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USDL 03-741
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Wednesday, November 19, 2003
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OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES, 2002
Management and legal occupational groups were the highest paying of the 22 major occupational groups
in 2002, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The occupational
group with the highest employment level in 2002 was office and administrative support workers, followed by
sales and related workers, production workers, and food preparation and serving workers. (See chart 1.)
These statistics for wage and salary workers are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey,
a federal-state cooperative program between BLS and State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs).
The OES survey provides estimates of employment, hourly wages, and annual wages for 22 major occupational groups and for 770 detailed occupations, as defined by the Standard Occupational Classification
(SOC) system. (See table A.)
Chart 1. Mean hourly wage and percent of total employment by major occupational group
Management ($37.92)
5.6%
Occupation group (with mean hourly wage shown in parentheses)
Legal ($37.18)
.7%
Computer and mathematical science ($29.63)
2.2%
1.9%
Architecture and engineering ($27.89)
4.9%
Healthcare practitioner and technical ($25.96)
Business and financial operations ($25.65)
3.7%
.8%
Life, physical, and social science ($25.19)
1.2%
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media ($20.03)
Education, training, and library ($19.31)
6.1%
Construction and extraction ($17.47)
4.8%
4.1%
Installation, maintenance, and repair ($17.20)
1.2%
Community and social services ($16.65)
Protective service ($16.02)
2.3%
Sales and related ($14.72)
10.5%
Production ($13.55)
8.4%
Office and administrative support ($13.42)
17.8%
Transportation and material moving ($13.09)
7.4%
Healthcare support ($10.77)
2.5%
Personal care and service ($10.27)
2.3%
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance ($10.02)
3.3%
Farming, fishing, and forestry ($9.72)
.4%
Food preparation and serving related ($8.26)
7.9%
0
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
Employment level
20,000,000
25,000,000
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The highest-paying major groups in 2002 were management occupations and legal occupations. About
30 percent of the workers in these occupational groups earned more than $43.75 per hour. (See table B.)
The occupational groups with the lowest average wages were food preparation and serving related; farming,
fishing, and forestry; building and grounds cleaning and maintenance; and personal care and service. At least
40 percent of all workers in each of these lowest-paying groups earned less than $8.50 per hour.
Major groups whose wages were concentrated in the middle included business and financial operations
occupations; life, physical, and social science occupations; community and social services occupations;
education, training, and library occupations; healthcare practitioner and technical occupations; construction
and extraction occupations; and installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.
In addition to estimates for the 22 OES major occupational groups, the OES program produces detailed
occupational wages across all industries. These estimates show that wages for occupations can vary
substantially within a major occupational group. Table 1 shows wages for the detailed occupations within
each group.
Table A. Employment and wages by major occupational group, 2002
Employment
Occupations
Major occupational group
Total............................................
Management ......................................
Business and financial operations .........
Computer and mathematical science ....
Architecture and engineering ...............
Life, physical, and social science .........
Community and social services ............
Legal.................................................
Education, training, and library .............
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media ......................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical ...
Healthcare support .............................
Protective service ...............................
Food preparation and serving related....
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance ....................................
Personal care and service ...................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support ........
Farming, fishing, and forestry ..............
Construction and extraction .................
Installation, maintenance, and repair .....
Production .........................................
Transportation and material moving .....
Average
(mean)
hourly
wage
Percent of
total
Number
Percent of
total
770
30
28
16
35
39
14
9
58
100.0
3.9
3.6
2.1
4.5
5.1
1.8
1.2
7.5
127,523,740
7,092,460
4,772,120
2,772,620
2,411,260
1,078,630
1,576,980
934,850
7,772,470
100.0
5.6
3.7
2.2
1.9
.8
1.2
.7
6.1
$ 37.92
25.65
29.63
27.89
25.19
16.65
37.18
19.31
37
46
15
20
16
4.8
6.0
1.9
2.6
2.1
1,503,680
6,185,020
3,173,400
2,993,490
10,067,080
1.2
4.9
2.5
2.3
7.9
20.03
25.96
10.77
16.02
8.26
9
33
21
56
13
58
53
112
52
1.2
4.3
2.7
7.3
1.7
7.5
6.9
14.5
6.8
4,262,880
2,919,280
13,339,570
22,754,570
451,140
6,124,600
5,215,970
10,726,670
9,395,000
3.3
2.3
10.5
17.8
.4
4.8
4.1
8.4
7.4
10.02
10.27
14.72
13.42
9.72
17.47
17.20
13.55
13.09
Number
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The two largest detailed occupations can be found within the sales group. Retail salespersons and
cashiers were the largest occupations in the United States, with almost 3.9 million and 3.4 million employees,
respectively. General office clerks and registered nurses were the next largest occupations with 2.9 million
and 2.2 million workers, respectively.
The seven highest-paying occupations were all found in the occupational group of healthcare practitioner
and technical occupations and were all doctors. The average hourly wage for these occupations ranged from
$91.15 for surgeons to $65.01 for psychiatrists. Seven of the lowest-paying occupations were found in food
preparation and serving, where the average wages for workers ranged from $7.18 per hour for fast-food
cooks to $7.76 per hour for hosts and hostesses.
The OES survey is designed to estimate employment and wages at detailed industry and area levels with
a desired level of reliability based on a sample of 1.2 million establishments, collected over a 3-year period.
Because the 2002 estimates represent the first year that OES estimates were based on the North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) and because of the program’s transition to semiannual collection and
publication, the 2002 estimates are based on 4-year responses from establishments for 1999, 2000, 2001,
and 2002.
Table B. Wage distribution by major occupational group, 2002
(Percent distribution)
Wage range
Major occupational group
Management .....................................................
Business and financial operations ........................
Computer and mathematical science ...................
Architecture and engineering ..............................
Life, physical, and social science ........................
Community and social services ...........................
Legal................................................................
Education, training, and library ............................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media ......
Healthcare practitioner and technical ..................
Healthcare support ............................................
Protective service ..............................................
Food preparation and serving related...................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance ..................................................
Personal care and service ..................................
Sales and related ...............................................
Office and administrative support .......................
Farming, fishing, and forestry .............................
Construction and extraction ................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ....................
Production ........................................................
Transportation and material moving ....................
$8.50 $10.75 $13.50 $17.00 $21.50 $27.25 $34.50
Under
Over
to
to
to
to
to
to $43.75
$8.50 to
$10.74 $13.49 $16.99 $21.49 $27.24 $34.49 $43.74
1.6
1.9
.9
.7
2.5
8.1
1.8
12.6
13.7
3.2
27.7
18.3
68.2
1.7
2.5
1.8
2.0
4.3
12.0
2.7
8.8
10.5
5.5
30.5
14.4
17.0
3.5
6.6
3.8
4.7
8.1
18.9
6.3
10.2
12.4
8.9
22.6
15.6
8.5
6.8
13.7
7.7
9.2
14.0
21.3
10.8
15.2
15.0
14.0
12.7
14.2
3.9
10.6
19.9
13.5
15.3
18.0
18.2
14.3
18.5
15.1
20.4
4.8
13.8
1.7
14.4
21.1
19.4
21.2
19.0
12.8
12.9
16.7
13.5
20.2
1.2
12.7
.5
16.2
16.6
21.7
20.9
15.2
6.2
11.4
10.5
9.1
12.2
.3
7.4
.2
16.0
9.7
18.4
16.1
10.0
1.9
10.6
4.7
5.4
6.3
.1
2.9
.1
29.2
7.9
12.8
9.8
8.8
.8
29.3
2.9
5.3
9.4
.8
-
43.9
50.9
38.4
16.0
57.1
7.8
7.9
19.4
27.5
24.3
20.8
16.2
20.2
17.3
12.4
11.0
20.4
19.4
15.7
11.3
11.1
22.8
10.6
16.6
15.6
20.1
17.7
9.2
7.0
9.4
19.1
7.2
18.6
19.4
16.8
14.6
4.7
4.7
8.0
13.8
4.4
17.6
20.4
11.5
11.0
1.6
2.6
6.1
5.4
2.0
14.4
16.2
7.7
6.2
.4
1.2
4.2
1.8
.8
8.8
7.0
3.0
2.1
.1
.7
2.9
.6
.3
3.0
1.8
.8
.7
.6
3.8
.3
.1
.8
.5
.2
.9
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The OES employment estimates presented in this release are benchmarked to data from the fourthquarter 2002 Census of Employment and Wages. The 1999, 2000, and 2001 wage data have been
adjusted to the 2002 reference period, using over-the-year wage changes in the most applicable national
Employment Cost Index series. For further details, see the Technical Note.
The 2002 OES data for states and metropolitan areas and the national employment and wage data by
industry will be available on the BLS Web site in late November.
Technical Note
Scope of the survey
The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a
semiannual mail survey measuring occupational employment and wage
rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments, by
industry, in the United States. (Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands also are surveyed, but their data are not included in this release.)
