... 19.75 5.3 11.00 14.42 18.00 25.00 28.94

Recreation workers ........................................................ 9.44 12.8 5.50 6.35 8.00 12.00 13.00

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 60.60 20.4 25.64 38.97 49.04 63.33 157.97

Lawyers ......................................................................... 60.60 20.4 25.64 38.97 49.04 63.33 157.97

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 14.74 8.8 6.50 8.15 10.00 18.00 28.75

Designers ....................................................................... 12.42 16.6 7.25 7.50 10.00 13.18 20.00

Musicians and composers ............................................. 41.40 24.1 12.00 15.46 25.00 70.00 70.00

Photographers ............................................................... 16.37 32.5 7.05 7.50 13.86 13.86 38.46

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 11.62 12.1 8.90 10.00 12.00 12.00 12.00

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 16.34 13.7 9.00 10.32 14.00 20.00 24.15

Announcers .................................................................... 8.54 10.8 5.50 6.50 9.00 10.00 11.13

Athletes .......................................................................... 13.34 11.2 7.50 8.50 11.00 18.00 24.14

Technical ............................................................................... 19.04 3.7 10.50 14.00 16.87 22.00 29.00

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 19.13 6.8 12.00 14.30 16.80 22.58 30.05

Dental hygienists ........................................................... 32.15 8.2 22.00 22.50 28.00 40.63 46.88

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 14.55 25.1 9.50 10.72 13.25 17.51 21.31

Radiological technicians ................................................ 22.22 4.6 16.00 17.75 21.95 24.00 28.35

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 17.70 1.9 13.95 15.60 16.87 19.34 23.00

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and technical –Continued

Technical –Continued

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. $14.91 5.2 $9.00 $11.00 $13.61 $17.11 $23.84

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 25.57 18.6 15.00 17.08 22.00 33.97 38.84

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 10.64 20.0 7.00 7.50 8.30 9.50 14.92

Computer programmers ................................................. 33.13 7.9 17.65 25.00 34.62 41.44 50.96

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 26.65 4.9 13.75 17.29 26.00 30.00 44.00

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 29.80 11.4 9.00 18.82 28.89 33.00 50.94

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 37.47 15.7 27.00 27.00 41.76 48.35 48.35

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 24.00 10.4 13.75 18.82 28.89 28.92 28.92

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 34.72 19.8 20.00 20.00 20.00 49.52 56.86

Management related .......................................................... 24.90 4.4 14.00 16.00 24.52 29.00 38.15

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 26.67 8.4 14.58 21.00 26.00 30.00 38.15

Other financial officers ................................................... 23.26 15.1 12.00 14.50 17.50 30.00 36.90

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 20.46 7.5 14.42 16.00 19.23 26.88 28.89

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.66 10.9 15.00 17.01 25.25 28.89 40.00

Sales ......................................................................................... 8.13 .8 6.00 6.65 7.50 8.85 10.50

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 9.78 14.4 7.25 7.50 8.00 9.48 12.25

Real estate sales ........................................................... 10.39 14.2 6.92 6.92 10.00 11.00 13.48

Sales, other business services ...................................... 8.74 4.9 6.75 7.00 8.00 10.00 10.30

Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and

wholesale ..................................................................... 10.60 7.5 9.00 9.00 9.25 12.00 13.00

Sales workers, apparel .................................................. 7.64 3.1 6.00 6.50 7.00 8.10 9.50

Sales workers, shoes ..................................................... 8.17 11.2 5.75 6.25 7.19 8.75 11.17

Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings .............. 8.94 3.1 7.00 7.60 8.75 9.92 10.99

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi, and appliances ............... 8.98 3.6 7.32 7.84 8.69 9.75 11.00

Sales workers, hardware and building supplies ............. 10.12 3.0 7.50 8.70 10.00 11.25 13.17

Sales workers, parts ...................................................... 8.18 3.2 7.00 7.25 8.00 9.00 9.80

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 8.18 2.2 6.10 6.75 7.50 8.87 10.71

Sales counter clerks ...................................................... 7.38 2.0 6.00 6.50 7.25 8.00 9.00

Cashiers ......................................................................... 7.81 .9 6.00 6.50 7.31 8.50 10.00

Demonstrators, promoters, and models, sales .............. 10.46 10.9 8.00 8.00 9.00 11.30 16.25

Sales support, n.e.c. ...................................................... 7.88 3.7 6.00 6.40 7.10 8.80 10.30

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 11.43 1.3 7.50 8.66 10.39 13.10 16.44

Secretaries ..................................................................... 14.45 3.9 9.00 10.75 14.03 16.00 21.15

Stenographers ............................................................... 17.56 6.0 11.00 13.00 16.50 18.50 29.80

Typists ........................................................................... 16.32 14.8 9.00 10.82 16.17 24.00 24.00

Interviewers ................................................................... 9.61 6.7 7.50 7.75 9.25 10.84 12.33

Hotel clerks .................................................................... 8.67 4.1 6.00 7.75 8.25 9.50 11.25

Transportation ticket and reservation agents ................. 15.36 3.7 9.38 11.57 15.33 20.29 20.60

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.11 4.7 6.75 7.50 9.28 12.12 15.00

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 10.25 5.2 6.50 8.00 10.25 12.00 13.00

Order clerks ................................................................... 10.45 7.2 6.55 7.50 9.10 12.50 14.19

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 13.78 13.1 8.00 10.00 14.00 17.60 17.60

Library clerks ................................................................. 10.71 16.3 5.51 8.40 10.11 13.00 16.43

File clerks ....................................................................... 9.71 3.9 8.00 8.25 10.00 10.00 11.81

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 11.97 6.2 8.05 9.00 10.80 13.55 15.13

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 12.47 2.3 8.15 10.00 12.50 14.00 17.50

Billing clerks ................................................................... 13.37 6.9 10.30 11.00 12.00 14.42 17.79

Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators ....... 11.20 2.8 8.50 10.00 10.86 12.59 14.39

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 10.08 8.2 8.50 8.50 9.00 11.44 12.00

Telephone operators ...................................................... 9.58 3.5 8.50 9.00 9.00 10.00 11.87

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 10.35 4.1 8.20 8.88 10.12 11.70 12.69

Messengers ................................................................... 9.54 8.9 7.00 7.72 9.50 12.00 12.00

Dispatchers .................................................................... 9.63 4.0 6.75 8.00 10.00 10.14 11.00

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 12.02 8.5 8.50 10.00 12.01 13.78 16.03

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 9.97 5.7 7.00 7.50 8.85 11.35 14.55

Expeditors ...................................................................... 10.10 11.0 7.25 8.19 8.73 11.95 14.25

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Administrative support, including clerical –Continued

Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ $8.78 2.4 $7.15 $7.85 $8.37 $10.00 $10.75

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 15.91 12.9 11.19 12.00 13.88 17.13 28.14

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 12.47 6.1 7.30 9.25 11.60 14.85 17.19

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 11.82 16.1 8.00 8.33 9.57 14.01 23.50

General office clerks ...................................................... 10.95 2.8 7.75 8.50 10.50 13.00 14.60

Bank tellers .................................................................... 10.09 1.7 8.00 9.00 9.60 11.00 12.92

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 12.82 8.9 9.00 10.00 11.35 15.00 20.00

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 11.20 11.1 7.80 8.50 10.00 12.50 17.00

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 11.37 3.4 8.00 9.20 10.50 12.50 15.51

Blue collar .................................................................................... 9.38 1.5 6.00 6.75 8.50 10.50 13.85

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 12.62 7.0 7.00 8.50 10.30 14.41 22.85

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 9.60 5.4 8.00 9.52 9.52 10.00 10.00

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 21.74 15.6 9.77 11.35 25.58 25.58 36.36

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 10.90 15.3 6.00 7.98 10.00 15.00 17.91

Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ............ 11.98 9.6 8.00 9.00 10.73 13.00 16.00

Butchers and meat cutters ............................................. 8.96 14.7 5.40 6.00 7.00 11.44 17.50

Bakers ............................................................................ 9.61 4.0 7.50 7.60 8.50 13.00 13.00

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 9.38 2.7 6.28 8.00 8.52 10.00 12.00

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 7.64 6.6 6.28 6.50 7.00 9.03 9.90

Photographic process machine operators ..................... 8.06 3.8 6.86 8.00 8.24 8.50 8.50

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 10.03 5.3 7.75 8.00 9.50 10.21 13.50

Assemblers .................................................................... 10.21 5.3 7.16 8.25 10.00 10.50 13.75

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 10.08 4.4 5.75 6.75 9.00 12.50 16.00

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 11.93 7.1 6.75 8.00 11.00 15.06 19.48

Driver-sales workers ...................................................... 7.37 8.4 5.15 5.50 6.50 8.00 12.50

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 12.62 4.0 9.40 10.00 12.00 14.00 17.25

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 8.92 5.3 6.48 7.22 8.50 9.45 11.30

Parking lot attendants .................................................... 8.33 17.1 6.00 6.00 6.75 8.46 20.00

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 7.03 5.3 5.40 6.15 6.33 7.25 8.76

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 11.59 11.1 7.50 8.00 9.54 14.26 17.64

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 12.90 10.4 8.00 9.00 12.35 14.35 16.43

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 8.67 1.6 6.00 6.50 8.00 9.80 12.50

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 8.70 3.4 6.90 7.90 8.25 8.50 10.50

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 7.02 5.9 6.00 6.00 6.50 8.00 8.50

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 11.49 7.7 7.27 10.00 13.00 13.00 14.50

Production helpers ......................................................... 8.66 6.2 7.00 7.50 8.25 9.25 12.50

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 7.70 1.1 5.65 6.25 7.25 8.40 10.00

Machine feeders and offbearers .................................... 9.66 9.7 7.00 7.30 9.35 9.60 11.77

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 10.95 3.1 7.00 9.00 10.50 12.75 15.10

Garage and service station related ................................ 9.62 16.5 6.50 7.00 8.06 10.18 10.95

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 7.71 5.3 5.75 6.50 7.00 8.50 10.00

Hand packers and packagers ........................................ 7.98 3.8 5.92 6.25 7.50 9.00 10.25

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 7.90 3.1 5.54 6.50 7.50 9.00 10.50

Service .......................................................................................... 7.39 .9 3.90 6.00 7.00 8.50 10.50

Protective service .............................................................. 9.91 4.7 6.50 7.25 9.00 10.00 14.25

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 10.20 6.0 6.50 7.75 9.00 10.00 15.00

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 7.97 3.4 6.20 7.25 7.40 9.00 10.25

Food service ...................................................................... 6.39 1.0 2.65 5.40 6.52 7.50 9.00

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 4.90 2.6 2.13 2.60 4.75 6.75 7.50

Bartenders ..................................................................... 6.57 3.9 3.15 5.10 6.75 8.00 9.31

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Food service –Continued

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders –Continued

Waiters and waitresses .................................................. $4.38 3.3 $2.13 $2.19 $3.35 $6.15 $7.35

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 5.87 2.7 3.13 5.15 6.25 6.75 7.50

Other food service ........................................................... 7.20 .8 5.50 6.05 7.00 8.00 9.25

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 9.78 10.8 6.50 7.50 8.75 10.00 12.80

Cooks ............................................................................. 7.92 1.9 6.00 6.50 7.50 9.00 10.50

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 7.34 1.8 5.50 6.25 7.00 8.00 9.55

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 7.07 1.2 5.50 6.15 6.75 7.64 8.89

Health service .................................................................... 9.73 3.2 6.08 7.70 9.25 10.93 13.53

Dental assistants ........................................................... 14.90 12.6 7.50 11.50 13.25 17.50 26.00

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 10.43 3.0 7.13 8.20 9.50 11.68 14.39

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 9.39 3.5 6.00 7.35 9.10 10.60 13.00

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 8.35 3.5 5.65 6.81 8.00 9.29 11.12

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.47 5.3 6.25 7.00 7.75 9.25 11.00

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 8.25 3.6 5.35 6.61 8.00 9.33 11.12

Personal service ................................................................ 8.56 2.2 5.75 6.50 7.50 9.37 12.00

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 14.21 7.2 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.74 16.74

Hairdressers and cosmetologists ................................... 11.28 14.8 5.91 6.50 9.00 14.25 21.36

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 6.86 5.0 5.15 5.50 6.50 7.50 8.75

Guides ........................................................................... 10.63 15.1 6.50 7.00 8.83 13.57 16.67

Ushers ........................................................................... 7.33 6.4 5.15 6.00 7.00 7.75 10.00

Public transportation attendants .................................... 13.74 40.7 8.50 8.50 8.50 9.20 35.29

Baggage porters and bellhops ....................................... 9.44 13.8 6.70 7.00 8.00 10.20 14.91

Welfare service aides .................................................... 7.51 7.2 6.05 6.05 6.85 8.15 10.83

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 8.13 5.2 6.00 6.90 8.00 9.09 10.50

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 8.45 5.1 6.45 6.96 7.50 9.15 12.23

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 9.57 3.8 6.00 7.00 8.47 10.00 13.00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2004

and January 2006. The average reference period was June 2005. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 June 2005

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $23.31 0.9 $10.70 $14.06 $20.34 $29.35 $39.91

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 23.34 .9 10.72 14.08 20.36 29.39 39.95

White collar .................................................................................. 26.32 .9 11.84 16.02 23.46 33.29 44.62

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 26.38 .9 11.90 16.08 23.55 33.35 44.67

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 31.25 .9 16.91 22.30 28.82 37.66 48.89

Professional specialty ............................................................ 32.54 .9 18.84 23.65 30.09 38.65 50.08

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 31.17 2.6 21.97 25.87 29.98 35.08 41.69

Architects ....................................................................... 35.57 3.4 24.33 31.46 35.91 38.37 44.08

Civil engineers ............................................................... 32.45 3.2 22.44 27.69 31.40 36.66 43.17

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 33.35 8.8 27.57 28.19 30.61 38.00 44.57

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 25.06 8.7 20.27 21.52 22.96 28.00 35.15

Mechanical engineers .................................................... 30.21 8.7 25.78 26.90 27.90 28.30 46.48

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 29.12 4.6 19.49 23.77 29.76 32.69 37.12

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 28.49 4.2 19.16 23.79 28.26 33.25 36.47

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 28.66 4.2 19.30 23.97 28.36 33.51 36.47

Natural scientists ............................................................... 23.27 5.7 15.39 17.81 22.08 27.47 33.38

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 32.57 4.0 23.53 31.62 33.38 35.66 39.26

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 27.17 17.4 16.88 18.05 25.26 31.35 49.58

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 23.78 6.3 15.86 20.99 24.87 27.89 29.28

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 26.43 6.6 15.04 18.73 23.01 36.09 40.37

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 21.04 8.4 15.87 17.37 18.69 22.62 31.43

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 21.13 11.6 14.17 16.00 18.41 25.82 30.31

Medical scientists ........................................................... 22.41 7.6 13.46 17.45 22.53 26.46 32.32

Health related .................................................................... 28.71 3.2 18.07 21.21 25.52 32.44 42.87

Physicians ...................................................................... 35.56 14.3 14.07 18.42 21.83 57.30 72.12

Registered nurses .......................................................... 27.06 2.5 19.60 21.67 25.57 30.98 37.45

Pharmacists ................................................................... 39.21 6.3 25.06 34.07 39.81 45.67 51.65

Dietitians ........................................................................ 21.07 3.7 16.36 18.36 20.02 24.26 27.01

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 22.64 6.1 16.64 18.18 22.59 25.00 29.04

Occupational therapists ................................................. 27.92 8.2 21.72 22.98 25.86 31.61 34.87

Physical therapists ......................................................... 32.57 9.4 23.31 23.31 30.53 36.41 44.89

Speech therapists .......................................................... 31.49 7.4 15.79 25.31 31.46 36.97 44.21

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 22.37 7.5 14.43 16.44 21.80 24.95 35.64

Physicians’ assistants .................................................... 32.66 15.3 24.64 34.48 35.02 36.06 37.62

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 42.72 3.5 24.10 30.50 38.74 51.28 66.14

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 54.65 13.1 35.26 40.96 51.74 68.35 81.23

Biological science teachers ........................................... 36.40 6.7 21.79 31.13 36.56 41.23 46.76

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 33.56 3.3 28.94 31.00 32.40 33.80 41.30

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 37.98 11.6 18.43 31.27 40.71 44.02 48.16

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 37.24 12.3 23.67 26.95 28.65 46.32 57.13

History teachers ............................................................. 47.03 8.9 30.16 34.07 47.10 56.91 65.31

Political science teachers .............................................. 33.73 11.3 26.20 28.64 30.55 33.03 52.90

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 50.25 17.9 27.61 32.27 50.81 63.49 72.98

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 44.95 7.3 31.19 37.36 42.41 51.40 59.80

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 58.71 13.8 40.05 43.36 54.68 76.23 91.04

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 41.14 13.4 23.45 31.99 44.01 49.67 55.13

Computer science teachers ........................................... 46.88 13.2 33.14 40.00 41.68 58.22 58.71

Medical science teachers .............................................. 47.25 11.9 21.72 27.23 38.40 60.04 93.01

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 36.09 5.5 25.33 27.33 32.01 38.11 52.88

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 44.61 18.1 30.73 35.24 38.44 47.22 72.03

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 55.12 23.5 20.80 25.94 55.74 75.22 84.15

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 34.35 12.6 22.49 27.22 30.95 40.29 51.00

Physical education teachers .......................................... 44.71 7.3 32.24 41.57 45.37 51.94 51.94

Education teachers ........................................................ 38.63 13.0 19.23 31.31 44.46 44.54 45.47

English teachers ............................................................ 48.11 12.4 28.04 34.60 45.52 63.18 63.59

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 30.01 25.0 18.57 18.57 18.57 31.37 47.44

Theology teachers ......................................................... 39.82 7.1 30.77 31.25 35.43 48.99 50.70

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 37.73 5.1 23.98 30.52 36.63 44.17 51.06

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 41.56 3.3 22.89 29.19 38.24 51.00 64.55

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 33.70 1.1 21.78 25.58 31.66 40.05 50.01

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 30.35 3.1 20.50 23.20 28.63 35.32 43.18

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 34.32 1.3 22.66 26.04 31.90 40.63 50.42

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 June 2005–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

Secondary school teachers ........................................... $33.38 2.0 $22.13 $25.64 $31.11 $38.99 $48.45

Teachers, special education .......................................... 36.11 3.4 23.27 27.46 33.39 43.43 53.54

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 34.56 3.0 20.03 25.95 32.95 42.10 51.01

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 12.93 4.5 8.67 10.27 11.07 15.63 19.17

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 33.31 4.9 18.51 24.83 32.64 40.65 48.92

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 26.85 3.2 15.99 19.85 25.32 31.48 39.53

Librarians ....................................................................... 27.41 3.1 15.99 20.36 25.73 32.72 40.48

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 31.50 7.2 18.55 23.39 29.39 35.43 50.88

Economists .................................................................... 27.72 8.7 18.55 23.95 27.77 32.98 33.72

Psychologists ................................................................. 35.77 6.7 22.43 27.18 31.88 41.65 57.10

Urban planners .............................................................. 26.86 4.6 19.07 22.79 26.76 31.10 33.76

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 20.64 2.3 12.94 15.10 18.97 24.13 30.52

Social workers ............................................................... 20.76 2.4 13.04 15.22 18.97 24.26 30.65

Recreation workers ........................................................ 17.89 7.6 10.30 12.46 19.30 22.52 24.49

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 38.41 5.2 21.42 27.18 35.72 46.56 54.64

Lawyers ......................................................................... 35.37 3.0 20.92 26.14 35.55 43.18 50.98

Judges ........................................................................... 59.63 11.4 46.06 48.90 57.83 75.39 82.12

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 28.73 10.6 14.19 18.17 24.10 34.48 55.29

Designers ....................................................................... 17.88 10.5 13.04 14.47 17.35 17.83 25.57

Artists, performers, and related workers, n.e.c. ............. 20.29 9.0 11.79 16.06 23.48 24.36 25.54

Editors and reporters ..................................................... 20.84 14.1 10.37 18.60 20.68 25.07 28.56

Public relations specialists ............................................. 25.96 10.5 15.00 18.46 23.61 26.49 38.73

Athletes .......................................................................... 41.65 21.7 11.77 18.75 50.76 57.69 57.69

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 28.42 6.7 16.86 21.15 27.99 34.48 38.72

Technical ............................................................................... 18.86 1.8 11.66 14.51 18.05 21.97 26.94

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 18.68 4.7 11.66 15.70 17.33 21.81 26.80

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 18.65 10.9 11.58 13.28 18.05 25.19 26.58

Radiological technicians ................................................ 24.89 7.4 17.15 19.79 22.00 27.28 39.59

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 16.00 2.3 11.20 13.47 16.00 18.05 20.03

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 17.12 3.4 10.25 12.51 16.91 20.80 24.77

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 20.60 13.0 15.60 15.60 19.35 22.93 30.66

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 21.69 8.1 14.54 16.49 20.27 24.85 33.69

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.90 4.8 13.65 19.47 23.16 24.52 29.30

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 20.00 7.1 13.09 15.46 18.37 22.59 29.36

Biological technicians .................................................... 14.72 7.3 9.89 11.89 13.97 18.15 19.23

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 22.07 5.8 16.88 19.93 21.77 24.82 27.39

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 18.15 5.6 14.27 14.77 16.91 19.68 24.08

