Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Median
weekly
earnings
Women
Total
employed
Total, 16 years and older……………………………………………….99,531
$747
44,472
Management, professional, and related occupations……………………………………………………….
39,145
1,063
20,136
Management, business, and financial
operations occupations…………………………………………… 15,648
1,155
7,096
Management occupations……………………………………. 10,743
1,230
4,368
Chief executives…………………………………………………..1,034
1,949
265
General and operations managers…………..........................………….
884
1,237
258
1
( )
2
Legislators……………………………………………………….…………………….
9
Advertising and promotions managers……………………………………..
71
1,021
47
Marketing and sales managers…………..........................……………….
854
1,335
368
Public relations managers……………………………………
76
1,163
43
Administrative services managers………………………….
96
1,241
29
Computer and information systems managers……………………………………..
505
1,600
152
Financial managers………………………………………….. 1,046
1,227
552
Human resources managers……………………………….
245
1,308
174
Industrial production managers…………..........................………………..
241
1,301
40
Purchasing managers…………………………………………. 195
1,272
85
Transportation, storage, and
distribution managers…………………..........................……………….
248
919
40
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers……………………………………..
96
789
8
Construction managers……………………………………..
477
1,170
29
Education administrators………………………………….…… 724
1,202
446
Engineering managers……………………………………………..106
1,885
8
Food service managers……………………………………….
598
709
290
1
( )
6
Funeral directors……….……………………………………….
27
1
( )
6
Gaming managers……………..…………………………………… 19
Lodging managers……………………………………………
101
790
47
Medical and health services managers……………………………………..
494
1,251
356
1
( )
12
Natural sciences managers…………………………………………..………..
21
1
( )
19
Postmasters and mail superintendents…………………………………………..………..
27
Property, real estate, and
community association managers…………………………
336
869
180
Social and community service managers……………………………..
289
968
202
Managers, all other…………………………………………….. 1,922
1,242
703
Business and financial operations occupations…………………………………
4,905
1,036
2,728
Agents and business managers of
1
( )
12
artists, performers, and athletes………………………………………
21
1
( )
5
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products………………………………………
11
Wholesale and retail buyers,
except farm products…………………………………………………
130
798
63
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and
farm products………………………………………………………..
210
990
110
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners,
and investigators……………………………………………
253
904
144
Compliance officers, except agriculture,
construction, health and safety, and
transportation………………………………………………..
183
1,162
84
Cost estimators………………………………………………….. 102
1,064
10
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists………………………………………………………………..
743
941
531
Logisticians…………………………………………………….
57
907
26
Management analysts……………………………………………. 398
1,335
186
1
( )
39
Meeting and convention planners……………………………………….
49
See footnotes at end of table.
55
55
Men
Median
weekly
earnings
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
$669
923
55,059
19,009
$824
1,256
81.2
73.5
971
1,018
1,598
972
1
( )
1
( )
1,010
1
( )
1
( )
1,415
1,022
1,170
1
( )
1,050
8,552
6,376
769
626
7
24
485
33
68
353
494
71
201
110
1,363
1,414
2,217
1,354
1
( )
1
( )
1,534
1
( )
1,350
1,729
1,546
1,458
1,331
1,394
71.2
72.0
72.1
71.8
(²)
(²)
65.8
(²)
(²)
81.8
66.1
80.2
(²)
75.3
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
1,137
1
( )
626
(1)
(1)
1
( )
1,163
(1)
(1)
208
88
448
278
98
308
21
13
54
138
9
7
920
780
1,189
1,396
1,888
796
(1)
(1)
952
1,510
(1)
(1)
(²)
(²)
(²)
81.4
(²)
78.6
(²)
(²)
(²)
77.0
(²)
(²)
726
915
1,045
914
156
87
1,219
2,177
1,111
1,163
1,395
1,227
65.3
78.7
74.9
74.5
(1)
(1)
9
6
(1)
(1)
(²)
(²)
756
67
895
84.5
907
101
1,127
80.5
810
108
1,055
76.8
1,013
1
( )
99
93
1,295
1,083
78.2
(²)
874
1
( )
1,164
(1)
212
31
212
10
1,101
(1)
1,554
(1)
79.4
(²)
74.9
(²)
Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages—Continued
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Median
weekly
earnings
Other business operations specialists…………..........................………..
210
$973
Accountants and auditors…………………………………….. 1,372
1,065
Appraisers and assessors of real estate……………………………………
53
870
1
( )
Budget analysts……………………………………………………………
47
1
( )
Credit analysts……………………………………………………………
24
Financial analysts……………………………………………………………
88
1,421
Personal financial advisors………………………………….
293
1,381
Insurance underwriters…………..........................…………………………
120
1,102
1
( )
Financial examiners………………………………………………………
9
Loan counselors and officers……………………………….
334
948
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents………………………
72
829
Tax preparers……………………………………………………………………………
54
1,061
Financial specialists, all other……………………………………………
71
830
Professional and related occupations………………………….. 23,497
1,008
Computer and mathematical occupations……………………………………..
3,202
1,289
Computer scientists and systems analysts………………………………………..
681
1,220
Computer programmers…………………………………………….429
1,218
Computer software engineers………………………………
973
1,549
Computer support specialists………………..........................…………….
350
949
Database administrators…………………………………….
90
1,249
Network and computer systems administrators…………………….
215
1,207
Network systems and data communications
analysts……………………………………………………..
298
1,171
1
( )
Actuaries………………………………………………………..
21
1
( )
Mathematicians……………………..........................………………………..
5
Operations research analysts………………………………………..
105
1,339
1
( )
Statisticians…………………………………………………….
31
Miscellaneous mathematical
1
( )
science occupations……………………………………………
2
Architecture and engineering occupations…………………………………..
2,366
1,255
Architects, except naval……………………………………….
122
1,209
Surveyors, cartographers, and
1
( )
photogrammetrists………………………………………………. 29
Aerospace engineers………………………………………….. 121
1,593
1
( )
Agricultural engineers…………..........................……………………………
1
1
( )
Biomedical engineers……………………………………………… 11
Chemical engineers……………………………………………
68
1,505
Civil engineers……………………………………………….
