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USDL 05-2145
For release: 10:00 A.M. EST
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
691-5902
OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES, NOVEMBER 2004
Management and legal occupational groups were the two highest paying of the 22 major occupational
groups in November 2004, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Over 30 percent of the workers in these occupational groups earned more than $43.75 per hour. (See
table A.) The major occupational group with the highest employment level in November 2004 was office
and administrative support workers, followed by sales and related workers, food preparation and serving
workers, and production workers. (See chart 1.)
Chart 1. Mean hourly wage and percent of total employment by major occupational group
4.7 %
Management ($41.87)
Occupational group (with mean hourly wage shown in parentheses)
Legal ($39.03)
.8%
2.3%
Computer and mathematical science ($31.91)
1.8%
Architecture and engineering ($30.32)
5.0%
Healthcare practitioner and technical ($28.03)
.9%
Life, physical, and social science ($27.67)
4.1%
Business and financial operations ($27.46)
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media ($21.07)
1.3%
Education, training, and library ($20.58)
6.2%
Construction and extraction ($18.21)
4.9%
Installation, maintenance, and repair ($18.09)
4.1%
1.3%
Community and social services ($17.81)
Protective service ($16.94)
2.4%
Sales and related ($15.52)
10.6%
7.9%
Production ($14.18)
Office and administrative support ($14.13)
17.5%
Transportation and material moving ($13.58)
7.4%
Healthcare support ($11.30)
2.6%
Personal care and service ($10.62)
2.4%
3.3%
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance ($10.42)
Farming, fishing, and forestry ($9.94)
.3%
Food preparation and serving related ($8.47)
8.2%
0
5
10
15
Employment level in millions
20
25
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Table A. Distribution of workers in each major occupational group by wage range,
November 2004
(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 ....................
$13.50 $17.00 $21.50 $27.25 $34.50 Over
Under $8.50 $10.75
to
to
to
to
to
to $43.74
$8.50 to
$10.74 $13.49 $16.99 $21.49 $27.24 $34.49 $43.74
1.1
1.4
.5
.4
1.3
5.7
1.1
10.0
12.0
1.9
21.8
15.0
64.9
0.9
1.9
1.2
1.4
2.6
9.8
2.0
8.6
9.5
4.4
30.9
14.7
18.4
2.2
4.8
2.9
3.5
6.1
16.7
4.8
9.6
11.5
7.4
24.9
14.6
9.3
4.7
11.4
6.3
7.3
12.2
21.9
9.8
14.1
15.0
11.4
14.5
14.9
4.4
8.2
18.8
11.6
13.1
17.4
19.4
13.6
18.7
16.0
17.9
5.8
13.9
2.0
13.0
21.6
17.6
19.9
18.9
14.8
13.9
17.2
13.8
21.1
1.6
13.4
.7
15.9
18.1
21.7
21.2
16.7
7.9
11.5
11.9
9.7
15.6
.4
8.6
.2
17.8
12.0
20.9
18.8
12.6
2.8
10.9
5.8
6.2
8.5
.1
3.7
.1
36.4
9.9
17.3
14.3
12.3
1.0
32.3
4.1
6.4
11.8
1.2
-
39.2
46.2
34.6
13.2
53.9
5.7
6.1
16.0
24.4
25.6
23.1
17.1
18.7
19.1
11.6
9.9
19.2
19.2
17.2
12.6
11.5
22.5
11.2
16.3
14.3
20.4
18.1
10.1
7.9
9.5
20.3
7.9
19.0
19.3
18.4
15.7
5.4 1.8
4.9 2.6
8.3 6.7
14.3 7.9
4.6 2.2
18.0 15.0
21.3 17.6
12.9 8.7
11.9 6.6
.5
1.3
4.6
2.2
.8
9.6
8.5
3.2
2.2
.1
.7
3.3
.7
.3
3.7
2.4
.9
.8
.7
4.4
.3
.1
1.1
.7
.2
1.0
These estimates for wage and salary workers are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)
survey, a federal-state cooperative program between BLS and State Workforce Agencies. The OES survey
provides national, state, and metropolitan area estimates of employment, hourly wages, and annual wages for
22 major occupational groups and for all 801 non-military detailed occupations, as defined by the Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. Table B displays the number of detailed occupations within each
major occupational group, as well as the level and distribution of employment across the occupational
groups.
The two smallest occupational groups in terms of employment were the farming, fishing, and forestry and
legal occupations. The major 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 39 percent of all workers in each of these groups earned less than $8.50 per
hour.
Major groups in which 50 percent or more of the employment was concentrated in the middle three
wage ranges (mean hourly wages from $13.50 to $27.24) included business and financial operations
occupations; community and social services occupations; education, training, and library occupations;
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Table B. Number of detailed occupations in each major occupational group and group
employment distribution, November 2004
Occupations
Employment
Major occupational group
Number
Percent of
total
Number
Percent of
total
Total ...................................................
801
100.0
129,146,680
100.0
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 ...................
34
30
16
35
44
17
9
61
41
53
15
21
18
4.2
3.7
2.0
4.4
5.5
2.1
1.1
7.6
5.1
6.6
1.9
2.6
2.2
6,085,780
5,253,720
2,932,790
2,385,680
1,144,240
1,680,750
973,970
7,969,800
1,645,870
6,469,920
3,307,150
3,059,090
10,637,260
4.7
4.1
2.3
1.8
.9
1.3
.8
6.2
1.3
5.0
2.6
2.4
8.2
10
34
22
55
16
59
51
110
50
1.2
4.2
2.7
6.9
2.0
7.4
6.4
13.7
6.2
4,323,430
3,154,670
13,713,710
22,622,500
444,870
6,303,180
5,246,720
10,194,200
9,597,380
3.3
2.4
10.6
17.5
.3
4.9
4.1
7.9
7.4
healthcare practitioner and technical occupations; construction and extraction occupations; and installation,
maintenance, and repair occupations.
The sales occupations group contained the two largest occupations in the United States in November
2004. Retail salespersons and cashiers accounted for about 4.3 and 3.5 million workers, respectively.
Other detailed occupations with more than 2 million workers were general office clerks; hand laborers and
material movers; registered nurses; waiters and waitresses; combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food; janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners; and customer service
representatives. Among these large occupations, registered nurses had the highest average hourly earnings—
$26.77. For the other large occupations, average hourly earnings ranged from $7.42 for combined food
preparation and serving workers, including fast food to $14.11 for customer service representatives. (See
table 1.)
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations such as specialist physicians and dentists accounted
for 12 out of the 14 highest-paying detailed occupations in November 2004. The average hourly wages
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for these health-related occupations ranged from $87.43 for surgeons to $63.78 for general dentists.
The lowest-paying occupation was fast food cooks, who earned $7.32 per hour. The five lowest-paying
occupations were related to food preparation and serving.