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 25.06 10.4 14.72 21.98 24.69 25.81 38.42

Computer programmers ................................................. 24.13 6.2 16.96 19.37 23.02 28.61 32.18

Legal assistants ............................................................. 19.88 7.4 14.09 14.86 19.70 23.01 30.59

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 19.19 6.1 11.37 13.53 18.97 23.16 27.72

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 31.04 2.4 17.19 21.15 28.61 37.66 48.96

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 36.42 2.1 20.23 26.44 34.61 43.63 54.62

Legislators ..................................................................... 13.69 25.3 3.46 4.99 9.33 16.92 30.52

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 47.00 7.4 24.69 43.10 48.08 51.53 56.72

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 31.53 2.9 19.97 24.35 30.65 35.95 44.27

Financial managers ....................................................... 44.97 16.9 27.48 33.00 41.50 63.78 63.78

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 41.98 6.4 25.00 32.83 42.91 52.38 54.08

Purchasing managers .................................................... 41.20 18.2 25.15 27.56 50.50 50.50 50.50

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 32.43 10.5 23.90 24.63 33.60 38.57 38.57

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 42.29 4.1 25.88 32.50 40.73 49.38 59.51

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 32.01 9.2 13.45 23.97 29.66 36.96 50.06

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 21.10 11.7 14.81 17.79 18.78 23.56 29.03

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 28.71 7.1 19.49 24.66 28.75 30.11 37.40

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 27.27 6.8 14.63 18.16 27.32 35.35 38.12

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued

Executives, administrators, and managers –Continued

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. $34.13 5.2 $20.12 $24.74 $33.43 $42.51 $47.82

Management related .......................................................... 23.39 2.4 15.40 18.25 22.06 27.77 32.67

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 23.06 3.2 16.38 17.77 21.98 26.32 32.67

Other financial officers ................................................... 27.52 7.5 17.59 22.07 28.18 31.54 33.96

Management analysts .................................................... 23.71 6.7 17.67 19.16 21.73 26.45 33.31

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ 23.06 4.4 13.36 18.28 22.96 27.07 31.61

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 17.82 11.3 12.26 13.82 16.94 20.60 24.42

Construction inspectors ................................................. 24.62 4.4 16.80 19.57 24.40 29.29 32.66

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 20.77 2.4 14.94 17.19 21.08 22.20 27.87

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.27 4.5 15.69 19.59 24.40 29.73 35.49

Sales ......................................................................................... 13.75 6.6 8.00 9.22 12.00 16.84 23.05

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 16.01 6.3 11.89 14.48 15.08 18.55 19.85

Real estate sales ........................................................... 22.12 13.6 13.56 14.13 25.69 27.01 28.37

Sales workers, other commodities ................................. 11.05 19.8 6.81 7.40 8.02 12.64 24.35

Cashiers ......................................................................... 12.63 7.7 7.87 9.16 11.15 15.30 20.38

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 14.98 1.3 9.67 11.47 14.41 17.64 21.08

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 18.93 3.6 13.43 15.75 18.20 21.08 25.36

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 22.06 6.5 16.86 17.95 20.70 21.85 32.05

Chief communications operators ................................... 21.72 6.2 17.47 18.72 21.53 22.12 23.37

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.94 9.1 13.08 16.33 20.86 25.28 28.66

Computer operators ....................................................... 15.81 7.1 12.18 12.73 13.80 18.32 22.03

Secretaries ..................................................................... 15.81 2.7 10.76 12.53 15.14 18.47 21.92

Stenographers ............................................................... 20.80 8.1 11.78 14.61 19.48 23.28 31.28

Typists ........................................................................... 14.86 2.4 10.45 12.54 14.90 17.01 18.51

Interviewers ................................................................... 13.39 14.7 8.11 9.12 12.58 17.84 17.84

Receptionists ................................................................. 12.01 4.2 8.67 9.83 11.75 13.69 15.99

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 15.26 5.5 10.65 11.81 14.84 18.93 20.18

Order clerks ................................................................... 20.01 7.5 12.91 15.39 18.29 26.42 28.91

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 17.45 5.8 11.77 13.45 17.36 20.82 22.40

Library clerks ................................................................. 12.80 3.1 8.52 10.08 11.98 15.24 18.38

File clerks ....................................................................... 12.24 6.1 8.72 10.26 11.31 14.26 17.15

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 14.05 3.7 9.79 10.63 13.72 16.20 19.02

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 15.36 2.7 10.44 12.31 14.92 17.61 20.52

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 18.32 4.4 13.64 15.49 18.41 19.41 21.28

Billing clerks ................................................................... 14.49 9.3 8.66 11.02 14.95 18.35 20.26

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 11.91 13.4 9.82 9.82 9.82 11.60 19.67

Telephone operators ...................................................... 11.91 8.4 7.59 8.57 11.78 14.21 16.97

Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. ............... 14.08 9.9 9.82 11.39 15.85 15.85 15.85

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 10.64 14.2 7.65 7.65 9.77 13.40 16.19

Messengers ................................................................... 13.68 12.0 7.21 10.89 12.54 17.93 18.47

Dispatchers .................................................................... 17.35 7.0 10.50 12.19 15.91 20.87 27.62

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 16.26 8.4 10.55 13.38 17.91 18.28 18.81

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 14.62 5.5 9.36 10.73 14.46 17.57 21.66

Meter readers ................................................................ 16.45 6.8 10.15 12.88 17.09 19.40 21.23

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 20.62 29.1 11.96 12.74 14.67 30.15 34.81

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 18.54 6.9 12.25 15.19 18.95 20.75 23.04

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 16.77 2.1 12.47 14.69 17.09 18.14 20.86

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 16.53 6.3 13.00 13.39 15.31 18.89 20.76

General office clerks ...................................................... 14.16 1.6 9.35 11.28 13.94 16.45 19.22

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 13.78 2.4 10.72 11.97 14.15 15.68 16.48

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 14.31 9.4 10.13 11.68 15.23 17.78 17.78

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 12.28 1.5 8.75 9.70 11.32 13.87 17.46

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 15.51 2.5 10.05 12.27 15.34 17.78 21.68

Blue collar .................................................................................... 17.96 1.6 10.37 13.19 17.10 21.73 26.68

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 June 2005–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 .................................. $20.24 2.1 $12.37 $15.31 $19.44 $23.98 $29.11

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 25.43 5.2 15.92 19.16 25.44 30.12 34.65

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 21.90 10.1 14.30 16.48 21.52 28.86 28.86

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 20.21 2.4 14.98 17.32 19.89 23.16 24.27

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 19.46 6.5 12.14 15.25 20.07 23.23 24.85

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 23.93 8.1 13.28 18.43 23.34 28.65 31.43

Machinery maintenance ................................................. 16.22 9.2 12.09 12.15 15.03 17.77 22.57

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 20.05 6.9 16.19 16.45 18.62 24.74 25.64

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 18.67 5.9 10.66 15.96 19.67 21.01 25.01

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 19.77 12.1 10.15 13.24 20.49 25.61 28.15

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 17.10 3.5 11.58 13.16 15.44 19.72 23.92

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 29.63 9.5 21.72 22.56 29.86 35.47 37.85

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 28.27 12.9 16.12 21.50 33.73 33.73 33.73

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.29 4.8 15.53 17.58 19.83 23.98 28.63

Carpenters ..................................................................... 21.41 6.1 14.47 16.56 19.28 26.22 31.90

Electricians .................................................................... 22.56 5.4 16.17 18.11 20.17 26.86 31.55

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 25.68 6.8 15.74 21.70 27.17 28.50 31.99

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 19.89 7.3 12.11 15.55 20.37 23.75 26.68

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 19.43 10.2 12.62 15.17 18.02 24.31 30.46

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 18.98 11.4 14.01 15.11 17.55 22.61 23.74

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 14.25 2.8 12.15 13.58 13.80 15.41 15.71

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 15.76 6.0 9.26 11.76 15.07 19.10 23.06

Supervisors, production ................................................. 23.65 15.9 14.02 15.86 17.51 28.52 40.38

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 23.01 7.1 18.00 20.64 21.75 26.97 26.97

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 19.35 3.1 12.12 15.42 19.19 23.03 26.99

Power plant operators .................................................... 26.03 11.1 16.86 19.24 24.18 34.36 39.65

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 23.28 6.7 13.30 18.76 23.35 30.31 32.62

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 19.27 9.5 11.52 17.49 20.69 20.69 27.65

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 17.59 10.3 9.43 12.11 17.50 22.46 25.57

Printing press operators ................................................. 15.81 4.4 13.28 14.98 15.61 17.00 19.46

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 10.41 10.8 5.99 8.43 10.31 12.24 13.70

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 21.81 15.5 9.95 11.81 22.46 29.45 35.46

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 22.41 8.9 14.54 19.23 25.57 25.57 25.71

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 17.01 1.9 10.75 12.84 15.99 20.59 25.03

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.93 11.4 12.78 15.56 15.56 23.92 28.49

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 17.01 5.8 9.87 12.08 15.90 20.96 26.07

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 16.66 1.6 10.98 13.27 16.13 20.02 23.50

Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs ...................................... 11.30 13.5 7.43 7.43 11.92 14.35 14.75

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 18.31 7.6 11.93 15.45 17.81 21.91 25.47

Locomotive operating .................................................... 24.47 4.4 21.32 22.62 25.84 25.84 28.07

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 20.47 1.0 18.81 20.20 20.20 21.15 22.26

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 20.64 5.3 15.27 18.58 20.38 22.51 23.01

Operating engineers ...................................................... 16.76 8.9 11.35 12.00 14.69 19.02 26.41

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 17.39 14.4 10.83 13.49 16.63 21.23 25.98

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 15.75 9.5 9.74 11.92 14.06 16.92 28.10

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 14.07 2.4 10.68 11.78 14.49 15.13 16.32

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 16.23 4.8 10.85 12.10 15.26 20.10 23.08

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 14.90 2.4 8.55 10.55 14.21 18.75 22.21

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 21.51 6.7 14.63 19.56 22.06 25.07 25.65

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 14.14 3.4 8.66 10.28 13.14 17.71 20.55

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 15.03 13.9 7.90 10.40 14.88 18.96 19.79

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 21.01 5.4 14.13 17.06 21.85 24.40 28.96

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 15.60 6.2 10.10 12.28 15.68 20.00 20.59

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 16.95 10.5 9.64 13.15 16.05 21.93 24.71

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Blue collar –Continued

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers

–Continued

Construction laborers ..................................................... $13.08 5.5 $8.26 $10.01 $12.22 $16.29 $18.58

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 17.56 10.6 9.80 13.84 18.43 23.56 23.56

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 13.89 13.1 9.95 9.95 13.27 15.16 17.05

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 14.11 15.4 6.13 9.41 17.62 18.30 19.56

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 14.11 6.7 11.00 12.37 14.91 15.88 17.76

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 14.02 3.9 8.00 9.61 13.45 17.86 21.38

Service .......................................................................................... 17.55 1.6 8.93 11.55 15.30 22.54 29.11

Protective service .............................................................. 21.97 2.4 12.16 15.23 21.10 26.92 32.81

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 27.76 4.7 18.07 20.63 25.64 32.13 39.83

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 31.78 2.8 19.23 25.26 30.93 37.57 44.99

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 26.97 10.7 14.88 16.14 27.14 36.84 41.26

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 23.31 11.6 14.73 20.77 23.59 27.34 31.57

Firefighting ..................................................................... 19.46 2.8 11.53 14.53 18.48 24.02 28.71

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 25.00 1.0 16.22 19.61 24.88 29.16 33.91

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 19.97 2.4 12.67 14.81 19.12 24.12 28.22

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 17.74 6.2 11.41 12.20 15.55 22.68 26.06

Crossing guards ............................................................. 10.88 6.5 6.67 8.24 10.10 13.00 15.81

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 14.97 3.8 9.87 12.47 14.40 17.35 20.40

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 16.15 6.3 9.42 12.45 14.31 19.59 23.92

Food service ...................................................................... 10.98 2.1 7.35 8.58 10.36 12.64 15.19

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 14.73 11.7 8.00 15.42 15.42 17.86 18.22

Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ..................................... 13.44 11.9 8.12 10.76 15.42 15.42 15.42

Other food service ........................................................... 10.95 2.1 7.35 8.58 10.34 12.61 14.89

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 14.05 7.0 9.54 11.33 13.01 16.16 20.44

Cooks ............................................................................. 11.34 4.8 7.50 8.78 10.97 13.31 15.49

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 9.48 5.4 7.00 7.75 9.10 10.67 13.44

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 10.52 2.3 7.50 8.63 10.15 12.01 13.80

Health service .................................................................... 12.88 2.2 8.37 9.97 12.44 15.17 17.81

Dental assistants ........................................................... 15.08 7.5 10.00 14.78 15.88 16.46 16.95

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 13.78 3.0 9.09 10.25 13.64 16.41 18.12

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 12.52 2.7 8.14 9.70 12.10 14.69 17.69

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 13.04 2.8 8.15 9.64 12.43 15.46 18.85

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 18.62 12.1 12.05 14.49 17.09 23.95 24.60

Maids and housemen .................................................... 9.30 7.3 6.90 7.25 8.46 10.29 12.74

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 12.74 1.7 8.21 9.61 12.25 15.12 17.95

Personal service ................................................................ 12.13 4.0 7.00 9.09 11.50 14.32 17.52

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 17.98 7.7 12.77 15.44 16.95 21.19 22.40

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 9.75 5.6 6.51 7.82 9.11 11.95 13.19

Public transportation attendants .................................... 16.29 14.9 8.46 11.37 15.71 22.54 22.54

Welfare service aides .................................................... 13.32 5.2 8.42 10.35 13.09 15.78 18.21

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 10.93 3.4 7.00 9.13 10.70 12.48 14.42

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.1. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 all workers,2

National Compensation Survey,3 June 2005–Continued

Occupation4

All workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... $12.48 10.6 $7.00 $9.01 $11.79 $14.12 $18.78

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 13.32 4.5 8.24 10.64 13.11 16.28 17.98

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2004

and January 2006. The average reference period was June 2005. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.2. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 full-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 June 2005

Occupation3

Full-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $23.73 0.9 $11.07 $14.50 $20.86 $29.80 $40.27

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 23.75 1.0 11.09 14.52 20.88 29.83 40.30

White collar .................................................................................. 26.64 .9 12.17 16.39 23.85 33.56 44.86

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 26.68 .9 12.21 16.44 23.89 33.63 44.90

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 31.49 .9 17.30 22.52 29.06 37.78 49.08

Professional specialty ............................................................ 32.77 1.0 19.23 23.86 30.27 38.79 50.30

Engineers, architects, and surveyors ................................. 31.22 2.6 21.97 25.87 29.98 35.08 41.80

Architects ....................................................................... 35.62 3.4 24.33 31.46 35.91 38.37 44.08

Civil engineers ............................................................... 32.45 3.2 22.44 27.69 31.40 36.66 43.17

Electrical and electronic engineers ................................ 33.35 8.8 27.57 28.19 30.61 38.00 44.57

Industrial engineers ....................................................... 25.06 8.7 20.27 21.52 22.96 28.00 35.15

Engineers, n.e.c. ............................................................ 29.12 4.6 19.49 23.77 29.76 32.69 37.12

Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... 28.50 4.2 19.16 23.79 28.26 33.25 36.47

Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... 28.66 4.2 19.30 23.97 28.36 33.54 36.47

Natural scientists ............................................................... 23.27 5.7 15.39 17.81 22.03 27.47 33.38

Chemists, except biochemists ....................................... 32.57 4.0 23.53 31.62 33.38 35.66 39.26

Geologists and geodesists ............................................. 27.17 17.4 16.88 18.05 25.26 31.35 49.58

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ............................................... 23.78 6.3 15.86 20.99 24.87 27.89 29.28

Agricultural and food scientists ...................................... 26.43 6.6 15.04 18.73 23.01 36.09 40.37

Biological and life scientists ........................................... 21.08 8.5 15.87 17.37 18.69 22.65 31.80

Forestry and conservation scientists ............................. 21.13 11.6 14.17 16.00 18.41 25.82 30.31

Medical scientists ........................................................... 22.36 7.8 13.46 17.10 22.53 26.46 32.32

Health related .................................................................... 28.51 3.2 18.04 21.11 25.35 32.23 41.94

Physicians ...................................................................... 34.83 14.6 14.07 17.27 21.83 56.60 71.85

Registered nurses .......................................................... 26.68 2.1 19.56 21.48 25.46 30.43 36.20

Pharmacists ................................................................... 39.12 6.5 25.06 34.07 39.81 45.84 51.65

Dietitians ........................................................................ 20.99 3.8 16.36 18.36 20.02 24.01 25.97

Respiratory therapists .................................................... 24.15 5.3 18.18 22.28 23.13 26.08 29.04

Occupational therapists ................................................. 27.83 9.1 21.72 22.98 23.53 34.34 34.87

Physical therapists ......................................................... 32.65 10.4 23.31 23.31 30.53 37.29 47.46

Speech therapists .......................................................... 31.43 7.6 15.79 25.31 31.46 36.49 44.21

Therapists, n.e.c. ........................................................... 22.56 7.8 14.43 16.62 21.80 25.35 35.64

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 43.16 3.4 24.70 30.77 39.16 51.73 66.45

Earth, environmental, and marine science teachers ...... 54.91 13.4 34.82 40.96 52.25 68.35 81.54

Biological science teachers ........................................... 36.66 7.1 21.79 31.13 36.70 41.23 46.76

Chemistry teachers ........................................................ 33.56 3.3 28.94 31.00 32.40 33.80 41.30

Natural science teachers, n.e.c. .................................... 40.06 10.0 23.51 37.69 41.41 44.02 49.31

Psychology teachers ...................................................... 37.33 12.5 23.67 26.95 28.65 48.76 57.13

History teachers ............................................................. 46.27 10.9 30.16 34.07 46.08 54.08 64.34

Political science teachers .............................................. 33.60 11.5 26.20 28.64 30.55 33.03 52.90

Sociology teachers ........................................................ 50.36 17.9 27.61 32.27 50.81 63.49 72.98

Social science teachers, n.e.c. ...................................... 44.92 7.4 31.19 37.36 42.41 51.40 59.80

Engineering teachers ..................................................... 59.54 14.1 40.05 43.36 54.68 76.62 91.48

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 41.71 12.9 22.33 32.14 44.23 50.32 55.13

Computer science teachers ........................................... 50.36 9.8 32.72 41.12 56.23 58.47 58.88

Medical science teachers .............................................. 47.39 12.1 21.64 27.11 38.46 60.25 93.01

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 36.17 5.7 25.33 27.33 32.15 38.11 53.23

Business, commerce, and marketing teachers .............. 44.59 18.3 30.73 35.24 38.44 46.85 72.03

Agriculture and forestry teachers ................................... 55.12 23.5 20.80 25.94 55.74 75.22 84.15

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 34.15 12.9 22.49 27.22 30.07 40.29 50.39

Education teachers ........................................................ 38.62 13.1 19.23 31.31 44.46 44.54 45.47

English teachers ............................................................ 48.63 12.4 28.54 34.62 48.89 63.18 63.59

Foreign language teachers ............................................ 29.31 26.0 18.57 18.57 18.57 30.29 46.75

Theology teachers ......................................................... 39.86 7.2 30.77 31.25 35.43 48.99 50.70

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 38.52 5.3 25.89 32.05 37.95 44.39 51.23

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 42.18 3.4 23.77 29.95 38.71 51.49 65.00

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 34.06 1.1 22.23 25.88 31.84 40.36 50.25

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 30.68 3.3 21.06 23.49 28.78 35.66 43.18

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 34.36 1.3 22.70 26.07 31.91 40.69 50.46

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 33.38 2.0 22.12 25.63 31.08 39.01 48.46

Teachers, special education .......................................... 36.08 3.4 23.27 27.45 33.32 43.41 53.54

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 35.19 3.0 21.40 26.70 33.56 42.60 51.75

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 June 2005–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

Substitute teachers ........................................................ $11.76 10.1 $10.27 $10.27 $10.27 $12.67 $16.76

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 33.48 4.9 18.65 24.84 32.64 40.72 49.08

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 27.01 3.3 15.99 19.96 25.43 31.59 39.29

Librarians ....................................................................... 27.59 3.2 16.25 20.54 26.34 32.82 40.39

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 31.49 7.3 18.55 23.50 29.39 35.43 50.76

Economists .................................................................... 27.72 8.7 18.55 23.95 27.77 32.98 33.72

Psychologists ................................................................. 35.83 6.8 22.43 27.18 31.88 41.78 57.10

Urban planners .............................................................. 26.93 4.6 19.07 22.79 26.85 31.10 33.76

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 20.70 2.3 12.98 15.10 18.97 24.14 30.52

Social workers ............................................................... 20.77 2.4 13.04 15.15 18.97 24.26 30.65

Recreation workers ........................................................ 18.71 8.6 10.30 12.75 20.24 22.62 24.78

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 38.40 5.3 21.42 27.15 35.72 46.41 54.64

Lawyers ......................................................................... 35.07 3.0 20.92 25.59 35.55 42.80 49.67

Judges ........................................................................... 61.38 11.1 46.06 51.51 57.83 75.39 82.12

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 29.14 11.3 14.81 18.33 24.29 34.70 57.69

Designers ....................................................................... 18.27 10.7 14.07 14.47 17.35 24.18 25.57