276
1,332
Computer hardware engineers………………………………
63
1,519
Electrical and electronics engineers…………………………
298
1,459
1
( )
Environmental engineers…………………………………….
32
Industrial engineers, including health and safety……………………………..
157
1,239
1
( )
Marine engineers and naval architects……………………………….
13
1
( )
Materials engineers………………………………………….
38
Mechanical engineers…………………………………………
282
1,337
Mining and geological engineers, including
1
( )
mining safety engineers……………………………………..
13
1
( )
Nuclear engineers…………………………………………….
10
1
( )
Petroleum engineers……………………………………………. 20
Engineers, all other…………………………………………..
294
1,318
Drafters…………………………………………………………………..
118
860
Engineering technicians, except drafters………………………………………..
348
918
Surveying and mapping technicians…………………………..
53
821
See footnotes at end of table.
56
56
Women
Men
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
125
811
21
29
12
39
96
72
7
176
48
37
47
13,040
807
207
96
200
95
29
37
$846
953
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
962
970
(1)
823
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
900
1,135
1,013
1,177
1,445
835
1
( )
1
( )
85
561
33
18
12
49
197
48
3
158
24
17
24
10,457
2,395
474
333
773
256
61
178
$1,126
1,273
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
(1)
1,647
1
( )
(1)
1,154
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
1,179
1,349
1,295
1,243
1,590
979
1,411
1,224
75.1
74.9
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
58.4
(²)
(²)
71.3
(²)
(²)
(²)
76.3
84.1
78.2
94.7
90.9
85.3
(²)
(²)
69
7
3
47
15
1,010
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
229
15
2
58
16
1,242
1
( )
(1)
1,444
1
( )
81.3
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
1
293
36
(1)
1,040
1
( )
1
2,073
85
(1)
1,293
1,329
(²)
80.4
(²)
5
10
–
2
11
26
6
21
7
30
1
4
17
(1)
1
( )
–
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
(1)
(1)
1
( )
25
111
1
10
57
250
57
277
25
127
12
34
265
(1)
1,662
1
( )
(1)
1,516
1,363
1,525
1,500
1
( )
1,300
(1)
(1)
1,337
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
–
1
1
41
25
43
6
–
( )
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
13
9
19
254
93
305
47
(1)
(1)
(1)
1,335
876
941
(1)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
1
Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages—Continued
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Median
weekly
earnings
Life, physical, and social science occupations………………………………………..
1,127
$1,062
1
( )
Agricultural and food scientists……………………………….
22
Biological scientists…………………………………………………..96
928
1
( )
Conservation scientists and foresters………………………………21
Medical scientists…………………………………………………. 125
999
1
( )
Astronomers and physicists……………………………………….. 9
1
)
(
Atmospheric and space scientists………………………………….. 4
Chemists and materials scientists………………………………… 99
1,423
Environmental scientists and geoscientists…………………………….
94
1,209
Physical scientists, all other………………………………..
122
1,077
1
( )
Economists……………………………………………………..
27
Market and survey researchers……………………………….. 118
1,162
Psychologists…………………………………………………………..
92
1,122
(1)
Sociologists…………………………………………………….
4
1
( )
Urban and regional planners…………………………………
18
Miscellaneous social scientists and related
1
( )
workers…………………………………………………………….. 37
1
( )
Agricultural and food science technicians……………………………..
22
1
)
(
Biological technicians……………………………………….
18
Chemical technicians…………………………………………………57
890
1
( )
Geological and petroleum technicians…………………………………….
23
1
( )
Nuclear technicians………………………………………………
1
Other life, physical, and social science
technicians…………………………………………………..
119
786
Community and social services occupations……………………………….
1,909
802
Counselors……………………………..........................……………………..
517
808
Social workers………………………………………………………….
701
799
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists………………………………………………………. 249
740
Clergy…………………………………………………………..
356
905
1
( )
Directors, religious activities and education…………………………..
37
Religious workers, all other…………………………………….. 50
688
Legal occupations………………………………………………
1,248
1,213
Lawyers…………………………………………………………
668
1,757
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers…………………………….
66
1,444
Paralegals and legal assistants…………………………………….
307
836
Miscellaneous legal support workers……………………………………….
207
762
Education, training, and library occupations……………………………………..
6,535
913
Postsecondary teachers………………………………………….. 901
1,166
Preschool and kindergarten teachers…………………………………
540
621
Elementary and middle school teachers………………………………………
2,408
946
Secondary school teachers………………………………………..
1,116
987
Special education teachers……………………………………… 327
965
Other teachers and instructors………………………………… 350
789
1
( )
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians…………………………….
42
Librarians…………………………………………………………. 157
863
1
( )
Library technicians………………………………………………. 15
Teacher assistants……………………………………………..
597
489
Other education, training, and library workers……………………………….
81
956
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations…………………………………………………….. 1,431
920
Artists and related workers………………………………………….66
1,064
Designers……………………………………………………….. 462
890
See footnotes at end of table.
57
57
Women
Total
employed
Men
Median
weekly
earnings
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
506
6
46
6
67
2
1
33
25
46
6
68
59
4
8
$977
1
( )
1
( )
(1)
952
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
1,009
1,041
1
( )
(1)
622
16
50
14
58
7
4
66
69
76
21
50
33
–
10
$1,158
1
( )
898
(1)
1,227
1
( )
(1)
1,424
1,269
1,238
1
( )
1,414
1
( )
–
(1)
84.4
(²)
(²)
(²)
77.6
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
71.4
(²)
(²)
(²)
19
8
10
20
6
–
(1)
(1)
(1)
1
( )
(1)
–
18
14
8
37
17
1
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
1
( )
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
67
1,208
363
557
721
774
818
788
53
702
154
144
857
864
780
865
84.1
89.6
104.9
91.1
174
52
32
30
667
234
22
261
151
4,708
383
524
1,947
612
274
196
23
125
10
550
64
727
757
(1)
1
( )
974
1,461
1
( )
815
715
862
1,011
621
931
962
960
714
(1)
841
(1)
485
943
75
304
5
20
581
435
45
46
55
1,826
518
16
461
504
54
154
19
32
5
47
17
826
920
(1)
(1)
1,674
1,895
1
( )
1
( )
935
1,065
1,308
1
( )
1,024
1,035
993
927
(1)
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
88.0
82.3
(²)
(²)
58.2
77.1
(²)
(²)
76.5
80.9
77.3
(²)
90.9
92.9
96.7
77.0
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
610
19
222
834
1
( )
757
822
47
240
977
(1)
1,001
85.4
(²)
75.6
Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages—Continued
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Women
Median
weekly
earnings
1
( )
Actors………………………………………………………….
