National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the
United States, June 2006
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
June 2007
Summary 07-03
arnings averaged $19.29 per hour in June 2006 for
civilian workers in the United States. Average hourly
earnings were lower for private industry workers
($18.56) than for State and local government workers
($23.99). Part of this difference can be explained by
differences in the occupational and industrial composition
of the two sectors. For example, high-paying professional
and related occupations are relatively more common in
State and local government than in private industry. (See
Appendix table 1 for the number of workers by
occupational group.) The National Compensation Survey
(NCS) measures straight-time average hourly earnings for
civilian workers (nonfarm private industry and State and
local government).
The NCS has undergone a number of significant
changes since national estimates were published for June
2005. The most important were the introduction of the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system,
the 2002 North American Industry Classification System
(NAICS), and the post stratification of survey sample
weights to reflect current employment by industry. See the
Technical Note for more details.
This summary presents aggregated national earnings
data from the NCS for:
E
•
Sectors of the economy (civilian, private industry,
and State and local government)
•
Worker and establishment characteristics
•
Detailed occupational earnings for full-time
civilian workers
The data in this summary are a subset of occupational
earnings data from the NCS. Table 1 highlights the major
types of data available by sector of the economy—civilian,
private industry, and State and local government. Table 2
provides data for specific occupations, including separate
estimates for hourly earnings, weekly hours and earnings,
and annual hours and earnings.
Worker characteristics. Earnings varied by occupational
group; full- and part-time status; union and nonunion
status; and time and incentive pay. Among the five major
occupational groups, average hourly earnings ranged from
$11.31 for service workers to $31.45 for management,
professional, and related employees. Average hourly
earnings for sales and office workers were $15.46, while
for natural resources, construction, and maintenance
workers, the average was $19.49. The average hourly
earnings for production, transportation, and material
moving workers was $14.78.
Earnings were higher for full-time than for part-time
workers, averaging $20.44 per hour and $11.00 per hour,
respectively. The NCS classifies workers as full and part
time based on the employer’s definition of those terms.
Pay also was higher for union workers ($23.33 per hour)
than for nonunion workers ($18.53 per hour). Incentive
workers (whose wages are based, at least in part, on
productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions,
and production bonuses) earned, on average, $24.88 per
hour. In contrast, time workers, whose wages are based
solely on an hourly rate or salary, averaged $18.97 per
hour.
Earnings also varied among occupations within occupational groups. For example, average hourly earnings for
full-time sales and related occupations were $19.22, with a
range from $9.64 for cashiers to $53.54 for securities,
commodities, and financial service sales agents. Among
architecture and engineering occupations, average annual
salaries were $66,063, ranging from $36,933 for
cartographers and photogrammetrists to $99,834 for
petroleum engineers. (See table 2.)
Establishment characteristics. Earnings generally varied
by the employment size of the establishment and by
industry. In private industry, average hourly earnings
ranged from $16.18 in establishments employing between 1
and 49 workers to $23.50 in those with 500 workers or
more. Workers employed in goods-producing industries
earned more ($20.06) than did those in service-providing
industries ($18.09).
•
Additional occupational earnings data. More detailed
information on earnings by occupation will be published
later this year in the national bulletin and will be available
for the nine census divisions. National data will include:
• Occupational detail for workers in private
industry and State and local government
• Occupational earnings by work level
• Occupational earnings by percentiles
• Occupational earnings for workers in nonprofit
establishments
• Occupational earnings for union and nonunion
workers
•
•
Occupational earnings for State government and
local government separately
Occupational earnings for supervisory workers
Occupational
earnings
for
workers
by
establishment size
Detailed information for most of these series will also
be available for the census divisions. The national bulletin
and census division publications will be available on the
Internet site: www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm.
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Table 1. Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, United States, June
20062
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
$19.29
1.2
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 .............
31.45
34.89
29.76
11.31
15.46
16.57
14.86
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours4
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
35.6
$18.56
1.2
.8
1.2
1.0
1.6
.7
1.4
.7
37.1
39.8
35.9
31.5
34.9
32.6
36.3
31.66
35.17
29.54
9.72
15.42
16.57
14.71
19.49
19.46
19.70
1.3
1.5
1.6
39.4
39.4
39.6
14.78
15.11
14.42
.9
1.1
1.2
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
20.44
11.00
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours4
Mean
weekly
hours4
Mean
Relative
error3
(percent)
35.4
$23.99
1.2
36.6
.8
1.2
1.2
1.3
.7
1.4
.7
37.5
40.0
36.2
30.5
34.7
32.6
36.2
30.79
33.03
30.30
18.51
15.86
15.10
15.87
1.3
3.6
1.1
1.3
1.2
4.5
1.2
35.9
38.4
35.4
37.1
37.2
33.0
37.3
19.46
19.46
19.64
1.3
1.7
1.6
39.4
39.4
39.6
19.84
19.52
20.39
1.7
2.0
3.0
39.3
39.5
39.4
37.3
38.9
35.6
14.64
15.02
14.22
1.0
1.1
1.3
37.3
38.9
35.7
18.33
20.75
17.60
1.6
3.8
1.3
35.4
39.3
34.4
1.3
.8
39.6
20.6
19.76
10.61
1.3
1.0
39.7
20.7
24.46
16.57
1.3
2.2
38.9
18.8
23.33
18.53
.7
1.3
36.6
35.4
21.41
18.21
1.1
1.2
36.4
35.3
26.01
22.07
1.1
2.7
36.8
36.4
18.97
24.88
1.2
2.5
35.5
38.0
18.13
24.86
1.2
2.5
35.3
38.0
23.98
–
1.2
–
36.6
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
20.06
18.09
1.3
1.3
39.5
34.4
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
(7)
1-49 workers .....................................................
50-99 workers ...................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
16.19
17.45
18.81
23.93
.9
1.4
.8
2.8
34.2
35.0
36.2
37.0
16.18
17.36
18.47
23.50
1.0
1.4
1.0
4.0
34.2
35.0
36.2
37.2
17.50
19.81
22.00
24.69
9.3
4.6
1.4
1.4
36.8
35.3
35.8
36.8
All workers ..........................................................
Worker characteristics5,6
Establishment characteristics
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours.
2 The survey covers all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data were collected
between December 2005 and January 2007. The average month of reference was June
2006.
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 Technical Note.
4 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
5 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
6 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system.
7 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing
industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$650
39.6
$41,231
$33,634
2,017
1,624
4,238
1,833
1,289
1,929
2,075
1,773
1,618
1,171
1,442
2,693
1,572
1,199
1,665
1,770
1,576
1,301
1,096
40.5
44.3
42.1
39.8
41.1
40.5
41.7
39.6
39.9
83,827
220,317
95,292
67,007
100,309
107,875
92,190
84,010
60,836
74,616
140,013
81,736
62,365
86,599
92,040
81,964
67,675
57,036
2,092
2,303
2,189
2,070
2,136
2,104
2,170
2,054
2,075
47.84
35.21
28.28
2,013
1,652
1,383
1,915
1,442
1,131
40.3
40.2
40.1
104,525
85,926
71,794
99,565
74,999
59,155
2,095
2,093
2,080
37.93
36.59
1,543
1,470
40.7
80,232
76,440
2,115
30.63
38.60
39.80
25.58
38.68
35.09
1,223
1,586
1,601
1,023
1,557
1,404
39.9
41.1
40.2
63,602
82,468
83,266
53,204
80,987
72,996
2,077
2,136
2,092
33.86
34.77
37.34
33.14
32.88
35.33
1,373
1,436
1,472
1,340
1,380
1,380
40.5
41.3
39.4
71,380
74,171
72,261
69,680
71,425
67,542
2,108
2,133
1,935
20.72
20.75
842
801
40.6
43,075
40,505
2,079
43.23
42.20
1,694
1,675
39.2
79,126
77,501
1,830
37.51
52.82
23.74
22.11
23.17
32.23
52.54
21.01
19.50
17.48
1,464
2,148
1,043
918
1,000
1,246
2,111
962
785
738
39.0
40.7
43.9
41.5
43.1
75,463
111,689
52,473
47,725
51,985
63,336
109,768
48,000
40,799
38,351
2,012
2,115
2,210
2,158
2,244
37.82
45.21
33.96
48.55
1,512
1,809
1,348
1,942
40.0
40.0
78,594
94,053
70,108
100,982
2,078
2,080
25.16
24.04
1,009
930
40.1
52,455
48,360
2,085
24.73
22.41
961
875
38.9
49,678
45,223
2,009
28.51
26.33
25.93
24.34
1,141
1,064
1,027
972
40.0
40.4
59,193
55,298
53,310
50,487
2,076
2,101
25.15
23.15
981
917
39.0
51,019
47,659
2,029
25.06
26.37
22.89
26.50
977
1,041
896
1,027
39.0
39.5
50,788
54,110
46,575
53,393
2,027
2,052
25.30
29.50
21.74
27.40
1,036
1,197
903
1,097
40.9
40.6
53,640
62,241
46,952
57,034
2,120
2,110
26.15
24.76
1,041
990
39.8
53,007
51,501
2,027
26.48
23.39
1,042
923
39.4
54,186
48,006
2,047
26.08
24.77
1,043
991
40.0
54,233
51,522
2,079
24.96
30.78
33.90
24.28
29.18
30.86
998
1,230
1,359
981
1,167
1,244
40.0
40.0
40.1
49,059
63,950
70,656
49,949
60,684
64,397
1,966
2,078
2,084
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$20.44
$16.39
$809
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 ...................