Public relations specialists ............................................. 25.98 10.5 15.00 18.46 23.07 26.49 38.73

Athletes .......................................................................... 45.05 19.6 17.30 21.63 55.29 57.69 57.69

Professional, n.e.c. ........................................................ 27.50 6.9 16.67 20.41 27.31 33.02 38.31

Technical ............................................................................... 18.64 1.4 11.66 14.53 18.02 21.79 26.70

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 18.57 4.8 11.66 15.00 17.17 21.66 26.80

Health record technologists and technicians ................. 17.28 9.9 11.45 13.25 16.71 20.13 25.19

Radiological technicians ................................................ 22.70 4.0 17.15 19.40 21.53 24.29 29.68

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 15.75 2.6 11.01 13.27 15.81 18.05 19.72

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 17.14 3.7 10.23 12.60 16.94 20.80 24.77

Electrical and electronic technicians .............................. 20.71 13.1 15.60 15.60 19.35 23.63 30.66

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ...................................... 20.11 3.2 14.60 16.34 19.61 22.09 27.18

Drafters .......................................................................... 21.92 5.3 13.65 18.65 23.16 24.52 29.72

Surveying and mapping technicians .............................. 20.00 7.1 13.09 15.46 18.37 22.59 29.36

Biological technicians .................................................... 15.14 6.7 9.89 12.47 14.90 18.15 19.42

Chemical technicians ..................................................... 22.52 5.4 18.62 19.93 21.97 25.05 27.39

Science technicians, n.e.c. ............................................ 18.24 5.9 14.27 14.77 17.10 19.68 24.08

Broadcast equipment operators ..................................... 25.27 10.2 14.72 22.28 24.69 27.64 38.42

Computer programmers ................................................. 24.13 6.2 16.96 19.37 23.02 28.61 32.18

Legal assistants ............................................................. 20.45 6.1 14.10 16.11 19.70 23.34 30.59

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 19.38 6.3 11.37 13.62 19.47 23.74 27.78

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 31.09 2.5 17.19 21.24 28.68 37.73 48.96

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 36.52 2.1 20.23 26.50 34.62 43.68 54.62

Legislators ..................................................................... 11.99 43.7 3.46 3.46 8.45 9.33 39.18

Chief executives and general administrators, public

administration .............................................................. 47.85 7.2 43.10 43.10 48.08 51.53 56.72

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 31.51 2.9 19.97 24.31 30.68 35.95 44.11

Financial managers ....................................................... 44.97 16.9 27.48 33.00 41.50 63.78 63.78

Personnel and labor relations managers ....................... 41.98 6.4 25.00 32.83 42.91 52.38 54.08

Purchasing managers .................................................... 41.20 18.2 25.15 27.56 50.50 50.50 50.50

Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations 32.43 10.5 23.90 24.63 33.60 38.57 38.57

Administrators, education and related fields .................. 42.32 4.1 25.88 32.68 40.75 49.38 59.55

Managers, medicine and health ..................................... 32.01 9.2 13.45 23.97 29.66 36.96 50.06

Managers, food servicing and lodging establishments .. 21.10 11.7 14.81 17.79 18.78 23.56 29.03

Managers, properties and real estate ............................ 28.71 7.1 19.49 24.66 28.75 30.11 37.40

Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ........................ 27.32 6.8 14.63 18.32 27.32 35.35 38.12

Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ............................. 34.16 5.2 20.14 24.74 33.43 42.87 47.82

Management related .......................................................... 23.37 2.4 15.40 18.25 22.06 27.73 32.66

Accountants and auditors .............................................. 23.07 3.2 16.35 17.73 22.12 26.38 32.78

Other financial officers ................................................... 27.47 7.6 17.59 22.07 28.18 31.53 33.70

Management analysts .................................................... 23.47 6.6 17.60 19.07 21.73 26.19 33.25

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 June 2005–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

Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ........ $23.03 4.4 $13.36 $18.28 $22.96 $27.05 $31.61

Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c. ........................... 17.82 11.3 12.26 13.82 16.94 20.60 24.42

Construction inspectors ................................................. 24.53 4.5 16.76 19.31 24.38 29.29 32.66

Inspectors and compliance officers, except

construction ................................................................. 20.79 2.4 15.12 17.19 21.08 22.23 27.87

Management related, n.e.c. ........................................... 25.29 4.5 15.69 19.59 24.51 29.73 35.49

Sales ......................................................................................... 15.00 6.5 9.08 10.46 13.45 18.55 23.17

Supervisors, sales ......................................................... 16.01 6.3 11.89 14.48 15.08 18.55 19.85

Real estate sales ........................................................... 22.12 13.6 13.56 14.13 25.69 27.01 28.37

Cashiers ......................................................................... 13.85 8.3 9.05 10.21 12.20 17.23 23.05

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 15.13 1.3 9.82 11.61 14.53 17.75 21.12

Supervisors, general office ............................................ 18.93 3.6 13.43 15.75 18.20 21.08 25.36

Supervisors, financial records processing ..................... 22.06 6.5 16.86 17.95 20.70 21.85 32.05

Chief communications operators ................................... 21.72 6.2 17.47 18.72 21.53 22.12 23.37

Supervisors, distribution, scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ........................................................................... 20.94 9.1 13.08 16.33 20.86 25.28 28.66

Computer operators ....................................................... 15.82 7.2 12.18 12.73 13.82 18.32 22.28

Secretaries ..................................................................... 15.86 2.8 10.81 12.61 15.19 18.47 21.92

Stenographers ............................................................... 20.73 8.4 11.67 14.45 19.48 23.27 32.62

Typists ........................................................................... 14.86 2.5 10.37 12.45 14.97 17.01 18.51

Interviewers ................................................................... 13.40 14.8 8.11 9.12 12.58 17.84 17.84

Receptionists ................................................................. 12.22 4.7 8.69 10.14 11.96 13.87 16.39

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 15.08 5.2 10.65 11.79 14.72 18.25 20.15

Order clerks ................................................................... 20.05 7.6 12.91 15.39 18.29 26.42 28.91

Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping ......... 17.79 5.6 11.77 13.67 18.16 21.07 22.40

Library clerks ................................................................. 13.57 4.0 9.62 10.98 12.68 15.58 18.83

File clerks ....................................................................... 12.32 6.4 8.83 10.26 11.31 14.26 17.15

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 14.15 3.8 9.87 10.80 13.85 16.34 19.21

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 15.37 2.7 10.42 12.33 14.92 17.61 20.59

Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...................................... 18.32 4.4 13.64 15.49 18.41 19.41 21.28

Billing clerks ................................................................... 14.46 9.7 8.66 10.83 13.92 18.35 20.26

Duplicating machine operators ...................................... 11.91 13.4 9.82 9.82 9.82 11.60 19.67

Telephone operators ...................................................... 11.99 9.1 7.59 8.50 12.39 14.21 16.97

Mail clerks, except postal service .................................. 10.65 14.4 7.65 7.65 9.77 13.40 16.19

Messengers ................................................................... 13.96 11.7 8.00 10.89 13.26 17.93 18.47

Dispatchers .................................................................... 17.47 7.2 10.61 12.19 16.18 20.93 27.76

Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks ............................. 16.26 8.4 10.55 13.38 17.91 18.28 18.81

Stock and inventory clerks ............................................. 14.62 5.5 9.36 10.73 14.46 17.57 21.66

Meter readers ................................................................ 16.49 6.8 10.15 12.88 17.09 19.40 21.23

Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ........ 20.62 29.1 11.96 12.74 14.67 30.15 34.81

Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ............... 18.61 6.9 12.25 15.04 18.97 21.01 23.04

Eligibility clerks, social welfare ....................................... 16.81 2.1 12.47 14.69 17.14 18.14 20.86

Bill and account collectors ............................................. 16.53 6.3 13.00 13.39 15.31 18.89 20.76

General office clerks ...................................................... 14.35 1.9 9.60 11.46 14.06 16.52 19.41

Data entry keyers ........................................................... 13.80 2.5 10.72 12.09 14.23 15.68 16.48

Statistical clerks ............................................................. 14.31 9.4 10.13 11.68 15.23 17.78 17.78

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. 11.75 1.6 8.66 9.52 11.00 13.38 16.19

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 15.68 2.5 10.36 12.47 15.53 17.89 21.71

Blue collar .................................................................................... 18.21 1.6 10.60 13.44 17.46 22.13 26.90

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 20.26 2.1 12.48 15.33 19.44 23.98 29.14

Supervisors, mechanics and repairers .......................... 25.43 5.2 15.92 19.16 25.44 30.12 34.65

Automobile mechanics ................................................... 21.90 10.1 14.30 16.48 21.52 28.86 28.86

Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics ................ 20.21 2.4 14.98 17.32 19.89 23.16 24.27

Heavy equipment mechanics ......................................... 19.46 6.5 12.14 15.25 20.07 23.23 24.85

Industrial machinery repairers ....................................... 23.93 8.1 13.28 18.43 23.34 28.65 31.43

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 June 2005–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

Machinery maintenance ................................................. $16.26 9.1 $12.09 $12.15 $15.17 $17.77 $22.57

Electronic repairers, communications and industrial

equipment .................................................................... 20.08 7.0 16.19 16.45 18.62 24.74 25.64

Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics .. 18.67 5.9 10.66 15.96 19.67 21.01 25.01

Mechanical controls and valve repairers ....................... 21.91 6.3 13.35 17.10 21.44 27.21 28.15

Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ..................................... 17.10 3.5 11.58 13.16 15.44 19.72 23.92

Supervisors, electricians and power transmission

installers ....................................................................... 29.63 9.5 21.72 22.56 29.86 35.47 37.85

Supervisors, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...... 28.27 12.9 16.12 21.50 33.73 33.73 33.73

Supervisors, construction trades, n.e.c. ......................... 21.29 4.8 15.53 17.58 19.83 23.98 28.63

Carpenters ..................................................................... 21.41 6.1 14.47 16.56 19.28 26.22 31.90

Electricians .................................................................... 22.56 5.4 16.17 18.11 20.17 26.86 31.55

Electrical power installers and repairers ........................ 25.68 6.8 15.74 21.70 27.17 28.50 31.99

Painters, construction and maintenance ........................ 19.89 7.3 12.11 15.55 20.37 23.75 26.68

Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters ........................... 19.43 10.2 12.62 15.17 18.02 24.31 30.46

Plumber, pipefitter, and steamfitter apprentices ............ 18.98 11.4 14.01 15.11 17.55 22.61 23.74

Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators ... 14.25 2.8 12.15 13.58 13.80 15.41 15.71

Construction trades, n.e.c. ............................................. 15.76 6.0 9.26 11.76 15.08 19.10 23.06

Supervisors, production ................................................. 23.65 15.9 14.02 15.86 17.51 28.52 40.38

Inspectors, testers, and graders .................................... 23.03 7.0 18.00 20.64 21.75 26.97 26.97

Water and sewer treatment plant operators .................. 19.37 3.1 12.12 15.46 19.24 23.16 26.99

Power plant operators .................................................... 26.03 11.1 16.86 19.24 24.18 34.36 39.65

Stationary engineers ...................................................... 23.28 6.7 13.30 18.76 23.35 30.31 32.62

Miscellaneous plant and system operators, n.e.c. ......... 19.27 9.5 11.52 17.49 20.69 20.69 27.65

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 17.75 10.6 9.43 12.11 17.50 22.46 25.57

Printing press operators ................................................. 15.74 4.6 13.28 14.71 15.61 15.61 19.46

Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators ........... 10.24 11.5 5.99 7.49 10.31 12.24 13.70

Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ...................... 21.81 15.5 9.95 11.81 22.46 29.45 35.46

Welders and cutters ....................................................... 22.41 8.9 14.54 19.23 25.57 25.57 25.71

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 17.39 2.1 10.92 13.00 16.41 21.24 25.53

Supervisors, motor vehicle operators ............................ 18.93 11.4 12.78 15.56 15.56 23.92 28.49

Truckdrivers ................................................................... 17.10 5.8 9.94 12.19 15.90 21.07 26.07

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 17.51 2.0 11.72 13.96 17.37 21.32 24.28

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ............................................ 18.31 7.6 11.93 15.45 17.81 21.91 25.47

Locomotive operating .................................................... 24.54 4.2 21.32 23.21 25.84 25.84 28.07

Sailors and deckhands .................................................. 20.57 1.0 20.20 20.20 20.20 21.15 22.26

Supervisors, material moving equipment ....................... 20.64 5.3 15.27 18.58 20.38 22.51 23.01

Operating engineers ...................................................... 16.76 8.9 11.35 12.00 14.69 19.02 26.41

Excavating and loading machine operators ................... 17.39 14.4 10.83 13.49 16.63 21.23 25.98

Grader, dozer, and scraper operators ........................... 15.75 9.5 9.74 11.92 14.06 16.92 28.10

Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators ........... 14.07 2.4 10.68 11.78 14.49 15.13 16.32

Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators,

n.e.c. ............................................................................ 16.28 4.8 10.89 12.14 15.27 20.10 23.08

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 15.13 2.4 8.73 10.88 14.64 18.96 22.22

Supervisors, agriculture-related workers ....................... 21.51 6.7 14.63 19.56 22.06 25.07 25.65

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 14.44 3.6 8.78 10.28 14.08 17.80 20.92

Animal caretakers, except farm ..................................... 15.03 13.9 7.90 10.40 14.88 18.96 19.79

Supervisors, handlers, equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 21.01 5.4 14.13 17.06 21.85 24.40 28.96

Helpers, mechanics and repairers ................................. 15.60 6.2 10.10 12.28 15.68 20.00 20.59

Helpers, construction trades .......................................... 16.98 10.5 9.64 13.15 16.05 21.93 24.71

Construction laborers ..................................................... 13.23 5.7 8.26 10.38 12.22 16.60 18.79

Garbage collectors ......................................................... 17.61 10.5 9.80 13.84 18.44 23.56 23.56

Stock handlers and baggers .......................................... 13.89 13.1 9.95 9.95 13.27 15.16 17.05

Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. .................. 14.21 15.6 6.13 9.28 18.30 18.30 19.56

Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners ..................... 14.56 6.2 11.33 12.37 14.91 15.98 17.76

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 June 2005–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

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. $14.31 3.8 $8.05 $9.93 $13.68 $18.01 $21.52

Service .......................................................................................... 18.09 1.7 9.25 11.90 15.87 23.16 29.65

Protective service .............................................................. 22.22 2.5 12.16 15.49 21.41 27.13 33.02

Supervisors, firefighters and fire prevention .................. 27.76 4.7 18.07 20.63 25.64 32.13 39.83

Supervisors, police and detectives ................................ 31.78 2.8 19.23 25.26 30.93 37.57 44.99

Supervisors, guards ....................................................... 27.95 10.5 15.45 16.42 28.64 37.75 41.41

Fire inspection and fire prevention ................................. 23.32 11.7 14.73 20.77 23.59 27.34 31.57

Firefighting ..................................................................... 19.67 2.5 11.78 14.89 18.60 24.27 28.71

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 25.07 1.0 16.26 19.75 24.88 29.21 33.91

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 20.05 2.4 12.69 14.85 19.26 24.27 28.22

Correctional institution officers ....................................... 17.76 6.3 11.53 12.28 15.59 22.68 26.06

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 14.81 4.6 10.28 12.47 14.40 17.32 19.11

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 17.62 6.1 10.97 13.63 15.93 21.56 26.83

Food service ...................................................................... 11.28 2.7 7.55 8.74 10.55 13.17 15.63

Other food service ........................................................... 11.23 2.7 7.54 8.70 10.50 12.99 15.49

Supervisors, food preparation and service .................... 13.95 7.2 9.54 11.33 12.75 16.16 19.69

Cooks ............................................................................. 11.58 5.4 7.68 9.09 11.46 14.00 15.63

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 9.39 3.8 7.00 7.76 9.10 10.32 12.88

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 10.66 3.4 7.61 8.63 10.08 12.46 14.11

Health service .................................................................... 12.93 2.4 8.40 9.97 12.46 15.26 17.86

Dental assistants ........................................................... 15.08 7.5 10.00 14.78 15.88 16.46 16.95

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 13.82 3.2 9.09 10.18 13.70 16.47 18.17

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 12.57 3.0 8.14 9.70 12.18 14.76 17.69

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 13.13 2.8 8.21 9.71 12.50 15.56 18.87

Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers ...... 18.63 12.1 12.05 14.42 17.17 23.95 24.60

Maids and housemen .................................................... 8.84 4.8 6.84 7.25 8.29 9.86 11.32

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 12.82 1.7 8.27 9.70 12.39 15.13 18.23

Personal service ................................................................ 12.93 6.0 7.82 9.63 12.02 15.74 18.78

Supervisors, personal service ........................................ 18.91 8.2 14.54 16.21 16.95 21.71 26.17

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 11.34 5.9 7.82 9.46 11.95 11.95 14.69

Public transportation attendants .................................... 17.25 15.2 8.51 12.31 17.27 22.54 22.54

Welfare service aides .................................................... 13.39 5.5 8.45 10.35 13.09 16.13 18.21

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 10.86 4.6 7.00 8.90 10.57 12.32 14.44

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 14.10 19.4 7.00 7.77 12.85 17.21 23.95

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 14.21 4.4 9.90 11.84 14.50 16.44 18.31

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2004

and January 2006. The average reference period was June 2005. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 3.3. State and local government, selected occupations: Mean hourly earnings and percentiles,1 part-time

workers, National Compensation Survey,2 June 2005

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

All ...................................................................................................... $15.80 2.6 $7.80 $9.80 $12.67 $18.11 $27.45

All, excluding sales .................................................................... 15.88 2.6 7.86 9.85 12.74 18.26 27.70

White collar .................................................................................. 19.32 3.5 8.75 11.00 15.65 24.05 37.71

White collar, excluding sales ................................................. 19.57 3.5 8.91 11.23 16.00 24.08 37.93

Professional specialty and technical ..................................... 25.41 4.1 10.87 15.56 23.18 33.83 42.51

Professional specialty ............................................................ 26.22 3.4 10.71 15.98 24.24 34.55 45.00

Health related .................................................................... 30.71 6.6 18.45 23.42 27.87 37.68 45.49

Physicians ...................................................................... 60.59 8.8 35.84 52.46 64.41 71.55 77.27

Registered nurses .......................................................... 29.94 7.3 20.02 23.98 28.00 36.89 43.87

Teachers, college and university ....................................... 35.24 4.6 19.23 24.18 35.03 40.00 51.00

Mathematical science teachers ..................................... 32.32 20.0 23.45 23.75 26.32 42.51 46.00

Computer science teachers ........................................... 40.17 1.7 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00

Health specialties teachers ............................................ 32.57 13.4 19.50 25.00 29.47 47.00 49.00

Art, drama, and music teachers ..................................... 39.38 11.0 26.00 26.00 42.55 48.75 51.00

English teachers ............................................................ 35.08 6.4 25.45 26.00 34.73 38.76 48.75

Trade and industrial teachers ........................................ 27.54 10.7 19.50 23.18 23.18 31.01 49.00

Other post-secondary teachers ..................................... 34.20 5.1 18.80 22.92 31.07 43.00 56.45

Teachers, except college and university ............................ 20.17 4.8 8.93 11.25 16.95 25.48 36.71

Prekindergarten and kindergarten ................................. 24.23 9.7 16.87 18.40 21.39 25.90 42.04

Elementary school teachers .......................................... 27.04 8.0 16.90 19.27 26.10 34.11 36.27

Secondary school teachers ........................................... 32.49 6.8 22.54 30.27 31.43 37.93 38.79

Teachers, n.e.c. ............................................................. 22.89 16.0 9.50 13.33 19.09 29.47 45.06

Substitute teachers ........................................................ 13.32 4.1 8.57 10.00 11.43 16.67 21.57

Vocational and educational counselors ......................... 28.37 19.8 14.88 24.24 25.48 26.36 48.46

Librarians, archivists, and curators .................................... 22.83 5.4 13.54 15.84 19.67 24.81 41.46

Librarians ....................................................................... 23.05 4.9 14.34 15.84 19.85 25.16 41.46

Social scientists and urban planners ................................. 31.85 12.1 21.31 22.38 30.78 36.75 51.06

Psychologists ................................................................. 32.90 12.4 21.58 23.50 32.59 37.71 51.87

Social, recreation, and religious workers ........................... 17.47 8.3 9.51 15.00 17.20 22.00 24.30

Social workers ............................................................... 19.64 10.7 15.56 15.56 18.59 23.80 25.26

Recreation workers ........................................................ 13.46 9.0 8.10 9.16 13.94 17.20 18.05

Lawyers and judges ........................................................... 38.52 12.8 15.30 28.59 29.57 50.98 50.98

Lawyers ......................................................................... 40.06 13.6 15.30 29.57 30.80 50.98 50.98

Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ................................................................................ 24.53 17.1 10.00 11.79 23.61 34.48 39.44

Athletes .......................................................................... 14.70 34.2 9.00 9.00 10.87 10.87 43.06

Technical ............................................................................... 21.62 12.0 11.77 14.09 19.01 23.89 40.00

Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......... 20.36 5.0 15.70 17.10 20.64 23.22 24.09

Radiological technicians ................................................ 34.22 18.1 22.00 24.42 37.30 41.12 45.82

Licensed practical nurses .............................................. 18.89 3.7 15.90 16.50 18.11 20.42 23.69

Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c. .................. 16.92 6.7 11.03 12.46 16.00 20.38 22.06