In 2002, the OES survey switched from industry coding based on the
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system to that based on the
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The
nationwide response rate for the 2002 survey was 78 percent for
establishments, covering 71 percent of employment.
In November 2002, the OES survey changed from an annual survey
of 400,000 establishments to a semiannual survey of 200,000
establishments. The OES survey samples and contacts establishments
in May and November of each year and, over 3 years, contacts
approximately 1.2 million establishments. The full 3-year sample
allows the production of estimates at fine levels of geographic,
industrial, and occupational detail.
In order to maintain adequate geographic, industrial, and
occupational coverage through the implementation of NAICS and
semiannual sampling, the 2002 data were combined with the annual
samples from 1999, 2000, and 2001 for a total sample size of
approximately 1.4 million establishments. Estimates from the OES
survey are based on data collected using the Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. A brief description of this classification
system is provided below.
The occupational classification system for 2002
In 1999, the OES survey began using the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) occupational classification system, the Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. The SOC system is the
first OMB-required occupational classification system for federal
agencies. The OES survey categorizes workers in 1 of about 770
detailed occupations. Together, these detailed occupations comprise
22 major occupational groups. The major groups are as follows:
Management occupations
Business and financial operations occupations
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Architecture and engineering occupations
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Community and social services occupations
Legal occupations
Education, training, and library occupations
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
Healthcare support occupations
Protective service occupations
Food preparation and serving related occupations
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
Personal care and service occupations
Sales and related occupations
Office and administrative support occupations
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
Construction and extraction occupations
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Production occupations
Transportation and material moving occupations
Military specific occupations (not surveyed in OES)
For more information about the SOC system, please see the Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS) Web site at http://www.bls.gov/soc.
The industry coding system for 2002
In 2002, the OES survey switched from using the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system to using the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). Due to differences in NAICS and SIC
structures, OES industry data for 2002 are not comparable with the
SIC-based data for earlier years. For more information about NAICS,
see the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htm. An
establishment is defined as an economic unit that processes goods or
provides services, such as a factory, mine, or store. The establishment
is generally at a single physical location and is engaged primarily in one
type of economic activity.
The OES survey covers all full- and part-time wage and salary
workers in nonfarm industries. The survey does not include the selfemployed owners and partners in unincorporated firms, household
workers, or unpaid family workers.
The OES survey includes establishments in NAICS sectors 11
(logging and agricultural support activities only), 21, 22, 23, 31-33, 42,
44-45, 48-49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 61, 62, 71, 72, 81 (except private
households), state government, and local government. Data for the
U.S. Postal Service and the federal government are universe counts
obtained from the Postal Service and the Office of Personnel
Management, respectively.
BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical
support, while the State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs)
collect the data. BLS produces cross-industry NAICS estimates for
the nation, states, and metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). NAICS
estimates are produced primarily at the 4-digit level with some 5-digit
exceptions. BLS releases all cross-industry and national estimates, and
the SESAs release industry estimates at the state and MSA levels.
The OES survey defines employment as the number of workers
who can be classified as full-time or part-time employees, including
workers on paid vacations or other types of leave; workers on unpaid
short-term absences; salaried officers, executives, and staff members
of incorporated firms; employees temporarily assigned to other units;
and employees for whom the reporting unit is their permanent duty
station regardless of whether that unit prepares their paycheck.
State Unemployment Insurance (UI) files provide the universe from
which the OES survey draws its sample. The employment benchmarks
are obtained from reports submitted by employers to the UI program.
In some non-manufacturing industries, supplemental sources are used
for establishments not reporting to the UI program. The OES survey
sample is stratified by area, industry, and size class. Size classes are
defined as follows:
Size class
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Number of employees
1 to 4
5 to 9
10 to 19
20 to 49
50 to 99
100 to 249
250 and above
UI reporting units with 250 or more employees are sampled with
virtual certainty across a 3-year period. Generally, one-sixth of the
certainty units are sampled in each panel in each state.
Concepts
Occupational employment is the estimate of total wage and salary
employment in an occupation across the industries in which that
occupation was reported. The OES survey form sent to an
establishment contains between 50 and 225 SOC occupations selected
on the basis of the sampled establishment’s industry classification
and size class. To reduce paperwork and respondent burden, no
survey form contains every SOC occupation. Thus, data for specific
occupations are collected primarily from establishments in industries
that are the predominant employers of workers in those occupations.
Each survey form is structured, however, to allow a respondent to
provide detailed occupational information for each worker at the
establishment; that is, workers in unlisted occupations can have their
occupations added to the survey form.
Wages for the OES survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive
of premium pay. Base rate, cost-of-living allowances, guaranteed
pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay including commissions and
production bonuses, tips, and on-call pay are included. Excluded are
back pay, jury duty pay, overtime pay, severance pay, shift
differentials, non-production bonuses, employer cost for
supplementary benefits, and tuition reimbursements.
The OES survey collects wage data in 12 intervals. Employers
report the number of employees in an occupation for each wage range.
The wage intervals used for the 2002 survey are as follows:
Interval
Range A
Range B
Range C
Range D
Range E
Range F
Range G
Range H
Range I
Range J
Range K
Range L
Wages
Hourly
Under $6.75
$6.75 to $8.49
$8.50 to $10.74
$10.75 to $13.49
$13.50 to $16.99
$17.00 to $21.49
$21.50 to $27.24
$27.25 to $34.49
$34.50 to $43.74
$43.75 to $55.49
$55.50 to $69.99
$70.00 and over
Annual
Under $14,040
$14,040 to $17,679
$17,680 to $22,359
$22,360 to $28,079
$28,080 to $35,359
$35,360 to $44,719
$44,720 to $56,679
$56,680 to $71,759
$71,760 to $90,999
$91,000 to $115,439
$115,440 to $145,599
$145,600 and over
A mean (average) wage value is calculated for each wage interval
based on occupational wage data collected by the BLS Office of
Compensation and Working Conditions for the National
Compensation Survey (NCS). These interval mean wage values are
then attributed to all workers reported in the interval. To calculate
the mean wage of each occupation, total weighted wages are summed
across all intervals and divided by the occupation’s weighted survey
employment.
The mean wage value for the highest wage interval, $70.00 and
over, is calculated after excluding data for pilots. Pilots comprise a
large portion of the employment from the NCS survey that falls into
the highest interval, and about one percent of the workers reported
for the OES survey makes $70.00 and over. Since pilots work much
fewer hours than workers in other occupations, their hourly wage
rates are much higher than other occupations. After excluding pilots
from the calculation, the mean wage for the highest interval was
computed separately for 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. Then the
average of these four mean wages was derived and used for all of the
$70.00 and over data in the 2002 survey. The wages for this interval
do not go through any wage updating procedures.
Annual Wage. Many employees are paid at an hourly rate by their
employers and may work more than or less than 40 hours per week.
The annual wage estimates in this release are calculated by
multiplying the mean hourly wage by a “year-round, full-time” figure
of 2,080 hours (52 weeks by 40 hours). Thus, the annual wage
estimates may not represent the actual annual pay received by the
employee if they work more or less than 2,080 hours per year.
Alternatively, some workers are paid based on an annual amount, but
they generally do not work the usual 2,080 hours per year. Since the
OES survey does not collect the actual number of hours worked, the
hourly rate cannot be calculated with a reasonable degree of confidence
from the annual wages. For this reason, the annual salary is directly
calculated from reported survey data, and only annual wages are
estimated for these occupations. Occupations that typically have a
work year of less than 2,080 hours include musical and entertainment
occupations, pilots and flight attendants, and teachers.
Hourly versus annual wage reporting. For each occupation,
respondents are asked to report the number of employees paid within
specific wage intervals. The intervals are defined both as hourly rates
and the corresponding annual rates, where the annual rate for an
occupation is calculated by multiplying the hourly wage rate by a
typical work year of 2,080 hours. The responding establishment can
reference either the hourly or the annual rate, but they are instructed
to report the hourly rate for part-time workers.
Estimation methodology
Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2002, the OES survey samples
approximately 200,000 establishments semiannually in the second
and fourth quarters of the year, for a combined sample of 1.2 million
different establishments over six semiannual panels. Until 2002, the
survey sampled approximately 400,000 establishments in the fourth
quarter of each year, for a 3-year combined sample size of 1.2 million.
While estimates can be made from a single year or 2 years of data,
the OES survey has been designed to produce estimates at a desired
level of precision using the full 3 years of data. The 3-year sample
allows the production of estimates at fine levels of geographical,
industrial, and occupational detail. Since the 2002 sample was the
first time that 200,000 establishments were sampled, the data were
combined with annual survey data from 1999, 2000, and 2001, for
a combined sample of approximately 1.4 million to provide adequate
coverage of the sampling frame for these detailed estimates.
Producing estimates using the 3 years of sample data provides
significant sampling error reductions (particularly for small
geographic areas and occupations); however, it also has some quality
limitations in that it requires the adjustment of earlier years’ data to the
current reference period, a procedure referred to as “wage updating.”