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 .................................
Lodging managers ..............................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
Natural sciences managers ................
Property, real estate, and community
association managers ...................
Social and community service
managers ......................................
40.07
95.66
43.52
32.37
46.96
51.26
42.48
40.89
29.32
35.74
65.02
38.01
29.98
41.35
44.25
38.46
32.54
27.48
49.90
41.06
34.52
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
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 ...................................
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 ........................
Annual earnings6
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 .........................
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 ........................................
Miscellaneous mathematical scientists
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Architects, except naval ......................
Architects, except landscape and
naval .........................................
Landscape architects ......................
Surveyors, cartographers, and
photogrammetrists ........................
Cartographers and
photogrammetrists ....................
Surveyors .......................................
Engineers ...........................................
Aerospace 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 .....
Annual earnings6
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$22.44
27.22
$24.54
25.43
$885
1,088
$923
1,014
39.4
39.9
$46,023
56,549
$47,999
52,749
2,050
2,077
24.01
30.05
26.30
33.27
36.00
27.43
30.52
30.49
31.41
20.57
31.87
23.19
26.17
23.53
29.46
31.04
22.90
27.50
30.58
23.85
14.17
24.13
937
1,226
1,047
1,328
1,459
1,088
1,179
1,218
1,258
813
1,277
848
1,047
931
1,154
1,240
914
1,080
1,223
962
567
976
39.0
40.8
39.8
39.9
40.5
39.7
38.6
39.9
40.1
39.5
40.1
48,703
63,752
54,467
69,065
75,863
56,577
61,322
63,317
65,427
42,274
66,422
44,105
54,427
48,424
60,000
64,501
47,516
56,160
63,606
50,000
29,474
50,758
2,028
2,121
2,071
2,076
2,107
2,062
2,009
2,077
2,083
2,055
2,084
21.90
19.56
865
776
39.5
44,910
40,352
2,051
22.34
19.72
882
827
39.5
45,770
43,023
2,049
34.61
33.67
1,387
1,346
40.1
72,117
70,009
2,084
43.16
31.97
41.18
42.30
31.04
40.79
1,727
1,282
1,665
1,692
1,243
1,635
40.0
40.1
40.4
89,781
66,630
86,585
87,974
64,621
85,005
2,080
2,084
2,102
40.78
40.72
1,651
1,635
40.5
85,864
85,005
2,105
41.63
25.36
36.68
31.53
40.79
22.57
35.65
31.25
1,680
1,007
1,467
1,262
1,637
890
1,417
1,250
40.4
39.7
40.0
40.0
87,373
52,327
76,291
65,606
85,109
46,301
73,701
65,000
2,099
2,063
2,080
2,081
30.54
29.23
1,223
1,155
40.1
63,480
60,008
2,078
32.44
40.26
36.57
28.76
20.35
29.74
39.37
35.85
22.60
16.70
1,296
1,566
1,442
1,138
810
1,210
1,458
1,422
912
668
39.9
38.9
39.4
39.6
39.8
67,377
81,454
75,006
59,167
42,108
62,930
75,799
73,919
47,403
34,736
2,077
2,023
2,051
2,057
2,069
31.55
31.61
30.03
28.85
1,271
1,289
1,218
1,218
40.3
40.8
66,063
67,036
63,328
63,333
2,094
2,121
31.88
26.94
29.06
24.16
1,302
1,078
1,228
966
40.8
40.0
67,685
56,045
63,856
50,257
2,123
2,080
25.53
22.00
1,022
880
40.0
53,153
45,760
2,082
17.79
28.86
37.28
47.06
38.88
33.06
41.60
37.64
37.25
14.82
27.23
35.58
48.98
33.40
31.56
42.59
36.01
35.58
710
1,157
1,510
1,885
1,559
1,350
1,723
1,528
1,512
593
1,141
1,442
1,959
1,336
1,304
1,731
1,452
1,452
39.9
40.1
40.5
40.1
40.1
40.8
41.4
40.6
40.6
36,933
60,142
78,484
98,030
81,093
70,213
89,586
79,461
78,633
30,830
59,322
74,936
101,868
69,480
67,799
90,000
75,483
75,483
2,076
2,084
2,105
2,083
2,086
2,124
2,154
2,111
2,111
37.99
39.72
36.11
36.29
1,543
1,585
1,457
1,442
40.6
39.9
80,219
81,857
75,754
74,963
2,112
2,061
34.86
33.65
1,421
1,367
40.8
73,893
71,080
2,120
38.99
34.85
1,578
1,410
40.5
82,081
73,320
2,105
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
Industrial engineers ....................
Marine engineers and naval
architects ..................................
Materials engineers ........................
Mechanical 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 .......
Animal scientists .........................
Food scientists and technologists
Soil and plant scientists ..............
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 ............................
Sociologists ........................................
Urban and regional planners ..............
Miscellaneous social scientists and
related workers .............................
Agricultural and food science
technicians ....................................
Annual earnings6
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$33.81
$33.17
$1,381
$1,349
40.8
$71,802
$70,133
2,123
30.40
35.14
33.68
41.48
48.39
22.73
23.50
21.50
22.19
28.70
32.18
31.92
39.87
43.27
21.61
23.25
22.73
21.13
1,216
1,426
1,372
1,659
1,935
907
940
860
887
1,148
1,287
1,314
1,595
1,731
865
930
909
845
40.0
40.6
40.7
40.0
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
40.0
63,234
74,171
71,319
86,282
99,834
47,130
48,895
44,729
46,146
59,696
66,941
68,316
82,930
88,700
44,990
48,360
47,272
43,952
2,080
2,111
2,118
2,080
2,063
2,073
2,080
2,080
2,080
22.75
22.17
909
888
40.0
47,179
46,087
2,074
25.05
18.24
24.16
18.15
1,006
726
992
726
40.2
39.8
52,325
37,742
51,594
37,758
2,089
2,069
22.20
24.59
22.60
26.00
888
990
904
1,052
40.0
40.3
46,174
51,483
47,000
54,704
2,080
2,094
29.07
24.00
22.58
18.88
32.52
24.01
19.60
17.31
1,158
963
903
753
1,301
977
784
692
39.8
40.1
40.0
39.9
59,356
50,054
46,908
39,137
67,640
50,779
40,762
36,001
2,042
2,085
2,077
2,073
29.09
30.47
30.43
39.02
35.43
26.21
31.35
35.81
23.12
24.89
26.23
26.58
27.21
26.34
37.36
23.78
29.68
34.61
20.46
24.38
1,153
1,196
1,206
1,529
1,386
1,048
1,212
1,358
917
974
1,038
1,038
1,088
988
1,413
951
1,065
1,226
818
975
39.6
39.2
39.6
39.2
39.1
40.0
38.7
37.9
39.7
39.1
59,108
62,020
61,436
79,614
72,081
52,601
62,950
70,637
47,676
50,640
53,254
53,992
56,001
51,363
73,474
49,469
55,380
63,750
42,557
50,715
2,032
2,035
2,019
2,040
2,035
2,007
2,008
1,973
2,062
2,034
25.65
26.76
23.96
30.35
32.42
43.28
45.90
32.75
31.35
40.49
25.50
26.34
23.09
25.02
29.61
42.90
44.25
28.85
27.50
39.42
1,030
1,070
968
1,203
1,301
1,721
1,823
1,313
1,257
1,619
1,020
1,054
866
999
1,194
1,708
1,770
1,170
1,139
1,577
40.1
40.0
40.4
39.6
40.1
39.8
39.7
40.1
40.1
40.0
53,544
55,630
50,360
62,481
67,448
89,470
94,804
68,252
65,359
84,211
53,040
54,791
45,022
51,927
61,599
88,795
92,040
60,840
59,205
82,000
2,088
2,078
2,102
2,059
2,080
2,067
2,065
2,084
2,085
2,080
31.30
29.33
1,269
1,173
40.5
65,929
61,006
2,107
28.74
26.79
1,167
1,080
40.6
60,681
56,150
2,111
40.95
24.20
35.61
33.74
33.79
36.46
38.46
19.28
29.25
30.10
30.10
32.94
1,658
968
1,474
1,378
1,380
1,369
1,538
771
1,201
1,204
1,204
1,291
40.5
40.0
41.4
40.8
40.8
37.5
85,846
50,326
76,637
71,631
71,742
61,238
80,001
40,100
62,433
62,614
62,614
57,059
2,096
2,080
2,152
2,123
2,123
1,680
37.65
24.79
27.30
33.50
22.92
26.70
1,407
962
1,081
1,291
917
1,092
37.4
38.8
39.6
62,072
49,530
56,225
57,059
47,672
56,784
1,649
1,998
2,060
26.95
22.47
1,056
899
39.2
54,919
46,738
2,038
16.61
16.40
662
656
39.8
34,409
34,112
2,072
See footnotes at end of table.
6
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 ........................................
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 ..................................
Clergy .................................................
Directors, religious activities and
education ......................................
Legal occupations ................................
Lawyers ..............................................
Judges, magistrates, and other
judicial workers .............................
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 ..........
Engineering teachers,
postsecondary ......................