Table 1 shows national cross-industry employment and wage estimates for detailed occupations within
each major group. The OES program also provides national occupational employment and wage data by
detailed industry, and cross-industry estimates for all states and all of the 334 U.S. metropolitan areas. The
OES survey is based on a sample of 1.2 million establishments, collecting information on over 80 million
workers in 6 semiannual panels. Employment and wage data for states and metropolitan areas are now
available on http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm. National data for over 300 industries are available
on http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrci.htm.
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 in the United States. Guam, Puerto Rico, and
the Virgin Islands also are surveyed, but their data are not
included in this release. OES estimates are constructed from
a sample of 1.2 million establishments. Forms are mailed to
about 200,000 establishments in May and November of each
year for a 3-year period. The nationwide response rate for the
November 2004 survey was 78.7 percent for establishments,
covering 73.0 percent of employment. The survey included
establishments sampled in the November 2004, May 2004,
November 2003, May 2003, and November 2002 semiannual
panels and about half of the 2001 annual panel.
The occupational coding system
The OES survey uses 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 801 detailed occupations. Together,
these detailed occupations comprise 23 major occupational
groups, one of which—military specific occupations—is not
included in the OES survey. 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/home.htm.
The industry coding system
The OES survey uses the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS). For more information about
NAICS, see the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/bls/
naics.htm.
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. The federal government and the U.S. Postal
Service also are included. 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 self-employed owners and partners in
unincorporated firms, household workers, or unpaid family
workers.
Survey sample
BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and
technical support, while the State Workforce Agencies
(SWAs) collect most of the data. BLS produces cross-industry
and industry-specific estimates for the nation, states, and
metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Industry-specific
estimates are produced at the NAICS sector, 3-digit, 4-digit,
and selected 5-digit industry levels. BLS releases all crossindustry and national estimates; the SWAs release industryspecific estimates at the state and MSA levels.
State Unemployment Insurance (UI) files provide the
universe from which the OES survey draws its sample.
Employment benchmarks are obtained from reports submitted
by employers to the UI program. Supplemental sources are
used for rail transportation (NAICS 4821) and Guam because
they do not report to the UI program. The OES survey sample
is stratified by area, industry, and employment size.
A census of federal government and the U.S Postal Service
is taken every panel. A census of state government and
Hawaii’s local government is taken every November panel.
Units in rail transportation (NAICS 482), hospitals (NAICS 622),
and state-owned educational services (NAICS 611) are sampled
with certainty across a 3-year period. Establishments with 250
or more employees are sampled with virtual certainty across a
3-year period with about one-sixth sampled in each panel.
Concepts
Occupational employment is the estimate of total wage and
salary employment in an occupation across the industries
surveyed. The OES survey defines employment as the number
of workers who can be classified as full- or part-time
employees, including workers on paid vacations or other
types of paid 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.
The OES survey form sent to establishments with more than
10 workers contains between 50 and 225 SOC occupations
selected on the basis of the sampled establishment’s industry
classification. 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, unlisted
occupations can be added to the survey form. Employers with
10 or fewer workers are sent a form with no occupations listed,
and are instructed to fill in the occupations for their workers.
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
November 2004 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
Mean hourly wage. The mean hourly wage rate for an
occupation is the total wages that all workers in the occupation
earn in an hour divided by the total employment of the
occupation. To calculate the mean hourly wage of each
occupation, total weighted hourly wages are summed across all
intervals and divided by the occupation’s weighted survey
employment. The mean wage for each interval is based on
occupational wage data collected by the BLS Office of
Compensation and Working Conditions for the National
Compensation Survey (NCS).
The mean hourly wage value for the highest wage interval,
$70.00 and over, was computed separately for NCS data from
2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001. The average of these mean wage
rates was used for all of the $70.00 and over data in the
November 2004 survey. The wage rates for this interval do not
go through any wage updating procedures.
Percentile wage. The p-th percentile wage range for an
occupation is the wage where p percent of all workers earn that
amount or less and where (100-p) percent of all workers earn
that amount or more. This statistic is calculated by uniformly
distributing the workers inside each wage interval, ranking the
workers from lowest paid to highest paid, and calculating the
product of the total employment for the occupation and the
desired percentile to determine the worker that earns the p-th
percentile wage rate.
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. Annual wage estimates for most occupations
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, 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. Some workers
typically work less than full time, year round. For these
occupations, the OES survey collects and reports either the
annual salary or the hourly wage rate, depending on how the
occupation is typically paid, but not both. For example,
teachers, flight attendants, and pilots may be paid an annual
salary, but do not work the usual 2,080 hours per year. In this
case, an annual salary is reported. Other workers, such as
entertainment workers are paid hourly rates, but generally do
not work full time, year round. For these workers, only an
hourly wage is reported.
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 for full-time workers, but they are
instructed to report the hourly rate for part-time workers.
Estimation methodology
Each OES panel includes approximately 200,000
establishments. The OES survey is designed to produce
estimates using six panels (3 years) of data. The full six-panel
sample of 1.2 million establishments allows the production of
estimates at detailed levels of geography, industry, and
occupation. Combining six panels of data also is necessary to
obtain the full complement of certainty establishments. (Note:
The first semiannual panel was in November 2002. Prior to that,
about 400,000 establishments were surveyed annually. Each
earlier sample is a two-panel equivalent.)
Wage updating. Significant reductions in sampling errors
are obtained by combining six panels of data, particularly for
small geographic areas and occupations. Wages for the current
panel need no adjustment. However, wages in the five
previous panels need to be updated to the current panel’s
reference period.
The OES program uses the BLS Employment Cost Index
(ECI) to adjust survey data from prior panels before combining
them with the current panel’s data. The wage updating
procedure adjusts each detailed occupation’s wage rate, as
measured in the earlier panel, according to the average
movement of its broader occupational division. The procedure
assumes that there are no major differences by geography,
industry, or detailed occupation within the occupational
division.
Imputation. Over 20 percent of establishments do not
respond for a given panel. A “nearest neighbor” hot deck
imputation procedure is used to impute missing occupational
employment totals. A variant of mean imputation is used to
impute missing wage distributions. The variant of mean
imputation for wage distributions also is applied to
establishments that provide reports with occupational totals
but partial or missing wage data.
Weighting and benchmarking. The sample establishments
in each panel are weighted to represent all establishments that
were part of the in-scope frame from which the panel was
selected. Based on the sampled establishments, weights are
adjusted when six panels are combined. Weights are adjusted
by benchmarking employment totals from the OES survey to
employment figures derived from the BLS Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages.
November 2004 OES survey estimates. The November 2004
OES survey estimates are based on all data collected from
establishments in the November 2004, May 2004, November
2003, May 2003, and November 2002 semiannual samples and
about half of the 2001 annual sample. During estimates
processing, OES employment data were benchmarked to the
average employment for November 2004 and May 2004 from
the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.