8
Producers and directors………………………………………………..
89
$1,120
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers…………………………..
109
812
1
( )
Dancers and choreographers…………………………………………….
6
1
( )
Musicians, singers, and related workers…………………………………..
31
Entertainers and performers, sports and related
1
( )
workers, all other……………………………………………..
8
1
( )
Announcers………………………………………………………….. 32
News analysts, reporters and correspondents…………………………..
67
840
Public relations specialists…………………………………….. 125
1,126
Editors……………………………………………………………. 115
945
1
( )
Technical writers…………………………………………………
45
Writers and authors………………………………………….
77
987
Miscellaneous media and communication workers…………………………
51
679
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians
and radio operators…………………………………………….. 64
848
1
( )
Photographers………………………………………………………. 45
Television, video, and motion picture camera
1
( )
operators and editors…………………………………………… 28
Media and communication equipment
1
( )
workers, all others……………………………………………………….
2
Health care practitioner and technical occupations……………………………………
5,678
986
1
( )
Chiropractors……………………………………………………….. 7
1
( )
Dentists…………………………………………………………
41
Dietitians and nutritionists………………………………………. 81
885
1
( )
Optometrists……………………………………………………
17
Pharmacists…………………………………………………………..
185
1,880
Physicians and surgeons……………………………………………
605
1,975
Physician assistants…………………………………………….. 88
1,312
1
( )
Podiatrists………………………..........................………………………….
3
Registered nurses……………………………………………… 2,177
1,055
1
( )
Audiologists……………………………………………………..
17
Occupational therapists……………………………………………..65
1,059
Physical therapists…………………………………………..
113
1,304
1
( )
Radiation therapists……………………………………………….. 15
1
( )
Recreational therapists…………………………………………….. 7
Respiratory therapists………………………………………..
111
1,000
Speech-language pathologists…………………………….
91
1,207
Therapists, all other……………………………………………..
96
878
1
( )
Veterinarians……………………………………………………..
46
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners,
1
( )
all other………………………………………………………
2
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians……………………………
280
880
Dental hygienists……………………………………………..
53
897
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians……………………………..
278
980
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics……………………………..
159
732
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner
support technicians………………………………………………..360
613
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses…………………………….
453
718
Medical records and health information
technicians……………………………………………………… 97
590
1
( )
Opticians, dispensing………………………………………….
48
Miscellaneous health technologists and
technicians……………………………………………………
128
645
See footnotes at end of table.
58
58
Total
employed
Men
Median
weekly
earnings
1
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
1
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
4
37
26
5
8
( )
1
( )
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
4
52
83
1
23
( )
$1,121
929
(1)
1
( )
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
2
6
26
73
57
22
43
35
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
$1,034
855
(1)
1
( )
(1)
6
27
41
52
58
23
33
16
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
1,253
968
(1)
(1)
1
( )
(²)
(²)
(²)
82.5
88.3
(²)
(²)
(²)
6
15
1
( )
(1)
58
30
842
(1)
(²)
(²)
3
(1)
25
(1)
(²)
–
4,241
3
20
75
7
88
189
59
1
1,970
13
57
70
10
5
70
88
72
23
–
933
(1)
(1)
876
(1)
1,605
1,618
1,129
(1)
1,039
(1)
1,094
1,208
1
( )
(1)
996
1,184
846
(1)
2
1,437
4
21
5
10
97
416
29
2
207
3
9
43
5
2
41
3
24
22
(1)
1,233
(1)
(1)
1
( )
(1)
1,930
2,278
1
( )
(1)
1,201
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
(1)
(²)
75.7
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
83.2
71.0
(²)
(²)
86.5
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
1
211
50
192
53
(1)
836
898
956
597
1
69
2
87
106
(1)
997
1
( )
1,038
825
(²)
83.9
(²)
92.1
72.4
271
413
606
716
89
39
639
1
( )
94.8
(²)
85
25
572
(1)
12
23
1
( )
(1)
(²)
(²)
92
627
36
( )
1
(²)
Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages—Continued
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Median
weekly
earnings
Other health care practitioners and technical
occupations………………………………………………….
57
$1,078
Service occupations……………………………………………………….
14,424
479
Health care support occupations……………………………………….
2,219
471
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides……………………………………
1,329
434
1
( )
Occupational therapist assistants and aides……………..
8
Physical therapist assistants and aides…………………………………
61
622
1
( )
Massage therapists…………………………………………..
31
Dental assistants……………………………………………….
181
580
Medical assistants and other health care support
occupations…………………………………………………..
609
502
Protective service occupations………………………………….. 2,872
747
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional
(1)
officers………………………………………………………..
44
First-line supervisors/managers of police and
detectives…………………………………………………….
103
1,116
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and
1
( )
prevention workers…………………………………………..
43
Supervisors, protective service workers, all other………………….
95
782
Fire fighters……………………………………………………
280
1,044
1
( )
Fire inspectors…………………………………………………
16
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers……………………………………….
445
685
Detectives and criminal investigators………………………………
155
1,161
1
( )
Fish and game wardens…………………………………………… 4
1
( )
Parking enforcement workers…………………………………………
11
Police and sheriff's patrol officers…………………………….. 704
961
1
( )
Transit and railroad police………..........................…………………………
4
1
( )
Animal control workers………………………………………….
