Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Relative
error3
0.5%
Union Workers
Mean
$26.04
Relative
error3
0.7%
Nonunion workers
Mean
$20.46
Relative
error3
All workers ...............................................
$21.29
0.6%
Management occupations ...................
Chief executives ................................
General and operations managers ......
Legislators .........................................
Advertising and promotions
managers ......................................
Marketing and sales managers ...........
Marketing managers ......................
Sales managers ..............................
Public relations managers ..................
Administrative services managers .....
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Human resources managers ...............
Compensation and benefits
managers ..................................
Training and development
managers ..................................
Industrial production managers .........
Purchasing managers .........................
Transportation, storage, and
distribution managers ..................
Agricultural managers .......................
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural
managers ..................................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ...................
Education administrators,
preschool and child care
center/program .........................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Education administrators,
postsecondary ..........................
Engineering managers .......................
Food service managers ......................
Funeral directors ................................
Gaming managers ..............................
Lodging managers .............................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
45.18
88.24
48.62
30.48
1.0
9.0
4.0
13.4
45.83
–
43.99
–
3.2
–
13.2
–
45.16
88.37
48.66
30.48
1.1
9.0
4.1
13.4
35.89
52.46
50.50
54.61
34.22
34.18
8.0
2.9
2.6
5.9
6.2
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
36.05
–
–
–
–
–
5.1
35.89
52.46
50.50
54.61
34.26
34.13
8.0
2.9
2.6
5.9
6.3
2.7
55.39
46.83
42.54
2.4
2.0
2.8
34.57
45.34
–
24.0
14.2
–
55.71
46.84
42.59
2.4
2.0
2.8
36.85
6.2
–
–
36.85
6.2
45.96
44.77
45.12
6.9
4.9
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
46.68
44.93
45.20
7.0
4.9
5.8
38.64
32.82
4.1
20.4
–
–
–
–
38.63
34.65
4.3
20.0
34.65
39.11
41.18
20.0
2.8
2.3
–
42.32
50.80
–
6.3
5.0
34.65
38.98
39.68
20.0
2.8
2.6
25.05
9.7
–
–
24.86
10.1
46.75
2.5
51.27
6.0
45.36
2.7
41.12
58.25
25.34
25.63
33.84
21.51
4.3
2.2
4.5
11.5
1.7
11.1
51.92
54.49
–
–
–
–
10.7
3.5
–
–
–
–
40.46
58.38
25.13
25.63
33.84
21.51
4.5
2.3
4.9
11.5
1.7
11.1
42.51
5.5
50.61
12.1
42.32
5.6
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-1
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Management occupations –Continued
Natural sciences managers ................
Property, real estate, and community
association managers ...................
Social and community service
managers ......................................
Business and financial operations
occupations .....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Purchasing agents and buyers,
farm products ...........................
Wholesale and retail buyers,
except farm products ...............
Purchasing agents, except
wholesale, retail, and farm
products ...................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers,
examiners, and investigators .......
Claims adjusters, examiners, and
investigators .............................
Insurance appraisers, auto damage
Compliance officers, except
agriculture, construction, health
and safety, and transportation ......
Cost estimators ..................................
Emergency management specialists ..
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Employment, recruitment, and
placement specialists ...............
Compensation, benefits, and job
analysis specialists ...................
Training and development
specialists .................................
Logisticians ........................................
Management analysts ........................
Meeting and convention planners ......
Accountants and auditors ..................
Appraisers and assessors of real
estate ............................................
Budget analysts ..................................
Credit analysts ...................................
Financial analysts and advisors .........
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
8.7%
–
–
$45.85
30.66
4.1
–
–
30.69
4.2
29.06
2.4
$36.66
8.1%
28.78
2.5
31.38
29.23
1.0
2.3
29.83
28.15
2.3
10.3
31.47
29.25
1.1
2.4
31.62
8.3
–
–
31.62
8.3
28.63
3.3
–
–
28.78
3.4
29.43
3.2
31.32
8.4
29.39
3.3
28.43
2.3
26.94
4.8
28.59
2.4
28.39
30.18
2.3
11.1
26.94
–
4.8
–
28.54
30.18
2.5
11.1
27.52
32.24
36.47
3.6
4.1
12.7
28.01
–
–
6.8
–
–
27.40
32.20
31.45
4.3
4.1
11.8
29.49
2.3
32.86
7.4
29.22
2.4
24.83
4.3
30.36
10.7
24.76
4.4
28.90
3.7
29.61
11.3
28.86
3.6
31.34
33.01
39.36
28.05
29.35
3.3
4.6
3.6
12.5
1.6
30.85
–
32.79
–
29.78
17.9
–
4.6
–
3.7
31.37
33.31
39.79
28.05
29.33
3.6
4.7
3.7
12.5
1.7
25.44
31.79
31.90
37.51
8.6
3.7
5.1
3.8
29.67
27.68
–
–
8.4
3.8
–
–
24.58
33.08
31.90
37.62
10.8
4.4
5.1
3.8
Mean
$45.85
Relative
error3
Union Workers
Relative
error3
8.7%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-2
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Business and financial operations
occupations –Continued
Financial analysts ..........................
Personal financial advisors ............
Insurance underwriters ..................
Financial examiners ...........................
Loan counselors and officers .............
Loan counselors .............................
Loan officers ..................................
Tax examiners, collectors, preparers,
and revenue agents ......................
Tax examiners, collectors, and
revenue agents .........................
Tax preparers .................................
Computer and mathematical science
occupations .....................................
Computer and information scientists,
research ........................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ..............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ................
Database administrators .....................
Network and computer systems
administrators ..............................
Network systems and data
communications analysts .............
Actuaries ............................................
Operations research analysts .............
Statisticians ........................................
Architecture and engineering
occupations .....................................
Architects, except naval .....................
Architects, except landscape and
naval ........................................
Landscape architects ......................
Surveyors, cartographers, and
photogrammetrists .......................
$40.00
34.09
32.61
30.67
31.19
23.63
31.84
Relative
error3
4.1%
7.8
4.6
5.1
5.1
8.1
5.4
Union Workers
Mean
–
–
–
–
$30.00
27.27
–
Relative
error3
–
–
–
–
9.1%
4.6
–
Nonunion workers
Mean
$40.01
34.09
32.96
31.00
31.21
23.02
31.81
Relative
error3
4.1%
7.8
4.6
5.4
5.2
9.7
5.4
22.91
8.6
28.29
8.3
18.86
9.1
22.98
22.44
9.6
18.2
28.29
–
8.3
–
17.85
22.44
8.5
18.2
36.54
1.2
31.78
2.1
36.75
1.2
54.01
33.34
44.31
7.7
2.6
1.0
–
33.83
39.66
–
11.6
5.9
54.01
33.33
44.40
7.7
2.6
1.0
42.48
1.4
37.35
3.5
42.62
1.5
46.31
25.67
39.87
38.85
1.4
3.0
2.1
5.6
–
26.77
35.07
–
–
4.9
3.0
–
46.31
25.60
40.13
38.85
1.4
3.1
2.1
5.7
33.11
2.9
30.81
4.2
33.29
3.1
32.36
44.00
36.31
42.87
3.3
5.0
5.9
7.4
32.77
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
32.34
43.90
36.37
42.87
3.5
5.1
6.0
7.4
36.18
31.17
1.6
3.7
35.67
–
2.0
–
36.21
30.93
1.7
3.6
31.46
29.48
4.0
10.4
–
–
–
–
31.18
29.48
3.9
10.4
32.74
10.4
–
–
32.50
11.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-3
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Architecture and engineering
occupations –Continued
Surveyors .......................................
Engineers ...........................................
Aerospace engineers ......................
Biomedical engineers ....................
Chemical engineers .......................
Civil engineers ...............................
Computer hardware engineers .......
Electrical and electronics
engineers ..................................
Electrical engineers ...................
Electronics engineers, except
computer ..............................
Environmental engineers ...............
Industrial engineers, including
health and safety ......................
Health and safety engineers,
except mining safety
engineers and inspectors ......
Industrial engineers ...................
Materials engineers ........................
Mechanical engineers ....................
Mining and geological engineers,
including mining safety
engineers ..................................
Nuclear engineers ..........................
Petroleum engineers ......................
Drafters ..............................................
Architectural and civil drafters ......
Electrical and electronics drafters
Mechanical drafters .......................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Aerospace engineering and
operations technicians .............
Civil engineering technicians ........
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ...........
Electro-mechanical technicians .....
Environmental engineering
technicians ...............................
Industrial engineering technicians
Union Workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
$34.88
42.00
50.36
34.62
47.62
37.49
49.20
11.0%
1.4
2.5
11.1
8.4
3.0
4.2
–
$40.19
–
–
–
40.09
–
41.36
39.53
3.2
2.9
41.08
38.20
43.36
37.68
5.1
6.3
37.75
Relative
error3
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
$34.69
42.10
50.19
34.62
47.67
37.15
49.20
11.7%
1.4
2.6
11.1
8.4
3.4
4.2
4.2
2.9
41.38
39.66
3.4
3.1
–
42.15
–
6.1
43.15
37.11
5.5
7.3
2.3
39.54
5.4
37.68
2.4
41.86
36.50
43.88
38.67
7.1
2.0
9.0
2.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
41.67
36.46
43.88
38.98
7.4
2.1
9.0
2.2
46.74
45.62
52.88
25.87
25.84
25.27
23.91
19.3
6.8
10.1
2.8
3.2
5.7
3.0
–
–
–
31.96
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
–
–
–
48.18
45.73
52.88
25.59
25.58
24.82
23.58
21.7
7.0
10.1
2.7
3.2
5.8
3.1
25.96
2.4
30.36
2.5
25.26
2.9
30.34
20.02
4.3
8.5
–
26.52
–
2.9
30.34
19.06
4.4
9.2
26.89
25.74
2.2
7.4
31.06
–
3.1
–
25.86
24.37
2.7
7.4
21.88
26.73
9.1
4.4
–
–
–
–
20.25
25.75
7.7
5.0
–
3.1%
–
–
–
4.1
–
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-4
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Architecture and engineering
occupations –Continued
Mechanical engineering
technicians ...............................
Surveying and mapping technicians ..
Life, physical, and social science
occupations .....................................
Life scientists .....................................
Agricultural and food scientists .....
Food scientists and
technologists ........................
Biological scientists .......................
Biochemists and biophysicists ...
Microbiologists ..........................
Zoologists and wildlife
biologists ..............................
Conservation scientists and
foresters ...................................
Conservation scientists ..............
Foresters ....................................
Medical scientists ..........................
Physical scientists ..............................
Astronomers and physicists ...........
Physicists ...................................
Chemists and materials scientists ..
Chemists ....................................
Materials scientists ....................
Environmental scientists and
geoscientists .............................
Environmental scientists and
specialists, including health
Geoscientists, except
hydrologists and
geographers ..........................
Hydrologists ..............................
Economists ........................................
Market and survey researchers ..........
Market research analysts ...............
Psychologists .....................................
Clinical, counseling, and school
psychologists ...........................
Urban and regional planners ..............
Union Workers
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$26.56
22.63
4.0%
11.0
$24.47
32.42
12.2%
7.4
$26.82
21.76
4.1%
12.4
31.94
35.37
27.49
2.2
5.2
18.5
33.61
28.97
–
2.9
6.4
–
31.68
36.09
27.49
2.5
5.5
18.5
40.25
34.33
39.71
36.54
4.4
5.7
9.1
7.1
–
27.21
–
–
–
10.6
–
–
40.25
35.38
39.71
36.10
4.4
6.1
9.1
7.4
25.09
4.5
–
–
25.39
5.0
27.56
26.66
31.83
39.10
36.63
59.75
61.19
35.47
33.62
46.72
5.9
5.8
15.6
8.4
2.5
10.8
11.8
4.5
4.2
6.5
27.35
27.30
–
–
33.31
–
–
30.60
30.60
–
6.8
7.4
–
–
14.1
–
–
8.9
8.9
–
27.87
25.44
33.37
39.15
37.10
59.75
61.19
36.33
34.26
46.72
10.4
8.4
19.9
8.7
3.0
10.8
11.8
4.6
4.8
6.5
33.76
5.1
37.21
12.4
33.26
6.0
31.84
5.0
37.89
12.7
30.50
6.7
37.77
33.90
34.81
37.13
34.84
36.75
8.3
8.5
9.2
7.7
5.1
4.5
–
–
–
–
–
42.47
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
37.77
35.00
34.72
37.13
34.84
33.56
8.3
9.3
9.5
7.7
5.1
5.8
37.34
34.39
4.5
5.3
42.32
38.43
6.7
8.5
34.43
31.12
5.9
5.7
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-5
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Life, physical, and social science
occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous social scientists and
related workers ............................
Agricultural and food science
technicians ...................................
Biological technicians .......................
Chemical technicians .........................
Geological and petroleum technicians
Nuclear technicians ...........................
Social science research assistants ......
Miscellaneous life, physical, and
social science technicians ............
Environmental science and
protection technicians,
including health .......................
Forensic science technicians ..........
Forest and conservation
technicians ...............................
Community and social services
occupations .....................................
Counselors .........................................
Substance abuse and behavioral
disorder counselors ..................
Educational, vocational, and
school counselors .....................
Marriage and family therapists ......
Mental health counselors ...............
Rehabilitation counselors ..............
Social workers ...................................
Child, family, and school social
workers ....................................
Medical and public health social
workers ....................................
Mental health and substance abuse
social workers ..........................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists ........................
Health educators ............................
Probation officers and correctional
treatment specialists .................
Social and human service
assistants ..................................
Union Workers
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$26.56
11.2%
–
–
$26.56
11.2%
8.7%
6.2
6.0
–
5.2
–
18.26
21.22
23.12
29.75
32.47
19.81
7.9
4.2
4.4
13.1
5.8
6.0
18.71
21.18
23.20
29.75
36.90
18.85
6.7
4.0
4.1
13.1
6.7
6.4
$20.44
20.57
24.37
–
39.79
–
21.98
5.8
29.69
7.3
20.44
6.2
23.27
27.37
10.0
8.9
30.92
–
6.4
–
20.02
24.14
8.3
11.4
17.44
11.9
–
–
17.42
13.2
21.35
24.07
1.7
3.4
29.85
36.73
3.2
4.9
19.32
21.06
1.6
3.7
19.67
7.0
29.40
14.6
18.20
7.0
31.26
20.03
21.20
18.08
22.26
3.7
8.0
4.5
5.3
3.0
42.18
–
–
23.64
29.87
5.3
–
–
9.5
8.0
26.27
20.03
20.86
17.47
20.27
4.2
8.0
4.5
5.7
2.0
22.79
5.2
31.17
11.6
18.38
2.8
24.07
2.4
27.89
5.3
23.74
2.6
20.80
4.2
28.87
11.4
19.78
3.8
17.71
23.56
3.4
12.0
23.96
27.86
5.7
8.9
16.09
23.08
2.9
13.0
24.84
5.5
28.18
6.9
20.76
4.2
14.33
2.9
17.91
5.2
13.63
2.9
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-6
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Community and social services
occupations –Continued
Clergy ................................................
Directors, religious activities and
education ......................................
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers .............................................
Judges, magistrates, and other
judicial workers ...........................
Administrative law judges,
adjudicators, and hearing
officers .....................................
Judges, magistrate judges, and
magistrates ...............................
Paralegals and legal assistants ...........
Miscellaneous legal support workers
Court reporters ...............................
Law clerks .....................................
Title examiners, abstractors, and
searchers ..................................
Education, training, and library
occupations .....................................
Postsecondary teachers ......................
Business teachers, postsecondary ..
Math and computer teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Computer science teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Mathematical science teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Engineering and architecture
teachers, postsecondary ...........
Architecture teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Engineering teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Life sciences teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Biological science teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Physical sciences teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
$19.59
Relative
error3
6.9%
Union Workers
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
–
–
$19.53
Relative
error3
7.0%
25.95
13.6
–
–
25.95
13.6
38.15
53.40
6.1
4.4
$38.56
48.04
8.6%
3.6
38.12
53.85
6.4
4.7
49.31
9.7
49.94
16.7
49.14
11.5
39.31
9.3
–
–
41.99
10.7
55.26
23.06
22.67
24.57
22.80
8.9
8.6
4.9
9.2
8.7
–
24.18
27.74
24.69
–
–
5.1
15.4
16.1
–
52.86
22.99
22.12
24.48
21.57
11.1
9.0
5.2
10.5
9.8
21.24
7.1
–
–
21.24
7.1
33.42
48.79
59.85
1.5
3.3
8.2
38.87
53.47
61.35
1.0
4.0
8.8
29.14
47.70
59.73
2.6
4.0
9.1
47.49
5.7
56.40
10.0
43.67
6.8
58.00
11.2
83.50
11.7
48.05
12.1
43.47
4.5
46.94
7.1
41.93
5.8
60.23
9.8
69.77
6.6
58.58
11.4
53.48
13.7
–
–
–
60.60
10.3
69.86
7.7
59.16
11.9
51.95
13.3
53.99
5.9
51.73
14.6
51.42
14.8
53.99
5.9
51.11
16.4
51.94
4.7
59.92
6.1
50.02
5.4
–
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-7
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Education, training, and library
occupations –Continued
Atmospheric, earth, marine, and
space sciences teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Chemistry teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Environmental science teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Physics teachers, postsecondary
Social sciences teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Anthropology and archeology
teachers, postsecondary .......
Area, ethnic, and cultural
studies teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Economics teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Political science teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Psychology teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Sociology teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Health teachers, postsecondary .....
Health specialties teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Nursing instructors and
teachers, postsecondary .......
Education and library science
teachers, postsecondary ...........
Education teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Law, criminal justice, and social
work teachers, postsecondary ..
Criminal justice and law
enforcement teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Law teachers, postsecondary .....
Social work teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Union Workers
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$47.10
15.8%
–
–
$43.59
17.7%
50.22
5.1
$53.88
4.3%
49.11
6.6
54.11
56.22
15.1
9.3
–
–
–
–
–
54.07
–
9.9
50.37
4.2
51.38
7.3
50.10
4.8
46.77
3.6
–
–
–
–
37.71
8.6
–
–
–
–
67.41
8.0
58.08
10.7
72.93
5.9
43.23
7.5
–
–
44.51
9.0
44.64
6.5
–
–
44.56
6.8
56.35
59.08
7.2
6.6
48.82
55.20
6.1
9.9
59.08
59.48
8.9
7.4
67.94
6.4
60.41
13.9
68.75
7.1
38.09
4.7
–
–
37.85
5.0
37.63
4.9
37.77
8.7
37.61
5.4
37.45
5.0
–
–
37.64
5.5
82.97
11.7
–
–
76.35
10.7
43.18
95.71
5.8
9.1
–
–
–
–
40.85
86.64
6.8
5.3
38.85
4.3
–
–
38.37
5.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-8
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Education, training, and library
occupations –Continued
Arts, communications, and
humanities teachers,
postsecondary ..........................
Art, drama, and music teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Communications teachers,
postsecondary ......................
English language and literature
teachers, postsecondary .......
Foreign language and literature
teachers, postsecondary .......
History teachers, postsecondary
Philosophy and religion
teachers, postsecondary .......
Miscellaneous postsecondary
teachers ....................................
Graduate teaching assistants ......
Recreation and fitness studies
teachers, postsecondary .......
Vocational education teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Preschool and kindergarten
teachers ....................................
Preschool teachers, except
special education .................
Kindergarten teachers, except
special education .................
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers .............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and
vocational education ............
Vocational education teachers,
secondary school .................
$44.38
Relative
error3
2.8%
Union Workers
Mean
$53.99
Relative
error3
5.0%
Nonunion workers
Mean
$42.55
Relative
error3
2.8%
40.67
5.1
67.61
6.1
37.65
4.2
43.81
11.2
35.53
13.3
47.55
12.7
42.90
6.3
52.04
7.2
39.39
7.6
50.87
50.09
5.8
6.5
52.79
–
8.3
–
50.56
49.84
6.2
6.7
42.87
8.6
–
–
40.34
9.4
39.20
13.95
3.7
11.7
48.56
–
5.6
–
35.53
13.95
4.6
11.7
34.99
10.8
–
–
34.00
10.3
29.55
7.2
38.57
24.1
27.21
5.8
36.66
1.0
42.04
.9
29.09
1.8
22.49
4.9
34.68
5.6
18.78
6.2
17.67
7.3
28.46
11.7
16.29
8.4
34.92
3.1
38.03
5.2
31.24
3.0
38.04
1.1
42.51
1.2
30.14
1.4
38.20
1.4
42.72
1.5
29.95
1.4
37.70
38.28
1.4
1.4
41.75
42.01
1.9
1.3
31.10
33.21
2.1
2.6
38.43
1.4
42.23
1.3
33.35
2.6
36.48
4.2
39.53
4.1
31.15
7.2
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-9
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Education, training, and library
occupations –Continued
Special education teachers .............
Special education teachers,
preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ................
Special education teachers,
middle school .......................
Special education teachers,
secondary school .................
Other teachers and instructors ...........
Adult literacy, remedial education,
and GED teachers and
instructors ................................
Self-enrichment education teachers
Archivists, curators, and museum
technicians ...................................
Archivists .......................................
Curators .........................................
Librarians ...........................................
Library technicians ............................
Farm and home management
advisors ........................................
Instructional coordinators ..................
Teacher assistants ..............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Artists and related workers ................
Art directors ...................................
Multi-media artists and animators
Designers ...........................................
Commercial and industrial
designers ..................................
Fashion designers ..........................
Floral designers .............................
Graphic designers ..........................
Interior designers ...........................
Merchandise displayers and
window trimmers .....................
Set and exhibit designers ...............
Actors, producers, and directors ........
Producers and directors .................
$38.58
Relative
error3
1.7%
Union Workers
Mean
$42.18
Relative
error3
2.1%
Nonunion workers
Mean
$31.74
Relative
error3
2.7%
37.57
2.0
41.84
2.2
30.78
3.5
38.71
2.8
41.60
3.2
31.91
3.4
40.75
25.60
4.4
4.0
43.09
37.33
5.6
3.9
34.60
20.58
8.5
5.5
28.34
25.07
8.3
6.2
38.51
44.37
5.8
6.1
21.47
22.18
7.8
7.3
27.96
25.72
30.72
29.55
16.96
9.7
14.5
10.9
4.3
2.8
–
–
–
35.51
19.37
–
–
–
5.4
3.6
28.63
26.39
30.73
27.75
15.65
9.6
14.7
11.5
5.3
3.5
21.24
34.69
13.10
6.4
3.4
1.7
–
39.58
15.49
–
7.7
1.5
21.34
32.80
11.90
6.5
4.4
1.7
27.36
30.11
35.07
26.54
24.52
3.0
9.4
12.1
11.8
4.1
39.28
–
–
–
32.77
12.1
–
–
–
15.3
26.04
30.07
35.25
26.46
24.31
2.5
10.2
12.3
12.6
4.6
34.60
36.14
11.01
23.35
26.32
7.0
18.3
7.1
3.2
5.1
–
–
–
34.35
–
–
–
–
14.8
–
34.60
36.14
11.01
22.80
26.32
7.0
18.3
7.1
3.6
5.1
19.13
21.77
42.13
43.07
14.7
13.9
18.5
18.8
–
–
36.19
–
–
–
18.3
–
19.71
21.77
42.56
43.33
14.2
13.9
19.7
20.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-10
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations
–Continued
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and
related workers ............................
Coaches and scouts ........................
Umpires, referees, and other sports
officials ....................................
Dancers and choreographers ..............
Choreographers ..............................
Musicians, singers, and related
workers ........................................
Music directors and composers .....
Musicians and singers ....................
Announcers ........................................
Radio and television announcers ...
News analysts, reporters and
correspondents .............................
Reporters and correspondents ........
Public relations specialists .................
Writers and editors ............................
Editors ............................................
Technical writers ...........................
Writers and authors ........................
Miscellaneous media and
communication workers ..............
Interpreters and translators ............
Broadcast and sound engineering
technicians and radio operators ...
Audio and video equipment
technicians ...............................
Broadcast technicians ....................
Sound engineering technicians ......
Photographers ....................................
Television, video, and motion picture
camera operators and editors .......
Camera operators, television,
video, and motion picture ........
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations .....................................
Dentists ..............................................
Dentists, general ............................
Dietitians and nutritionists .................
$21.35
21.50
Relative
error3
8.0%
8.4
Union Workers
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
$40.71
45.31
20.6%
13.8
$21.00
21.14
Relative
error3
8.0%
8.4
13.53
24.97
21.12
12.2
12.9
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.78
24.88
21.12
13.8
18.0
9.0
31.80
23.92
39.88
28.09
28.40
13.7
9.2
19.4
24.2
24.9
41.57
–
41.57
–
–
7.4
–
7.4
–
–
30.62
23.92
39.41
23.70
23.91
15.2
9.2
25.0
26.3
27.3
35.67
30.43
28.99
29.80
30.24
29.96
27.09
11.4
9.7
5.8
5.7
9.1
4.8
9.6
59.04
48.37
37.14
37.18
43.62
–
–
20.7
13.5
9.2
20.7
19.9
–
–
28.11
25.20
28.62
29.19
29.03
29.80
28.36
5.3
9.9
6.6
8.1
13.7
5.0
9.6
21.69
21.17
5.5
10.4
–
–
–
–
20.99
20.26
7.8
11.9
24.72
7.3
31.57
13.0
21.84
4.8
21.89
21.55
38.84
14.22
10.9
8.4
12.5
15.0
35.71
22.42
–
–
12.1
11.0
–
–
18.22
21.16
–
13.70
6.0
12.0
–
14.5
24.46
8.5
29.33
11.8
23.35
10.4
22.76
9.9
–
–
20.84
10.4
31.53
75.56
75.20
23.96
1.8
10.5
11.3
3.7
34.60
–
–
–
2.6
–
–
–
31.08
75.60
75.24
23.84
2.0
10.9
11.7
3.9
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-11
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Optometrists ......................................
Pharmacists ........................................
Physicians and surgeons ....................
Anesthesiologists ...........................
Family and general practitioners ...
Internists, general ..........................
Obstetricians and gynecologists ....
Pediatricians, general .....................
Psychiatrists ...................................
Surgeons ........................................
Physician assistants ...........................
Registered nurses ...............................
Therapists ..........................................
Audiologists ...................................
Occupational therapists .................
Physical therapists .........................
Radiation therapists .......................
Recreational therapists ...................
Respiratory therapists ....................
Speech-language pathologists .......
Veterinarians ......................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ...................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists ............................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technicians ...............................
Dental hygienists ...............................
Diagnostic related technologists and
technicians ...................................
Cardiovascular technologists and
technicians ...............................
Diagnostic medical sonographers ..
Nuclear medicine technologists .....
Radiologic technologists and
technicians ...............................
Emergency medical technicians and
paramedics ...................................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support technicians ...
Dietetic technicians .......................
Pharmacy technicians ....................
Union Workers
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$45.47
53.20
87.17
125.09
79.74
95.44
98.83
65.61
77.88
125.50
43.62
32.65
33.27
32.90
37.41
35.64
35.31
18.13
26.35
38.07
44.38
6.2%
.9
6.7
17.7
15.5
14.3
7.3
15.7
6.7
25.3
3.6
.8
3.1
7.8
3.5
6.0
10.7
7.6
2.0
7.6
5.1
–
$51.44
50.42
–
–
–
–
–
66.67
–
53.74
39.78
40.62
–
43.04
40.54
–
–
32.77
43.99
–
–
9.3%
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
15.6
–
7.0
2.5
3.5
–
3.8
5.2
–
–
6.9
4.6
–
$45.47
53.42
90.02
127.52
80.64
95.44
98.83
65.61
83.38
125.50
42.62
31.21
32.45
32.06
36.52
35.50
34.77
17.57
25.75
35.75
44.38
6.2%
1.1
7.1
17.6
16.0
14.3
7.3
15.7
5.5
25.3
4.0
.9
3.1
9.4
3.7
6.1
11.4
7.4
1.6
9.8
5.1
22.68
1.5
26.51
3.3
22.17
1.9
26.46
2.2
30.94
4.6
25.92
2.5
18.64
33.31
2.8
4.6
22.56
–
4.9
–
18.06
33.31
3.0
4.6
27.77
1.8
29.41
9.0
27.57
1.7
24.34
34.89
35.90
6.4
4.1
4.2
21.08
–
–
4.5
–
–
24.64
34.79
34.94
6.9
4.4
2.1
26.59
1.9
29.12
9.6
26.22
1.7
15.18
3.8
18.86
11.5
14.34
4.0
16.83
13.33
14.68
2.4
23.1
2.4
19.97
–
18.26
3.2
–
5.4
16.31
13.26
14.03
2.7
24.0
2.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-12
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations –Continued
Psychiatric technicians ..................
Respiratory therapy technicians ....
Surgical technologists ....................
Veterinary technologists and
technicians ...............................
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses .........................
Medical records and health
information technicians ...............
Opticians, dispensing .........................
Miscellaneous health technologists
and technicians ............................
Occupational health and safety
specialists and technicians ...........
Occupational health and safety
specialists .................................
Occupational health and safety
technicians ...............................
Miscellaneous healthcare practitioner
and technical workers ..................
Athletic trainers .............................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home
health aides ..................................
Home health aides .........................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Psychiatric aides ............................
Occupational therapist assistants and
aides .............................................
Occupational therapist assistants ...
Occupational therapist aides ..........
Physical therapist assistants and aides
Physical therapist assistants ...........
Physical therapist aides ..................
Massage therapists .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Dental assistants ............................
Medical assistants ..........................
Medical equipment preparers ........
$16.64
25.75
19.78
Relative
error3
6.8%
5.3
2.1
Union Workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Nonunion workers
Mean
$21.58
–
22.90
4.8%
–
7.6
$13.27
25.53
19.65
Relative
error3
4.2%
5.6
2.2
16.07
7.6
–
–
16.07
8.1
19.66
1.3
22.16
2.6
19.41
1.4
16.60
19.75
2.6
8.1
18.26
–
7.0
–
16.41
19.69
2.8
8.7
18.11
3.7
21.17
11.8
18.03
3.8
27.97
3.9
27.33
3.9
28.12
4.7
27.51
4.6
27.33
5.0
27.56
5.5
29.50
5.8
–
–
29.83
6.5
19.62
18.34
9.8
7.0
–
–
–
–
19.23
17.90
8.9
3.9
12.89
.9
15.17
2.2
12.53
1.0
11.59
10.30
1.1
2.2
14.26
11.78
2.7
4.8
11.04
10.12
1.0
2.1
11.98
13.12
1.1
3.0
14.38
16.92
2.1
2.9
11.47
11.15
1.1
2.8
23.38
25.31
16.15
18.27
22.98
12.40
18.29
7.8
6.9
10.8
7.2
8.5
3.1
10.6
18.86
–
–
17.33
–
16.23
–
5.9
–
–
9.0
–
10.2
–
24.62
26.03
15.85
18.33
23.01
11.90
18.29
8.6
7.2
19.8
7.7
8.6
2.5
10.6
14.62
16.51
14.36
15.27
1.3
4.6
1.9
3.9
18.16
17.38
18.65
17.10
3.1
9.9
7.3
6.3
14.30
16.49
14.06
14.72
1.3
4.7
2.1
4.5
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-13
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Healthcare support occupations
–Continued
Medical transcriptionists ...............
Pharmacy aides ..............................
Veterinary assistants and
laboratory animal caretakers ....
Protective service occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, law
enforcement workers ...................
First-line supervisors/managers of
correctional officers .................
First-line supervisors/managers of
police and detectives ................
First-line supervisors/managers of
fire fighting and prevention
workers ........................................
Fire fighters .......................................
Fire inspectors ...................................
Fire inspectors and investigators ...
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and
jailers ...........................................
Bailiffs ...........................................
Correctional officers and jailers ....
Detectives and criminal investigators
Fish and game wardens .....................
Parking enforcement workers ............
Police officers ....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers
Animal control workers .....................
Private detectives and investigators ...
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers .....................
Gaming surveillance officers and
gaming investigators ................
Security guards ..............................
Miscellaneous protective service
workers ........................................
Crossing guards .............................
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other
recreational protective service
workers ....................................
$16.04
13.08
Relative
error3
3.6%
6.0
Union Workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Nonunion workers
Mean
$21.26
17.28
6.2%
9.8
$15.54
11.82
Relative
error3
3.6%
4.3
11.43
6.1
–
–
11.36
6.3
20.15
1.9
27.62
1.7
15.39
2.1
34.09
3.1
41.02
2.1
28.99
4.5
24.61
9.1
30.98
6.0
22.58
11.6
37.62
2.4
42.85
1.8
32.56
3.8
28.29
21.79
24.55
24.56
3.7
3.4
7.3
7.5
30.65
24.29
26.49
26.66
5.3
3.7
10.3
11.1
25.21
15.71
22.70
22.70
4.8
3.1
11.5
11.5
19.16
26.74
18.95
29.36
23.13
16.38
27.50
27.50
14.06
17.13
4.0
5.6
4.0
3.7
6.7
9.0
1.6
1.6
8.1
10.0
23.78
28.99
23.54
35.79
–
19.28
31.12
31.12
–
–
3.3
4.5
3.3
3.1
–
11.4
1.4
1.4
–
–
14.78
19.06
14.73
21.60
–
13.59
21.06
21.06
12.87
17.13
4.6
10.6
4.6
4.3
–
5.8
2.4
2.4
4.3
10.0
12.17
1.9
17.33
4.6
11.68
1.9
14.44
12.14
6.9
1.9
–
17.42
–
4.8
14.61
11.65
8.8
1.9
12.37
11.12
4.3
4.6
18.61
14.88
6.9
6.9
10.86
10.31
3.9
3.7
10.24
5.6
21.41
7.3
9.27
2.6
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-14
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Food preparation and serving related
occupations .....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers
Chefs and head cooks ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers ....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, fast food .............................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria .....
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Cooks, short order .........................
Food preparation workers ..................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Bartenders ......................................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Dining room and cafeteria
attendants and bartender
helpers ......................................
Fast food and counter workers ..........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ..........................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food
concession, and coffee shop ....
Food servers, nonrestaurant ...............
Dishwashers .......................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant,
lounge, and coffee shop ...............
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers,
building and grounds cleaning
and maintenance workers ............
First-line supervisors/managers of
housekeeping and janitorial
workers ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
landscaping, lawn service, and
groundskeeping workers ..........
Building cleaning workers .................
Relative
error3
Union Workers
Mean
$8.82
0.8%
$13.04
16.04
18.21
2.1
6.8
17.63
18.83
15.72
10.72
8.41
12.39
11.08
9.67
9.68
5.74
7.03
4.91
1.9
1.4
1.4
2.8
1.6
2.6
1.6
1.7
3.6
2.3
8.23
8.69
Relative
error3
1.8%
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
$8.57
0.8%
3.6
11.8
15.98
18.16
2.2
7.1
17.27
15.37
–
14.77
17.23
–
12.64
10.94
10.48
10.21
3.6
3.0
–
3.2
5.7
–
4.7
6.8
11.3
9.4
15.66
10.46
8.34
11.90
10.91
9.63
9.22
5.51
6.90
4.76
2.0
1.3
1.3
3.5
1.4
2.6
1.5
1.8
3.8
2.3
2.4
.6
12.00
12.36
6.1
3.7
7.74
8.51
1.9
.5
8.63
.6
12.34
3.1
8.46
.6
8.99
8.88
9.13
1.5
5.8
2.4
12.48
13.13
13.77
10.3
6.6
7.3
8.80
8.17
8.69
1.4
5.6
1.8
8.32
2.3
–
–
8.24
2.3
12.46
1.1
16.43
1.5
11.31
.9
18.69
2.1
26.08
3.5
18.07
2.3
18.66
2.7
26.34
3.4
17.82
3.3
18.75
11.87
4.6
1.6
–
15.97
–
1.9
18.54
10.38
4.5
.9
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-15
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations
–Continued
Janitors and cleaners, except maids
and housekeeping cleaners ......
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Pest control workers ..........................
Grounds maintenance workers ..........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers ....................................
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and
applicators, vegetation .............
Tree trimmers and pruners .............
Personal care and service
occupations .....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
gaming workers ...........................
Gaming supervisors .......................
Slot key persons .............................
First-line supervisors/managers of
personal service workers .............
Animal trainers ..................................
Nonfarm animal caretakers ................
Gaming services workers ..................
Gaming dealers ..............................
Gaming and sports book writers
and runners ..............................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket
takers ............................................
Miscellaneous entertainment
attendants and related workers ....
Amusement and recreation
attendants .................................
Locker room, coatroom, and
dressing room attendants .........
Funeral attendants ..............................
Barbers and cosmetologists ...............
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and
cosmetologists .........................
Miscellaneous personal appearance
workers ........................................
Manicurists and pedicurists ...........
Shampooers ...................................
$12.41
10.24
16.04
12.57
Relative
error3
2.2%
2.4
3.9
2.3
Union Workers
Mean
$16.08
14.81
–
18.45
Relative
error3
2.7%
8.3
–
4.8
Nonunion workers
Mean
$10.73
9.56
15.83
11.78
Relative
error3
1.1%
1.2
4.1
1.8
12.23
2.8
18.33
6.3
11.47
1.9
15.28
18.91
3.3
6.6
–
24.30
–
7.9
15.28
17.93
3.3
6.6
11.65
2.3
17.17
4.0
11.00
2.3
15.99
18.04
12.09
4.4
8.6
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.08
18.04
12.09
4.8
8.6
3.8
16.52
13.15
10.23
7.41
7.03
3.2
9.9
6.3
5.8
3.6
–
–
–
10.96
–
–
–
–
5.8
–
16.15
13.15
10.06
7.30
7.01
3.7
9.9
6.2
5.4
3.5
9.37
11.2
–
–
9.37
11.2
10.21
9.3
12.34
9.0
8.39
3.3
9.47
3.2
13.40
5.5
9.10
3.0
8.99
2.9
–
–
8.64
2.8
11.58
11.61
14.61
6.3
9.9
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.07
11.61
14.53
5.5
9.9
8.5
14.80
8.7
–
–
14.71
8.6
13.60
11.95
8.40
9.4
10.2
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.92
11.95
8.40
8.4
10.2
5.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-16
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Personal care and service
occupations –Continued
Skin care specialists .......................
Baggage porters, bellhops, and
concierges ....................................
Baggage porters and bellhops ........
Concierges .....................................
Tour and travel guides .......................
Tour guides and escorts .................
Transportation attendants ..................
Flight attendants ............................
Transportation attendants, except
flight attendants and baggage
porters ......................................
Child care workers .............................
Personal and home care aides ............
Recreation and fitness workers ..........
Fitness trainers and aerobics
instructors ................................
Recreation workers ........................
Residential advisors ...........................
Sales and related occupations .............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers ........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ..................
First-line supervisors/managers of
non-retail sales workers ...........
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers .....................
Cashiers .....................................
Gaming change persons and
booth cashiers ......................
Counter and rental clerks and parts
salespersons .............................
Counter and rental clerks ...........
Parts salespersons ......................
Retail salespersons .........................
Advertising sales agents ....................
Insurance sales agents ........................
Securities, commodities, and
financial services sales agents .....
Travel agents .....................................
$18.42
Relative
error3
6.5%
Union Workers
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
–
–
$18.42
12.8%
11.4
–
–
–
2.6
2.6
10.78
9.28
12.93
11.65
10.58
21.59
–
5.4
8.8
4.0
8.5
7.0
19.4
–
6.5%
10.74
9.41
13.18
12.96
12.36
29.43
37.14
4.9
6.9
4.5
10.1
12.1
7.2
3.4
$10.56
9.82
–
–
–
33.17
36.75
11.28
9.91
9.50
13.89
11.8
1.9
2.5
5.3
14.14
13.36
9.79
15.10
10.0
3.3
4.4
6.1
9.67
9.61
9.43
13.81
12.9
2.1
2.9
5.5
17.90
12.39
15.69
9.9
3.8
5.5
–
15.10
–
–
6.1
–
17.90
12.13
15.23
9.9
4.1
6.3
17.11
1.2
14.64
3.8
17.21
1.2
20.96
2.3
20.66
2.9
20.97
2.3
19.14
2.1
20.24
2.1
19.13
2.2
29.71
11.49
9.80
9.74
7.0
1.1
.8
.8
–
12.77
12.72
12.70
–
4.0
3.8
3.8
29.72
11.42
9.47
9.41
7.0
1.3
.8
.7
12.71
7.7
–
–
12.61
9.2
13.53
11.46
15.18
12.72
22.83
27.83
3.3
5.0
3.3
1.8
7.0
5.8
16.95
12.63
–
12.00
–
–
13.5
11.7
–
9.5
–
–
13.46
11.44
15.08
12.73
22.97
27.83
3.3
5.1
3.4
1.8
7.4
5.9
55.47
17.31
6.5
6.7
–
–
–
–
55.47
17.48
6.5
6.8
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-17
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Sales and related occupations
–Continued
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ..............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, technical
and scientific products .............
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific
products ...................................
Models, demonstrators, and product
promoters .....................................
Demonstrators and product
promoters .................................
Real estate brokers and sales agents ..
Real estate brokers .........................
Real estate sales agents ..................
Sales engineers ..................................
Telemarketers ....................................
Miscellaneous sales and related
workers ........................................
Door-to-door sales workers, news
and street vendors, and related
workers ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations .....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers ........................................
Switchboard operators, including
answering service ........................
Telephone operators ..........................
Financial clerks ..................................
Bill and account collectors ............
Billing and posting clerks and
machine operators ....................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks .........................
Gaming cage workers ....................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks .....
Procurement clerks ........................
Tellers ............................................
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
3.5%
–
–
$30.71
38.95
6.3
–
–
38.95
6.3
26.62
3.0
–
–
26.69
3.0
16.59
9.4
–
–
16.63
9.7
16.60
23.85
26.29
23.63
35.70
13.45
9.4
13.3
12.6
14.7
8.3
5.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.64
23.85
26.29
23.63
35.92
13.37
9.7
13.3
12.6
14.7
8.8
5.2
16.68
4.4
$19.07
15.8%
16.58
4.5
10.37
18.5
–
–
9.40
12.6
16.09
.5
19.46
1.8
15.74
.5
22.52
1.7
25.16
3.9
22.41
1.7
11.35
13.81
15.85
15.54
6.7
9.5
.8
3.9
18.61
21.29
20.16
22.31
4.9
7.7
2.7
4.5
10.76
12.66
15.60
15.19
6.2
8.5
1.0
4.1
15.93
1.4
18.57
9.8
15.77
1.6
16.97
11.32
18.75
17.03
12.41
.9
4.8
1.7
2.9
.9
20.15
–
22.25
22.34
13.25
2.8
–
2.9
14.8
13.9
16.72
11.34
18.48
16.80
12.40
1.1
5.0
2.0
3.0
.9
Mean
$30.64
Relative
error3
Union Workers
Relative
error3
3.5%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-18
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Brokerage clerks ................................
Correspondence clerks .......................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ..
Credit authorizers, checkers, and
clerks ............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Eligibility interviewers, government
programs ......................................
File clerks ..........................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ..
Interviewers, except eligibility and
loan ..............................................
Library assistants, clerical .................
Loan interviewers and clerks .............
New accounts clerks ..........................
Order clerks .......................................
Human resources assistants, except
payroll and timekeeping ..............
Receptionists and information clerks
Reservation and transportation ticket
agents and travel clerks ...............
Cargo and freight agents ....................
Couriers and messengers ...................
Dispatchers ........................................
Police, fire, and ambulance
dispatchers ...............................
Dispatchers, except police, fire,
and ambulance .........................
Meter readers, utilities .......................
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
Stock clerks and order fillers .............
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and
samplers, recordkeeping ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Legal secretaries ............................
Medical secretaries ........................
$19.18
17.43
17.12
Relative
error3
3.4%
3.5
3.6
Union Workers
Mean
–
–
$20.94
Relative
error3
–
–
6.0%
Nonunion workers
Mean
$19.15
17.04
15.18
Relative
error3
3.4%
3.4
2.9
17.29
15.67
4.1
2.4
–
21.69
–
5.8
17.15
15.20
4.2
2.5
17.75
13.31
10.28
2.2
3.9
1.7
19.72
17.75
18.38
3.8
5.7
4.3
16.50
13.16
10.12
2.9
4.1
1.8
13.51
13.19
16.70
14.87
14.95
3.4
2.7
2.8
2.4
3.1
17.20
16.11
–
–
21.27
3.7
4.8
–
–
8.3
13.26
11.88
16.70
14.87
14.60
3.7
2.7
2.8
2.4
3.0
18.23
13.19
2.7
1.3
19.32
17.70
10.5
3.4
18.15
13.03
2.9
1.3
16.47
21.42
11.07
17.97
3.3
15.2
5.6
2.2
18.84
–
–
24.23
4.9
–
–
4.4
15.26
17.85
10.72
16.33
4.5
7.3
4.7
1.9
17.55
4.1
22.53
4.5
14.49
4.1
18.17
18.43
2.6
5.3
26.68
21.68
8.6
6.0
16.95
13.75
1.8
6.7
19.90
13.42
11.78
2.4
1.3
1.4
24.37
18.59
14.36
5.0
4.4
3.0
19.31
13.07
11.25
2.7
1.2
1.3
14.04
3.9
–
–
13.49
3.9
19.38
.8
20.47
2.8
19.26
.8
21.86
22.38
15.95
1.1
4.0
2.0
22.75
25.10
17.74
4.0
7.4
5.8
21.80
22.27
15.87
1.1
4.1
2.2
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-19
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Computer operators ...........................
Data entry and information
processing workers ......................
Data entry keyers ...........................
Word processors and typists ..........
Desktop publishers ............................
Insurance claims and policy
processing clerks .........................
Mail clerks and mail machine
operators, except postal service ...
Office clerks, general .........................
Office machine operators, except
computer ......................................
Proofreaders and copy markers .........
Statistical assistants ...........................
Farming, fishing, and forestry
occupations .....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
farming, fishing, and forestry
workers ........................................
Graders and sorters, agricultural
products .......................................
Miscellaneous agricultural workers ...
Farmworkers and laborers, crop,
nursery, and greenhouse ..........
Farmworkers, farm and ranch
animals .....................................
Forest and conservation workers .......
Logging workers ................................
Construction and extraction
occupations .....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers ........................................
Boilermakers ......................................
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and
stonemasons .................................
Brickmasons and blockmasons ......
$16.89
16.59
Relative
error3
1.2%
8.7
Union Workers
Mean
$19.48
22.27
Relative
error3
4.1%
4.3
Nonunion workers
Mean
$16.27
16.03
Relative
error3
1.2%
8.7
14.59
13.71
16.69
18.87
1.5
1.5
2.9
7.9
16.94
15.97
17.47
–
2.6
6.4
2.2
–
13.86
13.41
15.84
18.05
1.8
1.5
5.4
9.2
17.18
2.2
19.59
5.1
17.11
2.3
12.67
15.00
3.1
1.0
14.51
18.54
9.6
2.2
12.52
14.50
3.1
1.1
12.67
16.92
18.84
4.3
10.7
3.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.68
16.92
18.42
4.4
10.7
3.9
13.66
6.6
20.93
6.2
12.50
7.5
20.91
6.1
–
–
20.40
7.2
9.73
11.61
11.0
10.6
–
–
–
–
9.68
10.77
11.4
5.4
12.12
14.4
–
–
10.96
6.5
10.03
14.85
18.61
13.2
21.7
14.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.26
–
–
12.4
–
–
21.18
1.3
29.89
1.4
17.99
1.5
29.51
23.34
2.8
15.2
34.84
22.52
4.4
21.3
28.13
–
3.5
–
23.66
24.71
7.9
7.9
32.69
33.08
7.6
7.6
18.66
19.32
7.7
8.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-20
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Construction and extraction
occupations –Continued
Stonemasons ..................................
Carpenters ..........................................
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and
finishers .......................................
Carpet installers .............................
Tile and marble setters ...................
Cement masons, concrete finishers,
and terrazzo workers ....................
Cement masons and concrete
finishers ...................................
Construction laborers .........................
Construction equipment operators .....
Paving, surfacing, and tamping
equipment operators ................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment
operators ..................................
Drywall installers, ceiling tile
installers, and tapers ....................
Drywall and ceiling tile installers ..
Tapers ............................................
Electricians ........................................
Glaziers ..............................................
Insulation workers .............................
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling,
and wall ...................................
Insulation workers, mechanical .....
Painters and paperhangers .................
Painters, construction and
maintenance .............................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..................................
Pipelayers ......................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ..............................
Plasterers and stucco masons .............
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers ...
Roofers ..............................................
Sheet metal workers ..........................
Structural iron and steel workers .......
Helpers, construction trades ..............
Union Workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
$15.67
22.53
12.8%
3.4
–
$31.75
18.70
21.70
18.26
5.3
6.3
7.1
20.78
Relative
error3
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
–
3.6%
$15.34
18.83
13.9%
2.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
18.60
–
18.26
5.3
–
7.1
4.2
29.44
4.0
18.89
4.8
20.78
16.34
19.63
4.2
4.4
3.5
29.44
26.55
26.62
4.0
3.3
4.3
18.89
13.73
17.07
4.8
3.9
3.7
16.52
7.4
27.66
7.8
15.85
8.1
20.29
3.8
26.58
4.4
17.39
4.1
21.53
20.78
23.41
24.63
22.58
17.15
8.8
9.9
16.3
4.3
11.1
8.7
35.51
36.17
34.46
31.08
33.82
25.26
2.9
3.2
4.4
4.7
7.5
14.8
17.44
17.04
18.59
19.33
16.43
14.70
4.3
3.8
9.2
2.9
12.9
5.3
14.59
18.67
18.18
10.7
11.6
6.3
–
–
30.00
–
–
5.8
13.82
15.41
16.18
10.0
4.9
4.1
18.26
6.5
30.00
5.8
16.18
4.2
25.19
16.92
6.1
6.9
32.32
21.04
7.1
17.3
20.06
15.53
3.8
6.7
26.09
18.86
25.29
16.20
23.97
27.76
13.98
6.3
12.9
16.7
5.3
6.0
18.6
3.4
33.03
–
–
–
30.64
39.26
22.51
6.7
–
–
–
5.7
13.1
5.8
20.71
16.04
17.78
15.63
18.34
15.53
12.85
4.3
7.2
15.2
5.2
6.7
9.1
2.7
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-21
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Construction and extraction
occupations –Continued
Helpers--brickmasons,
blockmasons, stonemasons,
and tile and marble setters .......
Helpers--carpenters ........................
Helpers--electricians ......................
Helpers--painters, paperhangers,
plasterers, and stucco masons ..
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers,
pipefitters, and steamfitters .....
Helpers--roofers .............................
Construction and building inspectors
Hazardous materials removal
workers ........................................
Highway maintenance workers .........
Rail-track laying and maintenance
equipment operators ....................
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe
cleaners ........................................
Miscellaneous construction and
related workers ............................
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit
operators, oil, gas, and mining .....
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and
mining ......................................
Mining machine operators .................
Roustabouts, oil and gas ....................
Helpers--extraction workers ..............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations .....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Computer, automated teller, and
office machine repairers ..............
Radio and telecommunications
equipment installers and repairers
Telecommunications equipment
installers and repairers, except
line installers ............................
Union Workers
Relative
error3
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
$17.53
13.30
13.28
11.0%
4.0
5.2
$25.88
–
16.87
5.9%
–
5.7
$12.74
13.30
12.83
10.97
6.7
–
–
10.97
6.7
13.74
13.30
25.78
5.6
11.1
4.5
–
–
28.37
–
–
6.4
12.64
13.30
24.71
3.3
11.1
5.4
21.02
18.01
14.5
2.6
–
21.78
–
3.7
20.65
15.47
16.3
3.4
–
–
24.82
7.1
–
–
18.23
8.5
24.22
8.2
15.29
8.9
17.41
8.0
25.36
15.2
14.39
5.5
22.59
10.2
–
–
22.59
10.2
20.73
23.49
17.83
16.61
10.1
12.0
11.0
8.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.73
24.37
17.83
15.38
10.1
12.6
11.0
6.7
21.40
.9
27.29
1.9
19.40
1.0
28.92
2.6
36.58
9.1
28.06
2.6
17.97
3.5
–
–
17.77
3.6
26.58
6.0
32.15
1.8
18.39
10.1
26.61
6.0
32.19
1.8
18.38
10.2
Mean
Relative
error3
8.2%
4.0
6.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-22
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous electrical and
electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ................
Avionics technicians ......................
Electric motor, power tool, and
related repairers .......................
Electrical and electronics installers
and repairers, transportation
equipment ................................
Electrical and electronics repairers,
commercial and industrial
equipment ................................
Electrical and electronics repairers,
powerhouse, substation, and
relay .........................................
Electronic equipment installers and
repairers, motor vehicles .........
Electronic home entertainment
equipment installers and
repairers ...................................
Security and fire alarm systems
installers ...................................
Aircraft mechanics and service
technicians ...................................
Automotive technicians and repairers
Automotive body and related
repairers ...................................
Automotive service technicians
and mechanics .........................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment
service technicians and
mechanics ....................................
Farm equipment mechanics ...........
Mobile heavy equipment
mechanics, except engines .......
Rail car repairers ............................
Small engine mechanics ....................
Motorboat mechanics ....................
Motorcycle mechanics ...................
$22.34
24.45
Relative
error3
3.8%
9.4
Union Workers
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
$27.22
–
10.3%
–
$19.72
19.67
Relative
error3
4.5%
5.4
14.42
11.5
–
–
13.40
10.5
21.04
21.2
–
–
–
–
24.69
3.9
28.46
4.3
22.70
5.7
32.81
4.9
34.46
4.8
27.41
14.5
18.55
5.9
–
–
18.55
5.9
14.75
5.2
–
–
14.79
8.0
20.89
5.8
–
–
19.98
5.6
26.54
19.53
3.4
2.4
27.74
22.17
1.9
3.4
25.79
19.31
5.5
2.6
20.76
5.1
24.96
13.7
20.49
5.4
19.30
2.6
21.70
4.8
19.09
2.8
21.16
2.2
24.82
2.7
19.40
2.5
21.45
18.06
2.7
7.4
24.03
–
6.3
–
20.02
18.06
2.7
7.4
22.26
20.30
16.52
16.37
16.69
2.8
6.5
4.9
13.2
11.3
26.11
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
–
–
–
20.55
19.00
16.52
16.37
16.69
3.1
7.3
4.9
13.2
11.3
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-23
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations –Continued
Outdoor power equipment and
other small engine mechanics ..