Annual earnings6
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$18.15
22.37
38.38
35.23
22.24
$17.63
21.68
35.19
33.95
21.52
$718
891
1,535
1,409
885
$692
857
1,408
1,358
861
39.5
39.8
40.0
40.0
39.8
$37,317
46,203
79,834
73,271
45,532
$36,009
44,470
73,199
70,616
44,803
2,056
2,065
2,080
2,080
2,047
20.96
19.98
828
804
39.5
42,704
41,652
2,037
24.57
24.63
981
985
39.9
51,026
51,232
2,076
20.11
23.73
17.51
20.51
784
909
699
783
39.0
38.3
39,496
43,507
36,390
40,584
1,964
1,834
18.13
18.08
702
727
38.7
36,462
37,779
2,011
29.14
23.36
21.34
15.83
20.13
27.10
29.49
19.48
15.00
18.41
1,094
917
843
620
784
1,050
1,106
779
600
726
37.6
39.2
39.5
39.1
39.0
48,820
47,664
43,701
32,164
40,296
47,917
57,496
40,518
31,200
37,611
1,675
2,040
2,048
2,031
2,002
19.42
16.96
754
666
38.8
38,014
34,622
1,958
22.35
21.72
866
852
38.8
45,050
44,299
2,016
18.65
17.55
731
710
39.2
38,015
36,941
2,039
17.05
26.63
15.09
22.27
666
1,060
600
891
39.1
39.8
34,368
55,137
31,021
46,320
2,015
2,070
22.68
20.12
889
799
39.2
46,249
41,535
2,040
13.41
15.35
12.88
12.83
525
741
506
751
39.1
48.3
26,906
38,429
26,291
39,041
2,006
2,504
23.18
19.90
890
735
38.4
46,269
38,199
1,996
39.77
54.35
31.66
48.81
1,603
2,238
1,250
1,956
40.3
41.2
83,336
116,375
65,010
101,695
2,096
2,141
55.16
56.41
2,179
2,169
39.5
113,288
112,776
2,054
59.95
22.17
22.66
24.94
20.00
58.66
20.09
21.36
23.28
18.09
2,383
872
896
926
776
2,346
790
842
815
733
39.8
39.3
39.5
37.1
38.8
123,933
45,357
46,424
47,405
40,338
122,013
41,063
43,801
42,368
38,102
2,067
2,046
2,049
1,901
2,017
22.15
22.06
901
900
40.7
46,876
46,810
2,116
32.04
44.76
60.92
30.46
40.00
53.83
1,192
1,761
2,374
1,144
1,584
2,131
37.2
39.4
39.0
47,681
72,322
90,655
44,975
63,568
82,682
1,488
1,616
1,488
42.75
42.47
1,653
1,615
38.7
66,335
64,512
1,552
42.56
43.83
1,650
1,683
38.8
69,391
68,064
1,630
42.88
41.28
1,655
1,615
38.6
64,394
62,013
1,502
58.10
49.30
2,343
2,292
40.3
90,953
90,683
1,565
62.10
55.90
2,498
2,385
40.2
98,035
94,500
1,579
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 ..........................
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 ..
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 ....................................
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 ..................
Annual earnings6
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$50.74
$42.08
$2,241
$1,921
44.2
$101,786
$85,291
2,006
50.45
41.75
2,252
1,934
44.6
103,340
88,488
2,048
44.96
41.41
1,804
1,705
40.1
69,128
64,208
1,537
49.28
48.68
1,895
1,975
38.5
76,281
75,936
1,548
39.47
57.76
34.62
51.54
1,631
2,214
1,577
2,030
41.3
38.3
61,340
86,006
58,692
80,850
1,554
1,489
45.07
41.05
1,801
1,641
40.0
72,163
66,570
1,601
50.50
44.61
1,999
1,784
39.6
80,301
69,592
1,590
50.25
58.45
1,987
2,338
39.5
82,969
91,188
1,651
48.48
42.89
2,202
2,205
45.4
82,961
80,000
1,711
38.86
39.18
1,516
1,567
39.0
63,811
56,477
1,642
40.31
38.01
1,563
1,320
38.8
62,783
56,197
1,558
51.23
51.38
50.96
40.40
1,996
2,058
1,978
1,738
39.0
40.1
81,543
92,570
70,444
73,692
1,592
1,802
55.62
48.87
2,238
1,863
40.2
101,248
79,907
1,820
34.13
34.07
1,342
1,363
39.3
59,057
58,344
1,730
39.91
41.15
1,545
1,593
38.7
61,092
59,260
1,531
40.06
41.15
1,551
1,630
38.7
60,848
59,260
1,519
54.03
66.22
52.53
71.67
2,062
2,516
2,006
2,290
38.2
38.0
84,085
101,678
86,241
99,214
1,556
1,535
40.58
37.78
1,564
1,485
38.5
61,047
56,650
1,504
36.50
35.64
1,381
1,354
37.8
53,182
52,988
1,457
39.96
37.58
1,550
1,495
38.8
60,067
58,323
1,503
45.50
42.55
1,722
1,664
37.8
69,791
67,684
1,534
35.78
41.87
27.26
39.27
1,446
1,655
1,239
1,568
40.4
39.5
55,427
63,436
48,438
59,025
1,549
1,515
40.02
37.02
1,596
1,481
39.9
60,046
51,827
1,500
40.93
37.16
1,580
1,445
38.6
65,761
59,311
1,607
35.77
30.09
1,368
1,203
38.2
54,600
52,599
1,526
29.70
25.80
1,151
990
38.8
51,688
47,861
1,740
33.06
31.58
1,216
1,173
36.8
47,208
45,151
1,428
20.04
14.99
752
616
37.5
33,568
32,020
1,675
15.95
12.67
598
500
37.5
28,099
24,960
1,762
30.13
29.32
1,129
1,135
37.5
44,981
43,800
1,493
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 ....................................
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 .................
Athletes, coaches, umpires, and
related workers .............................
Coaches and scouts .......................
Musicians, singers, and related
workers .........................................
Musicians and singers ....................
Announcers ........................................
Radio and television announcers ...
News analysts, reporters and
correspondents .............................
Reporters and correspondents .......
Public relations specialists ..................
Writers and editors .............................
Editors ............................................
Annual earnings6
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$34.48
$32.08
$1,264
$1,201
36.7
$48,091
$45,805
1,395
34.69
32.02
1,269
1,205
36.6
48,308
45,982
1,393
33.43
34.51
32.34
32.20
1,236
1,277
1,190
1,204
37.0
37.0
47,008
49,011
44,555
46,321
1,406
1,420
34.62
32.23
1,280
1,204
37.0
48,893
46,017
1,412
32.60
36.27
30.85
33.86
1,233
1,295
1,164
1,239
37.8
35.7
51,266
50,558
48,433
48,100
1,573
1,394
37.11
34.35
1,310
1,264
35.3
51,533
49,368
1,389
32.63
32.12
1,212
1,165
37.1
46,593
45,437
1,428
36.13
35.87
34.85
34.31
1,302
1,288
1,243
1,262
36.0
35.9
50,219
52,787
47,904
52,089
1,390
1,471
29.13
23.11
29.85
19.23
1,054
923
1,034
769
36.2
39.9
46,049
45,586
45,760
40,000
1,581
1,972
23.98
25.32
29.37
15.52
23.85
25.08
27.33
14.19
919
970
1,114
603
894
964
1,046
540
38.3
38.3
37.9
38.9
47,694
50,453
52,744
30,110
46,463
50,153
50,419
27,236
1,989
1,993
1,796
1,940
25.72
27.45
11.37
26.41
26.52
10.78
1,095
1,053
419
1,205
1,019
405
42.6
38.4
36.8
56,117
52,536
17,205
54,414
50,411
16,650
2,181
1,914
1,513
25.89
24.84
28.84
24.14
22.67
21.41
21.64
24.94
21.35
19.75
1,025
994
1,164
963
901
848
913
998
937
790
39.6
40.0
40.4
39.9
39.7
52,851
51,431
60,530
50,077
46,847
43,512
47,501
51,881
48,745
41,080
2,041
2,071
2,099
2,074
2,066
32.29
45.65
11.15
20.66
23.46
31.96
38.46
10.00
18.75
22.60
1,295
1,913
435
820
920
1,289
1,516
400
756
909
40.1
41.9
39.0
39.7
39.2
67,333
99,471
22,622
42,665
47,859
67,045
78,834
20,800
39,303
47,258
2,085
2,179
2,029
2,065
2,040
16.15
34.16
37.40
37.62
16.80
33.04
24.22
24.22
646
1,367
1,503
1,512
672
1,322
969
969
40.0
40.0
40.2
40.2
33,569
71,060
78,104
78,571
34,944
68,732
50,382
50,382
2,078
2,080
2,088
2,088
30.81
31.70
24.50
26.42
1,202
1,228
980
980
39.0
38.7
59,182
59,981
44,866
44,866
1,921
1,892
34.88
38.81
40.87
42.00
31.92
31.92
19.87
19.87
1,349
1,499
1,633
1,678
1,277
1,277
795
795
38.7
38.6
40.0
40.0
59,332
63,051
84,919
87,255
51,072
51,072
41,330
41,330
1,701
1,625
2,078
2,078
31.73
27.12
26.45
26.60
25.34
20.91
20.65
25.16
23.75
21.81
1,231
1,050
1,047
1,050
994
836
826
1,004
950
872
38.8
38.7
39.6
39.5
39.2
63,928
54,519
54,424
54,409
51,678
43,201
42,390
52,231
49,398
45,354
2,015
2,010
2,058
2,045
2,039
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 ...........................