Wage updating. As noted above, combining multiple years of data
has both statistical advantages and limitations. Significant reductions
in sampling error can be achieved by taking advantage of 3 years of
data, which covers over 70 percent of the employment in the United
States. This feature is particularly important in improving the
reliability of estimates for small domains in the population (that is,
wage and employment estimates for detailed occupations in small
areas). Combining multiple years of data also has been necessary to
obtain full coverage of establishments with 250 or more workers that
are sampled with certainty.
Starting with the 1997 estimates, the OES program has used the
over-the-year fourth-quarter wage changes from the BLS
Employment Cost Index (ECI) to adjust prior year survey data before
combining it with the current year’s data. The wage updating
procedure assumes that each occupation’s wage, as measured in the
earlier years, moves according to the average movement of its
occupational division and that there are no major geographic or
detailed occupational differences.
2002 OES survey estimates. The 2002 OES survey estimates are
based on data collected from establishments for the 1999, 2000, 2001,
and 2002 samples. The 2002 estimates use the wage-updating
methodology introduced in 1997. In addition, the 2002 estimates use
the estimation methodology introduced in 1997, which uses a “nearest
neighbor” imputation approach for nonresponse and applies
employment benchmarks at the state-MSA/4-digit NAICS (with 5digit exceptions) /size class level.
Reliability of the estimates. Statistics based on establishment
surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When
a sample of the population is surveyed, there is a chance that the
sample estimate of a characteristic may differ from the population
value of that characteristic. The difference between the sample
estimate and the population value will vary depending on the
particular sample selected. This variability is measured by the
sampling error (SE). If the sampling and estimation process using the
same survey design was repeated, 90 percent of the intervals created
by adding and subtracting 1.645 standard errors from the sample
estimate would include the population value. This interval is called
a 90-percent confidence interval.
The OES survey produces estimates of the relative standard error
(RSE). The RSE is defined as the SE divided by the estimated value
as computed from the sample. This statistic provides a measure of
the relative precision of the sample estimates. The SE may be
obtained by multiplying the RSE by the sample estimate. RSE
estimates are produced for both occupational employment and mean
wage estimates. The employment RSE values are estimated using a
subsample replication technique known as the Jackknife (random
group) variance estimation method. The mean wage RSE values are
estimated using a variance components model that accounts for both
the observed and unobserved components of the wage data. The
variances of the unobserved components of the wage data are
calculated from the BLS National Compensation Survey. In general,
estimates involving many establishments have lower relative standard
errors than estimates involving few establishments. If the
distributional assumptions of the models are violated, the resulting
confidence interval may not reflect the prescribed level of confidence.
Additional information
The 2002 OES national data by occupation, comparable to data
in table 1, will be available soon on the Internet (http://www.bls.gov/
oes). Users also may access each occupation’s definition and
percentile wages. The 2002 cross-industry data for states and
metropolitan areas will be available on the BLS Web site in late
November. Industry staffing patterns at the 4- and 5-digit NAICS
levels also will be available from the Internet beginning in late
November. These data will include industry-specific occupational
employment and wage data.
For additional information, contact the Office of Employment and
Unemployment Statistics, Division of Occupational Employment
Statistics, Room 2135, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington,
DC, 20212; telephone 202-691-6569 (e-mail: [email protected]).
Information in this release will be made available to sensory
impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200;
TDD message referral phone number: 1-800-877-8339.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, 2002
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Management occupations
Chief executives.................................................................................................................
General and operations managers.....................................................................................
Legislators..........................................................................................................................
Advertising and promotions managers...............................................................................
Marketing managers..........................................................................................................
Sales managers.................................................................................................................
Public relations managers..................................................................................................
452,400
1,998,350
64,650
81,090
192,080
328,060
62,640
$64.89
40.19
14.62
33.27
41.91
41.40
33.59
$134,960
83,590
30,420
69,200
87,170
86,110
69,870
$60.70
32.80
7.32
27.47
37.62
36.08
29.15
Administrative services managers.....................................................................................
Computer and information systems managers..................................................................
Financial managers............................................................................................................
Human resources managers..............................................................................................
Industrial production managers..........................................................................................
Purchasing managers........................................................................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers...........................................................
306,370
264,790
563,020
193,360
173,960
105,010
107,400
28.54
43.48
39.94
34.12
35.09
31.85
31.29
59,350
90,440
83,080
70,960
72,980
66,250
65,070
25.24
40.98
35.26
31.11
32.37
28.79
28.68
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers...................................................................
Construction managers......................................................................................................
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program.................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school............................................
Education administrators, postsecondary..........................................................................
Engineering managers.......................................................................................................
Food service managers......................................................................................................
Funeral directors................................................................................................................
Gaming managers..............................................................................................................
Lodging managers.............................................................................................................
Medical and health services managers..............................................................................
Natural sciences managers................................................................................................
Postmasters and mail superintendents..............................................................................
Property, real estate, and community association managers.............................................
Social and community service managers...........................................................................
5,630
208,360
52,700
204,340
96,910
205,390
249,710
21,740
3,760
31,170
228,290
42,470
26,470
156,290
111,480
23.65
34.24
18.84
(²)
34.44
46.03
19.75
24.83
29.29
18.32
33.35
43.46
23.36
22.30
22.55
49,200
71,210
39,190
74,050
71,630
95,750
41,090
51,650
60,910
38,110
69,370
90,400
48,590
46,390
46,900
21.03
30.53
16.03
(²)
31.08
43.71
17.21
20.85
26.12
16.33
29.50
39.54
23.34
17.73
20.71
11,590
16,570
138,380
231,490
211,960
13,270
33.16
22.56
22.43
23.21
22.11
20.97
68,970
46,930
46,650
48,270
45,990
43,620
26.79
19.66
19.60
21.68
20.68
20.50
146,670
185,080
10,700
168,550
85,880
198,910
392,670
32,380
23.29
24.67
22.75
22.14
23.04
22.11
33.73
19.72
48,450
51,310
47,320
46,050
47,920
46,000
70,160
41,020
21.54
22.86
20.94
18.95
21.68
20.58
29.01
17.99
Accountants and auditors...................................................................................................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate............................................................................
Budget analysts..................................................................................................................
Credit analysts....................................................................................................................
Financial analysts...............................................................................................................
Personal financial advisors................................................................................................
Insurance underwriters.......................................................................................................
Financial examiners...........................................................................................................
Loan counselors.................................................................................................................
Loan officers.......................................................................................................................
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents.................................................................
Tax preparers.....................................................................................................................
888,690
57,160
58,900
65,700
159,920
77,010
95,620
23,890
29,780
218,470
69,320
54,330
25.59
22.18
26.67
23.81
32.30
37.72
24.49
29.60
17.52
25.08
21.99
15.21
53,230
46,120
55,470
49,530
67,180
78,460
50,940
61,570
36,450
52,160
45,730
31,630
22.60
20.08
25.23
20.63
27.45
27.25
21.92
27.03
15.39
21.15
20.31
12.32
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer and information scientists, research..................................................................
Computer programmers.....................................................................................................
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........................................................
24,410
457,320
356,760
255,040
478,560
467,750
102,090
232,560
133,460
38.71
30.62
35.48
36.46
20.35
31.20
28.41
27.70
29.51
80,510
63,690
73,800
75,840
42,320
64,890
59,080
57,620
61,390
37.38
28.98
34.09
35.60
18.80
30.24
26.68
26.35
28.09
Actuaries............................................................................................................................
Mathematicians..................................................................................................................
14,440
2,600
38.84
36.35
80,780
75,610
33.64
36.77
Business and financial operations occupations
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes.................................
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products...................................................................
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products...........................................................
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products.......................................
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators.................................................................
Insurance appraisers, auto damage...................................................................................
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety,
and transportation.......................................................................................................
Cost estimators..................................................................................................................
Emergency management specialists.................................................................................
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists........................................................
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists........................................................
Training and development specialists................................................................................
Management analysts........................................................................................................
Meeting and convention planners......................................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, 2002
Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Computer and mathematical science occupations  Continued
Operations research analysts.............................................................................................
Statisticians........................................................................................................................
Mathematical technicians...................................................................................................
56,310
17,820
1,970
$29.27
28.85
20.64
$60,890
60,000
42,920
$27.36
27.44
17.56
Architecture and engineering occupations
Architects, except landscape and naval.............................................................................
Landscape architects.........................................................................................................
Cartographers and photogrammetrists..............................................................................
Surveyors...........................................................................................................................
87,700
17,460
8,040
53,340
30.06
25.02
21.72
20.50
62,530
52,050
45,180
42,630
27.22
22.79
20.61
19.22
Aerospace engineers.........................................................................................................
Agricultural engineers.........................................................................................................
Biomedical engineers.........................................................................................................
Chemical engineers...........................................................................................................
Civil engineers....................................................................................................................
Computer hardware engineers...........................................................................................
Electrical engineers............................................................................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer............................................................................
Environmental engineers...................................................................................................