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile
equipment mechanic, installers,
and repairers ................................
Recreational vehicle service
technicians ...............................
Tire repairers and changers ...........
Control and valve installers and
repairers .......................................
Mechanical door repairers .............
Control and valve installers and
repairers, except mechanical
door ..........................................
Heating, air conditioning, and
refrigeration mechanics and
installers .......................................
Home appliance repairers ..................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Industrial machinery mechanics ....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general .....................................
Maintenance workers, machinery ..
Millwrights ....................................
Line installers and repairers ...............
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...................................
Telecommunications line installers
and repairers ............................
Precision instrument and equipment
repairers .......................................
Medical equipment repairers .........
Musical instrument repairers and
tuners .......................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair workers
Coin, vending, and amusement
machine servicers and repairers
Manufactured building and mobile
home installers .........................
Riggers ...........................................
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
4.1%
–
–
$16.44
11.97
5.1
–
–
11.94
5.1
18.06
11.39
7.1
4.8
–
–
–
–
18.06
11.34
7.1
4.9
22.10
19.60
5.0
8.9
$28.81
–
4.2%
–
20.17
19.60
6.7
8.9
23.92
5.7
28.81
4.2
20.85
10.6
22.81
19.63
4.2
6.4
31.76
30.19
6.2
10.0
19.82
–
3.9
–
20.20
24.05
1.3
1.3
24.86
26.22
2.0
2.2
18.46
22.71
1.4
1.8
18.28
18.49
26.17
26.76
1.6
2.6
7.1
3.1
23.72
21.89
28.81
30.77
2.7
8.1
10.0
1.6
16.78
17.52
23.81
20.00
1.6
2.6
7.4
5.7
30.15
3.3
32.52
3.3
24.27
6.6
24.91
4.5
29.59
2.0
18.40
7.0
23.33
22.32
6.4
8.9
31.06
–
3.3
–
22.33
22.32
6.9
8.9
17.93
10.7
–
–
17.93
10.7
16.83
3.9
24.12
10.8
14.86
3.0
15.37
7.1
–
–
14.92
7.3
11.33
20.24
6.1
8.9
–
–
–
–
11.33
19.41
6.1
9.7
Mean
$16.44
Relative
error3
Union Workers
Relative
error3
4.1%
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-24
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations –Continued
Signal and track switch repairers ...
Helpers--installation, maintenance,
and repair workers ...................
Production occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of
production and operating workers
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging,
and systems assemblers ...............
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers
Electrical and electronic
equipment assemblers ..............
Electromechanical equipment
assemblers ................................
Engine and other machine assemblers
Structural metal fabricators and
fitters ............................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators ....................................
Fiberglass laminators and
fabricators ................................
Team assemblers ...........................
Bakers ................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and
fish processing workers ...............
Butchers and meat cutters ..............
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and
trimmers ...................................
Slaughterers and meat packers ......
Miscellaneous food processing
workers ........................................
Food and tobacco roasting, baking,
and drying machine operators
and tenders ...............................
Food batchmakers ..........................
Food cooking machine operators
and tenders ...............................
Computer control programmers and
operators ......................................
$26.05
Relative
error3
5.5%
Union Workers
Mean
$26.05
Relative
error3
5.5%
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
–
–
13.06
6.0
19.85
17.1
$11.46
2.9%
16.26
.9
20.62
1.9
15.21
.8
25.71
2.2
26.34
6.9
25.68
2.3
24.10
3.4
25.45
5.4
20.93
7.5
13.97
13.69
2.7
8.3
18.56
–
4.6
–
13.21
12.79
3.0
7.1
13.61
3.2
18.62
5.2
12.67
3.4
14.95
18.25
5.1
8.0
17.71
21.64
9.9
8.2
14.59
15.59
5.6
8.0
15.99
5.9
20.38
6.9
15.05
6.3
15.24
2.7
22.70
3.1
13.10
1.8
12.90
15.82
12.65
8.2
6.3
3.5
–
23.73
16.66
–
7.6
7.2
12.86
13.42
12.30
8.3
2.8
3.6
12.91
15.15
2.7
2.8
13.77
19.37
3.8
5.4
12.27
13.82
3.2
3.2
10.71
13.06
4.8
2.4
11.73
13.27
7.2
3.4
9.85
12.79
4.1
3.6
13.78
3.7
16.19
6.7
12.92
4.1
14.29
14.56
9.2
3.9
17.55
16.24
9.7
8.0
13.28
13.74
10.7
4.1
11.58
5.5
14.43
8.2
11.16
5.9
18.65
3.5
22.60
6.8
18.17
4.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-25
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Production occupations –Continued
Computer-controlled machine tool
operators, metal and plastic .....
Numerical tool and process control
programmers ............................
Forming machine setters, operators,
and tenders, metal and plastic ......
Extruding and drawing machine
setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ......................
Forging machine setters, operators,
and tenders, metal and plastic ..
Rolling machine setters, operators,
and tenders, metal and plastic ..
Machine tool cutting setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Cutting, punching, and press
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........
Drilling and boring machine tool
setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ......................
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and
buffing machine tool setters,
operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic ................................
Lathe and turning machine tool
setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ......................
Milling and planing machine
setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ......................
Machinists ..........................................
Metal furnace and kiln operators and
tenders ..........................................
Metal-refining furnace operators
and tenders ...............................
Pourers and casters, metal .............
Model makers and patternmakers,
metal and plastic ..........................
Model makers, metal and plastic ...
Patternmakers, metal and plastic ...
$17.88
Relative
error3
3.5%
Union Workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Nonunion workers
Mean
$21.75
5.4%
$17.39
Relative
error3
4.1%
24.03
5.9
–
–
23.44
6.7
15.74
5.7
19.66
3.3
14.64
5.7
14.99
6.4
18.92
6.2
14.19
6.5
17.24
10.1
19.58
3.2
16.14
15.2
16.45
11.8
20.79
5.0
14.83
12.4
15.51
2.0
19.41
3.6
14.72
2.1
14.97
2.3
18.23
4.5
14.11
2.6
17.77
7.3
26.33
8.0
14.57
4.9
14.98
3.5
21.34
5.7
14.46
3.4
17.03
5.2
19.26
3.5
16.71
5.9
17.59
22.14
6.0
1.8
–
27.08
–
3.3
16.84
20.80
6.8
2.0
17.15
8.9
21.32
5.0
15.12
12.0
16.77
17.76
13.1
8.2
21.74
–
4.2
–
15.01
–
16.8
–
23.33
24.90
20.21
7.4
8.6
10.3
29.10
29.60
–
8.5
8.6
–
19.27
20.49
17.54
10.6
11.5
20.0
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-26
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Molders and molding machine
setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ..........................
Foundry mold and coremakers ......
Molding, coremaking, and casting
machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ........
Multiple machine tool setters,
operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic ...........................................
Tool and die makers ..........................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
workers ........................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and
brazers ......................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing
machine setters, operators, and
tenders ......................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and
plastic workers .............................
Heat treating equipment setters,
operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic ................................
Lay-out workers, metal and plastic
Plating and coating machine
setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ......................
Tool grinders, filers, and
sharpeners ................................
Bookbinders and bindery workers .....
Bindery workers ............................
Printers ...............................................
Job printers ....................................
Prepress technicians and workers ..
Printing machine operators ............
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ....
Pressers, textile, garment, and related
materials ......................................
Sewing machine operators .................
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers ......
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom
sewers ......................................
Union Workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
$13.43
15.24
2.9%
10.7
$17.79
–
13.24
3.0
17.52
16.14
24.82
3.3
2.1
17.69
Relative
error3
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
$12.87
13.87
3.1%
12.7
6.9
12.79
3.3
21.01
28.51
5.3
3.3
14.87
23.38
3.2
2.5
1.8
22.02
4.3
16.50
1.7
17.85
2.2
23.13
5.1
16.54
2.1
17.08
3.0
19.04
5.3
16.30
3.3
15.39
2.6
19.61
4.6
14.54
3.1
15.38
18.14
8.2
9.2
19.57
–
5.2
–
13.31
16.17
8.4
6.8
16.59
7.1
23.82
8.0
15.22
7.5
16.29
13.70
13.70
17.48
17.29
19.40
16.96
10.57
14.6
4.4
4.4
4.9
7.3
6.9
5.6
3.4
21.24
–
–
25.74
–
23.90
26.34
12.71
12.5
–
–
9.9
–
23.6
6.4
5.4
15.70
12.84
12.84
16.53
16.73
18.70
15.92
10.25
16.1
6.8
6.8
4.8
5.1
6.3
5.7
3.6
9.31
11.81
15.84
3.0
7.2
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.31
10.81
15.14
3.0
3.6
11.0
15.60
6.4
–
–
14.83
10.2
5.6%
–
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-27
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Production occupations –Continued
Textile machine setters, operators,
and tenders ...................................
Textile bleaching and dyeing
machine operators and tenders
Textile cutting machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..............
Textile knitting and weaving
machine setters, operators, and
tenders ......................................
Textile winding, twisting, and
drawing out machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..............
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and
furnishings workers .....................
Extruding and forming machine
setters, operators, and tenders,
synthetic and glass fibers .........
Fabric and apparel patternmakers ..
Upholsterers ...................................
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
Furniture finishers .............................
Woodworking machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..................
Sawing machine setters, operators,
and tenders, wood ....................
Woodworking machine setters,
operators, and tenders, except
sawing ......................................
Power plant operators, distributors,
and dispatchers ............................
Power distributors and dispatchers
Power plant operators ....................
Stationary engineers and boiler
operators ......................................
Water and liquid waste treatment
plant and system operators ..........
Miscellaneous plant and system
operators ......................................
Chemical plant and system
operators ..................................
Gas plant operators ........................
Petroleum pump system operators,
refinery operators, and gaugers
$12.04
Relative
error3
4.4%
Union Workers
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
$16.43
19.1%
$11.75
Relative
error3
4.1%
10.21
9.2
–
–
9.21
4.8
10.99
4.3
–
–
11.02
4.5
13.66
7.2
–
–
13.66
7.2
12.62
9.7
–
–
11.86
6.1
15.17
4.9
17.78
6.2
14.57
6.2
16.62
16.53
17.05
16.54
14.17
9.2
11.0
7.3
4.6
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.46
16.18
16.93
16.48
14.17
10.8
13.5
9.2
4.8
7.5
13.30
3.9
15.63
7.3
13.09
4.1
12.72
5.8
–
–
12.65
5.9
13.86
3.5
15.54
8.2
13.57
3.4
32.46
38.37
30.07
2.6
4.2
2.7
32.99
–
31.40
3.2
–
3.6
31.21
38.23
26.86
3.2
5.3
8.5
27.13
4.0
27.62
3.4
26.64
7.3
20.70
3.6
25.55
6.1
18.41
3.3
27.29
5.4
30.00
3.9
25.88
7.1
24.58
32.52
5.3
5.6
24.38
–
6.1
–
24.66
32.61
7.4
5.8
31.25
6.4
33.68
1.6
27.04
14.1
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-28
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Production occupations –Continued
Chemical processing machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..................
Chemical equipment operators and
tenders ......................................
Separating, filtering, clarifying,
precipitating, and still machine
setters, operators, and tenders ..
Crushing, grinding, polishing,
mixing, and blending workers .....
Crushing, grinding, and polishing
machine setters, operators, and
tenders ......................................
Grinding and polishing workers,
hand .........................................
Mixing and blending machine
setters, operators, and tenders ..
Cutting workers .................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ............
Cutting and slicing machine
setters, operators, and tenders ..
Extruding, forming, pressing, and
compacting machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..................
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle
operators and tenders ...................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Jewelers and precious stone and
metal workers ..............................
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic
laboratory technicians ..................
Dental laboratory technicians ........
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians
Packaging and filling machine
operators and tenders ...................
Painting workers ................................
Coating, painting, and spraying
machine setters, operators, and
tenders ......................................
Painters, transportation equipment
Painting, coating, and decorating
workers ....................................
$23.12
Relative
error3
9.1%
Union Workers
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$28.11
10.9%
$21.19
12.2%
20.71
8.8
25.76
5.2
19.26
11.4
24.85
12.5
29.31
13.8
22.77
17.8
15.20
3.9
18.68
4.1
14.11
4.2
15.52
7.4
20.42
9.9
14.11
8.5
13.08
3.8
–
–
13.29
3.9
15.93
14.80
13.22
6.0
4.3
9.1
19.58
16.79
18.58
4.4
10.2
12.1
14.49
14.32
11.78
7.0
5.0
7.7
15.17
4.9
16.31
12.2
14.91
5.6
14.28
6.0
19.03
7.6
13.32
6.0
16.98
8.4
21.37
11.3
14.86
6.8
17.04
1.9
22.47
3.6
16.10
2.2
18.99
7.1
–
–
18.99
7.1
16.63
17.98
13.85
7.0
8.7
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.63
17.98
13.85
7.0
8.7
4.1
14.61
16.83
4.0
3.3
17.78
20.65
4.9
5.2
13.26
16.26
4.7
3.6
14.81
21.66
3.0
5.5
18.46
24.52
6.3
8.7
14.22
21.23
2.6
6.3
12.56
6.4
–
–
12.01
6.6
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-29
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Photographic process workers and
processing machine operators ......
Photographic process workers .......
Photographic processing machine
operators ..................................
Semiconductor processors .................
Miscellaneous production workers ....
Cementing and gluing machine
operators and tenders ...............
Cleaning, washing, and metal
pickling equipment operators
and tenders ...............................
Cooling and freezing equipment
operators and tenders ...............
Etchers and engravers ....................
Molders, shapers, and casters,
except metal and plastic ...........
Paper goods machine setters,
operators, and tenders ..............
Tire builders ...................................
Helpers--production workers .........
Transportation and material moving
occupations .....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
helpers, laborers, and material
movers, hand ................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
transportation and
material-moving machine and
vehicle operators ..........................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ....
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight
engineers ..................................
Commercial pilots .........................
Ambulance drivers and attendants,
except emergency medical
technicians ...................................
Bus drivers .........................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ....
Bus drivers, school ........................
Driver/sales workers and truck
drivers ..........................................
Union Workers
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
Relative
error3
$12.70
14.56
6.6%
15.1
–
–
–
–
$12.10
14.56
6.4%
15.1
12.10
18.29
13.75
7.0
3.8
2.4
–
–
$17.90
–
–
4.6%
11.23
18.29
12.59
5.9
3.8
2.1
15.46
5.6
17.70
9.5
14.94
6.6
17.57
11.3
21.65
17.8
14.77
5.4
16.07
14.85
16.3
8.8
–
–
–
–
–
15.02
–
9.0
14.37
10.0
–
–
14.22
10.2
17.85
15.39
12.00
8.2
6.2
2.3
22.99
–
14.51
5.6
–
4.2
13.71
14.80
11.10
7.1
5.7
2.5
15.73
.9
22.20
1.7
13.72
.8
21.29
2.9
21.17
9.6
21.29
3.1
24.99
92.64
3.8
12.1
33.66
131.82
6.9
4.3
23.78
38.00
3.7
13.7
115.06
32.72
8.3
15.7
136.10
–
3.3
–
45.04
33.26
17.3
17.7
12.46
16.71
18.85
15.44
7.4
2.4
4.5
2.1
–
19.34
20.89
17.54
–
2.6
4.4
2.7
11.91
13.85
12.76
14.11
7.3
2.5
6.0
2.7
17.41
1.2
23.64
2.1
15.65
1.3
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-30
December 2009 - January 2011
Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for civilian workers
by occupation — Continued
Table 13
Civilian workers
Occupation2
Mean
Transportation and material moving
occupations –Continued
Driver/sales workers ......................
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer ............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs ...............
Railroad conductors and yardmasters
Subway and streetcar operators .........
Sailors and marine oilers ...................
Ship and boat captains and operators
Captains, mates, and pilots of
water vessels ............................
Parking lot attendants ........................
Service station attendants ..................
Transportation inspectors ..................
Conveyor operators and tenders ........
Crane and tower operators .................
Dredge, excavating, and loading
machine operators ........................
Excavating and loading machine
and dragline operators .............
Hoist and winch operators .................
Industrial truck and tractor operators
Laborers and material movers, hand
Cleaners of vehicles and
equipment ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand .............
Machine feeders and offbearers .....
Packers and packagers, hand .........
Pumping station operators .................
Refuse and recyclable material
collectors ......................................
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders .......
Relative
error3
$12.95
5.1%
Union Workers
Nonunion workers
Mean
Relative
error3
Mean
$21.73
13.8%
$11.96
Relative
error3
4.4%
18.67
1.5
22.60
2.6
17.48
1.5
16.75
11.07
28.83
27.01
12.77
29.23
2.3
5.8
6.5
4.7
10.4
10.4
25.93
14.56
27.67
27.01
–
–
2.8
22.4
7.7
4.7
–
–
13.76
10.86
–
–
–
27.39
2.4
5.4
–
–
–
12.9
30.68
9.52
11.16
30.27
15.99
21.47
11.2
4.9
9.2
2.8
4.7
6.1
–
9.32
18.65
29.69
–
25.00
–
8.9
15.8
4.0
–
7.2
29.32
9.55
10.10
–
15.72
19.68
15.4
5.8
8.1
–
6.4
8.6
18.72
5.9
25.09
8.0
16.26
3.2
17.86
17.84
14.74
11.67
5.0
13.8
1.5
1.0
23.97
–
18.13
14.74
10.3
–
2.9
1.8
16.17
–
13.62
10.83
3.2
–
1.3
1.0
11.58
2.9
14.37
5.6
10.80
4.1
12.14
11.88
10.39
23.58
1.3
3.2
1.8
4.5
15.55
14.23
12.37
–
1.6
7.4
6.1
–
11.16
11.08
9.96
23.39
1.2
3.4
1.5
4.9
15.50
19.58
9.2
6.0
25.33
21.83
10.5
3.5
12.59
18.14
8.0
8.3
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, and 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 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
3 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 chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of
Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
13-31
December 2009 - January 2011
Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2
for major occupational groups
Table 14
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ...........................................................................
$21.06
$20.16
$26.04
$26.03
Management, professional, and related .............................
Management, business, and financial ............................
Professional and related .................................................
Service ...............................................................................
Sales and office ..................................................................
Sales and related ............................................................
Office and administrative support .................................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ............
Construction and extraction ..........................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair .............................
Production, transportation, and material moving ..............
Production ......................................................................
Transportation and material moving .............................
34.20
38.54
32.32
12.09
15.54
14.25
16.09
21.14
–
21.23
15.90
16.24
15.54
34.61
39.14
32.25
10.54
15.34
14.22
15.89
21.16
21.33
21.14
15.77
16.15
15.33
48.78
44.38
59.68
15.42
25.00
27.48
16.08
22.58
–
23.19
17.91
17.03
18.30
48.70
44.38
59.48
15.42
25.00
27.49
16.08
22.58
19.30
23.19
17.91
17.03
18.30
Relative error4
All workers ...........................................................................
Management, professional, and related .............................
Management, business, and financial ............................
Professional and related .................................................
Service ...............................................................................
Sales and office ..................................................................
Sales and related ............................................................
Office and administrative support .................................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ............
Construction and extraction ..........................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair .............................
Production, transportation, and material moving ..............
Production ......................................................................
Transportation and material moving .............................
1 Earnings of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive
workers are those whose earnings are at least partially based on productivity payments
such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 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, and 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.
3 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
0.5%
0.6%
.5
.8
.7
.7
.6
1.2
.5
.9
–
.9
.6
.9
.9
.6
.8
.9
.5
.7
1.2
.6
1.0
1.4
1.0
.6
.9
1.0
2.5%
6.9
6.8
14.7
4.8
2.5
2.6
2.9
2.9
–
3.1
2.3
4.7
2.6
2.5%
7.0
6.8
14.9
4.8
2.5
2.6
2.9
2.9
6.3
3.1
2.3
4.7
2.6
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
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 chapter 8 of the BLS Handbook of
Methods, at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
14-1
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
All workers .........................................................................................
$8.50
$11.17
$16.73
$26.25
$39.33
Management occupations .............................................................
Chief executives ..........................................................................
General and operations managers ................................................
Legislators ...................................................................................
Advertising and promotions managers ........................................
Marketing and sales managers .....................................................
Marketing managers ................................................................
Sales managers ........................................................................
Public relations managers ............................................................
Administrative services managers ...............................................
Computer and information systems managers ............................
Financial managers ......................................................................
Human resources managers .........................................................
Compensation and benefits managers .....................................
Training and development managers .......................................
Industrial production managers ...................................................
Purchasing managers ...................................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ....................
Agricultural managers .................................................................
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers .........................
Construction managers ................................................................
Education administrators .............................................................
Education administrators, preschool and child care
center/program ...................................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..
Education administrators, postsecondary ................................
Engineering managers .................................................................
Food service managers ................................................................
Funeral directors ..........................................................................
Gaming managers ........................................................................
Lodging managers .......................................................................
Medical and health services managers ........................................
Natural sciences managers ..........................................................
Property, real estate, and community association managers .......
Social and community service managers ....................................
21.84
26.22
22.28
11.56
18.09
25.15
28.37
24.16
18.67
20.96
34.86
23.20
24.08
20.67
28.85
27.92
23.40
22.75
15.00
15.00
23.30
20.80
29.44
47.09
29.51
14.81
21.94
34.40
35.83
32.51
21.81
26.25
41.56
29.96
29.59
27.73
33.60
33.88
30.22
26.43
16.85
21.64
29.46
28.72
40.15
72.09
39.75
23.92
32.53
46.89
46.15
47.31
31.52
33.56
53.64
42.07
37.87
33.09
38.44
41.12
39.09
33.50
37.11
37.11
38.33
39.23
54.81
103.85
58.71
35.16
46.84
63.46
61.87
67.40
42.49
40.72
65.05
57.12
50.39
49.27
56.12
49.43
55.29
48.28
37.11
37.11
47.67
51.47
71.54
151.81
86.54
44.23
61.28
86.63
76.92
93.05
51.69
48.64
76.04
74.32
67.88
54.19
72.82
63.04
70.34
61.48
57.73
57.73
55.31
62.06
14.68
33.74
21.39
36.51
16.83
14.00
31.50
15.17
24.04
28.08
16.10
16.83
18.09
37.71
25.80
48.60
19.45
21.64
33.00
15.17
30.78
33.54
20.29
22.49
27.54
46.37
35.75
58.47
22.85
28.75
33.75
17.48
38.36
41.14
29.25
28.22
31.35
54.59
51.47
67.50
30.24
32.75
34.10
24.04
49.15
48.89
33.65
34.62
31.35
62.66
66.76
76.66
37.30
34.75
35.91
33.95
63.32
67.60
47.55
42.02
18.27
19.47
20.94
19.48
22.13
22.12
23.41
20.90
28.46
27.07
29.33
26.69
36.51
33.74
34.98
33.31
48.08
42.49
44.07
42.62
19.21
18.22
18.22
18.67
22.52
22.10
22.10
24.53
27.17
28.33
28.33
28.81
33.65
33.33
33.19
33.81
41.83
39.01
39.11
38.23
Business and financial operations occupations ...........................
Buyers and purchasing agents .....................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .........................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products .................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products .............................................................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators .........
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators .......................
Insurance appraisers, auto damage ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-1
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Business and financial operations occupations –Continued
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health
and safety, and transportation ................................................
Cost estimators ............................................................................
Emergency management specialists ............................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ..........
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists .............
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists ..............
Training and development specialists .....................................
Logisticians ..................................................................................
Management analysts ..................................................................
Meeting and convention planners ................................................
Accountants and auditors ............................................................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate ........................................
Budget analysts ............................................................................
Credit analysts .............................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ...................................................
Financial analysts ....................................................................
Personal financial advisors ......................................................
Insurance underwriters ............................................................
Financial examiners .....................................................................
Loan counselors and officers .......................................................
Loan counselors .......................................................................
Loan officers ............................................................................
Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and revenue agents ..........
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents .......................
Tax preparers ...........................................................................
$16.94
19.75
19.04
16.81
14.72
19.89
16.81
20.09
21.47
15.87
18.27
14.64
21.26
19.37
20.29
23.10
15.38
19.41
19.16
16.41
13.66
16.41
13.09
12.89
15.03
$20.65
21.85
31.01
20.83
17.57
21.99
22.85
23.98
26.68
20.19
22.16
17.63
25.14
21.56
25.36
27.36
20.01
22.77
21.70
20.40
16.67
20.60
15.50
15.24
15.50
$24.97
29.57
37.46
27.27
20.61
26.30
30.07
32.22
35.59
24.52
27.19
23.31
30.09
27.40
33.02
34.92
26.92
28.28
27.82
27.88
21.62
28.24
21.01
21.01
18.84
$32.46
39.42
47.16
35.75
30.23
33.99
41.30
39.75
48.85
36.64
34.02
32.03
37.37
36.55
44.45
45.67
47.36
38.95
35.48
36.29
26.67
37.17
29.62
28.57
30.77
$40.63
49.04
47.16
45.06
39.54
42.07
45.43
49.23
61.66
42.31
43.29
42.20
41.84
48.46
58.01
62.50
58.01
49.55
43.91
49.35
38.67
49.57
33.18
34.94
30.77
Computer and mathematical science occupations ......................
Computer and information scientists, research ...........................
Computer programmers ...............................................................
Computer software engineers ......................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .............................
Computer software engineers, systems software .....................
Computer support specialists .......................................................
Computer systems analysts ..........................................................
Database administrators ...............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ...........................
Network systems and data communications analysts ..................
Actuaries ......................................................................................
Operations research analysts .......................................................
Statisticians ..................................................................................
19.99
35.48
21.47
27.89
27.89
30.44
15.38
25.20
22.16
19.88
19.78
27.80
21.39
22.19
25.81
43.76
25.96
35.46
33.80
37.50
19.08
31.54
26.72
24.76
23.08
32.45
26.67
35.51
35.28
52.40
33.67
42.94
41.37
44.74
23.55
38.46
39.57
31.75
30.56
40.96
31.87
44.71
44.79
63.45
38.97
52.21
50.23
54.43
29.78
46.18
48.96
40.20
39.74
54.21
45.09
48.71
55.08
82.71
46.29
60.34
57.39
64.31
38.46
53.70
60.07
47.21
48.91
65.44
59.62
60.63
Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................
Architects, except naval ...............................................................
Architects, except landscape and naval ...................................
19.58
18.52
18.52
25.90
23.00
22.60
33.70
30.11
30.77
43.94
36.06
37.63
55.75
48.08
48.08
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-2
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Architecture and engineering occupations –Continued
Landscape architects ................................................................
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists ......................
Surveyors .................................................................................
Engineers .....................................................................................
Aerospace engineers ................................................................
Biomedical engineers ..............................................................
Chemical engineers .................................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................................
Computer hardware engineers .................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ........................................
Electrical engineers .............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ..............................
Environmental engineers .........................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ....................
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety
engineers and inspectors ................................................
Industrial engineers .............................................................
Materials engineers ..................................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................................
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety
engineers ............................................................................
Nuclear engineers ....................................................................
Petroleum engineers ................................................................
Drafters ........................................................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ................................................
Electrical and electronics drafters ...........................................
Mechanical drafters .................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .....................................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .................
Civil engineering technicians ..................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ...................
Electro-mechanical technicians ...............................................
Environmental engineering technicians ..................................
Industrial engineering technicians ...........................................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ............................................
Life, physical, and social science occupations .............................
Life scientists ...............................................................................
Agricultural and food scientists ...............................................
Food scientists and technologists ........................................
Biological scientists .................................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists .............................................
Microbiologists ....................................................................
Zoologists and wildlife biologists .......................................
10
25
50
75
90
$20.53
19.92
20.44
26.69
34.28
24.04
30.53
23.08
31.42
26.67
25.72
27.54
23.64
25.37
$23.74
24.19
25.33
31.81
39.31
27.25
35.34
28.89
37.72
32.00
30.38
33.59
28.13
29.03
$25.74
29.42
31.75
39.62
48.08
32.34
41.11
36.38
46.64
39.41
38.31
41.54
33.80
35.78
$31.60
38.46
40.00
49.42
59.91
43.42
57.65
44.40
57.68
47.28
45.16
49.53
47.75
43.19
$34.47
53.00
56.00
60.72
69.95
46.50
68.25
52.14
71.99
57.64
55.10
63.47
50.97
54.08
26.83
25.01
28.89
26.00
30.61
28.71
30.84
30.77
36.37
35.37
39.57
36.91
52.53
41.88
54.57
44.80
60.05
50.48
61.82
53.25
26.89
33.63
30.29
16.20
16.50
15.75
17.11
15.45
22.82
12.96
17.83
18.72
14.90
17.11
19.00
11.95
35.68
38.97
40.39
19.00
19.30
19.25
19.46
20.00
25.24
13.62
21.47
20.37
18.00
20.93
21.35
14.84
39.67
44.62
51.62
23.60
23.75
26.20
23.08
25.39
29.94
18.61
26.14
26.83
19.13
26.02
26.71
20.20
51.75
47.99
62.26
30.00
31.25
27.78
26.87
30.79
33.75
25.60
31.13
30.59
22.50
31.25
29.27
29.86
61.06
59.63
82.05
36.56
36.56
34.18
32.00
36.79
39.10
30.72
36.73
30.59
30.78
36.40
34.55
37.63
16.49
19.69
16.05
36.67
20.14
20.12
23.59
20.14
21.16
22.33
16.75
37.39
22.82
28.76
29.27
21.95
28.02
30.64
21.77
43.27
33.65
41.61
36.32
24.64
38.03
42.32
38.27
43.99
42.32
48.17
44.34
26.09
50.44
52.46
43.99
47.52
50.03
56.56
46.94
34.24
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-3
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Life, physical, and social science occupations –Continued
Conservation scientists and foresters .......................................
Conservation scientists ........................................................
Foresters ..............................................................................
Medical scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ........................................................................
Astronomers and physicists .....................................................
Physicists .............................................................................
Chemists and materials scientists ............................................
Chemists ..............................................................................
Materials scientists ..............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists .............................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health ..
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers ...........
Hydrologists ........................................................................
Economists ..................................................................................
Market and survey researchers ....................................................
Market research analysts .........................................................
Psychologists ...............................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .......................
Urban and regional planners ........................................................
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers ...................
Agricultural and food science technicians ...................................
Biological technicians .................................................................
Chemical technicians ...................................................................
Geological and petroleum technicians .........................................
Nuclear technicians .....................................................................
Social science research assistants ................................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians ......
Environmental science and protection technicians, including
health .................................................................................
Forensic science technicians ....................................................
Forest and conservation technicians ........................................
Community and social services occupations ...............................
Counselors ...................................................................................
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors ..............
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ......................
Marriage and family therapists ................................................
Mental health counselors .........................................................
Rehabilitation counselors ........................................................
Social workers .............................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers ................................
Medical and public health social workers ...............................
Mental health and substance abuse social workers .................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ............
10
25
50
75
90
$20.97
20.97
19.23
20.58
21.15
27.32
31.28
22.84
22.31
35.10
19.71
18.67
23.46
22.39
18.38
19.24
19.23
19.25
21.15
22.01
13.80
11.55
13.70
14.97
18.00
28.48
12.74
13.59
$21.50
21.50
25.96
22.61
25.75
47.16
48.00
27.40
25.96
39.23
24.40
22.61
25.81
25.24
28.03
24.51
24.51
26.67
26.67
24.58
15.24
15.01
16.05
17.40
20.01
33.99
14.00
16.48
$26.57
25.83
28.52
32.97
32.89
55.60
55.14
31.67
29.70
46.21
31.50
30.13
35.72
35.22
36.23
32.60
31.68
33.92
34.34
31.05
24.65
18.19
19.93
22.59
32.57
34.94
17.01
20.58
$29.93
29.93
42.23
45.49
43.10
68.92
70.43
42.63
38.47
55.05
38.65
36.63
40.10
39.56
43.27
42.14
39.70
44.54
44.70
40.63
30.34
20.63
24.66
26.97
32.57
39.78
23.42
25.00
$36.88
35.64
50.82
59.22
56.47
108.94
108.94
55.59
53.53
62.60
49.26
49.09
51.92
43.10
45.13
57.35
54.55
56.66
56.81
51.70
45.22
28.35
29.12
32.78
47.89
48.36
26.04
34.90
12.76
15.65
8.87
18.00
21.54
14.21
23.03
26.30
17.72
26.61
30.98
18.50
34.90
44.32
21.95
12.02
12.50
12.64
16.35
15.39
14.55
10.75
14.02
13.75
16.41
13.48
10.35
15.00
16.20
14.42
19.98
17.93
17.31
12.92
16.33
15.89
19.11
16.05
12.53
18.83
20.26
17.84
27.81
18.80
18.55
17.75
20.12
19.45
23.60
18.46
15.96
24.79
28.10
22.77
39.75
20.00
23.48
21.14
25.63
25.42
29.28
23.90
20.19
33.28
41.18
27.97
50.88
26.67
30.00
26.01
31.79
34.97
30.93
29.70
27.40
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-4
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Community and social services occupations –Continued
Health educators ......................................................................
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists ........
Social and human service assistants ........................................
Clergy ..........................................................................................
Directors, religious activities and education ...............................
$14.50
15.61
9.99
13.25
16.76
$15.32
17.96
11.00
14.10
18.46
$19.03
23.36
13.66
18.11
23.48
$31.99
28.94
16.35
23.59
25.68
$34.84
37.12
19.71
27.05
44.19
Legal occupations ..........................................................................
Lawyers .......................................................................................
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ..........................
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates .............................
Paralegals and legal assistants .....................................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ..........................................
Court reporters .........................................................................
Law clerks ...............................................................................
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers .............................
15.85
23.56
24.49
25.75
24.49
12.00
14.94
14.04
13.00
14.94
20.51
32.36
31.50
31.28
39.95
16.48
17.14
17.15
15.87
17.14
30.00
46.38
44.33
34.76
62.08
22.12
21.40
24.58
21.92
21.13
47.33
67.31
62.75
47.68
75.11
28.85
25.23
29.46
28.05
23.75
73.19
89.90
76.92
62.75
88.66
34.62
33.78
40.67
28.05
33.20
Education, training, and library occupations .............................
Postsecondary teachers ................................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ............................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ...........................
Computer science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ...................
Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary ............
Architecture teachers, postsecondary ..................................
Engineering teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Biological science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary ..............................
Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers,
postsecondary ................................................................
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Environmental science teachers, postsecondary ..................
Physics teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................................
Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary ......
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary
Economics teachers, postsecondary ....................................
Political science teachers, postsecondary ............................
Psychology teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Sociology teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ..........................
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary .................
Education and library science teachers, postsecondary ...........
11.98
23.60
26.71
27.78
25.81
30.66
30.61
35.06
30.61
23.72
23.54
32.03
19.77
31.65
47.08
33.51
35.95
33.32
39.52
38.29
39.52
31.92
31.18
38.16
31.44
43.03
62.47
42.66
54.48
39.07
55.10
52.31
55.10
45.79
43.99
49.87
42.68
59.03
72.63
58.51
69.77
50.15
74.86
67.97
74.86
58.44
60.45
58.81
56.01
81.83
77.89
69.77
91.71
61.51
94.94
67.97
97.33
98.97
98.97
76.13
28.42
32.12
32.05
36.07
32.88
42.57
31.20
46.78
33.15
30.00
36.70
26.65
24.40
27.21
25.25
28.42
40.75
32.05
38.16
36.07
43.42
31.80
53.85
33.36
33.00
40.43
34.95
40.15
29.53
28.85
49.95
46.96
50.65
53.15
46.28
45.74
31.80
62.31
40.35
44.14
53.63
46.88
63.59
39.05
33.94
55.31
55.08
62.13
73.12
58.33
51.31
47.19
81.14
49.21
48.90
64.23
76.26
89.45
43.86
42.89
75.29
71.80
90.57
89.20
76.73
52.15
47.19
96.15
54.43
67.10
96.12
98.78
111.73
49.46
50.01
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-5
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Education teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers,
postsecondary ................................................................
Law teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Social work teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ..................
Communications teachers, postsecondary ...........................
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
History teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary ................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ....................................
Graduate teaching assistants ................................................
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary ......
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ....................
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ........
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .......................................
Preschool teachers, except special education ......................
Kindergarten teachers, except special education .................
Elementary and middle school teachers ..................................
Elementary school teachers, except special education ........
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Secondary school teachers .......................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...............
Special education teachers .......................................................
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ..........................................................
Special education teachers, middle school ..........................
Special education teachers, secondary school .....................
Other teachers and instructors .....................................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and
instructors ..........................................................................
Self-enrichment education teachers .........................................
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians ............................
Archivists .................................................................................
Curators ...................................................................................
Librarians .....................................................................................
Library technicians ......................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$25.25
$28.00
$33.94
$42.39
$50.01
36.77
49.54
81.75
108.98
139.90
36.22
62.22
32.98
36.22
75.17
34.15
46.70
89.85
36.77
47.75
110.08
41.56
49.54
139.90
45.39
25.00
25.00
26.07
19.78
32.64
30.22
20.55
19.35
12.47
20.00
18.00
21.75
10.00
9.75
22.96
24.30
24.20
33.43
31.08
32.23
32.14
38.24
37.52
30.74
25.00
12.47
27.64
21.50
27.91
12.60
11.25
26.86
28.89
28.86
40.85
37.34
40.38
41.06
51.72
46.91
38.39
36.10
12.47
29.42
25.82
34.79
17.00
14.54
33.30
35.79
35.94
52.97
45.57
49.64
49.99
58.80
58.93
50.11
47.66
12.47
44.49
36.48
44.33
31.35
20.53
40.87
45.35
45.70
68.24
60.13
70.58
65.21
73.46
71.09
60.70
63.61
16.42
46.88
43.78
54.71
39.43
35.33
50.86
55.95
56.18
25.05
25.49
29.19
29.88
35.46
35.85
43.91
44.94
55.13
54.68
25.67
24.25
24.92
30.06
27.76
29.81
35.86
35.78
35.71
44.99
43.84
45.74
55.00
50.83
56.47
23.64
25.98
26.82
10.02
28.81
32.40
31.24
13.38
35.27
35.73
37.09
20.82
45.31
45.62
45.77
33.31
55.64
55.89
60.37
45.81
15.71
12.00
15.00
13.60
19.89
16.22
11.31
20.00
18.28
19.02
17.45
23.85
22.00
13.42
23.05
20.67
26.96
21.77
31.04
26.54
15.61
36.12
29.95
37.50
36.28
40.87
34.68
19.27
45.00
39.80
40.87
39.63
40.87
44.51
25.17
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-6
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Farm and home management advisors ........................................
Instructional coordinators ............................................................
Teacher assistants ........................................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .....
Artists and related workers ..........................................................
Art directors .............................................................................
Multi-media artists and animators ...........................................
Designers .....................................................................................
Commercial and industrial designers ......................................
Fashion designers ....................................................................
Floral designers .......................................................................
Graphic designers ....................................................................
Interior designers .....................................................................
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers .......................
Set and exhibit designers .........................................................
Actors, producers, and directors ..................................................
Producers and directors ...........................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .........................
Coaches and scouts ..................................................................
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials ...........................
Dancers and choreographers ........................................................
Choreographers ........................................................................
Musicians, singers, and related workers ......................................
Music directors and composers ...............................................
Musicians and singers ..............................................................
Announcers ..................................................................................
Radio and television announcers .............................................
News analysts, reporters and correspondents ..............................
Reporters and correspondents ..................................................
Public relations specialists ...........................................................
Writers and editors ......................................................................
Editors ......................................................................................
Technical writers .....................................................................
Writers and authors ..................................................................
Miscellaneous media and communication workers .....................
Interpreters and translators ......................................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ................................................................................
Audio and video equipment technicians ..................................
Broadcast technicians ..............................................................
Sound engineering technicians ................................................
Photographers ..............................................................................
Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and
editors ....................................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$17.03
21.93
9.00
$17.80
25.48
10.37
$21.04
32.62
12.16
$26.30
40.24
14.98
$26.30
49.76
18.56
12.02
15.00
16.00
16.98
12.00
19.61
20.37
7.50
13.86
16.83
13.45
13.65
13.94
14.44
9.00
9.00
6.99
15.00
15.00
13.65
15.63
13.65
8.17
8.17
15.23
14.84
16.83
16.83
15.84
20.06
15.81
15.38
11.01
16.88
16.98
18.00
16.98
16.34
27.89
24.04
8.76
16.45
19.28
14.46
13.65
17.83
17.83
11.00
11.19
9.63
18.59
18.59
18.55
17.86
18.75
13.14
13.14
18.27
17.50
20.78
20.00
18.68
23.50
19.67
17.50
15.50
23.54
26.11
30.49
23.54
22.51
34.35
40.14
10.50
21.64
26.44
19.77
19.23
28.26
28.81
18.47
18.51
13.43
25.00
18.59
23.37
22.46
28.52
20.74
20.74
27.57
25.96
26.39
26.62
25.55
29.66
25.72
21.92
20.07
32.48
37.50
49.45
33.52
31.52
42.51
49.81
11.99
27.12
32.48
22.43
29.62
53.39
54.00
29.08
29.08
16.64
26.65
25.00
40.67
23.96
53.09
24.12
24.12
36.49
33.79
34.24
33.17
31.59
33.33
33.17
25.21
25.53
43.73
49.60
50.48
39.79
39.70
50.48
49.81
15.00
36.54
32.48
24.67
33.69
70.80
70.80
37.12
37.12
20.48
50.00
26.00
55.59
40.00
65.35
69.71
69.71
68.24
57.08
50.58
41.28
42.67
39.90
41.34
27.57
35.00
11.71
13.05
11.06
12.00
7.25
15.50
15.50
14.58
32.65
8.57
20.86
20.00
19.06
41.21
11.12
33.58
24.65
28.34
49.86
17.80
41.77
41.59
38.94
53.82
24.37
16.00
18.54
25.83
29.14
32.56
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-7
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
–Continued
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture ........
$13.58
$18.54
$24.02
$26.45
$32.56
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ....................
Dentists ........................................................................................
Dentists, general ......................................................................
Dietitians and nutritionists ...........................................................
Optometrists ................................................................................
Pharmacists ..................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..............................................................
Anesthesiologists .....................................................................
Family and general practitioners .............................................
Internists, general ....................................................................
Obstetricians and gynecologists ..............................................
Pediatricians, general ...............................................................
Psychiatrists .............................................................................
Surgeons ..................................................................................
Physician assistants .....................................................................
Registered nurses .........................................................................
Therapists ....................................................................................
Audiologists .............................................................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................................
Physical therapists ...................................................................
Radiation therapists .................................................................
Recreational therapists .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................................
Speech-language pathologists .................................................
Veterinarians ................................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .........................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ............................
Dental hygienists .........................................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ........................
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .........................
Diagnostic medical sonographers ............................................
Nuclear medicine technologists ...............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ................................
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ........................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
Dietetic technicians .................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..............................................................
Psychiatric technicians ............................................................
Respiratory therapy technicians ..............................................
Surgical technologists ..............................................................
Veterinary technologists and technicians ................................
15.00
52.88
52.88
16.81
36.76
46.63
23.66
17.99
23.66
39.46
66.33
12.19
33.97
12.66
32.69
22.39
21.35
21.93
27.25
25.21
22.78
11.69
20.00
24.56
34.59
13.72
18.55
12.57
23.00
17.00
12.50
25.76
31.00
17.75
10.00
10.65
7.50
10.20
10.31
18.54
14.60
10.85
20.00
56.00
56.00
21.15
40.63
51.00
29.66
86.54
57.69
64.91
95.70
25.50
72.12
83.33
36.75
26.00
25.36
28.85
30.48
28.65
29.11
13.15
23.41
27.88
37.88
16.90
22.75
14.55
28.00
21.67
13.73
29.66
31.73
21.37
11.54
13.05
8.00
12.24
12.05
21.65
17.00
13.43
27.00
75.01
75.01
23.94
46.42
54.72
80.00
132.48
76.92
76.93
105.56
72.42
79.16
132.21
43.27
30.62
32.00
31.25
35.62
34.88
32.96
16.92
25.81
33.77
41.55
22.56
26.25
17.44
32.51
27.33
23.06
34.00
34.60
26.51
13.40
15.75
11.47
14.52
14.21
26.50
19.42
15.21
35.44
75.01
75.01
26.00
55.00
57.25
109.14
184.73
102.27
120.19
109.14
93.75
86.93
181.73
49.51
37.12
38.11
37.22
42.10
40.00
42.46
20.18
29.06
44.07
48.93
27.62
30.39
21.88
37.00
32.96
29.07
39.40
36.77
30.72
17.38
19.88
13.26
16.48
21.20
30.00
22.84
19.00
50.21
111.01
111.01
30.57
55.77
60.33
176.28
197.80
129.81
192.31
130.23
100.96
101.03
204.33
55.57
44.73
46.21
40.51
50.58
45.73
50.46
30.25
33.48
55.00
53.51
31.83
33.75
26.78
46.00
38.10
38.38
44.30
39.46
36.00
22.93
24.17
29.52
19.32
26.45
31.52
25.00
22.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-8
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations –Continued
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ......................
Medical records and health information technicians ...................
Opticians, dispensing ...................................................................
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ...................
Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians ........
Occupational health and safety specialists ..............................
Occupational health and safety technicians .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare practitioner and technical workers .....
Athletic trainers .......................................................................
$14.76
10.35
10.51
11.00
16.13
15.98
21.70
14.08
14.08
$16.75
12.65
14.87
13.94
21.86
20.35
28.64
16.83
16.83
$19.07
16.15
19.25
17.29
28.64
27.18
30.68
18.27
17.31
$22.00
18.98
25.13
21.40
32.78
33.72
30.69
21.19
19.23
$25.60
23.09
28.00
25.25
39.46
41.68
32.00
27.06
21.19
Healthcare support occupations ...................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ...............................
Home health aides ...................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..................................
Psychiatric aides ......................................................................
Occupational therapist assistants and aides .................................
Occupational therapist assistants .............................................
Occupational therapist aides ....................................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides .........................................
Physical therapist assistants .....................................................
Physical therapist aides ............................................................
Massage therapists .......................................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...........................
Dental assistants ......................................................................
Medical assistants ....................................................................
Medical equipment preparers ..................................................
Medical transcriptionists .........................................................
Pharmacy aides ........................................................................
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers ...........
8.75
8.42
7.50
9.00
9.00
12.10
15.72
10.56
10.00
10.90
9.30
10.00
9.55
9.55
10.07
10.53
11.18
8.60
8.00
10.00
9.53
8.60
10.00
9.99
16.16
22.00
10.96
12.00
17.25
10.36
14.00
11.46
12.64
11.71
12.15
13.30
9.50
9.30
12.00
10.94
10.00
11.40
12.00
24.00
25.00
16.27
15.31
22.96
12.21
17.00
14.00
16.65
13.82
14.50
15.42
11.75
10.80
15.00
13.11
11.25
13.50
15.80
30.18
30.70
17.32
25.17
28.93
13.64
19.00
17.00
19.35
16.28
18.32
17.95
15.00
13.06
18.13
15.63
13.45
15.94
19.30
33.65
33.65
20.28
29.69
32.00
15.06
24.69
20.31
22.00
18.65
21.56
20.85
20.50
15.12
Protective service occupations ......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers ........
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers .........
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives ........
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention
workers ..................................................................................
Fire fighters .................................................................................
Fire inspectors .............................................................................
Fire inspectors and investigators .............................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ....................................
Bailiffs .....................................................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ..............................................
Detectives and criminal investigators ..........................................
Fish and game wardens ...............................................................
Parking enforcement workers ......................................................
9.22
17.79
12.88
22.49
11.74
24.31
15.85
29.95
17.35
33.49
22.77
36.96
26.04
43.29
30.99
45.72
35.21
51.20
41.35
53.33
17.14
12.27
15.80
15.80
10.62
15.00
10.62
16.64
10.02
11.61
20.40
16.01
21.64
21.65
13.97
24.97
13.95
20.60
19.16
13.11
27.28
21.25
24.01
24.27
17.16
27.03
16.97
28.06
25.55
14.95
34.14
25.93
27.24
26.63
23.40
30.77
22.73
36.60
25.55
19.50
42.15
32.45
35.98
35.98
30.18
32.12
29.89
43.61
26.17
25.73
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-9
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Protective service occupations –Continued
Police officers ..............................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ..........................................
Animal control workers ...............................................................
Private detectives and investigators .............................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .......................
Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators .........
Security guards ........................................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ...................................
Crossing guards .......................................................................
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective
service workers ..................................................................
Food preparation and serving related occupations ....................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers ..................................................................................
Chefs and head cooks ..............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and
serving workers .................................................................
Cooks ...........................................................................................
Cooks, fast food .......................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...............................................
Cooks, restaurant .....................................................................
Cooks, short order ...................................................................
Food preparation workers ............................................................
Food service, tipped .....................................................................
Bartenders ................................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers ..
Fast food and counter workers ....................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including
fast food .............................................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee
shop ....................................................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant .........................................................
Dishwashers .................................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop ...........
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning
and maintenance workers ......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers ...............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service,
and groundskeeping workers .............................................
Building cleaning workers ...........................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$16.00
16.00
9.59
11.62
8.15
12.50
8.15
7.50
8.33
$20.32
20.32
11.80
14.77
9.44
12.71
9.42
8.17
9.25
$26.63
26.63
13.02
16.93
10.97
13.49
10.92
10.00
10.00
$33.71
33.71
14.75
16.93
13.73
14.90
13.65
14.45
11.51
$39.40
39.40
22.42
23.93
17.36
17.81
17.36
20.99
15.26
7.30
7.75
8.50
10.86
16.61
3.91
7.25
8.14
10.20
13.54
9.83
10.50
12.00
12.36
15.02
16.79
19.38
21.89
23.85
27.14
9.75
7.50
7.25
8.47
8.00
7.25
7.25
2.13
3.65
2.13
4.65
7.25
12.00
8.25
7.27
9.75
9.00
8.00
7.87
3.09
4.65
2.65
7.25
7.40
15.00
10.00
8.00
11.66
10.75
9.00
8.68
4.95
7.25
4.23
8.00
8.00
18.93
12.34
8.85
14.33
12.50
10.90
11.00
8.00
8.50
7.25
9.33
9.10
23.33
14.50
10.00
17.84
14.31
13.25
13.42
9.00
10.00
8.16
11.55
11.10
7.25
7.40
8.00
9.00
10.93
7.25
4.25
7.25
4.50
7.50
7.25
7.65
7.25
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.00
9.86
10.44
9.50
9.69
12.00
13.88
11.43
11.74
8.00
9.00
11.00
14.78
19.25
11.85
14.38
17.58
21.87
26.00
11.55
14.28
17.38
21.46
26.30
12.00
8.00
15.00
8.75
17.97
10.55
22.36
13.90
25.92
17.97
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-10
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
–Continued
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping
cleaners ..............................................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Pest control workers ....................................................................
Grounds maintenance workers ....................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .............................
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation ........
Tree trimmers and pruners .......................................................
Personal care and service occupations ........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers ....................
Gaming supervisors .................................................................
Slot key persons .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers ......
Animal trainers ............................................................................
Nonfarm animal caretakers ..........................................................
Gaming services workers ............................................................
Gaming dealers ........................................................................
Gaming and sports book writers and runners ..........................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers .................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers .....
Amusement and recreation attendants .....................................
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants ..........
Funeral attendants ........................................................................
Barbers and cosmetologists .........................................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .........................
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers ...............................
Manicurists and pedicurists .....................................................
Shampooers .............................................................................
Skin care specialists .................................................................
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ..................................
Baggage porters and bellhops ..................................................
Concierges ...............................................................................
Tour and travel guides .................................................................
Tour guides and escorts ...........................................................
Transportation attendants ............................................................
Flight attendants ......................................................................
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and
baggage porters ..................................................................
Child care workers .......................................................................
Personal and home care aides ......................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ....................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ..................................
Recreation workers ..................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$8.00
7.54
12.55
8.25
8.08
10.98
13.75
$9.11
8.16
14.07
9.49
9.34
13.29
14.00
$11.27
9.23
16.00
11.10
11.00
16.19
19.22
$14.73
11.11
16.83
14.46
13.86
17.55
22.50
$18.80
14.07
20.11
19.18
17.51
19.18
26.32
7.25
10.41
11.94
9.45
10.59
8.00
7.25
5.60
5.50
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
8.00
8.50
7.44
7.37
7.28
7.50
7.25
9.99
7.25
7.25
9.58
7.75
7.75
8.72
21.16
8.00
12.06
14.74
10.80
13.29
9.39
8.00
6.08
6.00
7.50
7.91
7.50
7.30
8.92
8.75
9.00
9.00
8.06
7.79
7.28
15.46
8.25
7.73
10.63
8.48
8.44
14.40
32.30
9.64
15.00
16.73
12.07
16.50
15.39
9.00
7.10
6.89
8.25
8.97
8.25
8.00
10.94
11.88
11.25
11.25
11.85
12.11
8.06
19.23
10.30
8.60
12.83
12.53
10.76
32.30
39.50
12.91
18.41
22.20
13.68
19.53
15.91
11.25
8.00
7.86
10.00
14.00
10.46
9.50
12.48
13.19
18.26
18.27
17.51
13.54
8.50
21.10
13.00
10.50
15.05
17.32
16.75
40.97
45.11
18.35
22.96
25.85
14.20
22.37
15.91
15.26
9.01
8.29
14.76
14.38
13.19
13.19
18.74
14.00
26.14
26.14
21.10
17.78
11.00
24.04
16.53
13.00
17.45
17.32
17.32
46.16
51.10
7.25
7.25
7.60
8.00
8.00
7.80
7.25
8.00
8.05
9.00
10.00
9.00
10.72
9.25
9.11
11.70
15.48
10.74
12.81
10.98
10.40
16.69
21.00
14.42
16.00
13.82
11.80
22.17
28.50
19.43
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-11
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$10.73
$13.07
$15.90
$17.52
$21.29
Sales and related occupations .......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...........................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ...........
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers ...
Retail sales workers .....................................................................
Cashiers, all workers ...............................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................................
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers ........................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....................
Counter and rental clerks .....................................................
Parts salespersons ................................................................
Retail salespersons ...................................................................
Advertising sales agents ..............................................................
Insurance sales agents ..................................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents ......
Travel agents ...............................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .......................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products .......................................
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ..........................
Demonstrators and product promoters ....................................