Technical and related, n.e.c. .......................................... 15.02 10.0 11.00 12.96 14.78 17.29 20.93

Executive, administrative, and managerial ........................... 24.50 9.2 4.99 15.39 23.03 29.50 40.16

Executives, administrators, and managers ........................ 23.57 19.1 4.99 9.27 23.08 27.89 53.43

Legislators ..................................................................... 15.66 28.3 4.99 4.99 12.00 23.08 28.69

Administrators and officials, public administration ......... 42.35 26.5 29.62 29.62 29.62 57.69 66.53

Management related .......................................................... 25.60 7.2 17.55 20.77 22.19 30.00 35.20

Sales ......................................................................................... 9.64 8.8 7.14 7.54 8.64 10.71 15.65

Cashiers ......................................................................... 9.75 9.3 7.14 7.54 8.93 10.71 16.06

Administrative support, including clerical ............................ 12.97 2.6 8.00 9.75 12.23 15.55 19.37

Secretaries ..................................................................... 12.34 3.7 8.87 10.35 12.03 14.37 15.73

Typists ........................................................................... 14.70 2.0 12.75 12.95 14.12 16.32 16.32

Receptionists ................................................................. 10.23 9.2 7.65 8.75 9.50 12.43 12.43

Information clerks, n.e.c. ................................................ 17.80 11.0 9.64 19.48 20.18 20.18 20.18

Library clerks ................................................................. 11.00 3.8 7.20 8.17 9.72 12.56 16.60

Records clerks, n.e.c. .................................................... 12.61 14.0 9.42 9.86 11.42 15.25 18.97

Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ............... 14.90 9.3 10.89 10.89 16.44 17.66 18.28

Dispatchers .................................................................... 13.56 17.0 7.78 9.46 10.00 15.89 22.81

General office clerks ...................................................... 10.93 11.9 5.15 7.50 10.75 13.93 16.54

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 June 2005–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

Teachers’ aides ............................................................. $13.96 2.3 $9.18 $10.36 $13.19 $17.10 $19.79

Administrative support, n.e.c. ........................................ 12.73 10.1 7.82 9.36 11.00 15.35 21.21

Blue collar .................................................................................... 13.68 2.3 9.00 10.64 13.25 16.24 18.80

Precision production, craft, and repair .................................. 10.52 4.7 10.15 10.15 10.15 10.15 10.15

Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ................. 12.79 12.0 8.44 9.72 12.33 13.66 17.00

Transportation and material moving ..................................... 14.66 2.5 10.07 12.03 14.21 16.87 19.59

Busdrivers ...................................................................... 14.78 2.5 10.43 12.17 14.29 16.92 19.59

Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ......... 9.91 6.1 6.53 8.15 9.50 10.88 15.00

Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ............... 10.83 6.7 7.75 8.56 10.70 12.00 15.30

Construction laborers ..................................................... 9.35 8.3 6.53 9.00 9.65 10.00 10.55

Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ............................. 8.98 9.2 5.65 7.00 8.19 9.81 13.72

Service .......................................................................................... 10.95 1.7 7.09 8.40 10.53 12.56 15.12

Protective service .............................................................. 12.47 5.4 7.16 8.75 11.66 13.98 18.50

Firefighting ..................................................................... 8.63 11.3 7.16 7.16 7.62 9.90 11.54

Police and detectives, public service ............................. 17.01 10.1 11.09 12.74 13.70 20.26 32.00

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers ..... 16.99 11.3 7.50 13.42 16.00 18.50 18.50

Crossing guards ............................................................. 10.67 6.8 6.67 8.20 10.00 12.94 15.81

Guards and police, except public service ...................... 15.86 10.8 9.52 12.03 14.32 19.83 23.00

Protective service, n.e.c. ................................................ 11.45 8.4 7.35 8.95 12.60 13.50 13.79

Food service ...................................................................... 10.20 2.2 7.02 8.07 9.99 11.79 13.48

Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ............................... 7.98 15.8 3.90 5.50 8.64 10.12 10.76

Other food service ........................................................... 10.21 2.2 7.06 8.07 10.00 11.79 13.49

Cooks ............................................................................. 9.93 4.6 7.50 8.05 9.63 11.44 12.82

Kitchen workers, food preparation ................................. 9.76 12.8 6.25 7.64 9.14 12.02 14.08

Food preparation, n.e.c. ................................................. 10.34 2.0 7.43 8.54 10.32 11.79 13.09

Health service .................................................................... 12.26 6.2 8.00 10.00 11.88 13.81 17.64

Health aides, except nursing ......................................... 13.30 6.3 9.41 11.13 13.53 15.37 17.64

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ....................... 11.94 6.7 8.00 9.51 11.50 13.06 17.66

Cleaning and building service ............................................ 10.76 4.7 7.42 8.39 10.36 12.23 15.83

Maids and housemen .................................................... 15.06 16.8 8.40 12.28 17.64 17.64 17.64

Janitors and cleaners ..................................................... 10.50 4.8 7.42 8.30 9.98 11.88 15.12

Personal service ................................................................ 10.48 1.4 6.75 8.28 10.31 11.79 14.08

Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities ........... 9.08 5.3 6.35 7.09 8.32 10.15 12.40

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 June 2005–Continued

Occupation3

Part-time workers

Hourly earnings

Mean

Relative

error4

(percent)

Percentiles

10 25 Median

50 75 90

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Welfare service aides .................................................... $12.24 10.2 $6.75 $9.06 $13.08 $14.91 $15.45

Early childhood teachers’ assistants .............................. 11.17 3.6 7.17 9.56 11.11 12.67 14.24

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ............................................... 10.93 2.5 6.85 9.15 11.79 11.79 13.56

Service, n.e.c. ................................................................ 10.34 5.2 7.15 7.90 9.38 11.97 15.00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. 2 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between December 2004

and January 2006. The average reference period was June 2005. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all

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

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

www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the

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

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

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

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

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

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

include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 June 2005

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 ............................................................... $780 1.1 39.6 $753 1.2 39.7 $920 0.9 38.8

All, excluding sales ............................. 785 1.2 39.5 757 1.3 39.7 921 .9 38.8

White collar ........................................... 949 .9 39.5 931 1.1 39.8 1,018 .9 38.2

White collar, excluding sales .......... 987 .9 39.4 978 1.2 39.7 1,020 .9 38.2

Professional specialty and

technical ...................................... 1,195 1.1 39.0 1,198 1.5 39.6 1,189 .8 37.8

Professional specialty ..................... 1,282 1.1 39.0 1,312 1.6 39.8 1,232 .9 37.6

Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. 1,480 1.1 40.7 1,500 1.2 40.8 1,229 2.7 39.4

Architects ................................ 1,252 6.2 41.4 1,244 7.0 41.7 1,349 3.9 37.9

Aerospace engineers .............. 1,691 8.1 40.0 1,691 8.1 40.0 – – –

Metallurgical and materials

engineers .......................... 1,334 5.9 40.2 1,372 6.8 40.3 – – –

Petroleum engineers .............. 1,726 16.1 40.0 1,726 16.1 40.0 – – –

Chemical engineers ................ 1,430 8.7 40.0 1,430 8.7 40.0 – – –

Nuclear engineers .................. 1,597 5.7 40.0 1,616 5.5 40.0 – – –

Civil engineers ........................ 1,326 2.7 40.8 1,346 3.9 41.4 1,280 3.1 39.4

Electrical and electronic

engineers .......................... 1,602 2.9 40.9 1,608 2.9 41.0 1,340 9.1 40.2

Industrial engineers ................ 1,381 2.5 41.6 1,386 2.6 41.6 1,002 8.7 40.0

Mechanical engineers ............. 1,304 2.1 40.8 1,309 2.3 40.9 – – –

Marine engineers and naval

architects .......................... 1,178 10.9 40.0 1,198 11.6 40.0 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ..................... 1,578 2.3 40.2 1,609 2.3 40.2 1,154 4.5 39.6

Surveyors and mapping

scientists ........................... 1,421 11.1 39.8 1,442 10.9 39.9 – – –

Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 1,418 2.3 40.1 1,433 2.4 40.1 1,129 4.5 39.6

Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 1,418 2.5 40.1 1,435 2.6 40.2 1,136 4.6 39.6

Operations and systems

researchers and analysts 1,424 5.5 39.9 1,426 5.5 39.9 – – –

Actuaries ................................. 1,544 5.7 41.5 1,544 5.7 41.5 – – –

Statisticians ............................ 1,116 7.9 39.2 1,152 8.1 39.2 – – –

Natural scientists ........................ 1,185 5.0 39.7 1,299 2.9 39.6 928 5.6 39.9

Physicists and astronomers .... 1,401 9.0 39.9 – – – – – –

Chemists, except biochemists 1,289 8.2 40.0 1,288 8.9 40.0 1,303 4.0 40.0

Geologists and geodesists ..... 1,392 7.1 40.8 1,526 5.5 41.1 1,087 17.4 40.0

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ........ 1,175 7.3 39.8 1,273 9.0 39.7 951 6.4 40.0

Agricultural and food scientists 1,144 6.7 39.6 1,226 9.6 39.2 1,057 6.6 40.0

Biological and life scientists .... 1,134 15.8 39.3 1,338 10.2 39.2 831 7.3 39.4

Forestry and conservation

scientists ........................... 850 10.0 40.0 – – – 844 11.5 40.0

Medical scientists ................... 1,101 10.7 39.3 1,225 13.6 38.9 894 7.8 40.0

Health related ............................. 1,271 3.5 39.3 1,299 4.1 39.2 1,130 3.1 39.6

Physicians .............................. 2,572 10.9 41.9 2,876 8.1 41.2 1,551 16.6 44.5

Dentists ................................... 1,914 5.6 41.3 – – – – – –

Optometrists ........................... 2,386 16.3 38.0 2,386 16.3 38.0 – – –

Health diagnosing

practitioners, n.e.c. ........... 1,338 8.8 40.0 1,338 8.8 40.0 – – –

Registered nurses .................. 1,083 1.1 38.8 1,092 1.4 38.8 1,040 2.0 39.0

Pharmacists ............................ 1,798 1.2 39.7 1,819 .9 39.8 1,540 6.7 39.4

Dietitians ................................. 844 4.4 39.7 852 6.3 39.8 826 3.4 39.4

Respiratory therapists ............. 890 2.4 39.1 889 2.4 39.2 907 3.7 37.6

Occupational therapists .......... 1,024 3.5 39.4 1,015 4.1 39.6 1,070 5.1 38.5

Physical therapists .................. 1,155 3.1 39.4 1,145 3.3 39.5 1,245 8.1 38.1

Speech therapists ................... 1,121 6.5 38.0 1,041 5.9 39.3 1,171 8.7 37.3

Therapists, n.e.c. .................... 700 3.9 39.5 668 3.4 39.6 882 7.9 39.1

Physicians’ assistants ............. 1,470 6.9 40.0 1,487 7.8 40.1 – – –

Teachers, college and university 1,714 2.3 39.2 1,739 3.9 38.7 1,703 3.1 39.5

Earth, environmental, and

marine science teachers ... 2,085 10.2 39.6 – – – 2,193 8.7 39.9

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 June 2005 — 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

Biological science teachers .... $1,805 11.6 40.6 $2,153 13.7 41.7 $1,442 13.5 39.3

Chemistry teachers ................. 1,589 9.9 41.3 2,135 7.5 37.4 1,424 7.4 42.4

Physics teachers .................... 2,057 7.1 38.7 – – – – – –

Natural science teachers,

n.e.c. ................................. 1,574 9.3 39.8 – – – 1,585 9.5 39.6

Psychology teachers .............. 1,516 7.7 39.0 1,570 8.0 38.3 1,477 12.2 39.6

Economics teachers ............... 2,834 12.7 42.8 2,015 10.2 36.4 – – –

History teachers ...................... 1,674 8.5 40.4 1,492 7.6 40.6 1,864 9.5 40.3

Political science teachers ....... 1,422 6.4 39.3 – – – 1,297 8.9 38.6

Sociology teachers ................. 1,940 15.1 39.1 1,883 22.6 39.1 1,971 18.7 39.1

Social science teachers, n.e.c. 1,775 6.0 39.7 1,717 10.4 39.0 1,795 7.4 40.0

Engineering teachers .............. 2,495 7.1 41.2 2,452 12.3 39.0 2,517 9.2 42.3

Mathematical science

teachers ............................ 1,582 11.2 38.7 1,551 14.1 39.5 1,599 11.7 38.3

Computer science teachers .... 1,488 19.7 37.3 1,069 10.4 37.2 1,882 10.1 37.4

Medical science teachers ....... 2,367 6.4 45.7 2,431 7.6 39.4 2,331 9.4 49.2

Health specialties teachers ..... 1,702 10.3 38.3 2,232 14.1 39.7 1,350 5.1 37.3

Business, commerce, and

marketing teachers ........... 1,797 12.6 38.9 1,873 9.0 37.9 1,758 17.3 39.4

Agriculture and forestry

teachers ............................ 1,909 18.0 34.6 – – – 1,909 18.0 34.6

Art, drama, and music

teachers ............................ 1,418 10.3 38.5 1,530 7.7 38.4 1,320 14.2 38.7

Physical education teachers ... 1,304 7.2 37.9 1,133 8.5 39.5 – – –

Education teachers ................. 1,511 9.6 38.3 1,544 15.2 38.0 1,488 11.4 38.5

English teachers ..................... 1,733 10.3 37.8 1,522 7.0 37.7 1,837 11.5 37.8

Foreign language teachers ..... 1,402 11.8 39.9 1,611 9.1 36.7 1,242 16.7 42.4

Law teachers .......................... 2,142 14.9 38.9 2,787 10.9 41.8 – – –

Theology teachers .................. 1,619 5.8 39.7 1,608 9.2 38.3 1,629 9.1 40.9

Trade and industrial teachers 1,378 5.1 38.2 – – – 1,442 4.6 37.4

Other post-secondary

teachers ............................ 1,614 2.9 38.7 1,522 6.0 38.1 1,638 3.5 38.8

Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 1,178 1.1 36.8 808 3.3 38.3 1,243 .8 36.5

Prekindergarten and

kindergarten ...................... 762 4.9 38.3 480 3.9 39.0 1,147 2.7 37.4

Elementary school teachers ... 1,229 1.2 36.6 941 6.2 38.2 1,254 1.1 36.5

Secondary school teachers .... 1,228 1.6 37.0 1,174 3.9 38.0 1,233 1.7 36.9

Teachers, special education ... 1,230 2.7 35.5 937 9.3 35.9 1,279 2.5 35.4

Teachers, n.e.c. ...................... 1,188 2.7 36.4 911 7.1 38.6 1,260 2.6 35.8

Substitute teachers ................. 384 14.6 32.7 – – – 384 14.6 32.7

Vocational and educational

counselors ........................ 1,067 5.6 37.6 685 7.9 38.2 1,250 4.3 37.3

Librarians, archivists, and

curators ................................. 1,064 2.7 38.0 1,112 5.9 37.5 1,036 3.1 38.4

Librarians ................................ 1,081 2.9 38.1 1,129 7.0 37.8 1,056 3.0 38.3

Archivists and curators ........... 922 9.7 37.3 – – – – – –

Social scientists and urban

planners ................................ 1,239 3.6 39.5 1,263 7.1 40.4 1,207 5.9 38.3

Economists ............................. 1,400 8.1 41.4 1,423 8.6 41.5 1,109 8.7 40.0

Psychologists .......................... 1,178 4.5 38.0 879 8.5 38.6 1,348 5.0 37.6

Social scientists, n.e.c. ........... 1,129 12.4 38.9 1,318 1.8 38.5 – – –

Urban planners ....................... 1,060 4.3 39.3 – – – 1,060 4.3 39.3

Social, recreation, and religious

workers ................................. 739 1.7 39.3 682 2.8 39.6 807 2.4 39.0

Social workers ........................ 746 1.9 39.0 687 3.0 39.1 809 2.5 39.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 June 2005 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Professional specialty and

technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Social, recreation, and religious

workers –Continued

Recreation workers ................. $598 5.5 39.8 $530 6.8 40.0 $740 8.4 39.5

Clergy ..................................... 768 9.5 48.8 768 9.5 48.8 – – –

Religious workers, n.e.c. ........ 710 16.2 37.9 710 16.2 37.9 – – –

Lawyers and judges .................... 2,123 5.9 41.4 2,391 5.0 42.6 1,486 6.1 38.7

Lawyers .................................. 2,111 6.1 41.5 2,391 5.0 42.6 1,352 3.9 38.5

Judges .................................... 2,443 11.3 39.8 – – – 2,443 11.3 39.8

Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ..................................... 1,009 3.6 39.6 999 3.7 39.6 1,156 11.4 39.7

Technical writers ..................... 1,438 14.7 40.1 1,439 14.7 40.2 – – –

Designers ............................... 858 3.9 39.6 859 3.9 39.6 728 10.7 39.8

Musicians and composers ...... 1,450 15.7 37.3 1,458 15.6 37.3 – – –

Actors and directors ................ 1,341 18.1 40.5 1,341 18.1 40.5 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft

artists, and artist

printmakers ....................... 737 5.3 39.4 736 5.4 39.4 – – –

Photographers ........................ 692 12.1 40.4 692 12.7 40.4 – – –

Artists, performers, and

related workers, n.e.c. ...... 669 18.7 40.7 667 20.4 40.8 – – –

Editors and reporters .............. 1,018 7.4 39.2 1,022 7.5 39.2 – – –

Public relations specialists ...... 990 6.1 39.7 982 7.1 39.7 1,025 10.6 39.4

Announcers ............................ 1,605 29.5 40.0 1,605 29.5 40.0 – – –

Athletes ................................... 1,153 15.2 39.1 1,008 11.8 38.9 1,802 19.6 40.0

Professional, n.e.c. ................. 1,259 7.4 40.0 1,321 9.1 40.2 1,091 7.1 39.7

Technical ........................................ 881 2.1 39.0 902 2.4 38.9 738 1.5 39.6

Clinical laboratory

technologists and

technicians ........................ 749 2.6 39.7 751 3.0 39.7 738 4.4 39.7

Dental hygienists .................... 1,067 3.2 33.8 1,076 3.3 33.5 – – –

Health record technologists

and technicians ................. 615 4.3 39.2 611 4.5 39.2 689 9.9 39.9

Radiological technicians ......... 949 2.5 39.4 954 2.7 39.3 905 3.9 39.9

Licensed practical nurses ....... 682 1.4 39.0 693 1.6 38.9 624 2.5 39.6

Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 663 1.8 39.7 658 2.3 39.6 688 3.6 40.1

Electrical and electronic

technicians ........................ 962 12.7 40.3 968 12.9 40.3 827 13.1 39.9

Industrial engineering

technicians ........................ 971 5.7 40.1 971 5.7 40.1 – – –

Mechanical engineering

technicians ........................ 915 4.3 40.2 915 4.3 40.2 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. 982 3.9 40.1 1,041 5.5 40.4 790 3.2 39.3

Drafters ................................... 879 2.7 40.1 879 2.8 40.1 873 5.4 39.8

Surveying and mapping

technicians ........................ 783 9.2 39.7 784 11.9 40.0 778 7.8 38.9

Biological technicians ............. 721 3.9 39.8 754 5.5 39.8 602 6.9 39.8

Chemical technicians .............. 873 6.1 39.7 872 6.4 39.7 901 5.4 40.0

Science technicians, n.e.c. ..... 847 10.4 39.8 881 10.5 40.2 691 7.6 37.9

Airplane pilots and navigators 2,296 5.5 23.5 2,296 5.5 23.5 – – –

Broadcast equipment

operators .......................... 643 12.1 39.0 542 13.5 38.9 990 9.4 39.2

Computer programmers ......... 1,249 2.9 40.5 1,278 2.9 40.6 953 6.2 39.5

Tool programmers, numerical

control ............................... 934 7.4 40.0 934 7.4 40.0 – – –

Legal assistants ...................... 873 4.2 38.8 882 4.8 38.7 805 5.8 39.4

Technical and related, n.e.c. .. 822 4.9 39.8 848 6.2 40.1 760 6.4 39.2

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 June 2005 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ................................... $1,362 2.0 40.3 $1,390 2.4 40.5 $1,223 2.4 39.3

Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 1,552 2.4 40.5 1,574 2.9 40.8 1,440 2.1 39.4

Legislators .............................. 457 42.0 38.1 – – – 457 42.0 38.1

Chief executives and general

administrators, public

administration ................... 2,233 16.9 42.8 – – – 1,896 5.5 39.6

Administrators and officials,

public administration ......... 1,247 2.9 39.6 – – – 1,247 2.9 39.6

Financial managers ................ 1,652 4.1 40.5 1,642 3.0 40.6 1,766 17.9 39.3

Personnel and labor relations

managers .......................... 1,290 7.5 40.1 1,255 7.8 40.1 1,665 6.7 39.7

Purchasing managers ............. 1,422 8.1 40.2 1,411 8.4 40.3 1,629 18.4 39.5

Managers, marketing,

advertising, and public

relations ............................ 1,866 4.2 41.2 1,869 4.2 41.2 1,281 11.2 39.5

Administrators, education and

related fields ..................... 1,470 3.2 39.4 1,094 4.6 39.6 1,662 4.0 39.3

Managers, medicine and

health ................................ 1,405 3.3 40.0 1,437 3.5 40.2 1,254 9.5 39.2