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors...................
Industrial engineers............................................................................................................
Marine engineers and naval architects...............................................................................
Materials engineers............................................................................................................
Mechanical engineers........................................................................................................
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers................................
Nuclear engineers..............................................................................................................
Petroleum engineers..........................................................................................................
74,210
2,500
7,130
32,110
207,480
67,180
146,180
126,020
45,720
34,160
151,760
4,810
22,780
203,620
5,050
15,180
11,130
35.63
26.79
30.97
36.06
30.29
36.61
33.88
34.43
30.50
28.77
30.57
32.83
30.92
31.33
31.14
39.57
41.13
74,110
55,730
64,420
75,010
63,010
76,150
70,480
71,600
63,440
59,830
63,590
68,280
64,310
65,170
64,770
82,300
85,540
34.97
24.38
29.04
34.85
28.88
34.69
32.78
33.62
29.52
27.89
29.88
32.04
30.09
30.23
29.70
39.11
40.08
Architectural and civil drafters............................................................................................
Electrical and electronics drafters......................................................................................
Mechanical 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...................................................................................
101,190
35,470
68,280
14,700
88,380
194,960
30,360
18,770
59,700
53,630
55,670
18.78
21.16
20.71
25.48
18.71
21.26
19.20
18.93
21.79
20.60
15.27
39,060
44,020
43,080
52,990
38,910
44,210
39,930
39,380
45,310
42,850
31,760
17.95
19.76
19.58
24.83
18.13
20.65
18.33
17.72
20.15
19.85
14.05
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Agricultural and food scientists..........................................................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists...........................................................................................
Microbiologists....................................................................................................................
Zoologists and wildlife biologists........................................................................................
Conservation scientists......................................................................................................
Foresters............................................................................................................................
Epidemiologists..................................................................................................................
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists.........................................................................
14,920
15,190
14,730
12,970
13,600
9,760
3,760
53,840
25.38
31.55
26.78
23.68
24.43
23.11
27.98
31.83
52,800
65,620
55,700
49,250
50,820
48,060
58,190
66,200
23.40
29.03
24.53
22.95
24.20
22.47
25.89
27.40
Astronomers.......................................................................................................................
Physicists...........................................................................................................................
Atmospheric and space scientists......................................................................................
Chemists............................................................................................................................
Materials scientists.............................................................................................................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health.................................................
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers.........................................................
Hydrologists........................................................................................................................
900
11,480
7,210
82,050
7,090
60,380
26,130
7,390
38.71
42.08
29.33
27.72
32.33
24.51
37.83
28.28
80,510
87,530
61,000
57,670
67,240
50,970
78,690
58,820
39.27
40.88
28.94
25.43
31.05
22.88
32.44
27.18
Economists.........................................................................................................................
Market research analysts...................................................................................................
Survey researchers............................................................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists..................................................................
Industrial-organizational psychologists...............................................................................
Sociologists........................................................................................................................
Urban and regional planners..............................................................................................
Anthropologists and archeologists.....................................................................................
Geographers......................................................................................................................
Historians...........................................................................................................................
Political scientists...............................................................................................................
13,290
122,000
18,350
100,560
1,360
2,630
30,460
4,410
740
2,110
5,300
36.62
28.97
14.60
27.18
33.49
27.17
24.98
20.38
26.10
21.68
38.48
76,180
60,260
30,360
56,540
69,670
56,520
51,960
42,380
54,290
45,090
80,040
32.96
25.87
10.67
24.60
30.63
25.56
23.98
18.57
25.68
20.21
38.73
Agricultural and food science technicians..........................................................................
Biological technicians.........................................................................................................
15,990
45,630
14.91
16.65
31,010
34,630
13.74
15.73
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, 2002
Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Life, physical, and social science occupations  Continued
Chemical technicians.........................................................................................................
Geological and petroleum technicians...............................................................................
Nuclear technicians............................................................................................................
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health.................................
Forensic science technicians.............................................................................................
Forest and conservation technicians..................................................................................
67,230
10,690
5,620
26,380
7,830
17,160
$18.70
19.94
29.43
17.96
20.81
15.72
$38,890
41,470
61,220
37,370
43,280
32,700
$18.00
18.96
28.84
16.98
19.73
14.90
Community and social services occupations
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors......................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors................................................................
Marriage and family therapists...........................................................................................
Mental health counselors...................................................................................................
Rehabilitation counselors...................................................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers............................................................................
Medical and public health social workers...........................................................................
Mental health and substance abuse social workers...........................................................
Health educators................................................................................................................
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists...................................................
Social and human service assistants.................................................................................
Clergy.................................................................................................................................
Directors, religious activities and education.......................................................................
63,310
208,340
22,130
81,030
110,580
259,990
103,180
91,240
43,240
78,990
291,410
36,450
13,120
15.32
22.19
18.45
15.77
13.75
17.14
18.71
16.76
18.84
19.81
12.04
17.35
15.54
31,860
46,160
38,370
32,800
28,590
35,640
38,920
34,860
39,190
41,210
25,040
36,080
32,330
14.51
21.20
17.11
14.39
12.43
15.94
17.97
15.79
17.43
18.44
11.24
15.92
13.47
Legal occupations
Lawyers..............................................................................................................................
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers............................................
Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators..............................................................................
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates......................................................................
Paralegals and legal assistants..........................................................................................
Court reporters...................................................................................................................
Law clerks..........................................................................................................................
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers......................................................................
504,370
16,700
5,090
25,100
193,300
15,270
41,760
48,060
50.91
32.76
26.91
40.97
19.51
21.59
15.42
17.93
105,890
68,130
55,970
85,210
40,590
44,910
32,070
37,300
43.41
31.03
22.75
45.23
18.25
19.98
14.65
15.68
Education, training, and library occupations
Business teachers, postsecondary.....................................................................................
Computer science teachers, postsecondary......................................................................
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary.................................................................
Architecture teachers, postsecondary................................................................................
Engineering teachers, postsecondary................................................................................
Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary..................................................................
Biological science teachers, postsecondary.......................................................................
Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary............................................
Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary......................
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary...................................................................................
Environmental science teachers, postsecondary...............................................................
Physics teachers, postsecondary.......................................................................................
66,520
32,990
41,140
5,290
29,310
11,070
47,150
2,350
8,270
17,670
3,760
11,940
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
61,400
55,330
55,060
61,930
73,100
67,660
67,750
68,030
67,320
60,800
63,380
66,960
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary.....................................................
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary...............................................
Economics teachers, postsecondary..................................................................................
Geography teachers, postsecondary..................................................................................
Political science teachers, postsecondary..........................................................................
Psychology teachers, postsecondary.................................................................................
Sociology teachers, postsecondary....................................................................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary.......................................................................
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary..............................................................
Education teachers, postsecondary...................................................................................
Library science teachers, postsecondary...........................................................................
4,490
6,040
11,560
3,920
11,910
25,790
13,580
85,770
36,500
42,300
3,760
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
62,910
61,180
68,370
59,790
62,110
58,680
56,510
72,820
52,970
52,240
54,480
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary........................................
Law teachers, postsecondary.............................................................................................
Social work 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..............................................................
Graduate teaching assistants.............................................................................................
Home economics teachers, postsecondary.......................................................................
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary...................................................
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary..................................................................
8,870
10,260
6,480
58,130
19,660
55,150
19,730
17,500
14,480
128,470
4,490
14,650
119,350
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
20.35
48,890
88,020
56,070
52,350
52,050
51,310
50,410
56,200
53,760
25,420
53,650
46,480
42,340
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
18.71
Preschool teachers, except special education...................................................................
Kindergarten teachers, except special education...............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special education......................................................
367,300
162,560
1,443,160
10.45
(²)
(²)
21,730
42,040
44,080
9.26
(²)
(²)
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, 2002
Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Education, training, and library occupations  Continued
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.....................................
Vocational education teachers, middle school...................................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education..............................
Vocational education teachers, secondary school.............................................................
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school..................
Special education teachers, middle school........................................................................
Special education teachers, secondary school..................................................................
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors..............................
Self-enrichment education teachers...................................................................................
582,620
17,730
984,600
106,920
211,530
89,350
134,870
61,440
136,780
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
19.94
15.82
$44,110
44,650
46,010
45,850
45,510
44,150
47,270
41,470
32,910
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
17.50
14.09
Archivists, curators, and museum technicians...................................................................
Librarians............................................................................................................................
Library technicians.............................................................................................................
Audio-visual collections specialists....................................................................................
Farm and home management advisors.............................................................................
Instructional coordinators...................................................................................................
Teacher assistants.............................................................................................................
20,100
156,920
111,240
9,040
12,760
90,350
1,227,220
19.11
21.36
12.16
17.01
20.12
23.80
(²)
39,750
44,430
25,280
35,370
41,850
49,510
19,930
16.96
20.72
11.58
15.56
18.96
22.77
(²)
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
Art directors........................................................................................................................
Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators..................................................
Multi-media artists and animators......................................................................................
Commercial and industrial designers.................................................................................
Fashion designers..............................................................................................................
Floral designers..................................................................................................................
Graphic designers..............................................................................................................
Interior designers................................................................................................................
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers...................................................................
Set and exhibit designers...................................................................................................
23,200
10,280
34,150
35,270
10,310
66,480
141,830
40,670
53,350
8,280
33.55
21.03
24.45
26.04
28.93
9.90
19.89
21.04
12.25
17.91
69,790
43,750
50,860
54,160
60,160
20,600
41,380
43,770
25,470
37,250
29.74
16.95
21.14
25.12
24.66
9.37
17.64
18.84
10.84
16.28
Actors.................................................................................................................................
Producers and directors.....................................................................................................
Athletes and sports competitors.........................................................................................
Coaches and scouts...........................................................................................................
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials......................................................................
Dancers..............................................................................................................................
Choreographers.................................................................................................................
Music directors and composers.........................................................................................
Musicians and singers........................................................................................................
52,560
50,780
10,400
87,720
9,190
16,580
15,320
8,980
53,940
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
13.17
16.24
(²)
(²)
42,820
61,500
92,540
34,170
27,010
27,390
33,790
39,270
48,240
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
10.14
14.17
(²)
(²)
Announcers........................................................................................................................
News analysts, reporters and correspondents...................................................................
Public relations specialists.................................................................................................
Editors................................................................................................................................
Technical writers................................................................................................................
Writers and authors............................................................................................................
Interpreters and translators................................................................................................
49,790
61,100
136,360
106,520
44,780
41,990
18,600
14.03
18.83
22.40
22.60
25.63
24.18
16.78
29,190
39,160
46,590
47,010
53,310
50,300
34,900
9.91
14.67
20.05
19.79
24.32
20.57
15.67
Audio and video equipment technicians.............................................................................
Broadcast technicians........................................................................................................
Radio operators..................................................................................................................
Sound engineering technicians..........................................................................................
Photographers....................................................................................................................
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture...................................................
Film and video editors........................................................................................................
35,770
31,520
2,510
11,110
63,140
21,370
15,180
17.57
16.44
16.53
22.00
13.85
17.73
21.42
36,550
34,200
34,380
45,750
28,810
36,880
44,540
14.96
13.35
15.16
17.77
11.56
15.73
18.40
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
Chiropractors......................................................................................................................
Dentists..............................................................................................................................
Dietitians and nutritionists..................................................................................................
Optometrists.......................................................................................................................
Pharmacists.......................................................................................................................
20,630
92,460
45,150
23,040
219,390
40.12
64.11
20.16
45.89
36.13
83,440
133,350
41,920
95,440
75,140
31.41
59.24
19.79
41.39
37.04
Anesthesiologists...............................................................................................................
Family and general practitioners........................................................................................
Internists, general...............................................................................................................
Obstetricians and gynecologists.........................................................................................
Pediatricians, general.........................................................................................................
Psychiatrists.......................................................................................................................
Surgeons............................................................................................................................
24,780
115,020
50,380
19,970
27,320
19,750
51,580
87.22
65.51
76.13
86.37
68.44
65.01
91.15
181,420
136,260
158,350
179,640
142,360
135,220
189,590
(³)
62.79
(³)
(³)
64.11
62.95
(³)
Physician assistants...........................................................................................................
Podiatrists...........................................................................................................................
Registered nurses..............................................................................................................
Audiologists........................................................................................................................
Occupational therapists......................................................................................................
61,910
7,490
2,239,530
10,180
78,580
30.53
51.65
23.96
24.92
25.50
63,490
107,430
49,840
51,840
53,040
31.09
45.61
23.12
23.27
24.99
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, 2002
Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations  Continued
Physical therapists.............................................................................................................
Radiation therapists............................................................................................................
Recreational therapists.......................................................................................................
Respiratory therapists........................................................................................................
Speech-language pathologists...........................................................................................
Veterinarians......................................................................................................................
130,290
13,510
26,130
85,350
87,030
42,900
$28.93
28.90
15.23
19.57
24.75
35.44
$60,180
60,110
31,670
40,700
51,490
73,720
$27.56
24.35
14.68
19.34
23.77
30.33
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists.....................................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians........................................................................
Dental hygienists................................................................................................................
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians...................................................................
Diagnostic medical sonographers......................................................................................
Nuclear medicine technologists.........................................................................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians..........................................................................
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics..............................................................
146,480
144,120
148,530
42,870
36,530
17,090
173,540
178,700
21.00
14.58
27.78
18.12
23.90
25.13
19.30
12.78
43,670
30,330
57,790
37,680
49,710
52,260
40,150
26,570
20.63
13.96
26.59
17.52
23.40
23.44
18.74
11.55
Dietetic technicians............................................................................................................
Pharmacy technicians........................................................................................................
Psychiatric technicians.......................................................................................................
Respiratory therapy technicians.........................................................................................
Surgical technologists........................................................................................................
Veterinary technologists and technicians...........................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses............................................................
Medical records and health information technicians..........................................................
Opticians, dispensing.........................................................................................................
Orthotists and prosthetists..................................................................................................
Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians..............................................
Athletic trainers...................................................................................................................
28,910
207,380
58,600
26,220
72,040
54,040
692,290
145,270
61,790
4,480
39,060
13,500
11.59
11.15
13.49
16.79
15.36
11.56
15.53
12.49
13.38
25.68
22.85
(²)
24,100
23,200
28,060
34,930
31,960
24,050
32,300
25,980
27,830
53,410
47,530
36,070
10.81
10.70
12.36
16.41
15.00
11.03
15.12
11.49
12.31
22.24
22.12
(²)
Healthcare support occupations
Home health aides.............................................................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants............................................................................
Psychiatric aides................................................................................................................
Occupational therapist assistants......................................................................................
Occupational therapist aides..............................................................................................
Physical therapist assistants..............................................................................................
Physical therapist aides......................................................................................................
Massage therapists............................................................................................................
Dental assistants................................................................................................................
Medical assistants..............................................................................................................
Medical equipment preparers.............................................................................................
Medical transcriptionists.....................................................................................................
Pharmacy aides..................................................................................................................
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers.....................................................
569,670
1,329,310
56,260
17,970
8,040
50,430
37,330
27,160
268,220
361,960
35,490
99,160
58,020
62,740
9.16
9.87
11.42
17.76
11.78
17.48
10.63
16.21
13.42
11.93
11.50
13.33
9.47
9.07
19,050
20,540
23,760
36,950
24,510
36,360
22,120
33,720
27,910
24,810
23,910
27,730
19,700
18,870
8.70
9.59
11.04
17.62
10.60
17.34
9.94
13.75
13.10
11.51
11.04
13.05
8.86
8.55
Protective service occupations
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............................
31,210
109,530
60,900
22.59
29.64
27.28
47,000
61,650
56,750
21.60
29.33
26.66
Fire fighters........................................................................................................................
Fire inspectors and investigators.......................................................................................
Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists...............................................................
273,850
12,140
1,450
18.04
22.11
19.58
37,530
46,000
40,720
17.42
21.64
18.04
Bailiffs.................................................................................................................................
Correctional officers and jailers..........................................................................................
Detectives and criminal investigators.................................................................................
Fish and game wardens.....................................................................................................
Parking enforcement workers............................................................................................
Police and sheriff's patrol officers.......................................................................................
Transit and railroad police..................................................................................................
14,390
400,190
88,460
7,080
10,180
597,650
6,010
16.47
16.66
25.46
21.12
14.07
20.86
22.00
34,250
34,650
52,960
43,920
29,260
43,390
45,750
15.73
15.71
24.71
19.72
13.52
20.32
21.01
Animal control workers.......................................................................................................
Private detectives and investigators...................................................................................
Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators.....................................................
Security guards..................................................................................................................
Crossing guards.................................................................................................................
10,420
31,170
8,760
977,650
73,020
12.49
16.47
11.79
10.13
9.79
25,980
34,250
24,520
21,060
20,370
11.91
14.09
11.11
9.20
8.98
Food preparation and serving related occupations
Chefs and head cooks.......................................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers.........................
Cooks, fast food.................................................................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria..........................................................................................
Cooks, restaurant...............................................................................................................
Cooks, short order..............................................................................................................
Food preparation workers..................................................................................................
120,430
661,050
582,630
416,710
715,520
223,030
836,540
15.38
12.78
7.18
9.23
9.54
8.24
8.27
32,000
26,590
14,930
19,190
19,850
17,130
17,200
13.43
11.73
6.90
8.72
9.16
7.82
7.85
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, 2002
Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Food preparation and serving related occupations  Continued
Bartenders..........................................................................................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food...............................
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop.....................................
Waiters and waitresses......................................................................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant..............................................................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers............................................
Dishwashers.......................................................................................................................
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop...............................................