6
Private detectives and investigators………………………….
65
791
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers………………………….
835
507
1
( )
Crossing guards…………………………………………………. 17
1
( )
Lifeguards and other protective service workers……………………………
45
Food preparation and serving related occupations……………………………………..
3,823
406
Chefs and head cooks………………………………………
275
602
First-line supervisors/managers of food
preparation and serving workers……………………………………..
446
473
Cooks…………………………………………………………….. 1,173
393
Food preparation workers………………………………….
296
381
Bartenders……………………………………………………
199
484
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food………………………………………..
141
369
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession,
and coffee shop………………………………………………..
80
306
Waiters and waitresses……………………………………….
824
401
Food servers, nonrestaurant………………………………..
85
405
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and
bartender helpers………………………………………………………
148
362
Dishwashers……………………………………………………. 106
339
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and
1
( )
coffee shop…………………………………………………
47
Food preparation and serving related workers,
1
( )
all other………………………………………………………..
4
See footnotes at end of table.
59
59
Women
Total
employed
Men
Median
weekly
earnings
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
26
7,129
1,949
1,156
6
39
22
178
( )
$423
465
427
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
577
1
30
7,294
270
173
2
22
9
3
( )
$543
515
488
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
1
(²)
77.9
90.3
87.5
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
548
568
500
606
61
2,304
518
800
96.5
75.8
13
( )
1
31
( )
(²)
17
1
( )
86
1,137
(²)
1
26
12
1
113
38
–
4
96
1
3
23
187
8
26
1,825
38
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
(1)
625
1
( )
–
1
( )
772
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
463
(1)
(1)
387
1
( )
42
69
268
15
333
116
4
7
608
3
3
42
648
8
20
1,998
237
(1)
828
1,055
(1)
724
1,261
(1)
1
( )
992
(1)
1
( )
(1)
519
(1)
(1)
423
618
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
86.3
(²)
(²)
(²)
77.8
(²)
(²)
(²)
89.2
(²)
(²)
91.5
(²)
248
442
143
101
436
381
367
405
198
731
153
98
512
401
390
533
85.2
95.0
94.1
76.0
85
388
56
346
112.1
57
538
48
309
381
(1)
23
287
36
( )
450
(1)
1
(²)
84.7
(²)
68
22
343
1
( )
80
84
396
327
86.6
(²)
35
(1)
12
(1)
(²)
1
(1)
3
(1)
(²)
1
Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages—Continued
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Median
weekly
earnings
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations………………………………………………………3,310
$446
First-line supervisors/managers of
housekeeping and janitorial workers………………………………….
164
621
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping,
lawn service, and groundskeeping workers……………….
104
732
Janitors and building cleaners……………………………….. 1,536
463
Maids and housekeeping cleaners……………………………. 745
387
Pest control workers…………………………………………….
58
655
Grounds maintenance workers……………………………….. 701
433
Personal care and service occupations……………………… 2,199
455
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming
workers…………………………………………………………… 87
697
First-line supervisors/managers of personal
service workers………………………………………………………58
510
1
( )
Animal trainers………………………………………………
9
Nonfarm animal caretakers……………………………………….. 78
455
Gaming services workers…………………………………….
86
679
1
( )
Motion picture projectionists……………………………………………
7
1
( )
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers………………………………
16
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and
related workers………………………………………………
83
369
1
( )
Funeral service workers……………………………………..
8
1
( )
Barbers……………………………………………………….
31
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists……………………….
291
468
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers………………………………..
146
430
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges……………………………
62
538
1
( )
Tour and travel guides…………………………………………
10
Transportation attendants………………………………………
71
729
Child care workers……………………………………………… 388
400
Personal and home care aides……………………………..
499
406
Recreation and fitness workers…………………………………. 192
492
1
( )
Residential advisors……………………………………………….. 47
1
( )
Personal care and service workers, all other………………………..
32
Sales and office occupations………………………………………..23,060
631
Sales and related occupations………………………………………
9,121
666
First-line supervisors/managers of retail
sales workers………………………………………………… 2,142
676
First-line supervisors/managers of nonretail
sales workers………………. ……………………………….
740
960
Cashiers………………………………………………………….. 1,298
376
Counter and rental clerks…………………………………..
87
524
Parts salespersons………………………………………….
108
623
Retail salespersons…………………………………………….. 1,745
527
Advertising sales agents………………………………………
192
861
Insurance sales agents………………………………………
342
741
Securities, commodities, and financial services
sales agents……………………………………………………. 263
1,185
Travel agents………..........................………………………………………..
50
612
Sales representatives, services, all other…………………………………
403
899
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing…………………………………………………. 1,063
958
See footnotes at end of table.
60
60
Women
Total
employed
Men
Median
weekly
earnings
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
1,163
$391
2,146
$493
79.3
62
478
103
700
68.3
8
437
627
1
30
1,624
( )
400
376
1
( )
1
( )
432
97
1,099
119
57
671
576
743
494
455
647
433
519
(²)
81.0
82.6
(²)
(²)
83.2
45
1
( )
43
(1)
(²)
37
7
50
37
1
6
( )
(1)
458
1
( )
(1)
(1)
1
21
2
28
49
6
10
( )
(1)
1
( )
(1)
(1)
(1)
1
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
38
2
3
260
124
10
7
50
361
420
121
31
15
14,220
4,063
1
( )
1
( )
(1)
462
420
1
( )
(1)
613
398
405
470
(1)
(1)
597
516
45
6
28
31
21
52
3
21
27
79
71
16
18
8,840
5,058
(1)
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
564
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
414
541
(1)
(1)
736
805
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
97.8
86.9
(²)
(²)
81.1
64.1
975
578
1,168
782
73.9
228
928
41
15
734
87
184
801
366
1
( )
1
( )
421
838
649
512
370
47
93
1,011
105
158
1,035
400
(1)
676
651
897
973
77.4
91.5
(²)
(²)
64.7
93.4
66.7
89
39
130
892
1
( )
748
174
11
272
1,423
(1)
1,009
62.7
(²)
74.1
255
842
808
983
85.7
1
Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages—Continued
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Women
Median
weekly
earnings
1
( )
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters………………. 16
Real estate brokers and sales agents…………………………………….