Real estate brokers and sales agents ............................................
Real estate brokers ...................................................................
Real estate sales agents ............................................................
Sales engineers ............................................................................
Telemarketers ..............................................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .....................................
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and
related workers ..................................................................
7.80
10.84
10.84
10.11
7.50
7.35
7.35
8.33
7.84
7.25
8.81
7.75
10.00
12.79
16.08
10.97
14.38
9.00
13.95
13.75
16.84
8.25
8.00
8.00
11.50
9.00
8.00
11.00
8.75
13.47
16.56
22.48
13.24
19.11
12.05
17.93
17.40
22.60
9.90
9.00
8.92
13.04
12.00
9.56
14.71
10.73
20.10
22.86
38.89
16.86
25.64
19.23
23.54
21.72
37.01
12.56
10.70
10.55
14.45
16.72
12.56
17.93
13.97
29.28
32.48
69.38
21.09
38.09
30.85
33.38
28.85
53.26
16.92
13.36
13.10
15.67
21.42
17.75
21.64
19.22
36.00
46.98
110.10
23.08
53.99
15.70
23.56
35.12
48.08
58.45
13.26
9.38
9.38
11.00
3.63
11.00
19.14
8.15
8.10
17.50
11.26
11.26
12.40
12.30
12.46
29.11
10.00
9.63
23.22
13.62
13.62
14.86
17.72
14.72
32.27
11.65
14.70
31.49
20.43
20.43
22.60
31.86
21.22
39.30
14.98
20.00
45.10
26.88
26.88
43.51
38.83
46.15
55.06
21.38
26.99
8.00
8.00
8.50
12.00
12.00
Office and administrative support occupations ..........................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers .....................................................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ..................
Telephone operators ....................................................................
Financial clerks ............................................................................
Bill and account collectors ......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ...................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................
Gaming cage workers ..............................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...............................................
9.85
12.00
15.00
19.02
23.55
15.00
7.85
9.00
10.56
9.25
11.25
11.50
9.38
13.60
17.58
8.75
9.50
12.34
12.02
13.18
13.75
9.71
16.00
21.44
10.12
12.65
15.17
14.50
15.51
16.41
10.49
18.31
26.44
12.76
17.00
18.57
18.00
18.00
19.71
12.64
21.38
31.23
16.89
23.23
22.05
23.52
20.95
22.99
13.75
25.02
Personal care and service occupations –Continued
Residential advisors .....................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-12
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Office and administrative support occupations –Continued
Procurement clerks ..................................................................
Tellers ......................................................................................
Brokerage clerks ..........................................................................
Correspondence clerks .................................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ............................................
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks ......................................
Customer service representatives ................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ...........................
File clerks ....................................................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ............................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .....................................
Library assistants, clerical ...........................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks .......................................................
New accounts clerks ....................................................................
Order clerks .................................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping .....
Receptionists and information clerks ..........................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks ...
Cargo and freight agents ..............................................................
Couriers and messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..................................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ..................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .....................
Meter readers, utilities .................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks ...............................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .........................................
Stock clerks and order fillers .......................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ....
Secretaries and administrative assistants .....................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ................
Legal secretaries ......................................................................
Medical secretaries ..................................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ....................
Computer operators .....................................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ..........................
Data entry keyers .....................................................................
Word processors and typists ....................................................
Desktop publishers ......................................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ............................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service ..
Office clerks, general ...................................................................
Office machine operators, except computer ................................
Proofreaders and copy markers ...................................................
Statistical assistants .....................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$11.47
9.89
13.71
13.10
11.29
11.80
9.98
12.76
9.00
7.85
8.81
8.42
12.00
10.93
9.90
12.50
9.00
9.99
11.46
8.00
11.44
11.04
11.75
10.00
13.00
9.00
7.75
9.55
12.10
14.57
13.00
11.00
11.00
12.46
10.17
10.00
11.50
11.12
11.54
8.55
9.99
9.00
10.00
13.35
$13.90
10.75
15.42
15.27
12.76
13.60
12.00
14.77
10.19
8.50
10.85
10.05
13.38
12.69
11.31
14.76
10.38
11.58
13.86
8.44
13.38
12.77
13.50
14.00
15.49
10.30
8.65
11.25
14.75
17.20
16.00
13.00
13.45
12.46
11.56
11.01
13.51
12.00
13.50
10.05
11.75
10.08
11.01
14.87
$16.57
11.91
18.20
16.70
16.29
16.97
14.70
17.33
12.13
9.79
13.31
12.60
16.15
14.42
14.00
18.28
12.50
16.29
18.17
10.82
16.34
16.47
16.27
18.51
19.08
12.55
10.71
13.74
18.05
21.20
21.75
15.13
16.25
14.95
14.10
13.22
16.30
19.09
16.76
12.25
14.39
12.63
19.20
19.02
$20.00
13.57
21.15
19.20
19.48
19.81
18.20
20.07
16.26
11.30
15.73
15.04
19.12
16.51
17.66
21.19
15.00
21.54
27.13
12.27
21.14
20.92
21.25
22.89
24.00
15.57
13.99
15.86
22.98
25.43
28.14
18.00
19.22
19.67
16.66
15.64
18.67
23.97
19.95
14.88
17.50
15.00
21.11
21.67
$22.21
15.95
27.03
22.34
24.64
24.45
22.60
23.49
17.50
13.67
18.11
19.30
21.82
18.90
21.43
23.75
18.00
21.86
39.00
15.00
27.26
26.84
27.64
25.06
27.91
18.90
17.20
18.44
28.01
29.81
33.17
21.45
23.08
24.19
19.53
18.31
22.55
27.27
23.15
17.10
21.23
16.52
22.62
24.79
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-13
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and
forestry workers .....................................................................
Graders and sorters, agricultural products ...................................
Miscellaneous agricultural workers .............................................
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse .....
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals ....................................
Forest and conservation workers .................................................
Logging workers ..........................................................................
$7.25
$8.50
$12.22
$17.76
$21.81
13.50
6.92
7.25
7.25
7.25
8.58
8.71
17.34
7.25
8.07
8.45
7.50
9.00
14.25
21.65
8.55
10.47
10.47
8.15
11.83
18.65
21.65
10.30
13.94
14.83
12.50
22.98
25.24
26.43
16.14
17.67
20.43
16.37
23.43
25.24
Construction and extraction occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers .................................................................
Boilermakers ................................................................................
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons ............................
Brickmasons and blockmasons ................................................
Stonemasons ............................................................................
Carpenters ....................................................................................
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers ..............................
Carpet installers .......................................................................
Tile and marble setters .............................................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers ..........
Cement masons and concrete finishers ....................................
Construction laborers ...................................................................
Construction equipment operators ...............................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .............
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ............................................................................
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ....................
Drywall and ceiling tile installers ............................................
Tapers ......................................................................................
Electricians ..................................................................................
Glaziers ........................................................................................
Insulation workers .......................................................................
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall .............................
Insulation workers, mechanical ...............................................
Painters and paperhangers ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................
Pipelayers ................................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ....................................
Plasterers and stucco masons .......................................................
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers .............................................
Roofers ........................................................................................
Sheet metal workers ....................................................................
Structural iron and steel workers .................................................
11.00
14.00
18.94
26.11
35.50
18.12
15.78
12.47
12.47
10.00
13.53
13.03
18.75
13.03
13.24
13.24
9.08
11.23
10.79
22.00
15.78
16.44
18.00
11.00
16.00
16.00
20.00
15.00
16.00
16.00
10.50
13.90
12.39
28.00
23.35
23.62
25.59
14.50
20.23
18.50
20.00
17.07
19.39
19.39
14.00
17.50
15.00
36.52
30.27
28.59
29.00
19.80
26.33
20.00
24.00
20.00
24.51
24.51
20.00
23.67
20.00
42.50
30.65
39.03
39.03
25.50
36.50
24.00
27.02
24.00
29.50
29.50
27.85
30.96
23.67
12.00
13.53
13.53
15.71
14.00
7.74
10.26
9.50
12.50
11.50
11.50
13.78
11.07
14.35
12.67
11.96
10.00
13.00
11.00
14.13
15.71
15.24
15.71
17.00
15.00
13.00
10.26
15.00
13.47
13.63
17.00
13.10
18.25
14.00
15.41
12.00
16.80
16.00
17.79
16.69
16.69
18.50
22.11
21.75
16.00
13.00
16.75
16.07
16.21
22.94
14.75
24.00
15.50
30.24
15.00
21.48
23.51
24.89
28.75
25.00
32.29
31.33
31.62
19.53
16.90
20.44
20.93
20.50
31.76
20.50
32.58
21.72
33.00
20.00
30.19
34.01
32.16
35.66
36.34
34.31
38.26
34.03
22.31
19.00
22.31
29.58
29.58
40.51
24.71
41.10
33.99
35.50
24.05
38.00
57.58
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-14
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Helpers, construction trades ........................................................
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile
and marble setters ..............................................................
Helpers--carpenters ..................................................................
Helpers--electricians ................................................................
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco
masons ...............................................................................
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...
Helpers--roofers .......................................................................
Construction and building inspectors ..........................................
Hazardous materials removal workers ........................................
Highway maintenance workers ...................................................
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners .............................
Miscellaneous construction and related workers .........................
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and
mining ....................................................................................
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining ............................
Mining machine operators ...........................................................
Roustabouts, oil and gas ..............................................................
Helpers--extraction workers ........................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers .................................................................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers ..........
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .................................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers,
except line installers ..........................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ..........................................................
Avionics technicians ................................................................
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers ....................
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers,
transportation equipment ...................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and
industrial equipment ..........................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation,
and relay ............................................................................
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and
repairers .............................................................................
Security and fire alarm systems installers ...............................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ................................
Automotive technicians and repairers .........................................
10
25
50
75
90
$9.50
$10.33
$12.75
$15.00
$20.00
9.84
10.00
10.00
10.00
11.00
11.00
16.00
13.97
12.21
26.33
15.00
14.50
26.33
16.34
20.00
9.00
10.00
9.62
16.78
12.62
12.07
12.00
10.35
9.50
11.50
10.00
19.71
14.46
13.60
14.12
11.50
10.00
12.21
11.37
23.81
18.00
16.83
17.25
15.22
12.75
14.38
14.26
30.88
21.00
21.14
21.13
18.97
13.21
19.55
15.42
35.76
42.95
25.52
27.97
28.51
12.83
16.01
16.00
11.43
12.50
17.03
17.03
20.47
14.00
13.50
21.50
18.90
24.05
15.00
15.75
26.70
24.12
24.50
19.75
22.85
35.97
33.55
32.55
31.77
22.94
11.61
15.00
20.00
26.45
32.58
17.50
12.76
21.15
14.77
27.55
17.90
35.00
20.16
42.69
23.58
13.40
20.06
29.28
32.71
35.32
13.40
20.06
29.28
32.71
35.32
13.04
15.36
10.00
15.44
19.23
11.50
20.75
23.61
12.50
26.87
27.59
16.23
33.74
38.29
23.68
12.50
12.50
22.32
30.89
32.35
15.47
18.97
24.11
29.14
33.30
22.32
16.00
28.52
16.17
33.30
18.00
37.81
18.00
41.28
25.84
10.17
13.86
18.43
10.04
14.00
17.08
22.00
13.70
14.48
20.05
26.67
18.60
14.92
24.13
30.80
23.61
17.01
26.80
36.12
29.60
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-15
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations –Continued
Automotive body and related repairers ...................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ......................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...............
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and
mechanics ..............................................................................
Farm equipment mechanics .....................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ..............
Rail car repairers ......................................................................
Small engine mechanics ..............................................................
Motorboat mechanics ..............................................................
Motorcycle mechanics .............................................................
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanic,
installers, and repairers ..........................................................
Recreational vehicle service technicians .................................
Tire repairers and changers .....................................................
Control and valve installers and repairers ...................................
Mechanical door repairers .......................................................
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical
door ....................................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers .................................................................................
Home appliance repairers ............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers ..................................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ..............................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ................................
Maintenance workers, machinery ............................................
Millwrights ..............................................................................
Line installers and repairers .........................................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ..........................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers ...................
Precision instrument and equipment repairers ............................
Medical equipment repairers ...................................................
Musical instrument repairers and tuners ..................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers .....
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and
repairers .............................................................................
Manufactured building and mobile home installers ................
Riggers .....................................................................................
Signal and track switch repairers .............................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers ..........
Production occupations .................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$12.65
9.75
14.49
$15.00
13.35
16.72
$19.00
18.60
20.70
$24.29
23.40
25.00
$31.00
29.27
29.31
15.55
12.00
15.55
16.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
13.09
18.00
13.00
18.50
17.60
14.00
13.00
12.00
14.00
21.00
18.34
22.11
18.60
15.06
16.00
14.49
16.15
24.60
19.96
25.63
22.10
18.00
17.31
16.90
19.00
28.50
26.45
29.47
25.70
20.80
18.00
21.79
20.80
8.00
11.06
8.00
13.12
13.00
9.00
13.00
9.00
16.97
16.28
11.00
16.00
10.63
21.00
18.75
14.00
24.04
13.00
26.69
22.68
16.95
27.50
15.20
31.95
30.00
13.26
17.34
23.00
28.85
36.06
13.25
13.00
16.10
15.00
20.25
19.43
29.00
22.08
33.13
24.20
12.25
17.46
11.10
12.50
17.52
14.15
17.27
13.74
13.28
14.06
10.67
9.00
15.41
20.00
14.00
14.70
20.49
21.17
25.74
19.15
16.30
15.85
14.42
11.33
19.35
22.97
17.42
17.50
24.50
27.94
31.15
26.80
21.01
22.07
20.00
14.97
23.78
27.54
21.33
20.80
29.82
32.14
34.29
30.28
29.09
27.89
20.50
19.79
29.37
32.84
27.08
26.00
40.77
34.31
40.58
32.79
36.32
29.94
20.50
27.16
11.33
9.00
12.00
20.19
8.35
11.50
10.75
17.00
25.25
9.48
14.95
11.25
19.32
26.95
12.00
18.25
12.80
24.00
28.16
14.51
20.00
12.80
27.07
28.58
17.50
9.00
11.00
14.71
19.50
26.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-16
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers ..................................................................................
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers .....
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ..........
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......................
Electromechanical equipment assemblers ...............................
Engine and other machine assemblers .........................................
Structural metal fabricators and fitters ........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ...................................
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators ......................................
Team assemblers .....................................................................
Bakers ..........................................................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ........................................................
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers ...........................
Slaughterers and meat packers ................................................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ......................................
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine
operators and tenders .........................................................
Food batchmakers ....................................................................
Food cooking machine operators and tenders .........................
Computer control programmers and operators ............................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and
plastic .................................................................................
Numerical tool and process control programmers ...................
Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .................................................................................
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .................................................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool
setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ...............
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$14.94
16.07
8.86
9.00
8.50
9.97
12.47
9.77
8.45
9.95
10.00
8.70
8.75
9.50
7.64
10.50
9.35
$19.08
18.29
10.50
10.65
10.10
11.38
13.00
12.00
10.40
10.00
11.90
10.00
10.34
11.52
8.75
12.15
9.85
$24.04
23.03
12.73
13.15
12.59
14.67
16.79
15.00
13.55
12.50
13.60
12.00
12.60
14.40
10.34
12.76
12.95
$31.48
30.77
16.50
15.16
15.80
18.00
22.23
18.00
18.00
15.66
18.25
14.38
14.25
18.40
12.60
14.25
16.96
$36.93
32.70
20.63
21.08
20.84
20.63
28.49
23.55
25.90
16.00
28.59
18.22
18.05
21.22
13.30
15.74
20.00
8.50
9.82
9.30
11.18
10.00
11.00
9.66
14.25
13.00
14.01
10.00
18.70
18.00
18.10
11.95
21.94
20.99
21.30
18.30
26.37
11.00
19.50
13.58
20.00
17.75
22.00
21.00
25.00
25.65
32.67
10.47
11.84
15.00
19.03
21.78
10.40
12.17
14.30
18.19
20.16
11.44
11.47
17.85
21.38
23.25
9.30
11.63
15.33
20.56
21.78
9.80
12.25
14.98
18.25
21.31
9.58
11.80
14.19
17.49
20.36
10.50
13.03
16.00
19.81
29.72
9.73
12.35
14.60
17.46
20.37
10.00
13.00
17.94
20.59
23.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-17
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ................................................................
Machinists ....................................................................................
Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders ..............................
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders ..........................
Pourers and casters, metal .......................................................
Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic ...................
Model makers, metal and plastic .............................................
Patternmakers, metal and plastic .............................................
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ....................................................................
Foundry mold and coremakers ................................................
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators,
and tenders, metal and plastic ............................................
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Tool and die makers ....................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ....................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators,
and tenders .........................................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .......................
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic ..........................................................................
Lay-out workers, metal and plastic .........................................
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ................................................................
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners .......................................
Bookbinders and bindery workers ...............................................
Bindery workers ......................................................................
Printers .........................................................................................
Job printers ..............................................................................
Prepress technicians and workers ............................................
Printing machine operators ......................................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ..............................................
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials ..........................
Sewing machine operators ...........................................................
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers ................................................
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers ................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ...........................
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders ...........
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and
tenders ................................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$11.20
15.00
9.63
9.63
10.15
9.56
16.00
9.00
$13.12
18.00
11.00
10.00
15.50
16.00
18.70
14.00
$18.54
20.81
18.15
15.50
18.15
23.19
23.77
16.50
$21.66
25.50
20.37
20.91
19.78
32.94
33.75
32.94
$22.82
30.91
22.32
25.12
20.78
34.52
36.47
34.52
8.50
10.19
9.51
10.19
12.37
16.68
16.02
17.92
19.92
20.04
8.35
9.25
12.19
15.30
19.07
10.75
18.52
11.64
11.70
11.81
20.70
14.00
14.00
14.75
24.65
17.00
16.97
18.92
27.92
20.00
20.15
24.75
32.91
24.07
25.27
11.50
9.00
13.77
11.79
17.00
15.00
19.75
17.50
21.71
22.13
9.00
11.33
11.00
15.00
15.28
16.00
18.31
20.80
20.78
26.40
9.46
8.25
8.29
8.29
9.50
10.00
9.50
9.14
7.61
7.60
8.00
9.14
9.14
8.41
8.00
9.00
12.20
9.08
10.00
10.00
11.75
14.00
13.50
11.53
8.50
8.00
9.48
11.00
11.00
9.42
8.10
9.27
14.50
17.00
12.82
12.82
17.00
17.96
19.23
15.90
9.96
9.00
11.00
13.00
12.14
11.05
9.00
11.00
19.50
22.13
16.25
16.25
22.20
20.00
24.30
21.00
11.69
10.07
14.35
19.50
19.00
13.91
11.50
12.76
27.29
23.19
22.00
22.00
26.94
23.10
27.83
26.90
14.00
11.99
16.94
25.91
25.91
15.98
16.11
13.65
8.73
10.35
13.54
15.50
19.83
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-18
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters,
operators, and tenders ........................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers .............
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and
tenders, synthetic and glass fibers .....................................
Fabric and apparel patternmakers ............................................
Upholsterers .............................................................................
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters ..........................................
Furniture finishers .......................................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ...............
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood ...........
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except
sawing ................................................................................
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers ...................
Power distributors and dispatchers ..........................................
Power plant operators ..............................................................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ...................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators ....
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ..................................
Chemical plant and system operators ......................................
Gas plant operators ..................................................................
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and
gaugers ...............................................................................
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders .....
Chemical equipment operators and tenders .............................
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still
machine setters, operators, and tenders .............................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers ....
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators,
and tenders .........................................................................
Grinding and polishing workers, hand ....................................
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
Cutting workers ...........................................................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ......................................................
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders ....
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters,
operators, and tenders ............................................................
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders ........
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....................
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers ..........................
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians .............
Dental laboratory technicians ..................................................
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians ..........................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders .................
Painting workers ..........................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$10.03
8.50
$10.38
10.62
$10.66
15.15
$13.92
18.51
$16.86
22.14
10.58
13.13
8.50
11.00
9.00
8.50
8.25
12.30
13.13
15.00
13.50
11.07
10.75
9.98
17.75
17.57
16.08
15.30
13.77
13.36
12.12
20.04
19.30
20.22
19.00
17.67
15.70
15.00
21.80
22.00
24.82
23.00
20.00
17.63
17.15
9.19
22.75
22.75
20.88
17.92
13.33
17.61
17.44
26.74
11.33
28.43
34.58
27.77
23.91
16.23
22.08
20.60
29.17
14.00
33.39
39.92
29.61
26.42
19.24
28.36
23.33
34.40
16.00
35.68
41.68
34.29
32.34
23.54
32.61
29.35
35.61
17.84
40.92
47.58
39.36
34.03
29.67
35.61
32.20
37.65
19.00
12.50
12.50
28.65
17.12
16.04
32.46
21.65
21.10
35.31
31.25
26.09
36.58
34.00
29.75
12.84
9.50
18.39
11.23
26.53
14.45
33.42
17.85
36.43
22.27
8.65
9.00
10.09
9.00
8.66
9.80
11.50
10.40
11.25
11.25
9.45
11.50
16.07
12.40
15.00
14.50
11.95
14.81
18.00
15.40
19.70
17.60
15.00
17.84
22.86
17.00
22.91
20.80
20.55
21.17
8.96
11.93
9.84
11.50
10.00
9.00
10.37
8.25
10.00
10.95
12.23
12.37
14.00
12.50
13.50
11.71
10.38
12.35
13.20
15.97
16.01
18.00
15.25
17.00
14.47
13.89
15.45
17.02
19.13
20.00
23.50
19.60
22.68
15.00
18.24
19.00
20.23
26.37
26.00
28.00
25.00
25.50
17.15
21.51
25.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-19
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators,
and tenders .........................................................................
Painters, transportation equipment ..........................................
Painting, coating, and decorating workers ..............................
Photographic process workers and processing machine
operators ................................................................................
Photographic process workers .................................................
Photographic processing machine operators ...........................
Semiconductor processors ...........................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ..............................................
Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders ............
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators
and tenders .........................................................................
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders ..........
Etchers and engravers ..............................................................
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic ..........
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Tire builders .............................................................................
Helpers--production workers ...................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .....................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ...........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ...................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ..............................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...........................
Commercial pilots ...................................................................
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical
technicians .............................................................................
Bus drivers ...................................................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ..............................................
Bus drivers, school ..................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................
Driver/sales workers ................................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .........................................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ..........................................
Subway and streetcar operators ...................................................
Sailors and marine oilers .............................................................
Ship and boat captains and operators ..........................................
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels ............................
Parking lot attendants ..................................................................
Service station attendants ............................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$10.00
12.00
8.00
$12.00
17.40
9.75
$15.06
19.15
11.75
$16.98
25.00
13.30
$19.49
36.06
18.24
8.00
9.99
7.95
12.80
8.25
10.30
9.00
11.40
8.55
15.09
9.83
12.39
12.00
12.00
11.30
18.24
12.25
15.12
15.00
18.28
14.48
20.13
16.65
16.91
18.28
25.57
17.70
23.80
20.91
20.91
10.57
9.30
10.00
9.25
9.18
11.00
8.00
13.36
9.80
13.31
10.22
12.00
11.85
9.30
15.00
17.35
14.00
13.13
18.57
15.14
11.19
23.44
19.17
15.69
16.00
21.88
17.32
13.31
29.28
25.17
23.50
21.77
26.80
20.40
17.41
8.25
10.00
13.83
18.59
23.64
14.67
16.28
20.42
25.00
29.18
16.00
25.63
26.55
25.63
19.30
28.06
72.21
26.39
23.08
85.29
120.53
27.42
29.97
144.95
165.74
33.33
37.45
171.41
172.40
55.00
9.79
10.67
10.50
10.75
9.75
7.25
12.37
9.07
7.72
19.51
20.10
9.25
11.83
18.38
7.25
7.50
10.20
12.75
14.64
12.29
12.72
7.33
14.65
11.05
8.50
26.00
24.85
9.30
24.04
26.02
8.00
8.24
11.00
15.69
17.81
14.78
16.58
10.75
18.00
14.50
9.85
26.00
27.32
12.08
30.00
30.08
8.90
9.08
13.25
19.72
24.10
17.90
20.81
16.83
21.36
20.77
11.52
35.68
29.79
13.00
38.79
38.79
10.16
12.50
16.90
24.47
28.00
20.72
26.90
21.60
25.62
29.64
16.44
38.98
30.48
14.17
41.67
41.67
12.62
18.80
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-20
December 2009 - January 2011
Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Table 15
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations –Continued
Transportation inspectors ............................................................
Conveyor operators and tenders ..................................................
Crane and tower operators ...........................................................
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ...................
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators ........
Hoist and winch operators ...........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..........................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ...........................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ........................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ..........
Machine feeders and offbearers ...............................................
Packers and packagers, hand ...................................................
Pumping station operators ...........................................................
Refuse and recyclable material collectors ...................................
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders .................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated
from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. For more
information, see chapter 8 of the Handbook of Methods, at
http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
10
25
50
75
90
$23.77
11.98
13.16
12.75
12.07
9.04
9.75
7.85
8.00
8.00
8.00
7.35
18.64
9.17
15.00
$26.14
12.95
16.28
14.00
14.00
15.84
11.50
8.59
8.50
9.00
9.00
8.00
18.75
10.00
15.25
$31.10
16.70
19.88
17.53
16.00
19.22
14.15
10.55
10.88
11.00
10.61
9.30
23.77
13.67
20.39
$33.52
18.86
25.50
21.36
20.12
21.03
16.87
13.64
13.62
14.16
13.93
11.84
26.85
20.55
21.30
$36.19
19.10
32.08
27.65
24.78
21.03
20.66
17.30
16.75
18.27
16.65
14.45
29.66
26.61
24.90
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
15-21
December 2009 - January 2011
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1
Table 16
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
All workers .........................................................................................
$9.58
$12.55
$18.10
$27.97
$41.00
Management occupations .............................................................
Chief executives ..........................................................................
General and operations managers ................................................
Legislators ...................................................................................
Advertising and promotions managers ........................................
Marketing and sales managers .....................................................
Marketing managers ................................................................
Sales managers ........................................................................
Public relations managers ............................................................
Administrative services managers ...............................................
Computer and information systems managers ............................
Financial managers ......................................................................
Human resources managers .........................................................
Compensation and benefits managers .....................................
Training and development managers .......................................
Industrial production managers ...................................................
Purchasing managers ...................................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ....................
Agricultural managers .................................................................
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers .........................
Construction managers ................................................................
Education administrators .............................................................
Education administrators, preschool and child care
center/program ...................................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..
Education administrators, postsecondary ................................
Engineering managers .................................................................
Food service managers ................................................................
Funeral directors ..........................................................................
Gaming managers ........................................................................
Lodging managers .......................................................................
Medical and health services managers ........................................
Natural sciences managers ..........................................................
Property, real estate, and community association managers .......
Social and community service managers ....................................
21.90
26.22
22.31
12.62
18.09
25.15
28.26
24.16
18.67
20.96
34.86
23.21
24.08
20.67
28.85
27.92
23.40
22.75
15.00
15.00
23.30
21.18
29.59
48.08
29.51
13.34
21.64
34.41
35.83
32.51
21.64
26.25
41.56
29.96
29.75
27.73
33.28
33.88
30.22
26.43
16.85
21.64
29.46
28.77
40.34
72.68
40.00
23.92
32.05
46.89
46.34
47.31
31.52
33.56
53.68
42.07
37.87
33.09
37.92
41.12
39.09
33.67
37.11
37.11
38.33
39.32
54.95
103.85
58.89
35.75
46.84
63.46
61.54
67.40
42.49
40.72
65.05
57.12
50.80
49.27
56.17
49.43
55.29
48.28
37.11
37.11
47.67
51.59
71.54
151.81
86.54
44.23
61.28
86.72
76.92
93.05
50.63
48.64
76.04
74.40
67.88
56.66
72.82
63.04
70.34
61.48
57.73
57.73
55.31
62.06
14.68
33.74
21.64
36.51
16.83
19.98
31.50
15.17
23.94
28.08
15.29
16.63
18.09
37.71
25.80
48.60
19.45
21.64
33.00
15.17
30.62
33.54
19.25
22.49
27.83
46.49
35.75
58.47
22.85
28.75
33.75
17.48
38.35
41.14
27.58
28.33
31.35
54.61
51.47
67.50
30.24
33.65
34.10
24.04
49.15
48.89
33.65
34.62
31.35
62.66
66.76
76.68
37.30
34.75
35.91
33.95
62.77
67.60
48.08
42.02
18.27
19.47
20.94
19.48
22.14
22.12
26.83
20.80
28.51
27.17
30.85
27.07
36.60
34.00
36.31
34.00
48.08
43.04
44.53
43.26
19.21
18.23
18.22
18.67
22.52
22.12
22.12
24.53
27.17
28.33
28.33
28.81
33.65
33.24
33.00
33.81
41.83
38.94
38.94
38.23
Business and financial operations occupations ...........................
Buyers and purchasing agents .....................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .........................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products .................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products .............................................................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators .........
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators .......................
Insurance appraisers, auto damage ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-1
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Business and financial operations occupations –Continued
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health
and safety, and transportation ................................................
Cost estimators ............................................................................
Emergency management specialists ............................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ..........
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists .............
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists ..............
Training and development specialists .....................................
Logisticians ..................................................................................
Management analysts ..................................................................
Meeting and convention planners ................................................
Accountants and auditors ............................................................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate ........................................
Budget analysts ............................................................................
Credit analysts .............................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ...................................................
Financial analysts ....................................................................
Personal financial advisors ......................................................
Insurance underwriters ............................................................
Financial examiners .....................................................................
Loan counselors and officers .......................................................
Loan counselors .......................................................................
Loan officers ............................................................................
Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and revenue agents ..........
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents .......................
$17.04
19.81
19.04
16.81
14.66
19.89
17.00
20.09
21.55
15.87
18.27
14.92
22.71
19.23
20.29
23.10
15.18
19.41
19.16
16.41
13.66
16.41
12.89
12.89
$20.67
21.85
31.01
20.88
17.53
21.99
23.12
23.98
26.71
20.19
22.16
17.63
25.77
21.56
25.55
27.40
20.18
22.77
21.70
20.19
16.67
20.58
15.22
15.24
$24.97
29.57
40.79
27.32
20.61
26.30
30.31
32.22
35.70
24.52
27.19
23.40
30.22
27.40
33.02
34.92
27.21
28.28
27.82
27.30
21.62
27.98
20.30
21.01
$32.69
39.42
47.16
35.82
31.01
33.99
41.30
39.78
48.85
36.64
33.89
32.03
37.37
36.69
44.45
45.67
47.36
38.95
35.48
37.02
26.67
38.47
27.84
28.57
$42.20
47.12
47.16
45.12
39.54
42.07
45.67
49.23
61.66
42.31
43.43
43.06
41.76
48.46
58.01
62.50
58.01
49.55
43.91
49.42
38.67
49.57
33.93
34.94
Computer and mathematical science occupations ......................
Computer and information scientists, research ...........................
Computer programmers ...............................................................
Computer software engineers ......................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .............................
Computer software engineers, systems software .....................
Computer support specialists .......................................................
Computer systems analysts ..........................................................
Database administrators ...............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ...........................
Network systems and data communications analysts ..................
Actuaries ......................................................................................
Operations research analysts .......................................................
Statisticians ..................................................................................
20.22
35.48
21.64
27.89
27.89
30.47
15.75
25.11
22.16
20.00
19.78
27.80
21.39
22.19
25.91
43.76
26.04
35.51
33.94
37.50
19.34
31.52
26.44
25.16
23.08
32.45
26.67
32.13
35.33
52.55
33.89
42.88
41.38
44.64
23.99
38.29
39.57
32.01
31.02
40.96
31.87
40.93
44.74
63.75
38.97
52.31
50.28
54.75
29.91
45.77
48.96
40.48
39.74
54.21
45.09
48.71
55.03
82.71
46.59
60.51
57.39
64.31
38.49
52.84
59.72
47.36
48.79
65.44
59.62
65.03
Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................
Architects, except naval ...............................................................
Architects, except landscape and naval ...................................
Landscape architects ................................................................
19.92
18.52
18.50
20.53
26.00
23.00
22.87
23.74
33.80
29.81
30.77
25.74
43.94
35.76
37.27
31.60
55.86
48.08
48.08
34.47
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-2
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Architecture and engineering occupations –Continued
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists ......................
Surveyors .................................................................................
Engineers .....................................................................................
Aerospace engineers ................................................................
Biomedical engineers ..............................................................
Chemical engineers .................................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................................
Computer hardware engineers .................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ........................................
Electrical engineers .............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ..............................
Environmental engineers .........................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ....................
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety
engineers and inspectors ................................................
Industrial engineers .............................................................
Materials engineers ..................................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................................
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety
engineers ............................................................................
Nuclear engineers ....................................................................
Petroleum engineers ................................................................
Drafters ........................................................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ................................................
Electrical and electronics drafters ...........................................
Mechanical drafters .................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .....................................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .................
Civil engineering technicians ..................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ...................
Electro-mechanical technicians ...............................................
Environmental engineering technicians ..................................
Industrial engineering technicians ...........................................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ............................................
Life, physical, and social science occupations .............................
Life scientists ...............................................................................
Agricultural and food scientists ...............................................
Food scientists and technologists ........................................
Biological scientists .................................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists .............................................
Microbiologists ....................................................................
Zoologists and wildlife biologists .......................................
Conservation scientists and foresters .......................................
10
25
50
75
90
$19.92
20.44
26.69
34.28
24.04
30.53
23.08
31.42
26.67
25.72
27.50
23.62
25.37
$24.19
25.33
31.81
39.28
27.25
35.31
28.85
37.72
31.91
30.44
33.45
28.00
28.90
$29.42
31.75
39.57
47.97
32.34
41.11
36.81
46.59
39.28
38.31
41.38
33.70
35.78
$38.46
40.00
49.25
60.37
43.42
57.65
44.48
57.68
46.88
45.16
49.01
47.07
43.19
$53.00
56.00
60.82
70.30
46.50
68.25
52.36
72.12
57.69
55.25
63.47
50.97
54.08
26.83
25.01
28.89
25.99
30.61
28.71
30.84
30.77
36.37
35.37
39.57
36.94
52.53
41.88
54.57
44.82
60.05
50.48
61.82
53.32
26.89
33.63
30.29
16.20
16.50
15.75
17.00
15.80
22.82
12.96
18.09
18.72
14.90
17.11
19.53
11.95
35.68
38.97
40.39
19.10
19.30
19.25
19.64
20.19
25.24
13.62
21.93
20.37
18.16
20.93
22.02
14.84
39.67
44.62
51.62
23.60
23.75
26.20
23.08
25.59
29.94
18.76
26.42
26.83
19.23
26.02
26.71
20.20
51.75
47.99
62.26
30.00
31.25
27.78
26.77
31.00
33.75
25.91
31.13
30.59
23.08
31.25
29.27
29.86
61.06
59.63
82.05
36.56
36.56
34.18
31.71
36.97
39.10
30.94
36.73
30.59
30.78
36.40
34.55
37.63
16.80
19.94
16.05
36.67
20.19
20.12
23.59
20.14
20.97
21.37
22.33
16.75
37.39
23.08
33.65
29.27
21.95
21.50
28.12
31.03
20.76
43.27
34.54
41.61
36.32
24.64
26.57
38.12
42.32
38.27
43.99
42.32
49.52
44.34
26.09
29.93
50.48
52.15
43.99
47.52
50.19
57.03
46.94
34.24
36.88
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-3
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Life, physical, and social science occupations –Continued
Conservation scientists ........................................................
Foresters ..............................................................................
Medical scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ........................................................................
Astronomers and physicists .....................................................
Physicists .............................................................................
Chemists and materials scientists ............................................
Chemists ..............................................................................
Materials scientists ..............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists .............................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health ..
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers ...........
Hydrologists ........................................................................
Economists ..................................................................................
Market and survey researchers ....................................................
Market research analysts .........................................................
Psychologists ...............................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .......................
Urban and regional planners ........................................................
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers ...................
Agricultural and food science technicians ...................................
Biological technicians .................................................................
Chemical technicians ...................................................................
Geological and petroleum technicians .........................................
Nuclear technicians .....................................................................
Social science research assistants ................................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians ......
Environmental science and protection technicians, including
health .................................................................................
Forensic science technicians ....................................................
Forest and conservation technicians ........................................
Community and social services occupations ...............................
Counselors ...................................................................................
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors ..............
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ......................
Mental health counselors .........................................................
Rehabilitation counselors ........................................................
Social workers .............................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers ................................
Medical and public health social workers ...............................
Mental health and substance abuse social workers .................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ............
Health educators ......................................................................
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists ........
10
25
50
75
90
$20.97
19.23
20.58
21.16
27.32
31.28
22.84
22.31
35.10
19.81
18.67
23.46
22.39
18.38
19.35
19.24
19.23
20.43
22.01
13.80
11.55
14.41
15.00
18.91
28.48
12.74
14.00
$21.50
25.96
22.29
25.75
47.16
48.00
27.40
25.96
39.23
24.40
22.71
25.81
25.24
28.03
24.56
24.51
26.37
26.67
24.51
16.11
15.01
16.50
17.80
21.16
33.99
13.05
16.48
$25.83
28.52
32.69
32.89
55.60
55.14
31.67
29.70
46.21
31.50
30.13
35.72
35.22
36.23
32.60
31.68
32.20
32.65
31.26
25.64
18.24
20.25
22.59
32.57
34.94
18.46
20.63
$29.93
42.23
45.02
43.10
68.92
70.43
42.63
38.47
55.05
38.65
36.63
40.10
39.56
43.27
42.14
39.70
44.54
44.54
41.11
31.11
20.63
24.62
26.97
33.17
39.78
24.28
25.00
$35.64
50.82
59.22
56.47
108.94
108.94
55.59
53.53
62.60
49.26
49.09
51.92
43.10
45.13
57.35
54.55
55.65
56.45
51.70
45.57
28.35
29.07
32.78
47.89
48.36
26.04
34.90
13.62
15.65
12.98
18.00
21.54
16.22
23.48
25.69
17.88
26.61
30.98
18.50
34.90
44.73
33.94
12.26
12.51
12.51
16.78
14.55
10.75
14.22
14.25
16.08
13.46
10.53
14.50
15.61
15.10
16.27
14.00
20.08
17.31
13.02
16.34
16.28
18.96
15.95
12.88
17.49
18.19
18.89
20.40
17.84
28.33
18.55
17.75
20.25
19.85
23.57
18.27
16.09
19.94
23.46
24.86
28.23
22.77
39.75
22.39
21.14
25.63
25.67
29.28
22.78
20.75
33.52
29.06
33.53
41.40
27.15
50.93
27.28
26.39
31.90
35.26
30.93
29.79
28.01
34.84
36.48
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-4
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Community and social services occupations –Continued
Social and human service assistants ........................................
Clergy ..........................................................................................
Directors, religious activities and education ...............................
$10.18
14.10
13.94
$11.28
14.10
19.51
$13.65
18.11
23.48
$16.28
23.59
42.15
$19.76
27.05
54.60
Legal occupations ..........................................................................
Lawyers .......................................................................................
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ..........................
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates .............................
Paralegals and legal assistants .....................................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ..........................................
Court reporters .........................................................................
Law clerks ...............................................................................
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers .............................
15.87
23.71
24.49
25.75
24.49
12.00
15.48
14.42
15.87
14.94
20.51
32.69
31.50
31.28
44.33
16.48
17.15
17.25
20.00
17.14
30.15
46.62
44.33
34.76
62.08
22.12
21.64
24.62
23.71
21.13
47.68
67.43
62.90
47.68
75.11
28.85
25.87
29.46
28.05
23.75
73.19
89.90
88.66
62.75
88.66
34.62
33.78
41.69
28.81
33.20
Education, training, and library occupations .............................
Postsecondary teachers ................................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ............................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ...........................
Computer science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ...................
Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary ............
Engineering teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Biological science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary ..............................
Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers,
postsecondary ................................................................
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Environmental science teachers, postsecondary ..................
Physics teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................................
Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary ......
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary
Economics teachers, postsecondary ....................................
Political science teachers, postsecondary ............................
Psychology teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Sociology teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ..........................
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary .................
Education and library science teachers, postsecondary ...........
Education teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
13.00
24.42
26.71
28.04
25.81
30.66
30.61
30.61
24.04
23.54
32.80
23.08
32.50
49.90
33.51
35.95
33.32
39.52
39.52
31.92
31.33
40.03
32.80
43.99
66.38
42.66
54.48
39.35
55.10
55.10
46.09
44.22
49.95
43.99
60.70
73.36
59.03
69.77
50.79
74.86
75.00
58.84
60.45
58.81
57.24
83.97
80.80
69.77
98.20
61.51
94.94
98.11
98.97
98.97
77.81
26.52
32.12
29.40
36.07
32.88
42.57
31.20
46.78
33.15
30.12
36.70
26.52
24.49
27.21
25.25
25.25
49.95
40.75
32.05
39.13
36.61
43.42
31.20
53.86
33.36
33.00
41.02
35.11
40.23
29.25
29.14
29.14
49.95
46.96
50.65
53.15
46.29
45.74
31.80
62.31
40.35
44.14
53.63
48.08
63.59
37.56
34.03
34.03
75.29
55.08
62.00
73.12
58.33
51.31
47.19
82.70
49.04
48.90
65.77
80.85
89.45
43.53
44.02
43.94
78.58
71.80
67.05
89.20
77.85
52.15
47.19
96.15
55.60
67.60
96.12
100.36
112.64
48.96
50.38
50.01
38.23
60.80
82.06
108.98
139.90
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-5
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Law teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Social work teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ..................
Communications teachers, postsecondary ...........................
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
History teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary ................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ....................................
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary ......
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ....................
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ........
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .......................................
Preschool teachers, except special education ......................
Kindergarten teachers, except special education .................
Elementary and middle school teachers ..................................
Elementary school teachers, except special education ........
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Secondary school teachers .......................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...............
Special education teachers .......................................................
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ..........................................................
Special education teachers, middle school ..........................
Special education teachers, secondary school .....................
Other teachers and instructors .....................................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and
instructors ..........................................................................
Self-enrichment education teachers .........................................
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians ............................
Archivists .................................................................................
Curators ...................................................................................
Librarians .....................................................................................
Library technicians ......................................................................
Farm and home management advisors ........................................
Instructional coordinators ............................................................
Teacher assistants ........................................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .....
Artists and related workers ..........................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$62.22
33.97
$76.31
34.15
$89.85
36.77
$110.08
41.56
$139.90
41.56
27.58
27.89
26.07
25.71
36.21
30.22
20.55
20.00
20.13
18.03
22.83
10.00
9.75
23.04
24.81
24.75
34.48
32.77
32.67
34.31
38.84
37.52
30.74
25.67
29.17
21.50
28.37
12.50
11.00
27.06
29.22
29.22
41.60
38.70
40.38
42.91
52.97
46.91
38.39
36.23
33.38
25.29
35.11
16.98
14.00
33.54
35.96
36.21
54.00
46.92
49.64
51.64
58.80
58.97
50.11
48.30
44.49
31.92
44.56
32.80
18.92
41.08
45.56
45.95
69.15
66.22
70.58
68.24
74.87
71.09
60.70
64.68
48.69
47.12
55.00
40.68
35.33
50.86
56.15
56.42
25.05
25.65
29.15
29.98
35.38
35.94
44.06
44.94
55.28
54.60
25.84
24.65
25.12
30.13
27.76
29.97
35.94
35.95
35.73
44.99
43.84
45.70
55.00
50.83
56.35
23.85
25.98
26.82
13.85
29.01
32.51
31.24
21.29
35.32
35.73
37.09
30.34
45.31
45.36
45.77
39.70
55.48
55.51
60.42
55.30
14.71
12.30
17.45
15.97
21.34
17.62
11.96
17.21
21.95
9.21
20.00
20.67
19.89
17.45
24.41
22.24
13.81
18.22
25.72
10.58
23.80
25.14
27.80
23.42
31.04
27.35
15.72
21.04
32.62
12.55
37.35
33.90
39.63
36.28
40.87
35.39
19.25
26.30
40.38
15.36
45.00
47.61
40.87
39.63
40.87
45.48
24.70
26.30
49.76
19.11
14.17
15.20
18.00
16.98
24.27
26.11
33.17
37.50
45.72
49.60
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-6
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
–Continued
Art directors .............................................................................
Multi-media artists and animators ...........................................
Designers .....................................................................................
Commercial and industrial designers ......................................
Fashion designers ....................................................................
Floral designers .......................................................................
Graphic designers ....................................................................
Interior designers .....................................................................
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers .......................
Set and exhibit designers .........................................................
Actors, producers, and directors ..................................................
Producers and directors ...........................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .........................
Coaches and scouts ..................................................................
Announcers ..................................................................................
Radio and television announcers .............................................
News analysts, reporters and correspondents ..............................
Reporters and correspondents ..................................................
Public relations specialists ...........................................................
Writers and editors ......................................................................
Editors ......................................................................................
Technical writers .....................................................................
Writers and authors ..................................................................
Miscellaneous media and communication workers .....................
Interpreters and translators ......................................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ................................................................................
Audio and video equipment technicians ..................................
Broadcast technicians ..............................................................
Sound engineering technicians ................................................
Photographers ..............................................................................
Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and
editors ....................................................................................
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture ........
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ....................
Dentists ........................................................................................
Dentists, general ......................................................................
Dietitians and nutritionists ...........................................................
Optometrists ................................................................................
Pharmacists ..................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..............................................................
Anesthesiologists .....................................................................
Family and general practitioners .............................................
10
25
50
75
90
$16.00
16.98
13.42
19.61
20.37
7.60
14.00
16.88
13.45
13.65
14.44
14.44
13.14
13.14
8.17
8.17
15.23
15.23
17.00
16.83
15.84
20.06
15.81
15.38
11.55
$18.00
16.98
17.31
27.89
24.04
10.44
16.45
19.28
14.46
13.65
17.83
18.03
18.47
18.47
13.14
13.14
19.30
18.27
21.63
19.85
18.68
23.30
19.67
18.03
15.88
$30.49
24.04
23.08
34.35
40.14
11.99
21.64
27.89
19.77
19.23
29.55
30.26
24.52
24.10
20.88
20.88
27.65
25.96
26.39
26.76
25.13
29.66
25.72
22.52
21.77
$49.45
33.52
32.25
42.51
49.81
12.50
27.12
32.48
22.43
29.62
54.00
55.35
34.52
34.97
35.25
35.25
36.49
34.17
34.48
33.17
32.85
33.32
31.97
25.69
26.00
$50.48
39.79
40.14
50.48
49.81
15.28
36.54
32.48
24.67
33.69
70.80
77.50
39.66
39.66
69.71
69.71
68.72
57.74
51.15
42.67
43.10
39.90
38.46
27.57
35.31
13.38
13.38
12.11
32.65
11.12
16.83
15.50
15.30
36.84
11.12
21.70
20.00
20.10
41.77
15.39
35.99
24.61
28.34
46.67
18.28
41.77
41.59
38.94
53.82
29.26
17.72
16.07
18.54
18.54
25.83
24.02
29.14
26.45
32.56
32.56
15.00
52.88
52.88
16.27
36.76
48.50
23.56
13.15
23.56
19.88
56.98
56.98
21.14
40.63
52.32
29.01
75.00
51.11
26.82
75.01
75.01
23.94
48.08
55.24
78.62
115.38
75.00
35.19
86.54
75.01
26.02
55.77
57.50
108.33
160.21
97.55
50.58
144.38
144.38
30.57
60.10
60.50
172.50
197.80
125.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-7
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations –Continued
Internists, general ....................................................................
Pediatricians, general ...............................................................
Psychiatrists .............................................................................
Surgeons ..................................................................................
Physician assistants .....................................................................
Registered nurses .........................................................................
Therapists ....................................................................................
Audiologists .............................................................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................................
Physical therapists ...................................................................
Radiation therapists .................................................................
Recreational therapists .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................................
Speech-language pathologists .................................................
Veterinarians ................................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .........................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ............................
Dental hygienists .........................................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ........................
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .........................
Diagnostic medical sonographers ............................................
Nuclear medicine technologists ...............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ................................
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ........................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
Dietetic technicians .................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..............................................................
Psychiatric technicians ............................................................
Respiratory therapy technicians ..............................................
Surgical technologists ..............................................................
Veterinary technologists and technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ......................
Medical records and health information technicians ...................
Opticians, dispensing ...................................................................
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ...................
Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians ........
Occupational health and safety specialists ..............................
Occupational health and safety technicians .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare practitioner and technical workers .....
Athletic trainers .......................................................................
$39.46
12.19
41.96
12.66
32.69
22.52
21.05
24.77
26.72
25.21
28.05
11.69
19.96
23.75
36.63
13.71
18.00
12.50
21.15
17.15
12.17
25.44
31.51
17.75
10.00
11.49
7.50
11.25
10.27
18.69
14.56
11.90
14.55
10.51
10.51
11.70
16.13
15.98
21.70
14.46
14.08
$64.91
25.50
72.15
83.33
36.75
25.95
25.21
28.85
29.66
27.87
29.11
13.13
23.31
26.88
37.88
16.90
22.58
14.64
28.00
21.95
16.51
29.66
32.19
21.42
11.74
13.27
8.00
12.91
12.05
21.40
17.00
13.50
16.50
12.76
15.00
14.25
21.86
20.35
28.64
16.83
16.83
$76.93
70.38
79.16
132.21
43.20
30.46
31.06
32.31
35.18
34.31
34.78
16.92
25.67
32.74
41.55
22.50
25.97
17.31
32.38
27.56
23.39
33.86
34.60
26.58
14.13
15.91
11.47
14.75
14.21
25.82
19.45
15.18
19.20
16.63
19.81
17.50
28.64
27.18
30.68
18.27
17.31
$120.19
93.75
86.93
181.73
49.51
36.90
37.71
37.74
40.70
40.00
46.06
20.18
28.62
38.19
48.93
27.51
30.32
21.55
36.50
33.19
31.00
38.61
36.77
30.81
18.16
20.03
13.15
16.48
21.51
30.00
22.90
19.06
21.94
19.17
25.13
21.90
32.32
33.71
30.69
21.19
19.23
$192.31
100.96
101.03
204.33
55.57
44.35
45.00
40.51
50.58
45.00
50.46
24.75
32.24
54.59
53.51
31.90
33.62
26.98
40.00
38.10
40.73
41.69
39.46
36.00
24.02
24.22
29.52
19.80
26.45
31.52
25.00
22.00
25.36
23.16
28.00
25.00
39.24
41.68
32.00
27.06
21.19
Healthcare support occupations ...................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ...............................
Home health aides ...................................................................
9.00
8.75
8.12
10.25
9.91
9.31
12.30
11.35
10.20
15.33
13.50
12.03
18.32
16.11
14.35
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-8
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$9.00
9.00
15.72
16.16
10.13
10.00
13.08
9.75
8.76
10.00
9.00
10.50
10.50
10.84
8.65
9.00
$10.00
10.00
17.77
23.98
10.56
12.09
17.25
11.00
10.92
11.79
13.00
11.75
12.36
13.20
10.04
10.31
$11.60
12.00
24.39
25.00
15.09
16.15
21.75
12.21
17.00
14.28
17.00
13.91
14.50
15.10
13.65
12.00
$13.67
16.09
30.18
30.70
17.77
22.47
28.00
13.64
17.00
17.23
19.50
16.48
18.41
17.71
16.23
14.51
$16.08
19.44
32.00
32.00
17.77
29.69
31.00
15.00
20.61
20.41
22.00
18.87
21.56
20.35
20.50
15.50
Protective service occupations ......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers ........
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers .........
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives ........
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention
workers ..................................................................................
Fire fighters .................................................................................
Fire inspectors .............................................................................
Fire inspectors and investigators .............................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ....................................
Bailiffs .....................................................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ..............................................
Detectives and criminal investigators ..........................................
Fish and game wardens ...............................................................
Parking enforcement workers ......................................................
Police officers ..............................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ..........................................
Animal control workers ...............................................................
Private detectives and investigators .............................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .......................
Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators .........
Security guards ........................................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ...................................
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective
service workers ..................................................................
9.80
17.79
12.88
22.49
12.75
24.31
15.85
29.95
18.44
33.49
22.77
36.96
27.11
43.29
30.99
45.72
35.65
51.20
41.35
53.33
17.39
12.62
15.80
15.80
10.62
16.54
10.62
16.64
19.16
11.61
16.39
16.39
9.59
11.62
8.25
12.50
8.25
8.20
20.49
16.60
21.65
21.65
14.02
24.97
13.95
20.59
23.92
13.11
20.57
20.57
11.80
14.77
9.50
12.71
9.50
10.00
27.28
21.46
24.27
24.27
17.19
27.72
16.99
28.06
25.55
14.83
26.91
26.91
13.02
16.93
11.00
13.49
11.00
14.07
34.14
26.28
27.24
26.63
23.45
31.83
22.73
36.67
25.55
17.94
33.95
33.95
14.11
16.93
14.06
14.90
14.05
20.02
42.15
32.66
35.98
35.98
30.23
32.12
30.10
43.61
29.98
27.01
39.49
39.49
22.42
23.93
17.47
17.81
17.47
26.24
7.35
8.00
10.59
18.08
26.24
Food preparation and serving related occupations ....................
4.25
7.55
9.30
12.10
15.61
Healthcare support occupations –Continued
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..................................
Psychiatric aides ......................................................................
Occupational therapist assistants and aides .................................
Occupational therapist assistants .............................................
Occupational therapist aides ....................................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides .........................................
Physical therapist assistants .....................................................
Physical therapist aides ............................................................
Massage therapists .......................................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...........................
Dental assistants ......................................................................
Medical assistants ....................................................................
Medical equipment preparers ..................................................
Medical transcriptionists .........................................................
Pharmacy aides ........................................................................
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers ...........
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-9
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers ..................................................................................
Chefs and head cooks ..............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and
serving workers .................................................................
Cooks ...........................................................................................
Cooks, fast food .......................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...............................................
Cooks, restaurant .....................................................................
Cooks, short order ...................................................................
Food preparation workers ............................................................
Food service, tipped .....................................................................
Bartenders ................................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers ..
Fast food and counter workers ....................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including
fast food .............................................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee
shop ....................................................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant .........................................................
Dishwashers .................................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop ...........