Managers, food servicing and

lodging establishments ..... 934 8.1 44.1 945 8.1 44.6 824 11.5 39.1

Managers, properties and real

estate ................................ 882 4.1 39.8 865 4.2 39.9 1,120 4.8 39.0

Managers, service

organizations, n.e.c. ......... 1,204 9.0 39.0 1,213 9.7 39.0 1,079 6.7 39.5

Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 1,674 4.9 40.8 1,689 5.0 40.9 1,359 5.2 39.8

Management related ................... 1,083 1.2 40.0 1,118 1.3 40.2 917 2.3 39.2

Accountants and auditors ....... 1,020 1.9 40.0 1,040 2.2 40.1 908 3.1 39.3

Underwriters ........................... 1,068 5.5 39.0 1,068 5.5 39.0 – – –

Other financial officers ............ 1,305 3.6 40.1 1,325 3.8 40.2 1,053 6.4 38.3

Management analysts ............ 1,229 5.2 40.0 1,284 5.0 40.1 926 5.9 39.4

Personnel, training, and labor

relations specialists .......... 1,016 3.7 39.8 1,036 4.3 39.9 898 4.3 39.0

Purchasing agents and

buyers, farm products ....... 915 15.2 39.7 949 16.4 39.6 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail

trade, except farm

products ............................ 1,097 3.8 40.4 1,099 3.9 40.4 – – –

Purchasing agents and

buyers, n.e.c. .................... 1,053 6.3 40.4 1,109 5.3 40.5 711 11.1 39.9

Business and promotional

agents ............................... 916 6.4 39.4 919 6.8 39.4 – – –

Construction inspectors .......... 974 5.5 39.6 994 11.0 40.1 966 5.0 39.4

Inspectors and compliance

officers, except

construction ...................... 928 3.6 40.0 1,062 5.1 41.1 811 2.8 39.0

Management related, n.e.c. .... 1,043 2.4 40.0 1,055 2.8 40.1 997 4.7 39.4

Sales .................................................. 715 1.7 40.1 716 1.8 40.1 585 7.8 39.0

Supervisors, sales .................. 856 3.6 41.5 857 3.6 41.5 633 6.2 39.6

Insurance sales ...................... 916 8.0 39.7 916 8.0 39.7 – – –

Real estate sales .................... 885 14.0 40.1 887 14.7 40.2 844 11.3 38.2

Securities and financial

services sales ................... 1,643 6.7 39.7 1,643 6.7 39.7 – – –

Advertising and related sales 813 10.3 39.4 812 10.3 39.4 – – –

Sales, other business services 1,020 6.2 40.3 1,020 6.2 40.3 – – –

Sales engineers ...................... 1,586 7.7 41.6 1,586 7.7 41.6 – – –

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 June 2005 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales representatives, mining,

manufacturing, and

wholesale .......................... $1,094 3.6 40.4 $1,094 3.6 40.4 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles

and boats .......................... 963 6.6 44.0 963 6.6 44.0 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ........... 491 15.2 37.5 491 15.2 37.5 – – –

Sales workers, shoes ............. 405 14.3 37.3 405 14.3 37.3 – – –

Sales workers, furniture and

home furnishings .............. 630 7.6 41.3 630 7.6 41.3 – – –

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi,

and appliances ................. 469 8.3 39.3 469 8.3 39.3 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and

building supplies ............... 558 6.1 40.7 558 6.1 40.7 – – –

Sales workers, parts ............... 601 3.2 40.5 601 3.2 40.5 – – –

Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 527 3.4 39.3 527 3.4 39.3 – – –

Sales counter clerks ............... 417 5.7 39.5 417 5.7 39.5 – – –

Cashiers ................................. 375 2.1 39.3 372 2.1 39.3 $538 10.2 38.9

Street and door-to-door sales

workers ............................. 767 16.5 38.5 767 16.5 38.5 – – –

Demonstrators, promoters,

and models, sales ............. 684 15.9 39.9 684 15.9 39.9 – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. ............... 622 7.7 39.5 622 7.7 39.6 – – –

Administrative support, including

clerical ......................................... 582 .7 39.3 582 .7 39.5 584 1.3 38.6

Supervisors, general office ..... 814 2.3 39.5 827 2.6 39.5 747 3.5 39.5

Supervisors, computer

equipment operators ......... 856 8.1 39.6 – – – – – –

Supervisors, financial records

processing ........................ 922 3.3 39.9 929 3.4 40.1 834 7.7 37.8

Chief communications

operators .......................... 852 4.8 39.3 – – – 869 6.2 40.0

Supervisors, distribution,

scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ................................ 835 4.1 40.5 835 5.3 40.7 834 9.1 39.8

Computer operators ................ 653 3.6 39.8 665 3.8 39.8 627 6.7 39.6

Peripheral equipment

operators .......................... 547 7.7 39.0 538 9.3 39.4 – – –

Secretaries ............................. 656 .9 39.0 669 1.3 39.1 618 3.0 39.0

Stenographers ........................ 702 4.8 38.3 637 5.3 38.6 785 8.1 37.8

Typists .................................... 592 2.3 38.9 623 5.8 39.5 572 2.9 38.5

Interviewers ............................ 497 4.6 39.5 489 4.4 39.4 535 14.9 39.9

Hotel clerks ............................. 362 2.3 39.2 362 2.3 39.2 – – –

Transportation ticket and

reservation agents ............ 607 3.7 39.6 598 3.8 39.5 – – –

Receptionists .......................... 475 1.6 39.4 475 1.7 39.4 477 4.4 39.0

Information clerks, n.e.c. ........ 549 2.6 39.6 547 2.8 39.6 594 5.2 39.4

Classified ad clerks ................. 508 6.8 38.8 508 6.8 38.8 – – –

Correspondence clerks ........... 554 3.8 40.0 558 4.0 40.0 – – –

Order clerks ............................ 588 3.1 39.9 586 3.1 39.9 802 7.6 40.0

Personnel clerks, except

payroll and timekeeping .... 658 2.2 39.7 652 2.4 39.7 705 5.8 39.6

Library clerks .......................... 511 3.2 38.0 492 6.4 37.7 518 4.0 38.2

File clerks ............................... 438 2.5 39.5 435 2.6 39.5 482 6.8 39.2

Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 556 2.6 39.4 556 2.8 39.4 554 3.5 39.1

Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 594 1.4 39.4 593 1.5 39.5 601 2.6 39.1

Payroll and timekeeping clerks 669 2.1 39.7 663 2.4 39.7 717 4.3 39.1

Billing clerks ............................ 529 1.8 39.5 527 1.8 39.5 578 9.7 40.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.1. United States, selected occupations: Mean weekly earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 June 2005 — 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

Cost and rate clerks ................ $540 9.7 40.3 $540 9.7 40.3 – – –

Billing, posting, and

calculating machine

operators .......................... 538 5.8 38.9 539 5.8 38.9 – – –

Duplicating machine operators 492 8.8 39.9 501 9.6 39.9 $475 13.3 39.9

Mail preparing and paper

handling machine

operators .......................... 490 6.4 39.7 490 6.4 39.7 – – –

Office machine operators,

n.e.c. ................................. 449 3.3 40.0 444 3.9 40.0 – – –

Telephone operators .............. 500 5.1 39.1 501 5.2 39.1 469 8.6 39.1

Communications equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 507 21.3 39.7 – – – – – –

Mail clerks, except postal

service .............................. 473 6.6 39.2 482 7.0 39.1 424 14.1 39.8

Messengers ............................ 393 9.5 39.0 379 9.3 39.2 518 8.3 37.1

Dispatchers ............................. 665 5.0 40.3 643 5.5 40.6 697 7.2 39.9

Production coordinators .......... 752 3.8 40.1 752 3.8 40.1 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving

clerks ................................ 557 2.1 39.9 556 2.1 39.9 629 6.9 38.7

Stock and inventory clerks ...... 531 1.9 39.7 528 2.0 39.8 570 6.0 39.0

Meter readers ......................... 692 5.2 40.0 708 8.1 40.0 659 6.8 40.0

Weighers, measurers,

checkers, and samplers .... 610 8.0 40.0 608 8.2 40.0 – – –

Expeditors ............................... 636 5.0 39.5 630 5.0 39.6 – – –

Insurance adjusters,

examiners, and

investigators ..................... 765 3.6 39.0 764 3.6 39.0 804 26.7 39.0

Investigators and adjusters,

except insurance .............. 634 3.8 39.8 630 3.8 39.8 744 6.9 40.0

Eligibility clerks, social welfare 606 2.7 39.0 534 4.8 39.5 651 2.2 38.7

Bill and account collectors ...... 570 7.4 39.3 567 7.7 39.3 659 6.2 39.9

General office clerks ............... 539 1.1 39.1 532 1.3 39.2 560 1.9 39.0

Bank tellers ............................. 443 1.6 39.6 443 1.6 39.6 – – –

Proofreaders ........................... 715 15.7 40.0 553 9.0 40.0 – – –

Data entry keyers ................... 479 2.0 39.1 467 1.9 39.1 542 2.7 39.3

Statistical clerks ...................... 581 5.1 39.5 585 5.1 39.4 570 9.3 39.9

Teachers’ aides ...................... 412 1.6 35.7 378 6.3 37.8 416 1.6 35.4

Administrative support, n.e.c. 591 1.3 39.3 589 1.5 39.4 605 2.7 38.6

Blue collar ............................................. 652 1.0 40.1 648 1.1 40.1 717 1.7 39.4

Precision production, craft, and

repair ............................................ 802 1.0 40.0 802 1.0 40.0 807 2.1 39.8

Supervisors, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 1,013 2.7 40.8 1,013 2.8 40.9 1,014 5.3 39.9

Automobile mechanics ........... 765 3.0 40.4 754 2.9 40.4 872 10.3 39.8

Automobile mechanic

apprentices ....................... 564 9.0 40.6 561 9.3 40.6 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary

engine mechanics ............. 781 2.7 40.2 778 3.0 40.2 807 2.3 40.0

Aircraft engine mechanics ...... 1,098 8.6 40.2 1,098 8.7 40.2 – – –

Small engine repairers ............ 617 5.6 40.0 617 5.7 40.0 – – –

Automobile body and related

repairers ........................... 659 4.7 40.3 659 4.7 40.3 – – –

Aircraft mechanics, except

engine ............................... 991 4.0 40.0 991 4.0 40.0 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics 779 2.8 40.0 779 3.6 40.0 778 6.4 40.0

Farm equipment mechanics ... 647 8.5 41.8 649 8.7 41.9 – – –

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 June 2005 — 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

Industrial machinery repairers $851 2.1 39.9 $849 2.1 39.9 $956 8.2 39.9

Machinery maintenance ......... 643 4.7 39.8 643 4.9 39.9 629 10.8 38.7

Electronic repairers,

communications and

industrial equipment ......... 881 2.7 40.1 884 2.7 40.1 803 7.0 40.0

Data processing equipment

repairers ........................... 821 11.3 39.5 828 13.7 39.4 – – –

Household appliance and

power tool repairers .......... 655 5.8 40.4 655 5.8 40.4 – – –

Telephone line installers and

repairers ........................... 1,004 4.8 40.0 1,010 4.8 40.0 – – –

Telephone installers and

repairers ........................... 958 3.4 40.0 954 3.5 40.0 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and

refrigeration mechanics .... 739 3.2 40.0 739 3.5 40.0 745 5.9 39.9

Locksmiths and safe repairers 606 9.1 41.2 – – – – – –

Office machine repairers ........ 701 8.5 40.0 698 8.7 40.0 – – –

Mechanical controls and valve

repairers ........................... 849 5.7 40.0 843 7.1 40.0 876 6.3 40.0

Elevator installers and

repairers ........................... 1,547 14.5 40.0 1,558 14.6 40.0 – – –

Millwrights ............................... 892 6.3 40.0 892 6.3 40.0 – – –

Mechanics and repairers,

n.e.c. ................................. 675 2.4 39.9 674 3.0 39.9 681 3.4 39.8

Supervisors, brickmasons,

stonemasons, and

tilesetters .......................... 844 9.7 40.0 – – – – – –

Supervisors, carpenters and

related workers ................. 981 6.1 40.4 986 5.9 40.4 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and

power transmission

installers ........................... 1,301 3.9 40.1 1,309 4.1 40.1 1,186 9.5 40.0

Supervisors, painters,

paperhangers, and

plasterers .......................... 964 8.3 40.9 963 8.3 40.9 – – –

Supervisors, plumbers,

pipefitters, and

steamfitters ....................... 1,104 7.5 40.0 1,095 8.5 40.0 1,131 12.9 40.0

Supervisors, construction

trades, n.e.c. ..................... 899 5.2 40.4 914 7.0 40.5 850 4.8 39.9

Brickmasons and

stonemasons .................... 1,053 9.1 39.9 1,056 9.2 39.9 – – –

Tile setters, hard and soft ....... 695 12.4 38.8 695 12.4 38.8 – – –

Carpet installers ...................... 978 12.9 40.0 978 12.9 40.0 – – –

Carpenters .............................. 787 4.5 39.9 784 4.8 39.9 842 6.2 39.3

Carpenter apprentices ............ 687 13.6 40.0 687 13.6 40.0 – – –

Drywall installers ..................... 718 6.8 39.9 718 6.8 39.9 – – –

Electricians ............................. 1,026 3.1 39.8 1,038 3.2 39.8 899 5.4 39.8

Electrician apprentices ........... 584 3.7 39.8 581 3.7 39.8 – – –

Electrical power installers and

repairers ........................... 1,062 3.4 40.0 1,066 3.8 40.0 1,027 6.8 40.0

Painters, construction and

maintenance ..................... 648 3.7 39.8 635 4.1 39.8 788 7.0 39.6

Plasterers ............................... 625 6.0 39.3 595 3.2 39.3 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and

steamfitters ....................... 975 6.9 39.9 987 7.0 39.9 769 9.5 39.6

Plumber, pipefitter, and

steamfitter apprentices ..... 586 4.4 40.0 578 4.7 40.0 759 11.4 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 June 2005 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Concrete and terrazzo

finishers ............................ $738 6.9 40.0 $737 6.9 40.0 – – –

Glaziers .................................. 714 9.1 40.0 656 11.7 40.0 – – –

Insulation workers ................... 757 8.8 40.0 757 8.9 40.0 – – –

Paving, surfacing, and

tamping equipment

operators .......................... 668 14.8 41.1 681 16.5 41.2 $570 2.8 40.0

Roofers ................................... 641 7.6 39.6 641 7.6 39.6 – – –

Sheet metal duct installers ..... 963 12.8 40.0 963 12.8 40.0 – – –

Structural metal workers ......... 969 12.4 40.0 967 12.7 40.0 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ...... 700 5.5 39.8 732 6.9 39.9 626 5.8 39.7

Supervisors, extractive ........... 1,008 21.3 41.3 1,008 21.3 41.3 – – –

Drillers, oil well ........................ 1,186 28.4 47.4 1,186 28.4 47.4 – – –

Mining machine operators ...... 743 9.3 40.0 743 9.3 40.0 – – –

Supervisors, production .......... 901 2.0 40.5 900 2.0 40.5 945 15.8 40.0

Tool and die makers ............... 958 2.0 40.0 958 2.0 40.0 – – –

Tool and die maker

apprentices ....................... 717 7.4 40.0 717 7.4 40.0 – – –

Precision assemblers, metal ... 829 6.1 40.0 829 6.1 40.0 – – –

Machinists ............................... 797 1.9 40.0 795 1.9 40.0 – – –

Boilermakers ........................... 775 10.0 39.8 791 9.8 40.0 – – –

Precision grinders, filers, and

tool sharpeners ................. 644 9.3 39.8 644 9.3 39.8 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, metal ......... 856 8.9 40.0 856 8.9 40.0 – – –

Layout workers ....................... 738 16.0 40.0 738 16.0 40.0 – – –

Sheet metal workers ............... 694 10.3 39.0 694 10.3 39.0 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, wood ......... 726 11.4 40.0 726 11.4 40.0 – – –

Cabinet makers and bench

carpenters ......................... 524 6.7 39.9 521 6.4 39.9 – – –

Furniture and wood finishers .. 485 7.0 40.0 485 7.0 40.0 – – –

Dressmakers .......................... 471 8.3 37.7 471 8.3 37.7 – – –

Tailors ..................................... 669 17.6 37.9 669 17.6 37.9 – – –

Upholsterers ........................... 602 11.5 40.0 602 11.5 40.0 – – –

Hand molders and shapers,

except jewelers ................. 568 14.3 40.0 568 14.3 40.0 – – –

Patternmakers, layout

workers, and cutters ......... 745 11.4 40.0 745 11.4 40.0 – – –

Dental laboratory and medical

appliance technicians ....... 609 2.6 39.9 607 2.7 39.9 – – –

Bookbinders ............................ 611 9.9 39.6 611 9.9 39.6 – – –

Electrical and electronic

equipment assemblers ..... 558 3.7 39.9 558 3.7 39.9 – – –

Miscellaneous precision

workers, n.e.c. .................. 569 12.3 39.9 569 12.3 39.9 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ...... 491 3.8 39.7 491 3.8 39.7 – – –

Bakers .................................... 482 5.4 39.2 480 5.6 39.2 – – –

Food batchmakers .................. 528 5.0 39.8 528 5.0 39.8 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and

graders ............................. 822 4.3 40.3 817 4.1 40.4 913 7.4 39.7

Precision inspectors, testers,

and related workers, n.e.c. 934 10.4 40.0 934 10.4 40.0 – – –

Adjusters and calibrators ........ 754 16.3 36.3 754 16.3 36.3 – – –

Water and sewer treatment

plant operators .................. 771 2.7 40.0 740 10.8 40.0 775 3.1 40.0

Power plant operators ............ 1,126 3.7 40.0 1,136 3.8 40.0 1,033 10.1 39.7

Stationary engineers ............... 941 4.2 39.7 953 5.4 39.7 924 6.5 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 June 2005 — 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. ... $944 4.8 39.5 $950 4.9 39.5 $771 9.5 40.0

Machine operators, assemblers,

and inspectors ............................ 570 1.4 39.8 569 1.4 39.8 703 10.6 39.6

Lathe and turning-machine

set-up operators ............... 697 3.7 40.0 697 3.7 40.0 – – –

Lathe and turning-machine

operators .......................... 644 6.2 40.0 644 6.2 40.0 – – –

Milling and planing machine

operators .......................... 646 6.9 40.0 646 6.9 40.0 – – –

Punching and stamping press

operators .......................... 560 6.6 39.9 560 6.6 39.9 – – –

Rolling machine operators ...... 665 11.4 39.9 665 11.4 39.9 – – –

Drilling and boring machine

operators .......................... 569 8.1 39.9 569 8.1 39.9 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing,

and polishing machine

operators .......................... 543 2.7 40.0 543 2.7 40.0 – – –

Forging machine operators ..... 517 10.3 40.0 517 10.3 40.0 – – –

Numerical control machine

operators .......................... 676 3.2 40.2 676 3.2 40.2 – – –

Fabricating machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 625 3.9 39.9 625 3.9 39.9 – – –

Molding and casting machine

operators .......................... 536 3.6 39.8 536 3.6 39.8 – – –

Metal plating machine

operators .......................... 577 7.8 39.8 577 7.8 39.8 – – –

Heat treating equipment

operators .......................... 638 5.2 40.0 638 5.2 40.0 – – –

Wood lathe, routing, and

planing machine operators 488 7.1 40.0 488 7.1 40.0 – – –

Sawing machine operators ..... 444 5.0 39.9 444 5.0 39.9 – – –

Shaping and joining machine

operators .......................... 547 2.8 40.0 547 2.8 40.0 – – –

Nailing and tacking machine

operators .......................... 408 10.4 39.0 408 10.4 39.0 – – –

Printing press operators ......... 671 2.7 39.5 672 2.8 39.5 613 5.2 38.9

Photoengravers and

lithographers ..................... 657 6.0 39.4 657 6.0 39.4 – – –

Typesetters and compositors 622 5.8 39.6 623 5.9 39.6 – – –

Winding and twisting machine

operators .......................... 500 7.2 39.6 500 7.2 39.6 – – –

Knitting, looping, taping, and

weaving machine

operators .......................... 489 5.8 40.0 489 5.8 40.0 – – –

Textile cutting machine

operators .......................... 422 5.6 38.7 422 5.6 38.7 – – –

Textile sewing machine

operators .......................... 415 9.5 39.4 415 9.5 39.4 – – –

Pressing machine operators ... 367 6.4 38.8 367 6.4 38.8 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning

machine operators ............ 393 6.1 39.3 392 6.4 39.3 406 11.1 39.7

Cementing and gluing

machine operators ............ 494 8.1 40.0 494 8.1 40.0 – – –

Packaging and filling machine

operators .......................... 576 4.0 39.9 576 4.0 39.9 – – –

Extruding and forming

machine operators ............ 548 3.5 39.6 548 3.5 39.6 – – –

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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 June 2005 — 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 .......................... $620 4.1 39.8 $620 4.1 39.8 – – –