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 .....................
Annual earnings6
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$30.08
22.99
$27.72
17.21
$1,204
904
$1,109
694
40.0
39.3
$62,601
45,223
$57,647
35,797
2,081
1,967
22.00
20.09
20.80
20.80
803
651
770
675
36.5
32.4
41,505
33,423
40,040
35,100
1,886
1,663
22.91
20.50
930
820
40.6
48,267
42,640
2,107
22.53
21.43
28.97
14.61
20.24
17.97
32.19
13.97
897
865
1,264
587
808
709
1,366
559
39.8
40.3
43.6
40.2
46,342
44,968
65,738
28,867
41,995
36,849
71,040
29,047
2,056
2,098
2,269
1,976
21.31
18.26
852
730
40.0
44,324
37,972
2,080
20.57
15.76
823
630
40.0
42,780
32,781
2,080
27.44
63.29
66.54
22.60
51.30
46.51
58.76
80.79
66.11
55.61
57.57
71.93
88.12
37.84
29.10
27.57
24.78
29.41
32.29
33.79
18.19
22.81
30.71
39.43
24.00
53.85
53.85
21.33
55.00
47.00
62.26
77.28
67.79
52.44
62.50
78.00
62.50
35.91
27.39
26.25
24.61
27.54
31.00
35.74
17.09
22.29
28.19
43.30
1,078
2,501
2,626
899
1,931
1,848
2,443
3,433
2,636
2,335
2,365
2,609
3,428
1,510
1,131
1,074
991
1,155
1,264
1,330
716
888
1,163
1,577
943
2,154
2,154
853
1,940
1,880
2,462
3,477
2,712
2,435
2,561
2,496
2,396
1,424
1,070
1,031
984
1,102
1,236
1,430
684
886
1,101
1,732
39.3
39.5
39.5
39.8
37.6
39.7
41.6
42.5
39.9
42.0
41.1
36.3
38.9
39.9
38.9
39.0
40.0
39.3
39.2
39.4
39.4
38.9
37.9
40.0
55,759
130,057
136,550
46,772
100,419
96,120
127,020
178,493
137,084
121,403
122,967
135,671
177,052
78,529
58,483
53,829
51,534
58,311
64,727
69,161
37,237
46,179
50,399
82,009
48,720
112,000
112,000
44,366
100,888
97,760
127,999
180,828
140,999
126,594
133,151
129,792
124,573
74,052
55,390
51,418
51,187
55,747
63,053
74,339
35,547
46,053
50,875
90,058
2,032
2,055
2,052
2,069
1,957
2,066
2,162
2,209
2,074
2,183
2,136
1,886
2,009
2,075
2,009
1,953
2,080
1,983
2,004
2,047
2,047
2,025
1,641
2,080
19.09
17.66
760
717
39.8
39,520
37,302
2,070
22.92
22.95
918
913
40.1
47,756
47,466
2,084
16.55
30.01
16.00
31.00
656
1,039
640
1,077
39.6
34.6
34,107
54,011
33,261
55,985
2,061
1,800
25.24
24.75
997
976
39.5
51,835
50,746
2,054
24.47
30.45
32.56
21.55
30.45
33.00
957
1,185
1,303
866
1,161
1,320
39.1
38.9
40.0
49,789
61,616
67,733
45,032
60,382
68,640
2,035
2,024
2,080
24.30
24.00
962
960
39.6
50,034
49,920
2,059
15.62
14.00
635
571
40.7
33,041
29,710
2,116
16.28
12.42
14.32
16.81
20.75
18.19
15.87
12.09
14.00
15.90
19.47
18.05
639
497
566
631
822
719
626
484
551
629
770
707
39.2
40.0
39.5
37.6
39.6
39.5
33,205
25,837
29,425
32,823
42,746
37,363
32,573
25,147
28,662
32,733
40,019
36,774
2,039
2,080
2,055
1,953
2,060
2,054
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 ...............................
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 ....
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 .......................
Security guards and gaming
surveillance officers ......................
Security guards ...............................
Annual earnings6
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$582
39.9
$32,981
$30,087
2,060
707
699
39.0
36,719
36,317
2,026
14.58
604
570
39.6
31,404
29,640
2,057
18.66
16.85
741
668
39.7
38,531
34,732
2,065
23.88
23.81
958
952
40.1
49,830
49,525
2,087
23.14
21.29
929
856
40.2
48,332
44,506
2,089
25.48
18.35
23.73
15.57
1,007
734
949
623
39.5
40.0
52,312
38,007
49,354
32,386
2,053
2,071
12.27
11.37
474
443
38.6
24,568
22,984
2,002
11.14
9.95
10.51
9.90
431
370
410
369
38.7
37.2
22,372
19,224
21,320
19,198
2,009
1,932
11.21
12.76
10.65
11.91
436
503
416
475
38.9
39.4
22,649
26,160
21,632
24,690
2,021
2,049
15.45
17.09
12.91
15.27
17.42
12.17
611
676
510
611
697
487
39.5
39.6
39.5
31,007
34,387
25,813
31,755
37,180
25,305
2,007
2,012
1,999
16.38
22.24
10.92
20.71
13.50
21.65
10.22
20.00
646
885
427
796
536
866
409
700
39.5
39.8
39.1
38.4
33,593
45,994
22,223
41,386
27,851
45,032
21,258
36,400
2,050
2,068
2,035
1,999
13.57
16.13
13.20
13.43
14.68
11.62
12.99
16.00
12.45
12.50
13.82
11.00
520
575
516
529
575
441
500
569
490
500
553
403
38.3
35.6
39.1
39.4
39.1
37.9
26,968
29,883
26,843
27,498
29,874
22,916
26,000
29,594
25,480
26,000
28,754
20,930
1,987
1,853
2,033
2,047
2,035
1,971
11.85
10.00
470
400
39.7
24,463
20,800
2,064
18.90
16.36
769
660
40.7
39,656
34,053
2,099
32.23
32.38
1,289
1,298
40.0
66,972
67,355
2,078
25.89
25.33
1,028
1,010
39.7
53,462
52,535
2,065
33.98
33.27
1,362
1,343
40.1
70,731
69,757
2,082
28.49
20.36
21.73
21.93
26.88
19.64
21.40
19.47
1,406
981
869
877
1,306
940
856
779
49.3
48.2
40.0
40.0
73,110
50,986
45,177
45,605
67,897
48,875
44,512
40,498
2,566
2,504
2,079
2,079
18.12
21.25
18.00
27.25
19.74
17.78
24.66
24.66
17.31
16.15
21.21
15.89
26.63
20.90
17.23
24.28
24.28
15.93
721
807
717
1,079
790
709
987
987
675
646
780
638
1,059
836
689
974
974
637
39.8
38.0
39.9
39.6
40.0
39.9
40.0
40.0
39.0
37,494
41,957
37,309
56,127
41,082
36,883
51,192
51,200
35,089
33,592
40,548
33,157
55,083
43,472
35,838
50,606
50,627
33,134
2,069
1,974
2,073
2,060
2,081
2,075
2,076
2,076
2,028
10.80
10.78
10.00
10.00
427
426
400
400
39.5
39.5
22,127
22,079
20,800
20,800
2,048
2,048
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$16.01
$14.79
$638
18.12
17.67
15.26
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Pest control workers ...........................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
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 ..............