10
25
50
75
90
$10.00
10.50
$12.10
12.55
$15.20
17.12
$19.42
21.89
$23.85
27.14
9.83
8.00
7.25
8.67
8.00
7.75
7.50
2.13
3.50
2.13
6.00
7.30
12.10
9.00
8.00
9.77
9.74
8.40
8.25
3.35
4.39
2.61
7.50
7.87
15.04
10.94
8.53
11.99
11.00
9.50
9.50
5.06
7.47
4.25
8.53
9.00
19.10
13.00
9.98
14.50
12.91
11.00
12.00
8.00
9.17
7.00
10.01
10.50
23.35
15.61
12.00
17.84
15.00
13.25
14.50
9.94
11.60
8.25
12.00
12.75
7.35
7.87
8.98
10.45
12.91
7.25
4.00
7.30
4.65
7.84
7.37
8.00
7.25
9.00
9.29
8.83
8.25
10.50
11.75
10.00
11.00
12.34
15.28
13.97
13.77
8.19
9.36
11.66
15.35
20.01
12.00
14.44
17.64
22.00
26.00
12.00
14.28
17.50
21.63
26.30
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning
and maintenance workers ......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers ...............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service,
and groundskeeping workers .............................................
Building cleaning workers ...........................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping
cleaners ..............................................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Pest control workers ....................................................................
Grounds maintenance workers ....................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .............................
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation ........
Tree trimmers and pruners .......................................................
12.00
8.04
15.00
9.05
17.97
11.06
22.36
14.59
25.92
18.76
8.42
7.75
12.55
8.50
8.25
10.98
14.00
9.63
8.31
15.44
9.75
9.54
11.88
14.00
12.00
9.42
16.83
11.85
11.20
16.19
19.22
15.34
11.25
16.83
15.00
14.00
17.55
22.50
19.98
14.17
20.11
19.24
18.17
19.18
26.32
Personal care and service occupations ........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers ....................
Gaming supervisors .................................................................
Slot key persons .......................................................................
7.13
10.41
11.94
9.45
8.09
12.06
14.74
10.80
10.15
15.00
16.73
12.07
13.99
18.41
22.17
13.68
20.19
22.96
25.85
14.20
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-10
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Personal care and service occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers ......
Nonfarm animal caretakers ..........................................................
Gaming services workers ............................................................
Gaming dealers ........................................................................
Gaming and sports book writers and runners ..........................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers .................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers .....
Amusement and recreation attendants .....................................
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants ..........
Barbers and cosmetologists .........................................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .........................
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers ...............................
Manicurists and pedicurists .....................................................
Skin care specialists .................................................................
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ..................................
Baggage porters and bellhops ..................................................
Concierges ...............................................................................
Tour and travel guides .................................................................
Tour guides and escorts ...........................................................
Transportation attendants ............................................................
Flight attendants ......................................................................
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and
baggage porters ..................................................................
Child care workers .......................................................................
Personal and home care aides ......................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ....................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ..................................
Recreation workers ..................................................................
Residential advisors .....................................................................
Sales and related occupations .......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...........................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ...........
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers ...
Retail sales workers .....................................................................
Cashiers, all workers ...............................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................................
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers ........................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....................
Counter and rental clerks .....................................................
Parts salespersons ................................................................
Retail salespersons ...................................................................
Advertising sales agents ..............................................................
Insurance sales agents ..................................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents ......
10
25
50
75
90
$10.59
8.25
5.76
5.65
8.25
8.18
7.50
7.31
8.23
7.25
7.25
8.00
9.21
12.67
7.25
6.87
10.21
10.00
10.00
8.48
21.16
$13.29
8.74
6.18
6.03
8.25
8.18
7.94
7.73
9.85
9.00
9.00
8.25
10.94
17.02
8.25
8.00
10.63
10.50
10.50
19.66
32.30
$16.71
10.00
7.15
6.91
9.50
8.43
9.47
8.42
11.46
11.19
11.88
13.35
12.11
19.23
10.30
8.60
13.34
17.32
17.32
32.30
39.50
$19.84
13.87
8.00
7.91
10.50
16.04
12.08
11.36
15.78
18.65
19.32
17.51
13.54
21.49
13.10
10.51
15.05
17.32
17.32
42.48
44.15
$22.37
17.00
9.03
8.33
16.58
16.27
13.19
13.19
18.74
27.90
27.90
21.49
17.78
25.81
16.53
15.00
17.45
21.17
17.32
46.16
50.88
7.25
7.50
8.27
9.25
15.44
9.12
10.73
7.25
8.04
9.00
11.66
15.72
10.66
13.13
9.67
9.60
10.00
15.45
20.19
13.75
16.23
14.30
11.00
11.25
19.64
24.88
18.43
18.19
21.36
13.49
13.00
23.49
31.42
21.49
21.29
8.74
10.92
10.91
12.94
8.00
7.75
7.75
8.33
8.50
7.64
10.00
8.66
10.00
13.38
16.08
10.66
14.10
13.86
17.31
9.30
8.50
8.50
11.99
10.50
9.00
12.00
10.00
13.50
17.00
23.11
14.89
18.08
17.50
23.81
11.25
10.00
9.91
13.04
13.78
11.23
15.75
12.06
20.20
23.37
38.89
22.50
23.64
21.88
38.79
14.46
12.00
11.80
14.45
17.87
15.00
18.94
15.81
29.28
32.62
69.38
36.25
33.60
29.07
55.29
19.43
14.55
14.42
15.67
21.78
20.77
21.98
22.22
36.00
47.79
110.10
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-11
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Travel agents ...............................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .......................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products .......................................
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ..........................
Demonstrators and product promoters ....................................
Real estate brokers and sales agents ............................................
Real estate brokers ...................................................................
Real estate sales agents ............................................................
Sales engineers ............................................................................
Telemarketers ..............................................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .....................................
Office and administrative support occupations ..........................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers .....................................................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ..................
Telephone operators ....................................................................
Financial clerks ............................................................................
Bill and account collectors ......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ...................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................
Gaming cage workers ..............................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...............................................
Procurement clerks ..................................................................
Tellers ......................................................................................
Brokerage clerks ..........................................................................
Correspondence clerks .................................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ............................................
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks ......................................
Customer service representatives ................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ...........................
File clerks ....................................................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ............................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .....................................
Library assistants, clerical ...........................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks .......................................................
New accounts clerks ....................................................................
Order clerks .................................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping .....
Receptionists and information clerks ..........................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks ...
Cargo and freight agents ..............................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$10.97
14.55
$13.38
19.22
$17.16
25.96
$21.09
38.37
$23.08
53.99
16.03
24.04
35.45
48.08
58.78
13.73
11.26
11.26
11.00
3.63
11.38
19.14
9.00
9.47
17.78
12.03
12.03
12.50
12.30
12.50
30.29
10.20
12.79
23.27
15.43
15.43
15.44
17.72
14.86
32.27
12.00
17.06
31.57
23.13
23.13
23.79
31.86
21.65
41.86
15.60
23.08
45.28
27.09
27.09
46.15
38.83
46.15
55.06
21.95
30.60
10.38
12.50
15.50
19.47
24.04
15.00
7.85
9.00
10.75
9.47
11.42
11.84
9.50
13.92
11.47
10.00
13.99
13.10
11.70
11.80
10.50
12.87
9.16
8.00
10.14
10.52
12.00
10.93
10.05
12.50
9.50
10.45
11.46
17.69
9.00
9.50
12.64
12.18
13.33
13.93
10.24
16.56
13.90
10.75
15.44
15.27
13.00
13.55
12.50
14.81
11.08
8.75
11.74
11.98
13.47
12.69
11.55
14.95
11.00
12.71
13.79
21.47
10.30
12.65
15.49
14.70
15.75
16.50
11.00
18.36
16.61
12.00
18.21
16.70
16.61
16.97
15.00
17.34
14.00
10.00
13.70
13.97
16.20
14.42
14.21
18.44
13.00
18.00
18.41
26.51
13.48
19.39
18.84
18.01
18.16
19.80
12.87
21.43
20.00
13.77
21.15
19.20
20.30
19.81
18.57
20.07
16.54
11.70
16.50
16.85
19.00
16.51
17.68
21.19
15.48
21.54
23.78
31.23
17.19
23.23
22.22
23.90
20.95
23.08
15.20
25.02
22.21
16.04
26.35
22.34
24.86
23.28
22.86
23.48
18.83
13.87
18.97
20.21
22.12
18.83
21.43
23.50
18.24
21.91
30.54
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-12
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Office and administrative support occupations –Continued
Couriers and messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..................................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ..................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .....................
Meter readers, utilities .................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks ...............................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .........................................
Stock clerks and order fillers .......................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ....
Secretaries and administrative assistants .....................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ................
Legal secretaries ......................................................................
Medical secretaries ..................................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ....................
Computer operators .....................................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ..........................
Data entry keyers .....................................................................
Word processors and typists ....................................................
Desktop publishers ......................................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ............................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service ..
Office clerks, general ...................................................................
Office machine operators, except computer ................................
Proofreaders and copy markers ...................................................
Statistical assistants .....................................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and
forestry workers .....................................................................
Graders and sorters, agricultural products ...................................
Miscellaneous agricultural workers .............................................
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse .....
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals ....................................
Logging workers ..........................................................................
Construction and extraction occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers .................................................................
Boilermakers ................................................................................
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons ............................
Brickmasons and blockmasons ................................................
Carpenters ....................................................................................
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers ..............................
Carpet installers .......................................................................
Tile and marble setters .............................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$8.44
11.71
11.39
12.00
10.40
13.20
9.10
8.30
10.50
12.28
14.70
13.00
11.00
11.42
12.46
10.50
10.00
11.40
12.00
11.50
8.79
10.05
10.00
12.73
13.35
$8.44
13.44
13.03
13.61
14.56
15.56
10.50
10.00
12.21
14.92
17.50
15.94
13.00
13.54
12.46
11.73
11.09
14.00
12.00
13.50
10.05
12.00
11.00
14.93
16.21
$11.00
16.53
16.63
16.44
19.09
19.15
12.70
12.53
13.93
18.41
21.43
21.35
15.17
16.35
14.97
14.25
13.30
16.30
18.71
16.71
12.65
14.63
13.00
21.11
19.67
$13.31
21.24
21.12
21.28
23.08
24.04
15.67
15.50
16.73
23.08
25.51
28.76
18.00
19.36
19.67
16.84
15.80
18.68
22.53
19.98
14.93
17.93
15.55
21.11
22.12
$15.00
27.64
27.03
27.64
25.06
27.91
19.03
18.20
19.20
28.27
30.14
33.67
21.45
23.22
24.19
19.89
18.55
22.55
24.33
23.33
17.22
21.50
17.61
24.62
24.79
8.00
10.00
13.60
17.78
23.43
13.50
6.92
8.24
8.00
9.84
8.71
17.34
7.25
10.00
8.45
13.92
14.25
21.65
8.75
12.22
10.47
16.37
18.65
21.65
10.30
14.28
13.27
16.37
25.24
26.43
16.14
16.37
16.25
18.09
25.24
11.03
14.00
19.00
26.25
35.60
18.12
15.78
12.47
12.47
13.53
13.03
18.75
13.03
21.95
15.78
17.33
18.03
16.00
16.50
20.00
16.00
28.00
23.35
25.50
25.59
20.27
19.00
20.00
17.07
36.52
30.27
28.59
29.34
26.35
22.16
24.00
22.75
42.50
30.65
39.03
39.03
36.79
24.00
27.02
24.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-13
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers ..........
Cement masons and concrete finishers ....................................
Construction laborers ...................................................................
Construction equipment operators ...............................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .............
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ............................................................................
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ....................
Drywall and ceiling tile installers ............................................
Tapers ......................................................................................
Electricians ..................................................................................
Glaziers ........................................................................................
Insulation workers .......................................................................
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall .............................
Insulation workers, mechanical ...............................................
Painters and paperhangers ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................
Pipelayers ................................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ....................................
Plasterers and stucco masons .......................................................
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers .............................................
Roofers ........................................................................................
Sheet metal workers ....................................................................
Structural iron and steel workers .................................................
Helpers, construction trades ........................................................
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile
and marble setters ..............................................................
Helpers--carpenters ..................................................................
Helpers--electricians ................................................................
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco
masons ...............................................................................
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...
Helpers--roofers .......................................................................
Construction and building inspectors ..........................................
Hazardous materials removal workers ........................................
Highway maintenance workers ...................................................
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners .............................
Miscellaneous construction and related workers .........................
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and
mining ....................................................................................
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining ............................
Mining machine operators ...........................................................
Roustabouts, oil and gas ..............................................................
Helpers--extraction workers ........................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$13.36
13.36
9.20
11.49
10.87
$16.00
16.00
10.88
13.90
12.39
$19.39
19.39
14.00
17.50
15.20
$24.81
24.81
20.04
23.67
20.00
$29.50
29.50
28.24
30.96
23.67
12.00
14.00
13.53
15.71
14.00
7.74
10.26
9.50
12.50
11.75
11.50
13.78
11.07
14.42
12.67
11.96
10.00
13.00
13.00
9.50
14.13
15.71
15.24
15.71
17.00
15.00
13.00
10.26
15.00
13.47
13.63
17.00
13.10
18.25
13.50
15.41
12.00
16.80
17.00
10.33
17.99
16.69
16.69
18.50
22.50
22.41
16.00
13.00
16.75
16.21
16.32
22.94
14.76
24.00
15.00
30.24
15.00
21.48
24.34
12.75
24.91
29.04
25.22
32.29
31.72
31.62
19.53
16.90
20.44
20.93
20.50
31.76
20.50
32.58
17.00
33.00
20.00
30.19
35.15
15.00
32.16
35.66
36.34
34.31
38.41
34.03
22.31
19.00
22.31
29.58
29.58
40.51
24.71
41.30
33.99
35.50
24.05
38.00
57.58
20.00
9.84
10.18
10.00
10.00
11.00
11.00
16.10
13.97
12.21
26.33
15.00
14.50
26.33
16.50
20.00
9.00
10.00
9.62
16.92
12.62
12.15
12.00
10.35
9.50
11.50
10.00
20.45
14.46
13.69
14.12
11.50
10.00
12.21
11.37
24.11
18.00
16.93
17.25
15.45
12.75
14.38
14.26
31.44
21.00
21.39
21.13
18.97
13.21
20.00
15.00
35.86
42.95
25.83
27.97
29.00
12.83
16.01
16.00
11.43
12.50
17.03
17.03
20.47
14.00
13.50
21.50
18.90
24.05
15.00
15.75
26.70
24.12
24.50
19.75
22.85
35.97
33.55
32.55
31.77
22.94
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-14
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers .................................................................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers ..........
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .................................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers,
except line installers ..........................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ..........................................................
Avionics technicians ................................................................
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers ....................
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers,
transportation equipment ...................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and
industrial equipment ..........................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation,
and relay ............................................................................
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and
repairers .............................................................................
Security and fire alarm systems installers ...............................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ................................
Automotive technicians and repairers .........................................
Automotive body and related repairers ...................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ......................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...............
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and
mechanics ..............................................................................
Farm equipment mechanics .....................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ..............
Rail car repairers ......................................................................
Small engine mechanics ..............................................................
Motorboat mechanics ..............................................................
Motorcycle mechanics .............................................................
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanic,
installers, and repairers ..........................................................
Recreational vehicle service technicians .................................
Tire repairers and changers .....................................................
Control and valve installers and repairers ...................................
Mechanical door repairers .......................................................
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical
door ....................................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers .................................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$12.00
$15.32
$20.10
$26.61
$32.59
17.67
13.22
21.23
15.20
27.62
18.75
35.19
20.16
42.72
23.58
13.40
20.19
29.28
32.71
35.32
13.40
20.20
29.28
32.71
35.32
13.04
15.36
10.00
15.44
19.23
11.50
20.74
23.61
12.50
26.96
27.59
16.23
33.74
38.29
23.68
12.50
12.50
22.32
30.89
32.35
15.47
18.97
23.91
29.14
33.35
22.32
16.00
28.52
16.17
33.30
18.00
37.81
18.00
41.28
25.84
10.17
13.86
18.43
10.30
12.65
9.90
14.50
14.07
17.08
22.00
13.97
15.00
13.50
16.72
14.48
20.05
26.67
18.74
19.00
18.68
20.72
14.92
24.13
30.80
23.75
24.29
23.56
25.00
17.01
26.61
36.12
29.60
31.00
29.40
29.31
15.55
12.02
15.55
16.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
13.09
18.00
15.00
18.50
17.60
14.00
13.00
12.00
14.00
21.34
18.50
22.50
18.60
15.06
16.00
14.49
16.15
24.97
19.96
25.75
22.10
18.00
17.31
16.90
19.00
28.50
26.45
29.47
25.70
20.80
18.00
21.79
20.80
8.50
11.06
8.00
13.26
13.00
9.00
13.00
9.00
17.20
16.28
11.00
16.00
10.80
21.01
18.75
14.00
24.04
13.15
26.69
22.68
16.95
27.50
15.20
32.31
30.00
13.26
17.58
23.00
28.85
36.06
13.25
16.40
20.23
28.01
33.59
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-15
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations –Continued
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers ..................................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ..............................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ................................
Maintenance workers, machinery ............................................
Millwrights ..............................................................................
Line installers and repairers .........................................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ..........................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers ...................
Precision instrument and equipment repairers ............................
Medical equipment repairers ...................................................
Musical instrument repairers and tuners ..................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers .....
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and
repairers .............................................................................
Manufactured building and mobile home installers ................
Riggers .....................................................................................
Signal and track switch repairers .............................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers ..........
Production occupations .................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers ..................................................................................
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers .....
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ..........
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......................
Electromechanical equipment assemblers ...............................
Engine and other machine assemblers .........................................
Structural metal fabricators and fitters ........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ...................................
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators ......................................
Team assemblers .....................................................................
Bakers ..........................................................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ........................................................
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers ...........................
Slaughterers and meat packers ................................................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ......................................
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine
operators and tenders .........................................................
Food batchmakers ....................................................................
Food cooking machine operators and tenders .........................
Computer control programmers and operators ............................
10
25
50
75
90
$12.50
17.46
11.40
12.50
17.52
14.15
17.27
13.68
13.25
14.06
10.67
10.00
$15.66
20.00
14.12
14.98
20.49
21.21
25.74
19.25
16.28
15.85
14.42
12.00
$19.47
22.97
17.64
17.50
24.50
27.94
31.15
27.00
21.01
22.07
20.00
15.12
$23.81
27.54
21.49
20.86
29.82
32.14
34.29
30.38
29.31
27.89
20.50
20.19
$29.37
32.84
26.74
26.00
40.77
34.31
40.58
32.79
36.33
29.94
20.50
27.83
11.33
9.00
11.94
20.19
8.50
11.50
10.75
17.00
25.25
10.00
14.95
11.25
19.32
26.95
12.40
18.25
12.80
24.00
28.16
15.00
20.00
12.80
27.07
28.58
19.79
9.07
11.35
15.00
19.75
26.37
14.94
16.07
8.86
9.00
8.60
10.00
12.47
9.77
8.60
9.95
10.00
9.00
9.20
9.50
8.10
10.50
9.50
19.08
18.29
10.71
10.65
10.50
11.45
13.15
12.00
10.69
10.00
11.90
10.42
10.55
12.31
9.34
12.15
9.85
24.04
23.03
13.00
13.15
12.59
14.70
16.99
15.00
13.92
12.50
13.78
12.50
12.72
14.90
10.35
12.76
12.95
31.48
30.77
17.00
15.16
16.32
18.04
22.23
18.00
18.25
15.66
18.68
15.00
14.25
18.65
12.60
14.25
17.00
36.93
32.70
21.08
21.08
21.37
20.63
28.49
24.22
26.52
16.00
28.59
19.41
18.05
21.22
13.30
15.74
20.12
8.50
9.82
9.40
11.18
10.50
11.20
9.66
14.25
14.00
14.56
10.00
18.70
18.00
18.10
11.94
21.94
20.99
21.30
17.53
26.37
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-16
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and
plastic .................................................................................
Numerical tool and process control programmers ...................
Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .................................................................................
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .................................................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool
setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ...............
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ................................................................
Machinists ....................................................................................
Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders ..............................
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders ..........................
Pourers and casters, metal .......................................................
Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic ...................
Model makers, metal and plastic .............................................
Patternmakers, metal and plastic .............................................
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ....................................................................
Foundry mold and coremakers ................................................
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators,
and tenders, metal and plastic ............................................
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Tool and die makers ....................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ....................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators,
and tenders .........................................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .......................
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic ..........................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$11.00
19.50
$13.54
20.00
$17.75
22.00
$21.00
25.00
$25.65
32.67
10.47
11.84
15.00
19.03
21.78
10.40
12.17
14.30
18.19
20.16
11.44
11.47
17.85
21.38
23.25
9.30
11.63
15.33
20.56
21.78
9.84
12.28
14.98
18.25
21.31
9.58
11.86
14.19
17.49
20.30
10.50
13.50
16.27
19.81
29.72
9.73
12.35
14.60
17.46
20.37
10.00
13.00
18.00
20.59
23.00
11.20
15.10
9.63
9.63
10.15
9.56
16.00
9.00
13.12
18.00
11.00
10.00
15.50
16.00
18.70
14.00
18.54
20.81
18.15
15.50
18.15
23.19
23.77
16.50
21.66
25.50
20.37
20.91
19.78
32.94
33.75
32.94
22.82
30.91
22.32
25.12
20.78
34.52
36.47
34.52
8.45
10.19
10.00
10.19
12.83
16.68
16.30
17.92
19.92
20.04
8.35
9.68
12.50
15.57
19.17
10.70
18.52
11.60
11.70
11.81
20.70
14.09
14.13
14.82
24.65
17.00
17.00
18.92
27.92
20.00
20.15
24.75
32.91
24.12
25.27
11.50
9.00
13.86
12.00
17.00
15.00
19.75
17.53
21.71
22.13
9.00
11.00
15.28
18.31
20.78
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-17
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Lay-out workers, metal and plastic .........................................
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ................................................................
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners .......................................
Bookbinders and bindery workers ...............................................
Bindery workers ......................................................................
Printers .........................................................................................
Job printers ..............................................................................
Prepress technicians and workers ............................................
Printing machine operators ......................................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ..............................................
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials ..........................
Sewing machine operators ...........................................................
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers ................................................
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers ................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ...........................
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders ...........
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and
tenders ................................................................................
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters,
operators, and tenders ........................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers .............
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and
tenders, synthetic and glass fibers .....................................
Fabric and apparel patternmakers ............................................
Upholsterers .............................................................................
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters ..........................................
Furniture finishers .......................................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ...............
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood ...........
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except
sawing ................................................................................
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers ...................
Power distributors and dispatchers ..........................................
Power plant operators ..............................................................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ...................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators ....
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ..................................
Chemical plant and system operators ......................................
Gas plant operators ..................................................................
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and
gaugers ...............................................................................
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders .....
Chemical equipment operators and tenders .............................
10
25
50
75
90
$11.33
$15.00
$16.00
$20.80
$26.40
11.00
8.25
8.29
8.29
9.50
10.30
10.55
9.38
7.62
7.60
8.00
9.14
9.14
8.41
8.00
9.00
12.20
9.08
10.47
10.47
12.00
14.25
16.26
11.53
8.60
8.00
9.50
11.00
11.00
9.42
8.10
9.27
15.66
17.00
13.76
13.76
17.03
19.00
20.30
16.00
10.02
8.75
11.00
12.14
12.14
11.00
9.00
11.00
19.82
22.13
17.20
17.20
22.61
20.67
24.30
21.00
12.50
10.01
14.35
19.00
19.00
13.91
11.50
12.76
27.29
23.19
23.02
23.02
27.02
23.10
27.83
27.00
14.38
11.99
16.94
25.91
25.91
15.98
16.11
13.65
8.50
10.35
13.54
15.50
20.39
10.03
9.25
10.38
11.25
10.66
15.75
13.92
19.30
16.86
22.45
10.58
13.13
8.50
11.30
9.00
8.50
8.25
12.30
13.13
15.00
13.64
11.07
10.80
10.00
17.75
17.57
16.08
15.50
13.77
13.36
12.12
20.04
19.30
20.22
19.00
17.67
15.70
15.00
21.80
22.00
24.82
23.00
20.00
17.63
17.15
9.19
22.75
22.75
20.88
17.92
13.33
17.61
17.44
26.74
11.33
28.43
34.58
27.77
23.91
16.23
22.08
20.60
29.17
14.00
33.39
39.92
29.61
26.44
19.64
28.36
23.33
34.40
16.00
35.68
41.68
34.29
32.34
23.54
32.61
29.35
35.61
17.85
40.92
47.58
39.36
34.03
29.67
35.61
32.20
37.65
19.00
12.50
12.50
28.65
17.12
16.04
32.46
21.65
21.10
35.31
31.25
26.09
36.58
34.00
29.75
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-18
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still
machine setters, operators, and tenders .............................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers ....
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators,
and tenders .........................................................................
Grinding and polishing workers, hand ....................................
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
Cutting workers ...........................................................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ......................................................
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders ....
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters,
operators, and tenders ............................................................
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders ........
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....................
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers ..........................
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians .............
Dental laboratory technicians ..................................................
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians ..........................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders .................
Painting workers ..........................................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators,
and tenders .........................................................................
Painters, transportation equipment ..........................................
Painting, coating, and decorating workers ..............................
Photographic process workers and processing machine
operators ................................................................................
Photographic process workers .................................................
Photographic processing machine operators ...........................
Semiconductor processors ...........................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ..............................................
Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders ............
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators
and tenders .........................................................................
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders ..........
Etchers and engravers ..............................................................
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic ..........
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Tire builders .............................................................................
Helpers--production workers ...................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .....................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ...........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ...................
10
25
50
75
90
$12.84
9.50
$18.39
11.25
$26.53
14.50
$33.42
17.85
$36.43
22.27
8.65
9.00
10.09
9.00
8.66
9.80
11.75
10.66
11.25
11.32
9.45
11.50
16.07
12.26
15.00
14.50
11.95
14.81
18.00
15.29
19.70
17.60
15.00
17.99
22.86
17.00
22.91
20.80
20.55
21.17
8.96
11.93
9.95
11.50
10.00
9.00
10.21
8.25
10.00
10.95
12.23
12.63
14.00
12.64
13.50
11.55
10.50
12.25
13.20
15.97
16.16
18.00
15.50
17.00
13.00
14.00
15.39
17.02
19.13
20.02
23.50
20.00
22.68
14.47
18.25
19.00
20.23
26.37
26.01
28.00
25.00
25.50
14.97
21.51
25.72
10.00
12.00
8.00
12.00
17.40
9.50
15.06
19.15
11.61
16.98
25.33
12.94
19.49
36.06
17.70
9.90
11.40
9.00
12.80
8.50
10.30
11.93
12.00
11.30
15.09
10.00
12.39
13.14
12.00
14.48
18.24
12.45
15.12
15.92
18.28
15.00
20.13
16.94
16.91
20.50
25.57
20.50
23.80
21.42
20.91
10.31
9.30
12.13
9.25
9.18
11.00
8.25
13.25
9.80
14.00
10.22
12.20
11.90
9.80
15.66
17.35
14.00
13.25
18.62
15.14
11.50
23.44
19.17
15.69
16.00
21.88
17.32
13.58
29.28
25.17
23.50
22.88
27.58
20.40
17.41
8.87
10.89
14.51
19.25
24.78
14.67
17.92
21.64
25.29
29.52
16.02
19.75
23.08
30.30
37.45
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-19
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 16
Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations –Continued
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ..............................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...........................
Commercial pilots ...................................................................
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical
technicians .............................................................................
Bus drivers ...................................................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ..............................................
Bus drivers, school ..................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................
Driver/sales workers ................................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .........................................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ..........................................
Subway and streetcar operators ...................................................
Sailors and marine oilers .............................................................
Ship and boat captains and operators ..........................................
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels ............................
Parking lot attendants ..................................................................
Service station attendants ............................................................
Transportation inspectors ............................................................
Conveyor operators and tenders ..................................................
Crane and tower operators ...........................................................
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ...................
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators ........
Hoist and winch operators ...........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..........................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ...........................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ........................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ..........
Machine feeders and offbearers ...............................................
Packers and packagers, hand ...................................................
Pumping station operators ...........................................................
Refuse and recyclable material collectors ...................................
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders .................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated
from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. For more
information, see chapter 8 of the Handbook of Methods, at
http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
10
25
50
75
90
$25.63
38.31
25.63
$28.06
81.52
26.39
$94.75
125.17
27.42
$150.00
165.74
33.33
$171.41
172.40
55.00
9.79
11.00
11.70
10.97
10.70
8.00
12.40
10.00
8.00
19.51
20.10
9.25
17.50
18.38
7.25
7.50
23.77
11.77
13.16
13.00
12.75
9.04
9.75
8.00
8.00
8.21
8.04
7.65
18.64
9.50
15.00
10.30
13.86
15.56
12.83
13.50
10.50
14.65
11.93
9.00
26.00
24.85
9.25
24.04
26.02
8.00
8.33
26.14
12.95
16.28
14.00
14.00
15.84
11.50
9.00
9.00
9.15
9.00
8.25
18.75
10.50
15.25
11.00
16.45
19.60
15.52
17.01
14.91
18.13
15.00
10.36
26.00
27.32
11.87
30.00
30.08
9.10
9.08
31.10
17.88
19.79
17.98
16.00
19.22
14.16
11.00
11.59
11.50
10.83
10.00
23.77
14.20
20.39
13.25
22.00
24.19
18.78
21.20
19.43
21.41
21.62
11.60
35.68
29.79
12.92
38.79
38.79
10.20
13.34
33.52
18.86
25.50
21.69
20.12
21.03
16.90
14.13
14.06
14.91
14.13
12.62
26.85
20.55
21.30
15.85
26.96
28.00
22.13
28.64
23.06
25.69
29.77
16.44
38.98
30.48
14.17
41.67
41.67
12.56
19.05
36.19
19.39
32.08
27.65
24.78
21.03
20.74
17.81
16.92
18.77
16.76
15.40
29.66
29.79
24.90
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
16-20
December 2009 - January 2011
Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1
Table 17
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
All workers .........................................................................................
$7.25
$7.83
$9.10
$12.61
$20.17
Management occupations .............................................................
Chief executives ..........................................................................
General and operations managers ................................................
Legislators ...................................................................................
Financial managers ......................................................................
Human resources managers .........................................................
Education administrators .............................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary ................................
Medical and health services managers ........................................
14.68
35.00
20.00
11.56
10.00
23.32
10.62
19.77
32.75
22.78
35.00
20.00
14.81
17.85
28.79
16.75
19.77
38.90
30.11
35.00
32.77
25.72
33.43
35.00
24.44
30.11
48.19
42.98
42.98
32.77
27.01
52.37
49.31
39.68
59.14
51.95
74.53
42.98
32.77
50.00
55.35
57.25
104.01
109.62
110.57
Business and financial operations occupations ...........................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators .........
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators .......................
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ..........
Training and development specialists .....................................
Management analysts ..................................................................
Accountants and auditors ............................................................
Budget analysts ............................................................................
17.00
18.14
18.14
12.61
12.13
14.15
20.00
16.38
21.00
19.11
19.11
18.93
12.61
23.80
22.22
19.67
25.45
25.00
25.00
25.45
21.21
26.05
27.33
23.58
32.90
34.81
34.81
27.46
32.90
33.65
37.56
28.47
39.11
47.33
47.33
32.90
38.60
50.59
39.76
54.62
Computer and mathematical science occupations ......................
Computer programmers ...............................................................
Computer software engineers ......................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .............................
Computer support specialists .......................................................
Computer systems analysts ..........................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ...........................
Network systems and data communications analysts ..................
11.02
7.22
18.00
20.00
11.02
26.15
9.00
23.37
17.14
12.29
28.19
24.46
11.02
37.55
12.00
24.52
28.89
17.14
51.63
31.18
16.72
83.39
16.00
30.00
51.63
29.05
51.63
40.50
18.99
83.39
19.04
32.97
83.39
39.29
51.63
43.97
20.00
83.39
26.68
65.00
Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................
Engineers .....................................................................................
Drafters ........................................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .....................................
Civil engineering technicians ..................................................
12.00
24.23
12.00
11.50
11.50
16.25
30.00
18.56
13.00
16.25
21.19
51.65
25.89
16.25
16.25
39.21
54.54
33.00
17.50
17.50
54.92
55.55
35.68
26.44
28.05
Life, physical, and social science occupations .............................
Life scientists ...............................................................................
Medical scientists ....................................................................
Psychologists ...............................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .......................
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers ...................
Biological technicians .................................................................
Chemical technicians ...................................................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians ......
12.98
18.86
22.90
31.62
31.62
15.24
12.14
12.00
8.87
15.24
22.90
25.49
34.74
40.63
15.24
13.35
12.98
11.50
25.49
28.76
47.05
42.26
43.95
15.73
14.99
14.50
20.49
32.68
47.05
47.05
51.93
54.40
30.34
26.00
23.76
31.14
47.05
58.78
58.78
56.81
56.81
32.68
31.07
26.79
31.14
Community and social services occupations ...............................
10.00
12.75
17.95
23.62
29.81
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
17-1
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 17
Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Community and social services occupations –Continued
Counselors ...................................................................................
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors ..............
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ......................
Mental health counselors .........................................................
Rehabilitation counselors ........................................................
Social workers .............................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers ................................
Medical and public health social workers ...............................
Mental health and substance abuse social workers .................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ............
Health educators ......................................................................
Social and human service assistants ........................................
Clergy ..........................................................................................
$11.67
15.97
11.01
11.15
12.10
11.93
11.00
17.42
16.84
8.80
10.00
8.80
13.25
$15.27
17.28
16.00
16.93
12.50
15.00
11.75
20.84
19.14
10.30
15.32
9.75
13.25
$20.00
20.12
16.65
25.00
12.68
19.79
12.75
23.62
24.27
14.45
15.53
14.45
15.00
$25.00
23.56
23.58
40.00
21.22
25.06
16.88
28.03
27.66
18.00
18.99
17.00
22.10
$30.41
28.19
30.58
50.00
25.00
30.17
28.84
36.72
28.80
19.71
40.26
19.71
24.40
Legal occupations ..........................................................................
Lawyers .......................................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants .....................................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ..........................................
12.00
15.74
16.75
12.00
16.00
21.14
18.86
12.00
25.43
41.72
20.56
12.26
39.95
53.72
26.25
16.00
53.72
76.31
34.46
20.53
Education, training, and library occupations .............................
Postsecondary teachers ................................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ............................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ...........................
Computer science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ...................
Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary ............
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Biological science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................................
Psychology teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ..........................
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary .................
Education and library science teachers, postsecondary ...........
Education teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers,
postsecondary ................................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ..................
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
History teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
9.00
16.13
17.00
20.42
30.20
14.55
37.71
20.46
20.46
16.91
19.00
27.00
24.31
32.61
21.16
21.16
10.51
23.33
20.00
30.20
37.80
25.00
48.06
24.69
24.69
26.00
19.00
28.00
27.32
40.43
25.00
25.00
13.96
30.60
24.08
38.45
48.06
33.75
68.27
35.71
35.71
41.15
19.00
41.52
27.32
41.52
25.00
25.00
21.20
42.35
27.45
49.78
59.64
44.17
68.27
41.02
41.02
49.21
41.15
47.08
47.16
44.80
28.00
28.00
35.00
54.74
41.20
59.64
59.64
49.78
68.27
50.15
50.15
62.55
41.15
52.34
76.22
50.25
34.86
34.86
29.18
32.95
45.39
45.39
45.39
17.50
25.83
34.38
40.87
57.26
12.54
20.17
12.54
10.31
41.02
20.17
25.00
12.54
16.04
43.30
25.00
25.00
13.50
16.04
52.30
37.41
37.41
29.79
30.60
53.80
43.30
37.41
46.15
30.60
53.80
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
17-2
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 17
Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ....................................
Graduate teaching assistants ................................................
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary ......
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ....................
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ........
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .......................................
Preschool teachers, except special education ......................
Elementary and middle school teachers ..................................
Elementary school teachers, except special education ........
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Secondary school teachers .......................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...............
Special education teachers .......................................................
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ..........................................................
Other teachers and instructors .....................................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and
instructors ..........................................................................
Self-enrichment education teachers .........................................
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians ............................
Librarians .....................................................................................
Library technicians ......................................................................
Instructional coordinators ............................................................
Teacher assistants ........................................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .....
Designers .....................................................................................
Floral designers .......................................................................
Graphic designers ....................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors ..................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .........................
Coaches and scouts ..................................................................
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials ...........................
Dancers and choreographers ........................................................
Choreographers ........................................................................
Musicians, singers, and related workers ......................................
Music directors and composers ...............................................
Musicians and singers ..............................................................
Announcers ..................................................................................
Radio and television announcers .............................................
Writers and editors ......................................................................
Editors ......................................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$16.13
13.45
11.11
16.13
10.78
10.00
10.00
11.36
11.36
$21.88
13.80
15.00
21.10
13.40
13.00
13.00
12.50
12.00
$33.93
15.44
25.00
30.00
19.80
17.52
17.68
16.67
16.00
$42.35
16.42
27.64
37.29
28.86
23.31
23.31
31.39
28.38
$58.13
16.42
29.00
42.35
40.95
26.59
26.42
40.46
40.27
24.29
13.12
36.79
16.67
38.12
29.30
40.12
42.57
41.12
55.38
13.12
15.45
10.78
16.67
18.67
19.23
29.73
18.67
30.88
42.46
46.45
48.12
55.31
58.68
58.86
10.78
8.75
19.23
10.67
28.21
14.03
49.02
19.00
58.86
26.71
17.00
11.00
11.33
12.88
9.83
12.64
8.24
18.00
18.00
13.48
16.14
11.00
21.60
10.00
22.00
20.00
14.75
21.32
13.09
24.99
11.68
28.62
24.00
15.03
25.00
21.64
28.13
13.61
49.64
35.94
15.03
29.49
25.55
36.70
16.72
7.48
8.30
7.48
11.50
12.50
7.50
7.50
6.99
15.00
15.00
15.63
12.50
18.75
7.79
7.79
20.00
19.23
8.76
8.76
8.30
20.00
13.26
9.00
9.00
9.63
18.59
18.59
17.86
16.07
23.37
9.00
9.00
25.00
21.00
11.01
10.82
8.76
20.28
25.19
10.35
10.35
13.43
18.59
18.59
23.37
21.33
35.32
10.59
10.59
26.62
26.62
18.86
20.00
10.00
25.19
25.19
13.50
13.00
16.64
25.00
25.00
43.33
32.64
58.33
12.32
12.12
35.40
28.85
26.62
25.19
11.53
29.81
25.72
18.97
18.51
20.48
50.00
26.00
65.35
41.66
65.35
14.02
14.02
36.28
36.28
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
17-3
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 17
Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$8.32
10.66
$11.44
11.44
$17.44
18.00
$23.00
18.22
$23.09
23.00
8.86
8.86
8.50
10.00
8.86
9.03
12.00
12.26
11.71
25.97
25.97
15.70
41.75
41.75
35.55
7.61
7.61
7.61
7.61
10.00
10.00
10.65
10.65
11.03
11.03
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ....................
Dietitians and nutritionists ...........................................................
Pharmacists ..................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..............................................................
Physician assistants .....................................................................
Registered nurses .........................................................................
Therapists ....................................................................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................................
Physical therapists ...................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................................
Speech-language pathologists .................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .........................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ............................
Dental hygienists .........................................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ........................
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .........................
Diagnostic medical sonographers ............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ................................
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ........................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
Pharmacy technicians ..............................................................
Psychiatric technicians ............................................................
Respiratory therapy technicians ..............................................
Surgical technologists ..............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ......................
Medical records and health information technicians ...................
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ...................
Miscellaneous healthcare practitioner and technical workers .....
15.00
21.38
23.91
62.50
34.85
21.81
23.12
30.88
28.48
22.68
40.34
13.74
22.46
13.06
25.00
13.73
13.33
26.50
18.71
10.00
8.70
8.40
10.38
18.12
15.53
15.85
9.62
8.50
13.00
20.38
23.85
44.00
81.09
34.85
26.53
28.71
33.65
33.03
23.61
41.45
17.50
25.00
14.52
27.50
19.24
13.33
29.11
20.56
11.00
10.50
10.00
12.65
22.50
17.35
17.00
12.00
11.00
14.61
28.42
24.64
50.00
108.15
47.00
31.22
35.00
37.50
36.45
27.50
50.00
23.08
28.68
18.28
33.33
26.50
13.73
36.00
26.25
12.50
14.37
13.09
14.50
28.74
18.40
18.74
12.85
14.00
16.67
36.84
25.43
54.00
174.28
49.19
38.05
45.00
45.46
45.00
30.24
55.27
28.77
30.75
22.15
46.00
31.38
25.00
57.86
29.94
14.50
18.00
16.50
19.21
29.37
20.46
22.79
14.81
18.88
21.99
49.41
31.54
56.62
184.73
68.32
47.74
53.43
55.00
50.00
35.25
108.00
31.03
37.63
26.14
50.29
40.19
32.96
57.86
38.03
17.92
23.14
18.41
22.55
39.38
25.05
26.94
15.83
26.57
21.99
Healthcare support occupations ...................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ...............................
Home health aides ...................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..................................
8.00
7.80
7.25
8.75
9.10
8.91
8.25
9.66
10.26
10.00
9.35
10.75
13.00
11.50
10.35
12.74
16.43
13.93
12.00
14.73
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
–Continued
Miscellaneous media and communication workers .....................
Interpreters and translators ......................................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ................................................................................
Audio and video equipment technicians ..................................
Broadcast technicians ..............................................................
Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and
editors ....................................................................................
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture ........
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
17-4
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 17
Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$8.00
11.20
11.40
10.00
10.90
8.50
12.32
8.74
9.55
10.00
11.79
12.90
8.40
7.28
$8.62
13.20
13.20
10.90
15.00
10.00
14.94
10.00
12.50
11.13
12.00
15.30
9.15
8.00
$11.20
21.78
25.00
14.27
27.00
12.57
19.00
12.50
13.80
13.32
12.16
17.07
10.40
9.30
$14.85
33.65
33.65
28.05
28.93
13.85
24.69
15.97
18.78
15.92
14.51
19.62
13.00
10.00
$16.35
35.00
35.00
31.00
35.00
17.87
28.31
20.31
23.00
17.98
20.01
21.81
21.62
14.05
Protective service occupations ......................................................
Fire fighters .................................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ....................................
Correctional officers and jailers ..............................................
Police officers ..............................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ..........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .......................
Security guards ........................................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ...................................
Crossing guards .......................................................................
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective
service workers ..................................................................
7.50
9.05
10.52
10.52
10.00
10.00
8.00
8.00
7.30
7.32
8.25
12.00
11.79
11.79
12.00
12.00
8.68
8.68
7.80
9.00
9.87
14.12
15.89
15.89
13.02
13.02
10.00
10.00
8.50
10.27
12.36
15.04
21.76
21.76
18.00
18.00
11.89
11.89
10.53
12.48
16.97
23.50
26.06
23.27
25.00
25.00
16.97
16.97
14.00
16.21
7.30
7.60
8.25
9.75
13.10
Food preparation and serving related occupations ....................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers ..................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and
serving workers .................................................................
Cooks ...........................................................................................
Cooks, fast food .......................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...............................................
Cooks, restaurant .....................................................................
Cooks, short order ...................................................................
Food preparation workers ............................................................
Food service, tipped .....................................................................
Bartenders ................................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers ..
Fast food and counter workers ....................................................
3.59
7.25
7.62
8.55
10.05
9.25
9.50
11.33
14.50
20.00
9.29
7.25
7.25
8.00
7.55
7.25
7.25
2.13
3.75
2.13
4.23
7.25
9.68
7.59
7.25
8.50
8.17
7.28
7.50
3.00
4.75
2.68
6.50
7.25
11.33
8.50
7.81
10.17
9.75
8.00
8.00
4.80
7.25
4.23
8.00
7.76
13.39
10.25
8.25
12.04
11.25
9.50
9.25
8.00
8.00
7.25
8.50
8.50
20.00
12.00
9.15
13.84
13.00
11.50
11.09
8.55
9.00
8.00
10.56
9.65
Healthcare support occupations –Continued
Psychiatric aides ......................................................................
Occupational therapist assistants and aides .................................
Occupational therapist assistants .............................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides .........................................
Physical therapist assistants .....................................................
Physical therapist aides ............................................................
Massage therapists .......................................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...........................
Dental assistants ......................................................................
Medical assistants ....................................................................
Medical equipment preparers ..................................................
Medical transcriptionists .........................................................
Pharmacy aides ........................................................................
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers ...........
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
17-5
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 17
Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related occupations –Continued
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including
fast food .............................................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee
shop ....................................................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant .........................................................
Dishwashers .................................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop ...........
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning
and maintenance workers ......................................................
Building cleaning workers ...........................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping
cleaners ..............................................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Grounds maintenance workers ....................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .............................
Personal care and service occupations ........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers ......
Nonfarm animal caretakers ..........................................................
Gaming services workers ............................................................
Gaming dealers ........................................................................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers .................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers .....
Amusement and recreation attendants .....................................
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants ..........
Funeral attendants ........................................................................
Barbers and cosmetologists .........................................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .........................
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers ...............................
Skin care specialists .................................................................
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ..................................
Baggage porters and bellhops ..................................................
Concierges ...............................................................................
Tour and travel guides .................................................................
Tour guides and escorts ...........................................................
Transportation attendants ............................................................
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and
baggage porters ..................................................................
Child care workers .......................................................................
Personal and home care aides ......................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ....................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ..................................
Recreation workers ..................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$7.25
$7.25
$7.75
$8.50
$9.50
7.25
4.25
7.25
4.35
7.25
7.25
7.30
7.25
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
9.00
9.18
8.75
9.03
10.00
11.00
9.50
10.93
7.34
8.00
9.00
11.00
14.00
10.00
7.30
10.00
8.00
10.68
9.00
15.00
10.89
17.39
13.89
7.30
7.25
7.71
7.55
8.00
7.98
8.54
8.75
9.00
8.55
10.00
10.00
11.00
10.00
11.00
11.00
13.96
13.51
15.00
14.39
7.25
10.18
7.25
4.80
4.65
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.50
8.50
8.00
7.87
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
9.29
7.75
7.75
8.91
7.75
11.41
7.25
5.35
5.15
7.75
7.25
7.25
8.00
8.50
8.61
8.59
7.50
7.25
8.00
7.25
9.58
8.41
8.41
10.35
8.70
14.83
8.00
6.34
5.83
9.00
8.00
7.91
8.92
10.00
11.25
11.25
8.50
12.50
9.29
7.50
12.04
10.00
10.00
10.95
10.69
15.39
9.10
7.55
6.51
14.00
8.58
8.40
9.74
13.19
15.33
15.79
12.50
20.17
12.04
9.00
15.76
15.70
15.04
12.54
14.38
17.85
10.25
8.75
7.55
14.38
10.79
10.71
10.44
14.75
23.08
23.08
20.17
20.17
16.50
9.14
20.64
17.32
17.32
36.56
8.72
7.25
7.50
7.36
7.91
7.25
10.26
7.75
7.60
8.25
9.00
8.10
10.72
8.50
8.34
9.99
12.24
9.27
12.00
10.50
10.00
13.00
19.22
11.33
12.81
14.14
10.50
19.00
28.00
14.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
17-6
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 17
Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Sales and related occupations .......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...........................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ...........
Retail sales workers .....................................................................
Cashiers, all workers ...............................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....................
Counter and rental clerks .....................................................
Parts salespersons ................................................................
Retail salespersons ...................................................................
Insurance sales agents ..................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products .......................................
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ..........................
Demonstrators and product promoters ....................................
Telemarketers ..............................................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .....................................
$7.25
9.00
9.00
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.75
7.30
10.10
8.30
$7.75
9.38
9.75
7.72
7.60
7.60
7.75
7.55
8.00
7.85
11.81
12.24
$8.50
10.84
11.00
8.50
8.30
8.30
8.50
8.25
8.76
8.67
12.75
15.00
$9.99
12.12
13.76
9.75
9.35
9.34
9.09
9.00
10.47
10.13
15.32
20.77
$12.10
17.00
18.62
11.51
10.87
10.85
11.00
10.00
11.68
12.51
29.50
28.00
8.30
8.20
8.20
7.25
7.75
10.00
9.38
9.38
8.00
8.08
14.75
10.39
10.39
10.15
9.00
20.77
12.00
12.00
12.61
11.60
28.00
15.00
15.00
15.98
15.60
Office and administrative support occupations ..........................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers .....................................................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ..................
Telephone operators ....................................................................
Financial clerks ............................................................................
Bill and account collectors ......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ...................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...............................................
Tellers ......................................................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ............................................
Customer service representatives ................................................
File clerks ....................................................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ............................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .....................................
Library assistants, clerical ...........................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks .......................................................
New accounts clerks ....................................................................
Order clerks .................................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping .....
Receptionists and information clerks ..........................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks ...
Cargo and freight agents ..............................................................
Couriers and messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..................................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ..................................
7.96
9.00
11.00
14.41
18.00
10.00
8.15
9.04
9.02
8.00
10.00
9.25
12.11
9.00
8.36
7.50
8.25
7.25
8.00
7.58
8.04
8.89
7.25
8.00
8.00
9.02
13.01
7.25
9.00
7.87
13.79
8.40
10.24
10.75
11.50
11.25
11.46
13.65
10.15
9.00
8.75
9.00
7.50
8.81
8.50
11.33
12.99
8.60
8.24
9.00
10.20
14.57
8.25
9.00
9.00
15.00
10.11
13.50
12.44
12.69
13.20
15.00
14.42
11.50
11.54
10.00
10.64
8.25
10.45
10.56
13.50
13.73
10.67
15.38
10.00
13.01
16.91
10.28
11.25
10.00
20.00
11.03
15.00
15.15
15.12
15.10
18.01
19.79
12.66
14.14
13.10
11.30
9.33
12.88
12.82
20.31
15.74
14.20
16.74
12.55
20.17
39.00
11.61
15.80
15.00
27.14
13.00
18.19
19.50
20.06
20.00
21.27
25.08
14.53
17.91
15.62
14.04
11.00
16.78
16.38
21.51
19.16
21.39
24.98
15.40
21.86
40.00
12.35
17.37
17.88
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
17-7
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 17
Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Office and administrative support occupations –Continued
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .....................
Meter readers, utilities .................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks ...............................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .........................................
Stock clerks and order fillers .......................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .....................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ................
Legal secretaries ......................................................................
Medical secretaries ..................................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ....................
Data entry and information processing workers ..........................
Data entry keyers .....................................................................
Word processors and typists ....................................................
Desktop publishers ......................................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ............................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service ..
Office clerks, general ...................................................................
Office machine operators, except computer ................................
$9.23
8.00
8.37
8.05
7.25
10.00
13.00
15.39
10.32
9.15
9.15
8.50
11.78
11.00
12.00
7.25
8.27
7.60
$9.23
10.00
8.37
8.50
7.81
13.00
15.00
19.00
12.00
10.48
10.50
10.46
12.31
11.50
13.50
8.50
10.00
8.00
$11.32
11.54
13.41
9.35
8.66
15.50
16.00
23.08
14.23
14.25
13.00
13.00
15.50
21.42
17.22
9.35
12.00
9.20
$16.25
16.82
19.06
11.59
9.98
18.75
18.75
23.08
16.75
16.82
15.22
14.36
17.96
27.27
19.50
11.11
14.42
10.71
$17.08
16.82
24.20
14.25
11.75
23.08
22.50
26.11
21.67
18.77
17.96
16.57
25.75
27.27
19.50
14.70
18.37
12.00
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................
Miscellaneous agricultural workers .............................................
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse .....
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals ....................................
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
9.00
8.13
10.00
7.58
12.50
12.50
20.43
9.06
20.43
20.43
20.43
12.50
Construction and extraction occupations ....................................
Carpenters ....................................................................................
Construction laborers ...................................................................
Electricians ..................................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ....................................
Helpers, construction trades ........................................................
Helpers--carpenters ..................................................................
Construction and building inspectors ..........................................
Highway maintenance workers ...................................................
8.27
12.60
7.25
15.50
9.48
9.48
14.00
14.00
9.00
10.00
13.08
10.50
10.07
15.32
7.50
15.50
10.01
10.01
14.00
14.00
10.41
12.00
18.93
11.92
13.47
15.76
9.00
15.50
10.59
10.59
15.00
15.00
12.57
13.47
18.93
13.00
17.00
23.58
12.50
15.50
15.84
15.84
15.00
15.00
13.47
13.47
22.32
13.42
22.67
23.68
22.00
37.64
23.73
23.73
31.00
31.00
17.00
13.47
23.00
14.15
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ....................
Automotive technicians and repairers .........................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ......................
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanic,
installers, and repairers ..........................................................
Tire repairers and changers .....................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers ..................................................................................
8.42
8.50
8.50
9.00
9.00
9.00
11.39
10.28
10.28
15.00
13.28
13.28
25.39
15.19
15.19
7.50
7.50
8.00
8.00
10.00
10.00
12.50
12.50
14.00
15.00
8.42
10.49
12.00
14.61
30.23
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
17-8
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 17
Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations –Continued
Maintenance and repair workers, general ................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers .....
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers ..........
Production occupations .................................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ..........
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ...................................
Bakers ..........................................................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ........................................................
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers ...........................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ......................................
Food batchmakers ....................................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ....................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..................................
Bookbinders and bindery workers ...............................................
Bindery workers ......................................................................
Printers .........................................................................................
Printing machine operators ......................................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ..............................................
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials ..........................
Sewing machine operators ...........................................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators ....
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....................
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders .................
Photographic process workers and processing machine
operators ................................................................................
Photographic processing machine operators ...........................
Miscellaneous production workers ..............................................
Helpers--production workers ...................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .....................
Bus drivers ...................................................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ..............................................
Bus drivers, school ..................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................
Driver/sales workers ................................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .........................................................
Parking lot attendants ..................................................................