Separating, filtering, and

clarifying machine

operators .......................... 779 5.3 39.9 779 5.4 39.9 – – –

Compressing and compacting

machine operators ............ 465 7.9 39.9 465 7.9 39.9 – – –

Painting and paint spraying

machine operators ............ 622 4.6 40.1 622 4.7 40.1 – – –

Roasting and baking machine

operators, food ................. 562 7.8 40.0 562 7.8 40.0 – – –

Washing, cleaning, and

pickling machine operators 673 22.6 40.0 673 22.6 40.0 – – –

Folding machine operators ..... 505 17.5 38.8 505 17.5 38.8 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven

operators, except food ...... 611 6.0 39.8 607 6.3 39.9 – – –

Crushing and grinding

machine operators ............ 622 11.8 39.9 622 11.8 39.9 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine

operators .......................... 558 2.6 39.6 558 2.6 39.6 – – –

Photographic process

machine operators ............ 453 6.9 39.5 453 6.9 39.5 – – –

Miscellaneous machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 586 2.7 39.8 585 2.7 39.8 $854 14.9 39.2

Welders and cutters ................ 634 2.4 39.8 625 2.3 39.8 896 8.9 40.0

Solderers and brazers ............ 487 9.0 40.0 487 9.0 40.0 – – –

Assemblers ............................. 601 2.0 39.9 601 2.0 39.9 – – –

Hand cutting and trimming ...... 472 10.8 40.0 472 10.8 40.0 – – –

Hand molding, casting, and

forming .............................. 469 8.3 40.0 469 8.3 40.0 – – –

Hand painting, coating, and

decorating ......................... 485 4.8 39.7 486 4.9 39.7 – – –

Hand engraving and printing .. 639 23.2 38.2 639 23.2 38.2 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working,

n.e.c. ................................. 507 5.9 39.6 507 5.9 39.6 – – –

Production inspectors,

checkers and examiners ... 562 4.7 39.8 562 4.7 39.8 – – –

Production testers ................... 605 4.9 39.8 605 4.9 39.8 – – –

Production samplers and

weighers ........................... 551 8.7 40.0 551 8.7 40.0 – – –

Graders and sorters, except

agricultural ........................ 476 6.2 40.0 476 6.2 40.0 – – –

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ........... 493 8.1 39.9 493 8.1 39.9 – – –

Transportation and material

moving ......................................... 642 1.8 40.9 640 2.0 41.2 667 2.4 38.3

Supervisors, motor vehicle

operators .......................... 764 6.5 40.8 769 7.6 41.4 754 11.3 39.8

Truckdrivers ............................ 647 2.0 42.1 646 2.1 42.2 683 5.8 39.9

Driver-sales workers ............... 640 5.9 40.6 639 5.9 40.6 – – –

Busdrivers ............................... 584 4.0 37.2 516 9.7 39.2 628 3.6 35.9

Taxicab drivers and

chauffeurs ......................... 350 8.5 39.1 349 8.6 39.1 – – –

Parking lot attendants ............. 308 9.7 40.0 303 9.6 40.0 – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ..... 495 5.0 39.3 450 5.7 39.4 716 7.0 39.1

Railroad conductors and

yardmasters ...................... 1,125 16.3 43.6 1,121 16.6 43.6 – – –

Locomotive operating ............. 1,189 14.4 42.4 1,244 17.7 43.0 981 4.2 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 June 2005 — 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

Railroad brake, signal, and

switch operators ............... $1,182 6.9 40.0 $1,211 5.9 40.0 – – –

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .. 901 3.9 40.0 866 4.0 40.0 – – –

Ship captains and mates,

except fishing boats .......... 966 22.7 49.6 957 23.7 50.0 – – –

Sailors and deckhands ........... 559 7.4 45.6 530 8.2 46.5 $790 2.7 38.4

Marine engineers .................... 916 21.9 42.6 913 22.4 42.7 – – –

Supervisors, material moving

equipment ......................... 910 3.4 40.1 914 3.5 40.2 800 5.3 38.8

Operating engineers ............... 823 8.0 39.2 912 10.3 38.8 670 8.9 40.0

Hoist and winch operators ...... 483 19.6 39.9 483 19.6 39.9 – – –

Crane and tower operators ..... 666 6.2 40.0 665 6.2 40.0 – – –

Excavating and loading

machine operators ............ 679 4.7 39.9 678 4.7 39.9 694 14.5 39.9

Grader, dozer, and scraper

operators .......................... 641 5.2 39.9 652 6.1 39.9 629 9.6 40.0

Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 567 1.8 39.9 567 1.8 39.9 563 2.4 40.0

Miscellaneous material

moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 672 5.8 40.0 677 6.4 40.1 642 5.0 39.4

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ................. 484 1.7 39.9 476 1.7 39.9 602 2.3 39.8

Nursery workers ..................... 456 8.9 39.9 460 9.0 39.9 – – –

Supervisors,

agriculture-related workers 980 6.4 40.8 998 7.2 40.9 861 6.7 40.0

Groundskeepers and

gardeners, except farm ..... 479 3.7 39.6 441 4.9 39.5 574 3.7 39.8

Animal caretakers, except

farm .................................. 479 9.6 39.5 450 9.9 39.8 580 12.2 38.6

Inspectors, agricultural

products ............................ 399 16.1 39.7 399 16.1 39.7 – – –

Supervisors, handlers,

equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. .................. 821 6.2 41.1 817 8.0 41.3 841 5.4 40.0

Helpers, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 485 4.1 40.0 466 3.8 40.0 615 6.5 39.4

Helpers, construction trades ... 504 3.6 39.9 500 3.8 39.9 679 10.5 40.0

Construction laborers ............. 580 4.4 39.8 585 4.6 39.8 525 5.7 39.7

Production helpers .................. 454 2.9 39.7 454 2.9 39.7 – – –

Garbage collectors ................. 544 7.8 44.7 444 4.2 47.7 703 10.6 39.9

Stock handlers and baggers ... 444 2.0 39.4 444 2.0 39.4 554 12.9 39.9

Machine feeders and

offbearers ......................... 433 2.6 39.8 433 2.6 39.8 – – –

Freight, stock, and material

handlers, n.e.c. ................. 515 2.4 39.8 514 2.4 39.8 568 15.6 40.0

Garage and service station

related ............................... 364 3.5 40.1 360 3.5 40.1 – – –

Vehicle washers and

equipment cleaners .......... 402 3.7 40.0 400 3.8 40.0 576 5.7 39.6

Hand packers and packagers 388 5.5 39.6 388 5.5 39.6 – – –

Laborers, except construction,

n.e.c. ................................. 456 2.3 39.9 442 2.5 39.9 571 3.9 39.9

Service ................................................... 467 2.0 38.9 394 1.3 38.6 725 1.8 40.1

Protective service ....................... 748 2.9 40.7 432 2.9 39.5 919 2.8 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 June 2005 — 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 ................... $1,360 4.7 49.4 – – – $1,370 4.7 49.4

Supervisors, police and

detectives ......................... 1,275 2.9 40.2 – – – 1,277 2.9 40.2

Supervisors, guards ................ 798 8.9 39.5 $675 11.6 39.4 1,108 10.4 39.7

Fire inspection and fire

prevention ......................... 798 12.5 40.9 – – – 969 13.3 41.5

Firefighting .............................. 947 3.0 48.2 – – – 948 3.0 48.2

Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 1,001 1.0 40.0 – – – 1,002 1.0 40.0

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law

enforcement officers ......... 797 2.4 39.8 – – – 799 2.4 39.8

Correctional institution officers 703 6.3 39.8 – – – 707 6.2 39.8

Guards and police, except

public service .................... 414 2.4 39.4 409 2.4 39.4 580 4.9 39.2

Protective service, n.e.c. ........ 539 6.6 39.1 370 2.9 39.3 686 5.8 38.9

Food service ............................... 340 1.4 38.3 336 1.5 38.5 404 3.4 35.8

Waiters, waitresses, and

bartenders .......................... 198 3.2 36.9 197 3.2 36.9 – – –

Bartenders .............................. 260 5.7 37.0 260 5.7 37.0 – – –

Waiters and waitresses .......... 172 4.9 36.6 171 4.9 36.6 – – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’

assistants .......................... 250 5.0 38.3 248 5.8 38.3 – – –

Other food service .................... 388 1.1 38.8 387 1.2 39.1 402 3.4 35.8

Supervisors, food preparation

and service ....................... 585 2.2 41.8 590 2.4 42.2 535 6.5 38.4

Cooks ..................................... 402 1.7 38.7 401 1.7 39.0 410 8.0 35.4

Kitchen workers, food

preparation ....................... 352 2.2 38.7 354 2.3 39.1 336 6.5 35.7

Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 334 2.0 37.9 330 2.2 38.2 372 4.2 34.9

Health service ............................. 440 1.2 38.6 430 1.3 38.5 507 2.4 39.2

Dental assistants .................... 547 4.2 35.5 546 4.2 35.4 603 7.5 40.0

Health aides, except nursing .. 479 2.7 39.2 467 3.2 39.2 541 3.1 39.1

Nursing aides, orderlies, and

attendants ......................... 417 1.3 38.7 405 1.3 38.6 493 3.0 39.2

Cleaning and building service ..... 456 2.3 39.4 437 3.2 39.4 520 2.8 39.6

Supervisors, cleaning and

building service workers ... 688 4.6 39.7 676 4.2 39.8 735 12.3 39.4

Maids and housemen ............. 343 3.2 38.9 343 3.3 38.9 353 4.8 39.9

Janitors and cleaners ............. 467 2.6 39.6 448 4.5 39.5 508 1.7 39.6

Pest control ............................. 564 9.2 39.9 561 9.5 39.9 – – –

Personal service ......................... 407 6.8 37.5 399 6.7 37.5 484 6.0 37.4

Supervisors, personal service 598 6.0 40.0 591 6.5 40.1 723 8.6 38.2

Hairdressers and

cosmetologists .................. 496 10.1 38.0 496 10.1 38.0 – – –

Attendants, amusement and

recreation facilities ............ 290 3.7 39.9 288 2.9 39.9 447 6.6 39.4

Guides .................................... 538 7.5 38.7 538 7.5 38.7 – – –

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 June 2005 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours6

Weekly earnings

Mean

weekly

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Service –Continued

Personal service –Continued

Public transportation

attendants ......................... $638 4.5 20.0 $638 4.0 19.1 $639 19.5 37.1

Baggage porters and bellhops 303 6.4 38.5 303 6.4 38.5 – – –

Welfare service aides ............. 455 3.4 39.3 436 3.8 39.2 529 5.5 39.5

Early childhood teachers’

assistants .......................... 347 5.1 38.3 336 5.9 38.8 397 4.9 36.6

Childcare workers, n.e.c. ........ 372 4.7 38.8 346 2.8 39.3 509 18.4 36.1

Service, n.e.c. ......................... 465 5.2 39.2 456 6.0 39.3 544 4.3 38.3

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

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

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between

December 2004 and January 2006. The average reference period was June 2005. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in

"National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the

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

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National

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

Internet site www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 6 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a

week, exclusive of overtime.

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

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

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SUPPLEMENTARY TABLE 4.2. United States, selected occupations: Mean annual earnings1 and hours, full-time workers,2

private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey,3 June 2005

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 ............................................................... $39,629 1.1 2,012 $38,933 1.2 2,054 $42,935 0.9 1,810

All excluding sales .............................. 39,828 1.2 2,006 39,104 1.3 2,052 42,965 .9 1,809

White Collar ........................................... 47,633 .9 1,982 48,142 1.1 2,058 45,868 .9 1,722

White collar excluding sales ........... 49,314 .9 1,966 50,500 1.2 2,052 45,921 .9 1,721

Professional specialty and

technical ...................................... 57,282 1.1 1,868 61,406 1.5 2,028 50,230 .8 1,595

Professional specialty ..................... 60,147 1.1 1,829 66,879 1.6 2,029 51,155 .9 1,561

Engineers, architects, and

surveyors .............................. 76,918 1.1 2,114 77,949 1.2 2,120 63,861 2.7 2,046

Architects ................................ 65,108 6.2 2,155 64,673 7.0 2,171 70,130 3.9 1,969

Aerospace engineers .............. 87,914 8.1 2,080 87,914 8.1 2,080 – – –

Metallurgical and materials

engineers .......................... 69,385 5.9 2,090 71,360 6.8 2,094 – – –

Petroleum engineers .............. 89,768 16.1 2,080 89,768 16.1 2,080 – – –

Chemical engineers ................ 74,371 8.7 2,080 74,354 8.7 2,080 – – –

Nuclear engineers .................. 83,053 5.7 2,080 84,038 5.5 2,080 – – –

Civil engineers ........................ 68,942 2.7 2,122 69,989 3.9 2,153 66,558 3.1 2,051

Electrical and electronic

engineers .......................... 83,278 2.9 2,128 83,633 2.9 2,129 69,680 9.1 2,089

Industrial engineers ................ 71,811 2.5 2,164 72,082 2.6 2,165 52,126 8.7 2,080

Mechanical engineers ............. 67,765 2.1 2,122 68,025 2.3 2,128 – – –

Marine engineers and naval

architects .......................... 61,278 10.9 2,080 62,280 11.6 2,080 – – –

Engineers, n.e.c. ..................... 81,949 2.3 2,087 83,598 2.3 2,089 59,766 4.5 2,052

Surveyors and mapping

scientists ........................... 73,898 11.1 2,069 74,972 10.9 2,073 – – –

Mathematical and computer

scientists ............................... 73,710 2.3 2,086 74,539 2.4 2,087 58,653 4.5 2,058

Computer systems analysts

and scientists .................... 73,724 2.5 2,087 74,627 2.6 2,089 59,027 4.6 2,059

Operations and systems

researchers and analysts 74,060 5.5 2,074 74,172 5.5 2,075 – – –

Actuaries ................................. 80,302 5.7 2,157 80,302 5.7 2,157 – – –

Statisticians ............................ 58,009 7.9 2,040 59,901 8.1 2,040 – – –

Natural scientists ........................ 61,480 5.0 2,060 67,474 2.9 2,058 48,032 5.6 2,064

Physicists and astronomers .... 72,861 9.0 2,075 – – – – – –

Chemists, except biochemists 67,017 8.2 2,079 66,956 8.9 2,079 67,740 4.0 2,080

Geologists and geodesists ..... 71,986 7.1 2,108 79,344 5.5 2,137 55,543 17.4 2,044

Physical scientists, n.e.c. ........ 61,084 7.3 2,068 66,180 9.0 2,063 49,470 6.4 2,080

Agricultural and food scientists 57,849 6.7 2,002 62,370 9.6 1,993 53,162 6.6 2,011

Biological and life scientists .... 58,907 15.8 2,040 69,414 10.2 2,034 43,206 7.3 2,050

Forestry and conservation

scientists ........................... 44,211 10.0 2,078 – – – 43,913 11.5 2,078

Medical scientists ................... 57,143 10.7 2,040 63,687 13.6 2,023 46,241 7.8 2,068

Health related ............................. 65,302 3.5 2,018 67,314 4.1 2,031 55,806 3.1 1,958

Physicians .............................. 133,717 10.9 2,180 149,524 8.1 2,140 80,659 16.6 2,316

Dentists ................................... 99,547 5.6 2,150 – – – – – –

Optometrists ........................... 124,079 16.3 1,974 124,079 16.3 1,974 – – –

Health diagnosing

practitioners, n.e.c. ........... 69,586 8.8 2,080 69,586 8.8 2,080 – – –

Registered nurses .................. 55,760 1.1 1,998 56,513 1.4 2,008 52,053 2.0 1,951

Pharmacists ............................ 93,515 1.2 2,067 94,597 .9 2,068 80,111 6.7 2,048

Dietitians ................................. 43,873 4.4 2,062 44,314 6.3 2,069 42,972 3.4 2,047

Respiratory therapists ............. 46,276 2.4 2,033 46,229 2.4 2,037 47,179 3.7 1,954

Occupational therapists .......... 52,259 3.5 2,013 52,389 4.1 2,047 51,651 5.1 1,856

Physical therapists .................. 58,843 3.1 2,005 59,225 3.3 2,044 55,897 8.1 1,712

Speech therapists ................... 47,945 6.5 1,627 52,322 5.9 1,975 45,823 8.7 1,458

Therapists, n.e.c. .................... 36,358 3.9 2,051 34,681 3.4 2,056 45,702 7.9 2,026

Physicians’ assistants ............. 76,449 6.9 2,082 77,341 7.8 2,084 – – –

Teachers, college and university 69,580 2.3 1,593 72,289 3.9 1,610 68,408 3.1 1,585

Earth, environmental, and

marine science teachers ... 80,815 10.2 1,533 – – – 84,069 8.7 1,531

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 June 2005 — 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

Biological science teachers .... $78,372 11.6 1,761 $94,109 13.7 1,824 $62,222 13.5 1,697

Chemistry teachers ................. 58,922 9.9 1,530 81,229 7.5 1,423 52,396 7.4 1,561

Physics teachers .................... 79,233 7.1 1,489 – – – – – –

Natural science teachers,

n.e.c. ................................. 57,614 9.3 1,456 – – – 57,884 9.5 1,445

Psychology teachers .............. 63,534 7.7 1,636 62,042 8.0 1,514 64,727 12.2 1,734

Economics teachers ............... 102,552 12.7 1,549 75,617 10.2 1,366 – – –

History teachers ...................... 64,664 8.5 1,562 57,434 7.6 1,562 72,286 9.5 1,562

Political science teachers ....... 59,373 6.4 1,640 – – – 48,899 8.9 1,455

Sociology teachers ................. 78,728 15.1 1,588 72,543 22.6 1,507 82,343 18.7 1,635

Social science teachers, n.e.c. 72,280 6.0 1,618 70,754 10.4 1,608 72,813 7.4 1,621

Engineering teachers .............. 97,222 7.1 1,604 95,079 12.3 1,511 98,316 9.2 1,651

Mathematical science

teachers ............................ 62,000 11.2 1,517 57,001 14.1 1,451 64,799 11.7 1,554

Computer science teachers .... 63,460 19.7 1,591 50,093 10.4 1,745 74,009 10.1 1,469

Medical science teachers ....... 112,026 6.4 2,163 104,573 7.6 1,695 116,853 9.4 2,466

Health specialities teachers .... 73,972 10.3 1,663 101,216 14.1 1,801 57,087 5.1 1,578

Business, commerce and

marketing teachers ........... 70,841 12.6 1,534 75,947 9.0 1,538 68,303 17.3 1,532

Agriculture and forestry

teachers ............................ 74,201 18.0 1,346 – – – 74,201 18.0 1,346

Art, drama and music teachers 53,878 10.3 1,464 57,710 7.7 1,448 50,496 14.2 1,479

Physical education teachers ... 52,707 7.2 1,533 47,902 8.5 1,669 – – –

Education teachers ................. 60,371 9.6 1,530 61,489 15.2 1,512 59,584 11.4 1,543

English teachers ..................... 69,752 10.3 1,520 60,704 7.0 1,505 74,299 11.5 1,528

Foreign language teachers ..... 53,540 11.8 1,524 60,847 9.1 1,384 47,845 16.7 1,632

Law teachers .......................... 86,541 14.9 1,571 111,406 10.9 1,673 – – –

Theology teachers .................. 59,130 5.8 1,449 64,674 9.2 1,539 55,250 9.1 1,386

Trade and industrial teachers 56,737 5.1 1,572 – – – 58,023 4.6 1,506

Teachers, except college and

university .............................. 46,221 1.1 1,442 35,823 3.3 1,697 47,797 .8 1,403

Prekindergarten and

kindergarten ...................... 33,439 4.9 1,681 23,333 3.9 1,895 44,431 2.7 1,448

Elementary school teachers ... 46,831 1.2 1,395 36,886 6.2 1,497 47,657 1.1 1,387

Secondary school teachers .... 47,056 1.6 1,418 45,023 3.9 1,458 47,232 1.7 1,415

Teachers, special education ... 48,030 2.7 1,386 39,197 9.3 1,502 49,382 2.5 1,369

Teachers, n.e.c. ...................... 48,278 2.7 1,477 43,961 7.1 1,862 49,173 2.6 1,397

Substitute teachers ................. 13,936 14.6 1,185 – – – 13,936 14.6 1,185

Vocational and educational

counselors ........................ 47,668 5.6 1,682 34,778 7.9 1,940 52,835 4.3 1,578

Librarians, archivists, and

curators ................................. 50,839 2.7 1,817 56,753 5.9 1,912 47,719 3.1 1,767

Librarians ................................ 51,165 2.9 1,803 57,417 7.0 1,924 48,183 3.0 1,746

Archivists and curators ........... 47,928 9.7 1,937 – – – – – –

Social scientists and urban

planners ................................ 61,099 3.6 1,947 65,251 7.1 2,085 56,023 5.9 1,779

Economists ............................. 72,810 8.1 2,151 74,016 8.6 2,157 57,663 8.7 2,080

Psychologists .......................... 54,346 4.5 1,752 44,639 8.5 1,960 59,109 5.0 1,650

Social scientists, n.e.c. ........... 58,690 12.4 2,025 68,534 1.8 2,004 – – –

Urban planners ....................... 55,100 4.3 2,046 – – – 55,100 4.3 2,046

Social, recreation, and religious

workers ................................. 38,020 1.7 2,023 35,222 2.8 2,042 41,385 2.4 1,999

Social workers ........................ 38,439 1.9 2,012 35,616 3.0 2,025 41,486 2.5 1,997

Recreation workers ................. 29,523 5.5 1,967 25,504 6.8 1,927 38,468 8.4 2,056

Clergy ..................................... 39,845 9.5 2,532 39,845 9.5 2,532 – – –

Religious workers, n.e.c. ........ 36,784 16.2 1,963 36,784 16.2 1,963 – – –

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 June 2005 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White Collar –Continued