Reliability of the estimates. Estimates calculated from a
sample survey are subject to two types of error: sampling and
nonsampling. Sampling error occurs when estimates are
calculated from a subset (that is, a sample) of the population
instead of the full population. When a sample of the population
is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimate of the
characteristic of interest may differ from the population value
of that characteristic. Differences between the sample estimate
and the population value will vary depending on the sample
selected. This variability can be estimated by calculating the
standard error (SE) of the sample estimate. If we were to repeat
the sampling and estimation process countless times using the
same survey design, approximately 90 percent of the intervals
created by adding and subtracting 1.645 SEs from the sample
estimate would include the population value. These intervals
are called 90-percent confidence intervals. The OES survey,
however, usually uses the relative standard error (RSE) of a
sample estimate instead of its SE to measure sampling error.
RSE is defined as the SE of a sample estimate divided by the
sample estimate itself. This statistic provides the user with a
measure of the relative precision of the sample estimate. RSEs
are calculated for both occupational employment and mean
wage rate estimates. Occupational employment RSEs are
calculated using a subsample, random group replication
technique called the jackknife. Mean wage rate RSEs are
calculated using a variance components model that accounts
for both the observed and unobserved components of the wage
data. The variances of the unobserved components are
estimated using wage data from the BLS National
Compensation Survey. In general, estimates based on many
establishments have lower RSEs than estimates based on few
establishments. If the distributional assumptions of the models
are violated, the resulting confidence intervals may not reflect
the prescribed level of confidence.
Nonsampling error occurs for a variety of reasons, none of
which are directly connected to sampling. Examples of
nonsampling error include: nonresponse, data incorrectly
reported by the respondent, mistakes made in entering
collected data into the database, and mistakes made in editing
and processing the collected data.
Additional information
The November 2004 OES national data by occupation,
comparable to data in table 1, will be available soon on the BLS
Web site at http://www.bls.gov/oes/. Users also may access each
occupation’s definition and percentile wages. The November 2004
cross-industry data for states and metropolitan areas will be
available on the BLS Web site in November 2005. Industry
staffing patterns at the sector, 3-, 4-, and selected 5-digit NAICS
levels also will be available from the Internet beginning in
November 2005. 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
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Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, November 2004
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............................................................................................................................
334,960
1,704,110
61,180
49,220
172,300
318,470
47,640
$67.73
44.99
(²)
38.11
48.09
46.61
40.14
$140,880
93,580
31,700
79,260
100,020
96,950
83,490
$68.18
38.13
(²)
32.00
43.49
41.34
35.56
Administrative services managers................................................................................................................
Computer and information systems managers.............................................................................................
Financial managers.......................................................................................................................................
Compensation and benefits managers.........................................................................................................
Training and development managers............................................................................................................
Human resources managers, all other..........................................................................................................
Industrial production managers....................................................................................................................
Purchasing managers...................................................................................................................................
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers.....................................................................................
248,980
264,190
489,170
53,320
32,610
58,610
156,270
72,120
86,740
32.75
48.13
45.28
36.02
36.98
42.66
38.77
38.27
35.12
68,120
100,110
94,180
74,930
76,920
88,740
80,640
79,610
73,050
29.95
45.38
40.28
32.23
33.86
39.78
35.63
35.72
32.36
Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers..............................................................................................
Farmers and ranchers..................................................................................................................................
Construction managers.................................................................................................................................
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program...........................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school......................................................................
Education administrators, postsecondary.....................................................................................................
Education administrators, all other...............................................................................................................
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.....................................................................................................
Managers, all other.......................................................................................................................................
4,660
430
188,750
49,190
208,980
102,880
23,560
188,620
205,400
22,780
3,580
30,330
227,980
40,250
26,610
152,590
115,760
343,530
26.39
20.22
38.50
19.90
(²)
37.30
32.99
50.10
21.73
26.58
32.03
21.98
36.46
46.90
24.42
24.21
25.34
39.82
54,900
42,050
80,070
41,400
76,050
77,580
68,610
104,210
45,200
55,280
66,620
45,720
75,830
97,560
50,790
50,350
52,700
82,820
24.38
18.56
34.02
17.35
(²)
33.36
30.07
47.60
19.52
22.39
28.79
18.80
32.85
43.31
24.29
19.97
23.24
37.66
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..........................................................................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other............................................................
Logisticians...................................................................................................................................................
Management analysts...................................................................................................................................
Meeting and convention planners................................................................................................................
Business operations specialists, all other.....................................................................................................
10,030
13,180
135,560
263,140
245,610
13,080
34.24
24.83
23.18
24.93
23.60
23.29
71,210
51,650
48,220
51,860
49,080
48,450
26.51
21.46
20.28
23.25
22.14
22.98
158,890
195,270
10,880
173,160
95,800
206,140
168,580
52,210
424,740
37,170
880,960
25.28
26.38
23.91
22.81
24.75
23.25
23.83
30.08
35.32
20.82
28.14
52,580
54,870
49,730
47,440
51,480
48,360
49,570
62,570
73,460
43,300
58,530
23.33
24.48
21.96
19.80
23.42
21.81
22.88
28.59
31.04
19.38
25.90
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................................................................................................................................................
Financial specialists, all other.......................................................................................................................
1,007,760
62,320
54,940
64,630
181,340
102,120
96,200
22,610
27,290
305,330
70,780
53,790
120,240
27.48
24.17
28.99
27.67
34.27
39.93
26.38
31.54
19.27
28.59
23.44
15.39
26.87
57,160
50,280
60,290
57,560
71,280
83,060
54,870
65,600
40,070
59,470
48,750
32,000
55,890
24.67
21.05
27.49
23.46
30.18
30.03
23.80
29.07
16.74
23.64
21.15
12.56
24.17
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...............................................................................................................................
26,950
396,100
439,720
321,120
491,680
497,100
100,420
43.68
31.96
37.78
40.12
20.99
33.40
30.95
90,860
66,480
78,570
83,460
43,660
69,470
64,380
42.26
30.28
36.69
39.01
19.54
32.46
29.78
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, November 2004—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Computer and mathematical science occupations—Continued
Network and computer systems administrators............................................................................................
Network systems and data communications analysts..................................................................................
Computer specialists, all other......................................................................................................................
262,930
176,840
120,770
$29.95
30.81
30.26
$62,300
64,080
62,930
$28.42
29.45
28.51
Actuaries......................................................................................................................................................
Mathematicians.............................................................................................................................................
Operations research analysts.......................................................................................................................
Statisticians..................................................................................................................................................
Mathematical technicians..............................................................................................................................
Mathematical scientists, all other..................................................................................................................