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
453,390
2,000,070
466,270
2,086,120
193,980
404,210
499,070
295,170
$8.12
7.28
7.74
7.58
8.21
7.37
7.41
7.76
$16,900
15,150
16,090
15,770
17,070
15,330
15,410
16,130
$7.21
6.97
7.32
6.80
7.52
6.99
7.15
7.36
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers..........................
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and
groundskeeping workers.............................................................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners.....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners.....................................................................................
Pest control workers...........................................................................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers........................................................................
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation.................................................
Tree trimmers and pruners.................................................................................................
204,710
14.63
30,430
13.53
95,600
2,052,090
912,340
57,370
792,170
22,000
43,530
17.41
9.69
8.33
12.58
10.33
12.48
12.92
36,220
20,150
17,330
26,180
21,490
25,960
26,870
15.89
8.77
7.90
11.90
9.51
11.94
12.07
Personal care and service occupations
Gaming supervisors...........................................................................................................
Slot key persons.................................................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers............................................
Animal trainers...................................................................................................................
Nonfarm animal caretakers................................................................................................
25,610
14,380
106,680
6,780
86,700
19.32
11.80
15.45
13.08
9.01
40,180
24,540
32,130
27,210
18,750
18.89
11.00
13.92
11.03
8.21
Gaming dealers..................................................................................................................
Gaming and sports book writers and runners....................................................................
Motion picture projectionists...............................................................................................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers.......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants..............................................................................
Costume attendants...........................................................................................................
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants....................................................
75,690
13,820
9,600
106,050
225,100
3,660
21,660
7.82
9.95
9.82
7.93
7.87
12.93
8.55
16,270
20,700
20,420
16,490
16,360
26,890
17,780
6.78
8.97
7.97
7.02
7.18
11.62
8.14
Embalmers.........................................................................................................................
Funeral attendants.............................................................................................................
Barbers...............................................................................................................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists...................................................................
Makeup artists, theatrical and performance.......................................................................
Manicurists and pedicurists................................................................................................
Shampooers.......................................................................................................................
Skin care specialists...........................................................................................................
6,790
25,950
18,350
330,730
830
31,350
15,410
15,580
17.38
9.52
10.77
10.63
15.44
9.04
7.30
12.33
36,160
19,800
22,390
22,110
32,120
18,810
15,190
25,650
16.46
8.75
9.40
9.12
11.89
8.33
6.91
10.80
Baggage porters and bellhops...........................................................................................
Concierges.........................................................................................................................
Tour guides and escorts.....................................................................................................
Travel guides......................................................................................................................
Flight attendants.................................................................................................................
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters.........................
57,650
16,770
28,480
4,960
104,360
26,580
10.79
11.39
9.63
14.25
(²)
10.07
22,440
23,680
20,040
29,640
50,460
20,940
8.58
10.44
8.90
12.55
(²)
9.00
Child care workers..............................................................................................................
Personal and home care aides..........................................................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors...........................................................................
Recreation workers............................................................................................................
Residential advisors...........................................................................................................
456,260
451,040
169,920
267,930
48,530
8.32
8.07
14.38
9.89
10.77
17,310
16,790
29,910
20,580
22,410
7.86
7.81
11.51
8.69
9.95
Sales and related occupations
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers.....................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers..............................................
Cashiers.............................................................................................................................
Gaming change persons and booth cashiers.....................................................................
1,197,190
325,450
3,375,510
32,930
16.72
30.90
8.02
9.66
34,770
64,270
16,680
20,090
14.28
25.49
7.41
9.42
Counter and rental clerks...................................................................................................
Parts salespersons.............................................................................................................
Retail salespersons............................................................................................................
425,380
243,170
3,894,760
9.64
12.82
10.46
20,040
26,670
21,750
8.31
11.51
8.51
Advertising sales agents....................................................................................................
Insurance sales agents......................................................................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents...........................................
Travel agents......................................................................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific
products.......................................................................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical
and scientific products.................................................................................................
141,360
274,830
254,600
104,550
22.89
25.86
41.21
13.64
47,610
53,800
85,710
28,370
18.11
19.59
29.32
12.80
371,580
30.51
63,460
26.80
1,375,380
24.58
51,130
20.54
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, 2002
Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Sales and related occupations  Continued
Demonstrators and product promoters..............................................................................
Models................................................................................................................................
Real estate brokers............................................................................................................
Real estate sales agents....................................................................................................
Sales engineers..................................................................................................................
Telemarketers....................................................................................................................
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers.....................
101,420
2,260
40,810
125,960
79,300
419,740
25,780
$12.19
12.15
34.68
20.42
33.27
10.74
14.48
$25,360
25,280
72,130
42,470
69,200
22,330
30,120
$9.80
10.29
24.20
14.87
30.61
9.40
12.18
Office and administrative support occupations
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers..................
Switchboard operators, including answering service.........................................................
Telephone operators..........................................................................................................
1,400,240
226,890
46,420
20.22
10.56
14.11
42,060
21,970
29,340
18.66
10.19
13.75
Bill and account collectors..................................................................................................
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators..............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks...................................................................
Gaming cage workers........................................................................................................
Payroll and timekeeping clerks..........................................................................................
Procurement clerks............................................................................................................
Tellers.................................................................................................................................
407,280
491,000
1,728,730
18,320
191,500
73,570
526,750
13.62
13.04
13.77
10.77
14.50
14.61
9.97
28,330
27,120
28,650
22,400
30,150
30,380
20,750
12.88
12.55
13.16
10.47
13.94
14.23
9.81
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...................................................................................
75,480
32,160
99,010
79,400
1,854,750
89,400
258,680
176,140
17.09
13.01
14.04
13.92
13.58
15.59
10.19
8.71
35,540
27,060
29,210
28,960
28,240
32,440
21,190
18,110
15.97
12.48
13.12
12.83
12.62
14.91
9.63
8.35
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..........................................
190,390
113,760
163,660
97,770
327,120
167,480
1,063,020
174,170
11.07
10.04
14.09
12.80
12.67
15.16
10.56
13.78
23,020
20,880
29,300
26,620
26,350
31,530
21,970
28,670
10.43
9.35
13.38
12.11
11.93
14.62
10.17
12.19
Cargo and freight agents....................................................................................................
Couriers and messengers..................................................................................................
Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers............................................................................
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance................................................................
Meter readers, utilities........................................................................................................
Postal service clerks..........................................................................................................
Postal service mail carriers................................................................................................
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators....................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks.......................................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks.................................................................................
Stock clerks and order fillers..............................................................................................
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping........................................
59,440
120,900
89,280
168,380
52,510
79,760
347,420
262,440
279,640
792,470
1,608,230
77,050
16.03
9.96
13.89
15.70
14.74
18.72
18.80
16.86
16.87
12.02
10.21
12.85
33,350
20,720
28,900
32,660
30,660
38,930
39,110
35,080
35,080
24,990
21,240
26,740
15.10
9.32
13.30
14.56
13.86
19.08
19.00
18.34
16.18
11.26
9.26
11.62
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants..........................................................
Legal secretaries................................................................................................................
Medical secretaries............................................................................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive.............................................................
1,407,950
259,010
336,200
1,796,480
16.85
17.59
12.83
12.69
35,050
36,580
26,690
26,390
16.06
16.84
12.23
12.16
Computer operators...........................................................................................................
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...........................................................................................................
172,640
376,970
209,200
34,280
252,590
161,850
2,857,300
93,340
25,310
22,330
15.21
11.15
13.38
16.21
14.95
10.64
11.32
11.25
12.62
15.00
31,640
23,190
27,830
33,730
31,090
22,130
23,540
23,400
26,240
31,190
14.26
10.77
12.85
15.20
13.88
10.19
10.71
10.47
11.68
14.17
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
First-line supervisors/managers of farming, fishing, and forestry workers.........................
Farm labor contractors.......................................................................................................
Agricultural inspectors........................................................................................................
Animal breeders.................................................................................................................
Graders and sorters, agricultural products.........................................................................
Agricultural equipment operators.......................................................................................
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse..............................................
20,910
5,830
13,760
1,590
54,500
21,830
218,020
17.78
12.61
15.09
14.11
8.50
9.25
7.86
36,970
26,220
31,380
29,340
17,670
19,240
16,340
16.43
7.39
13.76
12.06
7.67
8.31
7.24
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, 2002
Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations  Continued
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals...............................................................................
Forest and conservation workers.......................................................................................
Fallers.................................................................................................................................
Logging equipment operators............................................................................................
Log graders and scalers.....................................................................................................
38,260
9,140
10,180
29,060
4,730
$8.93
10.93
15.43
13.39
13.87
$18,560
22,730
32,090
27,850
28,840
$8.22
9.12
13.54
12.88
13.08
Construction and extraction occupations
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers................
Boilermakers......................................................................................................................
Brickmasons and blockmasons.........................................................................................
Stonemasons.....................................................................................................................