Professional specialty and

technical –Continued

Professional specialty –Continued

Lawyers and judges .................... $110,378 5.9 2,153 $124,340 5.0 2,213 $77,273 6.1 2,012

Lawyers .................................. 109,747 6.1 2,157 124,340 5.0 2,213 70,292 3.9 2,004

Judges .................................... 127,028 11.3 2,069 – – – 127,028 11.3 2,069

Writers, authors, entertainers,

athletes, and professionals,

n.e.c. ..................................... 51,995 3.6 2,040 51,588 3.7 2,044 57,825 11.4 1,984

Technical writers ..................... 74,795 14.7 2,088 74,811 14.7 2,088 – – –

Designers ............................... 44,632 3.9 2,061 44,679 3.9 2,061 37,839 10.7 2,071

Musicians and composers ...... 63,864 15.7 1,644 64,308 15.6 1,646 – – –

Actors and directors ................ 69,467 18.1 2,096 69,467 18.1 2,096 – – –

Painters, sculptors, craft

artists, and artist

print-Makers ...................... 38,254 5.3 2,047 38,177 5.4 2,046 – – –

Photographers ........................ 36,005 12.1 2,100 36,001 12.7 2,101 – – –

Artists, performers, and

related workers, n.e.c. ...... 34,429 18.7 2,095 34,683 20.4 2,121 – – –

Editors and reporters .............. 52,886 7.4 2,037 53,103 7.5 2,037 – – –

Public relations specialists ...... 51,375 6.1 2,057 51,053 7.1 2,064 52,642 10.6 2,026

Announcers ............................ 83,463 29.5 2,080 83,463 29.5 2,080 – – –

Athletes ................................... 58,737 15.2 1,991 51,373 11.8 1,980 91,836 19.6 2,039

Professional, n.e.c. ................. 63,371 7.4 2,016 67,986 9.1 2,068 51,868 7.1 1,886

Technical ........................................ 45,758 2.1 2,027 46,916 2.4 2,025 38,103 1.5 2,044

Clinical laboratory

technologists and

technicians ........................ 38,971 2.6 2,066 39,062 3.0 2,066 38,373 4.4 2,067

Dental hygienists .................... 55,506 3.2 1,758 55,973 3.3 1,744 – – –

Health record technologists

and technicians ................. 31,976 4.3 2,040 31,777 4.5 2,038 35,835 9.9 2,074

Radiological technicians ......... 49,371 2.5 2,048 49,603 2.7 2,045 47,071 3.9 2,074

Licensed practical nurses ....... 35,398 1.4 2,026 36,041 1.6 2,023 32,128 2.5 2,040

Health technologists and

technicians, n.e.c. ............. 34,447 1.8 2,064 34,188 2.3 2,060 35,716 3.6 2,084

Electrical and electronic

technicians ........................ 50,024 12.7 2,094 50,346 12.9 2,095 42,508 13.1 2,052

Industrial engineering

technicians ........................ 50,515 5.7 2,086 50,515 5.7 2,086 – – –

Mechanical engineering

technicians ........................ 47,566 4.3 2,088 47,564 4.3 2,088 – – –

Engineering technicians, n.e.c. 51,018 3.9 2,085 54,061 5.5 2,098 41,093 3.2 2,043

Drafters ................................... 45,684 2.7 2,083 45,704 2.8 2,084 45,391 5.4 2,071

Surveying and mapping

technicians ........................ 40,706 9.2 2,065 40,791 11.9 2,080 40,472 7.8 2,023

Biological technicians ............. 37,488 3.9 2,070 39,202 5.5 2,070 31,314 6.9 2,068

Chemical technicians .............. 45,369 6.1 2,064 45,309 6.4 2,064 46,842 5.4 2,080

Science technicians, n.e.c. ..... 43,546 10.4 2,046 45,801 10.5 2,091 33,732 7.6 1,849

Airplane pilots and navigators 119,204 5.5 1,222 119,204 5.5 1,222 – – –

Broadcast equipment

operators .......................... 33,453 12.1 2,028 28,164 13.5 2,025 51,471 9.4 2,037

Computer programmers ......... 64,936 2.9 2,107 66,438 2.9 2,112 49,572 6.2 2,055

Tool programmers, numerical

control ............................... 48,567 7.4 2,080 48,567 7.4 2,080 – – –

Legal assistants ...................... 45,371 4.2 2,017 45,849 4.8 2,013 41,843 5.8 2,046

Technical and related, n.e.c. .. 42,414 4.9 2,057 44,057 6.2 2,085 38,587 6.4 1,991

Executive, administrative, and

managerial ................................... 70,335 2.0 2,082 72,108 2.4 2,101 61,829 2.4 1,989

Executives, administrators, and

managers .............................. 79,972 2.4 2,089 81,737 2.9 2,117 71,510 2.1 1,958

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 June 2005 — 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

Legislators .............................. $14,176 42.0 1,182 – – – $14,176 42.0 1,182

Chief executives and general

administrators, public

administration ................... 116,096 16.9 2,228 – – – 98,580 5.5 2,060

Administrators and officials,

public administration ......... 64,576 2.9 2,049 – – – 64,562 2.9 2,049

Financial managers ................ 85,812 4.1 2,102 $85,387 3.0 2,110 90,515 17.9 2,013

Personnel and labor relations

managers .......................... 66,924 7.5 2,081 65,246 7.8 2,087 84,518 6.7 2,013

Purchasing managers ............. 73,933 8.1 2,091 73,378 8.4 2,093 84,706 18.4 2,056

Managers, marketing,

advertising and public

relations ............................ 97,050 4.2 2,141 97,204 4.2 2,141 66,604 11.2 2,054

Administrators, education and

related fields ..................... 71,526 3.2 1,917 55,958 4.6 2,029 78,920 4.0 1,865

Managers, medicine and

health ................................ 73,014 3.3 2,079 74,724 3.5 2,090 64,905 9.5 2,028

Managers, food servicing and

lodging establishments ..... 46,778 8.1 2,210 48,492 8.1 2,290 33,033 11.5 1,566

Managers, properties and real

estate ................................ 45,869 4.1 2,072 44,969 4.2 2,075 58,218 4.8 2,028

Managers, service

organizations, n.e.c. ......... 62,575 9.0 2,029 63,083 9.7 2,027 55,993 6.7 2,050

Managers and administrators,

n.e.c. ................................. 86,959 4.9 2,122 87,755 5.0 2,125 70,110 5.2 2,052

Management related ................... 56,103 1.2 2,071 57,891 1.3 2,079 47,522 2.3 2,034

Accountants and auditors ....... 53,063 1.9 2,081 54,068 2.2 2,087 47,184 3.1 2,045

Underwriters ........................... 55,519 5.5 2,026 55,519 5.5 2,026 – – –

Other financial officers ............ 67,848 3.6 2,085 68,880 3.8 2,093 54,770 6.4 1,994

Management analysts ............ 63,887 5.2 2,081 66,772 5.0 2,087 48,137 5.9 2,051

Personnel, training, and labor

relations specialists .......... 51,355 3.7 2,012 52,158 4.3 2,011 46,482 4.3 2,019

Purchasing agents & buyers,

farm products .................... 47,598 15.2 2,062 49,347 16.4 2,060 – – –

Buyers, wholesale and retail

trade, except farm

products ............................ 57,058 3.8 2,101 57,125 3.9 2,102 – – –

Purchasing agents and

buyers, n.e.c. .................... 54,756 6.3 2,102 57,659 5.3 2,107 36,867 11.1 2,069

Business and promotional

agents ............................... 47,604 6.4 2,048 47,754 6.8 2,046 – – –

Construction inspectors .......... 50,634 5.5 2,058 51,678 11.0 2,086 50,252 5.0 2,048

Inspectors and compliance

officers, except

construction ...................... 48,282 3.6 2,079 55,216 5.1 2,136 42,159 2.8 2,028

Management related, n.e.c. .... 54,118 2.4 2,073 54,821 2.8 2,084 51,323 4.7 2,029

Sales .................................................. 37,140 1.7 2,082 37,180 1.8 2,083 29,562 7.8 1,970

Supervisors, sales .................. 44,501 3.6 2,160 44,547 3.6 2,161 32,937 6.2 2,057

Insurance sales ...................... 47,657 8.0 2,063 47,642 8.0 2,063 – – –

Real estate sales .................... 46,031 14.0 2,086 46,126 14.7 2,091 43,898 11.3 1,985

Securities and financial

services sales ................... 85,435 6.7 2,065 85,435 6.7 2,065 – – –

Advertising and related sales 42,258 10.3 2,050 42,250 10.3 2,050 – – –

Sales, other business services 53,053 6.2 2,096 53,061 6.2 2,096 – – –

Sales engineers ...................... 82,477 7.7 2,164 82,477 7.7 2,164 – – –

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 June 2005 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

White Collar –Continued

Sales –Continued

Sales representatives, mining,

manufacturing, and

wholesale .......................... $56,854 3.6 2,099 $56,854 3.6 2,099 – – –

Sales workers, motor vehicles

and boats .......................... 50,096 6.6 2,286 50,096 6.6 2,286 – – –

Sales workers, apparel ........... 25,530 15.2 1,949 25,530 15.2 1,949 – – –

Sales workers, shoes ............. 21,085 14.3 1,938 21,085 14.3 1,938 – – –

Sales workers, furniture &

home furnishings .............. 32,763 7.6 2,150 32,763 7.6 2,150 – – –

Sales workers, radio, tv, hi-fi,

& appliances ..................... 24,405 8.3 2,046 24,405 8.3 2,046 – – –

Sales workers, hardware and

building supplies ............... 29,020 6.1 2,118 29,020 6.1 2,118 – – –

Sales workers, parts ............... 31,232 3.2 2,106 31,232 3.2 2,106 – – –

Sales workers, other

commodities ..................... 27,373 3.4 2,040 27,377 3.4 2,040 – – –

Sales counter clerks ............... 21,614 5.7 2,045 21,603 5.7 2,045 – – –

Cashiers ................................. 19,453 2.1 2,038 19,307 2.1 2,040 $26,876 10.2 1,941

Street and door to door sales

workers ............................. 39,897 16.5 2,003 39,897 16.5 2,003 – – –

Demonstrators, promoters,

and models, sales ............. 35,398 15.9 2,062 35,398 15.9 2,062 – – –

Sales support, n.e.c. ............... 31,851 7.7 2,024 31,847 7.7 2,024 – – –

Administrative support, including

clerical ......................................... 29,895 .7 2,018 30,215 .7 2,048 28,435 1.3 1,880

Supervisors, general office ..... 42,312 2.3 2,055 42,984 2.6 2,056 38,833 3.5 2,051

Supervisors, computer

equipment operators ......... 43,624 8.1 2,019 – – – – – –

Supervisors, financial records

processing ........................ 47,919 3.3 2,075 48,269 3.4 2,084 43,388 7.7 1,967

Chief communications

operators .......................... 44,286 4.8 2,042 – – – 45,168 6.2 2,080

Supervisors, distribution,

scheduling, and adjusting

clerks ................................ 43,326 4.1 2,102 43,426 5.3 2,115 42,929 9.1 2,050

Computer operators ................ 33,654 3.6 2,048 34,588 3.8 2,070 31,611 6.7 1,998

Peripheral equipment

operators .......................... 28,451 7.7 2,030 27,999 9.3 2,047 – – –

Secretaries ............................. 33,628 .9 2,001 34,651 1.3 2,022 30,765 3.0 1,940

Stenographers ........................ 36,315 4.8 1,978 32,889 5.3 1,994 40,605 8.1 1,959

Typists .................................... 30,510 2.3 2,002 32,414 5.8 2,053 29,262 2.9 1,969

Interviewers ............................ 25,683 4.6 2,042 25,449 4.4 2,049 26,865 14.9 2,005

Hotel clerks ............................. 18,619 2.3 2,016 18,614 2.3 2,016 – – –

Transportation ticket and

reservation agents ............ 31,557 3.7 2,057 31,103 3.8 2,056 – – –

Receptionists .......................... 24,631 1.6 2,042 24,638 1.7 2,044 24,430 4.4 2,000

Information clerks, n.e.c. ........ 28,527 2.6 2,061 28,445 2.8 2,062 30,879 5.2 2,047

Classified ad clerks ................. 26,418 6.8 2,017 26,418 6.8 2,017 – – –

Correspondence clerks ........... 28,820 3.8 2,080 29,038 4.0 2,080 – – –

Order clerks ............................ 30,558 3.1 2,073 30,483 3.1 2,073 41,696 7.6 2,080

Personnel clerks except

payroll & timekeeping ....... 34,158 2.2 2,061 33,924 2.4 2,066 35,933 5.8 2,020

Library clerks .......................... 23,984 3.2 1,786 25,137 6.4 1,926 23,615 4.0 1,741

File clerks ............................... 22,755 2.5 2,053 22,612 2.6 2,054 25,085 6.8 2,036

Records clerks, n.e.c. ............. 28,687 2.6 2,032 28,882 2.8 2,047 27,806 3.5 1,965

Bookkeepers, accounting and

auditing clerks ................... 30,818 1.4 2,046 30,825 1.5 2,052 30,767 2.6 2,002

Payroll and timekeeping clerks 34,741 2.1 2,060 34,454 2.4 2,065 36,949 4.3 2,017

Billing clerks ............................ 27,518 1.8 2,055 27,400 1.8 2,054 30,066 9.7 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 June 2005 — 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

Cost and rate clerks ................ $28,097 9.7 2,098 $28,097 9.7 2,098 – – –

Billing, posting, & calculating

machine operators ............ 27,989 5.8 2,025 28,020 5.8 2,024 – – –

Duplicating machine operators 25,479 8.8 2,067 26,042 9.6 2,074 $24,471 13.3 2,055

Mail preparing & paper

handling machine

operators .......................... 25,495 6.4 2,064 25,495 6.4 2,064 – – –

Office machine operators,

n.e.c. ................................. 23,340 3.3 2,080 23,079 3.9 2,080 – – –

Telephone operators .............. 25,990 5.1 2,034 26,066 5.2 2,034 24,376 8.6 2,033

Communications equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 25,658 21.3 2,013 – – – – – –

Mail clerks except postal

service .............................. 24,622 6.6 2,039 25,080 7.0 2,033 22,067 14.1 2,071

Messengers ............................ 20,441 9.5 2,027 19,725 9.3 2,038 26,927 8.3 1,929

Dispatchers ............................. 34,555 5.0 2,097 33,448 5.5 2,112 36,225 7.2 2,073

Production coordinators .......... 39,129 3.8 2,083 39,102 3.8 2,083 – – –

Traffic, shipping and receiving

clerks ................................ 28,958 2.1 2,073 28,912 2.1 2,074 32,711 6.9 2,011

Stock and inventory clerks ...... 27,614 1.9 2,065 27,427 2.0 2,069 29,572 6.0 2,022

Meter readers ......................... 35,990 5.2 2,080 36,829 8.1 2,080 34,279 6.8 2,079

Weighers, measurers,

checkers, and samplers .... 31,615 8.0 2,075 31,543 8.2 2,075 – – –

Expeditors ............................... 33,056 5.0 2,057 32,782 5.0 2,059 – – –

Insurance adjusters,

examiners, & investigators 39,762 3.6 2,026 39,718 3.6 2,026 41,801 26.7 2,027

Investigators and adjusters

except insurance .............. 32,951 3.8 2,067 32,774 3.8 2,066 38,711 6.9 2,080

Eligibility clerks, social welfare 31,422 2.7 2,023 27,530 4.8 2,038 33,838 2.2 2,013

Bill and account collectors ...... 29,610 7.4 2,040 29,430 7.7 2,039 34,275 6.2 2,074

General office clerks ............... 27,894 1.1 2,025 27,627 1.3 2,036 28,640 1.9 1,996

Bank tellers ............................. 23,048 1.6 2,059 23,048 1.6 2,059 – – –

Proofreaders ........................... 37,196 15.7 2,080 28,753 9.0 2,080 – – –

Data entry keyers ................... 24,736 2.0 2,022 24,225 1.9 2,028 27,414 2.7 1,986

Statistical clerks ...................... 30,140 5.1 2,047 30,417 5.1 2,047 29,298 9.3 2,047

Teachers’ aides ...................... 15,931 1.6 1,378 17,056 6.3 1,704 15,821 1.6 1,346

Administrative support, n.e.c. 30,661 1.3 2,037 30,583 1.5 2,048 31,058 2.7 1,981

Blue Collar ............................................. 33,671 1.0 2,070 33,504 1.1 2,074 36,444 1.7 2,001

Precision production, craft, and

repair ............................................ 41,510 1.0 2,071 41,482 1.0 2,071 41,892 2.1 2,067

Supervisors, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 52,658 2.7 2,122 52,656 2.8 2,127 52,682 5.3 2,072

Automobile mechanics ........... 39,753 3.0 2,099 39,216 2.9 2,102 45,325 10.3 2,069

Automobile mechanic

apprentices ....................... 29,345 9.0 2,110 29,156 9.3 2,111 – – –

Bus, truck, and stationary

engine mechanics ............. 40,578 2.7 2,088 40,447 3.0 2,091 41,738 2.3 2,065

Aircraft engine mechanics ...... 56,900 8.6 2,081 56,921 8.7 2,081 – – –

Small engine repairs ............... 31,731 5.6 2,055 31,705 5.7 2,055 – – –

Automobile body and related

repairers ........................... 34,264 4.7 2,097 34,246 4.7 2,097 – – –

Aircraft mechanics except

engine ............................... 51,512 4.0 2,080 51,512 4.0 2,080 – – –

Heavy equipment mechanics 40,470 2.8 2,079 40,476 3.6 2,079 40,441 6.4 2,078

Farm equipment mechanics ... 33,644 8.5 2,175 33,739 8.7 2,177 – – –

Industrial machinery repairers 44,143 2.1 2,069 44,066 2.1 2,069 49,700 8.2 2,077

Machinery maintenance ......... 33,403 4.7 2,070 33,429 4.9 2,072 32,704 10.8 2,012

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 June 2005 — 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

Electronic repairers,

communications and

industrial equipment ......... $45,807 2.7 2,083 $45,990 2.7 2,083 $41,768 7.0 2,080

Data processing equipment

repairers ........................... 42,444 11.3 2,043 43,077 13.7 2,048 – – –

Household appliance and

power tool repairers .......... 34,058 5.8 2,100 34,058 5.8 2,100 – – –

Telephone line installers and

repairers ........................... 51,945 4.8 2,069 52,210 4.8 2,068 – – –

Telephone installers and

repairers ........................... 49,794 3.4 2,079 49,609 3.5 2,080 – – –

Heating, air conditioning, and

refrigeration mechanics .... 38,397 3.2 2,077 38,402 3.5 2,079 38,350 5.9 2,054

Locksmiths and safe repairers 31,533 9.1 2,141 – – – – – –

Office machine repairers ........ 36,459 8.5 2,079 36,294 8.7 2,079 – – –

Mechanical controls and valve

repairers ........................... 44,160 5.7 2,079 43,848 7.1 2,079 45,572 6.3 2,080

Elevator installers and

repairers ........................... 80,426 14.5 2,080 80,999 14.6 2,080 – – –

Millwrights ............................... 46,306 6.3 2,076 46,311 6.3 2,076 – – –

Mechanics and repairers,

n.e.c. ................................. 35,030 2.4 2,073 34,995 3.0 2,075 35,230 3.4 2,061

Supervisors, brickmasons,

stonemasons, and

tilesetters .......................... 43,876 9.7 2,080 – – – – – –

Supervisors, carpenters and

related workers ................. 50,989 6.1 2,100 51,276 5.9 2,101 – – –

Supervisors, electricians and

power transmission

installers ........................... 67,659 3.9 2,083 68,058 4.1 2,083 61,693 9.5 2,082

Supervisors, painters,

paperhangers and

plasterers .......................... 50,109 8.3 2,128 50,086 8.3 2,128 – – –

Supervisors, plumbers,

pipefitters, and

steamfitters ....................... 56,047 7.5 2,031 55,239 8.5 2,017 58,819 12.9 2,081

Supervisors, construction

trades, n.e.c. ..................... 46,373 5.2 2,084 47,006 7.0 2,086 44,211 4.8 2,077

Brickmasons and

stonemasons .................... 52,910 9.1 2,002 53,016 9.2 2,001 – – –

Tile setters, hard and soft ....... 35,868 12.4 2,002 35,868 12.4 2,002 – – –

Carpet installers ...................... 50,864 12.9 2,080 50,864 12.9 2,080 – – –

Carpenters .............................. 40,706 4.5 2,063 40,541 4.8 2,065 43,784 6.2 2,045

Carpenter apprentices ............ 35,461 13.6 2,064 35,461 13.6 2,064 – – –

Drywall installers ..................... 37,092 6.8 2,063 37,092 6.8 2,063 – – –

Electricians ............................. 53,343 3.1 2,068 53,984 3.2 2,068 46,667 5.4 2,069

Electrician apprentices ........... 30,369 3.7 2,067 30,198 3.7 2,067 – – –

Electrical power installers and

repairers ........................... 55,213 3.4 2,080 55,444 3.8 2,080 53,417 6.8 2,080

Painters, construction and

maintenance ..................... 33,316 3.7 2,045 32,604 4.1 2,043 40,973 7.0 2,060

Plasterers ............................... 32,487 6.0 2,046 30,966 3.2 2,044 – – –