361
$820
1
( )
Sales engineers…………………………………………………
22
Telemarketers………………………………………………..
63
481
Door-to-door salesworkers, news and street
1
( )
vendors, and related workers………………………………..
32
Sales and related workers, all other………………………….
193
837
Office and administrative support occupations………………………………………….
13,939
619
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers………………………………. 1,329
761
Switchboard operators, including answering
1
( )
service………………………………………………………….
25
1
( )
Telephone operators……………………………………….
24
(1)
Communications equipment operators, all other…………………………..
4
Bill and account collectors…………………………………..
201
612
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators……………………
381
606
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks……………………….
842
630
1
( )
Gaming cage workers………………………………………….
5
Payroll and timekeeping clerks………………………………
152
663
1
( )
Procurement clerks……………………………………………… 21
Tellers……………………………………………………………. 332
487
1
( )
Brokerage clerks……………………………………………….
7
1
( )
Correspondence clerks…………………………………………. 11
Court, municipal, and license clerks…………………………
82
674
1
( )
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks………………………………….
41
Customer service representatives………………………….. 1,526
596
Eligibility interviewers, government programs……………………………….
85
725
File clerks…………………………………………………………….240
577
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks……………………………… 82
437
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan……………………………….
121
590
1
( )
Library assistants, clerical…………………………………………………
38
Loan interviewers and clerks…………………………………….. 126
674
1
( )
New accounts clerks…………………………………………………..
31
Order clerks………………………………………………….
89
612
Human resources assistants, except payroll and
1
( )
timekeeping…………………………………………………….. 38
Receptionists and information clerks…………………………………
881
530
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and
travel clerks……………………………………………………
85
661
Information and record clerks, all other…………………………………
106
601
1
( )
Cargo and freight agents…………………………………………. 16
Couriers and messengers……………………………………….. 180
715
Dispatchers………………………………………………………. 257
664
1
( )
Meter readers, utilities…………………………………………………..
34
Postal service clerks……………………………………………. 115
915
Postal service mail carriers…………………………………..
283
936
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and
processing machine operators………………………………..
65
957
Production, planning, and expediting clerks……………………..249
754
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks……………………………………
480
542
Stock clerks and order fillers………………………………….. 943
482
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers,
recordkeeping……………………………………………….
59
607
Secretaries and administrative assistants…………………………….
2,399
659
Computer operators……………………………………………
104
751
Data entry keyers………………………………………………
293
$591
Word processors and typists…………………………………….. 114
634
See footnotes at end of table.
61
61
Total
employed
Men
Median
weekly
earnings
1
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
13
187
3
40
( )
$683
(1)
1
( )
3
174
19
23
( )
$978
(1)
1
( )
1
(²)
69.8
(²)
(²)
9
107
10,158
(1)
808
612
23
86
3,782
(1)
892
656
(²)
90.6
93.3
889
726
440
890
81.6
23
20
2
122
348
752
4
133
10
297
3
10
66
30
1,010
72
194
59
95
30
97
26
53
( )
1
( )
(1)
634
607
628
(1)
672
(1)
490
(1)
(1)
661
(1)
586
722
583
415
587
(1)
650
(1)
613
1
2
4
2
79
34
89
1
18
12
35
4
2
17
11
515
13
46
24
26
7
29
5
37
( )
1
( )
(1)
579
1
( )
677
(1)
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
(1)
(1)
1
( )
(1)
614
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
(²)
(²)
(²)
109.5
(²)
92.8
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
95.4
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
34
815
(1)
529
5
66
(1)
547
(²)
96.7
52
95
9
26
159
3
50
94
644
596
1
( )
1
( )
624
(1)
882
897
33
11
7
153
99
31
66
189
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
755
721
(1)
933
952
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
86.5
(²)
94.5
94.2
27
136
130
327
( )
695
518
495
1
37
113
350
615
(1)
855
553
471
(²)
81.3
93.7
105.1
24
2,297
54
232
103
1
( )
657
654
585
627
35
102
50
60
11
(1)
725
866
610
1
( )
(²)
90.6
75.5
95.9
(²)
1
Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages—Continued
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Women
Median
weekly
earnings
1
( )
Desktop publishers…………………………………………..
3
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks…………………….
208
$629
Mail clerks and mail machine operators,
except postal service……………………………………….
72
507
Office clerks, general………………………………………..
705
600
1
( )
Office machine operators, except computer…………………………………….
33
1
)
(
Proofreaders and copy markers………………………………………….
6
1
( )
Statistical assistants……………………………………………
15
Office and administrative support workers, all
other……………………………………………………………… 399
659
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations…………………………………………………………
9,869
719
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations……………………………………………
729
416
First-line supervisors/managers of farming,
1
( )
fishing, and forestry workers…………………………………….. 31
1
( )
Agricultural inspectors…………………………………………..
25
1
( )
Animal breeders………………………………………………….
2
Graders and sorters, agricultural products………………………………..
84
399
Miscellaneous agricultural workers………………………………………….
528
400
1
( )
Fishers and related fishing workers………………………………………….
11
1
( )
Hunters and trappers……………………………………………………..
2
1
( )
Forest and conservation workers…………………………………………..
5
1
( )
Logging workers……………………………………………..
40
Construction and extraction occupations…………………………………
5,020
709
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction workers……………………………….
494
955
1
( )
Boilermakers……………………………………………………..
25
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons………………………………….
106
701
Carpenters……………………………………………………… 669
623
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers……………………………………….
115
536
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and
terrazzo workers……………………………………………….
63
556
Construction laborers……………………………………….
877
568
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment
1
( )
operators…………………………………………………………………
16
1
( )
Pile-driver operators…………………………………………..
2
Operating engineers and other construction
equipment operators………………………………………..
328
859
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers……………….