Carpenters..........................................................................................................................
Carpet installers.................................................................................................................
Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles...............................................................
Floor sanders and finishers................................................................................................
Tile and marble setters.......................................................................................................
Cement masons and concrete finishers.............................................................................
Terrazzo workers and finishers..........................................................................................
Construction laborers.........................................................................................................
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators........................................................
Pile-driver operators...........................................................................................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators....................................
Drywall and ceiling tile installers.........................................................................................
Tapers................................................................................................................................
508,620
24,560
109,900
12,870
856,750
38,320
14,840
7,740
33,550
177,930
6,130
830,860
58,760
4,670
343,710
111,600
33,320
24.50
20.46
20.48
17.08
17.71
16.79
16.82
14.51
18.15
16.25
14.82
13.73
15.62
22.10
18.42
17.48
19.49
50,960
42,550
42,600
35,530
36,840
34,920
34,990
30,180
37,740
33,800
30,830
28,570
32,490
45,980
38,320
36,350
40,550
22.92
20.17
20.11
16.36
16.44
15.67
16.15
13.22
17.20
14.74
13.42
11.90
13.87
21.84
16.94
16.21
18.75
Electricians.........................................................................................................................
Glaziers..............................................................................................................................
Insulation workers..............................................................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance............................................................................
Paperhangers.....................................................................................................................
Pipelayers...........................................................................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters...............................................................................
Plasterers and stucco masons...........................................................................................
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers....................................................................................
Roofers...............................................................................................................................
Sheet metal workers..........................................................................................................
Structural iron and steel workers........................................................................................
593,010
46,950
51,740
257,140
9,450
52,380
438,560
54,290
29,540
117,140
197,110
74,700
21.11
16.67
15.63
15.20
16.21
15.26
20.49
17.07
19.54
15.88
18.08
20.37
43,910
34,660
32,500
31,620
33,720
31,740
42,630
35,500
40,640
33,020
37,620
42,360
19.90
15.20
13.91
13.98
15.22
13.70
19.31
15.91
17.66
14.51
16.62
19.55
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.................................................................................................................
60,740
97,900
97,690
31,320
78,570
21,940
13.06
10.90
11.80
10.70
11.30
10.47
27,170
22,670
24,540
22,260
23,510
21,780
11.73
10.34
11.10
9.66
10.69
9.85
Construction and building inspectors.................................................................................
Elevator installers and repairers.........................................................................................
Fence erectors...................................................................................................................
Hazardous materials removal workers...............................................................................
Highway maintenance workers..........................................................................................
Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators...................................................
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners..................................................................
Segmental pavers..............................................................................................................
75,190
20,920
21,730
37,350
146,290
10,450
15,530
2,100
20.71
25.74
12.10
17.12
14.06
16.75
14.30
14.25
43,070
53,540
25,170
35,610
29,250
34,840
29,750
29,630
20.01
25.99
10.65
15.61
13.65
16.90
13.43
12.95
Derrick operators, oil and gas............................................................................................
Rotary drill operators, oil and gas.......................................................................................
Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining.......................................................................
Earth drillers, except oil and gas........................................................................................
Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters...........................................
Continuous mining machine operators...............................................................................
Mine cutting and channeling machine operators................................................................
Rock splitters, quarry..........................................................................................................
Roof bolters, mining...........................................................................................................
Roustabouts, oil and gas....................................................................................................
Helpers--extraction workers...............................................................................................
14,120
13,110
12,310
19,830
4,850
8,100
5,060
2,610
3,980
31,960
28,690
15.28
17.46
15.13
16.56
17.33
17.06
18.02
13.49
18.28
11.62
12.86
31,780
36,320
31,480
34,450
36,050
35,490
37,490
28,070
38,020
24,160
26,750
14.34
16.23
13.78
15.62
16.88
16.75
18.07
12.58
18.47
10.71
12.12
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers...........................
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers................................................
Radio mechanics................................................................................................................
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers................
Avionics technicians...........................................................................................................
Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers................................................................
Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment....................
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment.......................
433,640
135,380
6,960
195,680
21,710
28,720
17,320
82,320
24.05
16.73
18.37
21.90
20.39
16.36
18.56
19.60
50,030
34,810
38,210
45,550
42,410
34,030
38,590
40,760
22.87
15.98
17.42
22.78
20.21
15.49
18.56
19.77
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, 2002
Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations  Continued
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..........................................................................
20,040
15,200
30,600
43,310
$24.02
13.27
14.01
16.53
$49,970
27,600
29,150
34,390
$24.85
12.51
13.08
15.56
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians.......................................................................
Automotive body and related repairers..............................................................................
Automotive glass installers and repairers..........................................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics................................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists....................................................
Farm equipment mechanics...............................................................................................
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines........................................................
Rail car repairers................................................................................................................
Motorboat mechanics.........................................................................................................
Motorcycle mechanics........................................................................................................
Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics..........................................
Bicycle repairers.................................................................................................................
Recreational vehicle service technicians...........................................................................
Tire repairers and changers...............................................................................................
125,850
175,370
19,710
687,380
254,470
32,330
113,340
13,520
18,550
13,030
25,170
7,000
12,490
81,560
20.97
16.93
13.49
15.79
17.01
13.44
17.69
18.35
14.57
13.80
12.47
9.62
13.72
10.45
43,620
35,200
28,050
32,830
35,380
27,950
36,790
38,170
30,310
28,690
25,950
20,000
28,530
21,730
20.71
15.71
12.93
14.71
16.53
13.03
17.29
18.78
13.97
13.03
11.93
9.25
13.02
9.69
Mechanical door repairers..................................................................................................
Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door..................................
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers................................
Home appliance repairers..................................................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics.........................................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general..........................................................................
Maintenance workers, machinery.......................................................................................
Millwrights...........................................................................................................................
Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons..........................................................
Electrical power-line installers and repairers......................................................................
Telecommunications line installers and repairers..............................................................
Camera and photographic equipment repairers.................................................................
Medical equipment repairers..............................................................................................
Musical instrument repairers and tuners............................................................................
Watch repairers..................................................................................................................
10,730
36,720
206,870
34,750
179,640
1,212,620
90,500
67,900
3,330
96,040
156,160
5,220
21,770
4,870
3,710
15.42
20.54
17.51
15.47
18.95
14.91
16.23
20.50
17.43
22.68
19.02
15.57
18.39
15.97
14.09
32,080
42,730
36,430
32,180
39,410
31,010
33,750
42,630
36,240
47,170
39,560
32,390
38,250
33,210
29,310
14.03
20.90
16.78
14.61
18.26
14.12
15.63
20.19
16.88
23.33
19.06
15.09
17.49
14.15
12.77
Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers.....................................
Commercial divers.............................................................................................................
Fabric menders, except garment.......................................................................................
Locksmiths and safe repairers...........................................................................................
Manufactured building and mobile home installers............................................................
Riggers...............................................................................................................................
Signal and track switch repairers.......................................................................................
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers.....................................................
33,520
2,930
2,030
18,970
13,780
13,770
7,990
148,770
13.58
21.93
13.74
14.54
11.51
17.03
20.98
11.33
28,250
45,620
28,580
30,250
23,940
35,420
43,640
23,560
13.16
16.69
12.35
13.67
11.14
16.25
20.85
10.31
Production occupations
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers...............................
Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers...........................................
Coil winders, tapers, and finishers.....................................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers................................................................
Electromechanical equipment assemblers........................................................................
Engine and other machine assemblers..............................................................................
Structural metal fabricators and fitters...............................................................................
Fiberglass laminators and fabricators................................................................................
Team assemblers...............................................................................................................
Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators.......................................................
700,490
25,690
34,710
267,030
57,500
49,280
87,020
36,470
1,139,360
6,230
22.08
18.18
11.88
11.84
12.75
14.93
14.42
12.61
11.88
12.58
45,920
37,810
24,700
24,640
26,510
31,050
29,990
26,220
24,710
26,160
20.64
18.71
11.07
11.03
12.15
14.02
13.76
11.83
10.90
11.63
Bakers................................................................................................................................
Butchers and meat cutters.................................................................................................
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers......................................................................
Slaughterers and meat packers.........................................................................................
Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders..............
Food batchmakers.............................................................................................................
Food cooking machine operators and tenders...................................................................
161,820
129,840
150,920
126,460
19,180
71,930
34,140
10.64
13.06
9.03
9.81
12.06
11.17
11.13
22,120
27,160
18,790
20,410
25,080
23,240
23,160
9.89
12.26
8.57
9.79
11.18
10.54
10.51
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic........................................
Numerical tool and process control programmers.............................................................
Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic..........
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.................................
Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic...................................
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...........
128,400
18,910
96,270
44,920
42,270
14.57
18.80
12.83
13.90
14.19
30,310
39,100
26,690
28,910
29,510
13.97
18.04
12.44
12.64
13.62
277,410
51,730
12.47
14.14
25,940
29,400
11.81
13.23
99,580
72,270
13.49
15.12
28,070
31,450
12.56
14.55
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, 2002
Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Production occupations  Continued
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................