Plumbers, pipefitters and

steamfitters ....................... 50,463 6.9 2,063 51,047 7.0 2,064 39,924 9.5 2,055

Plumbers, pipefitters and

steamfitters apprentices ... 30,460 4.4 2,080 30,075 4.7 2,080 39,471 11.4 2,080

Concrete and terrazzo

finishers ............................ 37,185 6.9 2,013 37,104 6.9 2,012 – – –

Glaziers .................................. 37,128 9.1 2,080 34,093 11.7 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 June 2005 — Continued

Occupation4

Total Private industry State and local

 government

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours6

Annual earnings

Mean

annual

hours Mean 6

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Mean

Relative

error5

(percent)

Blue Collar –Continued

Precision production, craft, and

repair –Continued

Insulation workers ................... $39,130 8.8 2,069 $39,132 8.9 2,069 – – –

Paving, surfacing, and

tamping equipment

operators .......................... 30,590 14.8 1,882 30,700 16.5 1,859 $29,632 2.8 2,080

Roofers ................................... 29,771 7.6 1,837 29,771 7.6 1,837 – – –

Sheetmetal duct installers ...... 48,532 12.8 2,016 48,532 12.8 2,016 – – –

Structural metal workers ......... 50,259 12.4 2,075 50,142 12.7 2,075 – – –

Construction trades, n.e.c. ...... 35,606 5.5 2,026 36,885 6.9 2,009 32,575 5.8 2,067

Supervisors, extractive ........... 52,395 21.3 2,147 52,395 21.3 2,147 – – –

Drillers, oil well ........................ 61,664 28.4 2,464 61,664 28.4 2,464 – – –

Mining machine operators ...... 38,625 9.3 2,080 38,625 9.3 2,080 – – –

Supervisors, production .......... 46,824 2.0 2,105 46,784 2.0 2,105 49,152 15.8 2,078

Tool and die makers ............... 49,775 2.0 2,079 49,775 2.0 2,079 – – –

Tool and die maker

apprentices ....................... 37,275 7.4 2,080 37,275 7.4 2,080 – – –

Precision assemblers, metal ... 43,060 6.1 2,078 43,060 6.1 2,078 – – –

Machinists ............................... 41,439 1.9 2,079 41,336 1.9 2,079 – – –

Boilermakers ........................... 40,325 10.0 2,072 41,115 9.8 2,080 – – –

Precision grinders, filers, and

tool sharpeners ................. 33,496 9.3 2,067 33,496 9.3 2,067 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, metal ......... 44,490 8.9 2,078 44,490 8.9 2,078 – – –

Layout workers ....................... 38,387 16.0 2,080 38,387 16.0 2,080 – – –

Sheet metal workers ............... 36,058 10.3 2,026 36,058 10.3 2,026 – – –

Patternmakers and

modelmakers, wood ......... 37,732 11.4 2,080 37,732 11.4 2,080 – – –

Cabinet makers and bench

carpenters ......................... 27,164 6.7 2,067 26,993 6.4 2,067 – – –

Furniture and wood finishers .. 25,228 7.0 2,080 25,228 7.0 2,080 – – –

Dressmakers .......................... 24,473 8.3 1,960 24,473 8.3 1,960 – – –

Tailors ..................................... 34,775 17.6 1,973 34,775 17.6 1,973 – – –

Upholsterers ........................... 31,310 11.5 2,080 31,310 11.5 2,080 – – –

Hand molders and shapers

except jewelers ................. 29,551 14.3 2,080 29,551 14.3 2,080 – – –

Patternmakers, layout

workers, and cutters ......... 37,289 11.4 2,002 37,289 11.4 2,002 – – –

Dental laboratory and medical

appliance technicians ....... 31,666 2.6 2,076 31,576 2.7 2,076 – – –

Bookbinders ............................ 31,770 9.9 2,057 31,770 9.9 2,057 – – –

Electrical and electronic

equipment assemblers ..... 29,036 3.7 2,076 29,036 3.7 2,076 – – –

Miscellaneous precision

workers, n.e.c. .................. 29,594 12.3 2,075 29,577 12.3 2,075 – – –

Butchers and meat cutters ...... 25,509 3.8 2,066 25,509 3.8 2,066 – – –

Bakers .................................... 25,041 5.4 2,037 24,949 5.6 2,036 – – –

Food batchmakers .................. 27,432 5.0 2,067 27,432 5.0 2,067 – – –

Inspectors, testers, and

graders ............................. 42,693 4.3 2,096 42,429 4.1 2,098 47,491 7.4 2,062

Precision inspectors, testers,

and related workers, n.e.c. 48,567 10.4 2,080 48,567 10.4 2,080 – – –

Adjusters and calibrators ........ 39,206 16.3 1,886 39,206 16.3 1,886 – – –

Water and sewage treatment

plant operators .................. 40,076 2.7 2,080 38,465 10.8 2,080 40,286 3.1 2,080

Power plant operators ............ 58,570 3.7 2,078 59,072 3.8 2,080 53,723 10.1 2,064

Stationary engineers ............... 48,947 4.2 2,064 49,532 5.4 2,065 48,044 6.5 2,063

Miscellaneous plant and

system operators, n.e.c. ... 49,063 4.8 2,056 49,387 4.9 2,056 40,074 9.5 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 June 2005 — 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 ............................ $29,578 1.4 2,065 $29,553 1.4 2,065 $35,505 10.6 2,000

Lathe and turning machine

set-up operators ............... 36,219 3.7 2,080 36,219 3.7 2,080 – – –

Lathe and turning machine

operators .......................... 33,501 6.2 2,078 33,501 6.2 2,078 – – –

Milling and planing machine

operators .......................... 33,530 6.9 2,078 33,530 6.9 2,078 – – –

Punching and stamping press

operators .......................... 29,095 6.6 2,073 29,095 6.6 2,073 – – –

Rolling machine operators ...... 34,565 11.4 2,076 34,565 11.4 2,076 – – –

Drilling and boring machine

operators .......................... 29,591 8.1 2,076 29,591 8.1 2,076 – – –

Grinding, abrading, buffing,

and polishing machine

operators .......................... 28,247 2.7 2,077 28,247 2.7 2,077 – – –

Forging machine operators ..... 26,897 10.3 2,080 26,897 10.3 2,080 – – –

Numerical control machine

operators .......................... 35,142 3.2 2,090 35,142 3.2 2,090 – – –

Fabricating machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 32,432 3.9 2,072 32,432 3.9 2,072 – – –

Molding and casting machine

operators .......................... 27,864 3.6 2,070 27,864 3.6 2,070 – – –

Metal plating machine

operators .......................... 30,002 7.8 2,071 30,002 7.8 2,071 – – –

Heat treating equipment

operators .......................... 32,989 5.2 2,068 32,989 5.2 2,068 – – –

Wood lathe, routing, & planing

machine operators ............ 25,348 7.1 2,078 25,348 7.1 2,078 – – –

Sawing machine operators ..... 22,995 5.0 2,070 22,995 5.0 2,070 – – –

Shaping and jointing machine

operators .......................... 28,444 2.8 2,078 28,444 2.8 2,078 – – –

Nailing and tacking machine

operators .......................... 21,204 10.4 2,028 21,204 10.4 2,028 – – –

Printing press operators ......... 34,869 2.7 2,053 34,960 2.8 2,055 29,914 5.2 1,900

Photoengravers and

lithographers ..................... 34,141 6.0 2,049 34,141 6.0 2,049 – – –

Typesetters and compositors 32,327 5.8 2,058 32,377 5.9 2,059 – – –

Winding and twisting machine

operators .......................... 25,976 7.2 2,060 25,976 7.2 2,060 – – –

Knitting, looping, taping, and

weaving machine

operators .......................... 25,426 5.8 2,078 25,426 5.8 2,078 – – –

Textile cutting machine

operators .......................... 21,967 5.6 2,011 21,967 5.6 2,011 – – –

Textile sewing machine

operators .......................... 21,561 9.5 2,048 21,561 9.5 2,048 – – –

Pressing machine operators ... 19,089 6.4 2,018 19,089 6.4 2,018 – – –

Laundering and dry cleaning

machine operators ............ 20,341 6.1 2,038 20,379 6.4 2,044 19,601 11.1 1,915

Cementing and gluing

machine operators ............ 25,678 8.1 2,080 25,678 8.1 2,080 – – –

Packaging and filling machine

operators .......................... 29,836 4.0 2,067 29,836 4.0 2,067 – – –

Extruding and forming

machine operators ............ 28,408 3.5 2,054 28,408 3.5 2,054 – – –

Mixing and blending machine

operators .......................... 32,026 4.1 2,057 32,026 4.1 2,057 – – –

Separating, filtering, and

clarifying machine

operators .......................... 40,516 5.3 2,072 40,526 5.4 2,072 – – –

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 June 2005 — 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

Compressing and compacting

machine operators ............ $24,164 7.9 2,075 $24,164 7.9 2,075 – – –

Painting and paint spraying

machine operators ............ 32,223 4.6 2,080 32,210 4.7 2,080 – – –

Roasting and baking machine

operators, food ................. 29,208 7.8 2,080 29,208 7.8 2,080 – – –

Washing, cleaning, and

pickling machine operators 34,971 22.6 2,080 34,971 22.6 2,080 – – –

Folding machine operators ..... 26,243 17.5 2,016 26,243 17.5 2,016 – – –

Furnace, kiln, and oven

operators, except food ...... 31,768 6.0 2,072 31,583 6.3 2,073 – – –

Crushing and grinding

machine operators ............ 31,858 11.8 2,046 31,858 11.8 2,046 – – –

Slicing and cutting machine

operators .......................... 29,030 2.6 2,061 29,030 2.6 2,061 – – –

Photographic process

machine operators ............ 23,420 6.9 2,041 23,420 6.9 2,041 – – –

Miscellaneous machine

operators, n.e.c. ................ 30,400 2.7 2,063 30,344 2.7 2,063 $44,423 14.9 2,037

Welders and cutters ................ 32,865 2.4 2,066 32,411 2.3 2,066 46,606 8.9 2,080

Solders and braziers ............... 25,312 9.0 2,080 25,312 9.0 2,080 – – –

Assemblers ............................. 31,218 2.0 2,073 31,218 2.0 2,073 – – –

Hand cutting and trimming ...... 24,498 10.8 2,074 24,498 10.8 2,074 – – –

Hand molding, casting, and

forming .............................. 24,398 8.3 2,080 24,398 8.3 2,080 – – –

Hand painting, coating, and

decorating ......................... 25,213 4.8 2,064 25,259 4.9 2,064 – – –

Hand engraving and printing .. 33,233 23.2 1,984 33,233 23.2 1,984 – – –

Miscellaneous hand working,

n.e.c. ................................. 26,192 5.9 2,046 26,192 5.9 2,046 – – –

Production inspectors,

checkers and examiners ... 29,163 4.7 2,066 29,160 4.7 2,066 – – –

Production testers ................... 31,369 4.9 2,065 31,369 4.9 2,065 – – –

Production samplers and

weighers ........................... 28,666 8.7 2,081 28,666 8.7 2,081 – – –

Graders and sorters except

agricultural ........................ 24,754 6.2 2,078 24,754 6.2 2,078 – – –

Hand inspectors, n.e.c. ........... 25,613 8.1 2,077 25,613 8.1 2,077 – – –

Transportation and material

moving ......................................... 32,948 1.8 2,099 33,006 2.0 2,125 32,424 2.4 1,865

Supervisors, motor vehicle

operators .......................... 39,636 6.5 2,119 39,998 7.6 2,152 39,005 11.3 2,060

Truck drivers ........................... 33,461 2.0 2,178 33,397 2.1 2,182 35,222 5.8 2,059

Driver-sales workers ............... 33,259 5.9 2,111 33,214 5.9 2,111 – – –

Bus drivers .............................. 27,156 4.0 1,732 26,034 9.7 1,979 27,810 3.6 1,588

Taxicab drivers and

chauffeurs ......................... 18,225 8.5 2,034 18,156 8.6 2,034 – – –

Parking lot attendants ............. 16,017 9.7 2,080 15,743 9.6 2,080 – – –

Motor transportation, n.e.c. ..... 25,632 5.0 2,038 23,412 5.7 2,047 36,504 7.0 1,994

Railroad conductors and

yardmasters ...................... 58,503 16.3 2,266 58,269 16.6 2,269 – – –

Locomotive operating ............. 60,702 14.4 2,162 63,189 17.7 2,183 51,033 4.2 2,080

Railroad brake, signal and

switch operators ............... 61,469 6.9 2,080 62,978 5.9 2,080 – – –

Rail vehicle operators, n.e.c. .. 46,843 3.9 2,080 45,013 4.0 2,080 – – –

Ship captains and mates

except fishing boats .......... 43,804 22.7 2,250 43,189 23.7 2,255 – – –

Sailors and deckhands ........... 27,506 7.4 2,244 25,895 8.2 2,273 41,094 2.7 1,998

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 June 2005 — 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

Marine engineers .................... $43,170 21.9 2,010 $42,939 22.4 2,009 – – –

Supervisors, material moving

equipment ......................... 47,307 3.4 2,085 47,538 3.5 2,088 $41,599 5.3 2,016

Operating engineers ............... 41,193 8.0 1,965 44,697 10.3 1,902 34,832 8.9 2,078

Hoist and winch operators ...... 25,140 19.6 2,074 25,140 19.6 2,074 – – –

Crane and tower operators ..... 34,604 6.2 2,077 34,552 6.2 2,077 – – –

Excavating and loading

machine operators ............ 34,441 4.7 2,024 34,299 4.7 2,019 36,111 14.5 2,077

Grader, dozer, and scraper

operators .......................... 33,176 5.2 2,065 33,583 6.1 2,053 32,727 9.6 2,078

Industrial truck and tractor

equipment operators ......... 29,412 1.8 2,067 29,426 1.8 2,068 28,100 2.4 1,997

Miscellaneous material

moving equipment

operators, n.e.c. ................ 34,763 5.8 2,067 34,978 6.4 2,069 33,376 5.0 2,050

Handlers, equipment cleaners,

helpers, and laborers ................. 24,879 1.7 2,049 24,453 1.7 2,049 30,997 2.3 2,049

Nursery workers ..................... 20,950 8.9 1,833 20,989 9.0 1,820 – – –

Supervisors,

agriculture-Related

workers ............................. 50,846 6.4 2,116 51,738 7.2 2,121 44,748 6.7 2,080

Groundskeepers and

gardeners except farm ...... 23,676 3.7 1,956 21,654 4.9 1,939 28,887 3.7 2,001

Animal caretakers except farm 24,903 9.6 2,056 23,377 9.9 2,071 30,174 12.2 2,007

Inspectors, agricultural

products ............................ 20,753 16.1 2,065 20,753 16.1 2,065 – – –

Supervisors, handlers,

equipment cleaners, and

laborers, n.e.c. .................. 42,570 6.2 2,128 42,335 8.0 2,138 43,708 5.4 2,080

Helpers, mechanics and

repairers ........................... 25,211 4.1 2,076 24,209 3.8 2,080 31,986 6.5 2,051

Helpers, construction trades ... 25,758 3.6 2,041 25,523 3.8 2,040 35,312 10.5 2,080

Construction laborers ............. 28,826 4.4 1,979 28,982 4.6 1,973 27,060 5.7 2,046

Production helpers .................. 23,616 2.9 2,062 23,600 2.9 2,062 – – –

Garbage collectors ................. 28,304 7.8 2,326 23,093 4.2 2,482 36,568 10.6 2,077

Stock handlers and baggers ... 23,092 2.0 2,048 23,056 2.0 2,048 28,762 12.9 2,071

Machine feeders and

offbearers ......................... 22,518 2.6 2,067 22,533 2.6 2,067 – – –

Freight, stock, and material

handlers, n.e.c. ................. 26,736 2.4 2,066 26,710 2.4 2,066 29,551 15.6 2,080

Garage and service station

related ............................... 18,922 3.5 2,085 18,713 3.5 2,085 – – –

Vehicle washers and

equipment cleaners .......... 20,875 3.7 2,078 20,781 3.8 2,078 29,966 5.7 2,058

Hand packers and packagers 20,068 5.5 2,049 20,068 5.5 2,049 – – –

Laborers except construction,

n.e.c. ................................. 23,495 2.3 2,056 22,735 2.5 2,054 29,651 3.9 2,072

Service ................................................... 24,021 2.0 2,000 20,379 1.3 1,998 36,332 1.8 2,008

Protective service ....................... 38,731 2.9 2,107 22,377 2.9 2,046 47,546 2.8 2,140

Supervisors, firefighters and

fire prevention ................... 70,728 4.7 2,570 – – – 71,227 4.7 2,566

Supervisors, police and

detectives ......................... 66,193 2.9 2,086 – – – 66,306 2.9 2,086

Supervisors, guards ................ 41,488 8.9 2,054 35,105 11.6 2,051 57,599 10.4 2,061

Fire inspection and fire

prevention ......................... 41,497 12.5 2,127 – – – 50,377 13.3 2,161

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 June 2005 — 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

Firefighting .............................. $49,231 3.0 2,505 – – – $49,268 3.0 2,504

Police and detectives, public

service .............................. 51,864 1.0 2,071 – – – 51,911 1.0 2,071

Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law

enforcement officers ......... 41,454 2.4 2,072 – – – 41,540 2.4 2,072

Correctional institution officers 36,532 6.3 2,071 – – – 36,780 6.2 2,071

Guards and police except

public service .................... 21,482 2.4 2,044 $21,239 2.4 2,050 27,903 4.9 1,883

Protective service, n.e.c. ........ 26,095 6.6 1,892 17,762 2.9 1,887 33,412 5.8 1,896

Food service ............................... 17,373 1.4 1,956 17,417 1.5 1,994 16,820 3.4 1,491

Waiters, waitresses, and

bartenders

Bartenders .............................. 13,472 5.7 1,917 13,472 5.7 1,917 – – –

Waiters and waitresses .......... 8,937 4.9 1,898 8,894 4.9 1,898 – – –

Waiters’/Waitresses’

assistants .......................... 12,921 5.0 1,978 12,838 5.8 1,985 – – –

Other food service

Supervisors, food preparation

and service ....................... 29,628 2.2 2,116 30,422 2.4 2,172 23,810 6.5 1,707

Cooks ..................................... 20,492 1.7 1,976 20,799 1.7 2,021 17,142 8.0 1,481

Kitchen workers, food

preparation ....................... 17,643 2.2 1,940 18,383 2.3 2,030 13,529 6.5 1,440

Food preparation, n.e.c. ......... 16,870 2.0 1,913 17,100 2.2 1,981 15,223 4.2 1,429

Health service ............................. 22,808 1.2 2,000 22,359 1.3 2,001 25,797 2.4 1,995

Dental assistants .................... 28,426 4.2 1,844 28,375 4.2 1,840 31,365 7.5 2,080

Health aides, except nursing .. 24,746 2.7 2,024 24,300 3.2 2,036 27,115 3.1 1,962

Nursing aides, orderlies and

attendants ......................... 21,620 1.3 2,008 21,067 1.3 2,009 25,219 3.0 2,006

Cleaning and building service ..... 23,545 2.3 2,035 22,585 3.2 2,036 26,683 2.8 2,033

Supervisors, cleaning and

building service workers ... 35,769 4.6 2,063 35,143 4.2 2,069 38,053 12.3 2,043

Maids and housemen ............. 17,665 3.2 2,006 17,647 3.3 2,005 18,357 4.8 2,077

Janitors and cleaners ............. 24,076 2.6 2,041 23,166 4.5 2,046 26,041 1.7 2,031

Pest control ............................. 29,313 9.2 2,075 29,160 9.5 2,075 – – –

Personal service ......................... 20,622 6.8 1,898 20,586 6.7 1,931 20,936 6.0 1,620

Supervisors, personal service 30,891 6.0 2,067 30,552 6.5 2,070 37,614 8.6 1,989

Hairdressers and

cosmetologists .................. 25,792 10.1 1,976 25,792 10.1 1,976 – – –

Attendants, amusement, and

recreation facilities ............ 14,882 3.7 2,044 14,749 2.9 2,044 23,239 6.6 2,049

Guides .................................... 27,962 7.5 2,012 27,962 7.5 2,012 – – –

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 June 2005 — 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 ......................... $32,817 4.5 1,026 $33,093 4.0 992 $28,004 19.5 1,624

Baggage porters and bellhops 15,752 6.4 2,004 15,752 6.4 2,004 – – –

Welfare service aides ............. 23,425 3.4 2,021 22,631 3.8 2,035 26,364 5.5 1,968

Early childhood teachers’

assistants .......................... 16,797 5.1 1,854 17,181 5.9 1,984 15,554 4.9 1,432

Child care workers, n.e.c. ....... 18,471 4.7 1,924 17,847 2.8 2,029 21,037 18.4 1,492

Service, n.e.c. ......................... 23,887 5.2 2,016 23,607 6.0 2,034 26,379 4.3 1,856

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

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

are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and

tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the

number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule

based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a

35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one

establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is

the minimum full-time schedule. 3 This survey covers all 50 States. Collection was conducted between

December 2004 and January 2006. The average reference period was June 2005. 4 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to

cover all workers in the civilian economy. For more information, see appendix B in

"National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States" on the

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

percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a

sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A in "National

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

Internet site www.bls.gov/ocs/compub.htm. 6 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year,

exclusive of overtime.

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

publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall

occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 

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