Annual earnings6
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$441
37.1
$19,116
$15,600
1,359
359
340
37.7
9,190
5,435
965
8.50
345
320
38.3
17,634
16,380
1,954
14.70
17.23
14.00
16.35
608
701
596
680
41.4
40.7
30,793
34,575
30,160
34,808
2,094
2,006
14.34
10.30
7.99
11.40
10.40
9.26
9.66
5.48
7.03
4.67
13.53
10.00
7.85
10.80
10.00
9.00
9.14
5.30
7.39
4.30
595
397
302
437
402
360
370
202
257
171
588
380
290
417
384
349
350
200
252
148
41.5
38.5
37.9
38.3
38.6
38.8
38.3
36.8
36.5
36.6
30,219
20,291
15,724
21,483
20,825
18,704
18,509
10,402
13,322
8,831
29,964
19,469
15,080
20,800
19,968
18,135
17,680
10,400
13,104
7,696
2,107
1,971
1,968
1,884
2,003
2,020
1,916
1,899
1,896
1,890
7.25
8.45
7.00
8.00
276
321
270
300
38.1
38.0
14,079
16,319
14,040
15,367
1,943
1,932
8.47
8.00
321
300
37.9
16,289
15,178
1,924
8.38
8.64
8.25
8.00
8.19
7.75
321
333
320
304
320
308
38.3
38.6
38.8
16,430
17,086
16,533
15,600
16,640
16,012
1,961
1,978
2,005
8.90
8.00
321
290
36.1
16,567
14,976
1,862
11.99
10.74
473
420
39.4
24,272
21,632
2,024
18.86
19.23
755
769
40.1
39,230
40,000
2,080
17.30
17.46
689
692
39.9
35,826
36,001
2,071
22.71
11.06
25.12
10.00
921
435
1,005
399
40.6
39.3
47,771
22,466
52,250
20,596
2,103
2,031
11.67
8.92
15.96
12.29
10.78
8.19
15.39
11.05
462
345
636
487
424
320
616
436
39.6
38.7
39.8
39.6
23,826
17,801
32,726
23,911
21,932
16,640
32,007
21,270
2,041
1,996
2,050
1,946
12.01
17.04
10.76
16.75
477
627
429
555
39.7
36.8
23,302
31,864
20,800
28,860
1,941
1,870
11.17
9.39
421
368
37.7
21,379
18,720
1,914
14.08
16.03
11.10
12.55
15.72
11.02
570
654
444
486
631
441
40.5
40.8
40.0
29,614
33,995
23,079
25,293
32,802
22,922
2,103
2,120
2,078
15.98
14.77
639
596
40.0
31,266
30,472
1,957
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$14.07
$12.50
$521
9.53
8.49
9.02
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
Annual earnings6
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$380
253
253
39.0
39.7
39.8
$24,213
13,267
13,025
$19,760
13,179
13,179
2,029
2,065
2,067
305
293
35.5
15,857
15,217
1,846
14.64
540
586
40.0
27,716
24,960
2,054
9.75
9.07
378
330
38.8
16,961
15,592
1,739
9.28
8.06
359
302
38.7
15,354
14,826
1,654
10.98
12.48
10.09
10.50
428
466
404
386
39.0
37.3
22,088
24,217
20,987
20,094
2,012
1,940
12.58
10.63
471
398
37.4
24,477
20,686
1,945
13.27
10.75
11.85
8.75
510
412
398
331
38.5
38.3
26,531
21,409
20,673
17,195
2,000
1,991
9.99
8.02
13.73
12.81
12.77
30.14
34.11
8.50
8.00
13.46
12.00
11.26
30.10
30.13
388
308
542
458
453
645
653
340
310
538
434
420
633
654
38.8
38.4
39.5
35.8
35.5
21.4
19.1
20,086
15,940
28,205
16,717
16,205
33,227
33,957
17,680
16,120
27,955
17,326
17,160
32,822
33,988
2,010
1,987
2,054
1,305
1,269
1,102
996
15.08
9.06
9.98
14.37
14.16
8.50
9.90
13.09
585
356
389
564
566
338
375
520
38.8
39.3
39.0
39.3
28,059
18,126
20,239
24,683
25,582
17,160
19,474
25,002
1,860
2,001
2,027
1,718
15.92
14.02
9.61
14.42
12.50
9.65
606
554
390
559
500
384
38.1
39.5
40.6
31,525
23,372
17,746
29,089
23,442
19,552
1,981
1,668
1,847
19.22
13.75
770
550
40.1
39,948
28,599
2,079
20.18
16.35
838
676
41.5
43,574
35,119
2,159
17.31
15.66
720
640
41.6
37,427
33,280
2,162
29.93
12.62
9.75
9.64
24.88
10.37
9.00
8.82
1,238
501
382
377
1,031
407
353
346
41.4
39.7
39.2
39.2
64,281
25,973
19,812
19,551
53,600
21,133
18,304
17,992
2,148
2,058
2,031
2,028
11.41
11.88
456
475
40.0
23,711
24,710
2,079
13.36
11.57
15.05
14.42
23.29
25.99
12.00
10.00
13.71
11.29
17.92
19.72
538
462
610
576
917
1,030
470
400
547
442
717
769
40.3
40.0
40.5
39.9
39.4
39.7
27,923
23,961
31,706
29,831
47,677
53,584
24,440
20,800
28,429
22,905
37,263
40,000
2,090
2,071
2,107
2,069
2,047
2,062
53.54
14.13
33.28
13.75
2,141
549
1,309
550
40.0
38.8
111,338
28,528
68,078
28,600
2,079
2,019
30.07
25.14
1,216
1,015
40.5
63,206
52,755
2,102
35.55
31.25
1,426
1,250
40.1
74,073
65,015
2,084
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
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 ............
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 ...........................
$11.93
6.43
6.30
$9.45
6.34
6.34
$466
255
250
8.59
8.06
13.49
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 ..............
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 ...........................
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 ....................
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
Annual earnings6
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$950
40.6
$59,121
$49,213
2,109
672
557
39.9
34,968
28,974
2,077
13.93
20.00
22.82
19.03
33.32
10.00
672
1,094
1,018
1,116
1,407
438
557
818
921
769
1,333
384
39.9
39.9
41.4
39.5
41.0
38.1
34,968
56,863
52,945
58,021
73,186
22,764
28,974
42,519
47,880
40,000
69,299
19,947
2,077
2,076
2,154
2,053
2,132
1,981
17.00
12.95
674
504
39.6
34,792
26,031
2,046
21.42
19.81
857
792
40.0
44,550
41,205
2,080
15.21
14.30
600
564
39.4
31,069
29,182
2,042
21.91
20.65
870
818
39.7
45,141
42,534
2,061
11.80
14.68
14.46
14.41
11.29
13.35
13.98
14.00
463
569
571
573
447
558
554
560
39.2
38.8
39.5
39.8
24,070
29,596
29,694
29,787
23,225
29,016
28,796
29,120
2,039
2,017
2,054
2,067
14.23
13.86
562
546
39.5
29,222
28,374
2,054
15.28
17.01
16.07
11.48
18.19
15.05
15.82
14.90
16.24
15.76
10.92
17.23
14.42
15.67
602
676
639
455
709
600
614
588
646
630
433
676
577
601
39.4
39.7
39.8
39.7
39.0
39.9
38.8
31,293
35,113
33,235
23,671
36,885
31,197
31,391
30,491
33,538
32,784
22,506
35,163
30,000
30,796
2,048
2,064
2,068
2,062
2,028
2,073
1,984
14.60
15.36
13.99
14.42
581
610
555
575
39.8
39.7
30,019
31,671
28,600
29,881
2,056
2,062
17.49
12.25
9.49
17.81
11.85
9.26
680
483
374
662
470
370
38.9
39.4
39.4
35,361
25,080
19,219
34,416
24,417
19,240
2,022
2,047
2,025
12.97
13.65
15.16
13.01
14.45
12.50
12.90
14.82
12.80
13.07
508
520
602
517
577
496
493
584
510
523
39.1
38.1
39.7
39.7
39.9
26,395
24,170
31,285
26,870
29,931
25,792
21,778
30,385
26,499
27,102
2,035
1,771
2,063
2,066
2,072
16.97
12.35
16.20
12.00
674
487
648
470
39.7
39.4
34,993
25,241
33,690
24,419
2,062
2,043
14.12
21.46
11.23
17.13
13.80
17.79
11.00
15.82
555
858
430
691
541
712
426
635
39.3
40.0
38.3
40.3
28,866
44,623
22,367
35,890
28,140
37,003
22,173
33,001
2,044
2,079
1,992
2,096
16.40
15.47
655
617
39.9
34,030
32,094
2,075
17.49
16.80
16.00
14.89
709
672
640
592
40.6
40.0
36,837
34,928
33,280
30,784
2,106
2,079
18.92
12.98
17.89
12.32
757
518
720
491
40.0
39.9
39,338
26,928
37,440
25,534
2,079
2,075
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$28.04
$23.63
$1,138
16.83
13.93
16.83
27.39
24.58
28.26
34.33
11.49
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 .................................
Logging equipment operators .........
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 .....
Paving, surfacing, and tamping
equipment operators .................
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment
operators ..................................
Annual earnings6
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$478
39.8
$26,143
$24,898
2,067
547
531
40.0
28,461
27,633
2,079
16.58
690
652
39.1
35,468
33,351
2,011
20.21
20.35
14.32
19.23
18.00
13.51
798
783
559
769
715
535
39.5
38.5
39.1
41,409
40,721
29,061
39,967
37,175
27,851
2,049
2,001
2,030
16.00
16.53
15.50
15.60
625
656
613
618
39.1
39.7
31,722
33,984
30,950
31,990
1,982
2,056
13.68
12.68
15.71
18.08
12.98
12.25
15.17
16.04
535
499
608
694
513
486
583
609
39.1
39.3
38.7
38.4
27,562
25,640
31,406
36,094
26,520
24,960
30,191
31,653
2,014
2,021
1,999
1,996
15.36
14.87
601
582
39.1
31,240
30,285
2,033
11.73
14.01
10.52
13.27
461
549
421
521
39.3
39.2
23,983
28,403
21,886
27,040
2,045
2,028
12.36
15.14
16.28
11.46
13.44
15.54
489
605
638
458
538
621
39.6
40.0
39.2
25,273
31,485
33,070
23,828
27,955
32,315
2,045
2,080
2,031
12.26
10.85
489
430
39.9
22,832
20,800
1,862
18.55
16.95
765
746
41.3
39,782
38,775
2,145
9.37
9.81
8.50
9.42
369
392
340
377
39.4
40.0
18,709
16,914
17,264
16,640
1,996
1,724
9.92
9.42
396
377
39.9
15,561
15,600
1,568
11.44
15.71
18.49
12.32
13.90
22.29
457
629
740
493
556
892
40.0
40.0
40.0
23,788
32,687
38,458
25,628
28,912
46,365
2,079
2,080
2,080
19.50
17.62
778
700
39.9
39,799
35,360
2,041
26.55
21.15
25.00
19.82
1,079
845
1,000
793
40.6
40.0
55,886
43,948
52,000
41,217
2,105
2,078
25.19
25.72
20.44
25.66
25.66
19.00
1,004
1,025
811
1,026
1,026
760
39.9
39.9
39.7
50,298
51,258
41,688
49,265
49,265
39,499
1,997
1,993
2,039
19.46
22.31
18.11
18.00
20.00
15.84
770
892
716
675
800
634
39.5
40.0
39.5
39,975
46,407
37,145
35,100
41,600
32,949
2,054
2,080
2,051
19.23
19.00
767
760
39.9
38,946
37,440
2,025
19.21
14.93
18.54
19.00
13.00
16.53
766
593
740
760
518
660
39.9
39.7
39.9
38,885
29,802
36,868
37,440
26,050
32,760
2,024
1,996
1,988
15.56
14.38
618
574
39.7
29,873
28,560
1,920
19.48
17.04
779
680
40.0
39,174
34,445
2,011
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$12.65
$12.00
$503
13.69
13.29
17.64
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 ..