Service station attendants ............................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$8.42
8.30
8.00
$10.20
8.48
8.48
$11.38
10.00
8.48
$14.88
14.97
9.00
$30.23
18.59
12.24
7.69
8.45
8.24
8.00
7.75
7.11
9.00
7.11
8.50
8.00
8.25
9.19
9.19
8.25
8.50
8.00
10.00
7.11
9.00
9.00
9.62
10.50
10.77
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.80
8.60
10.75
10.05
12.00
11.50
11.50
12.45
10.75
13.00
13.60
10.50
12.50
13.25
15.05
13.00
13.00
15.75
13.76
18.40
21.22
16.00
15.00
15.00
8.00
12.99
12.18
7.25
7.25
6.50
7.25
7.50
8.00
7.59
11.29
7.50
8.00
10.00
12.99
12.99
8.00
8.00
7.25
8.00
8.00
9.00
8.00
11.89
9.46
9.51
11.50
13.13
13.13
8.25
8.25
10.00
14.39
8.25
9.00
9.68
17.18
11.04
10.05
25.06
13.77
13.13
10.00
10.00
14.39
18.34
9.72
10.50
11.00
17.53
12.70
11.75
25.06
18.00
18.00
10.85
10.85
25.00
25.00
10.63
12.00
11.00
17.53
14.00
14.00
7.61
7.46
8.00
8.00
8.00
7.95
8.25
8.25
8.25
8.20
9.00
8.84
10.84
10.84
11.45
10.40
12.21
11.00
16.24
17.95
7.25
10.19
8.50
10.40
6.91
6.00
10.50
7.50
7.50
7.48
7.25
8.00
11.72
11.09
11.89
7.25
7.25
14.93
8.40
8.00
7.77
8.00
9.60
14.57
13.99
14.58
8.40
7.25
17.06
10.00
9.00
8.25
8.40
12.83
17.50
17.55
17.50
11.24
8.25
19.23
12.40
11.34
9.83
9.09
17.14
19.38
19.93
19.25
17.06
10.50
22.81
17.56
20.80
20.00
11.55
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
17-9
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 17
Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations –Continued
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..........................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ...........................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ........................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ..........
Machine feeders and offbearers ...............................................
Packers and packagers, hand ...................................................
Refuse and recyclable material collectors ...................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated
from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. For more
information, see chapter 8 of the Handbook of Methods, at
http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
10
25
50
75
90
$9.13
7.30
7.25
7.44
7.25
7.25
7.50
$10.50
8.00
8.00
8.25
8.15
7.50
7.50
$12.43
9.00
8.50
9.99
9.54
8.25
8.17
$15.84
11.33
9.00
12.50
10.50
9.40
9.51
$18.29
13.88
10.07
14.94
10.95
11.25
9.86
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
17-10
December 2009 - January 2011
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1
Table 18
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
All workers .........................................................................................
$8.25
$10.69
$15.87
$24.81
$37.89
Management occupations .............................................................
Chief executives ..........................................................................
General and operations managers ................................................
Advertising and promotions managers ........................................
Marketing and sales managers .....................................................
Marketing managers ................................................................
Sales managers ........................................................................
Public relations managers ............................................................
Administrative services managers ...............................................
Computer and information systems managers ............................
Financial managers ......................................................................
Human resources managers .........................................................
Compensation and benefits managers .....................................
Training and development managers .......................................
Industrial production managers ...................................................
Purchasing managers ...................................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ....................
Agricultural managers .................................................................
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers .........................
Construction managers ................................................................
Education administrators .............................................................
Education administrators, preschool and child care
center/program ...................................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..
Education administrators, postsecondary ................................
Engineering managers .................................................................
Food service managers ................................................................
Funeral directors ..........................................................................
Gaming managers ........................................................................
Lodging managers .......................................................................
Medical and health services managers ........................................
Natural sciences managers ..........................................................
Property, real estate, and community association managers .......
Social and community service managers ....................................
21.64
26.22
21.88
18.09
25.15
28.00
24.16
18.67
20.20
36.32
23.18
24.43
20.67
32.83
27.92
23.40
22.49
15.00
15.00
23.38
17.92
29.11
50.06
29.81
21.94
34.40
35.83
32.51
21.64
25.40
43.27
29.63
29.59
27.53
33.89
34.10
30.29
25.96
21.64
21.64
29.57
22.56
40.14
83.67
40.62
32.53
46.89
46.15
47.31
30.00
32.40
54.90
41.67
37.92
32.76
42.71
41.39
39.09
33.31
37.11
37.11
38.44
29.76
55.74
119.58
60.94
46.95
63.46
62.02
67.40
40.87
39.38
65.27
57.69
51.41
49.41
57.69
49.89
56.07
48.28
46.82
46.82
48.08
38.16
72.81
158.82
86.86
61.78
86.72
76.92
93.05
52.82
48.56
77.27
75.77
67.88
56.66
74.87
63.04
70.34
62.34
57.73
57.73
55.72
55.11
14.68
19.00
21.45
36.29
16.10
14.00
31.50
15.17
23.35
29.78
16.10
15.06
18.09
26.63
24.84
48.89
19.45
21.64
33.00
15.17
30.65
33.65
20.00
21.06
27.54
33.74
31.84
58.84
22.85
28.75
33.75
17.48
37.97
41.14
29.25
26.44
31.35
42.31
49.82
68.30
30.14
32.75
34.10
24.60
48.32
48.75
33.65
32.79
31.35
50.18
66.76
76.68
37.35
34.75
35.91
33.95
59.47
67.60
48.08
38.32
18.47
19.48
20.94
19.48
22.77
22.21
23.41
20.90
28.97
27.19
28.85
26.69
37.64
34.10
34.98
33.65
49.15
43.26
44.53
42.62
19.21
18.14
18.14
18.67
22.60
22.10
22.10
24.53
27.90
28.33
28.32
28.81
34.20
33.41
33.33
33.81
43.46
38.94
38.94
38.23
Business and financial operations occupations ...........................
Buyers and purchasing agents .....................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .........................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products .................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products .............................................................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators .........
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators .......................
Insurance appraisers, auto damage ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-1
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Business and financial operations occupations –Continued
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health
and safety, and transportation ................................................
Cost estimators ............................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ..........
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists .............
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists ..............
Training and development specialists .....................................
Logisticians ..................................................................................
Management analysts ..................................................................
Meeting and convention planners ................................................
Accountants and auditors ............................................................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate ........................................
Budget analysts ............................................................................
Credit analysts .............................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ...................................................
Financial analysts ....................................................................
Personal financial advisors ......................................................
Insurance underwriters ............................................................
Financial examiners .....................................................................
Loan counselors and officers .......................................................
Loan counselors .......................................................................
Loan officers ............................................................................
Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and revenue agents ..........
Tax preparers ...........................................................................
$20.19
19.75
17.88
15.39
20.19
16.88
20.09
22.83
15.87
18.32
16.83
22.42
19.37
20.31
23.95
15.38
19.73
21.12
16.41
12.02
16.41
15.50
15.50
$23.02
21.85
21.61
19.00
21.99
24.51
24.04
29.35
20.19
22.57
17.63
28.63
21.56
25.64
27.40
19.82
23.08
23.21
20.25
13.78
20.60
17.82
15.50
$28.85
29.57
27.73
23.44
27.46
31.25
32.22
37.50
25.38
27.51
26.44
34.77
27.40
33.41
35.31
26.43
29.51
31.19
27.98
21.42
28.24
27.64
18.84
$36.53
39.42
36.13
31.82
33.99
41.30
39.85
51.98
36.64
34.62
36.06
39.60
36.55
45.61
45.67
47.36
40.29
34.99
36.51
30.33
37.17
30.77
30.77
$44.73
49.04
45.13
39.71
42.07
45.58
49.23
63.40
42.31
44.60
45.68
50.70
48.46
58.81
62.57
58.01
50.38
62.09
49.42
38.67
49.57
30.77
30.77
Computer and mathematical science occupations ......................
Computer and information scientists, research ...........................
Computer programmers ...............................................................
Computer software engineers ......................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .............................
Computer software engineers, systems software .....................
Computer support specialists .......................................................
Computer systems analysts ..........................................................
Database administrators ...............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ...........................
Network systems and data communications analysts ..................
Actuaries ......................................................................................
Operations research analysts .......................................................
Statisticians ..................................................................................
20.25
35.48
20.91
28.18
27.89
30.47
15.06
26.57
22.16
19.98
19.10
27.80
21.39
31.72
26.44
43.83
26.04
35.81
34.40
37.52
19.09
32.07
26.72
25.27
23.08
32.45
25.63
36.25
36.06
52.55
34.28
43.40
42.06
44.74
23.70
39.46
39.81
32.08
31.25
40.96
34.90
44.71
45.89
63.50
39.20
52.49
50.96
54.62
30.30
47.12
50.60
40.76
41.68
54.21
49.15
49.79
55.91
82.71
46.93
60.67
57.69
64.31
39.64
54.69
60.90
48.78
49.80
66.34
60.10
65.03
Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................
Architects, except naval ...............................................................
Architects, except landscape and naval ...................................
Landscape architects ................................................................
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists ......................
19.64
18.33
18.00
18.80
20.44
26.00
22.60
22.53
23.74
24.19
34.00
29.57
29.99
25.63
30.29
44.46
33.65
36.06
30.92
38.46
56.24
48.08
48.08
32.79
56.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-2
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Architecture and engineering occupations –Continued
Surveyors .................................................................................
Engineers .....................................................................................
Aerospace engineers ................................................................
Biomedical engineers ..............................................................
Chemical engineers .................................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................................
Computer hardware engineers .................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ........................................
Electrical engineers .............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ..............................
Environmental engineers .........................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ....................
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety
engineers and inspectors ................................................
Industrial engineers .............................................................
Materials engineers ..................................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................................
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety
engineers ............................................................................
Nuclear engineers ....................................................................
Petroleum engineers ................................................................
Drafters ........................................................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ................................................
Electrical and electronics drafters ...........................................
Mechanical drafters .................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .....................................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .................
Civil engineering technicians ..................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ...................
Electro-mechanical technicians ...............................................
Environmental engineering technicians ..................................
Industrial engineering technicians ...........................................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ............................................
Life, physical, and social science occupations .............................
Life scientists ...............................................................................
Agricultural and food scientists ...............................................
Food scientists and technologists ........................................
Biological scientists .................................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists .............................................
Microbiologists ....................................................................
Medical scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ........................................................................
Astronomers and physicists .....................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$20.44
26.92
34.28
24.04
30.53
22.75
31.42
26.64
25.67
27.38
20.84
25.82
$25.33
32.16
39.31
27.25
35.51
28.28
37.72
32.00
30.46
33.45
28.13
29.03
$31.75
39.89
48.13
32.34
41.11
36.29
46.64
39.41
38.32
41.45
34.37
35.78
$38.46
49.84
59.95
43.42
57.65
44.48
57.68
47.31
45.16
49.40
50.97
43.19
$56.82
61.50
70.03
46.50
68.25
54.21
71.99
58.17
56.21
63.47
51.65
54.08
26.83
25.13
28.89
25.96
30.36
28.85
30.84
30.80
36.37
35.35
39.57
37.39
52.53
41.60
54.57
45.26
60.05
50.49
61.82
54.25
26.89
33.63
30.29
16.20
16.34
15.75
17.11
15.43
22.82
12.00
17.77
18.68
14.90
17.11
19.00
11.00
30.50
38.97
40.39
18.82
18.75
18.61
19.46
20.17
25.24
13.00
21.45
20.37
18.00
20.93
21.35
14.84
39.67
44.62
51.62
23.54
23.60
27.00
23.08
25.72
30.29
15.95
26.04
26.83
19.00
26.02
26.71
20.20
53.61
47.99
62.26
30.00
31.25
28.96
26.87
31.13
33.75
22.50
31.13
30.59
22.50
31.25
29.27
29.86
113.46
59.63
82.05
36.56
36.54
34.18
32.00
37.09
39.10
31.00
36.73
30.59
30.78
36.40
34.55
38.52
16.83
21.23
36.67
36.67
20.14
20.12
27.62
21.58
21.64
33.36
21.71
26.09
37.39
37.39
23.60
33.65
29.27
26.92
25.81
48.57
28.89
37.14
43.27
43.27
36.32
42.32
36.01
37.86
35.13
56.50
39.62
44.34
43.99
43.99
42.32
50.03
40.48
47.51
46.32
69.21
52.50
56.49
47.52
47.52
52.46
59.71
44.34
66.22
60.67
108.94
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-3
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$31.28
23.01
22.31
35.10
19.33
18.67
23.46
18.38
19.23
19.23
18.11
18.11
14.00
14.63
13.51
14.78
18.91
28.48
15.98
13.93
$48.00
26.78
25.75
39.23
24.61
21.65
28.48
28.03
24.51
24.51
21.76
24.49
15.24
15.50
15.58
17.36
21.16
33.99
17.01
16.77
$55.14
34.21
31.97
46.21
32.43
30.13
36.54
36.23
32.15
30.89
28.44
28.83
26.73
19.41
19.65
22.59
32.57
34.94
18.68
21.33
$70.43
46.21
41.80
55.05
39.56
35.31
40.34
43.27
42.14
39.31
40.63
40.63
30.87
20.72
25.48
27.29
33.17
39.78
25.00
25.00
$108.94
57.31
55.59
62.60
49.46
49.46
51.92
51.96
57.35
54.55
56.81
56.81
50.37
28.35
31.92
32.78
47.89
48.36
26.04
34.90
11.41
18.00
23.48
25.00
34.90
Community and social services occupations ...............................
Counselors ...................................................................................
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors ..............
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ......................
Marriage and family therapists ................................................
Mental health counselors .........................................................
Rehabilitation counselors ........................................................
Social workers .............................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers ................................
Medical and public health social workers ...............................
Mental health and substance abuse social workers .................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ............
Health educators ......................................................................
Social and human service assistants ........................................
Clergy ..........................................................................................
Directors, religious activities and education ...............................
11.25
11.59
12.26
14.14
15.39
14.55
10.50
13.46
12.00
17.34
13.46
9.99
12.91
9.55
13.25
16.76
13.80
14.14
13.46
17.09
17.93
17.37
11.59
15.76
14.09
20.35
15.96
11.38
15.32
10.73
14.10
18.46
17.31
18.37
17.48
20.19
18.80
18.55
14.91
19.19
16.35
24.42
18.27
14.23
18.99
12.69
17.05
23.48
21.78
22.01
22.01
25.49
20.00
23.28
19.71
24.45
20.30
29.28
22.59
17.24
33.52
15.00
23.26
25.68
28.16
26.82
25.00
39.19
26.67
28.25
21.22
29.71
24.45
31.00
26.92
20.00
40.26
18.62
25.74
44.19
Legal occupations ..........................................................................
Lawyers .......................................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants .....................................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ..........................................
Law clerks ...............................................................................
15.00
23.71
12.00
13.59
12.00
19.92
33.65
16.48
16.15
15.87
29.92
50.25
21.64
21.15
20.00
48.08
72.12
28.85
24.28
28.05
75.00
96.46
34.62
33.78
28.05
Life, physical, and social science occupations –Continued
Physicists .............................................................................
Chemists and materials scientists ............................................
Chemists ..............................................................................
Materials scientists ..............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists .............................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health ..
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers ...........
Economists ..................................................................................
Market and survey researchers ....................................................
Market research analysts .........................................................
Psychologists ...............................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .......................
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers ...................
Agricultural and food science technicians ...................................
Biological technicians .................................................................
Chemical technicians ...................................................................
Geological and petroleum technicians .........................................
Nuclear technicians .....................................................................
Social science research assistants ................................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians ......
Environmental science and protection technicians, including
health .................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-4
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Legal occupations –Continued
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers .............................
Education, training, and library occupations .............................
Postsecondary teachers ................................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ............................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ...........................
Computer science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ...................
Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary ............
Engineering teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Biological science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary ..............................
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Physics teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................................
Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary ......
Economics teachers, postsecondary ....................................
Political science teachers, postsecondary ............................
Psychology teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Sociology teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ..........................
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary .................
Education and library science teachers, postsecondary ...........
Education teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Law teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ..................
Communications teachers, postsecondary ...........................
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
History teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary ................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ....................................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ....................
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ........
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .......................................
Preschool teachers, except special education ......................
Kindergarten teachers, except special education .................
Elementary and middle school teachers ..................................
Elementary school teachers, except special education ........
10
25
50
75
90
$14.94
$17.14
$21.13
$24.28
$33.20
9.90
22.39
24.08
28.04
33.40
28.04
39.52
39.52
31.65
31.65
31.97
31.97
49.87
32.37
42.57
38.87
46.40
28.87
35.47
25.75
23.34
31.43
25.25
25.25
12.17
29.88
26.71
33.08
40.05
33.08
48.90
48.90
42.31
42.31
46.24
36.01
54.68
35.47
43.42
50.53
49.04
33.00
36.70
35.77
37.73
35.77
31.93
31.93
22.09
40.43
47.69
45.59
50.96
37.42
72.16
75.00
49.67
49.67
52.91
46.33
57.62
47.22
45.74
64.49
50.79
43.76
43.98
51.63
65.21
39.39
34.86
34.86
35.63
58.06
69.05
58.51
63.18
53.03
92.72
92.72
60.45
60.45
62.13
55.08
84.96
56.54
51.31
76.49
51.13
51.51
96.12
80.85
90.21
42.27
41.55
41.55
52.10
85.86
95.19
79.68
87.88
75.47
103.40
103.40
150.95
150.95
89.20
78.17
89.20
75.59
52.15
105.38
64.89
67.60
96.12
100.51
112.64
48.96
50.38
50.38
34.15
54.08
46.70
64.05
69.06
74.22
82.18
97.09
100.45
106.87
25.00
24.28
23.12
25.30
29.81
26.92
24.95
18.03
15.93
10.50
9.70
9.65
14.07
16.00
16.13
31.08
27.71
26.07
35.63
37.76
36.23
30.94
22.10
20.00
14.07
11.00
10.97
14.07
20.39
20.36
37.76
34.48
32.67
42.26
49.99
45.09
38.39
30.36
25.29
21.98
14.00
13.82
22.51
25.66
25.13
49.99
40.85
54.83
52.35
60.59
55.83
47.46
42.35
33.25
31.92
18.62
17.25
28.99
32.15
31.85
67.80
44.83
76.79
74.32
88.20
70.70
60.70
55.94
37.29
40.34
25.19
23.31
33.30
40.29
39.33
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-5
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Secondary school teachers .......................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Special education teachers .......................................................
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ..........................................................
Special education teachers, secondary school .....................
Other teachers and instructors .....................................................
Self-enrichment education teachers .........................................
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians ............................
Archivists .................................................................................
Curators ...................................................................................
Librarians .....................................................................................
Library technicians ......................................................................
Instructional coordinators ............................................................
Teacher assistants ........................................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .....
Artists and related workers ..........................................................
Art directors .............................................................................
Multi-media artists and animators ...........................................
Designers .....................................................................................
Commercial and industrial designers ......................................
Fashion designers ....................................................................
Floral designers .......................................................................
Graphic designers ....................................................................
Interior designers .....................................................................
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers .......................
Set and exhibit designers .........................................................
Actors, producers, and directors ..................................................
Producers and directors ...........................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .........................
Coaches and scouts ..................................................................
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials ...........................
Dancers and choreographers ........................................................
Choreographers ........................................................................
Musicians, singers, and related workers ......................................
Music directors and composers ...............................................
Musicians and singers ..............................................................
Announcers ..................................................................................
Radio and television announcers .............................................
News analysts, reporters and correspondents ..............................
Reporters and correspondents ..................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$16.90
19.89
$23.12
25.29
$27.41
33.25
$35.56
40.54
$41.17
53.75
21.41
17.95
25.96
22.36
33.52
29.29
40.98
35.13
54.28
63.62
18.87
33.94
11.50
10.90
19.02
13.60
23.85
19.44
12.79
21.02
8.03
22.30
33.94
12.64
15.78
22.07
15.03
25.24
22.24
15.23
23.08
9.25
28.10
67.65
20.00
20.00
27.30
19.02
31.04
28.37
17.71
29.00
10.39
31.25
67.65
28.00
20.67
40.87
22.60
40.87
34.01
21.04
38.87
12.05
40.37
67.65
34.78
25.00
40.87
33.67
40.87
44.39
27.47
49.76
14.47
12.00
15.00
16.00
16.98
11.99
19.61
20.37
7.50
13.46
16.83
13.45
13.65
13.39
14.42
8.50
8.75
5.88
15.00
15.00
13.65
15.63
13.65
8.17
8.17
15.23
14.84
16.83
16.98
18.00
16.98
16.25
27.89
24.04
8.76
16.25
19.28
14.46
13.65
17.83
19.59
10.64
10.64
6.99
18.59
18.59
18.55
17.86
18.75
13.14
13.14
18.27
17.50
23.73
26.11
30.49
23.54
22.43
34.35
40.14
10.50
21.54
26.44
19.77
19.23
29.81
34.54
18.00
18.00
9.50
25.00
18.59
23.37
22.46
28.52
20.74
20.74
27.57
25.96
32.52
37.50
49.45
33.52
31.25
42.51
49.81
11.99
27.12
32.48
22.43
29.62
55.16
55.35
29.08
29.08
13.43
26.65
25.00
40.67
23.96
53.09
24.12
24.12
36.49
33.79
45.67
49.60
50.48
39.79
39.70
50.48
49.81
15.00
36.54
32.48
24.67
33.69
70.80
79.11
37.12
37.12
22.41
50.00
26.00
55.59
40.00
65.35
69.71
69.71
68.24
57.08
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-6
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
–Continued
Public relations specialists ...........................................................
Writers and editors ......................................................................
Editors ......................................................................................
Technical writers .....................................................................
Writers and authors ..................................................................
Miscellaneous media and communication workers .....................
Interpreters and translators ......................................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ................................................................................
Audio and video equipment technicians ..................................
Broadcast technicians ..............................................................
Sound engineering technicians ................................................
Photographers ..............................................................................
Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and
editors ....................................................................................
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture ........
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ....................
Dentists ........................................................................................
Dentists, general ......................................................................
Dietitians and nutritionists ...........................................................
Optometrists ................................................................................
Pharmacists ..................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..............................................................
Anesthesiologists .....................................................................
Family and general practitioners .............................................
Internists, general ....................................................................
Obstetricians and gynecologists ..............................................
Pediatricians, general ...............................................................
Psychiatrists .............................................................................
Surgeons ..................................................................................
Physician assistants .....................................................................
Registered nurses .........................................................................
Therapists ....................................................................................
Audiologists .............................................................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................................
Physical therapists ...................................................................
Radiation therapists .................................................................
Recreational therapists .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................................
Speech-language pathologists .................................................
Veterinarians ................................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .........................
10
25
50
75
90
$16.06
16.83
15.61
20.06
15.25
15.38
12.06
$21.26
19.67
18.67
23.50
19.50
17.99
15.50
$26.44
26.76
25.55
29.66
25.72
22.52
19.34
$37.05
33.32
33.68
33.33
33.17
24.83
26.00
$51.15
41.34
43.10
39.90
41.34
27.57
34.00
11.27
12.50
9.22
12.00
7.25
14.96
15.48
12.25
32.65
8.50
21.53
19.75
18.02
41.21
11.12
38.94
26.50
33.41
49.86
17.31
44.84
41.59
38.94
53.82
28.16
16.00
13.64
18.54
18.54
26.44
24.02
29.14
26.57
32.56
32.56
15.09
54.69
52.88
19.90
36.76
46.63
25.56
86.54
26.17
39.46
66.33
24.37
67.50
83.33
32.69
22.50
21.01
16.83
26.93
25.21
22.78
11.69
19.99
22.21
34.59
13.62
18.55
20.06
56.96
56.96
21.15
40.63
51.00
53.76
103.84
61.42
64.90
95.70
52.89
71.81
102.16
36.75
26.04
25.21
25.23
30.09
28.13
29.11
12.60
23.31
24.56
40.52
16.82
22.75
27.28
75.01
75.01
24.08
46.42
54.75
85.58
132.48
76.92
76.93
105.56
80.11
79.16
181.73
43.20
30.79
31.23
28.85
35.62
34.33
32.96
16.92
25.37
30.87
44.23
22.56
26.57
36.00
75.01
75.01
26.53
55.00
57.25
120.19
184.73
102.27
120.19
109.14
95.83
89.05
181.73
49.51
37.25
37.85
33.65
41.00
40.00
42.46
19.50
28.97
40.34
48.93
28.00
30.45
50.89
111.01
144.38
31.54
55.77
60.33
181.73
197.80
139.12
192.31
130.23
100.96
102.14
204.33
55.57
44.57
45.46
37.22
50.58
45.67
50.46
20.35
33.90
55.25
53.51
32.00
34.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-7
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations –Continued
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ............................
Dental hygienists .........................................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ........................
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .........................
Diagnostic medical sonographers ............................................
Nuclear medicine technologists ...............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ................................
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ........................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
Dietetic technicians .................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..............................................................
Psychiatric technicians ............................................................
Respiratory therapy technicians ..............................................
Surgical technologists ..............................................................
Veterinary technologists and technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ......................
Medical records and health information technicians ...................
Opticians, dispensing ...................................................................
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ...................
Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians ........
Occupational health and safety specialists ..............................
Occupational health and safety technicians .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare practitioner and technical workers .....
$12.57
23.25
17.00
13.33
25.55
31.00
17.53
10.00
10.50
7.50
10.00
10.00
18.72
14.56
10.50
15.00
10.35
10.51
11.00
16.19
16.13
22.55
14.61
$14.41
28.00
21.49
14.90
29.56
31.73
20.81
11.28
13.05
8.00
12.24
12.05
21.72
17.00
13.30
17.00
12.62
14.71
13.75
26.44
22.67
28.64
19.50
$17.11
33.00
27.54
23.39
34.00
34.60
26.60
12.75
15.75
11.47
14.49
13.05
26.52
19.50
15.81
19.28
15.70
19.25
17.20
30.68
29.93
30.68
27.06
$21.54
37.50
33.25
30.41
38.61
36.77
30.81
15.50
19.76
13.15
16.30
15.89
30.00
22.90
19.06
22.13
18.88
25.13
21.56
34.94
35.84
31.80
28.95
$27.00
46.15
38.10
39.02
44.52
39.46
36.19
19.02
23.94
29.57
18.94
20.00
31.52
25.00
22.00
25.78
23.09
28.00
25.53
41.68
41.68
32.82
31.68
Healthcare support occupations ...................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ...............................
Home health aides ...................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..................................
Psychiatric aides ......................................................................
Occupational therapist assistants and aides .................................
Occupational therapist assistants .............................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides .........................................
Physical therapist assistants .....................................................
Physical therapist aides ............................................................
Massage therapists .......................................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...........................
Dental assistants ......................................................................
Medical assistants ....................................................................
Medical equipment preparers ..................................................
Medical transcriptionists .........................................................
Pharmacy aides ........................................................................
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers ...........
8.75
8.31
7.50
9.00
8.30
12.50
15.72
10.00
10.90
9.26
10.00
9.55
9.55
10.07
10.55
11.67
8.60
8.00
10.00
9.50
8.53
10.00
9.00
16.73
22.00
11.55
17.25
10.35
14.00
11.47
12.64
11.62
12.16
13.74
9.44
9.00
11.92
10.77
10.00
11.40
10.54
25.00
25.00
14.64
22.47
12.20
17.00
14.00
16.65
13.86
14.50
15.57
11.75
10.75
14.75
12.85
11.25
13.42
12.25
30.70
30.70
25.17
28.37
13.42
19.00
17.00
19.45
16.31
18.32
17.88
15.00
13.00
18.00
15.02
13.37
15.69
14.81
33.65
33.65
29.95
32.00
14.27
24.69
20.31
22.00
18.66
21.56
20.85
20.50
15.25
Protective service occupations ......................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ....................................
8.00
8.50
9.22
8.86
10.95
10.00
14.07
12.05
18.10
20.68
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-8
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Protective service occupations –Continued
Correctional officers and jailers ..............................................
Police officers ..............................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ..........................................
Private detectives and investigators .............................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .......................
Security guards ........................................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ...................................
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective
service workers ..................................................................
Food preparation and serving related occupations ....................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers ..................................................................................
Chefs and head cooks ..............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and
serving workers .................................................................
Cooks ...........................................................................................
Cooks, fast food .......................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...............................................
Cooks, restaurant .....................................................................
Cooks, short order ...................................................................
Food preparation workers ............................................................
Food service, tipped .....................................................................
Bartenders ................................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers ..
Fast food and counter workers ....................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including
fast food .............................................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee
shop ....................................................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant .........................................................
Dishwashers .................................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop ...........
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning
and maintenance workers ......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers ...............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service,
and groundskeeping workers .............................................
Building cleaning workers ...........................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping
cleaners ..............................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$8.50
15.05
15.05
11.03
8.15
8.15
7.30
$8.86
16.54
16.54
13.50
9.22
9.22
7.85
$10.00
20.34
20.34
14.77
10.68
10.68
8.75
$11.67
23.05
23.05
19.36
13.00
12.97
11.25
$20.68
24.84
24.84
26.51
16.83
16.92
14.07
7.26
7.50
8.25
9.75
13.10
3.72
7.25
8.00
10.00
13.16
9.65
10.50
12.00
12.95
15.00
17.12
19.20
21.89
23.85
27.14
9.50
7.50
7.25
8.50
8.00
7.25
7.25
2.13
3.65
2.13
4.60
7.25
11.97
8.25
7.27
9.75
9.00
8.00
7.80
3.09
4.65
2.65
7.25
7.40
14.80
10.00
8.00
11.83
10.75
9.00
8.64
4.85
7.25
4.23
8.00
8.00
18.41
12.11
8.85
14.26
12.50
10.90
10.68
8.00
8.50
7.25
9.00
9.00
23.13
14.35
10.00
17.84
14.31
13.25
13.00
9.00
10.00
8.16
11.12
10.61
7.25
7.36
8.00
8.95
10.50
7.25
4.00
7.25
4.50
7.50
7.25
7.65
7.25
8.38
8.40
8.50
8.00
9.62
10.20
9.50
9.69
11.54
13.57
11.37
11.74
8.00
8.75
10.41
13.63
17.92
11.85
14.16
16.83
21.17
24.02
11.50
14.00
16.73
20.85
23.76
11.85
7.75
14.76
8.50
17.16
10.00
21.22
12.75
24.59
16.93
7.92
8.75
10.50
13.49
17.91
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-9
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
–Continued
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Pest control workers ....................................................................
Grounds maintenance workers ....................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .............................
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation ........
Tree trimmers and pruners .......................................................
Personal care and service occupations ........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers ....................
Gaming supervisors .................................................................
Slot key persons .......................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers ......
Animal trainers ............................................................................
Nonfarm animal caretakers ..........................................................
Gaming services workers ............................................................
Gaming dealers ........................................................................
Gaming and sports book writers and runners ..........................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers .................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers .....
Amusement and recreation attendants .....................................
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants ..........
Funeral attendants ........................................................................
Barbers and cosmetologists .........................................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .........................
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers ...............................
Manicurists and pedicurists .....................................................
Shampooers .............................................................................
Skin care specialists .................................................................
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ..................................
Baggage porters and bellhops ..................................................
Concierges ...............................................................................
Tour and travel guides .................................................................
Tour guides and escorts ...........................................................
Transportation attendants ............................................................
Flight attendants ......................................................................
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and
baggage porters ..................................................................
Child care workers .......................................................................
Personal and home care aides ......................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ....................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ..................................
Recreation workers ..................................................................
Residential advisors .....................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$7.52
13.64
8.00
8.00
11.37
12.73
$8.12
15.72
9.14
9.06
14.00
14.00
$9.18
16.83
10.65
10.25
16.19
17.00
$11.01
16.83
13.28
12.75
16.19
21.60
$14.00
20.00
16.48
16.01
18.65
22.50
7.25
10.41
11.94
8.95
10.59
8.00
7.50
5.64
5.57
7.25
7.28
7.25
7.25
8.00
8.50
7.44
7.37
7.28
7.50
7.25
9.99
7.25
7.25
9.58
7.75
7.75
9.00
21.16
8.00
12.06
13.70
10.80
12.88
9.39
8.25
6.07
6.00
7.50
8.00
7.50
7.31
8.92
9.00
9.00
9.00
8.06
7.79
7.28
15.46
8.25
7.73
10.63
8.41
8.41
17.50
32.30
9.50
14.74
16.73
12.13
15.51
15.39
9.69
7.00
6.89
8.25
9.00
8.25
8.00
10.94
11.88
11.25
11.25
11.85
12.11
8.06
19.23
10.30
8.60
12.83
10.50
10.00
32.30
39.50
12.28
18.03
22.22
13.68
17.55
15.91
12.00
8.00
7.84
10.00
14.38
10.39
9.25
12.48
13.19
18.26
18.27
17.51
13.54
8.50
21.10
13.00
10.50
15.05
17.32
17.32
42.48
45.11
17.58
22.60
25.63
14.20
20.64
15.91
16.41
8.93
8.29
14.76
14.38
13.19
13.19
18.74
14.00
26.14
26.14
21.10
17.78
11.00
24.04
16.53
13.00
17.45
17.32
17.32
48.77
51.10
7.25
7.25
7.60
7.87
8.00
7.50
10.73
7.25
8.00
8.05
9.00
10.00
8.65
12.50
10.37
9.00
9.00
11.58
15.48
10.45
14.19
12.81
10.50
10.37
15.99
22.00
13.72
16.39
14.57
12.50
11.75
22.28
30.00
18.05
21.29
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-10
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Sales and related occupations .......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...........................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ...........
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers ...
Retail sales workers .....................................................................
Cashiers, all workers ...............................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................................
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers ........................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....................
Counter and rental clerks .....................................................
Parts salespersons ................................................................
Retail salespersons ...................................................................
Advertising sales agents ..............................................................
Insurance sales agents ..................................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents ......
Travel agents ...............................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .......................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products .......................................
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ..........................
Demonstrators and product promoters ....................................
Real estate brokers and sales agents ............................................
Real estate brokers ...................................................................
Real estate sales agents ............................................................
Sales engineers ............................................................................
Telemarketers ..............................................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .....................................
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and
related workers ..................................................................
$7.77
10.84
10.84
10.11
7.50
7.33
7.33
9.26
7.84
7.25
8.81
7.75
10.00
12.79
16.08
10.97
14.38
$9.00
13.93
13.70
16.84
8.25
8.00
8.00
12.29
9.00
8.00
11.00
8.75
13.47
16.56
22.48
13.24
19.11
$12.00
17.89
17.36
22.60
9.85
8.90
8.88
13.04
12.00
9.56
14.71
10.71
20.10
22.84
38.89
16.86
25.64
$19.23
23.52
21.64
37.01
12.50
10.55
10.50
14.50
16.72
12.56
17.93
13.95
29.28
32.48
69.38
21.09
38.09
$30.91
33.38
28.85
53.26
16.88
13.04
12.82
15.67
21.42
17.75
21.64
19.19
36.00
47.34
110.10
23.08
53.99
15.70
23.56
35.12
48.08
58.45
13.26
9.38
9.38
11.00
3.63
11.00
19.14
8.15
8.08
17.50
11.25
11.25
12.40
12.30
12.46
29.11
10.00
9.63
23.22
13.62
13.62
14.86
17.72
14.72
32.27
11.65
14.65
31.49
20.43
20.43
21.65
31.86
21.22
39.30
14.52
20.00
45.10
26.88
26.88
44.25
38.83
46.15
55.06
19.22
26.90
8.00
8.00
8.50
12.00
12.00
Office and administrative support occupations ..........................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers .....................................................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ..................
Telephone operators ....................................................................
Financial clerks ............................................................................
Bill and account collectors ......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ...................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................
Gaming cage workers ..............................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...............................................
Procurement clerks ..................................................................
Tellers ......................................................................................
Brokerage clerks ..........................................................................
9.60
11.80
14.90
18.75
23.37
15.00
7.85
9.00
10.50
9.37
11.25
11.28
9.32
13.50
11.38
9.88
13.71
17.90
8.40
9.50
12.20
12.02
13.13
13.52
9.71
15.95
14.00
10.75
15.42
21.63
10.00
12.60
15.00
14.50
15.53
16.22
10.50
18.17
16.57
11.91
18.20
26.98
12.27
15.00
18.26
17.93
18.00
19.40
12.60
21.38
19.95
13.56
21.15
31.53
15.14
23.23
21.65
23.89
20.90
22.69
13.50
25.08
22.21
15.95
27.03
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-11
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Office and administrative support occupations –Continued
Correspondence clerks .................................................................
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks ......................................
Customer service representatives ................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ...........................
File clerks ....................................................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ............................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .....................................
Library assistants, clerical ...........................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks .......................................................
New accounts clerks ....................................................................
Order clerks .................................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping .....
Receptionists and information clerks ..........................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks ...
Cargo and freight agents ..............................................................
Couriers and messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..................................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ..................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .....................
Meter readers, utilities .................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks ...............................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .........................................
Stock clerks and order fillers .......................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ....
Secretaries and administrative assistants .....................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ................
Legal secretaries ......................................................................
Medical secretaries ..................................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ....................
Computer operators .....................................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ..........................
Data entry keyers .....................................................................
Word processors and typists ....................................................
Desktop publishers ......................................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ............................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service ..
Office clerks, general ...................................................................
Office machine operators, except computer ................................
Proofreaders and copy markers ...................................................
Statistical assistants .....................................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and
forestry workers .....................................................................
Graders and sorters, agricultural products ...................................
10
25
50
75
90
$13.10
11.80
9.87
11.25
9.00
7.76
8.81
9.69
12.00
10.93
9.90
12.50
9.00
9.99
11.46
8.25
11.50
11.20
11.59
12.02
12.98
9.00
7.75
9.50
12.11
15.15
13.00
10.94
10.80
12.03
10.00
10.00
10.80
11.12
11.54
8.58
9.59
9.00
10.00
12.96
$15.27
13.60
12.00
14.19
10.00
8.50
10.80
11.54
13.38
12.69
11.31
14.75
10.32
11.52
13.85
8.44
13.38
11.56
13.44
15.58
15.56
10.30
8.63
11.25
14.85
17.83
16.00
13.00
13.20
14.28
11.01
11.00
12.95
12.00
13.50
10.05
11.40
10.19
11.01
16.63
$16.70
16.97
14.69
17.00
12.00
9.84
13.37
13.75
16.15
14.42
14.00
18.17
12.50
16.08
18.13
10.40
15.88
12.52
16.00
19.66
19.15
12.52
10.56
13.50
18.27
21.64
21.92
15.13
16.09
18.00
13.21
13.00
15.80
18.99
16.75
12.05
14.05
12.50
19.20
19.02
$19.20
19.81
18.19
17.90
16.26
11.30
15.94
16.38
19.00
16.51
17.60
20.67
15.00
21.54
27.13
12.24
20.56
14.25
20.89
25.06
24.00
15.53
13.78
15.50
23.17
25.95
28.64
18.00
18.77
21.63
15.75
15.10
19.32
22.53
19.69
14.88
17.00
14.82
21.11
20.43
$22.34
24.45
22.60
22.76
17.01
13.67
18.26
17.63
21.82
18.90
21.42
23.23
17.66
21.84
39.00
14.53
24.13
17.88
25.00
27.50
27.91
18.86
17.00
18.38
28.69
30.33
33.33
21.45
22.84
24.76
18.31
16.97
22.99
27.27
23.08
17.22
21.00
16.47
22.62
24.86
7.25
8.13
10.67
16.14
21.65
13.50
6.92
17.34
7.25
21.65
8.55
21.65
10.30
26.43
16.14
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-12
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous agricultural workers .............................................
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse .....
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals ....................................
Logging workers ..........................................................................
Construction and extraction occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers .................................................................
Boilermakers ................................................................................
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons ............................
Brickmasons and blockmasons ................................................
Stonemasons ............................................................................
Carpenters ....................................................................................
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers ..............................
Carpet installers .......................................................................
Tile and marble setters .............................................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers ..........
Cement masons and concrete finishers ....................................
Construction laborers ...................................................................
Construction equipment operators ...............................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .............
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ............................................................................
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ....................
Drywall and ceiling tile installers ............................................
Tapers ......................................................................................
Electricians ..................................................................................
Glaziers ........................................................................................
Insulation workers .......................................................................
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall .............................
Insulation workers, mechanical ...............................................
Painters and paperhangers ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................
Pipelayers ................................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ....................................
Plasterers and stucco masons .......................................................
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers .............................................
Roofers ........................................................................................
Sheet metal workers ....................................................................
Structural iron and steel workers .................................................
Helpers, construction trades ........................................................
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile
and marble setters ..............................................................
Helpers--carpenters ..................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$7.25
7.25
7.25
8.71
$8.00
8.25
7.50
13.67
$10.15
10.00
7.58
17.76
$13.05
12.22
10.80
18.65
$15.30
16.25
15.00
25.24
11.00
14.00
19.00
26.33
36.22
18.95
15.78
12.47
12.47
10.00
13.53
13.03
18.75
13.03
13.50
13.50
9.01
11.00
10.87
22.33
15.78
16.00
18.32
11.00
16.00
16.00
20.00
15.00
16.00
16.00
10.50
14.00
12.39
28.63
23.35
24.82
25.59
14.50
20.23
18.50
20.00
17.07
20.13
20.13
14.00
18.00
15.89
38.46
30.27
28.59
29.34
16.00
26.38
20.00
24.00
20.00
24.81
24.81
19.98
25.79
20.67
43.63
30.65
39.03
39.03
25.50
36.99
24.00
27.02
24.00
29.50
29.50
27.85
32.54
23.67
11.50
13.53
13.53
15.71
14.00
7.74
10.26
9.50
12.50
11.40
11.40
14.00
12.00
15.00
12.67
11.96
10.00
13.00
11.00
9.50
14.50
15.71
15.24
15.71
16.75
15.00
13.00
10.26
15.00
13.00
13.47
17.87
13.78
18.64
14.00
15.41
12.00
16.80
16.00
10.25
19.35
16.69
16.69
18.50
21.91
21.75
16.00
13.00
16.75
16.00
16.00
23.75
15.25
24.42
15.50
30.24
15.00
21.37
23.51
12.66
28.00
28.75
25.00
32.29
31.08
31.62
19.53
16.90
20.44
20.00
20.00
32.45
21.92
33.37
21.72
33.00
19.89
30.19
34.01
15.00
33.96
35.66
36.34
34.31
38.26
34.03
22.31
19.00
22.31
24.00
24.00
40.89
25.00
42.27
33.99
35.50
24.00
38.00
57.58
20.00
9.84
10.00
10.00
11.00
16.00
13.97
26.33
15.00
26.33
16.34
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-13
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Helpers--electricians ................................................................
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco
masons ...............................................................................
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...
Helpers--roofers .......................................................................
Construction and building inspectors ..........................................
Hazardous materials removal workers ........................................
Highway maintenance workers ...................................................
Miscellaneous construction and related workers .........................
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and
mining ....................................................................................
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining ............................
Mining machine operators ...........................................................
Roustabouts, oil and gas ..............................................................
Helpers--extraction workers ........................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers .................................................................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers ..........
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .................................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers,
except line installers ..........................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ..........................................................
Avionics technicians ................................................................
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers ....................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and
industrial equipment ..........................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation,
and relay ............................................................................
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and
repairers .............................................................................
Security and fire alarm systems installers ...............................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ................................
Automotive technicians and repairers .........................................
Automotive body and related repairers ...................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ......................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...............
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and
mechanics ..............................................................................
Farm equipment mechanics .....................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ..............
10
25
50
75
90
$10.00
$11.00
$12.21
$14.50
$20.00
9.00
10.00
9.62
16.64
11.86
10.00
10.35
9.50
11.52
10.00
21.55
15.00
13.00
11.50
10.00
12.21
11.37
24.35
19.00
21.42
15.00
12.75
14.38
14.26
34.35
22.00
26.18
18.97
13.21
19.55
15.42
40.71
42.95
35.20
31.00
12.83
16.01
16.00
11.43
12.50
17.03
17.03
20.47
14.00
13.50
21.50
18.90
24.05
15.00
15.75
26.70
24.12
24.50
19.75
22.85
35.97
33.55
32.55
31.77
22.94
11.40
15.00
20.00
26.45
32.59
17.50
12.80
21.15
14.74
27.62
17.21
35.65
20.00
43.69
23.58
13.40
20.08
29.50
32.71
35.32
13.40
20.25
29.50
32.71
35.32
13.00
15.36
10.00
15.06
19.23
11.50
20.04
23.61
12.50
26.12
27.59
16.23
33.45
38.29
23.68
15.50
18.97
23.76
29.01
32.82
25.99
16.00
29.50
16.17
34.85
18.00
37.81
18.00
40.51
25.84
10.17
13.86
18.35
10.00
12.65
9.75
14.50
14.00
17.08
21.99
13.55
15.00
13.25
16.39
14.48
20.05
26.69
18.50
19.00
18.50
20.51
14.92
24.13
30.90
23.61
24.29
23.40
24.60
17.01
26.80
36.12
29.60
31.25
29.27
29.25
15.55
12.00
15.55
17.96
13.00
18.50
20.85
18.34
22.11
24.40
19.96
25.50
28.50
26.45
29.31
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-14
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations –Continued
Rail car repairers ......................................................................
Small engine mechanics ..............................................................
Motorboat mechanics ..............................................................
Motorcycle mechanics .............................................................
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanic,
installers, and repairers ..........................................................
Recreational vehicle service technicians .................................
Tire repairers and changers .....................................................
Control and valve installers and repairers ...................................
Mechanical door repairers .......................................................
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical
door ....................................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers .................................................................................
Home appliance repairers ............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers ..................................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ..............................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ................................
Maintenance workers, machinery ............................................
Millwrights ..............................................................................
Line installers and repairers .........................................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ..........................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers ...................
Precision instrument and equipment repairers ............................
Medical equipment repairers ...................................................
Musical instrument repairers and tuners ..................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers .....
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and
repairers .............................................................................
Manufactured building and mobile home installers ................
Riggers .....................................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers ..........
Production occupations .................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers ..................................................................................
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers .....
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ..........
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......................
Electromechanical equipment assemblers ...............................
Engine and other machine assemblers .........................................
Structural metal fabricators and fitters ........................................
10
25
50
75
90
$16.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
13.09
$17.60
14.00
13.00
12.00
14.00
$18.60
15.00
16.00
14.49
17.00
$21.34
18.25
17.31
16.90
19.23
$25.21
20.80
18.00
21.79
20.80
8.00
11.06
8.00
15.00
13.00
9.00
13.00
9.00
17.50
16.28
11.00
16.00
10.63
21.66
18.75
14.00
24.04
12.75
27.10
22.68
16.95
27.50
15.20
33.99
30.00
17.50
21.50
26.82
32.60
37.94
13.00
13.00
16.00
15.00
20.00
19.43
29.00
22.08
33.00
24.20
12.24
17.34
10.56
12.50
18.00
14.15
20.58
13.68
13.28
14.06
10.67
9.00
15.39
20.00
13.50
14.50
21.00
20.93
26.22
19.25
16.30
15.85
14.42
11.12
19.45
22.95
17.15
17.15
24.50
27.94
31.25
27.00
21.91
22.07
20.00
14.43
23.97
27.25
20.77
20.50
29.82
32.00
35.92
30.28
29.31
28.35
20.50
19.00
29.70
32.62
27.20
25.99
40.77
34.20
41.93
32.79
36.33
29.94
20.50
25.86
11.33
9.00
12.00
8.30
11.33
10.75
17.00
9.00
14.45
11.25
19.32
11.75
18.01
12.80
24.00
14.51
19.94
12.80
27.07
17.00
9.00
11.00
14.63
19.40
25.90
14.66
16.07
8.86
9.00
8.50
9.97
12.47
9.77
19.08
18.29
10.50
10.65
10.10
11.38
13.00
12.00
24.00
23.03
12.73
13.15
12.59
14.67
16.79
15.00
31.48
30.77
16.50
15.16
15.80
18.00
22.23
18.00
37.10
32.70
20.63
21.08
20.84
20.63
28.49
23.55
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-15
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ...................................
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators ......................................
Team assemblers .....................................................................
Bakers ..........................................................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ........................................................
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers ...........................
Slaughterers and meat packers ................................................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ......................................
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine
operators and tenders .........................................................
Food batchmakers ....................................................................
Food cooking machine operators and tenders .........................
Computer control programmers and operators ............................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and
plastic .................................................................................
Numerical tool and process control programmers ...................
Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .................................................................................
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .................................................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool
setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ...............
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ................................................................
Machinists ....................................................................................
Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders ..............................
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders ..........................
Pourers and casters, metal .......................................................
Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic ...................
Model makers, metal and plastic .............................................
Patternmakers, metal and plastic .............................................
10
25
50
75
90
$8.45
9.95
10.00
8.70
8.75
9.50
7.64
10.50
9.35
$10.40
10.00
11.90
10.00
10.34
11.52
8.75
12.15
9.85
$13.55
12.50
13.60
12.00
12.60
14.40
10.34
12.76
12.95
$18.00
15.66
18.25
14.38
14.25
18.40
12.60
14.25
16.96
$25.90
16.00
28.59
18.22
18.05
21.22
13.30
15.74
20.00
8.50
9.82
9.30
11.18
10.00
11.00
9.66
14.25
13.00
14.01
10.00
18.70
18.00
18.10
11.95
21.94
20.99
21.30
18.30
26.37
11.00
19.50
13.58
20.00
17.75
22.00
21.00
25.00
25.65
32.67
10.47
11.84
15.00
19.03
21.78
10.40
12.17
14.30
18.19
20.16
11.44
11.47
17.85
21.38
23.25
9.30
11.63
15.33
20.56
21.78
9.80
12.25
14.98
18.25
21.31
9.58
11.80
14.19
17.49
20.36
10.50
13.03
16.00
19.81
29.72
9.73
12.35
14.60
17.46
20.37
10.00
13.00
17.94
20.59
23.00
11.20
15.00
9.63
9.63
10.15
9.56
16.00
9.00
13.12
18.00
11.00
10.00
15.50
16.00
18.70
14.00
18.54
20.73
18.15
15.50
18.15
23.19
23.77
16.50
21.66
25.45
20.37
20.91
19.78
32.94
33.75
32.94
22.82
30.90
22.32
25.12
20.78
34.52
36.47
34.52
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-16
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ....................................................................
Foundry mold and coremakers ................................................
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators,
and tenders, metal and plastic ............................................
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Tool and die makers ....................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ....................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators,
and tenders .........................................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .......................
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic ..........................................................................
Lay-out workers, metal and plastic .........................................
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ................................................................
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners .......................................
Bookbinders and bindery workers ...............................................
Bindery workers ......................................................................
Printers .........................................................................................
Job printers ..............................................................................
Prepress technicians and workers ............................................
Printing machine operators ......................................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ..............................................
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials ..........................
Sewing machine operators ...........................................................
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers ................................................
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers ................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ...........................
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders ...........
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and
tenders ................................................................................
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters,
operators, and tenders ........................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers .............
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and
tenders, synthetic and glass fibers .....................................
Fabric and apparel patternmakers ............................................
Upholsterers .............................................................................
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters ..........................................
Furniture finishers .......................................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ...............
10
25
50
75
90
$8.50
10.19
$9.51
10.19
$12.37
16.68
$16.02
17.92
$19.92
20.04
8.35
9.25
12.19
15.30
19.07
10.75
18.52
11.51
11.69
11.81
20.70
14.00
14.00
14.75
24.65
16.86
16.85
18.92
27.92
20.00
20.00
24.75
32.91
24.00
24.07
11.50
9.00
13.77
11.79
17.00
15.00
19.75
17.50
21.57
22.13
9.00
11.33
11.00
15.00
15.28
16.00
18.31
20.80
20.78
26.40
9.46
8.25
8.29
8.29
9.50
10.00
9.50
9.14
7.55
7.60
8.00
9.14
9.14
8.41
8.00
9.00
12.20
9.08
10.00
10.00
11.70
14.00
13.50
11.53
8.50
8.00
9.48
11.00
11.00
9.42
8.10
9.27
14.50
17.00
12.67
12.67
17.00
18.95
19.23
15.75
9.92
9.00
11.00
13.00
12.14
11.05
9.00
11.00
19.50
22.13
16.25
16.25
22.38
20.00
24.30
21.00
11.56
10.07
14.35
19.50
19.00
13.91
11.50
12.76
27.29
23.19
22.00
22.00
27.00
23.10
27.83
27.00
13.75
11.99
16.94
25.91
25.91
15.98
16.11
13.65
8.73
10.35
13.54
15.50
19.83
10.03
8.50
10.38
10.58
10.66
15.15
13.92
18.35
16.86
21.83
10.58
13.13
8.50
11.00
9.00
8.50
12.30
13.13
14.85
13.50
11.07
10.75
17.75
17.57
16.08
15.30
13.77
13.36
20.04
19.30
20.00
19.00
17.67
15.70
21.80
22.00
24.14
23.00
20.00
17.63
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-17
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood ...........
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except
sawing ................................................................................
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers ...................
Power distributors and dispatchers ..........................................
Power plant operators ..............................................................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ...................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators ....
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ..................................
Chemical plant and system operators ......................................
Gas plant operators ..................................................................
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and
gaugers ...............................................................................
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders .....
Chemical equipment operators and tenders .............................
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still
machine setters, operators, and tenders .............................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers ....
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators,
and tenders .........................................................................
Grinding and polishing workers, hand ....................................
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
Cutting workers ...........................................................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ......................................................
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders ....
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters,
operators, and tenders ............................................................
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders ........
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....................
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers ..........................
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians .............
Dental laboratory technicians ..................................................
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians ..........................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders .................
Painting workers ..........................................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators,
and tenders .........................................................................
Painters, transportation equipment ..........................................
Painting, coating, and decorating workers ..............................
Photographic process workers and processing machine
operators ................................................................................
Photographic process workers .................................................
Photographic processing machine operators ...........................
Semiconductor processors ...........................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ..............................................