15,710
2,660
53,580
17,560
1,460
8,190
42.90
38.98
30.66
30.75
21.14
29.93
89,230
81,080
63,760
63,950
43,970
62,250
37.89
38.95
28.96
28.83
18.26
30.10
Architecture and engineering occupations
Architects, except landscape and naval........................................................................................................
Landscape architects....................................................................................................................................
Cartographers and photogrammetrists.........................................................................................................
Surveyors......................................................................................................................................................
96,540
19,130
10,770
51,960
32.36
28.03
23.94
22.73
67,300
58,310
49,790
47,280
29.54
26.10
22.29
21.14
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.....................................................................................................................................
Engineers, all other.......................................................................................................................................
79,730
3,200
10,050
28,590
226,100
79,670
147,120
133,410
50,120
25,910
184,900
6,250
20,940
219,040
5,480
15,870
14,790
153,090
40.20
30.30
35.65
37.51
32.83
41.13
36.32
37.80
33.27
32.09
32.61
35.30
33.99
33.41
35.87
42.94
44.64
36.88
83,620
63,030
74,150
78,030
68,280
85,540
75,540
78,620
69,200
66,750
67,820
73,410
70,700
69,480
74,610
89,320
92,840
76,720
39.60
29.01
33.90
36.78
31.38
39.78
34.99
36.93
32.51
30.92
31.77
34.84
32.97
32.32
33.35
41.52
43.29
36.59
Architectural and civil drafters.......................................................................................................................
Electrical and electronics drafters.................................................................................................................
Mechanical drafters.......................................................................................................................................
Drafters, all other..........................................................................................................................................
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.............................................................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other.......................................................................................
Surveying and mapping technicians.............................................................................................................
99,640
31,920
75,930
22,080
9,900
90,890
173,690
16,890
19,720
74,790
45,600
82,180
59,800
20.02
23.06
21.98
22.74
25.93
19.31
23.04
21.12
20.17
23.87
22.00
24.83
15.97
41,650
47,970
45,720
47,300
53,930
40,170
47,920
43,930
41,950
49,660
45,750
51,640
33,220
19.15
21.23
20.91
20.89
25.03
18.58
22.66
20.28
19.22
21.92
21.17
24.86
14.91
Life, physical, and social science occupations
Animal scientists...........................................................................................................................................
Food scientists and technologists.................................................................................................................
Soil and plant scientists.................................................................................................................................
Biochemists and biophysicists......................................................................................................................
Microbiologists..............................................................................................................................................
Zoologists and wildlife biologists...................................................................................................................
Biological scientists, all other........................................................................................................................
Conservation scientists.................................................................................................................................
Foresters......................................................................................................................................................
Epidemiologists.............................................................................................................................................
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists...................................................................................................
Life scientists, all other..................................................................................................................................
2,940
7,270
10,260
16,340
14,660
15,750
25,220
15,150
10,070
3,520
74,860
12,390
22.91
27.21
27.35
34.69
29.70
25.92
30.20
25.69
24.44
27.20
32.81
30.37
47,660
56,600
56,900
72,160
61,770
53,920
62,820
53,440
50,840
56,580
68,240
63,180
20.76
24.67
25.60
33.03
26.58
24.36
28.32
25.16
23.46
25.25
28.96
27.23
Astronomers..................................................................................................................................................
Physicists.....................................................................................................................................................
Atmospheric and space scientists................................................................................................................
Chemists......................................................................................................................................................
Materials scientists.......................................................................................................................................
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health............................................................................
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers...................................................................................
Hydrologists..................................................................................................................................................
Physical scientists, all other..........................................................................................................................
840
14,500
7,170
78,360
7,470
69,990
26,440
7,520
25,110
46.53
43.02
34.00
30.00
35.23
27.06
37.45
30.83
39.86
96,780
89,490
70,730
62,400
73,270
56,280
77,890
64,130
82,900
47.65
42.06
34.35
27.45
33.85
24.98
33.74
29.27
38.71
Economists....................................................................................................................................................
Market research analysts..............................................................................................................................
Survey researchers.......................................................................................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists.............................................................................................
Industrial-organizational psychologists.........................................................................................................
Psychologists, all other.................................................................................................................................
12,250
184,050
19,180
98,430
1,480
6,240
38.23
30.83
16.15
30.45
39.43
33.79
79,520
64,130
33,590
63,340
82,010
70,280
34.79
27.48
13.42
27.10
35.61
35.05
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, November 2004—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Life, physical, and social science occupations—Continued
Sociologists..................................................................................................................................................
Urban and regional planners........................................................................................................................
Anthropologists and archeologists................................................................................................................
Geographers.................................................................................................................................................
Historians.....................................................................................................................................................
Political scientists.........................................................................................................................................
Social scientists and related workers, all other.............................................................................................
3,980
30,950
4,540
760
2,480
4,490
30,170
$30.54
27.42
23.15
30.11
23.74
41.06
30.65
$63,530
57,030
48,150
62,630
49,390
85,400
63,750
$27.30
26.25
21.45
29.58
21.61
41.57
29.62
Agricultural and food science technicians....................................................................................................
Biological technicians....................................................................................................................................
Chemical technicians....................................................................................................................................
Geological and petroleum technicians.........................................................................................................
Nuclear technicians.......................................................................................................................................
Social science research assistants..............................................................................................................
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health...........................................................
Forensic science technicians........................................................................................................................
Forest and conservation technicians.............................................................................................................
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other................................................................................
18,950
61,080
61,350
11,660
7,030
14,990
30,670
10,270
17,900
65,530
15.68
17.56
19.25
22.83
28.94
16.83
18.02
22.87
16.73
21.28
32,620
36,520
40,040
47,480
60,200
35,010
37,480
47,560
34,800
44,260
14.73
16.51
18.57
20.06
29.37
16.04
17.06
21.35
15.99
18.95
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..............................................................................................................................
Counselors, all other.....................................................................................................................................
Child, family, and school social workers.......................................................................................................
Medical and public health social workers.....................................................................................................
Mental health and substance abuse social workers.....................................................................................
Social workers, all other................................................................................................................................
Health educators...........................................................................................................................................
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists..............................................................................
Social and human service assistants............................................................................................................
Community and social service specialists, all other......................................................................................
Clergy...........................................................................................................................................................
Directors, religious activities and education.................................................................................................
Religious workers, all other...........................................................................................................................
70,400
214,350
20,060
89,260
116,560
21,120
255,300
108,290
115,810
62,120
49,300
91,960
318,120
92,760
35,120
13,360
6,860
16.91
23.12
20.89
17.61
14.82
18.46
18.40
20.32
17.61
20.05
20.74
20.68
12.64
16.77
19.81
16.19
12.73
35,170
48,100
43,450
36,630
30,820
38,400
38,280
42,250
36,620
41,710
43,150
43,020
26,300
34,880
41,210
33,680
26,490
15.69
22.19
19.44
16.06
13.41
17.21
16.83
19.60
16.50
19.28
19.07
19.11
11.89
15.74
18.21
14.77
10.49
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.................................................................................................