Machinists..........................................................................................................................
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders....................................................................
Pourers and casters, metal................................................................................................
Model makers, metal and plastic........................................................................................
Patternmakers, 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..........................
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
30,340
368,320
17,120
12,900
8,360
6,300
21,960
$14.57
16.06
15.37
14.05
18.92
17.03
13.14
$30,300
33,410
31,970
29,230
39,360
35,420
27,340
$14.04
15.66
14.79
13.40
18.27
16.09
12.55
147,060
96,560
12.12
14.93
25,200
31,050
11.17
13.79
Tool and die makers...........................................................................................................
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers...........................................................................
Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders........................
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..................................................................................
105,210
361,970
56,280
28,410
12,490
41,580
22,700
20.98
14.82
15.20
14.35
15.67
12.87
14.94
43,630
30,820
31,620
29,860
32,600
26,780
31,080
20.54
14.02
13.90
13.56
14.79
12.22
14.14
Bindery workers..................................................................................................................
Bookbinders.......................................................................................................................
Job printers.........................................................................................................................
Prepress technicians and workers.....................................................................................
Printing machine operators................................................................................................
88,740
7,170
49,080
89,370
189,590
11.53
14.27
15.34
15.88
14.80
23,970
29,680
31,910
33,040
30,780
10.51
13.31
14.47
14.98
13.95
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers.....................................................................................
Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials...............................................................
Sewing machine operators.................................................................................................
Shoe and leather workers and repairers............................................................................
Shoe machine operators and tenders................................................................................
Sewers, hand.....................................................................................................................
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers.........................................................................
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.........
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic
and glass fibers...........................................................................................................
Fabric and apparel patternmakers.....................................................................................
Upholsterers.......................................................................................................................
213,840
87,130
277,800
9,860
6,320
19,180
29,560
25,950
32,970
49,410
62,800
8.53
8.54
8.99
9.84
10.19
9.91
11.75
10.21
10.35
11.16
10.96
17,750
17,770
18,710
20,460
21,180
20,610
24,450
21,230
21,530
23,210
22,810
8.07
8.21
8.39
9.14
9.90
8.69
10.68
10.00
9.77
11.05
10.54
26,620
10,800
40,380
13.32
15.33
12.78
27,710
31,890
26,580
13.22
12.67
11.86
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters...............................................................................
Furniture finishers...............................................................................................................
Model makers, wood..........................................................................................................
Patternmakers, wood.........................................................................................................
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood ...................................................
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing............................
125,220
30,110
4,350
4,130
53,520
89,860
12.32
11.59
13.35
14.99
11.12
11.13
25,630
24,110
27,770
31,170
23,130
23,160
11.54
10.92
11.90
14.32
10.62
10.59
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..........................................
Chemical plant and system operators................................................................................
Gas plant operators............................................................................................................
Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers................................
3,400
11,670
34,390
52,510
96,970
55,910
11,940
38,500
29.76
26.08
23.61
21.26
16.64
21.00
23.24
22.85
61,910
54,240
49,110
44,220
34,620
43,680
48,340
47,520
29.36
26.02
24.00
20.79
16.05
21.12
23.24
23.69
Chemical equipment operators and tenders......................................................................
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators,
and tenders.................................................................................................................
Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders......................
Grinding and polishing workers, hand................................................................................
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders...........................................
Cutters and trimmers, hand................................................................................................
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders.............................................
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders..
Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders..............................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers.........................................................
Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers...............................................................
Dental laboratory technicians.............................................................................................
Medical appliance technicians...........................................................................................
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians.....................................................................................
56,610
18.29
38,040
18.00
35,550
44,370
43,370
103,940
30,910
75,430
71,500
29,400
500,250
28,970
40,440
11,870
32,920
15.39
13.46
11.99
13.70
11.84
12.86
13.49
14.27
14.31
14.11
15.17
15.07
11.18
32,010
28,000
24,940
28,500
24,630
26,760
28,070
29,690
29,760
29,350
31,560
31,340
23,260
14.59
12.83
11.04
13.23
10.59
12.35
12.76
13.56
13.01
12.63
13.70
13.31
10.46
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders.......................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders.........................
Painters, transportation equipment....................................................................................
Painting, coating, and decorating workers.........................................................................
390,380
91,950
45,670
30,830
11.18
12.85
17.17
11.07
23,260
26,730
35,700
23,020
10.20
12.16
16.13
10.19
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, 2002
Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Production occupations  Continued
Photographic process workers...........................................................................................
Photographic processing machine operators.....................................................................
Semiconductor processors.................................................................................................
Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders.....................................................
Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders.........................
Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders....................................................
Etchers and engravers.......................................................................................................
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic..................................................
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders......................................................
Tire builders........................................................................................................................
Helpers--production workers..............................................................................................
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
27,360
52,290
43,630
26,880
18,010
7,280
9,130
36,240
114,390
13,020
464,390
$11.07
10.13
14.01
11.81
11.91
11.41
12.15
12.65
14.07
17.30
9.97
$23,020
21,080
29,140
24,560
24,780
23,730
25,270
26,320
29,260
35,990
20,730
$9.72
9.05
13.14
11.15
10.99
10.21
10.79
11.87
13.59
18.67
9.25
8,920
147,180
19.82
18.96
41,220
39,430
17.90
17.87
207,280
78,810
19,570
23,410
5,910
21.96
(²)
(²)
42.35
19.64
45,670
122,230
58,000
88,090
40,850
20.63
(²)
(²)
44.04
17.31
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians.....................
Bus drivers, transit and intercity.........................................................................................
Bus drivers, school.............................................................................................................
Driver/sales workers...........................................................................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer...............................................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services..............................................................................
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs................................................................................................
17,280
197,090
468,790
368,730
1,520,880
977,920
125,720
10.02
14.81
11.01
11.43
16.52
12.65
10.01
20,840
30,810
22,890
23,780
34,350
26,320
20,830
9.18
14.22
10.77
9.92
15.97
11.48
8.91
Locomotive engineers........................................................................................................
Locomotive firers................................................................................................................
Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers..........................................................
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators.....................................................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters................................................................................
Subway and streetcar operators.........................................................................................
28,250
710
4,600
15,030
38,070
7,250
24.66
21.58
19.52
21.99
23.69
22.51
51,280
44,880
40,600
45,750
49,280
46,810
23.28
22.02
18.07
20.93
21.39
23.54
Sailors and marine oilers....................................................................................................
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels.....................................................................
Motorboat operators...........................................................................................................
Ship engineers...................................................................................................................
25,360
22,530
3,600
8,020
14.69
24.73
14.71
25.09
30,550
51,430
30,590
52,190
13.64
23.97
12.71
24.61
Bridge and lock tenders.....................................................................................................
Parking lot attendants........................................................................................................
Service station attendants..................................................................................................
Traffic technicians..............................................................................................................
Transportation inspectors...................................................................................................
3,900
108,460
102,550
5,370
28,340
15.17
8.30
8.54
16.50
23.06
31,560
17,270
17,770
34,320
47,970
16.98
7.84
7.97
15.22
23.30
Conveyor operators and tenders........................................................................................
Crane and tower operators.................................................................................................
Dredge operators...............................................................................................................
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators..................................................
Loading machine operators, underground mining..............................................................
Hoist and winch operators..................................................................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators..................................................................................
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment..................................................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand....................................................
Machine feeders and offbearers.........................................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand............................................................................................
Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators........................................................
Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers.......................................................................
Wellhead pumpers.............................................................................................................
Refuse and recyclable material collectors..........................................................................
Shuttle car operators..........................................................................................................
Tank car, truck, and ship loaders.......................................................................................
59,240
49,060
2,850
67,210
3,200
8,970
586,660
311,070
2,217,590
162,670
927,740
6,920
12,360
10,280
132,290
3,070
16,960
12.40
18.42
14.30
16.77
15.62
17.29
13.34
9.05
10.32
11.23
8.73
20.64
18.58
16.48
12.55
17.81
17.03
25,790
38,320
29,740
34,880
32,480
35,960
27,740
18,830
21,460
23,360
18,160
42,920
38,640
34,290
26,090
37,050
35,420
11.66
17.47
13.33
15.58
15.35
15.09
12.54
8.20
9.48
10.50
8.03
20.44
17.53
16.24
11.60
18.44
15.63
Transportation and material moving occupations
Aircraft cargo handling supervisors....................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand............
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine
and vehicle operators..................................................................................................
Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers........................................................................
Commercial pilots...............................................................................................................
Air traffic controllers............................................................................................................
Airfield operations specialists.............................................................................................
1
Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those
occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey
data.
2
Hourly wage rates for occupations where workers typically work fewer than 2,080 hours per year are not available.
3
Represents a wage above $70.01 per hour.
NOTE: Data do not include Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.