118
507
Electricians………………………………………………………….560
888
1
( )
Glaziers…………………………………………………………
35
1
( )
Insulation workers……………………………………………………28
Painters, construction and maintenance……………………………………
299
521
1
( )
Paperhangers……………………………………………………………
1
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters…………………….
396
796
1
( )
Plasterers and stucco masons………………………………
29
1
( )
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers………………………………………..
2
Roofers……………………………………………………………. 146
521
Sheet metal workers…………………………………………..
89
751
Structural iron and steel workers………………………………….. 51
767
1
( )
Helpers, construction trades……………………………………
42
Construction and building inspectors…………………………….. 85
949
1
( )
Elevator installers and repairers………………………………………
32
(1)
Fence erectors……………………………………………………… 30
1
( )
Hazardous materials removal workers……………………………………
35
Highway maintenance workers……………………………………..
102
715
See footnotes at end of table.
62
62
Total
employed
Men
Median
weekly
earnings
1
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
3
173
( )
$626
–
35
–
1
( )
(²)
(²)
36
595
19
4
8
1
( )
597
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
36
110
14
3
7
(1)
$632
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
(²)
94.5
(²)
(²)
(²)
309
632
90
750
84.3
406
151
537
369
9,464
577
726
438
74.0
84.2
4
11
–
54
81
–
–
1
1
102
(1)
(1)
–
381
349
–
–
1
( )
(1)
646
26
15
2
31
447
11
2
4
39
4,918
(1)
(1)
(1)
1
( )
415
(1)
(1)
1
( )
(1)
710
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
84.1
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
91.0
18
1
–
10
–
1
( )
(1)
–
1
( )
–
477
23
106
659
115
960
(1)
701
624
536
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
–
19
–
1
( )
63
858
556
569
(²)
(²)
–
–
–
–
16
2
(1)
1
( )
(²)
(²)
4
1
8
1
–
13
–
6
–
–
–
4
–
1
6
–
–
3
3
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
–
1
( )
–
1
( )
–
–
–
1
( )
–
(1)
1
( )
–
–
(1)
1
( )
325
117
552
35
28
286
1
389
29
2
146
85
51
41
79
32
30
32
99
864
509
890
1
( )
(1)
520
(1)
793
(1)
(1)
521
733
767
(1)
949
(1)
(1)
(1)
729
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages—Continued
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Median
weekly
earnings
Women
Total
employed
Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment
1
( )
–
operators…………………………..........................………………………..
12
1
( )
–
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners…………………………………..
12
1
( )
2
Miscellaneous construction and related workers……………………………………..
30
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators,
1
( )
1
oil, gas, and mining…………………………………………
38
1
)
(
–
Earth drillers, except oil and gas……………………………….
18
Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts,
1
( )
–
and blasters…………………………………………………..
9
Mining machine operators…..........................………………………………
60
$996
2
1
( )
–
Roof bolters, mining…………………………………………
4
1
( )
–
Roustabouts, oil and gas……………………………………..
10
1
( )
–
Helpers—extraction workers…………………………………
6
1
( )
1
Other extraction workers……………………………………..
48
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations………………………………
4,120
794
152
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics,
installers, and repairers…………………………………….
365
964
26
Computer, automated teller, and office machine
repairers……………………………………………………………231
804
23
Radio and telecommunications equipment
installers and repairers……………………………………………155
916
16
1
( )
2
Avionics technicians……………………………………………
18
1
( )
–
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers…………………………………………….
25
Electrical and electronics installers and
1
( )
–
repairers, transportation equipment……………………………… 4
Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial
1
( )
–
and utility……………………………………………………..
18
Electronic equipment installers and repairers,
1
( )
–
motor vehicles………………..........................……………………………..
10
Electronic home entertainment equipment
1
( )
–
installers and repairers……………………………………….
39
Security and fire alarm systems installers………………………………
50
904
1
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians……………………………
129
980
4
Automotive body and related repairers……………………………..
126
682
1
1
( )
–
Automotive glass installers and repairers………………………………
17
Automotive service technicians and mechanics……………………………………
595
675
11
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine
specialists……………………………………………………
300
767
1
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service
technicians and mechanics…………………………………………
216
879
3
1
( )
1
Small engine mechanics………………………………………..
41
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment
mechanics, installers, and repairers………………………….. 78
521
–
1
( )
–
Control and valve installers and repairers……………………………….
22
Heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers…………………………………….. 311
824
3
1
( )
1
Home appliance repairers…………………………………….
33
Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics…………………………..
417
858
14
Maintenance and repair workers, general……………………………….
300
693
9
1
( )
1
Maintenance workers, machinery………………………….
28
1
( )
2
Millwrights………………………………………………………….. 43
Electrical power-line installers and repairers…………………………………………
118
1,087
1
Telecommunications line installers and repairers…………………………
150
863
12
Precision instrument and equipment repairers……………………………
53
914
8
See footnotes at end of table.
63
63
Men
Median
weekly
earnings
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
–
–
(1)
12
12
29
( )
1
( )
(1)
1
(²)
(²)
(²)
( )
–
1
37
18
( )
(1)
1
(²)
(²)
–
1
( )
–
–
–
1
( )
$683
9
58
4
10
6
48
3,968
( )
$995
1
( )
(1)
(1)
1
( )
799
1
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
85.5
1
( )
339
979
(²)
1
( )
208
814
(²)
1
( )
1
( )
–
139
16
24
942
1
( )
(1)
(²)
(²)
(²)
–
4
( )
1
(²)
–
18
(1)
(²)
–
10
(1)
(²)
–
( )
1
( )
1
( )
–
1
( )
39
49
126
126
17
585
(1)
(1)
986
683
1
( )
680
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
1
( )
298
768
(²)
1
( )
(1)
213
40
879
(1)
(²)
(²)
–
–
78
22
521
(1)
(²)
(²)
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
(1)
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
1
( )
308
32
403
291
27
41
117
137
45
826
(1)
866
692
(1)
(1)
1,085
873
(1)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
1
Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages—Continued
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Median
weekly
earnings
Coin, vending, and amusement machine
1
( )
servicers and repairers……………………………………….