Elevator installers and repairers .........
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 .......................................
Earth drillers, except oil and gas ........
Mining machine operators ..................
Mine cutting and channeling
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 .............................
Annual earnings6
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$640
630
720
810
670
640
40.0
39.9
40.0
39.8
40.0
40.0
$36,554
36,008
38,700
47,453
37,896
34,039
$33,280
32,760
37,440
42,120
34,840
33,280
2,069
2,069
2,068
2,069
2,080
2,080
569
714
605
599
645
540
40.0
40.0
39.6
29,601
37,115
31,143
31,131
33,565
28,080
2,080
2,080
2,040
13.50
602
540
39.6
30,991
28,080
2,040
22.63
17.09
20.50
14.50
904
681
817
580
39.9
39.8
46,809
35,393
42,430
30,160
2,069
2,071
23.20
16.58
17.02
16.01
19.72
27.79
12.63
21.00
15.68
15.00
14.00
17.45
25.84
11.72
927
658
681
638
773
1,112
504
840
627
600
525
658
1,034
469
39.9
39.7
40.0
39.8
39.2
40.0
39.9
48,002
34,150
34,896
30,627
39,832
57,713
25,700
43,680
32,610
31,200
26,121
34,112
53,747
23,920
2,069
2,060
2,051
1,912
2,020
2,077
2,035
15.77
12.76
10.50
14.00
12.50
10.00
623
510
420
520
500
400
39.5
40.0
40.0
31,575
26,504
21,814
24,960
26,000
20,800
2,002
2,078
2,078
10.19
10.00
408
400
40.0
21,192
20,800
2,080
12.32
9.68
25.49
37.92
18.93
15.78
12.00
9.50
24.30
35.33
16.48
14.91
493
387
1,008
1,517
757
626
480
380
958
1,413
659
596
40.0
40.0
39.5
40.0
40.0
39.7
25,635
19,217
52,408
78,880
38,409
31,518
24,960
19,760
49,808
73,486
34,014
27,690
2,080
1,985
2,056
2,080
2,029
1,997
21.38
21.44
855
858
40.0
44,476
44,591
2,080
17.43
18.89
759
695
43.6
39,483
36,123
2,266
16.06
15.50
640
620
39.9
32,868
31,683
2,047
19.37
16.00
775
640
40.0
40,284
33,280
2,080
18.34
16.94
20.77
16.00
16.00
19.57
734
677
831
640
640
783
40.0
40.0
40.0
38,142
35,225
43,169
33,280
33,280
40,706
2,080
2,080
2,078
18.09
18.47
11.67
19.36
16.50
10.74
723
739
467
774
660
430
40.0
40.0
40.0
37,453
38,421
24,263
40,269
34,320
22,339
2,071
2,080
2,080
19.81
18.57
795
747
40.1
41,244
38,636
2,082
26.55
24.76
1,085
1,000
40.8
56,387
52,000
2,123
17.32
16.66
693
666
40.0
35,945
34,730
2,075
25.55
27.89
1,022
1,116
40.0
53,131
58,011
2,079
25.55
27.89
1,022
1,116
40.0
53,131
58,011
2,079
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$17.67
17.40
18.72
22.94
18.22
16.37
$16.00
15.75
18.00
20.19
16.75
16.00
$706
695
749
913
729
655
14.23
17.84
15.27
14.97
16.14
13.50
15.19
See footnotes at end of table.
16
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
Miscellaneous electrical and
electronic equipment mechanics,
installers, and repairers ................
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 glass installers and
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 ................................
Tire repairers and changers ...........
Control and valve installers and
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 .......................................
Refractory materials repairers,
except brickmasons ..................
Line installers and repairers ...............
Annual earnings6
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$717
40.0
$40,404
$37,274
2,080
552
500
40.0
28,686
26,000
2,080
23.55
973
942
40.0
50,613
48,984
2,080
21.66
21.86
865
874
40.0
44,972
45,469
2,077
29.22
30.88
1,169
1,235
40.0
60,786
64,230
2,080
20.61
16.00
831
669
40.3
43,190
34,772
2,096
14.41
12.32
576
493
40.0
29,963
25,634
2,080
19.13
18.50
763
720
39.9
39,701
37,440
2,076
26.85
18.13
26.70
17.00
1,080
733
1,068
698
40.2
40.4
55,883
38,089
55,536
36,270
2,081
2,101
17.01
15.00
688
600
40.5
35,794
31,200
2,104
16.73
17.00
669
680
40.0
34,790
35,360
2,080
18.45
18.00
745
730
40.4
38,762
37,960
2,101
19.58
18.47
785
739
40.1
40,810
38,413
2,084
18.74
15.69
18.55
15.40
756
654
742
620
40.3
41.7
39,302
33,998
38,584
32,240
2,097
2,166
19.35
22.12
15.68
15.40
16.65
18.75
21.73
15.00
18.15
16.00
774
885
625
610
664
750
869
600
726
640
40.0
40.0
39.9
39.6
39.9
40,209
46,014
32,196
30,970
34,095
39,000
45,198
31,200
37,752
31,462
2,078
2,080
2,053
2,011
2,048
15.45
15.00
618
600
40.0
32,143
31,200
2,080
10.72
10.51
10.00
10.00
427
418
400
400
39.8
39.8
22,178
21,747
20,800
20,800
2,070
2,068
20.86
19.61
833
784
39.9
43,312
40,789
2,076
22.32
21.26
891
842
39.9
46,324
43,805
2,075
19.51
18.29
18.53
17.52
784
740
740
694
40.2
40.5
40,718
38,503
38,480
36,113
2,087
2,105
18.84
22.12
17.95
20.89
752
882
718
834
39.9
39.9
38,993
45,809
37,128
43,358
2,069
2,071
16.63
17.01
22.20
15.95
15.58
21.74
664
680
888
636
623
870
39.9
40.0
40.0
34,329
35,308
46,134
32,739
32,406
44,350
2,064
2,076
2,078
19.00
25.45
19.83
27.01
760
1,018
793
1,081
40.0
40.0
39,526
52,819
41,246
56,187
2,080
2,075
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$19.42
$17.92
$777
13.79
12.50
24.33
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
Electrical power-line installers and
repairers ...................................
Telecommunications line installers
and repairers ............................
Precision instrument and equipment
repairers .......................................
Medical equipment repairers ..........
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair workers
Coin, vending, and amusement
machine servicers and
repairers ...................................
Locksmiths and safe 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 ......................................
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 .......................
Annual earnings6
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$26.84
$27.34
$1,074
$1,094
40.0
$55,834
$56,869
2,080
24.55
26.89
982
1,076
40.0
50,859
55,933
2,072
21.20
19.76
21.09
17.60
846
790
844
704
39.9
40.0
44,007
41,102
43,867
36,612
2,076
2,080
15.00
13.75
596
550
39.8
30,725
28,371
2,049
14.31
18.24
13.50
18.72
570
731
540
749
39.8
40.1
29,565
38,017
28,080
38,938
2,066
2,084
12.14
17.41
23.44
12.00
19.50
22.98
486
696
938
480
780
919
40.0
40.0
40.0
25,253
36,216
48,763
24,960
40,560
47,798
2,080
2,080
2,080
12.44
11.50
495
450
39.8
25,305
23,379
2,034
15.29
13.76
609
548
39.8
31,614
28,475
2,068
22.99
22.05
934
898
40.6
48,537
46,699
2,111
23.26
23.84
930
954
40.0
48,345
49,587
2,079
13.30
11.39
12.25
10.38
530
447
486
415
39.9
39.3
27,576
23,260
25,272
21,584
2,073
2,042
13.24
12.00
529
480
39.9
27,496
24,960
2,076
14.03
13.54
560
542
39.9
29,106
28,163
2,074
19.09
15.80
18.00
15.00
762
630
710
600
39.9
39.9
39,629
32,567
36,920
31,200
2,076
2,061
15.08
12.68
602
506
39.9
31,249
26,312
2,072
12.87
18.06
12.59
12.07
15.17
11.74
515
720
495
483
609
462
40.0
39.9
39.3
26,771
37,356
25,482
25,114
31,533
23,088
2,080
2,068
2,024
12.08
15.03
11.20
15.25
477
588
448
604
39.5
39.1
24,826
30,564
23,296
31,408
2,055
2,034
9.52
10.97
9.30
11.20
378
438
372
448
39.7
39.9
19,651
22,761
19,344
23,296
2,065
2,074
12.58
12.18
501
487
39.8
26,037
25,314
2,070
12.20
13.59
12.18
13.80
488
540
487
550
40.0
39.7
25,381
28,034
25,324
28,579
2,080
2,063
10.85
10.20
433
408
39.9
22,528
21,216
2,076
17.37
16.84
697
672
40.1
36,248
34,944
2,086
16.38
16.25
657
650
40.1
34,179
33,800
2,087
23.69
21.89
950
876
40.1
49,384
45,535
2,085
14.69
14.52
582
571
39.7
30,251
29,702
2,059
14.01
14.28
554
548
39.5
28,792
28,496
2,055
See footnotes at end of table.