10
25
50
75
90
$8.25
$9.80
$12.12
$15.00
$17.15
9.18
27.81
33.61
25.65
17.92
17.67
17.61
17.44
26.74
11.30
29.16
37.55
28.43
24.81
17.80
22.08
20.60
29.17
14.07
34.29
39.92
30.89
27.61
19.82
28.58
23.33
34.40
16.00
36.06
43.25
34.29
33.92
23.10
32.64
29.35
35.61
17.85
40.92
51.40
39.36
34.03
33.98
35.61
32.20
37.65
19.00
12.50
12.50
28.65
17.02
16.04
32.46
21.65
21.10
35.31
31.25
26.09
36.58
34.00
29.75
12.84
9.50
18.34
11.23
26.53
14.45
33.42
17.85
36.43
22.27
8.65
9.00
10.09
9.00
8.66
9.80
11.50
10.40
11.25
11.25
9.45
11.50
16.07
12.40
15.00
14.50
11.95
14.81
18.00
15.40
19.70
17.60
15.00
17.84
22.86
17.00
22.91
20.80
20.55
21.17
8.96
11.93
9.84
11.50
10.00
9.00
10.37
8.25
10.00
10.87
12.23
12.37
14.00
12.50
13.50
11.71
10.38
12.35
13.20
15.97
16.00
18.00
15.25
17.00
14.47
13.89
15.39
17.02
19.13
20.00
23.50
19.60
22.68
15.00
18.24
18.82
21.22
26.37
26.00
28.00
25.00
25.50
17.15
21.51
25.00
10.00
12.00
8.00
12.00
17.40
9.50
15.06
19.15
11.61
16.98
25.00
13.05
19.49
36.06
18.24
8.00
9.99
7.95
12.80
8.25
8.85
12.00
8.36
15.09
9.83
12.00
12.00
11.12
18.24
12.25
15.00
18.28
14.48
20.13
16.65
18.28
25.57
15.45
23.80
20.95
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-18
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders ............
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators
and tenders .........................................................................
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders ..........
Etchers and engravers ..............................................................
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic ..........
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Tire builders .............................................................................
Helpers--production workers ...................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .....................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ...........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ...................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ..............................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...........................
Commercial pilots ...................................................................
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical
technicians .............................................................................
Bus drivers ...................................................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ..............................................
Bus drivers, school ..................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................
Driver/sales workers ................................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .........................................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ..........................................
Sailors and marine oilers .............................................................
Ship and boat captains and operators ..........................................
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels ............................
Parking lot attendants ..................................................................
Service station attendants ............................................................
Transportation inspectors ............................................................
Conveyor operators and tenders ..................................................
Crane and tower operators ...........................................................
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ...................
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators ........
Hoist and winch operators ...........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..........................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ...........................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ........................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ..........
Machine feeders and offbearers ...............................................
10
25
50
75
90
$10.30
$12.39
$15.12
$16.91
$20.91
10.57
9.30
10.00
9.25
9.18
11.00
8.00
13.36
9.80
13.31
10.22
12.00
11.85
9.32
15.00
17.35
14.00
13.13
18.57
15.14
11.25
23.44
19.17
15.69
16.00
21.88
17.32
13.35
29.28
25.17
23.50
21.77
26.80
20.40
17.45
8.24
10.00
13.56
18.32
23.39
14.67
16.28
20.42
25.00
29.09
16.70
25.63
26.55
25.63
20.00
28.06
72.21
26.39
23.08
87.43
120.53
27.42
29.38
145.44
165.74
39.55
37.58
171.41
172.40
55.00
9.79
9.75
9.75
9.60
9.74
7.25
12.30
9.07
7.63
21.48
9.25
6.98
6.98
7.25
7.50
23.02
11.98
13.16
13.00
12.75
9.04
9.75
7.85
8.00
8.00
8.00
10.20
11.30
12.60
11.03
12.65
7.33
14.66
11.02
8.50
28.56
9.30
17.50
26.02
8.00
8.00
25.04
12.95
16.28
14.00
14.00
15.84
11.50
8.60
8.50
9.00
9.00
11.00
14.75
15.69
13.65
16.54
10.75
18.15
14.50
9.85
32.46
12.08
29.58
30.00
8.81
9.00
32.78
16.70
19.79
17.99
16.00
19.22
14.15
10.55
10.75
11.00
10.61
13.25
17.50
19.84
16.50
20.77
16.83
21.36
20.77
11.08
35.87
13.00
38.50
38.67
10.00
11.00
33.52
18.86
26.50
21.50
20.12
21.03
16.85
13.63
13.56
14.13
13.93
16.90
22.00
23.35
18.32
26.98
21.60
25.62
29.66
16.44
41.43
14.17
41.67
41.67
12.10
15.75
39.33
19.13
32.08
27.65
24.78
21.03
20.66
17.30
16.75
18.25
16.65
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-19
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 18
Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations –Continued
Packers and packagers, hand ...................................................
Pumping station operators ...........................................................
Refuse and recyclable material collectors ...................................
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders .................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated
from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. For more
information, see chapter 8 of the Handbook of Methods, at
http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
10
25
50
75
90
$7.35
18.64
9.10
15.00
$8.00
18.75
9.70
15.25
$9.30
23.77
11.00
20.39
$11.84
26.85
17.00
21.30
$14.45
29.66
20.55
24.90
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
18-20
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
All workers .........................................................................................
$9.27
$12.01
$17.31
$26.52
$39.81
Management occupations .............................................................
Chief executives ..........................................................................
General and operations managers ................................................
Advertising and promotions managers ........................................
Marketing and sales managers .....................................................
Marketing managers ................................................................
Sales managers ........................................................................
Public relations managers ............................................................
Administrative services managers ...............................................
Computer and information systems managers ............................
Financial managers ......................................................................
Human resources managers .........................................................
Compensation and benefits managers .....................................
Training and development managers .......................................
Industrial production managers ...................................................
Purchasing managers ...................................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ....................
Agricultural managers .................................................................
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers .........................
Construction managers ................................................................
Education administrators .............................................................
Education administrators, preschool and child care
center/program ...................................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..
Education administrators, postsecondary ................................
Engineering managers .................................................................
Food service managers ................................................................
Funeral directors ..........................................................................
Gaming managers ........................................................................
Lodging managers .......................................................................
Medical and health services managers ........................................
Natural sciences managers ..........................................................
Property, real estate, and community association managers .......
Social and community service managers ....................................
21.64
26.22
21.88
18.09
25.15
28.00
24.16
18.67
20.20
36.32
23.20
24.43
18.97
32.83
27.92
23.40
22.49
15.00
15.00
23.38
17.92
29.29
50.06
29.86
21.94
34.41
35.90
32.51
21.64
25.40
43.27
29.63
29.75
27.53
33.89
34.10
30.29
25.96
21.64
21.64
29.57
22.67
40.34
83.67
40.63
32.53
46.89
46.15
47.31
30.00
32.40
54.90
41.67
37.92
32.76
41.46
41.39
39.09
33.31
37.11
37.11
38.44
30.00
55.85
119.58
61.05
46.95
63.46
62.02
67.40
40.87
39.38
65.14
57.69
51.41
49.41
57.69
49.89
56.07
48.28
46.82
46.82
48.08
38.16
72.77
158.82
87.36
61.78
87.50
76.92
93.05
50.63
48.56
77.27
75.77
67.88
56.95
74.87
63.04
70.34
62.34
57.73
57.73
55.72
55.11
14.68
19.00
21.45
36.29
16.19
19.98
31.50
15.17
23.35
29.78
15.29
15.00
18.09
26.63
24.84
48.89
19.45
21.64
33.00
15.17
30.56
33.65
19.24
21.35
27.54
33.74
31.69
58.84
22.85
28.75
33.75
17.48
37.72
41.14
27.58
27.01
31.35
42.31
49.82
68.33
30.14
33.65
34.10
24.60
48.32
48.75
33.95
32.97
31.35
50.18
66.76
76.75
37.35
34.75
35.91
33.95
59.10
67.60
49.65
38.46
18.47
19.48
20.94
19.48
22.79
22.16
25.54
20.63
29.02
27.44
29.73
27.07
37.79
34.25
34.98
34.00
49.24
43.28
45.67
43.26
19.21
18.15
18.04
18.67
22.60
22.10
22.10
24.53
27.86
28.33
28.33
28.81
34.20
33.33
33.24
33.81
43.47
38.89
38.89
38.23
Business and financial operations occupations ...........................
Buyers and purchasing agents .....................................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products .........................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products .................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products .............................................................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators .........
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators .......................
Insurance appraisers, auto damage ..........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-1
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Business and financial operations occupations –Continued
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health
and safety, and transportation ................................................
Cost estimators ............................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ..........
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists .............
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists ..............
Training and development specialists .....................................
Logisticians ..................................................................................
Management analysts ..................................................................
Meeting and convention planners ................................................
Accountants and auditors ............................................................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate ........................................
Budget analysts ............................................................................
Credit analysts .............................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ...................................................
Financial analysts ....................................................................
Personal financial advisors ......................................................
Insurance underwriters ............................................................
Financial examiners .....................................................................
Loan counselors and officers .......................................................
Loan counselors .......................................................................
Loan officers ............................................................................
$20.19
19.75
17.96
15.39
19.89
17.14
20.09
22.89
15.87
18.32
16.83
23.71
19.23
20.34
23.95
15.18
19.73
21.12
16.41
12.02
16.41
$23.02
21.85
21.69
19.00
21.99
24.72
23.98
29.44
20.19
22.60
17.63
28.63
21.56
25.64
27.40
20.04
23.08
23.21
20.19
13.78
20.58
$28.85
29.57
27.78
23.40
27.59
31.43
32.22
37.53
25.38
27.51
26.44
36.40
27.40
33.41
35.27
26.76
29.51
31.47
27.88
21.42
27.98
$36.53
39.42
36.13
32.34
33.99
41.30
39.85
52.29
36.64
34.62
36.06
40.87
36.69
45.67
45.67
47.36
40.29
34.99
37.88
30.33
38.47
$44.73
47.12
45.35
39.80
42.07
46.15
49.23
63.40
42.31
44.71
45.68
51.52
48.46
58.81
62.57
59.42
50.38
62.09
49.57
38.67
49.57
Computer and mathematical science occupations ......................
Computer and information scientists, research ...........................
Computer programmers ...............................................................
Computer software engineers ......................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .............................
Computer software engineers, systems software .....................
Computer support specialists .......................................................
Computer systems analysts ..........................................................
Database administrators ...............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ...........................
Network systems and data communications analysts ..................
Actuaries ......................................................................................
Operations research analysts .......................................................
Statisticians ..................................................................................
20.64
35.48
21.64
28.33
27.89
30.50
15.63
26.57
22.16
20.00
19.10
27.80
21.39
29.18
26.56
43.76
26.44
35.82
34.47
37.52
19.42
31.90
26.72
25.45
23.08
32.45
25.63
36.25
36.15
52.55
34.31
43.30
42.06
44.73
24.10
39.34
39.81
32.32
31.26
40.96
34.90
43.54
45.80
63.75
39.20
52.78
50.96
55.00
30.42
46.61
50.60
40.92
41.68
54.21
49.15
48.71
55.77
82.71
48.08
60.72
57.69
64.45
39.73
53.66
60.90
49.02
49.80
66.34
60.10
65.52
Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................
Architects, except naval ...............................................................
Architects, except landscape and naval ...................................
Landscape architects ................................................................
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists ......................
Surveyors .................................................................................
Engineers .....................................................................................
20.00
18.33
17.56
18.80
20.44
20.44
26.89
26.19
22.60
22.60
23.74
24.19
25.33
32.16
34.19
29.57
29.81
25.63
30.29
31.75
39.84
44.46
33.65
36.06
30.92
38.46
38.46
49.77
56.36
48.08
48.08
32.79
56.00
56.82
61.50
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-2
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Architecture and engineering occupations –Continued
Aerospace engineers ................................................................
Biomedical engineers ..............................................................
Chemical engineers .................................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................................
Computer hardware engineers .................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ........................................
Electrical engineers .............................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer ..............................
Environmental engineers .........................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ....................
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety
engineers and inspectors ................................................
Industrial engineers .............................................................
Materials engineers ..................................................................
Mechanical engineers ..............................................................
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety
engineers ............................................................................
Nuclear engineers ....................................................................
Petroleum engineers ................................................................
Drafters ........................................................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ................................................
Electrical and electronics drafters ...........................................
Mechanical drafters .................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .....................................
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians .................
Civil engineering technicians ..................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ...................
Electro-mechanical technicians ...............................................
Environmental engineering technicians ..................................
Industrial engineering technicians ...........................................
Mechanical engineering technicians ........................................
Surveying and mapping technicians ............................................
Life, physical, and social science occupations .............................
Life scientists ...............................................................................
Agricultural and food scientists ...............................................
Food scientists and technologists ........................................
Biological scientists .................................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists .............................................
Microbiologists ....................................................................
Medical scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ........................................................................
Astronomers and physicists .....................................................
Physicists .............................................................................
Chemists and materials scientists ............................................
10
25
50
75
90
$34.28
24.04
30.53
22.50
31.42
26.64
25.67
27.19
20.84
25.82
$39.30
27.25
35.34
28.13
37.72
31.91
30.46
33.45
28.00
28.90
$47.97
32.34
41.11
36.29
46.59
39.23
38.32
41.35
33.80
35.78
$60.44
43.42
57.65
44.48
57.68
47.09
45.16
49.01
48.20
43.19
$70.33
46.50
68.25
55.29
72.12
58.17
56.25
63.47
50.97
54.08
26.83
25.13
28.89
25.96
30.36
28.77
30.84
30.80
36.37
35.47
39.57
37.39
52.53
41.70
54.57
45.26
60.05
50.49
61.82
54.25
26.89
33.63
30.29
16.20
16.40
15.75
17.00
15.70
22.82
12.00
18.09
18.68
14.90
17.11
19.53
11.00
30.50
38.97
40.39
19.00
18.75
18.61
19.64
20.50
25.24
13.00
21.59
20.37
18.00
20.93
22.02
14.50
39.67
44.62
51.62
23.53
23.47
27.00
23.08
26.02
30.29
15.45
26.42
26.83
19.13
26.02
26.71
20.20
53.61
47.99
62.26
30.00
31.25
28.96
26.77
31.13
33.75
22.50
31.13
30.59
22.50
31.25
29.27
29.86
113.46
59.63
82.05
36.56
36.54
34.18
31.71
37.14
39.10
32.00
36.73
30.59
30.78
36.40
34.55
38.52
16.97
21.41
36.67
36.67
20.32
20.32
27.62
21.41
21.65
33.36
31.28
23.01
21.88
26.61
37.39
37.39
24.28
34.62
29.27
27.16
25.81
48.57
48.00
26.78
28.99
37.14
43.27
43.27
37.19
42.32
36.01
37.86
35.13
56.50
55.14
34.21
39.70
44.34
43.99
43.99
42.32
50.63
40.48
47.89
46.32
69.21
70.43
46.21
52.55
55.91
47.52
47.52
52.46
59.71
44.34
66.22
60.67
108.94
108.94
57.31
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-3
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$22.31
35.10
20.00
18.67
23.46
18.38
19.35
19.23
18.11
18.11
14.00
14.63
14.28
15.00
18.91
28.48
16.63
14.00
$25.75
39.23
24.61
21.65
28.48
28.03
24.51
24.51
19.59
22.55
22.26
15.50
16.05
17.40
21.16
33.99
17.50
16.73
$31.97
46.21
32.43
30.13
36.54
36.23
32.15
31.00
27.22
27.22
27.40
19.41
20.25
22.59
32.57
34.94
21.85
21.33
$41.80
55.05
39.56
35.31
40.34
43.27
42.14
39.41
35.95
36.57
31.25
20.72
25.48
27.40
33.17
39.78
25.00
25.00
$55.59
62.60
49.48
49.46
51.92
51.96
57.35
54.55
55.65
55.65
55.91
28.35
31.92
32.78
47.89
48.36
26.04
34.90
13.62
18.00
23.48
25.46
34.90
Community and social services occupations ...............................
Counselors ...................................................................................
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors ..............
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ......................
Mental health counselors .........................................................
Rehabilitation counselors ........................................................
Social workers .............................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers ................................
Medical and public health social workers ...............................
Mental health and substance abuse social workers .................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ............
Health educators ......................................................................
Social and human service assistants ........................................
Clergy ..........................................................................................
Directors, religious activities and education ...............................
11.39
11.50
12.24
14.14
14.55
10.50
13.80
13.05
17.34
13.46
10.11
14.50
9.99
13.45
13.94
13.89
14.14
13.00
17.85
17.37
11.50
15.87
14.73
20.25
15.95
11.56
15.05
10.82
14.10
19.51
17.31
18.27
17.34
20.19
18.55
15.10
18.96
16.67
24.50
18.27
14.03
19.03
12.69
17.05
23.48
21.64
21.93
21.64
26.25
21.73
19.71
24.48
20.43
29.28
22.59
17.09
33.52
14.86
23.26
42.15
28.02
26.33
24.05
39.75
25.46
21.14
29.59
24.10
30.93
25.63
20.46
40.03
17.91
25.74
54.60
Legal occupations ..........................................................................
Lawyers .......................................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants .....................................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ..........................................
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers .............................
15.00
23.56
12.00
14.94
14.94
20.00
33.41
16.48
17.14
17.14
29.92
50.25
21.64
21.64
21.13
48.08
72.12
28.85
24.31
24.28
75.00
96.46
34.62
33.78
33.20
Education, training, and library occupations .............................
Postsecondary teachers ................................................................
10.02
22.97
13.87
31.08
24.84
41.60
37.56
60.70
57.14
88.29
Life, physical, and social science occupations –Continued
Chemists ..............................................................................
Materials scientists ..............................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists .............................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health ..
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers ...........
Economists ..................................................................................
Market and survey researchers ....................................................
Market research analysts .........................................................
Psychologists ...............................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .......................
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers ...................
Agricultural and food science technicians ...................................
Biological technicians .................................................................
Chemical technicians ...................................................................
Geological and petroleum technicians .........................................
Nuclear technicians .....................................................................
Social science research assistants ................................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians ......
Environmental science and protection technicians, including
health .................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-4
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Business teachers, postsecondary ............................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ...........................
Computer science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ...................
Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary ............
Engineering teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Biological science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary ..............................
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Physics teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................................
Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary ......
Economics teachers, postsecondary ....................................
Political science teachers, postsecondary ............................
Psychology teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Sociology teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ..........................
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary .................
Education and library science teachers, postsecondary ...........
Education teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Law teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ..................
Communications teachers, postsecondary ...........................
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
History teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary ................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ....................................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ....................
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ........
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .......................................
Preschool teachers, except special education ......................
Kindergarten teachers, except special education .................
Elementary and middle school teachers ..................................
Elementary school teachers, except special education ........
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Secondary school teachers .......................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$26.71
33.08
25.33
33.08
39.52
39.52
32.33
32.33
31.97
31.97
49.87
32.82
42.57
38.87
47.22
29.56
35.47
25.21
23.34
30.31
25.25
25.25
$26.71
33.08
39.92
33.08
48.90
48.90
42.31
42.31
46.24
36.01
54.68
35.63
43.42
50.53
49.04
33.00
36.70
35.77
39.00
35.77
31.93
31.93
$50.67
45.59
50.96
37.97
72.16
75.00
49.67
49.67
52.91
46.33
57.62
47.76
45.74
64.49
50.79
43.76
43.98
57.31
65.21
39.39
36.89
36.89
$71.85
58.51
63.18
53.03
92.72
92.72
60.45
60.45
60.62
55.08
84.96
56.57
51.31
76.49
51.13
51.51
96.12
85.06
91.22
41.77
42.39
42.39
$103.43
79.68
87.88
75.47
103.40
103.40
150.95
150.95
89.20
78.17
89.20
76.49
52.15
105.38
64.89
69.79
96.12
101.51
117.12
48.96
50.38
50.38
34.68
57.65
46.70
65.67
69.06
74.22
84.10
97.58
101.35
106.87
26.07
25.41
23.92
27.12
36.19
26.92
25.00
18.03
15.93
10.68
9.70
9.50
14.07
16.88
16.88
32.23
31.08
26.07
35.69
38.13
36.23
30.94
22.00
19.88
14.07
10.97
10.67
17.03
21.28
20.91
39.69
34.48
32.67
42.59
49.99
45.09
38.39
29.42
23.61
22.35
13.79
13.57
24.41
26.04
25.38
51.03
41.60
54.83
53.34
60.59
55.83
47.46
42.63
28.23
32.15
16.56
16.00
28.99
32.09
32.01
69.77
47.28
76.79
74.32
88.20
70.70
60.70
57.69
36.67
40.34
26.33
22.09
33.30
39.86
38.66
16.85
19.95
21.87
25.29
26.69
32.92
33.18
40.15
41.47
52.65
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-5
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Special education teachers .......................................................
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ..........................................................
Other teachers and instructors .....................................................
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians ............................
Archivists .................................................................................
Curators ...................................................................................
Librarians .....................................................................................
Library technicians ......................................................................
Instructional coordinators ............................................................
Teacher assistants ........................................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .....
Artists and related workers ..........................................................
Art directors .............................................................................
Multi-media artists and animators ...........................................
Designers .....................................................................................
Commercial and industrial designers ......................................
Fashion designers ....................................................................
Floral designers .......................................................................
Graphic designers ....................................................................
Interior designers .....................................................................
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers .......................
Set and exhibit designers .........................................................
Actors, producers, and directors ..................................................
Producers and directors ...........................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .........................
Coaches and scouts ..................................................................
Announcers ..................................................................................
Radio and television announcers .............................................
News analysts, reporters and correspondents ..............................
Reporters and correspondents ..................................................
Public relations specialists ...........................................................
Writers and editors ......................................................................
Editors ......................................................................................
Technical writers .....................................................................
Writers and authors ..................................................................
Miscellaneous media and communication workers .....................
Interpreters and translators ......................................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ................................................................................
Audio and video equipment technicians ..................................
Broadcast technicians ..............................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$21.41
17.88
$25.86
23.73
$33.52
29.45
$40.54
33.94
$53.02
61.07
14.39
12.00
19.02
13.60
23.85
19.44
13.56
21.05
8.50
23.85
14.71
22.95
19.02
25.24
23.23
15.64
23.08
9.37
28.46
21.98
28.25
19.02
31.04
29.11
18.35
29.80
10.87
30.90
30.34
40.87
23.42
40.87
36.90
21.04
38.87
12.96
35.83
36.57
40.87
37.50
40.87
45.48
27.37
49.76
15.36
14.15
15.20
16.00
16.98
13.42
19.61
20.37
7.60
13.78
16.88
13.45
13.65
14.42
14.44
12.98
12.98
8.17
8.17
15.23
15.23
17.00
16.83
15.61
20.06
15.25
15.38
14.47
18.00
16.98
18.00
16.98
17.02
27.89
24.04
10.44
16.25
19.28
14.46
13.65
17.83
20.11
18.47
18.47
13.14
13.14
19.30
18.27
21.86
19.67
18.67
23.30
19.48
18.08
16.52
24.65
26.11
30.49
24.04
22.89
34.35
40.14
11.99
21.54
27.89
19.77
19.23
34.58
35.43
24.10
24.10
20.88
20.88
27.65
25.96
27.40
26.76
25.55
29.66
25.72
22.52
20.07
33.50
37.50
49.45
33.52
32.25
42.51
49.81
12.50
27.12
32.48
22.43
29.62
55.35
56.25
34.52
34.52
35.25
35.25
36.49
34.17
37.26
33.17
33.89
33.32
33.17
25.69
26.00
47.06
49.60
50.48
39.79
39.89
50.48
49.81
15.28
36.54
32.48
24.67
33.69
79.11
79.11
37.12
39.08
69.71
69.71
68.72
57.74
51.15
42.79
43.10
39.90
39.15
27.57
34.00
13.05
13.38
11.59
16.01
15.50
14.44
24.43
20.00
21.45
38.94
26.50
36.58
44.84
41.59
38.94
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-6
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
–Continued
Sound engineering technicians ................................................
Photographers ..............................................................................
Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and
editors ....................................................................................
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture ........
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ....................
Dentists ........................................................................................
Dentists, general ......................................................................
Dietitians and nutritionists ...........................................................
Optometrists ................................................................................
Pharmacists ..................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..............................................................
Anesthesiologists .....................................................................
Family and general practitioners .............................................
Internists, general ....................................................................
Pediatricians, general ...............................................................
Psychiatrists .............................................................................
Surgeons ..................................................................................
Physician assistants .....................................................................
Registered nurses .........................................................................
Therapists ....................................................................................
Audiologists .............................................................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................................
Physical therapists ...................................................................
Radiation therapists .................................................................
Recreational therapists .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................................
Speech-language pathologists .................................................
Veterinarians ................................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .........................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ............................
Dental hygienists .........................................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ........................
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .........................
Diagnostic medical sonographers ............................................
Nuclear medicine technologists ...............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ................................
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ........................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
Dietetic technicians .................................................................
Pharmacy technicians ..............................................................
Psychiatric technicians ............................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$32.65
11.12
$36.84
11.12
$41.77
15.39
$46.67
18.28
$53.82
29.26
16.56
16.00
18.54
18.54
26.44
24.02
29.14
26.57
32.56
32.56
15.13
52.88
52.88
19.57
36.76
48.88
25.50
86.54
26.17
39.46
24.37
67.50
83.33
32.69
22.71
20.50
16.83
25.48
25.21
28.05
11.69
19.75
21.70
36.63
13.60
18.00
12.50
22.80
17.09
13.01
25.44
31.51
17.09
10.00
11.49
7.50
11.15
9.95
20.02
56.98
56.98
21.15
40.63
52.45
52.89
97.11
61.42
64.90
52.89
72.12
111.35
36.75
26.00
25.21
28.85
28.82
27.64
29.11
12.60
22.79
24.56
40.52
16.82
22.56
14.41
28.00
22.00
17.87
29.66
32.19
21.05
11.40
13.47
8.00
12.95
12.05
27.06
75.01
75.01
23.94
48.08
55.25
83.50
132.48
75.00
76.93
80.11
79.16
181.73
43.20
30.65
30.19
31.25
35.41
34.00
34.78
16.38
25.27
29.41
41.80
22.56
26.28
17.11
32.38
28.00
25.00
33.86
34.60
26.85
12.98
16.00
11.47
14.75
13.05
35.80
86.54
76.56
26.53
55.77
57.55
115.39
166.24
97.50
120.19
93.75
89.05
181.73
49.51
37.01
37.10
34.10
38.79
40.00
46.06
18.68
28.17
33.77
48.93
27.93
30.40
21.54
36.50
33.53
31.00
37.56
36.77
31.24
16.00
20.00
13.06
16.35
15.83
51.95
144.38
144.38
31.90
60.10
60.69
181.73
199.78
127.30
192.31
100.96
102.14
204.33
55.00
44.33
42.47
37.22
50.53
45.00
50.46
20.35
32.23
37.91
53.51
32.00
33.91
27.24
40.00
38.01
40.73
41.97
39.46
36.00
19.45
23.94
29.57
19.25
20.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-7
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations –Continued
Respiratory therapy technicians ..............................................
Surgical technologists ..............................................................
Veterinary technologists and technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ......................
Medical records and health information technicians ...................
Opticians, dispensing ...................................................................
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ...................
Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians ........
Occupational health and safety specialists ..............................
Occupational health and safety technicians .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare practitioner and technical workers .....
$18.78
14.56
11.00
14.90
10.35
10.51
11.75
16.19
16.13
22.55
18.20
$21.43
17.00
13.50
16.91
12.65
15.33
14.20
26.31
22.67
28.64
19.95
$26.50
19.60
15.60
19.40
16.27
19.81
17.36
30.68
29.93
30.68
27.06
$30.00
23.10
21.84
22.01
19.17
25.13
22.01
34.94
35.84
31.80
29.19
$31.52
25.00
22.00
25.72
23.16
28.00
25.00
41.68
41.68
32.82
31.68
Healthcare support occupations ...................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ...............................
Home health aides ...................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..................................
Psychiatric aides ......................................................................
Occupational therapist assistants and aides .................................
Occupational therapist assistants .............................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides .........................................
Physical therapist assistants .....................................................
Physical therapist aides ............................................................
Massage therapists .......................................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...........................
Dental assistants ......................................................................
Medical assistants ....................................................................
Medical equipment preparers ..................................................
Medical transcriptionists .........................................................
Pharmacy aides ........................................................................
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers ...........
9.00
8.69
8.10
9.00
8.50
16.16
16.16
10.00
12.39
9.69
8.76
10.00
9.00
10.50
10.50
11.67
8.65
9.00
10.25
9.84
9.31
10.00
9.25
23.53
23.53
12.00
17.25
10.99
10.92
11.90
13.00
11.62
12.42
13.73
10.00
10.50
12.25
11.25
10.25
11.63
10.56
25.00
25.00
15.40
21.51
12.20
17.00
14.35
17.00
13.96
14.92
15.42
13.65
12.00
15.16
13.28
12.00
13.60
12.33
30.70
30.70
22.47
27.37
13.16
17.00
17.30
19.50
16.54
18.54
17.67
16.23
14.51
18.18
15.36
14.34
15.94
15.00
32.00
32.00
29.40
31.37
15.06
20.61
20.30
22.00
18.92
21.56
20.35
20.50
15.50
Protective service occupations ......................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ....................................
Correctional officers and jailers ..............................................
Police officers ..............................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ..........................................
Private detectives and investigators .............................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .......................
Security guards ........................................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ...................................
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective
service workers ..................................................................
8.25
8.50
8.50
15.05
15.05
11.03
8.15
8.15
7.75
9.50
8.86
8.86
16.05
16.05
13.80
9.45
9.45
8.75
11.14
10.00
10.00
20.34
20.34
14.77
10.92
10.83
10.25
14.77
12.05
11.72
23.05
23.05
19.71
13.22
13.18
14.07
18.57
20.68
20.68
24.33
24.33
26.51
16.86
16.93
17.90
7.25
7.75
8.25
11.68
17.90
Food preparation and serving related occupations ....................
4.23
7.50
9.09
12.00
15.31
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-8
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers ..................................................................................
Chefs and head cooks ..............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and
serving workers .................................................................
Cooks ...........................................................................................
Cooks, fast food .......................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...............................................
Cooks, restaurant .....................................................................
Cooks, short order ...................................................................
Food preparation workers ............................................................
Food service, tipped .....................................................................
Bartenders ................................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers ..
Fast food and counter workers ....................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including
fast food .............................................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee
shop ....................................................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant .........................................................
Dishwashers .................................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop ...........
10
25
50
75
90
$10.00
10.50
$12.00
13.00
$15.10
17.31
$19.23
22.65
$23.85
27.14
9.75
8.00
7.25
8.90
8.00
7.75
7.50
2.13
3.08
2.13
6.00
7.25
12.00
9.00
8.00
9.75
9.74
8.40
8.15
3.30
4.35
2.58
7.50
7.81
15.00
10.75
8.53
12.03
11.00
9.50
9.50
5.00
7.25
4.25
8.46
8.80
18.66
12.88
9.98
14.50
12.90
11.00
11.82
8.00
9.25
7.00
9.93
10.15
23.26
15.20
12.00
17.84
15.00
13.25
14.00
9.87
11.60
8.25
11.99
12.24
7.30
7.81
8.76
10.11
12.25
7.25
3.77
7.30
4.65
7.79
7.25
8.00
7.25
8.97
9.25
8.80
8.25
10.50
11.03
10.00
11.00
12.08
15.26
13.97
13.77
8.00
9.00
11.00
14.28
19.00
11.85
14.28
16.83
21.22
24.02
11.55
14.00
16.83
21.00
23.76
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning
and maintenance workers ......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers ...............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service,
and groundskeeping workers .............................................
Building cleaning workers ...........................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping
cleaners ..............................................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Pest control workers ....................................................................
Grounds maintenance workers ....................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .............................
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation ........
Tree trimmers and pruners .......................................................
11.85
8.00
14.76
8.77
17.16
10.42
21.22
13.44
24.59
17.90
8.08
7.75
14.07
8.08
8.00
11.37
12.73
9.22
8.27
15.75
9.25
9.16
14.00
14.00
11.24
9.35
16.83
11.00
10.62
16.19
17.00
14.17
11.22
16.83
13.50
13.00
16.19
21.60
19.73
14.17
20.00
16.77
16.10
18.65
22.50
Personal care and service occupations ........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers ....................
Gaming supervisors .................................................................
Slot key persons .......................................................................
7.03
10.41
11.94
8.95
8.00
12.06
13.70
10.80
10.00
14.74
16.73
12.13
13.39
18.03
22.22
13.68
19.47
22.60
25.63
14.20
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-9
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Personal care and service occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers ......
Nonfarm animal caretakers ..........................................................
Gaming services workers ............................................................
Gaming dealers ........................................................................
Gaming and sports book writers and runners ..........................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers .................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers .....
Amusement and recreation attendants .....................................
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants ..........
Barbers and cosmetologists .........................................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .........................
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers ...............................
Manicurists and pedicurists .....................................................
Skin care specialists .................................................................
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ..................................
Baggage porters and bellhops ..................................................
Concierges ...............................................................................
Tour and travel guides .................................................................
Tour guides and escorts ...........................................................
Transportation attendants ............................................................
Flight attendants ......................................................................
Child care workers .......................................................................
Personal and home care aides ......................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ....................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ..................................
Recreation workers ..................................................................
Residential advisors .....................................................................
$10.59
8.25
5.79
5.76
8.25
8.18
7.50
7.31
8.23
7.25
7.25
8.00
9.21
12.67
7.25
6.87
10.21
10.00
10.00
7.25
21.16
7.30
8.27
9.12
15.44
9.00
10.73
$12.90
9.51
6.17
6.06
8.25
8.18
7.94
7.73
9.85
9.00
9.00
8.25
10.94
17.02
8.25
8.00
10.63
10.50
10.50
21.16
32.30
8.00
9.00
11.23
15.72
10.00
12.55
$15.51
11.25
7.09
6.91
9.50
8.43
9.47
8.42
11.46
11.19
11.88
13.35
12.11
19.23
10.30
8.60
13.34
17.32
17.32
32.30
39.50
9.50
10.00
14.63
20.28
13.47
14.97
$17.55
15.00
8.00
7.88
10.50
16.04
12.08
11.36
15.78
18.65
19.32
17.51
13.54
21.49
13.10
10.51
15.05
17.32
17.32
42.48
44.15
10.85
11.20
20.00
24.88
17.34
16.82
$21.45
17.52
9.00
8.33
16.58
16.27
13.19
13.19
18.74
27.90
27.90
21.49
17.78
25.81
16.53
15.00
17.45
21.17
17.32
49.43
50.88
12.60
12.75
24.88
31.42
21.02
21.29
Sales and related occupations .......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...........................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ...........
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers ...
Retail sales workers .....................................................................
Cashiers, all workers ...............................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................................
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers ........................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....................
Counter and rental clerks .....................................................
Parts salespersons ................................................................
Retail salespersons ...................................................................
Advertising sales agents ..............................................................
Insurance sales agents ..................................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents ......
Travel agents ...............................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...................
8.71
10.91
10.88
12.94
8.00
7.75
7.72
9.26
8.50
7.64
10.00
8.66
10.00
13.30
16.08
10.97
14.55
10.65
14.04
13.80
17.31
9.25
8.50
8.50
12.52
10.50
9.06
12.00
10.00
13.50
17.00
23.11
13.38
19.22
14.85
18.01
17.49
23.81
11.22
9.93
9.80
13.04
13.78
11.23
15.75
12.05
20.20
23.30
38.89
17.16
25.96
22.50
23.61
21.74
38.79
14.42
11.87
11.65
14.52
17.87
15.00
18.94
15.80
29.28
32.62
69.38
21.09
38.37
36.50
33.80
28.85
55.29
19.40
14.22
14.00
15.67
21.78
20.77
21.98
22.22
36.00
47.79
110.10
23.08
53.99
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-10
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
technical and scientific products .......................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products .......................................
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ..........................
Demonstrators and product promoters ....................................
Real estate brokers and sales agents ............................................
Real estate brokers ...................................................................
Real estate sales agents ............................................................
Sales engineers ............................................................................
Telemarketers ..............................................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .....................................
Office and administrative support occupations ..........................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers .....................................................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ..................
Telephone operators ....................................................................
Financial clerks ............................................................................
Bill and account collectors ......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ...................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................
Gaming cage workers ..............................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...............................................
Procurement clerks ..................................................................
Tellers ......................................................................................
Brokerage clerks ..........................................................................
Correspondence clerks .................................................................
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks ......................................
Customer service representatives ................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ...........................
File clerks ....................................................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ............................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .....................................
Library assistants, clerical ...........................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks .......................................................
New accounts clerks ....................................................................
Order clerks .................................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping .....
Receptionists and information clerks ..........................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks ...
Cargo and freight agents ..............................................................
Couriers and messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..................................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ..................................
10
25
50
75
90
$16.03
$24.04
$35.45
$48.08
$58.78
13.73
11.00
11.00
11.00
3.63
11.34
19.14
9.00
9.47
17.78
12.95
12.95
12.50
12.30
12.50
30.29
10.13
12.79
23.27
16.55
16.55
15.37
17.72
14.86
32.27
12.00
16.83
31.57
23.40
23.40
23.79
31.86
21.22
41.86
15.46
23.08
45.28
27.09
27.09
46.15
38.83
46.94
55.06
21.38
29.57
10.17
12.29
15.25
19.23
23.94
15.20
7.85
9.00
10.75
9.47
11.42
11.70
9.32
13.60
11.25
10.00
13.99
13.10
11.80
10.50
11.08
9.00
8.00
10.28
10.48
12.00
10.93
10.05
12.50
9.50
10.45
11.46
8.44
11.61
11.20
18.10
8.75
9.50
12.50
12.18
13.33
13.75
10.13
16.39
14.00
10.75
15.44
15.27
13.55
12.50
14.87
10.78
8.75
11.85
12.76
13.45
12.69
11.55
14.96
11.00
12.57
13.79
8.44
13.38
11.76
21.65
10.00
12.55
15.27
14.68
15.77
16.35
11.05
18.27
16.61
12.00
18.21
16.70
16.97
15.00
17.00
13.77
10.00
13.79
13.75
16.18
14.42
14.20
18.28
12.99
17.48
18.27
10.00
15.88
12.52
27.00
12.50
15.50
18.50
18.00
18.10
19.49
12.87
21.38
20.00
13.75
21.15
19.20
19.81
18.57
17.90
16.35
11.73
16.75
16.11
18.99
16.51
17.68
20.72
15.25
21.54
23.78
13.12
20.70
14.25
31.62
16.35
23.23
22.00
23.90
20.95
22.82
13.75
24.64
22.21
16.01
26.35
22.34
23.28
22.87
25.26
18.10
13.87
19.60
20.10
22.18
18.83
21.42
23.23
18.15
21.83
30.54
15.00
25.00
17.78
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-11
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Office and administrative support occupations –Continued
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .....................
Meter readers, utilities .................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks ...............................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .........................................
Stock clerks and order fillers .......................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ....
Secretaries and administrative assistants .....................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ................
Legal secretaries ......................................................................
Medical secretaries ..................................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ....................
Computer operators .....................................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ..........................
Data entry keyers .....................................................................
Word processors and typists ....................................................
Desktop publishers ......................................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ............................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service ..
Office clerks, general ...................................................................
Office machine operators, except computer ................................
Proofreaders and copy markers ...................................................
Statistical assistants .....................................................................
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and
forestry workers .....................................................................
Graders and sorters, agricultural products ...................................
Miscellaneous agricultural workers .............................................
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse .....
Logging workers ..........................................................................
Construction and extraction occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers .................................................................
Boilermakers ................................................................................
Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons ............................
Brickmasons and blockmasons ................................................
Carpenters ....................................................................................
Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers ..............................
Carpet installers .......................................................................
Tile and marble setters .............................................................
Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers ..........
Cement masons and concrete finishers ....................................
Construction laborers ...................................................................
Construction equipment operators ...............................................
10
25
50
75
90
$11.90
12.36
13.00
9.10
8.29
10.35
12.36
15.40
13.00
11.00
11.03
12.21
10.00
10.00
10.80
12.00
11.47
8.79
10.00
10.00
12.73
14.41
$13.50
15.58
15.69
10.50
10.00
12.15
15.00
18.09
16.00
13.00
13.46
14.60
11.05
11.00
13.06
12.00
13.50
10.05
12.00
11.00
14.93
16.63
$16.16
20.38
19.26
12.65
12.50
13.74
18.64
21.80
21.70
15.19
16.33
18.36
13.25
13.00
15.80
18.63
16.65
12.33
14.42
13.00
21.11
19.02
$21.00
25.06
24.04
15.67
15.22
16.07
23.59
26.00
29.22
18.00
19.04
21.83
15.80
15.26
19.32
22.53
19.95
14.88
17.42
15.54
21.11
20.43
$25.00
28.57
27.91
19.00
18.00
18.44
28.85
30.69
33.67
21.45
23.01
24.76
18.56
17.25
22.85
24.33
23.29
17.45
21.45
17.61
24.62
24.98
8.00
9.00
12.22
17.34
21.65
13.50
6.92
8.24
8.00
8.71
17.34
7.25
10.00
8.45
13.67
21.65
8.75
11.74
10.47
17.76
21.65
10.30
13.94
13.27
18.65
26.43
16.14
16.25
16.25
25.24
11.00
14.00
19.00
26.50
36.25
18.75
15.78
12.47
12.47
13.53
13.03
18.75
13.03
13.93
13.93
9.18
11.00
22.33
15.78
17.19
18.32
16.00
16.50
20.00
16.00
16.21
16.21
10.88
14.00
28.63
23.35
25.59
25.59
20.23
19.00
20.00
17.07
20.13
20.13
14.00
18.00
38.51
30.27
28.59
29.34
26.38
22.16
24.00
22.75
25.00
25.00
20.00
25.79
43.63
30.65
39.03
39.03
36.99
24.00
27.02
24.00
29.50
29.50
28.55
32.54
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-12
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .............
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ............................................................................
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers ....................
Drywall and ceiling tile installers ............................................
Tapers ......................................................................................
Electricians ..................................................................................
Glaziers ........................................................................................
Insulation workers .......................................................................
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall .............................
Insulation workers, mechanical ...............................................
Painters and paperhangers ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................
Pipelayers ................................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ....................................
Plasterers and stucco masons .......................................................
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers .............................................
Roofers ........................................................................................
Sheet metal workers ....................................................................
Structural iron and steel workers .................................................
Helpers, construction trades ........................................................
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile
and marble setters ..............................................................
Helpers--carpenters ..................................................................
Helpers--electricians ................................................................
Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco
masons ...............................................................................
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...
Helpers--roofers .......................................................................
Construction and building inspectors ..........................................
Hazardous materials removal workers ........................................
Highway maintenance workers ...................................................
Miscellaneous construction and related workers .........................
Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil, gas, and
mining ....................................................................................
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining ............................
Mining machine operators ...........................................................
Roustabouts, oil and gas ..............................................................
Helpers--extraction workers ........................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers .................................................................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers ..........
10
25
50
75
90
$10.87
$12.39
$15.89
$20.67
$23.67
11.50
14.00
13.53
15.71
14.00
7.74
10.26
9.50
12.50
11.50
11.50
14.00
12.00
15.00
12.67
11.96
10.00
13.00
13.00
9.50
14.50
15.71
15.24
15.71
17.00
15.00
13.00
10.26
15.00
13.00
13.47
17.87
13.78
18.64
13.50
15.41
12.00
16.80
17.00
10.25
19.35
16.69
16.69
18.50
22.00
22.41
16.00
13.00
16.75
16.00
16.00
23.88
15.25
24.50
15.00
30.24
15.00
21.48
24.34
12.66
28.00
29.04
25.22
32.29
31.72
31.62
19.53
16.90
20.44
20.00
20.00
32.45
21.92
33.37
17.00
33.00
19.89
30.19
35.15
15.00
33.96
35.66
36.34
34.31
38.36
34.03
22.31
19.00
22.31
24.00
24.00
41.04
25.00
42.27
33.99
35.50
24.00
38.00
57.58
20.00
9.84
10.00
10.00
10.00
11.00
11.00
16.10
13.97
12.21
26.33
15.00
14.75
26.33
16.50
20.00
9.00
10.00
9.62
16.64
11.86
10.00
10.35
9.50
11.52
10.00
21.55
15.00
13.00
11.50
10.00
12.21
11.37
25.24
19.00
21.42
14.50
12.00
14.38
14.26
34.35
22.00
26.18
18.97
13.21
19.55
15.00
40.71
42.95
35.20
31.00
12.83
16.01
16.00
11.43
12.50
17.03
17.03
20.47
14.00
13.50
21.50
18.90
24.05
15.00
15.75
26.70
24.12
24.50
19.75
22.85
35.97
33.55
32.55
31.77
22.94
12.00
15.08
20.00
26.61
32.59
17.67
13.00
21.23
14.93
27.62
17.26
35.69
20.00
43.69
23.58
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-13
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations –Continued
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .................................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers,
except line installers ..........................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ..........................................................
Avionics technicians ................................................................
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers ....................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and
industrial equipment ..........................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation,
and relay ............................................................................
Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles
Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and
repairers .............................................................................
Security and fire alarm systems installers ...............................
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians ................................
Automotive technicians and repairers .........................................
Automotive body and related repairers ...................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ......................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...............
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and
mechanics ..............................................................................
Farm equipment mechanics .....................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ..............
Rail car repairers ......................................................................
Small engine mechanics ..............................................................
Motorboat mechanics ..............................................................
Motorcycle mechanics .............................................................
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanic,
installers, and repairers ..........................................................
Recreational vehicle service technicians .................................
Tire repairers and changers .....................................................
Control and valve installers and repairers ...................................
Mechanical door repairers .......................................................
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical
door ....................................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers .................................................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers ..................................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ..............................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ................................
Maintenance workers, machinery ............................................
10
25
50
75
90
$13.40
$20.25
$29.50
$32.71
$35.32
13.23
20.50
29.50
32.71
35.32
13.00
15.36
10.00
15.15
19.23
11.50
20.04
23.61
12.50
26.13
27.59
16.23
33.45
38.29
23.68
15.47
18.97
23.71
29.06
32.87
25.99
16.00
29.50
16.17
34.85
18.00
37.81
18.00
40.51
25.84
10.17
13.86
18.35
10.04
12.65
9.75
14.50
14.07
17.08
21.99
13.75
15.00
13.38
16.39
14.48
20.05
26.69
18.60
19.00
18.60
20.51
14.92
24.13
30.90
23.74
24.29
23.61
24.60
17.01
26.61
36.12
29.60
31.25
29.49
29.25
15.55
12.02
15.55
16.50
10.00
10.00
10.00
13.09
18.00
15.00
18.50
17.60
14.00
13.00
12.00
14.00
21.00
18.50
22.11
18.60
15.00
16.00
14.49
17.12
24.40
19.96
25.50
21.34
18.25
17.31
16.90
19.23
28.50
26.45
29.31
25.21
20.80
18.00
21.79
20.80
8.50
11.06
8.00
15.00
13.00
9.00
13.00
9.00
17.50
16.28
11.00
16.00
10.80
21.66
18.75
14.00
24.04
13.00
27.10
22.68
16.95
27.50
15.20
33.99
30.00
17.50
21.50
26.82
32.60
37.94
13.00
16.10
20.00
28.01
33.00
12.40
17.34
11.00
12.50
15.65
20.00
13.93
14.90
19.50
22.95
17.30
17.45
23.99
27.25
20.77
20.63
29.65
32.62
26.48
26.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-14
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations –Continued
Millwrights ..............................................................................
Line installers and repairers .........................................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ..........................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers ...................
Precision instrument and equipment repairers ............................
Medical equipment repairers ...................................................
Musical instrument repairers and tuners ..................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers .....
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and
repairers .............................................................................
Manufactured building and mobile home installers ................
Riggers .....................................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers ..........
Production occupations .................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers ..................................................................................
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers .....
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ..........
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers ..........................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......................
Electromechanical equipment assemblers ...............................
Engine and other machine assemblers .........................................
Structural metal fabricators and fitters ........................................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ...................................
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators ......................................
Team assemblers .....................................................................
Bakers ..........................................................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ........................................................
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers ...........................
Slaughterers and meat packers ................................................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ......................................
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine
operators and tenders .........................................................
Food batchmakers ....................................................................
Food cooking machine operators and tenders .........................
Computer control programmers and operators ............................
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and
plastic .................................................................................
Numerical tool and process control programmers ...................
Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$18.00
14.15
20.58
13.50
13.28
14.06
10.67
10.00
$21.00
21.00
26.22
19.29
16.11
15.85
14.42
11.50
$24.50
27.94
31.25
27.00
21.91
22.07
20.00
14.86
$29.82
32.00
35.92
30.93
29.31
28.35
20.50
19.75
$40.77
34.20
41.93
32.79
36.50
29.94
20.50
27.16
11.33
9.00
11.94
8.50
11.33
10.75
17.00
10.00
14.45
11.25
19.32
12.40
18.01
12.80
24.00
15.00
19.94
12.80
27.07
17.50
9.04
11.30
14.99
19.60
26.05
14.66
16.07
8.86
9.00
8.60
10.00
12.47
9.77
8.60
9.95
10.00
9.00
9.20
9.50
8.10
10.50
9.50
19.08
18.29
10.71
10.65
10.50
11.45
13.15
12.00
10.69
10.00
11.90
10.42
10.55
12.31
9.34
12.15
9.85
24.00
23.03
13.00
13.15
12.59
14.70
16.99
15.00
13.92
12.50
13.78
12.50
12.72
14.90
10.35
12.76
12.95
31.48
30.77
17.00
15.16
16.32
18.04
22.23
18.00
18.25
15.66
18.68
15.00
14.25
18.65
12.60
14.25
17.00
37.10
32.70
21.08
21.08
21.37
20.63
28.49
24.22
26.52
16.00
28.59
19.41
18.05
21.22
13.30
15.74
20.12
8.50
9.82
9.40
11.18
10.50
11.20
9.66
14.25
14.00
14.56
10.00
18.70
18.00
18.10
11.94
21.94
20.99
21.30
17.53
26.37
11.00
19.50
13.54
20.00
17.75
22.00
21.00
25.00
25.65
32.67
10.47
11.84
15.00
19.03
21.78
10.40
12.17
14.30
18.19
20.16
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-15
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .................................................................................
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .................................................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool
setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic ...............
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic ..................................................
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ................................................................
Machinists ....................................................................................
Metal furnace and kiln operators and tenders ..............................
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders ..........................
Pourers and casters, metal .......................................................
Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic ...................
Model makers, metal and plastic .............................................
Patternmakers, metal and plastic .............................................
Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ....................................................................
Foundry mold and coremakers ................................................
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators,
and tenders, metal and plastic ............................................
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Tool and die makers ....................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ....................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators,
and tenders .........................................................................
Miscellaneous metalworkers and plastic workers .......................
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal
and plastic ..........................................................................
Lay-out workers, metal and plastic .........................................
Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic ................................................................
Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners .......................................
Bookbinders and bindery workers ...............................................
Bindery workers ......................................................................
Printers .........................................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$11.44
$11.47
$17.85
$21.38
$23.25
9.30
11.63
15.33
20.56
21.78
9.84
12.28
14.98
18.25
21.31
9.58
11.86
14.19
17.49
20.30
10.50
13.50
16.27
19.81
29.72
9.73
12.35
14.60
17.46
20.37
10.00
13.00
18.00
20.59
23.00
11.20
15.00
9.63
9.63
10.15
9.56
16.00
9.00
13.12
18.00
11.00
10.00
15.50
16.00
18.70
14.00
18.54
20.73
18.15
15.50
18.15
23.19
23.77
16.50
21.66
25.45
20.37
20.91
19.78
32.94
33.75
32.94
22.82
30.90
22.32
25.12
20.78
34.52
36.47
34.52
8.45
10.19
10.00
10.19
12.83
16.68
16.30
17.92
19.92
20.04
8.35
9.68
12.50
15.57
19.17
10.70
18.52
11.50
11.60
11.81
20.70
14.00
14.06
14.82
24.65
16.88
16.86
18.92
27.92
20.00
20.00
24.75
32.91
24.00
24.12
11.50
9.00
13.76
12.00
17.00
15.00
19.75
17.53
21.57
22.13
9.00
11.33
11.00
15.00
15.28
16.00
18.31
20.80
20.78
26.40
11.00
8.25
8.29
8.29
9.50
12.20
9.08
10.47
10.47
12.00
15.66
17.00
13.59
13.59
17.03
19.82
22.13
17.44
17.44
22.62
27.29
23.19
23.02
23.02
27.02
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-16
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Job printers ..............................................................................
Prepress technicians and workers ............................................
Printing machine operators ......................................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ..............................................
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials ..........................
Sewing machine operators ...........................................................
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers ................................................
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers ................................
Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders ...........................
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders ...........
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and
tenders ................................................................................
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters,
operators, and tenders ........................................................
Miscellaneous textile, apparel, and furnishings workers .............
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and
tenders, synthetic and glass fibers .....................................
Fabric and apparel patternmakers ............................................
Upholsterers .............................................................................
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters ..........................................
Furniture finishers .......................................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders ...............
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood ...........
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except
sawing ................................................................................
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers ...................
Power distributors and dispatchers ..........................................
Power plant operators ..............................................................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ...................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators ....
Miscellaneous plant and system operators ..................................
Chemical plant and system operators ......................................
Gas plant operators ..................................................................
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and
gaugers ...............................................................................
Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders .....
Chemical equipment operators and tenders .............................
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still
machine setters, operators, and tenders .............................
Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers ....
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators,
and tenders .........................................................................
Grinding and polishing workers, hand ....................................
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
10
25
50
75
90
$10.30
10.55
9.38
7.60
7.60
8.00
9.14
9.14
8.41
8.00
9.00
$14.25
16.26
11.53
8.53
8.00
9.50
11.00
11.00
9.42
8.10
9.27
$19.00
20.30
15.98
10.00
8.75
11.00
12.14
12.14
11.00
9.00
11.00
$20.67
24.30
21.00
12.00
10.01
14.35
19.00
19.00
13.91
11.50
12.76
$23.10
27.83
27.02
14.00
11.99
16.94
25.91
25.91
15.98
16.11
13.65
8.50
10.35
13.54
15.50
20.39
10.03
9.15
10.38
11.20
10.66
15.60
13.92
18.91
16.86
21.83
10.58
13.13
8.50
11.30
9.00
8.50
8.25
12.30
13.13
14.85
13.64
11.07
10.75
10.00
17.75
17.57
16.08
15.50
13.77
13.36
12.12
20.04
19.30
20.00
19.00
17.67
15.70
15.00
21.80
22.00
24.14
23.00
20.00
17.63
17.15
9.16
27.81
33.61
25.65
17.92
17.67
17.61
17.44
26.74
11.30
29.16
37.55
28.43
25.10
17.80
22.08
20.60
29.17
14.13
34.29
39.92
30.89
27.93
20.43
28.58
23.33
34.40
16.00
36.06
43.25
34.29
33.92
23.10
32.64
29.35
35.61
17.90
40.92
51.40
39.36
34.03
33.98
35.61
32.20
37.65
19.00
12.50
12.50
28.65
17.02
16.04
32.46
21.65
21.10
35.31
31.25
26.09
36.58
34.00
29.75
12.84
9.50
18.34
11.25
26.53
14.50
33.42
17.85
36.43
22.27
8.65
9.00
10.09
11.75
10.66
11.25
16.07
12.26
15.00
18.00
15.29
19.70
22.86
17.00
22.91
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-17
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Cutting workers ...........................................................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand ......................................................