Legal support workers, all other....................................................................................................................
528,270
15,510
5,150
25,000
215,280
16,260
41,340
57,930
69,220
53.17
35.38
28.76
44.28
20.55
22.43
17.27
18.95
21.95
110,590
73,580
59,820
92,100
42,740
46,650
35,930
39,420
45,650
46.83
33.04
25.81
46.76
19.45
20.54
16.61
16.72
20.38
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.................................................................................................................
66,760
37,800
45,820
5,720
34,410
11,550
59,000
2,980
8,830
19,380
4,170
13,160
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
66,760
59,200
58,090
65,910
78,900
72,800
77,920
66,780
70,650
64,880
65,860
70,490
(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..............................................................................................................
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other......................................................................................
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary..................................................................................................
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary.........................................................................................
Education teachers, postsecondary..............................................................................................................
Library science teachers, postsecondary......................................................................................................
5,100
7,580
12,460
4,220
13,530
29,860
14,680
5,920
108,800
36,110
48,670
3,780
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
66,050
62,360
74,060
61,120
65,510
61,380
59,490
69,230
82,420
56,300
54,550
55,300
(²)
(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..........................................................................................
9,770
13,090
7,200
65,620
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
52,660
95,570
55,900
53,360
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, November 2004—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Education, training, and library occupations—Continued
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............................................................................................
Postsecondary teachers, all other................................................................................................................
21,340
58,550
23,240
20,010
17,940
119,180
4,060
16,150
108,540
257,650
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
21.29
31.57
$53,770
53,090
52,700
58,910
57,480
28,460
50,980
48,380
44,280
65,660
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
19.79
28.34
Preschool teachers, except special education..............................................................................................
Kindergarten teachers, except special education.........................................................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special education................................................................................
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.............................................................................................................
Teachers and instructors, all other...............................................................................................................
350,000
164,800
1,431,380
626,110
16,020
1,026,050
100,200
205,830
101,080
135,280
66,560
141,750
521,220
11.81
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
20.91
17.30
(²)
24,560
44,940
46,350
47,170
46,350
48,980
48,840
47,360
49,750
50,360
43,500
35,980
33,040
10.36
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
19.10
15.16
(²)
Archivists......................................................................................................................................................
Curators........................................................................................................................................................
Museum technicians and conservators.........................................................................................................
Librarians......................................................................................................................................................
Library technicians........................................................................................................................................
Audio-visual collections specialists...............................................................................................................
Farm and home management advisors........................................................................................................
Instructional coordinators..............................................................................................................................
Teacher assistants........................................................................................................................................
Education, training, and library workers, all other.........................................................................................
5,160
8,480
8,820
145,140
112,850
6,810
12,090
109,470
1,260,820
71,270
19.48
23.18
17.42
23.42
12.85
19.15
21.65
25.23
(²)
16.26
40,520
48,200
36,240
48,700
26,720
39,840
45,030
52,480
20,750
33,830
18.03
21.12
15.80
22.57
12.22
18.89
19.84
24.07
(²)
14.53
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations
Art directors..................................................................................................................................................
Craft artists...................................................................................................................................................
Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators............................................................................
Multi-media artists and animators.................................................................................................................
Artists and related workers, all other............................................................................................................
Commercial and industrial designers...........................................................................................................
Fashion designers.........................................................................................................................................
Floral designers.............................................................................................................................................
Graphic designers.........................................................................................................................................
Interior designers..........................................................................................................................................
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers.............................................................................................
Set and exhibit designers..............................................................................................................................
Designers, all other.......................................................................................................................................
28,310
4,210
10,320
27,960
5,420
29,770
13,190
64,780
168,060
46,950
63,590
8,760
12,550
35.29
12.86
22.22
27.73
18.38
27.09
32.90
10.64
20.15
22.13
12.04
19.39
22.29
73,400
26,760
46,210
57,680
38,230
56,350
68,430
22,120
41,910
46,030
25,040
40,330
46,370
30.65
10.92
19.83
23.99
15.14
25.13
28.88
9.99
18.24
19.94
10.71
17.25
20.35
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..................................................................................................................................
Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other..............................................................
62,640
58,180
11,780
136,040
12,320
16,490
15,350
9,470
52,350
65,100
22.68
33.39
(²)
(²)
(²)
12.37
19.18
22.13
24.66
18.11
(²)
69,460
82,540
32,260
27,770
(²)
39,900
46,020
(²)
(²)
12.03
25.21
(²)
(²)
(²)
8.61
16.69
16.73
17.91
15.81
Radio and television announcers.................................................................................................................
Public address system and other announcers..............................................................................................
Broadcast news analysts..............................................................................................................................
Reporters and correspondents.....................................................................................................................
Public relations specialists............................................................................................................................
Editors..........................................................................................................................................................
Technical writers..........................................................................................................................................
Writers and authors.......................................................................................................................................
Interpreters and translators...........................................................................................................................
Media and communication workers, all other...............................................................................................
41,140
8,480
6,910
52,730
180,200
97,380
45,450
42,750
26,470
25,870
15.65
14.43
29.30
18.77
24.26
24.21
27.60
25.07
18.24
22.00
32,540
30,010
60,940
39,050
50,460
50,370
57,420
52,150
37,940
45,760
10.97
10.76
19.81
15.22
21.34
21.45
26.15
21.86
16.78
20.05
Audio and video equipment technicians........................................................................................................
Broadcast technicians...................................................................................................................................
Radio operators.............................................................................................................................................
Sound engineering technicians....................................................................................................................
Photographers..............................................................................................................................................
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture..............................................................................
Film and video editors...................................................................................................................................
39,860
30,670
1,400
12,070
55,450
22,410
14,890
17.77
16.49
17.92
22.20
15.21
20.28
25.32
36,950
34,300
37,270
46,180
31,630
42,190
52,670
15.93
14.00
17.17
18.93
12.79
18.70
21.51
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, November 2004—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations—Continued
Media and communication equipment workers, all other...............................................................................
18,180
$23.00
$47,830
$20.82
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
Chiropractors.................................................................................................................................................
Dentists, general...........................................................................................................................................
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons....................................................................................................................
Orthodontists.................................................................................................................................................
Prosthodontists.............................................................................................................................................
Dentists, all other specialists...........................................................................................................................
Dietitians and nutritionists.............................................................................................................................
Optometrists..................................................................................................................................................
Pharmacists..................................................................................................................................................