18
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 ...............................................
Job printers .....................................
Prepress technicians and workers ..
Annual earnings6
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$490
40.0
$27,626
$25,066
2,068
661
634
39.7
34,366
32,968
2,062
13.55
578
540
39.9
30,031
28,080
2,075
14.22
12.95
567
518
39.9
29,476
26,936
2,074
13.60
12.50
543
500
39.9
28,215
26,000
2,074
13.79
13.00
551
516
39.9
28,636
26,811
2,077
16.39
16.00
655
640
40.0
34,071
33,280
2,079
16.63
20.23
17.30
20.00
665
808
692
800
40.0
39.9
34,552
42,012
35,984
41,600
2,078
2,077
17.62
16.75
705
670
40.0
36,529
34,840
2,073
17.89
17.04
16.86
16.75
716
682
674
670
40.1
40.0
37,191
35,109
35,069
34,840
2,079
2,061
22.21
23.48
17.98
21.90
24.27
16.00
888
939
719
876
971
640
40.0
40.0
40.0
45,996
48,610
37,312
45,552
50,482
33,280
2,071
2,070
2,075
13.10
16.72
12.00
15.61
522
669
480
624
39.8
40.0
27,108
34,779
24,960
32,469
2,069
2,080
12.86
11.94
512
476
39.8
26,595
24,710
2,068
16.41
23.89
15.85
23.83
651
955
634
953
39.7
40.0
33,829
49,596
32,968
49,566
2,062
2,076
16.54
15.89
660
635
39.9
34,300
32,968
2,074
16.67
16.00
666
640
40.0
34,621
33,280
2,077
15.63
14.75
619
574
39.6
32,090
29,854
2,053
14.95
14.00
598
565
40.0
31,063
29,370
2,078
16.63
17.23
15.70
15.00
665
689
628
600
40.0
40.0
34,444
35,845
32,656
31,200
2,072
2,080
14.88
13.67
592
547
39.8
30,774
28,427
2,068
18.02
13.22
13.15
16.23
16.84
16.72
16.90
12.50
12.25
16.00
17.59
16.22
723
516
513
643
659
661
676
488
480
640
707
640
40.1
39.0
39.0
39.6
39.1
39.5
37,589
26,770
26,655
33,420
34,241
34,361
35,152
25,350
24,960
33,280
36,774
33,280
2,086
2,025
2,028
2,059
2,033
2,055
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.36
$12.25
$534
16.67
16.00
14.47
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
Printing machine operators .............
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers .....
Pressers, textile, garment, and related
materials .......................................
Sewing machine operators .................
Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers ......
Sewers, hand ..................................
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 ...............................
Model makers and patternmakers,
wood .............................................
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 ............................
Nuclear power reactor operators ....
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 ......................................
Annual earnings6
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$618
371
39.7
39.4
$32,959
20,180
$32,136
19,302
2,065
2,048
355
418
541
605
346
380
443
506
38.9
39.5
37.8
40.0
18,458
21,707
28,158
31,436
18,013
19,760
23,038
26,312
2,022
2,052
1,968
2,080
11.43
536
443
37.7
27,872
23,038
1,958
11.79
11.05
467
440
39.6
24,266
22,984
2,058
12.70
11.82
508
473
40.0
26,391
24,586
2,079
11.07
10.75
431
403
38.9
22,413
20,963
2,024
12.18
12.09
487
484
40.0
25,336
25,147
2,080
11.87
11.59
471
464
39.7
24,483
23,922
2,062
12.96
11.04
515
441
39.7
26,747
22,955
2,064
15.65
18.73
14.85
13.43
12.71
16.50
18.35
15.15
12.00
12.00
616
724
592
536
508
638
734
606
480
480
39.4
38.7
39.9
39.9
40.0
32,024
37,668
30,778
27,819
26,431
33,197
38,168
31,512
24,960
24,960
2,047
2,011
2,072
2,071
2,080
18.60
22.00
744
880
40.0
38,685
45,760
2,080
12.25
12.15
489
483
39.9
25,383
24,960
2,072
11.66
11.05
466
442
39.9
24,115
22,963
2,068
12.75
13.00
509
520
39.9
26,456
27,040
2,075
29.34
31.89
29.55
27.76
30.43
31.15
29.81
29.44
1,173
1,275
1,187
1,109
1,217
1,246
1,192
1,177
40.0
40.0
40.2
39.9
60,992
66,326
61,708
57,669
63,294
64,792
62,001
61,227
2,079
2,080
2,088
2,077
24.61
24.54
971
969
39.5
50,510
50,378
2,052
20.70
20.12
828
805
40.0
43,033
41,850
2,079
24.17
25.25
958
1,004
39.6
49,819
52,223
2,062
23.33
27.80
24.48
28.40
910
1,112
975
1,136
39.0
40.0
47,338
57,830
50,706
59,072
2,029
2,080
25.54
27.25
1,021
1,061
40.0
53,067
55,189
2,078
19.20
19.53
766
781
39.9
39,828
40,618
2,074
17.76
18.25
707
730
39.8
36,766
37,960
2,070
20.38
19.89
814
796
40.0
42,340
41,373
2,078
15.43
14.44
616
578
39.9
31,631
29,120
2,050
15.89
15.59
636
624
40.0
32,670
29,914
2,056
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.96
9.85
$15.50
9.31
$634
388
9.13
10.58
14.31
15.11
9.08
9.65
11.43
12.65
14.23
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 ................................
Medical, dental, and ophthalmic
laboratory technicians ...................
Dental laboratory technicians .........
Medical appliance 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 ...............................
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 ..................................
Ambulance drivers and attendants,
except emergency medical
technicians ....................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity .....
Bus drivers, school .........................
Annual earnings6
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$460
40.0
$25,701
$23,920
2,048
654
529
520
642
512
519
39.8
39.8
39.9
33,649
27,130
26,931
32,490
26,541
26,978
2,050
2,041
2,066
12.92
532
510
39.8
27,196
26,478
2,033
14.01
13.13
559
525
39.9
29,053
27,310
2,074
14.92
13.09
597
524
40.0
31,043
27,223
2,080
15.67
14.28
624
566
39.9
32,421
29,422
2,069
15.06
15.41
15.74
13.13
14.71
14.00
14.90
12.18
598
606
630
525
576
560
596
487
39.7
39.4
40.0
40.0
31,086
31,533
32,746
27,309
29,952
29,120
30,984
25,334
2,064
2,047
2,080
2,080
14.59
15.02
14.01
13.54
582
601
560
542
39.9
40.0
30,199
31,230
29,120
28,163
2,070
2,079
14.01
18.66
13.00
17.57
559
750
520
703
39.9
40.2
29,069
39,017
27,040
36,546
2,075
2,091
12.47
12.25
498
490
39.9
25,874
25,480
2,075
12.87
14.40
11.00
11.02
504
562
440
440
39.1
39.0
26,123
29,105
22,880
22,880
2,030
2,022
11.80
16.27
12.99
10.71
15.89
11.34
463
648
517
416
636
450
39.2
39.8
39.8
24,028
33,696
26,783
21,611
33,057
23,358
2,036
2,071
2,063
12.61
11.50
504
460
40.0
26,222
23,920
2,080
17.09
17.36
13.00
13.72
683
679
520
549
40.0
39.1
35,538
35,297
27,040
28,533
2,080
2,033
12.51
12.50
500
500
40.0
26,017
26,000
2,080
16.30
16.34
11.27
16.10
16.44
10.25
649
653
448
636
658
410
39.8
40.0
39.7
33,743
33,969
23,234
33,072
33,538
21,320
2,070
2,079
2,061
15.21
13.35
610
534
40.1
31,425
27,352
2,066
19.45
18.00
796
729
40.9
41,271
37,820
2,122
22.88
94.47
22.15
89.71
947
2,318
913
2,269
41.4
24.5
49,249
120,016
47,451
117,901
2,152
1,270
109.86
108.21
2,452
2,369
22.3
127,501
123,211
1,161
10.79
16.51
17.24
15.07
10.00
16.06
16.64
14.37
432
615
687
498
400
576
666
478
40.0
37.3
39.8
33.0
22,442
28,738
35,654
19,974
20,800
27,040
34,611
18,160
2,080
1,740
2,068
1,325
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$12.55
$11.50
$502
16.42
13.29
13.04
16.05
12.99
12.99
13.38
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, United States, June 20062 — Continued
Hourly earnings4
Weekly earnings5
Occupation3
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 ................
Locomotive engineers and operators
Locomotive engineers ....................
Railroad brake, signal, and switch
operators ......................................
Subway and streetcar operators .........