28
1
( )
Locksmiths and safe repairers…………………………………………
15
1
( )
Manufactured building and mobile home installers……………………
7
1
( )
Riggers…………………………………………………………
8
1
( )
Signal and track switch repairers………………………………………
6
Helpers—installation, maintenance, and repair
1
( )
workers………………………………………………………….
22
Other installation, maintenance, and repair
workers………………………………………………………… 142
$664
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations………………………………………………………………
13,034
599
Production occupations………………………………………… 6,861
599
First-line supervisors/managers of production
and operating workers………………………………………
657
800
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems
1
( )
assemblers…………………………………………………….
27
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers……………………………………………………
130
507
1
( )
Engine and other machine assemblers…..........................………………..
30
1
( )
Structural metal fabricators and fitters……………………………..23
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators……………………………….
713
519
Bakers…………………………………………………………..
147
416
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish
processing workers…………………………………………….. 281
498
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying
1
( )
machine operators and tenders……………………………
10
Food batchmakers…………………………………………….
78
510
1
( )
Food cooking machine operators and tenders…………………………
7
Computer control programmers and operators………………………………..
57
824
Extruding and drawing machine setters,
1
( )
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic…………………
8
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders,
1
( )
metal and plastic……………………………………………..
8
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders,
1
( )
metal and plastic………………………………………………
9
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic…………………
74
574
Drilling and boring machine tool setters,
1
( )
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic…………………..
1
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine
tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
1
( )
plastic…………………………………………………………………49
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators,
1
( )
and tenders, metal and plastic……………………………
18
Milling and planing machine setters, operators,
1
( )
and tenders, metal and plastic……………………………………………….
5
Machinists………………………………………………………
355
794
1
( )
Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders…………………………………
20
Model makers and patternmakers, metal and
1
( )
plastic……………………………………………………………
9
Molders and molding machine setters,
1
( )
operators, and tenders, metal and plastic……………………… 45
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and
1
( )
tenders, metal and plastic…………………………………….
7
See footnotes at end of table.
64
64
Women
Total
employed
Men
Median
weekly
earnings
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
1
–
–
1
–
( )
–
–
1
( )
–
1
27
15
7
7
6
( )
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
1
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
4
( )
1
18
( )
1
(²)
6
1
( )
136
$671
(²)
2,581
1,776
$473
481
10,453
5,085
640
664
73.9
72.4
104
602
552
846
71.2
6
(1)
20
(1)
(²)
72
8
2
264
72
481
(1)
(1)
475
406
58
23
21
449
74
622
(1)
(1)
581
435
77.3
(²)
(²)
81.8
93.3
64
478
217
508
94.1
2
35
3
3
1
( )
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
3
7
43
5
54
1
( )
1
( )
(1)
834
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(1)
5
(1)
(²)
1
(1)
7
(1)
(²)
2
(1)
7
(1)
(²)
15
1
( )
58
637
(²)
–
–
1
(1)
(²)
4
(1)
45
(1)
(²)
3
(1)
15
(1)
(²)
2
10
–
(1)
1
( )
–
4
345
20
(1)
802
(1)
(²)
(²)
(²)
1
(1)
8
(1)
(²)
9
(1)
36
(1)
(²)
1
(1)
6
(1)
(²)
Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages—Continued
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Median
weekly
earnings
Tool and die makers…………………………………………………62
$921
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers…………………………………
416
648
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and
1
( )
tenders, metal and plastic………………………………………………..
5
1
( )
Lay-out workers, metal and plastic………………………………. 8
Plating and coating machine setters, operators,
1
( )
and tenders, metal and plastic…………………………….
16
1
( )
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners……………………………………….
7
Metalworkers and plastic workers, all other………………………………..
302
599
1
( )
Bookbinders and bindery workers………………………………………..
15
1
( )
Job printers………………………………………………………
48
1
)
(
Prepress technicians and workers………………………………….36
Printing machine operators………………………………….
137
625
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers………………………….
115
371
1
( )
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials……………… 37
Sewing machine operators……………………………………
125
429
1
( )
Shoe and leather workers and repairers………………………………………
4
1
( )
Shoe machine operators and tenders……………………………………
6
1
)
(
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers…………………………
33
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators
1
( )
and tenders……………………………………………………………5
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and
1
( )
tenders………………………………………………………
5
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters,
1
( )
operators, and tenders…………………………………………
9
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out
1
( )
machine setters, operators, and tenders…………………………………
12
Extruding and forming machine setters,
1
( )
operators and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers…………………………….
1
1
( )
Fabric and apparel patternmakers………………………………. 2
1
)
(
Upholsterers……………………………………………………..
14
1
( )
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other…………………………………..
19
1
( )
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters………………………………..
45
1
( )
Furniture finishers……………………………………………….. 10
Sawing machine setters, operators, and
1
( )
tenders, wood………………………………………………….
30
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and
1
( )
tenders, except sawing………………..........................…………………..
17
1
( )
Woodworkers, all other……………..........................……………………….
15
Power plant operators, distributors, and
1
( )
dispatchers………………………………………………….
40
Stationary engineers and boiler operators……………………………….
93
900
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and
system operators……………………………………………….. 72
857
1
( )
Miscellaneous plant and system operators………………………………
35
Chemical processing machine setters,
1
( )
operators, and tenders……………………………………………. 50
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and
blending workers……………………………………………….
76
696
Cutting workers………………………………………………..
58
524
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting
1
( )
machine setters, operators, and tenders……………………………….
41
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators
(1)
and tenders…………………………………………………
13
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers……………………………………………………….. 602
716
1
( )
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers…………………….
12
See footnotes at end of table.