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders ....
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters,
operators, and tenders ............................................................
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders ........
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....................
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers ..........................
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians .............
Dental laboratory technicians ..................................................
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians ..........................................
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders .................
Painting workers ..........................................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators,
and tenders .........................................................................
Painters, transportation equipment ..........................................
Painting, coating, and decorating workers ..............................
Photographic process workers and processing machine
operators ................................................................................
Photographic processing machine operators ...........................
Semiconductor processors ...........................................................
Miscellaneous production workers ..............................................
Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders ............
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators
and tenders .........................................................................
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders ..........
Etchers and engravers ..............................................................
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic ..........
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders ..............
Tire builders .............................................................................
Helpers--production workers ...................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .....................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ...........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ...................
Aircraft pilots and flight engineers ..............................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers ...........................
Commercial pilots ...................................................................
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical
technicians .............................................................................
Bus drivers ...................................................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ..............................................
Bus drivers, school ..................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$9.00
8.66
9.80
$11.32
9.45
11.50
$14.50
11.95
14.81
$17.60
15.00
17.99
$20.80
20.55
21.17
8.96
11.93
9.95
11.50
10.00
9.00
10.21
8.25
10.00
10.87
12.23
12.56
14.00
12.64
13.50
11.55
10.50
12.15
13.20
15.97
16.10
18.00
15.50
17.00
13.00
14.00
15.39
17.02
19.13
20.02
23.50
20.00
22.68
14.47
18.25
19.00
21.22
26.37
26.01
28.00
25.00
25.50
14.97
21.51
25.30
10.00
12.00
8.00
12.00
17.40
9.50
15.06
19.15
11.61
16.98
24.36
12.94
19.49
36.06
14.40
9.50
9.00
12.80
8.50
10.30
11.93
11.30
15.09
10.00
12.39
12.82
13.89
18.24
12.45
15.12
15.00
15.00
20.13
16.94
16.91
20.50
17.79
23.80
21.49
20.91
10.31
9.30
12.13
9.25
9.18
11.00
8.36
13.25
9.80
14.00
10.22
12.20
11.90
9.85
15.66
17.35
14.00
13.25
18.62
15.14
11.65
23.44
19.17
15.69
16.00
21.88
17.32
13.68
29.28
25.17
23.50
22.88
27.58
20.40
17.41
8.75
10.69
14.38
19.05
24.02
14.67
17.74
20.81
25.20
29.09
16.84
25.63
38.31
25.63
20.00
28.06
81.52
26.39
23.11
94.75
125.17
27.42
29.47
150.53
165.74
39.55
37.58
171.66
172.40
55.00
9.79
9.75
10.00
8.50
10.28
13.00
14.64
10.50
11.00
15.69
15.69
14.64
13.25
20.02
22.00
17.75
14.73
23.35
23.35
20.02
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-18
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 19
Full-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations –Continued
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................
Driver/sales workers ................................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .........................................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters ..........................................
Sailors and marine oilers .............................................................
Ship and boat captains and operators ..........................................
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels ............................
Parking lot attendants ..................................................................
Service station attendants ............................................................
Transportation inspectors ............................................................
Conveyor operators and tenders ..................................................
Crane and tower operators ...........................................................
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ...................
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators ........
Hoist and winch operators ...........................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..........................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ...........................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ........................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ..........
Machine feeders and offbearers ...............................................
Packers and packagers, hand ...................................................
Pumping station operators ...........................................................
Refuse and recyclable material collectors ...................................
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders .................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated
from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. For more
information, see chapter 8 of the Handbook of Methods, at
http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
10
25
50
75
90
$10.61
8.00
12.37
9.93
8.00
21.48
9.25
6.98
6.98
6.89
7.50
23.02
12.00
13.16
13.00
13.00
9.04
9.75
8.00
8.00
8.25
8.04
7.65
18.64
9.50
15.00
$13.50
10.50
14.66
11.90
8.75
28.56
9.25
17.50
26.02
8.00
8.20
25.04
12.95
16.28
14.00
14.00
15.84
11.51
9.00
9.00
9.17
9.00
8.25
18.75
9.70
15.25
$17.00
14.91
18.17
15.00
10.35
32.46
11.87
29.58
30.00
9.00
9.05
32.78
17.88
19.79
17.99
16.00
19.22
14.16
11.00
11.58
11.50
10.83
10.00
23.77
11.77
20.39
$21.20
19.43
21.40
21.62
11.08
35.87
12.50
38.50
38.67
10.15
11.00
33.52
18.86
26.50
21.69
20.12
21.03
16.90
14.07
14.00
14.90
14.13
12.62
26.85
17.08
21.30
$28.83
23.06
25.62
29.77
16.44
41.43
14.17
41.67
41.67
11.15
15.75
39.33
19.39
32.08
27.65
24.78
21.03
20.74
17.78
16.75
18.74
16.76
15.40
29.66
20.55
24.90
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
19-19
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 20
Part-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
All workers .........................................................................................
$7.25
$7.75
$9.00
$12.05
$19.50
Management occupations .............................................................
General and operations managers ................................................
Financial managers ......................................................................
Human resources managers .........................................................
Education administrators .............................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary ................................
Medical and health services managers ........................................
20.00
20.00
10.00
23.32
10.62
26.49
32.75
23.00
20.00
19.89
28.79
10.62
26.49
38.90
32.77
32.77
49.28
35.00
24.44
38.23
48.19
46.36
32.77
52.37
49.31
38.23
38.23
51.95
81.82
32.77
55.35
57.25
38.23
104.01
110.57
Business and financial operations occupations ...........................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators .........
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators .......................
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ..........
Training and development specialists .....................................
Accountants and auditors ............................................................
18.14
18.14
18.14
12.61
11.97
20.00
21.21
19.11
19.11
18.93
12.61
22.22
26.42
25.00
25.00
24.19
18.01
27.33
33.27
34.81
34.81
27.46
32.90
37.56
39.11
47.33
47.33
32.90
32.90
39.76
Computer and mathematical science occupations ......................
Computer programmers ...............................................................
Computer software engineers ......................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .............................
Computer support specialists .......................................................
Computer systems analysts ..........................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ...........................
Network systems and data communications analysts ..................
11.02
7.22
18.00
20.00
11.02
29.95
9.00
23.37
16.72
12.29
28.19
24.46
11.02
42.00
12.00
24.52
28.89
16.00
51.63
31.18
16.72
83.39
16.00
30.00
51.63
36.05
51.63
40.50
18.99
83.39
19.04
32.97
83.39
39.29
51.63
43.97
19.48
83.39
26.68
65.00
Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................
Engineers .....................................................................................
Drafters ........................................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .....................................
12.00
29.40
12.00
11.50
16.25
33.94
18.56
13.00
21.19
51.65
25.89
16.25
39.21
54.54
33.00
17.34
54.54
55.55
35.68
26.44
Life, physical, and social science occupations .............................
Life scientists ...............................................................................
Medical scientists ....................................................................
Psychologists ...............................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .......................
Biological technicians .................................................................
13.35
18.86
22.90
31.62
31.62
13.35
15.24
20.59
25.49
34.41
34.41
13.35
26.11
25.49
47.05
40.63
40.63
14.99
37.82
47.05
47.05
56.81
56.81
14.99
51.81
58.78
58.78
56.81
56.81
27.72
Community and social services occupations ...............................
Counselors ...................................................................................
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors ..............
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ......................
Mental health counselors .........................................................
Rehabilitation counselors ........................................................
Social workers .............................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers ................................
Medical and public health social workers ...............................
10.00
12.10
15.97
10.50
12.18
12.10
11.75
11.50
17.42
12.55
15.00
17.28
16.00
20.00
12.50
14.61
11.75
20.84
17.49
19.82
20.12
16.00
26.60
12.68
19.67
12.50
23.62
22.57
25.00
22.07
17.09
50.00
21.22
24.27
16.88
28.11
29.81
30.00
28.19
23.64
52.75
25.00
30.17
27.00
36.72
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
20-1
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 20
Part-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Community and social services occupations –Continued
Mental health and substance abuse social workers .................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ............
Health educators ......................................................................
Social and human service assistants ........................................
Clergy ..........................................................................................
$18.69
8.80
10.00
8.80
13.25
$20.00
10.10
15.32
9.73
13.25
$24.27
14.45
15.53
14.45
14.42
$27.81
17.95
18.99
17.00
21.25
$29.40
19.71
40.26
19.71
24.84
Legal occupations ..........................................................................
Lawyers .......................................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants .....................................................
12.00
34.09
16.75
18.86
42.79
18.86
25.53
48.08
24.00
42.79
75.00
26.25
53.72
105.78
40.61
Education, training, and library occupations .............................
Postsecondary teachers ................................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ............................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ...........................
Computer science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ...................
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Biological science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................................
Psychology teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ..........................
Education and library science teachers, postsecondary ...........
Education teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ..................
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ....................................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ....................
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ........
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .......................................
Preschool teachers, except special education ......................
Elementary and middle school teachers ..................................
Elementary school teachers, except special education ........
Secondary school teachers .......................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Other teachers and instructors .....................................................
Self-enrichment education teachers .........................................
Librarians .....................................................................................
Teacher assistants ........................................................................
8.50
18.17
17.00
14.40
47.00
14.40
19.77
19.77
19.00
19.00
27.32
27.32
20.10
20.10
10.13
24.96
20.00
20.85
50.00
14.55
19.77
19.77
25.76
19.00
33.79
27.32
25.00
25.00
12.06
34.86
24.08
43.33
55.14
17.50
20.46
20.46
26.00
19.00
41.52
28.83
25.00
25.00
20.97
41.52
24.08
55.14
59.64
29.33
31.13
31.13
50.86
19.00
45.90
47.09
28.00
28.00
36.55
48.06
59.64
59.64
59.64
31.99
51.99
51.99
72.92
44.44
49.17
76.22
29.43
29.43
17.50
23.33
29.18
32.29
57.26
20.17
20.17
13.80
16.13
16.13
10.25
10.00
10.00
15.00
11.88
14.60
21.45
25.00
14.40
25.58
26.62
14.70
13.00
13.00
16.00
16.00
41.87
25.00
25.00
23.33
37.29
37.29
20.00
17.00
17.52
20.00
17.86
54.71
37.41
37.41
33.98
40.55
37.29
23.31
23.31
23.31
37.29
28.38
55.38
37.41
37.41
42.66
42.36
42.35
40.46
23.31
23.31
40.46
40.46
55.38
14.60
10.00
11.00
14.84
7.81
41.87
12.03
16.55
19.43
9.00
54.71
14.50
20.00
23.22
10.13
55.38
20.00
22.50
25.00
11.99
55.38
28.00
25.00
29.49
12.44
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
20-2
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 20
Part-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .....
Designers .....................................................................................
Floral designers .......................................................................
Graphic designers ....................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors ..................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .........................
Coaches and scouts ..................................................................
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials ...........................
Dancers and choreographers ........................................................
Choreographers ........................................................................
Musicians, singers, and related workers ......................................
Music directors and composers ...............................................
Musicians and singers ..............................................................
Announcers ..................................................................................
Radio and television announcers .............................................
Writers and editors ......................................................................
Editors ......................................................................................
Miscellaneous media and communication workers .....................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ................................................................................
Broadcast technicians ..............................................................
$7.45
8.30
7.48
11.50
12.50
7.50
7.50
5.88
15.00
15.00
15.63
12.50
18.75
7.79
7.79
19.23
15.00
8.25
$8.50
8.76
8.30
14.64
13.26
8.50
8.71
6.99
18.59
18.59
17.86
16.07
23.37
9.00
9.00
21.00
20.00
10.66
$10.66
10.82
8.76
20.28
25.19
10.35
10.35
9.50
18.59
18.59
23.37
21.33
35.32
10.59
10.59
28.85
25.00
11.44
$18.00
20.00
10.00
25.19
25.19
12.00
12.00
13.43
25.00
25.00
43.33
32.64
58.33
12.12
12.12
36.27
28.85
18.27
$28.00
25.19
11.53
29.81
25.72
17.50
17.00
22.41
50.00
26.00
65.35
41.66
65.35
14.02
14.02
36.28
36.28
23.09
8.86
8.50
9.03
9.03
12.00
11.71
18.86
15.70
41.75
35.55
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ....................
Dietitians and nutritionists ...........................................................
Pharmacists ..................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..............................................................
Physician assistants .....................................................................
Registered nurses .........................................................................
Therapists ....................................................................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................................
Physical therapists ...................................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................................
Speech-language pathologists .................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .........................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ............................
Dental hygienists .........................................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ........................
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .........................
Diagnostic medical sonographers ............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ................................
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ........................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
Pharmacy technicians ..............................................................
Psychiatric technicians ............................................................
Respiratory therapy technicians ..............................................
15.00
23.64
23.91
62.50
34.85
22.11
23.34
31.96
28.41
23.34
40.34
13.62
22.80
13.06
25.00
13.73
13.33
26.50
18.71
10.00
8.54
8.40
10.04
18.12
20.35
23.85
44.00
81.09
34.85
26.83
28.48
33.65
33.03
23.61
45.00
17.07
25.00
14.25
27.50
19.11
13.33
29.11
20.23
11.00
10.50
10.00
12.25
22.50
28.42
24.64
50.00
118.52
45.77
31.26
35.00
38.54
36.45
27.23
50.00
23.08
28.77
18.28
33.33
26.25
13.73
36.00
25.22
12.40
14.37
13.00
13.47
28.74
36.91
25.43
54.00
184.73
49.19
38.00
45.00
45.46
45.00
29.98
58.00
29.01
30.92
22.15
46.00
31.19
25.00
57.86
29.94
13.66
18.00
16.00
17.00
29.37
49.19
31.54
56.62
184.73
68.32
46.81
55.00
55.00
50.00
35.34
116.22
31.19
37.92
26.14
50.29
40.19
32.96
57.86
38.92
15.75
23.14
18.00
22.55
39.38
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
20-3
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 20
Part-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations –Continued
Surgical technologists ..............................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ......................
Medical records and health information technicians ...................
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ...................
$15.53
16.00
9.62
8.50
$17.35
17.00
12.16
9.90
$18.40
18.74
12.85
12.84
$20.46
22.79
14.81
15.01
$25.05
26.75
15.83
25.99
Healthcare support occupations ...................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ...............................
Home health aides ...................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..................................
Psychiatric aides ......................................................................
Occupational therapist assistants and aides .................................
Occupational therapist assistants .............................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides .........................................
Physical therapist assistants .....................................................
Physical therapist aides ............................................................
Massage therapists .......................................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...........................
Dental assistants ......................................................................
Medical assistants ....................................................................
Medical equipment preparers ..................................................
Medical transcriptionists .........................................................
Pharmacy aides ........................................................................
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers ...........
8.00
7.75
7.25
8.75
8.00
10.96
11.40
10.00
10.90
8.50
12.32
8.74
9.55
10.00
11.79
12.25
8.40
7.28
9.00
8.76
8.25
9.55
8.45
11.80
13.20
10.90
12.00
10.00
14.94
10.00
12.50
11.13
12.00
15.30
9.15
8.00
10.25
10.00
9.35
10.50
10.25
25.00
25.00
14.25
28.05
12.00
19.00
12.50
13.80
13.50
12.16
16.92
10.40
9.30
12.76
11.37
10.35
12.50
12.00
33.65
33.65
28.07
29.00
13.53
24.69
15.97
18.78
16.00
15.05
19.62
13.00
10.00
16.26
13.60
12.00
14.46
12.90
35.00
35.00
32.00
35.00
14.27
28.31
20.31
23.00
18.00
20.49
21.00
21.62
14.05
Protective service occupations ......................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .......................
Security guards ........................................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ...................................
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective
service workers ..................................................................
7.50
8.00
8.00
7.30
8.01
8.50
8.50
7.50
9.50
9.85
9.85
8.25
11.68
11.70
11.70
9.00
16.00
16.37
16.37
12.15
7.26
7.50
8.25
9.00
11.56
Food preparation and serving related occupations ....................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers ..................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and
serving workers .................................................................
Cooks ...........................................................................................
Cooks, fast food .......................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...............................................
Cooks, restaurant .....................................................................
Cooks, short order ...................................................................
Food preparation workers ............................................................
Food service, tipped .....................................................................
Bartenders ................................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................................
3.50
7.25
7.58
8.50
10.00
9.25
9.50
11.31
14.50
20.00
9.31
7.25
7.25
8.00
7.55
7.25
7.25
2.13
3.75
2.13
9.50
7.55
7.25
8.43
8.17
7.28
7.45
3.00
4.75
2.68
11.10
8.50
7.81
10.00
9.80
8.00
8.00
4.75
7.25
4.23
13.29
10.25
8.25
12.04
11.25
9.50
9.10
8.00
8.00
7.25
20.50
12.00
9.15
13.50
13.00
11.50
11.00
8.50
9.00
8.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
20-4
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 20
Part-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$4.00
7.25
$6.00
7.25
$7.80
7.75
$8.40
8.50
$9.41
9.40
7.25
7.25
7.75
8.40
9.25
7.25
4.25
7.25
4.35
7.25
7.25
7.30
7.25
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
9.00
9.00
8.75
9.03
10.00
10.85
9.50
10.93
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
Building cleaning workers ...........................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping
cleaners ..............................................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Grounds maintenance workers ....................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .............................
7.30
7.25
8.00
8.00
9.00
8.85
10.75
10.57
13.89
13.60
7.25
7.25
7.71
7.51
8.00
7.98
8.75
8.75
9.00
8.55
10.00
10.00
10.74
10.00
11.90
11.90
13.60
13.57
16.03
15.55
Personal care and service occupations ........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers ......
Nonfarm animal caretakers ..........................................................
Gaming services workers ............................................................
Gaming dealers ........................................................................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers .................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers .....
Amusement and recreation attendants .....................................
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants ..........
Funeral attendants ........................................................................
Barbers and cosmetologists .........................................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists .........................
Miscellaneous personal appearance workers ...............................
Skin care specialists .................................................................
Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges ..................................
Baggage porters and bellhops ..................................................
Concierges ...............................................................................
Tour and travel guides .................................................................
Tour guides and escorts ...........................................................
Transportation attendants ............................................................
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and
baggage porters ..................................................................
Child care workers .......................................................................
Personal and home care aides ......................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ....................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ..................................
Recreation workers ..................................................................
7.25
10.18
7.25
4.75
4.65
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.50
8.50
8.00
7.87
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
9.29
7.75
7.75
9.45
7.70
11.94
7.75
5.25
5.15
7.75
7.25
7.25
8.00
8.75
8.61
8.59
7.50
7.25
8.00
7.25
9.58
8.25
8.25
10.35
8.55
15.00
8.62
6.30
5.76
9.00
7.91
7.80
8.92
10.36
11.25
11.25
8.50
12.50
9.29
7.50
12.04
9.27
9.27
10.95
10.49
17.00
9.50
7.50
6.53
14.38
8.50
8.20
9.74
13.19
15.33
15.79
12.50
20.17
12.04
9.00
15.76
13.63
13.63
12.54
14.00
17.85
12.50
8.26
7.55
14.38
10.00
9.82
10.44
14.75
23.08
23.08
20.17
20.17
16.50
9.14
20.64
17.32
17.32
36.56
9.00
7.25
7.50
7.27
7.87
7.25
10.35
7.62
7.60
8.20
9.00
8.00
10.72
8.40
8.34
10.00
12.73
9.25
11.80
9.50
9.90
13.46
19.22
11.00
12.69
11.70
10.49
19.22
28.50
13.50
Food preparation and serving related occupations –Continued
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers ..
Fast food and counter workers ....................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including
fast food .............................................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee
shop ....................................................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant .........................................................
Dishwashers .................................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop ...........
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
20-5
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 20
Part-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Sales and related occupations .......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...........................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ...........
Retail sales workers .....................................................................
Cashiers, all workers ...............................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons ....................
Counter and rental clerks .....................................................
Parts salespersons ................................................................
Retail salespersons ...................................................................
Insurance sales agents ..................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ...................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products .......................................
Models, demonstrators, and product promoters ..........................
Demonstrators and product promoters ....................................
Telemarketers ..............................................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .....................................
$7.25
9.00
9.00
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.75
7.30
10.10
8.30
$7.75
9.38
9.75
7.70
7.58
7.58
7.75
7.50
8.00
7.85
11.81
12.24
$8.50
10.84
11.00
8.50
8.29
8.28
8.50
8.25
8.76
8.67
12.75
15.00
$9.95
12.12
13.76
9.70
9.30
9.30
9.15
9.00
10.47
10.13
15.32
20.77
$12.06
17.00
18.62
11.50
10.75
10.75
11.00
10.00
11.68
12.51
29.50
28.00
8.30
8.20
8.20
7.25
7.75
10.00
9.38
9.38
8.00
8.08
14.75
10.39
10.39
10.15
9.00
20.77
12.00
12.00
12.61
11.60
28.00
15.00
15.00
15.98
15.60
Office and administrative support occupations ..........................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers .....................................................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ..................
Telephone operators ....................................................................
Financial clerks ............................................................................
Bill and account collectors ......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ...................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...............................................
Tellers ......................................................................................
Customer service representatives ................................................
File clerks ....................................................................................
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks ............................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .....................................
Library assistants, clerical ...........................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks .......................................................
New accounts clerks ....................................................................
Order clerks .................................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping .....
Receptionists and information clerks ..........................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks ...
Cargo and freight agents ..............................................................
Couriers and messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..................................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .....................
Meter readers, utilities .................................................................
7.96
9.00
11.00
14.26
18.00
10.00
8.15
9.04
9.02
8.00
10.00
9.25
12.11
9.00
7.50
8.25
7.25
8.00
8.42
8.04
8.89
7.25
8.00
8.00
9.02
13.01
8.00
9.23
9.23
8.12
13.79
8.40
10.24
10.74
11.50
11.25
11.25
13.65
10.15
8.75
9.40
7.50
8.81
9.80
11.33
12.99
8.60
8.00
9.00
10.20
14.57
8.50
9.23
9.23
11.54
15.00
10.11
13.50
12.37
12.63
12.98
15.00
14.42
11.50
10.00
10.64
8.25
10.45
12.82
13.50
13.73
10.67
14.00
10.00
13.01
16.91
10.50
11.32
11.32
16.82
20.00
11.03
15.00
15.05
15.78
15.10
18.00
19.79
12.66
13.10
11.23
9.33
12.92
16.38
20.31
15.74
14.20
16.74
12.55
20.17
39.00
11.62
16.25
16.25
16.82
27.14
13.00
18.19
19.45
20.06
19.82
21.27
25.08
14.53
15.62
14.04
11.00
17.00
16.38
21.51
19.16
21.39
24.98
15.15
21.86
40.00
12.24
17.88
17.08
16.82
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
20-6
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 20
Part-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Office and administrative support occupations –Continued
Production, planning, and expediting clerks ...............................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .........................................
Stock clerks and order fillers .......................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .....................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ................
Legal secretaries ......................................................................
Medical secretaries ..................................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ....................
Data entry and information processing workers ..........................
Data entry keyers .....................................................................
Word processors and typists ....................................................
Desktop publishers ......................................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ............................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service ..
Office clerks, general ...................................................................
Office machine operators, except computer ................................
$8.37
8.05
7.25
10.00
13.00
15.39
10.27
9.15
8.65
8.50
9.15
11.00
12.00
7.25
8.27
7.60
$8.37
8.50
7.80
13.00
15.00
19.00
12.00
10.51
10.48
10.24
12.31
11.50
13.50
8.50
10.00
8.00
$13.41
9.35
8.66
15.50
16.00
23.08
14.20
14.25
13.00
12.78
15.00
21.42
17.22
9.63
12.00
10.19
$19.06
11.60
9.98
18.75
18.75
23.08
16.75
16.28
14.50
14.20
17.11
27.27
19.50
13.41
14.42
10.78
$24.20
14.25
11.73
23.08
22.50
26.11
22.00
18.77
16.85
16.57
25.75
27.27
19.50
14.70
18.15
12.00
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................
Miscellaneous agricultural workers .............................................
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals ....................................
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.25
7.58
7.58
7.58
10.00
10.00
9.06
12.50
12.50
12.50
Construction and extraction occupations ....................................
Carpenters ....................................................................................
Construction laborers ...................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ....................................
Helpers, construction trades ........................................................
Helpers--carpenters ..................................................................
8.27
12.60
7.25
9.48
9.48
14.00
14.00
9.00
10.00
10.00
15.32
7.50
10.01
10.01
14.00
14.00
10.15
12.00
13.71
15.76
9.00
10.59
10.59
15.00
15.00
12.57
13.47
17.00
23.58
12.50
15.84
15.84
15.00
15.00
13.47
13.47
23.00
23.68
22.00
23.73
23.73
31.00
31.00
17.00
13.47
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ....................
Automotive technicians and repairers .........................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ......................
Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanic,
installers, and repairers ..........................................................
Tire repairers and changers .....................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers ..................................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers .....
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers ..........
8.42
8.50
8.50
8.90
9.00
9.00
11.39
10.28
10.28
15.00
13.05
13.05
27.39
15.19
15.19
7.50
7.50
8.00
8.00
10.00
10.00
12.50
12.50
14.00
15.00
8.42
8.42
8.30
8.00
10.00
8.42
8.48
8.48
12.50
12.00
9.75
8.48
15.14
15.41
14.97
9.00
30.23
33.59
18.59
12.01
Production occupations .................................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers ..........
7.69
8.45
8.25
9.19
9.61
10.50
12.00
11.50
15.00
13.00
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
20-7
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 20
Part-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ......................
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators ...................................
Bakers ..........................................................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers ..
Butchers and meat cutters ........................................................
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers ...........................
Miscellaneous food processing workers ......................................
Food batchmakers ....................................................................
Machine tool cutting setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic .....................................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ....................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..................................
Bookbinders and bindery workers ...............................................
Bindery workers ......................................................................
Printers .........................................................................................
Printing machine operators ......................................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ..............................................
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials ..........................
Sewing machine operators ...........................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....................
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders .................
Photographic process workers and processing machine
operators ................................................................................
Photographic processing machine operators ...........................
Miscellaneous production workers ..............................................
Helpers--production workers ...................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .....................
Bus drivers ...................................................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ..............................................
Bus drivers, school ..................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................
Driver/sales workers ................................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .........................................................
Parking lot attendants ..................................................................
Service station attendants ............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..........................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ...........................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ........................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ..........
10
25
50
75
90
$8.24
8.00
7.75
7.11
9.00
7.11
8.50
8.00
$9.19
8.25
8.50
8.00
10.00
7.11
9.00
9.00
$10.77
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.80
8.60
10.75
10.05
$11.50
12.45
10.75
13.00
13.60
10.50
12.50
13.25
$13.00
15.75
13.76
18.40
21.22
16.00
15.00
15.00
8.00
12.99
12.18
7.25
7.25
6.50
7.25
7.50
8.00
7.59
7.50
8.00
10.00
12.99
12.99
8.00
8.00
7.25
8.00
8.00
9.00
8.00
9.46
9.51
11.50
13.13
13.13
8.25
8.25
10.00
12.50
8.25
9.00
9.68
11.04
10.05
25.06
13.77
13.13
10.00
10.00
12.50
14.39
9.72
10.50
11.00
12.70
11.75
25.06
18.00
18.00
10.85
10.85
25.00
25.00
10.63
12.00
11.00
14.00
14.00
7.61
7.46
8.00
8.00
8.00
7.95
8.25
8.25
8.25
8.20
9.00
8.84
10.84
10.84
11.43
10.40
12.21
11.00
16.24
17.95
7.25
9.50
8.50
9.75
6.91
6.00
10.50
7.50
7.50
7.48
8.00
9.13
7.30
7.25
7.45
8.00
11.08
9.80
11.13
7.25
7.25
14.93
8.40
8.00
7.82
8.00
10.50
8.00
8.00
8.25
9.41
13.24
12.01
13.35
8.40
7.25
17.06
10.00
9.00
8.35
8.40
12.43
9.00
8.50
9.99
12.35
15.63
15.63
15.65
11.19
8.25
19.23
12.36
11.00
9.96
9.09
15.84
11.33
9.00
12.53
16.50
17.94
19.38
17.90
17.06
10.50
22.81
17.58
20.80
20.00
11.55
18.29
13.88
10.00
14.94
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
20-8
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 20
Part-time private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations –Continued
Machine feeders and offbearers ...............................................
Packers and packagers, hand ...................................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated
from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. For more
information, see chapter 8 of the Handbook of Methods, at
http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
10
25
50
75
90
$7.25
7.25
$8.15
7.50
$9.50
8.25
$10.50
9.40
$10.95
11.25
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
20-9
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 21
State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
All workers .........................................................................................
$11.77
$15.52
$22.27
$33.01
$45.31
Management occupations .............................................................
Chief executives ..........................................................................
General and operations managers ................................................
Legislators ...................................................................................
Public relations managers ............................................................
Administrative services managers ...............................................
Computer and information systems managers ............................
Financial managers ......................................................................
Human resources managers .........................................................
Compensation and benefits managers .....................................
Training and development managers .......................................
Purchasing managers ...................................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ....................
Construction managers ................................................................
Education administrators .............................................................
Education administrators, preschool and child care
center/program ...................................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..
Education administrators, postsecondary ................................
Engineering managers .................................................................
Food service managers ................................................................
Medical and health services managers ........................................
Natural sciences managers ..........................................................
Property, real estate, and community association managers .......
Social and community service managers ....................................
22.97
24.02
22.65
11.56
19.52
23.08
29.04
23.85
22.83
24.04
18.59
23.53
26.07
21.98
25.80
30.78
42.12
28.31
14.81
22.89
28.14
31.05
32.30
29.88
29.88
22.83
23.59
33.50
27.02
35.75
40.15
55.17
35.38
23.92
33.89
36.96
43.96
43.95
35.39
35.75
32.97
31.36
42.76
36.16
44.93
51.92
72.68
51.63
35.16
50.25
43.77
51.48
52.08
48.03
42.18
35.39
34.59
46.26
44.43
54.63
63.37
91.84
64.22
44.23
50.30
48.96
65.47
63.66
58.15
48.03
56.17
44.10
53.71
49.60
63.43
16.97
34.35
21.36
38.46
18.44
26.52
23.34
18.00
22.03
19.38
39.33
25.80
41.42
20.57
30.80
25.12
24.29
30.64
30.94
47.60
35.75
53.69
28.75
41.90
36.40
28.82
34.71
39.11
56.07
52.48
57.12
31.20
53.17
54.01
33.32
39.51
39.32
63.16
69.71
60.69
34.29
92.82
55.30
37.30
46.55
16.58
17.94
19.79
21.56
24.65
25.24
31.28
30.77
38.15
37.67
17.65
18.76
18.76
21.52
23.08
23.08
24.78
28.66
28.66
30.77
33.00
33.00
37.67
39.99
39.99
14.30
19.04
15.17
12.97
19.26
16.81
18.30
19.43
17.82
12.02
21.16
17.27
19.06
22.25
18.82
14.13
21.80
19.71
20.86
22.85
20.70
17.10
23.85
20.92
21.83
46.89
23.57
15.20
24.39
25.74
25.17
23.36
25.39
21.50
27.11
26.74
27.73
47.16
32.74
19.55
34.51
34.56
33.62
25.00
31.20
28.85
32.57
30.51
32.20
47.16
44.17
23.58
44.17
45.39
40.11
37.50
36.73
35.64
37.61
34.97
Business and financial operations occupations ...........................
Buyers and purchasing agents .....................................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products .............................................................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators .........
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators .......................
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health
and safety, and transportation ................................................
Emergency management specialists ............................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ..........
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists .............
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists ..............
Training and development specialists .....................................
Management analysts ..................................................................
Meeting and convention planners ................................................
Accountants and auditors ............................................................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate ........................................
Budget analysts ............................................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ...................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
21-1
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 21
State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Business and financial operations occupations –Continued
Financial analysts ....................................................................
Insurance underwriters ............................................................
Financial examiners .....................................................................
Loan counselors and officers .......................................................
Loan counselors .......................................................................
Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and revenue agents ..........
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents .......................
$19.83
14.68
19.16
17.87
17.87
12.89
12.89
$21.39
17.98
19.48
21.00
21.00
14.97
15.16
$29.68
26.74
23.89
24.62
24.62
20.69
21.01
$34.97
27.97
37.76
24.93
24.93
27.98
28.15
$37.59
28.27
43.57
34.17
34.17
34.94
34.94
Computer and mathematical science occupations ......................
Computer programmers ...............................................................
Computer software engineers ......................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .............................
Computer support specialists .......................................................
Computer systems analysts ..........................................................
Database administrators ...............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ...........................
Network systems and data communications analysts ..................
Statisticians ..................................................................................
18.57
21.84
19.60
19.60
16.53
20.54
22.04
19.09
20.42
13.10
22.48
24.34
25.12
22.07
18.99
26.83
26.07
23.67
23.39
15.87
28.06
29.05
34.38
34.38
23.17
33.11
31.80
28.56
29.50
22.46
35.30
35.07
37.93
36.91
26.58
39.16
34.57
37.17
35.36
29.16
41.02
40.89
44.10
44.10
31.42
46.86
39.03
43.32
38.96
29.16
Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................
Architects, except naval ...............................................................
Architects, except landscape and naval ...................................
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists ......................
Surveyors .................................................................................
Engineers .....................................................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ........................................
Electrical engineers .............................................................
Environmental engineers .........................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ....................
Drafters ........................................................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .....................................
Civil engineering technicians ..................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ...................
Surveying and mapping technicians ............................................
19.22
31.60
35.42
19.92
24.23
25.44
26.42
27.86
27.86
25.39
20.92
16.90
16.90
15.83
15.38
20.76
14.83
24.27
34.47
39.73
19.92
26.62
29.08
30.38
31.82
28.48
27.83
34.65
21.13
21.13
18.70
17.81
22.46
17.73
30.57
40.55
42.64
26.62
34.04
35.46
37.01
41.08
34.65
33.70
41.88
26.22
26.22
23.14
22.81
27.98
23.02
39.23
45.09
45.09
34.04
42.77
42.52
44.40
43.88
41.92
42.61
43.86
29.98
35.71
26.98
26.60
35.09
26.70
46.77
47.60
47.60
47.33
47.33
48.63
48.63
52.52
47.37
50.43
56.06
40.28
40.28
33.04
29.79
38.90
29.04
Life, physical, and social science occupations .............................
Life scientists ...............................................................................
Agricultural and food scientists ...............................................
Biological scientists .................................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists .............................................
Zoologists and wildlife biologists .......................................
Conservation scientists and foresters .......................................
Conservation scientists ........................................................
16.39
17.09
15.50
20.13
17.99
20.94
20.97
20.97
20.54
20.58
16.10
21.95
19.69
21.95
21.50
21.50
25.82
21.95
17.09
25.51
22.29
24.95
26.57
25.13
34.49
28.91
17.66
31.47
28.76
26.25
29.93
29.91
45.39
35.64
21.77
35.61
28.76
35.61
35.64
33.89
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
21-2
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 21
State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$26.85
19.11
20.58
21.11
21.11
19.81
19.62
26.14
26.05
22.01
11.08
9.17
14.26
17.06
12.74
12.98
$26.85
20.58
24.26
28.20
28.20
23.92
23.42
29.70
29.61
24.58
12.40
9.84
17.60
19.09
12.74
16.48
$28.91
21.71
29.01
28.20
28.20
30.02
30.07
38.66
38.42
31.05
16.94
14.60
20.19
23.67
13.05
19.23
$47.08
26.67
35.03
31.38
31.38
37.08
39.50
46.44
46.29
40.63
25.01
20.14
24.34
24.52
16.09
25.22
$52.54
37.47
44.80
34.49
34.49
43.83
43.83
56.20
56.41
51.70
39.61
23.14
26.00
26.15
19.89
32.81
13.63
15.65
8.87
18.12
21.54
15.34
22.96
26.30
17.88
29.65
30.98
18.50
32.81
44.32
23.69
Community and social services occupations ...............................
Counselors ...................................................................................
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors ..............
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ......................
Mental health counselors .........................................................
Rehabilitation counselors ........................................................
Social workers .............................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers ................................
Medical and public health social workers ...............................
Mental health and substance abuse social workers .................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ............
Health educators ......................................................................
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists ........
Social and human service assistants ........................................
Clergy ..........................................................................................
15.09
17.11
15.38
19.54
15.51
15.75
15.05
15.52
14.39
13.60
13.80
16.81
15.61
12.30
22.10
17.65
20.87
18.15
24.80
17.31
18.53
17.48
17.79
15.90
16.47
16.07
18.23
18.24
14.23
24.26
22.43
28.16
23.25
35.12
19.55
22.27
21.60
22.10
19.81
18.89
20.49
23.08
23.58
16.57
27.10
30.78
40.23
36.30
44.75
24.59
27.14
28.46
30.39
23.43
25.91
25.70
31.99
29.06
20.34
29.14
41.43
51.18
45.80
55.99
32.63
31.06
35.54
38.82
30.58
31.76
33.06
32.85
37.47
23.73
31.11
Legal occupations ..........................................................................
Lawyers .......................................................................................
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ..........................
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates .............................
Paralegals and legal assistants .....................................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ..........................................
Court reporters .........................................................................
17.72
23.56
24.49
25.75
24.49
13.79
16.00
14.04
23.01
29.22
31.50
31.28
39.95
18.70
17.99
17.15
31.36
37.66
44.33
34.76
62.08
23.01
21.91
25.23
44.33
49.87
62.75
47.68
75.11
25.25
27.19
29.53
62.08
62.00
76.92
62.75
88.66
31.36
33.06
41.69
Life, physical, and social science occupations –Continued
Foresters ..............................................................................
Medical scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ........................................................................
Chemists and materials scientists ............................................
Chemists ..............................................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists .............................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health ..
Psychologists ...............................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .......................
Urban and regional planners ........................................................
Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers ...................
Agricultural and food science technicians ...................................
Biological technicians .................................................................
Chemical technicians ...................................................................
Social science research assistants ................................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians ......
Environmental science and protection technicians, including
health .................................................................................
Forensic science technicians ....................................................
Forest and conservation technicians ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
21-3
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 21
State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Legal occupations –Continued
Law clerks ...............................................................................
Education, training, and library occupations .............................
Postsecondary teachers ................................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ............................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ...........................
Computer science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ...................
Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary ............
Engineering teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Biological science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary ..............................
Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers,
postsecondary ................................................................
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Physics teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................................
Economics teachers, postsecondary ....................................
Political science teachers, postsecondary ............................
Psychology teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Sociology teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ..........................
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary .................
Education and library science teachers, postsecondary ...........
Education teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers,
postsecondary ................................................................
Law teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Social work teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ..................
Communications teachers, postsecondary ...........................
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
History teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ....................................
Graduate teaching assistants ................................................
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary ......
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ....................
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ........
10
25
50
75
90
$18.33
$20.27
$23.71
$27.81
$31.02
13.45
24.42
34.63
27.78
25.81
30.66
27.21
27.21
21.49
20.86
32.03
23.92
32.71
57.14
34.01
30.36
34.01
34.01
34.01
29.47
27.50
36.96
33.17
44.21
67.80
40.39
61.72
39.38
53.11
53.11
41.40
36.44
46.96
44.26
59.62
72.63
58.47
69.77
49.78
68.27
68.27
56.92
60.60
58.81
56.54
79.72
74.73
65.43
116.27
60.67
77.18
81.14
98.97
98.97
73.12
28.42
32.18
34.64
32.88
46.78
32.88
31.73
36.73
27.21
29.24
26.65
25.10
25.10
28.42
44.21
37.30
36.73
54.68
33.17
41.15
45.29
31.71
40.15
27.89
27.15
27.15
28.42
46.96
40.03
45.38
62.31
38.46
44.14
53.63
45.46
51.44
31.70
33.94
33.94
75.29
56.73
61.06
59.74
84.33
45.38
44.37
64.23
71.62
89.45
44.20
44.23
44.23
78.58
70.69
73.12
77.91
96.15
53.48
46.20
72.31
91.78
111.73
50.85
49.20
49.20
39.74
59.62
83.34
110.08
139.90
36.22
67.24
33.97
36.22
81.73
36.77
46.39
90.52
41.56
48.46
137.37
45.39
49.54
139.90
45.39
26.31
29.15
35.81
13.50
32.64
35.68
20.82
12.47
20.00
21.50
25.58
35.07
35.07
37.96
30.47
38.44
37.52
28.29
12.47
28.87
21.88
29.95
44.29
44.52
42.35
39.60
52.97
47.12
39.19
12.47
29.50
27.15
36.32
55.00
55.50
45.79
49.75
58.80
61.55
50.60
12.47
44.49
38.21
45.66
68.24
69.15
49.64
62.01
66.67
72.60
65.03
16.42
49.92
55.00
55.98
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
21-4
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 21
State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .......................................
Preschool teachers, except special education ......................
Kindergarten teachers, except special education .................
Elementary and middle school teachers ..................................
Elementary school teachers, except special education ........
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Secondary school teachers .......................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...............
Special education teachers .......................................................
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ..........................................................
Special education teachers, middle school ..........................
Special education teachers, secondary school .....................
Other teachers and instructors .....................................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and
instructors ..........................................................................
Self-enrichment education teachers .........................................
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians ............................
Archivists .................................................................................
Curators ...................................................................................
Librarians .....................................................................................
Library technicians ......................................................................
Farm and home management advisors ........................................
Instructional coordinators ............................................................
Teacher assistants ........................................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .....
Designers .....................................................................................
Graphic designers ....................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors ..................................................
Producers and directors ...........................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .........................
Coaches and scouts ..................................................................
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials ...........................
Public relations specialists ...........................................................
Writers and editors ......................................................................
Miscellaneous media and communication workers .....................
Interpreters and translators ......................................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ................................................................................
Audio and video equipment technicians ..................................
10
25
50
75
90
$20.99
14.58
24.86
25.57
25.44
$26.28
16.58
28.74
29.88
29.88
$33.26
27.91
35.03
36.71
36.91
$40.30
37.35
42.04
46.08
46.55
$50.93
44.38
52.31
56.89
57.18
26.01
26.38
29.87
30.44
36.10
36.30
44.94
45.12
55.97
54.74
26.51
25.08
25.49
30.54
28.45
30.66
36.26
36.37
36.21
45.19
44.03
45.79
55.31
51.16
56.01
24.35
28.22
26.82
9.95
29.47
32.91
31.24
13.57
36.13
36.22
36.53
23.20
46.31
45.95
45.67
36.64
55.97
55.89
59.32
50.19
17.22
19.00
14.75
15.97
14.75
15.94
11.24
17.03
22.25
9.90
21.54
28.95
17.45
17.45
18.76
21.91
13.11
17.80
26.56
11.20
29.22
33.90
25.53
36.28
19.89
26.12
15.18
21.04
33.11
13.15
39.88
39.80
36.28
39.63
27.91
34.75
18.68
26.30
41.98
16.00
49.46
52.28
39.63
39.63
34.59
44.65
24.03
26.30
49.67
19.27
14.56
20.79
20.79
16.47
16.47
12.00
13.79
9.63
17.00
21.26
10.07
9.81
17.61
24.29
24.29
16.47
16.47
16.29
17.56
10.14
18.53
22.15
14.00
15.06
21.95
28.15
28.15
19.78
19.78
21.39
23.32
16.64
26.39
24.75
20.36
23.00
26.39
34.16
34.16
25.99
25.99
28.25
30.29
17.55
29.86
26.62
25.53
25.53
35.53
46.94
46.94
30.41
30.41
51.99
51.99
20.00
37.53
36.58
35.31
35.31
15.08
16.33
17.18
18.27
20.59
21.92
21.95
23.75
24.29
24.97
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
21-5
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 21
State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ....................
Dietitians and nutritionists ...........................................................
Pharmacists ..................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..............................................................
Psychiatrists .............................................................................
Registered nurses .........................................................................
Therapists ....................................................................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................................
Physical therapists ...................................................................
Recreational therapists .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................................
Speech-language pathologists .................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .........................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ............................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ........................
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .........................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ................................
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ........................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
Pharmacy technicians ..............................................................
Psychiatric technicians ............................................................
Surgical technologists ..............................................................
Veterinary technologists and technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ......................
Medical records and health information technicians ...................
Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians ...................
Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians ........
Occupational health and safety specialists ..............................
Miscellaneous healthcare practitioner and technical workers .....
Athletic trainers .......................................................................
$14.36
14.86
44.15
12.19
33.97
21.49
24.91
28.53
31.45
12.50
23.99
27.12
14.71
18.45
11.87
18.00
11.18
19.16
9.92
11.54
11.54
10.57
15.41
13.06
14.00
11.59
11.30
14.31
14.71
14.08
14.08
$18.87
17.05
50.92
19.57
73.23
25.54
28.84
31.75
34.88
14.19
26.32
32.35
17.58
22.38
16.66
21.93
11.18
22.00
13.35
12.95
12.20
12.30
16.96
13.51
15.28
13.96
17.09
17.31
17.29
16.83
16.83
$25.53
21.38
52.38
26.39
79.39
29.81
34.24
35.07
34.88
18.59
28.62
36.09
22.37
23.84
19.01
25.98
19.25
26.35
16.65
15.69
14.70
19.23
18.46
15.00
17.64
16.93
20.52
22.98
22.98
17.31
17.31
$33.36
25.53
56.02
80.04
84.13
36.21
40.51
45.00
40.18
30.25
29.36
45.52
23.84
27.39
22.47
30.25
23.06
29.34
21.67
21.37
17.48
24.63
20.29
16.00
20.22
18.98
20.83
30.61
30.38
19.23
19.23
$45.17
27.87
58.50
97.55
101.03
45.18
54.10
58.55
47.11
33.10
31.72
54.71
28.20
29.74
24.10
38.83
24.54
34.97
26.48
25.82
22.51
26.80
25.24
16.52
23.28
21.78
21.90
34.04
34.34
21.19
21.19
Healthcare support occupations ...................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ...............................
Home health aides ...................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..................................
Psychiatric aides ......................................................................
Occupational therapist assistants and aides .................................
Physical therapist assistants and aides .........................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...........................
Dental assistants ......................................................................
Medical assistants ....................................................................
Medical equipment preparers ..................................................
Medical transcriptionists .........................................................
9.39
9.31
8.58
8.72
9.96
10.56
13.64
9.67
11.04
10.50
8.76
10.84
10.41
10.24
9.32
10.00
11.83
15.21
13.71
11.14
13.88
12.97
12.00
10.84
12.93
12.18
10.10
11.44
14.75
17.32
23.28
13.75
16.70
13.75
13.87
10.84
16.42
15.94
13.35
14.63
17.84
25.21
25.58
16.68
17.48
15.95
15.63
20.01
19.91
19.06
16.87
17.65
20.75
25.27
29.69
22.08
22.73
18.32
25.72
21.81
Protective service occupations ......................................................
13.37
16.66
22.62
30.36
37.77
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
21-6
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 21
State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Protective service occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers ........
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers .........
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives ........
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention
workers ..................................................................................
Fire fighters .................................................................................
Fire inspectors .............................................................................
Fire inspectors and investigators .............................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ....................................
Bailiffs .....................................................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ..............................................
Detectives and criminal investigators ..........................................
Fish and game wardens ...............................................................
Parking enforcement workers ......................................................
Police officers ..............................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ..........................................
Animal control workers ...............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .......................
Security guards ........................................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ...................................
Crossing guards .......................................................................
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective
service workers ..................................................................
Food preparation and serving related occupations ....................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers ..................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and
serving workers .................................................................
Cooks ...........................................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...............................................
Food preparation workers ............................................................
Food service, tipped .....................................................................
Waiters and waitresses ............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers ..
Fast food and counter workers ....................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including
fast food .............................................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee
shop ....................................................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant .........................................................
Dishwashers .................................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
10
25
50
75
90
$20.36
17.14
22.49
$26.81
20.67
29.95
$34.51
26.87
36.96
$44.09
34.34
45.72
$51.92
42.76
53.33
16.72
12.26
21.64
21.65
13.22
14.69
13.22
16.64
10.02
11.61
16.12
16.12
9.59
10.41
10.41
8.09
7.29
22.17
15.97
21.65
21.65
14.94
22.86
14.93
20.60
19.16
13.11
20.45
20.45
11.80
12.29
12.29
9.28
9.11
27.58
21.22
24.90
24.90
17.99
27.72
17.89
28.06
25.55
14.95
26.98
26.98
13.02
16.01
15.84
13.52
10.75
34.64
25.86
28.89
28.35
24.26
32.12
23.76
36.60
25.55
19.50
33.95
33.95
14.75
20.15
20.11
20.02
13.92
42.35
32.43
37.92
33.31
31.00
33.10
30.58
43.61
26.17
25.73
39.55
39.55
22.42
22.89
22.73
26.12
18.16
7.43
8.25
9.88
16.61
26.24
8.10
9.74
11.80
14.57
18.64
9.83
12.61
16.53
20.24
23.97
9.83
8.40
8.41
8.10
5.31
5.15
9.21
8.43
12.86
9.71
9.73
10.00
8.00
5.30
10.02
9.95
17.13
11.36
11.40
11.75
9.78
5.38
12.22
11.48
20.39
14.34
14.34
14.32
13.05
7.50
14.14
13.46
23.97
17.81
17.95
15.66
14.14
8.37
14.61
15.54
8.74
9.96
11.42
13.48
15.54
7.52
8.00
7.25
8.75
8.98
7.64
11.64
10.38
9.11
12.77
13.78
10.00
15.03
16.34
12.31
9.09
10.65
13.76
17.49
21.63
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
21-7
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 21
State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$14.75
$17.64
$19.44
$24.40
$36.32
14.65
17.64
19.44
22.41
38.01
14.75
9.04
18.62
10.43
21.80
13.18
26.70
16.35
36.32
19.98
9.07
8.00
11.00
9.06
9.25
19.22
10.49
9.24
12.55
10.98
11.07
19.22
13.37
10.55
13.52
14.28
14.28
19.22
16.49
12.81
16.00
19.22
18.39
23.50
20.12
15.23
22.22
24.15
24.15
27.58
Personal care and service occupations ........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers ......
Nonfarm animal caretakers ..........................................................
Gaming services workers ............................................................
Gaming dealers ........................................................................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers .................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers .....
Amusement and recreation attendants .....................................
Tour and travel guides .................................................................
Transportation attendants ............................................................
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and
baggage porters ..................................................................
Child care workers .......................................................................
Personal and home care aides ......................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ....................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ..................................
Recreation workers ..................................................................
Residential advisors .....................................................................
7.30
12.03
12.98
7.25
5.32
5.15
7.25
7.25
7.25
10.76
8.66
8.74
12.19
18.59
7.25
6.47
5.32
7.28
7.34
7.30
14.06
9.44
12.00
16.00
19.84
8.25
8.00
6.65
8.00
8.19
8.19
15.70
11.29
16.00
20.75
20.97
8.74
10.24
8.00
9.76
10.92
10.92
16.23
14.30
19.84
26.33
23.01
8.96
13.48
8.40
10.26
19.24
19.24
16.23
18.91
8.66
8.05
8.75
8.00
9.10
8.00
15.59
9.44
9.78
9.99
9.25
9.99
9.25
16.05
11.29
13.20
11.30
11.78
13.50
11.71
16.94
14.30
14.57
15.19
17.00
17.67
16.95
19.26
18.91
16.81
15.19
20.29
18.18
20.52
21.32
Sales and related occupations .......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...........................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ...........
Retail sales workers .....................................................................
Cashiers, all workers ...............................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................................
Retail salespersons ...................................................................
8.59
17.16
17.16
8.36
8.50
8.74
8.00
11.22
17.16
17.16
10.09
10.48
10.99
11.73
15.36
21.50
21.50
13.00
12.99
13.56
14.49
19.88
27.82
27.82
18.21
18.01
18.79
19.55
26.34
31.11
31.11
21.66
21.66
22.00
21.09
Office and administrative support occupations ..........................
11.27
13.36
16.65
20.42
24.48
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
–Continued
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning
and maintenance workers ......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers ...............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service,
and groundskeeping workers .............................................
Building cleaning workers ...........................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping
cleaners ..............................................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Pest control workers ....................................................................
Grounds maintenance workers ....................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .............................
Tree trimmers and pruners .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
21-8
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 21
State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Office and administrative support occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers .....................................................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ..................
Financial clerks ............................................................................
Bill and account collectors ......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ...................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...............................................
Procurement clerks ..................................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ............................................
Customer service representatives ................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ...........................
File clerks ....................................................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .....................................
Library assistants, clerical ...........................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping .....
Receptionists and information clerks ..........................................
Couriers and messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..................................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ..................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .....................
Meter readers, utilities .................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks ...............................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .........................................
Stock clerks and order fillers .......................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ....
Secretaries and administrative assistants .....................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ................
Legal secretaries ......................................................................
Medical secretaries ..................................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ....................
Computer operators .....................................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ..........................
Data entry keyers .....................................................................
Word processors and typists ....................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ............................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service ..
Office clerks, general ...................................................................
Office machine operators, except computer ................................
Statistical assistants .....................................................................
$13.04
9.22
12.22
9.24
11.66
12.73
14.37
11.78
11.70
11.00
13.03
10.00
9.74
8.25
12.59
10.02
7.25
11.04
11.04
12.79
8.74
14.95
10.66
10.86
14.81
12.07
13.29
11.74
11.45
11.50
12.46
11.55
11.42
12.29
11.99
8.55
10.92
8.17
13.35
$16.66
9.50
14.75
12.57
13.75
15.14
16.85
12.04
13.00
13.23
14.81
12.34
11.04
10.00
14.95
11.46
9.00
13.73
13.34
15.02
10.66
15.29
12.57
12.87
15.64
14.43
15.63
15.39
13.16
13.75
12.46
13.98
13.98
14.18
13.78
8.59
12.82
8.18
13.46
$20.21
14.15
18.15
14.54
15.39
18.51
19.03
16.73
16.33
16.35
17.45
14.94
12.26
12.29
19.06
14.09
11.05
17.50
17.10
21.54
16.29
16.40
14.57
16.44
16.83
17.68
19.11
19.82
15.16
16.64
12.46
16.36
16.25
16.36
20.19
12.65
15.58
13.10
20.47
$23.79
17.44
20.96
18.38
19.12
21.14
21.91
23.93
19.86
18.41
20.07
18.57
14.42
14.72
22.54
17.91
13.81
22.66
21.21
28.25
21.32
23.52
16.69
19.03
19.55
21.49
23.51
24.10
20.25
19.84
14.82
18.72
19.19
18.55
21.52
15.78
18.80
16.52
22.27
$28.63
22.80
24.43
23.29
21.87
24.44
25.02
25.46
24.75
22.07
23.49
20.20
17.47
19.30
24.99
21.44
21.34
29.65
28.14
36.43
23.43
25.20
25.21
23.25
19.55
25.98
27.36
30.40
21.31
24.17
21.34
21.68
21.62
21.76
24.14
16.92
21.59
16.52
24.79
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................