22,730
86,360
4,380
5,670
550
3,220
47,820
23,190
226,200
40.40
63.78
81.54
73.67
75.34
50.98
21.87
46.29
41.78
84,020
132,660
169,600
153,240
156,710
106,040
45,490
96,290
86,910
32.66
58.86
(³)
(³)
(³)
41.05
21.33
42.45
41.91
Anesthesiologists..........................................................................................................................................
Family and general practitioners...................................................................................................................
Internists, general..........................................................................................................................................
Obstetricians and gynecologists...................................................................................................................
Pediatricians, general....................................................................................................................................
Psychiatrists.................................................................................................................................................
Surgeons.......................................................................................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons, all other...............................................................................................................
26,140
108,800
50,500
22,100
26,870
22,500
55,390
174,270
83.95
66.33
75.38
83.89
67.31
72.78
87.43
65.91
174,610
137,980
156,790
174,490
140,000
151,380
181,850
137,100
(³)
65.47
(³)
(³)
65.12
(³)
(³)
67.10
Physician assistants......................................................................................................................................
Podiatrists.....................................................................................................................................................
Registered nurses.........................................................................................................................................
Audiologists..................................................................................................................................................
Occupational therapists..................................................................................................................................
63,140
6,940
2,338,530
9,830
86,710
32.93
53.43
26.77
27.51
27.70
68,500
111,130
55,680
57,220
57,610
33.29
46.78
25.79
25.50
26.75
Physical therapists........................................................................................................................................
Radiation therapists......................................................................................................................................
Recreational therapists.................................................................................................................................
Respiratory therapists...................................................................................................................................
Speech-language pathologists.....................................................................................................................
Therapists, all other.......................................................................................................................................
Veterinarians................................................................................................................................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other..................................................................................
145,210
14,040
23,350
94,500
93,200
8,380
48,290
60,410
30.62
30.18
16.72
21.79
27.33
21.59
36.69
43.76
63,690
62,780
34,780
45,310
56,850
44,900
76,320
91,020
29.60
29.06
15.96
21.24
25.86
19.92
32.83
27.49
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.........................................................................................
154,180
143,610
158,130
43,320
42,500
18,120
183,960
191,070
22.89
15.78
28.74
19.60
26.36
29.22
22.07
13.43
47,610
32,820
59,790
40,770
54,820
60,780
45,900
27,940
22.46
15.11
28.53
18.97
25.79
27.91
21.51
12.32
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............................................................................................................................
Health technologists and technicians, all other............................................................................................
Occupational health and safety specialists..................................................................................................
Occupational health and safety technicians..................................................................................................
Athletic trainers.............................................................................................................................................
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other..............................................................................
24,210
265,190
62,960
21,970
82,070
61,110
706,360
159,580
66,000
4,960
69,710
35,950
10,560
14,450
50,760
12.21
12.09
13.80
18.19
17.10
12.66
17.11
13.54
14.65
28.64
17.80
26.16
21.95
(²)
18.62
25,390
25,150
28,710
37,840
35,560
26,330
35,580
28,160
30,470
59,560
37,010
54,410
45,650
35,880
38,720
11.23
11.62
12.55
18.00
16.56
12.19
16.66
12.55
13.77
25.33
16.39
25.31
20.83
(²)
16.00
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...............................................................................
Healthcare support workers, all other...........................................................................................................
625,770
1,395,030
56,600
21,000
5,390
57,650
41,430
34,200
268,950
369,430
40,200
93,670
45,630
70,210
182,000
9.23
10.53
11.43
18.53
12.77
18.29
11.19
17.87
14.22
12.44
12.26
14.20
9.74
9.68
12.79
19,200
21,890
23,770
38,550
26,570
38,050
23,270
37,170
29,570
25,860
25,500
29,530
20,270
20,130
26,610
8.92
10.20
10.99
18.53
11.55
18.39
10.28
15.52
13.95
12.03
11.80
13.76
9.13
9.22
12.30
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, November 2004—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
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......................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other.........................................................
37,990
93,610
53,880
49,400
$24.14
31.82
29.48
21.17
$50,210
66,190
61,320
44,040
$23.11
31.26
28.73
18.96
Fire fighters..................................................................................................................................................
Fire inspectors and investigators..................................................................................................................
Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists..........................................................................................
275,090
12,800
1,690
19.22
23.24
18.25
39,980
48,340
37,970
18.60
22.50
16.44
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.............................................................................................................................
17,770
416,490
87,330
6,360
10,250
623,390
5,060
16.83
17.38
27.35
20.58
14.61
22.40
24.68
35,000
36,160
56,890
42,800
30,400
46,600
51,330
16.21
16.19
26.21
20.34
13.85
21.92
24.07
Animal control workers..................................................................................................................................
Private detectives and investigators.............................................................................................................
Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators................................................................................
Security guards.............................................................................................................................................
Crossing guards............................................................................................................................................
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers.....................................................
Protective service workers, all other.............................................................................................................
13,690
34,940
8,800
992,180
68,630
107,120
142,610
13.41
17.77
13.72
10.76
10.08
8.57
15.22
27,900
36,970
28,550
22,380
20,960
17,820
31,660
12.87
15.63
12.38
9.87
9.48
8.05
13.76
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, private household.............................................................................................................................
Cooks, restaurant..........................................................................................................................................
Cooks, short order........................................................................................................................................
Cooks, all other.............................................................................................................................................
Food preparation workers.............................................................................................................................
117,850
738,610
651,530
395,950
790
770,660
209,370
10,230
874,060
16.77
13.27
7.32
9.73
10.50
9.80
8.59
11.08
8.58
34,870
27,600
15,230
20,240
21,850
20,370
17,870
23,050
17,850
15.09
12.37
7.10
9.29
9.37
9.47
8.27
10.26
8.12
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.........................................................................
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other...............................................................................
471,640
2,223,820
483,870
2,228,950
188,950
393,090
493,310
324,570
60,010
8.35
7.42
7.83
7.68
8.71
7.48
7.53
7.84
8.95
17,360
15,430
16,290
15,980
18,120
15,560
15,670
16,310
18,620
7.51
7.09
7.60
6.78
8.08
7.17
7.41
7.56
8.30
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...............................................................................................................
Building cleaning workers, all other..............................................................................................................
Pest control workers.....................................................................................................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers..................................................................................................
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation............................................................................
Tree trimmers and pruners...........................................................................................................................
Grounds maintenance workers, all other......................................................................................................
193,860
15.62
32,490
14.45
105,640
2,119,800
887,120
13,350
59,840
866,950
24,760
34,160
17,960
18.52
10.00
8.67
11.04
13.64
10.70
12.95
13.62
11.21
38,520
20,800
18,030
22,970
28,360
22,260
26,940
28,330
23,320
17.20
9.19
8.17
10.36
12.85
9.92
12.46
12.90
9.71
Personal care and service occupations
Gaming supervisors......................................................................................................................................
Slot key persons............................................................................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers.......................................................................