Sailors and marine oilers ....................
Ship and boat captains and operators
Captains, mates, and pilots of
water vessels ............................
Ship engineers ....................................
Bridge and lock tenders ......................
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 .......
Annual earnings6
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$620
662
41.4
40.5
$34,604
33,760
$32,136
34,401
2,138
2,108
720
667
42.3
37,047
34,278
2,177
12.70
9.45
21.64
21.80
579
393
1,160
1,187
502
368
929
929
39.9
38.5
42.4
42.6
30,005
20,400
59,322
61,702
26,000
19,130
45,342
48,318
2,070
1,998
2,167
2,216
24.99
25.03
13.11
19.87
25.41
25.84
13.62
19.07
999
1,001
573
982
1,016
1,034
575
817
40.0
40.0
43.7
49.4
51,974
52,068
28,597
46,272
52,842
53,747
29,899
42,466
2,080
2,080
2,181
2,329
19.87
30.04
14.92
7.97
10.45
23.57
15.13
18.74
19.07
25.83
15.15
7.50
9.50
18.98
14.27
17.00
982
1,311
597
312
415
927
605
749
817
1,091
606
284
380
829
571
680
49.4
43.6
40.0
39.2
39.7
39.3
40.0
40.0
46,272
58,952
31,023
16,235
21,600
48,209
31,464
38,882
42,466
56,580
31,502
14,761
19,760
43,103
29,684
35,360
2,329
1,963
2,079
2,037
2,066
2,046
2,080
2,075
15.95
15.50
637
620
39.9
32,526
31,200
2,039
15.85
17.23
14.25
11.28
15.50
18.88
13.46
10.25
633
687
569
448
620
755
538
406
39.9
39.8
39.9
39.7
32,315
35,708
29,407
23,139
30,909
39,270
27,872
21,002
2,038
2,072
2,064
2,052
10.36
9.30
414
372
39.9
21,480
19,344
2,074
11.91
11.42
10.04
21.03
10.80
10.50
9.32
21.81
472
454
398
841
429
416
370
872
39.7
39.8
39.6
40.0
24,398
23,598
20,544
43,002
22,142
21,653
18,959
45,365
2,048
2,066
2,046
2,045
13.10
21.74
11.01
19.06
552
909
500
946
42.2
41.8
28,712
45,238
26,000
39,645
2,192
2,081
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$16.18
16.01
$15.02
16.18
$671
649
17.02
16.00
14.50
10.21
27.38
27.84
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 The survey covers all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data were
collected between December 2005 and January 2007. The average month of
reference was June 2006.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
5 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
6 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
NOTE: Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
22
Technical Note
T
tion. Weights were applied to each establishment when the
data were tabulated so that each establishment represents
similar units (in terms of industry and employment size) in
the economy that were not selected for collection.
The third stage of sample selection was probability sampling of occupations within a sampled establishment.
he data in this report are based on the National Compensation Survey (NCS) conducted by the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS). The NCS is locality based
and covers establishments in private industry and State and
local governments. Agriculture, private households, and the
Federal Government are excluded from the scope of the
survey.
Data collection. Field economists from BLS regional offices
surveyed each establishment. Collection was conducted
between December 2005 and January 2007. The average
payroll reference month was June 2006. For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s practices on the day of collection.
Identification of the occupations for which wage data
were to be collected was a multistep process:
Survey scope. The 2006 NCS included establishments representing approximately 128 million workers within the scope
of the survey. (See Appendix table 1.) Establishments with
one or more workers are covered in the survey. For purposes
of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that
produces goods or services, a central administrative office, or
an auxiliary unit providing support services to a company. For
private industries in this survey, the establishment is usually
at a single physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a government
entity. The employment figures reflect for the first time poststratification, to adjust survey sample weights to reflect
current employment by industry. See the article at
www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20070122ar01p1.htm for more
information.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Sampling frame. The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed
from State unemployment insurance reports. The reference
month for the public sector is June 1994. Due to the volatility
of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available
at the time the sample was selected. The reference month for
the private sector varied by area.
Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
Characterization of jobs as full-time versus part time,
union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
Determination of the level of work of each job
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal
visit. A complete list of employees was used for sampling,
with each selected worker representing a job within the
establishment. As with the selection of establishments, the
selection of a job was based on probability proportional to
its size in the establishment. The greater the number of
people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its
chance of selection.
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
now uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification
(SOC) system. A selected job may fall into any one of about
800 occupational classifications, from accountant to
zoologist. For cases in which a job’s duties overlapped two
or more SOC classification codes, the duties used to set the
wage level were used to classify the job. Classification by
primary duties was the fallback.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations
can fall into any of 22 major groups (the group 55-0000,
Military Specific Occupations, is not included). For more
information on the SOC classification system and a
Sample design. The sample for this survey was selected using
a 3-stage design. The first stage involved the selection of
areas. The NCS sample consists of 152 metropolitan areas and
nonmetropolitan areas that represent the Nation’s 326 metropolitan statistical areas (as defined by the U.S. Office of
Management and Budget) and the remaining portions of the
50 States. Metropolitan areas are defined as Metropolitan
Statistical Areas (MSAs) or Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs), as defined by the Office of Management and Budget in 1994. Nonmetropolitan areas are counties
that do not fit the metropolitan area definition.
In the second stage, the sample of establishments was
drawn by first stratifying the sampling frame by ownership
and industry. The number of sample establishments allocated to each stratum was approximately proportional to the
stratum employment. Each sampled establishment was selected within a stratum with a probability proportional to its
employment. Use of this technique means that the larger an
establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selec23
samples of the same size that could have been selected using
the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from one another.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular
sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. Table 1 contains RSE data for
indicated series in this report. The RSE data for table 2 are
available upon request.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence
interval” around a sample estimate. As an example, table 1
shows mean hourly earnings for all workers of $19.29 per
hour and a relative standard error of 1.2 percent for this
estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for
this estimate is from $18.91 to $19.67 ($19.29 x 1.645 x
0.012 = $0.3808, rounded to $0.38); ($19.29 - 0.38 =
$18.91; $19.29 + 0.38 = $19.67). If all possible samples
were selected to estimate the population value, the interval
from each sample would include the true population value
approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They can
stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain
information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data
obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of field economists who gathered the
survey data by personal visit, computer edits of the data, and
detailed data review.
complete list of all occupations, see the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/soc/home.htm.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based on
the establishment’s definition of those terms. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be
considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but
classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week
is the minimum full-time schedule. Then, the worker was
classified as having a time versus incentive job, depending
on whether any part of pay was directly based on the actual
production of the worker, rather than solely on hours
worked. The worker also was identified as being in a union
job or a nonunion job.
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Information on average hourly
earnings by occupational work level will be published later
this year in the national bulletin on occupational earnings.
Estimation. The wage series in the tables are computed by
combining the wages for each sampled occupation. Before
being combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the
number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for
nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the
occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight
reflects the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at
each sample selection stage and four weight adjustment
factors. The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse. The third factor adjusts for any special situations
that may have occurred during data collection. The fourth
factor, poststratification, also called benchmarking, is
introduced to adjust estimated employment totals to the
current counts of employment by industry. The latest
available employment counts were used to derive average
earnings. For the first time, the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) was used to classify
industries.
For more information on the NAICS
classification system, see the BLS Internet site
www.bls.gov/naics.htm.
Additional information. NCS reports for about 80
metropolitan areas, as well as a list of occupational
classifications and the factors used in determining work
levels, may be obtained from BLS by calling (202) 691-6199.
You may also write to BLS at: Division of Compensation
Data Analysis and Planning, 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE.,
Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212-0001; or send e-mail to
[email protected].
The national summary and bulletin, along with locality
publications, are available on the BLS Internet site:
www.bls.gov/ncs/home.htm in a Portable Document Format
(PDF).
Material in this summary is in the public domain and,
with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without
permission. This information will be made available to
sensory-impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone:
(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339.
Data reliability. The data in this summary are estimates
from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are
two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample
survey, sampling and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
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Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, United States, June 20062
Occupational group3
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
128,000,000
109,520,000
18,478,700
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 .......................
34,092,700
9,916,400
24,176,300
26,592,700
34,143,500
12,857,900
21,285,600
11,921,700
6,642,000
5,120,300
21,249,600
10,467,800
10,781,800
24,509,500
8,528,700
15,980,700
22,386,200
31,354,200
12,790,000
18,564,200
10,908,800
6,090,000
4,676,200
20,362,800
10,297,600
10,065,100
9,583,300
1,387,700
8,195,600
4,206,500
2,789,300
67,900
2,721,400
1,012,900
551,900
444,100
886,800
170,100
716,700
1 The number of workers represented by the survey are
rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers
provide a description of size and composition of the labor force
included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure employment
trends or levels.
2 The survey covers all 50 states and the District of
Columbia. Data were collected between December 2005 and
January 2007. The average month of reference was June 2006.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data
did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, United States, June 20061
Establishments
Total
Total in sampling frame2 ................................................ 4,170,000
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
1 The survey covers all 50 states and the District
of Columbia. Data were collected between December
2005 and January 2007. The average month of
reference was June 2006.
2 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
36,433
22,247
9,026
5,160
Private
industry
State and
local
government
4,150,000
12,275
33,390
19,588
8,711
5,091
3,043
2,659
315
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physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
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