Forest and conservation workers .................................................
10.97
8.58
15.00
9.00
20.43
11.83
22.16
22.98
25.96
23.43
Construction and extraction occupations ....................................
12.18
14.13
18.47
24.60
31.72
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
21-9
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 21
State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers .................................................................
Carpenters ....................................................................................
Construction laborers ...................................................................
Construction equipment operators ...............................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .............
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ............................................................................
Electricians ..................................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................
Pipelayers ................................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ....................................
Helpers, construction trades ........................................................
Construction and building inspectors ..........................................
Highway maintenance workers ...................................................
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners .............................
Miscellaneous construction and related workers .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers .................................................................................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers ..........
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .................................................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ..........................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and
industrial equipment ..........................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation,
and relay ............................................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers .........................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ......................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...............
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and
mechanics ..............................................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ..............
Control and valve installers and repairers ...................................
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical
door ....................................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers .................................................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers ..................................................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$16.16
12.70
9.86
11.85
10.50
$19.56
16.17
11.01
13.63
11.79
$25.16
20.48
13.58
15.88
12.39
$28.98
24.49
20.74
20.37
17.97
$33.10
31.90
26.16
24.98
25.84
12.00
16.20
13.25
13.25
11.07
10.79
12.77
10.79
16.90
12.18
12.36
10.00
13.82
20.84
15.87
15.87
14.15
11.57
16.02
13.65
19.00
13.60
14.33
16.99
16.24
27.18
20.47
20.47
18.82
13.18
21.57
15.56
23.27
16.69
17.52
21.84
20.39
32.72
35.00
35.00
27.43
15.62
29.34
19.94
28.82
20.61
26.02
26.29
24.98
39.85
35.00
35.00
32.10
17.43
37.05
24.17
33.91
24.77
28.77
28.51
13.26
16.29
20.22
26.41
32.25
17.67
11.47
21.45
20.16
26.96
20.16
30.93
20.16
39.20
20.16
19.43
19.71
23.03
28.55
36.24
17.23
20.51
27.35
38.28
47.21
12.72
20.13
25.25
39.38
47.21
19.11
13.92
13.92
14.48
20.51
16.05
15.90
17.45
27.35
20.10
20.10
22.76
38.28
23.98
23.55
27.14
48.56
29.52
29.17
30.91
15.90
15.36
12.49
19.18
15.90
13.26
26.08
23.01
16.97
27.58
26.08
21.68
30.97
30.97
25.60
12.49
13.26
16.97
21.68
25.60
16.06
18.50
22.12
27.82
43.41
12.36
15.55
18.90
23.16
29.33
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
21-10
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 21
State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations –Continued
Industrial machinery mechanics ..............................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ................................
Line installers and repairers .........................................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ..........................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers .....
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers ..........
Production occupations .................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers ..................................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ....................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..................................
Printers .........................................................................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ..............................................
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers ...................
Power plant operators ..............................................................
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ...................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators ....
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....................
Miscellaneous production workers ..............................................
Helpers--production workers ...................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .....................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ...........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ...................
Bus drivers ...................................................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ..............................................
Bus drivers, school ..................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .........................................................
Subway and streetcar operators ...................................................
Parking lot attendants ..................................................................
Transportation inspectors ............................................................
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ...................
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators ........
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..........................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ...........................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment ........................................
10
25
50
75
90
$18.14
12.23
16.14
16.14
12.41
11.34
$20.04
14.99
24.68
24.68
15.23
13.10
$27.80
18.35
29.80
29.80
19.43
13.60
$34.22
22.45
33.50
33.50
23.43
18.36
$38.24
27.03
35.43
35.43
31.90
20.48
12.12
15.26
20.45
26.54
33.60
18.11
14.67
14.67
13.80
8.34
15.80
15.80
17.15
13.00
13.60
8.25
8.25
19.82
19.86
19.86
14.24
10.00
21.93
20.92
23.26
15.26
17.67
10.12
8.25
24.14
28.00
25.88
18.34
10.45
28.93
29.16
24.65
18.97
17.81
12.92
10.07
33.18
30.00
30.00
22.11
14.11
32.00
32.82
31.24
23.54
22.81
17.51
10.30
35.18
50.48
50.48
22.11
15.95
35.34
35.34
34.81
28.84
28.49
17.57
11.19
10.99
13.67
17.51
23.49
28.64
20.12
21.64
22.09
26.97
31.33
9.19
12.19
14.23
11.91
12.85
13.05
12.39
9.75
20.10
5.15
24.50
10.71
10.71
10.00
7.86
14.05
14.95
14.00
17.93
13.38
14.02
14.37
13.30
10.64
24.85
7.52
26.67
13.12
13.12
10.00
8.00
16.26
20.54
17.14
24.10
15.92
16.98
17.38
16.86
12.00
27.32
11.67
27.98
15.57
15.57
13.67
11.81
16.91
30.42
21.62
27.31
18.80
21.22
21.87
19.60
14.42
29.79
13.00
31.10
20.62
20.62
18.69
16.50
20.85
35.85
26.96
28.47
21.81
25.60
27.14
24.33
16.02
30.48
13.64
36.19
22.26
22.26
23.44
20.85
20.85
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
21-11
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 21
State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations –Continued
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ..........
Refuse and recyclable material collectors ...................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated
from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. For more
information, see chapter 8 of the Handbook of Methods, at
http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
10
25
50
75
90
$7.67
10.01
$8.00
12.20
$10.77
17.85
$14.93
29.79
$20.77
33.34
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
21-12
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 22
Full-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
All workers .........................................................................................
$12.34
$16.16
$23.08
$33.69
$45.88
Management occupations .............................................................
Chief executives ..........................................................................
General and operations managers ................................................
Legislators ...................................................................................
Public relations managers ............................................................
Administrative services managers ...............................................
Computer and information systems managers ............................
Financial managers ......................................................................
Human resources managers .........................................................
Compensation and benefits managers .....................................
Training and development managers .......................................
Purchasing managers ...................................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers ....................
Construction managers ................................................................
Education administrators .............................................................
Education administrators, preschool and child care
center/program ...................................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school ..
Education administrators, postsecondary ................................
Engineering managers .................................................................
Food service managers ................................................................
Medical and health services managers ........................................
Natural sciences managers ..........................................................
Property, real estate, and community association managers .......
Social and community service managers ....................................
23.17
24.02
22.65
12.62
19.52
23.08
29.04
23.85
22.83
24.04
18.59
23.53
26.07
21.98
25.89
30.94
42.12
28.31
13.34
22.89
28.14
33.69
32.30
29.88
29.88
22.83
23.59
33.50
27.02
35.75
40.50
55.17
35.38
23.92
33.89
36.96
44.63
43.95
35.39
35.75
32.97
31.36
42.76
36.16
45.18
51.98
72.68
51.63
35.75
50.25
43.77
51.98
52.65
48.03
42.18
35.39
34.59
46.26
44.43
54.63
63.37
91.84
64.22
44.23
50.30
48.96
70.01
63.66
58.15
48.03
56.17
44.10
53.71
49.60
63.16
16.97
34.35
22.00
38.46
18.44
26.52
23.34
18.00
22.34
19.38
39.54
25.80
41.42
20.57
30.80
25.12
24.29
30.64
30.94
47.84
35.75
53.69
28.75
41.90
36.40
28.82
34.71
39.11
56.13
52.48
57.12
31.20
53.17
54.01
33.32
39.51
39.32
63.16
66.14
60.69
34.29
92.82
55.30
37.30
46.55
16.61
17.94
19.79
21.56
24.67
25.24
31.34
30.77
38.15
37.67
17.65
18.76
18.76
21.52
23.08
23.08
24.78
28.66
28.66
30.77
33.00
33.00
37.67
39.99
39.99
14.30
19.04
15.17
12.97
19.26
16.81
18.28
19.43
17.85
12.02
21.12
19.06
22.25
18.82
14.13
21.80
19.71
20.78
22.85
20.72
17.36
24.24
21.93
46.89
23.56
15.20
24.39
24.72
25.01
23.36
25.36
21.50
27.33
28.00
47.16
32.74
19.55
34.51
34.56
33.91
25.00
31.20
28.85
32.43
32.69
47.16
44.17
23.58
44.17
45.39
40.11
37.50
36.74
35.81
37.37
Business and financial operations occupations ...........................
Buyers and purchasing agents .....................................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm
products .............................................................................
Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators .........
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators .......................
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health
and safety, and transportation ................................................
Emergency management specialists ............................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists ..........
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists .............
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists ..............
Training and development specialists .....................................
Management analysts ..................................................................
Meeting and convention planners ................................................
Accountants and auditors ............................................................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate ........................................
Budget analysts ............................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
22-1
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 22
Full-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Business and financial operations occupations –Continued
Financial analysts and advisors ...................................................
Financial analysts ....................................................................
Insurance underwriters ............................................................
Financial examiners .....................................................................
Loan counselors and officers .......................................................
Loan counselors .......................................................................
Tax examiners, collectors, preparers, and revenue agents ..........
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents .......................
$17.27
19.83
14.68
19.16
17.87
17.87
12.89
12.89
$20.92
21.39
17.98
19.48
21.00
21.00
14.97
15.16
$26.74
29.68
26.74
23.89
24.62
24.62
20.69
21.01
$30.51
34.97
27.97
37.76
24.93
24.93
27.98
28.15
$34.97
37.59
28.27
43.57
34.17
34.17
34.94
34.94
Computer and mathematical science occupations ......................
Computer programmers ...............................................................
Computer software engineers ......................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .............................
Computer support specialists .......................................................
Computer systems analysts ..........................................................
Database administrators ...............................................................
Network and computer systems administrators ...........................
Network systems and data communications analysts ..................
Statisticians ..................................................................................
18.60
21.84
19.60
19.60
16.53
20.50
22.04
19.57
20.42
13.10
22.50
24.34
25.12
22.07
18.99
27.00
26.07
23.94
23.39
15.87
28.06
28.74
34.38
34.38
23.17
33.20
31.80
28.66
29.50
22.46
35.36
35.75
37.93
36.91
26.58
39.16
34.57
37.41
35.36
29.16
41.02
41.83
44.10
44.10
31.42
46.86
39.03
43.32
38.96
29.16
Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................
Architects, except naval ...............................................................
Architects, except landscape and naval ...................................
Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists ......................
Surveyors .................................................................................
Engineers .....................................................................................
Civil engineers .........................................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ........................................
Electrical engineers .............................................................
Environmental engineers .........................................................
Industrial engineers, including health and safety ....................
Drafters ........................................................................................
Architectural and civil drafters ................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters .....................................
Civil engineering technicians ..................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians ...................
Surveying and mapping technicians ............................................
19.22
31.60
32.87
19.92
24.23
25.64
26.42
28.48
27.86
25.39
20.92
16.90
16.90
15.87
15.38
20.76
14.87
24.41
34.47
37.91
19.92
26.62
29.27
30.38
33.08
28.83
27.83
34.65
21.13
21.13
18.70
17.81
22.46
17.73
30.63
40.55
42.64
26.62
34.04
35.47
37.01
41.08
35.47
33.70
41.88
26.22
26.22
23.14
22.81
27.98
23.02
39.23
45.09
45.09
34.04
42.77
42.55
44.40
43.88
41.92
42.61
43.86
29.98
35.71
27.15
26.60
35.09
26.70
46.77
47.60
47.60
47.33
47.33
48.63
48.63
52.52
48.36
50.43
56.06
40.28
40.28
33.04
29.79
38.90
29.04
Life, physical, and social science occupations .............................
Life scientists ...............................................................................
Agricultural and food scientists ...............................................
Biological scientists .................................................................
Zoologists and wildlife biologists .......................................
Conservation scientists and foresters .......................................
16.48
17.09
15.50
20.02
20.94
20.97
20.58
20.58
16.10
21.95
21.95
21.50
25.94
21.87
17.09
24.95
24.95
26.57
34.59
29.34
17.66
31.73
26.25
29.93
45.68
35.64
21.77
39.37
35.61
35.64
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
22-2
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 22
Full-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$20.97
19.23
20.58
21.11
21.11
19.81
19.62
26.05
25.81
22.01
9.17
14.74
17.06
14.21
$21.50
20.58
24.26
28.20
28.20
23.92
23.42
29.61
29.48
24.51
9.17
17.60
19.09
16.48
$25.13
21.71
29.01
28.20
28.20
30.02
30.07
38.37
37.91
31.26
15.88
20.53
23.67
19.71
$29.91
26.85
35.03
31.38
31.38
37.08
39.50
47.04
46.17
41.11
20.14
24.34
24.52
25.41
$33.89
37.47
44.80
34.49
34.49
43.83
43.83
56.41
57.09
51.70
23.14
25.55
26.15
32.81
13.63
15.65
14.95
18.12
21.54
17.40
22.96
25.69
18.50
29.65
30.98
19.36
32.81
44.73
33.94
Community and social services occupations ...............................
Counselors ...................................................................................
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors ..............
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ......................
Mental health counselors .........................................................
Rehabilitation counselors ........................................................
Social workers .............................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers ................................
Medical and public health social workers ...............................
Mental health and substance abuse social workers .................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ............
Health educators ......................................................................
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists ........
Social and human service assistants ........................................
15.13
17.22
15.39
19.54
15.51
15.75
15.05
15.52
14.39
13.48
13.85
16.81
15.61
12.30
17.68
21.06
18.15
24.91
17.31
18.45
17.50
17.92
15.87
16.25
16.16
18.23
18.19
14.23
22.45
28.72
22.68
35.49
19.55
22.90
21.50
22.10
19.67
18.86
20.50
23.08
23.48
16.57
30.96
40.32
37.05
44.90
24.10
27.28
28.50
30.43
22.96
25.24
25.77
31.99
29.06
20.37
41.49
51.37
46.23
56.10
34.30
31.16
35.54
38.89
30.16
31.90
33.05
32.85
36.48
23.73
Legal occupations ..........................................................................
Lawyers .......................................................................................
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ..........................
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates .............................
Paralegals and legal assistants .....................................................
Miscellaneous legal support workers ..........................................
Court reporters .........................................................................
Law clerks ...............................................................................
18.33
24.04
24.49
25.75
24.49
14.19
16.14
14.42
19.78
23.01
29.88
31.50
31.28
44.33
18.98
18.33
17.20
21.92
31.36
38.46
44.33
34.76
62.08
23.01
21.91
25.23
23.87
44.73
49.87
62.90
47.68
75.11
25.30
27.19
29.53
27.99
62.08
62.00
88.66
62.75
88.66
31.36
34.04
41.69
31.03
Life, physical, and social science occupations –Continued
Conservation scientists ........................................................
Medical scientists ....................................................................
Physical scientists ........................................................................
Chemists and materials scientists ............................................
Chemists ..............................................................................
Environmental scientists and geoscientists .............................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health ..
Psychologists ...............................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .......................
Urban and regional planners ........................................................
Agricultural and food science technicians ...................................
Biological technicians .................................................................
Chemical technicians ...................................................................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians ......
Environmental science and protection technicians, including
health .................................................................................
Forensic science technicians ....................................................
Forest and conservation technicians ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
22-3
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 22
Full-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Education, training, and library occupations .............................
Postsecondary teachers ................................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ............................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ...........................
Computer science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ...................
Engineering and architecture teachers, postsecondary ............
Engineering teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Biological science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Physical sciences teachers, postsecondary ..............................
Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers,
postsecondary ................................................................
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Physics teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................................
Economics teachers, postsecondary ....................................
Political science teachers, postsecondary ............................
Psychology teachers, postsecondary ...................................
Sociology teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ..........................
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary .................
Education and library science teachers, postsecondary ...........
Education teachers, postsecondary ......................................
Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Law teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ..................
Communications teachers, postsecondary ...........................
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary ....
History teachers, postsecondary ..........................................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ....................................
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary ......
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ....................
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ........
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .......................................
Preschool teachers, except special education ......................
Kindergarten teachers, except special education .................
Elementary and middle school teachers ..................................
Elementary school teachers, except special education ........
10
25
50
75
90
$14.97
25.64
39.69
27.78
25.81
30.66
27.21
27.21
21.49
20.86
32.80
$25.93
33.36
57.67
34.01
30.36
34.01
34.01
34.01
29.59
27.50
38.16
$34.15
45.02
67.80
40.41
61.72
39.35
52.91
52.91
41.43
36.44
46.96
$44.99
60.71
73.50
59.03
74.76
50.03
68.27
68.27
56.92
60.60
58.81
$57.26
81.74
74.73
65.43
117.74
60.67
78.85
81.14
98.97
98.97
73.67
49.76
32.18
34.64
32.88
46.78
32.88
31.73
38.28
27.21
31.71
26.65
25.10
25.10
58.22
44.21
37.30
37.40
54.68
33.17
41.16
45.29
33.35
40.67
27.89
27.15
27.15
75.29
46.96
40.03
45.38
62.31
38.46
44.14
54.49
45.46
53.23
31.41
33.94
33.94
78.58
56.73
61.06
62.16
86.22
45.38
44.37
65.09
71.62
89.45
44.07
44.37
44.37
78.58
70.69
73.12
79.72
96.15
53.48
46.20
76.47
94.41
111.73
50.17
49.20
49.20
41.56
67.24
67.77
81.73
89.85
90.52
110.08
137.37
139.90
139.90
30.59
30.42
35.81
25.64
36.21
35.68
21.50
20.13
21.50
25.92
22.33
14.58
24.86
25.92
25.92
37.29
37.24
37.96
33.72
38.84
37.52
29.33
29.17
22.04
30.15
26.66
17.40
28.95
30.06
30.10
45.79
45.85
42.35
43.90
52.97
47.12
39.49
33.38
28.63
36.47
33.70
28.64
35.19
36.94
37.15
55.19
55.71
45.79
49.85
58.80
61.55
51.04
44.49
41.77
45.76
40.89
37.71
42.11
46.28
46.75
69.14
69.15
49.64
63.30
68.01
72.60
66.59
49.92
63.51
56.12
51.48
45.75
52.31
57.07
57.31
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
22-4
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 22
Full-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$26.07
26.55
$29.93
30.54
$36.12
36.38
$45.00
45.19
$56.09
54.77
26.73
25.57
25.72
30.54
28.78
30.67
36.37
36.45
36.22
45.25
44.00
45.77
55.41
51.16
56.12
25.05
28.22
26.82
20.04
29.61
32.91
31.24
26.15
36.19
36.21
36.53
34.33
46.34
45.95
45.61
44.75
56.01
55.89
59.32
57.99
18.35
25.76
15.56
18.76
16.36
11.83
17.21
22.25
9.88
21.54
29.39
17.45
19.89
22.11
13.57
18.22
26.57
11.24
31.15
33.90
27.28
25.53
26.33
15.21
21.04
33.26
13.13
40.79
39.11
36.28
33.80
35.32
18.19
26.30
42.20
15.93
48.55
52.28
39.63
34.59
45.30
23.62
26.30
50.41
19.27
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .....
Designers .....................................................................................
Graphic designers ....................................................................
Actors, producers, and directors ..................................................
Producers and directors ...........................................................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .........................
Coaches and scouts ..................................................................
Public relations specialists ...........................................................
Writers and editors ......................................................................
Miscellaneous media and communication workers .....................
Interpreters and translators ......................................................
Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio
operators ................................................................................
Audio and video equipment technicians ..................................
15.08
20.79
20.79
16.47
16.47
16.28
16.28
17.00
21.26
10.07
9.81
18.33
24.29
24.29
16.47
16.47
17.56
17.56
18.53
22.15
12.96
10.07
22.16
28.15
28.15
19.78
19.78
24.54
24.54
26.39
23.22
20.36
23.66
26.39
40.89
40.89
25.99
25.99
36.06
36.06
29.86
28.35
25.70
25.53
35.85
46.94
46.94
30.41
30.41
51.99
51.99
37.53
39.48
35.31
35.31
15.08
16.33
17.18
18.27
20.59
20.59
21.95
23.75
24.29
24.97
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ....................
Dietitians and nutritionists ...........................................................
Pharmacists ..................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons ..............................................................
Psychiatrists .............................................................................
Registered nurses .........................................................................
14.32
14.42
44.15
12.19
33.97
21.55
18.63
16.89
50.92
19.57
73.23
25.62
25.27
20.80
52.38
26.27
77.97
29.75
33.09
25.53
56.02
80.04
84.13
36.07
44.54
26.55
58.50
95.21
89.05
44.52
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Secondary school teachers .......................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...............
Special education teachers .......................................................
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ..........................................................
Special education teachers, middle school ..........................
Special education teachers, secondary school .....................
Other teachers and instructors .....................................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and
instructors ..........................................................................
Self-enrichment education teachers .........................................
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians ............................
Curators ...................................................................................
Librarians .....................................................................................
Library technicians ......................................................................
Farm and home management advisors ........................................
Instructional coordinators ............................................................
Teacher assistants ........................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
22-5
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 22
Full-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations –Continued
Therapists ....................................................................................
Occupational therapists ...........................................................
Physical therapists ...................................................................
Recreational therapists .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ..............................................................
Speech-language pathologists .................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .......................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists .........................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians ............................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ........................
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians .........................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ................................
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ........................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
Pharmacy technicians ..............................................................
Psychiatric technicians ............................................................
Surgical technologists ..............................................................
Veterinary technologists and technicians ................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ......................
Medical records and health information technicians ...................
Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians ........
Occupational health and safety specialists ..............................
Miscellaneous healthcare practitioner and technical workers .....
Athletic trainers .......................................................................
$25.55
28.24
31.45
12.50
24.50
27.12
14.42
17.58
11.74
17.85
11.18
19.16
9.87
11.54
11.54
10.57
15.41
13.06
14.00
11.59
14.31
14.71
14.08
14.08
$28.62
31.87
34.87
14.19
26.69
31.38
17.58
22.79
16.66
21.93
11.18
21.93
13.35
12.90
12.20
12.14
16.96
13.51
15.28
14.35
17.31
17.29
16.83
16.83
$34.27
35.07
34.88
18.59
28.62
35.69
22.37
23.84
18.87
25.71
19.25
25.75
17.03
15.72
14.66
19.23
18.46
15.00
17.67
17.04
22.98
22.98
17.31
17.31
$40.72
46.02
40.18
30.25
28.95
45.52
23.84
27.41
22.47
30.25
23.06
29.33
22.62
21.41
17.48
24.63
20.29
16.00
20.13
18.98
30.61
30.38
19.23
19.23
$54.60
59.21
48.46
33.10
32.43
54.71
28.20
32.21
24.10
40.39
24.54
34.97
26.56
26.45
22.51
26.80
25.24
16.52
22.69
22.38
34.04
34.34
21.19
21.19
Healthcare support occupations ...................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ...............................
Home health aides ...................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..................................
Psychiatric aides ......................................................................
Occupational therapist assistants and aides .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...........................
Dental assistants ......................................................................
Medical assistants ....................................................................
Medical equipment preparers ..................................................
Medical transcriptionists .........................................................
9.34
9.29
9.31
8.72
9.96
10.56
9.67
11.04
10.65
12.00
10.84
10.38
10.23
9.32
9.94
11.83
14.79
11.30
13.88
13.10
12.00
10.84
12.91
12.10
10.10
11.36
14.25
19.79
13.75
16.70
13.75
13.87
10.84
16.42
16.07
13.22
14.65
18.18
25.21
16.74
17.48
15.95
16.91
20.01
19.91
19.11
16.42
17.65
20.77
27.52
22.57
22.73
18.32
25.72
20.31
Protective service occupations ......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, law enforcement workers ........
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers .........
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives ........
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention
workers ..................................................................................
Fire fighters .................................................................................
13.86
20.36
17.14
22.49
16.93
26.81
20.67
29.95
23.01
34.51
26.87
36.96
30.59
44.09
34.34
45.72
37.97
51.92
42.76
53.33
16.85
12.60
22.21
16.54
27.71
21.37
34.81
26.21
42.35
32.67
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
22-6
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 22
Full-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Protective service occupations –Continued
Fire inspectors .............................................................................
Fire inspectors and investigators .............................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ....................................
Bailiffs .....................................................................................
Correctional officers and jailers ..............................................
Detectives and criminal investigators ..........................................
Fish and game wardens ...............................................................
Parking enforcement workers ......................................................
Police officers ..............................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ..........................................
Animal control workers ...............................................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .......................
Security guards ........................................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ...................................
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective
service workers ..................................................................
Food preparation and serving related occupations ....................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving
workers ..................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and
serving workers .................................................................
Cooks ...........................................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...............................................
Food preparation workers ............................................................
Food service, tipped .....................................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers ..
Fast food and counter workers ....................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including
fast food .............................................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee
shop ....................................................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant .........................................................
Dishwashers .................................................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds cleaning
and maintenance workers ......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and
janitorial workers ...............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service,
and groundskeeping workers .............................................
Building cleaning workers ...........................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$21.64
21.65
13.22
14.69
13.22
16.64
19.16
11.61
16.45
16.45
9.59
10.80
10.66
11.20
$21.65
21.65
14.96
22.86
14.93
20.59
23.92
13.11
20.76
20.76
11.80
13.14
12.89
14.04
$24.90
24.90
18.01
28.30
17.90
28.06
25.55
14.83
27.19
27.19
13.02
16.20
16.20
19.58
$28.89
28.35
24.27
32.12
23.81
36.67
25.55
17.94
33.97
33.97
14.11
20.25
20.15
24.16
$37.92
33.31
31.05
33.55
30.58
43.61
29.98
27.01
39.58
39.58
22.42
23.00
22.82
26.82
12.95
18.08
24.01
26.24
26.82
8.09
9.78
12.01
15.36
19.72
9.83
12.61
16.83
20.32
23.97
9.83
8.41
8.39
8.00
5.30
8.00
8.50
13.28
9.81
9.78
9.69
7.47
9.78
9.60
17.20
11.62
11.71
11.75
8.00
10.42
11.56
20.42
14.49
14.55
14.50
9.78
11.40
13.49
23.97
17.96
17.97
15.35
10.97
14.80
15.76
8.74
9.66
11.24
13.58
16.60
7.52
8.00
7.25
9.25
9.00
8.00
12.10
13.78
9.11
13.29
16.34
9.79
15.72
16.34
11.24
9.34
10.92
14.11
17.73
21.87
14.75
17.64
19.52
24.40
36.32
14.65
17.64
19.44
22.41
38.01
14.75
9.10
19.00
10.49
21.80
13.34
26.70
16.59
36.32
20.10
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
22-7
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 22
Full-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$9.18
8.25
12.55
10.30
10.23
19.22
$10.57
9.57
13.30
11.92
11.92
19.22
$13.61
10.93
13.60
15.66
15.49
19.22
$16.74
12.97
20.11
19.73
19.84
23.50
$20.21
16.82
22.22
24.58
24.38
27.58
Personal care and service occupations ........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of gaming workers ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers ......
Gaming services workers ............................................................
Gaming dealers ........................................................................
Transportation attendants ............................................................
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and
baggage porters ..................................................................
Child care workers .......................................................................
Personal and home care aides ......................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ....................................................
Recreation workers ..................................................................
Residential advisors .....................................................................
8.00
12.03
12.98
5.32
5.15
8.76
10.00
12.19
19.84
6.65
5.32
9.67
14.62
16.00
19.84
8.00
7.70
11.70
19.54
20.75
21.85
8.69
8.00
14.30
22.37
26.33
23.01
13.22
8.40
19.13
8.76
9.60
9.45
9.89
9.89
15.59
9.67
12.20
10.22
11.71
11.71
16.05
11.70
14.16
11.80
16.76
16.76
16.94
14.30
16.13
15.19
19.43
19.43
19.26
19.13
19.75
15.19
22.49
22.70
21.32
Sales and related occupations .......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...........................
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers ...........
Retail sales workers .....................................................................
Cashiers, all workers ...............................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................................
9.31
17.16
17.16
8.74
8.74
9.45
11.73
17.16
17.16
11.22
10.88
11.22
17.16
21.50
21.50
14.99
14.83
15.01
21.26
27.82
27.82
19.39
19.39
19.39
28.18
31.11
31.11
22.15
22.14
22.92
Office and administrative support occupations ..........................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative
support workers .....................................................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service ..................
Financial clerks ............................................................................
Bill and account collectors ......................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators ...................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks ...............................................
Procurement clerks ..................................................................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ............................................
Customer service representatives ................................................
Eligibility interviewers, government programs ...........................
File clerks ....................................................................................
11.70
13.73
16.96
20.62
24.73
12.87
9.22
12.22
9.24
11.66
12.73
14.37
11.78
11.74
11.50
13.03
11.61
16.82
9.50
14.85
11.64
13.59
15.14
16.85
12.04
13.02
13.55
14.81
12.66
20.22
14.15
18.19
15.31
15.39
18.55
19.03
16.73
16.72
16.44
17.41
14.94
23.80
17.44
21.02
18.38
18.54
21.19
22.11
23.93
20.54
18.83
20.07
18.57
28.63
22.80
24.43
23.29
21.87
24.44
25.02
25.46
24.86
22.07
23.48
19.69
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
–Continued
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping
cleaners ..............................................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Pest control workers ....................................................................
Grounds maintenance workers ....................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .............................
Tree trimmers and pruners .......................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
22-8
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 22
Full-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Office and administrative support occupations –Continued
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .....................................
Library assistants, clerical ...........................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping .....
Receptionists and information clerks ..........................................
Dispatchers ..................................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ..................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance .....................
Meter readers, utilities .................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks ...............................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks .........................................
Stock clerks and order fillers .......................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping ....
Secretaries and administrative assistants .....................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ................
Legal secretaries ......................................................................
Medical secretaries ..................................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ....................
Computer operators .....................................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ..........................
Data entry keyers .....................................................................
Word processors and typists ....................................................
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks ............................
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service ..
Office clerks, general ...................................................................
Statistical assistants .....................................................................
$9.80
10.57
12.59
10.41
11.80
11.59
12.79
8.74
14.95
10.72
10.54
14.81
12.13
13.39
11.74
11.45
11.54
12.46
11.55
11.42
12.34
11.99
12.65
11.34
13.35
$11.28
11.84
14.80
11.76
13.97
13.93
15.02
11.54
15.29
12.81
13.06
15.64
14.52
15.73
15.39
13.04
13.87
12.46
13.98
13.98
14.31
13.78
12.65
13.09
13.46
$12.41
13.97
19.06
14.27
17.99
17.44
21.54
16.58
16.40
14.57
16.44
16.83
17.75
19.23
19.82
15.16
16.71
12.46
16.38
16.60
16.38
20.19
14.92
15.73
20.47
$14.76
17.02
22.54
18.30
23.10
21.62
28.25
22.26
23.52
17.43
19.03
19.55
21.56
23.57
24.10
20.25
19.92
14.82
18.79
19.40
18.67
21.52
15.78
19.03
22.27
$17.47
20.21
24.99
21.26
29.65
28.22
36.43
23.43
25.20
25.21
23.25
19.55
25.98
27.36
30.40
21.31
24.17
21.34
22.23
21.62
22.55
24.14
16.92
21.85
24.79
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ................................
14.51
15.00
19.49
23.43
26.55
Construction and extraction occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and
extraction workers .................................................................
Carpenters ....................................................................................
Construction laborers ...................................................................
Construction equipment operators ...............................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators .............
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ............................................................................
Electricians ..................................................................................
Painters and paperhangers ...........................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance ..................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ......................
Pipelayers ................................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ....................................
Helpers, construction trades ........................................................
12.34
14.24
18.57
24.68
31.86
16.16
12.70
10.05
12.00
11.05
19.56
16.17
11.25
13.81
12.15
25.16
20.48
13.69
15.98
12.61
28.98
24.49
21.07
20.39
18.78
33.10
31.90
26.16
25.02
27.50
12.10
17.18
13.25
13.25
11.07
10.18
12.77
10.79
13.89
20.92
15.87
15.87
14.35
11.57
16.02
13.65
16.32
27.88
20.47
20.47
18.89
13.31
21.57
15.98
20.43
32.83
35.00
35.00
27.43
15.62
29.34
19.94
24.98
39.85
35.00
35.00
32.10
17.43
37.05
24.17
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
22-9
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 22
Full-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Construction and building inspectors ..........................................
Highway maintenance workers ...................................................
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners .............................
Miscellaneous construction and related workers .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ....................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and
repairers .................................................................................
Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and
repairers .................................................................................
Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ..........................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and
industrial equipment ..........................................................
Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation,
and relay ............................................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers .........................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ......................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...............
Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and
mechanics ..............................................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines ..............
Control and valve installers and repairers ...................................
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical
door ....................................................................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers .................................................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers ..................................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ..............................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ................................
Line installers and repairers .........................................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers ..........................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers .....
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers ..........
Production occupations .................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating
workers ..................................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing workers ....................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers ..................................
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers ..............................................
Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers ...................
Power plant operators ..............................................................
10
25
50
75
90
$16.92
12.31
12.36
10.00
$19.44
13.69
14.33
16.99
$23.40
16.75
17.52
21.84
$29.28
20.66
26.02
26.37
$34.02
24.77
28.77
28.51
13.59
16.63
20.32
26.69
32.27
17.67
21.45
26.96
30.93
39.20
19.43
19.71
23.03
28.55
36.24
17.23
20.51
27.35
38.28
47.21
12.72
20.13
25.25
39.38
47.21
19.11
14.33
13.92
14.59
20.51
16.05
15.91
17.45
27.35
20.10
20.10
22.76
38.28
24.16
23.55
27.14
48.56
29.52
29.17
30.91
15.90
15.36
12.49
19.18
15.90
13.26
26.08
23.01
16.97
27.58
26.08
21.68
30.97
30.97
25.60
12.49
13.26
16.97
21.68
25.60
16.06
18.50
22.12
27.82
43.41
12.85
18.14
12.72
16.14
16.14
12.41
11.34
15.81
20.04
15.54
24.68
24.68
15.14
12.37
19.20
27.80
18.61
29.80
29.80
19.54
13.10
23.18
34.22
22.66
33.50
33.50
24.53
18.91
29.37
38.24
27.08
35.43
35.43
32.48
20.48
12.16
15.26
20.61
26.52
33.60
18.11
14.67
14.67
8.34
15.80
15.80
19.82
19.86
19.86
10.00
21.93
20.92
24.14
28.00
25.88
10.45
28.93
29.16
33.18
30.00
30.00
14.11
32.00
32.82
35.18
50.48
50.48
15.95
35.34
35.34
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
22-10
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 22
Full-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Stationary engineers and boiler operators ...................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators ....
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers ....................
Miscellaneous production workers ..............................................
Transportation and material moving occupations .....................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and
material movers, hand ...........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and
material-moving machine and vehicle operators ...................
Bus drivers ...................................................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ..............................................
Bus drivers, school ..................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .........................................................
Subway and streetcar operators ...................................................
Transportation inspectors ............................................................
Dredge, excavating, and loading machine operators ...................
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators ........
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..........................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ...........................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ..........
Refuse and recyclable material collectors ...................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated
from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. For more
information, see chapter 8 of the Handbook of Methods, at
http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
10
25
50
75
90
$17.15
13.00
13.60
8.25
$22.84
15.31
17.67
10.12
$24.65
19.12
17.81
12.31
$27.80
23.54
22.81
17.51
$31.24
28.84
28.49
17.57
11.63
14.05
18.30
24.19
29.79
20.12
21.64
22.09
26.97
31.33
9.19
12.04
14.29
11.78
13.06
13.05
13.06
10.46
20.10
24.50
10.90
10.90
10.00
7.86
7.86
10.66
16.02
13.98
19.50
12.84
14.15
14.37
14.00
10.76
24.85
26.67
13.38
13.38
10.00
8.00
8.00
13.60
20.65
17.54
24.19
15.81
17.26
17.38
16.90
12.30
27.32
27.98
16.20
16.20
13.67
14.02
12.14
19.25
30.42
23.80
27.92
18.85
21.45
21.87
20.78
15.77
29.79
31.10
21.28
21.28
18.69
17.29
15.98
29.79
35.85
27.92
28.64
22.89
26.07
27.14
24.33
23.54
30.48
36.19
22.26
22.26
23.44
22.16
23.04
33.34
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
22-11
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 23
Part-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
All workers .........................................................................................
$8.19
$10.03
$13.16
$18.08
$28.12
Management occupations .............................................................
Legislators ...................................................................................
11.56
11.56
17.33
14.81
25.72
25.72
31.05
27.01
65.33
50.00
Business and financial operations occupations ...........................
15.00
18.42
24.14
26.78
38.60
Computer and mathematical science occupations ......................
12.00
17.97
26.15
29.05
61.43
Architecture and engineering occupations ..................................
13.18
22.56
22.56
24.23
62.77
Life, physical, and social science occupations .............................
Psychologists ...............................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists .......................
Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians ......
11.80
33.11
43.95
8.87
15.28
34.95
43.95
8.87
21.90
43.95
45.73
13.81
32.68
46.29
51.93
20.49
43.95
52.49
54.40
27.12
Community and social services occupations ...............................
Counselors ...................................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ......................
Social workers .............................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers ................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists ............
12.35
11.15
16.65
15.18
10.66
10.54
16.47
20.19
20.19
16.69
15.18
15.40
22.10
23.56
23.58
24.64
16.69
16.05
26.64
25.00
30.58
27.66
26.64
24.99
30.58
30.58
31.43
29.70
36.56
41.86
Legal occupations ..........................................................................
Lawyers .......................................................................................
Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers ..........................
10.67
15.74
21.80
15.74
15.74
35.20
25.38
25.38
39.95
39.95
35.15
39.95
47.35
60.61
40.63
Education, training, and library occupations .............................
Postsecondary teachers ................................................................
Business teachers, postsecondary ............................................
Math and computer teachers, postsecondary ...........................
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary ...................
Life sciences teachers, postsecondary .....................................
Biological science teachers, postsecondary .........................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary ..................................
Health teachers, postsecondary ...............................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary ..........................
Law, criminal justice, and social work teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Arts, communications, and humanities teachers,
postsecondary ....................................................................
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary ..................
Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers ....................................
Graduate teaching assistants ................................................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary ....................
Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers ........
9.64
14.00
15.39
28.71
25.00
24.69
24.69
16.91
23.21
20.26
11.32
21.69
24.24
33.75
33.75
24.69
24.69
32.72
25.55
24.31
14.93
28.86
24.97
38.05
44.17
36.92
36.92
41.18
28.00
25.75
21.32
46.51
28.61
49.78
49.78
41.02
41.02
48.62
50.25
47.16
34.55
59.05
33.86
49.78
49.78
50.15
50.15
54.43
52.34
63.72
31.88
40.87
45.39
45.39
45.39
12.54
23.32
15.44
13.45
19.00
10.97
12.54
23.32
21.00
13.80
21.00
12.50
23.32
33.85
28.12
15.44
24.00
19.33
33.85
44.52
48.83
16.42
25.90
33.11
52.30
53.33
60.33
16.42
28.12
43.71
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
23-1
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 23
Part-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$13.99
13.99
10.67
10.67
$15.97
15.97
11.98
11.98
$26.42
24.18
15.39
15.39
$32.94
32.94
30.08
28.27
$39.43
39.43
40.27
39.43
10.67
13.12
24.22
16.00
26.65
27.69
36.84
34.91
43.31
46.45
13.12
15.45
10.78
13.12
18.67
23.44
28.39
18.67
31.28
34.91
46.45
47.69
45.20
58.68
52.08
10.78
8.46
23.44
10.13
29.48
13.62
45.40
18.08
49.81
25.24
15.30
18.51
12.19
9.41
9.96
20.00
20.00
14.90
11.00
11.02
27.31
21.51
20.94
13.09
13.32
28.62
41.65
22.88
21.64
16.15
49.64
60.00
30.38
25.55
19.19
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations .....
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers .........................
Coaches and scouts ..................................................................
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials ...........................
10.00
9.63
10.17
9.63
13.79
11.14
11.54
10.14
18.00
16.64
17.21
16.64
25.97
21.39
22.22
17.55
26.62
28.57
36.58
20.00
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ....................
Physicians and surgeons ..............................................................
Registered nurses .........................................................................
Therapists ....................................................................................
Speech-language pathologists .................................................
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians ........................
Radiologic technologists and technicians ................................
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics ........................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ......................
15.12
61.61
20.49
22.68
40.38
26.81
26.81
10.71
14.50
14.00
20.83
72.69
24.90
28.93
40.38
26.81
26.81
11.24
14.50
15.20
28.27
80.84
30.19
31.84
40.49
26.81
26.81
14.82
14.87
17.47
36.35
117.24
39.22
40.38
49.54
32.11
32.11
17.92
19.46
23.28
51.93
135.00
52.79
49.54
59.90
33.40
33.40
20.54
23.60
28.57
Healthcare support occupations ...................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ...............................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ..................................
Psychiatric aides ......................................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ...........................
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.50
9.15
11.28
11.25
11.13
14.85
10.71
13.53
13.05
11.98
15.62
13.16
16.35
15.62
14.49
16.35
16.43
19.66
16.94
17.19
16.80
18.51
Protective service occupations ......................................................
8.01
9.16
11.83
15.14
20.25
Education, training, and library occupations –Continued
Preschool and kindergarten teachers .......................................
Preschool teachers, except special education ......................
Elementary and middle school teachers ..................................
Elementary school teachers, except special education ........
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Secondary school teachers .......................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational
education ........................................................................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school ...............
Special education teachers .......................................................
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ..........................................................
Other teachers and instructors .....................................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and
instructors ..........................................................................
Self-enrichment education teachers .........................................
Librarians .....................................................................................
Library technicians ......................................................................
Teacher assistants ........................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
23-2
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 23
Part-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
$8.91
11.79
11.79
9.54
9.54
9.50
9.50
7.37
7.29
$12.00
13.05
13.05
12.00
12.00
10.41
10.41
8.20
9.10
$12.90
15.89
15.89
12.47
12.47
12.09
12.09
9.57
10.75
$14.87
21.76
21.76
16.94
16.94
17.42
17.42
12.48
14.12
$15.59
23.27
23.50
23.80
23.80
21.02
21.02
16.56
18.00
7.30
8.00
9.00
10.48
15.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ....................
Cooks ...........................................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ...............................................
Food preparation workers ............................................................
Food service, tipped .....................................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers ..
Fast food and counter workers ....................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including
fast food .............................................................................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee
shop ....................................................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant .........................................................
8.10
8.14
8.55
8.35
9.21
9.21
8.26
9.58
9.20
9.33
11.29
11.09
11.39
10.35
11.15
10.20
10.20
12.90
13.35
13.35
11.42
13.39
11.95
12.24
13.61
14.14
14.14
13.28
15.09
14.31
14.44
16.56
14.61
14.61
15.20
9.00
10.45
11.68
13.41
15.41
7.25
8.11
8.25
8.98
10.25
9.58
12.70
10.38
14.12
11.88
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
Building cleaning workers ...........................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping
cleaners ..............................................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Grounds maintenance workers ....................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers .............................
7.95
8.00
8.46
9.32
10.06
11.27
12.39
13.34
14.96
15.62
8.02
7.50
7.61
7.72
9.94
7.75
8.29
8.50
11.69
8.00
9.00
9.25
13.61
8.88
9.99
10.00
15.62
9.98
11.23
11.23
Personal care and service occupations ........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers ......
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers .................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers .....
Amusement and recreation attendants .....................................
Transportation attendants ............................................................
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and
baggage porters ..................................................................
Child care workers .......................................................................
Personal and home care aides ......................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ....................................................
7.25
9.70
7.25
7.25
7.25
8.66
8.02
10.75
7.28
7.34
7.30
8.72
9.99
11.82
8.00
8.19
8.19
10.62
13.07
13.00
9.76
10.92
10.92
12.00
15.60
15.00
10.26
19.24
19.24
18.91
8.66
8.00
7.25
7.79
8.72
9.07
8.75
8.80
10.62
12.30
11.20
9.75
12.00
14.14
11.35
12.93
18.91
14.66
19.78
16.69
Protective service occupations –Continued
Fire fighters .................................................................................
Bailiffs, correctional officers, and jailers ....................................
Correctional officers and jailers ..............................................
Police officers ..............................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ..........................................
Security guards and gaming surveillance officers .......................
Security guards ........................................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ...................................
Crossing guards .......................................................................
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective
service workers ..................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
23-3
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 23
Part-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
10
25
50
75
90
Personal care and service occupations –Continued
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors ..................................
Recreation workers ..................................................................
$8.50
7.75
$9.99
8.75
$10.00
9.71
$13.52
12.93
$15.14
16.69
Sales and related occupations .......................................................
Retail sales workers .....................................................................
Cashiers, all workers ...............................................................
Cashiers ...............................................................................
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.25
8.25
8.59
8.59
10.99
10.99
10.99
10.99
12.00
12.00
12.75
12.75
14.00
14.00
14.00
14.00
Office and administrative support occupations ..........................
Financial clerks ............................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ........................
Court, municipal, and license clerks ............................................
File clerks ....................................................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan .....................................
Library assistants, clerical ...........................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..........................................
Couriers and messengers .............................................................
Dispatchers ..................................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers ..................................
Meter readers, utilities .................................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants .....................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ....................
Data entry and information processing workers ..........................
Word processors and typists ....................................................
Office clerks, general ...................................................................
7.96
11.67
11.67
8.36
7.30
9.22
7.55
8.72
7.25
7.47
7.47
7.85
10.00
12.45
7.50
11.65
12.29
8.25
9.05
13.80
15.52
9.00
8.10
9.88
8.44
9.09
7.25
9.00
9.00
10.00
12.20
13.25
10.48
12.50
12.50
9.69
11.55
17.50
17.50
11.70
8.55
10.33
10.56
9.86
7.25
9.00
9.00
10.00
15.63
15.63
13.20
15.75
16.24
12.17
15.62
20.89
20.94
14.85
13.45
11.41
12.60
14.29
10.67
15.00
15.00
10.00
17.73
15.63
17.99
18.03
18.52
14.85
18.70
21.26
25.52
18.51
20.20
11.63
16.25
24.26
15.23
17.24
17.24
10.28
19.82
19.82
21.68
18.83
18.83
18.70
Construction and extraction occupations ....................................
Construction and building inspectors ..........................................
Highway maintenance workers ...................................................
9.75
12.31
10.50
10.50
13.08
11.92
12.00
19.00
13.00
13.42
23.00
13.42
22.32
23.00
14.15
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations ....................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers ..................................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ................................
10.92
11.38
11.38
13.28
15.77
10.92
10.92
11.38
11.38
11.38
11.38
11.38
11.38
12.00
12.00
Production occupations .................................................................
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators ....
11.29
11.29
14.00
11.29
18.34
11.89
34.81
14.00
34.81
15.39
Transportation and material moving occupations .....................
Bus drivers ...................................................................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity ..............................................
Bus drivers, school ..................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ........................................
9.04
12.48
11.61
12.75
9.00
12.24
14.09
13.92
14.16
9.17
15.32
16.35
15.86
16.36
11.03
17.93
18.68
17.93
18.79
16.86
20.19
20.81
24.19
20.80
16.86
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
23-4
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 23
Part-time State and local government workers: Hourly
wage percentiles1 — Continued
Wages fall at or below the following percentiles
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations –Continued
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs .........................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ...........................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ..........
Refuse and recyclable material collectors ...................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated
from individual worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. For more
information, see chapter 8 of the Handbook of Methods, at
http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch8_a.htm.
2 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
10
25
50
75
90
$9.00
9.46
7.25
7.25
7.50
$9.17
9.75
7.42
7.42
8.00
$11.03
11.43
9.14
9.14
9.04
$16.86
12.12
10.80
9.76
9.86
$16.86
12.36
12.50
11.82
12.00
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
23-5
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 24
Civilian supervisory workers: Mean and median weekly and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours
Weekly2
Annual3
Occupation1
Management occupations
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Third line ...................................................
Chief executives
Second line ................................................
Third line ...................................................
General and operations managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Third line ...................................................
Advertising and promotions managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Marketing managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Sales managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Public relations managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Administrative services managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Computer and information systems managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Financial managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Third line ...................................................
Compensation and benefits managers
First line .....................................................
Mean
earnings
Median
earnings
Mean
hours
Mean
earnings
Median
earnings
Mean
hours
$1,520
1,654
2,389
3,995
$1,385
1,524
2,053
3,427
39.6
40.2
41.1
40.8
$78,355
85,389
123,967
205,715
$71,032
78,545
106,162
178,179
2,040
2,077
2,135
2,100
3,263
6,271
2,503
4,497
42.6
43.3
169,512
306,308
146,366
233,823
2,211
2,115
1,562
1,651
2,532
3,827
1,393
1,477
1,957
3,528
40.3
41.8
42.3
40.7
80,735
85,811
131,650
198,982
73,507
76,502
101,760
183,431
2,081
2,172
2,202
2,117
1,176
1,471
996
1,349
40.1
40.1
61,135
76,485
51,794
70,144
2,086
2,083
1,774
2,070
2,884
1,731
2,006
2,850
39.3
39.4
38.9
92,250
107,632
149,982
90,000
104,300
148,206
2,044
2,048
2,022
2,319
2,169
3,290
1,851
1,898
2,948
41.1
41.8
40.7
120,576
112,777
171,086
96,250
98,700
153,317
2,137
2,171
2,118
1,066
1,642
1,032
1,527
38.5
38.5
55,452
85,360
53,656
79,385
2,003
1,999
1,036
1,402
1,688
998
1,378
1,626
39.5
40.5
40.7
53,537
72,915
87,754
51,913
71,635
84,552
2,043
2,106
2,115
1,885
2,184
2,448
1,842
2,089
2,315
39.7
40.0
40.3
98,038
113,563
127,299
95,794
108,647
120,386
2,064
2,079
2,096
1,524
1,742
2,561
4,198
1,350
1,595
2,404
4,792
39.5
40.4
40.7
43.3
79,224
90,317
132,975
218,295
70,202
83,013
125,000
249,205
2,056
2,093
2,112
2,253
1,533
1,472
41.1
79,728
76,518
2,139
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
24-1
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 24
Civilian supervisory workers: Mean and median weekly and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours — Continued
Weekly2
Annual3
Occupation1
Management occupations –Continued
Training and development managers
First line .....................................................
Industrial production managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Purchasing managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
First line .....................................................
Construction managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Education administrators, preschool and child
care center/program
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Education administrators, elementary and
secondary school
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Engineering managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Third line ...................................................
Food service managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Mean
earnings
Median
earnings
Mean
hours
Mean
earnings
Median
earnings
Mean
hours
$1,666
$1,517
38.4
$86,633
$78,867
1,998
1,596
1,593
1,847
1,556
1,574
1,656
41.6
41.3
40.6
83,017
82,816
95,997
80,912
81,844
86,112
2,163
2,145
2,108
1,295
1,967
3,196
1,050
1,654
2,212
41.3
40.4
40.8
67,347
102,266
166,210
54,599
86,000
115,003
2,148
2,102
2,122
1,173
1,391
2,294
1,115
1,328
2,739
40.0
40.1
40.8
60,972
71,971
118,526
58,001
69,035
142,409
2,080
2,078
2,106
1,453
1,484
41.2
75,572
77,180
2,145
1,496
1,553
1,600
1,308
1,538
1,494
40.6
40.8
41.2
77,811
80,534
83,178
67,999
80,000
77,688
2,113
2,117
2,141
757
1,060
687
1,252
39.6
39.8
38,002
53,765
35,746
65,118
1,987
2,017
1,631
1,947
2,139
1,629
1,954
2,102
39.3
40.0
39.7
76,284
91,425
106,341
76,533
87,693
104,404
1,837
1,878
1,976
1,235
1,551
3,398
1,032
1,341
3,465
37.9
38.9
41.8
62,028
80,393
176,677
53,654
69,714
180,201
1,903
2,018
2,174
2,087
2,273
2,575
3,339
2,130
2,285
2,642
3,316
40.2
40.6
40.8
40.0
108,509
118,189
133,926
173,374
110,760
118,818
137,374
172,432
2,090
2,113
2,124
2,077
949
1,101
825
977
42.1
43.2
48,710
56,691
42,788
50,565
2,160
2,223
See footnotes at end of table.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
24-2
December 2009 - January 2011
Table 24
Civilian supervisory workers: Mean and median weekly and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours — Continued
Weekly2
Annual3
Occupation1
Management occupations –Continued
Lodging managers
First line .....................................................
Medical and health services managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Natural sciences managers
First line .....................................................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Social and community service managers
Team leader ...............................................
First line .....................................................
Second line ................................................
Mean
earnings
Median
earnings
Mean
hours
Mean
earnings
Median
earnings
Mean
hours
$783
$669
41.3
$40,737
$34,800
2,147
1,523
1,572
2,181
1,319
1,408
1,810
37.3
40.9
40.7
79,184
81,743
113,390
68,607
73,210
94,139
1,938
2,126
2,115
1,887
1,646
41.0
98,122
85,567
2,130
1,109
1,151
770
978
38.2
36.7
57,679
59,857
40,040
50,877
1,985
1,907
1,169
1,082
1,309
1,203
1,058
1,235
38.1
38.5
40.4
60,770
56,276
68,054
62,548
54,999
64,201
1,983
2,001
2,099
1 The NCS uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification coding structure,
which defines more than 800 unique occupations, to match jobs sampled by the
survey. Military occupations are excluded from the survey.
2 Mean weekly earnings are based on the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designate position in the earnings
distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
3 Mean annual earnings are based on the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designate position in the earnings
distribution at which one-half of the earnings are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that data did not meet publication criteria. Broad occupational
groups may include data for subordinate occupational groups not shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
All United States
24-3
December 2009 - January 2011