Animal trainers.............................................................................................................................................
Nonfarm animal caretakers..........................................................................................................................
25,570
15,630
124,470
8,490
86,650
20.30
11.93
16.32
13.56
9.43
42,220
24,810
33,940
28,200
19,620
19.75
10.85
14.86
11.73
8.48
Gaming dealers.............................................................................................................................................
Gaming and sports book writers and runners...............................................................................................
Gaming service workers, all other................................................................................................................
Motion picture projectionists.........................................................................................................................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers..................................................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants.........................................................................................................
Costume attendants......................................................................................................................................
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants...............................................................................
85,240
19,800
16,640
10,160
105,040
243,640
3,480
20,880
7.79
9.88
10.78
9.36
8.06
8.05
13.57
8.91
16,210
20,560
22,410
19,460
16,770
16,730
28,220
18,530
6.91
9.00
9.97
8.25
7.35
7.52
12.04
8.52
Embalmers....................................................................................................................................................
Funeral attendants........................................................................................................................................
Barbers.........................................................................................................................................................
9,300
29,930
13,530
17.78
10.01
12.24
36,990
20,830
25,470
16.68
9.34
10.51
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, November 2004—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Personal care and service occupations—Continued
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists.............................................................................................
Makeup artists, theatrical and performance..................................................................................................
Manicurists and pedicurists...........................................................................................................................
Shampooers..................................................................................................................................................
Skin care specialists......................................................................................................................................
335,000
1,680
44,390
15,580
21,630
$11.41
16.22
9.56
7.70
13.32
$23,720
33,730
19,880
16,020
27,700
$9.85
15.69
8.72
7.31
11.70
Baggage porters and bellhops......................................................................................................................
Concierges....................................................................................................................................................
Tour guides and escorts...............................................................................................................................
Travel guides.................................................................................................................................................
Flight attendants............................................................................................................................................
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters....................................................
54,310
16,890
27,610
3,740
101,730
25,870
10.44
11.99
9.98
14.79
(²)
9.88
21,720
24,930
20,760
30,770
53,560
20,540
8.69
11.30
9.27
13.50
(²)
9.20
Child care workers........................................................................................................................................
Personal and home care aides.....................................................................................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors......................................................................................................
Recreation workers.......................................................................................................................................
Residential advisors......................................................................................................................................
Personal care and service workers, all other................................................................................................
532,400
555,780
183,090
263,570
49,710
(4)
8.68
8.44
15.03
10.66
11.31
9.77
18,060
17,560
31,260
22,180
23,520
20,330
8.15
8.18
12.53
9.56
10.47
8.75
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...............................................................................................
1,083,890
302,890
3,451,100
28,740
17.90
34.66
8.27
9.94
37,230
72,100
17,200
20,670
15.58
28.99
7.78
9.74
Counter and rental clerks..............................................................................................................................
Parts salespersons.......................................................................................................................................
Retail salespersons.......................................................................................................................................
454,950
239,130
4,260,150
10.52
13.71
11.00
21,890
28,510
22,880
8.86
12.43
9.03
Advertising sales agents...............................................................................................................................
Insurance sales agents.................................................................................................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents......................................................................
Travel agents................................................................................................................................................
Sales representatives, services, all other.....................................................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific
products.................................................................................................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical
and scientific products...........................................................................................................................
149,590
283,840
249,170
88,480
383,680
24.08
27.07
42.08
14.43
25.99
50,090
56,310
87,520
30,010
54,060
19.91
20.21
31.36
13.48
22.70
382,520
32.56
67,730
28.56
1,403,590
26.20
54,500
22.16
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................................................
Sales and related workers, all other.............................................................................................................
89,570
1,500
41,190
141,040
70,300
407,650
12,870
187,880
11.75
12.85
36.22
24.25
37.16
11.31
12.92
18.89
24,450
26,740
75,330
50,440
77,290
23,520
26,870
39,300
9.85
10.09
27.39
17.77
34.42
9.84
10.41
15.62
Office and administrative support occupations
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers..............................................
Switchboard operators, including answering service....................................................................................
Telephone operators.....................................................................................................................................
Communications equipment operators, all other..........................................................................................
1,365,190
202,980
36,760
4,090
21.58
10.94
14.41
15.58
44,890
22,750
29,980
32,400
20.12
10.50
13.82
14.91
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...........................................................................................................................................................
444,790
506,720
1,777,320
19,570
206,570
71,150
573,740
14.16
13.68
14.56
11.14
15.30
15.33
10.41
29,460
28,460
30,280
23,170
31,820
31,890
21,650
13.36
13.18
13.96
10.72
14.89
15.14
10.17
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.............................................................................................................
70,580
19,770
101,450
67,110
2,036,090
86,620
238,310
198,890
18.13
14.10
14.85
14.92
14.11
16.38
10.82
9.00
37,700
29,340
30,900
31,020
29,350
34,060
22,500
18,730
16.92
13.38
13.93
13.86
13.08
16.05
10.18
8.54
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............................................................................................................
201,230
102,180
223,870
85,120
276,160
163,920
1,087,330
12.18
10.73
14.95
13.64
12.99
15.98
11.01
25,330
22,310
31,100
28,370
27,030
33,250
22,900
11.71
10.12
14.12
12.96
12.16
15.47
10.58
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, November 2004—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Office and administrative support occupations—Continued
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks....................................................................
All other information and record clerks.........................................................................................................
159,510
280,160
$14.54
18.56
$30,240
38,610
$13.51
15.77
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...................................................................
72,740
111,380
92,090
168,010
47,260
77,930
346,000
224,600
287,450
748,700
1,606,180
84,460
17.70
10.57
14.80
15.98
15.06
22.51
21.24
19.42
18.41
12.63
10.56
12.88
36,820
21,990
30,780
33,240
31,320
46,830
44,180
40,400
38,290
26,270
21,970
26,780
17.05
9.91
14.12
14.96
14.29
23.19
22.06
20.47
17.74
11.93
9.66
11.83
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants....................................................................................
Legal secretaries...........................................................................................................................................
Medical secretaries.......................................................................................................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive........................................................................................
1,420,170
261,560
356,760
1,712,600
17.96
18.69
13.58
13.23
37,350
38,870
28,250
27,520
17.09
17.97
13.00
12.72
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......................................................................................................................................
Office and administrative support workers, all other.....................................................................................
133,230
307,400
161,730
30,340
244,700
148,960
2,943,750
88,540
20,190
18,370
300,210
15.93
11.81
14.33
16.45
14.96
11.37
11.75
11.96
13.02
15.09
13.23
33,140
24,560
29,800
34,210
31,120
23,650
24,440
24,870
27,080
31,390
27,520
15.16
11.27
13.74
15.64
14.35
10.87
11.05
11.28
12.12
14.00
12.24
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........................................................................