65
65
Men
Women
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
–
24
–
1
( )
62
391
$922
661
–
1
–
1
( )
5
7
( )
1
( )
1
–
64
9
8
16
29
68
24
92
1
4
20
( )
–
$496
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
361
(1)
410
(1)
(1)
(1)
15
7
237
7
40
19
108
47
14
33
3
2
13
1
(1)
4
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
(²)
(²)
1
(²)
(²)
( )
1
( )
629
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
657
(1)
(1)
1
( )
(1)
(1)
(1)
1
(²)
(²)
78.9
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
4
(1)
(²)
(1)
1
(1)
(²)
5
(1)
5
(1)
(²)
9
( )
1
3
( )
1
(²)
1
1
3
8
1
–
(1)
1
( )
(1)
(1)
(1)
–
–
1
12
11
43
9
–
1
( )
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
6
(1)
25
(1)
(²)
2
–
(1)
–
15
15
(1)
(1)
(²)
(²)
1
2
( )
1
( )
1
39
91
( )
899
1
(²)
(²)
4
1
1
( )
(1)
68
34
859
(1)
(²)
(²)
9
(1)
41
(1)
(²)
10
11
1
( )
1
( )
66
48
671
(1)
(²)
(²)
7
(1)
34
(1)
(²)
2
(1)
11
(1)
(²)
195
4
549
(1)
407
8
792
(1)
69.3
(²)
1
Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages—Continued
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Median
weekly
earnings
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory
technicians………………………………………………………. 69
$624
Packaging and filling machine operators and
tenders……………………………………………………………..233
472
Painting workers………………………………………………
121
647
Photographic process workers and processing
1
( )
machine operators…………………………………………………….
30
1
( )
Semiconductor processors…………………………………….
4
Cementing and gluing machine operators and
1
( )
tenders…………………………………………………………….. 10
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling
1
( )
equipment operators and tenders…………………………
9
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and
(1)
tenders………………………………………………………
3
1
( )
Etchers and engravers………………………………………….
8
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal
1
( )
and plastic…………………………………………………………. 22
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and
1
( )
tenders………………………………………………………
35
1
( )
Tire builders………………………………………………………… 24
1
)
(
Helpers—production workers…………………………………..
37
Production workers, all other……………………………….
839
543
Transportation and material moving occupations………………………………..
6,172
599
Supervisors, transportation and material moving
workers………………………………………………………….. 230
743
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers………………………….
82
1,365
Air traffic controllers and airfield operations
1
( )
specialists…………………………………………………….
46
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except
1
( )
emergency medical technicians…………………………..
11
Bus drivers…………………………………………………………. 332
574
Driver/salesworkers and truck drivers………………………………….
2,386
686
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs…………………………………..
251
537
1
( )
Motor vehicle operators, all other………………………………… 23
Locomotive engineers and operators…………………………….. 58
1,268
1
( )
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators………………………….
7
Railroad conductors and yardmasters………………………….. 56
1,198
Subway, streetcar, and other rail transportation
1
( )
workers…………………………………………………………
10
1
)
(
Sailors and marine oilers……………………………………………………..
25
1
( )
Ship and boat captains and operators…………………………………..
30
1
( )
Ship engineers…………………………………………………….. 7
1
( )
Bridge and lock tenders……………………………………..
2
1
( )
Parking lot attendants…………………………………………… 41
See footnotes at end of table.
66
66
Women
Total
employed
Men
Median
weekly
earnings
1
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
1
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
37
( )
32
( )
(²)
114
12
$438
1
( )
120
109
$493
662
88.8
(²)
14
2
( )
1
( )
1
16
2
( )
1
( )
1
(²)
(²)
3
( )
1
6
( )
1
(²)
3
( )
1
6
( )
1
(²)
–
1
–
( )
3
7
(1)
(1)
(²)
(²)
3
(1)
19
(1)
(²)
6
2
5
238
805
(1)
(1)
(1)
486
447
28
22
32
602
5,368
(1)
(1)
(1)
583
618
(²)
(²)
(²)
83.4
72.3
57
3
615
1
( )
172
79
758
1,360
81.1
(²)
6
(1)
41
(1)
(²)
2
148
79
35
3
1
–
3
( )
502
492
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
–
1
( )
9
184
2,307
216
20
57
7
53
( )
660
691
570
(1)
1,268
(1)
1,230
(²)
76.1
71.2
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
–
1
–
–
–
3
–
(1)
–
–
–
(1)
10
24
30
7
2
37
(1)
(1)
1
( )
(1)
(1)
(1)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
1
1
1
Table 18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex,
2010 annual averages—Continued
Both sexes
Occupation
Number of
Workers
(in
thousands)
Median
weekly
earnings
Service station attendants……………………………………….. 57
$393
1
( )
Transportation inspectors…………………………………………………..
40
1
( )
Other transportation workers……………………………………… 12
1
( )
Conveyor operators and tenders………………………………… 7
1
( )
Crane and tower operators…………………………………………….
48
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine
1
( )
operators……………………………………………………..
35
1
( )
Hoist and winch operators……………………………………….. 3
Industrial truck and tractor operators………………………………..
459
559
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment………………………………235
448
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand………………………………………………………….
1,155
497
1
( )
Machine feeders and offbearers…………………………..
27
Packers and packagers, hand…………………………………… 346
400
1
( )
Pumping station operators……………………………………
21
Refuse and recyclable material collectors………………………………
77
481
1
( )
Shuttle car operators…………………………………………
2
Material moving workers, all other…………………………………………….
51
742
1
Data not shown where the employment base is less than 50,000.
Women
Total
employed
Men
Median
weekly
earnings
SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
67
67
Women's
earnings
as percent
of men's
1
50
35
12
7
48
$406
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
1
( )
( )
1
( )
1
( )
1
33
3
430
204
( )
1
( )
556
452
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
$419
1
( )
389
1
( )
(1)
1
( )
973
18
159
20
74
1
47
508
1
( )
413
(1)
491
(1)
(1)
82.4
(²)
94.2
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
7
5
-
( )
1
( )
-
1
29
31
183
9
187
4
1
4
² Data not shown where the employment base for either the numerator or denominator is less than 50,000.
NOTE: Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Total
employed
Median
weekly
earnings
1
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)