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals..........................................................................................................
Agricultural workers, all other........................................................................................................................
Fishers and related fishing workers..............................................................................................................
Forest and conservation workers.................................................................................................................
Fallers...........................................................................................................................................................
Logging equipment operators.......................................................................................................................
Log graders and scalers...............................................................................................................................
Logging workers, all other.............................................................................................................................
19,740
2,890
12,020
1,530
47,290
18,490
231,120
44,810
9,300
890
8,980
9,780
27,650
4,570
5,790
18.72
11.26
16.18
16.14
8.69
9.71
8.23
9.17
10.95
14.99
11.32
14.97
14.07
13.60
14.24
38,930
23,430
33,660
33,570
18,080
20,190
17,110
19,070
22,780
31,170
23,560
31,150
29,260
28,280
29,630
17.33
8.54
15.07
14.23
8.04
9.05
7.85
8.42
10.10
13.57
9.59
13.50
13.67
12.82
14.46
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..........................................................................................................................................................
549,130
17,640
114,400
15,450
913,130
40,400
15,230
6,060
45,030
195,020
6,960
892,940
62,400
4,550
369,280
122,240
37,930
26.31
22.91
20.56
17.92
18.39
17.64
17.90
14.13
18.67
16.38
15.67
13.91
16.11
22.85
18.69
18.00
19.47
54,720
47,640
42,770
37,280
38,250
36,690
37,240
29,400
38,840
34,070
32,590
28,920
33,500
47,530
38,870
37,430
40,500
24.51
22.50
20.14
16.70
16.90
16.05
16.05
12.71
17.39
15.06
13.89
12.14
14.53
21.60
17.07
16.67
18.81
Electricians...................................................................................................................................................
Glaziers........................................................................................................................................................
Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall.....................................................................................................
Insulation workers, mechanical.....................................................................................................................
Painters, construction and maintenance.......................................................................................................
Paperhangers...............................................................................................................................................
Pipelayers.....................................................................................................................................................
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters.........................................................................................................
Plasterers and stucco masons.....................................................................................................................
Reinforcing iron and rebar workers..............................................................................................................
Roofers.........................................................................................................................................................
621,050
45,930
36,630
19,440
248,900
7,330
54,120
423,280
50,810
31,000
117,360
21.73
17.42
16.86
18.47
16.05
17.01
15.45
21.40
17.13
18.98
16.36
45,200
36,240
35,060
38,420
33,380
35,380
32,130
44,510
35,640
39,470
34,040
20.30
15.63
15.16
16.36
14.67
15.70
13.68
20.13
15.88
16.61
15.05
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, November 2004—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Construction and extraction occupations—Continued
Sheet metal workers.....................................................................................................................................
Structural iron and steel workers..................................................................................................................
181,720
71,310
$18.78
21.55
$39,070
44,820
$17.29
20.39
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............................................................................................................................................
Helpers, construction trades, all other..........................................................................................................
59,790
108,870
90,080
22,150
74,480
22,000
38,880
13.23
11.01
11.99
10.85
11.71
10.45
11.17
27,520
22,890
24,940
22,570
24,350
21,730
23,240
11.93
10.45
11.34
10.10
10.91
9.90
10.08
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.........................................................................................................................................
Construction and related workers, all other..................................................................................................
86,240
20,810
22,570
38,920
139,740
11,940
16,960
430
70,820
22.05
28.20
12.57
17.47
14.73
18.70
15.27
13.53
13.74
45,870
58,660
26,140
36,330
30,640
38,900
31,770
28,140
28,580
21.12
28.49
11.70
15.87
14.41
19.03
14.48
11.87
12.65
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..........................................................................................
Mining machine operators, all other..............................................................................................................
Rock splitters, quarry....................................................................................................................................
Roof bolters, mining......................................................................................................................................
Roustabouts, oil and gas..............................................................................................................................
Helpers--extraction workers..........................................................................................................................
Extraction workers, all other..........................................................................................................................
13,480
13,840
17,290
18,090
5,150
8,630
4,910
2,430
3,370
4,140
35,120
25,500
9,860
17.14
18.92
16.76
17.34
18.58
17.92
18.10
17.57
13.66
18.56
12.48
13.37
17.21
35,640
39,350
34,860
36,060
38,640
37,280
37,650
36,540
28,400
38,610
25,960
27,820
35,800
16.25
17.24
14.87
16.14
17.69
18.03
18.30
16.94
12.87
18.64
11.63
12.77
16.05
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..................................................
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....................................................................................................
455,560
139,970
6,030
198,450
22,540
19,880
19,920
69,320
21,140
16,840
33,200
46,340
25.69
17.85
18.31
23.46
22.11
16.39
20.12
20.91
26.09
14.48
14.45
17.38
53,430
37,120
38,080
48,790
45,990
34,090
41,860
43,500
54,270
30,110
30,060
36,140
24.52
17.15
17.67
24.17
21.99
15.84
19.94
20.76
26.22
12.96
13.47
16.66
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..........................................................................................................................
114,240
160,850
16,810
662,840
248,890
29,030
114,920
22,520
18,220
16,270
24,160
7,480
12,810
85,930
23.03
18.16
14.28
16.71
17.80
13.87
18.94
20.27
15.67
14.93
12.89
9.93
14.97
10.56
47,910
37,780
29,710
34,760
37,020
28,860
39,400
42,150
32,580
31,050
26,800
20,660
31,150
21,960
22.07
16.73
13.82
15.68
17.38
13.54
18.57
20.55
15.25
13.98
12.30
9.76
14.03
9.99
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.............................................................................................................................................
Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other...............................................................................
12,920
37,430
232,050
40,480
223,700
1,291,030
85,890
56,280
3,090
103,160
148,740
3,440
24,670
4,910
3,290
12,610
16.41
20.97
18.47
16.12
19.50
15.52
16.64
21.87
19.29
23.35
20.46
16.48
19.39
15.39
15.69
21.91
34,130
43,620
38,410
33,530
40,560
32,290
34,620
45,490
40,120
48,570
42,560
34,270
40,330
32,000
32,630
45,580
15.17
21.20
17.63
15.57
18.90
14.87
15.92
21.24
19.05
23.89
20.46
15.88
18.55
13.72
14.24
21.45
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, November 2004—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations—Continued
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................................................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other................................................................................
38,840
1,840
2,070
15,220
11,320
12,830
6,910
160,020
129,840
$13.92
19.93
16.02
15.49
11.87
17.81
22.61
11.14
17.25
$28,950
41,460
33,320
32,210
24,680
37,050
47,020
23,180
35,870
$13.47
17.89
16.51
14.70
11.41
17.27
22.64
10.22
16.21
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..................................................................................
Assemblers and fabricators, all other...........................................................................................................
685,510
23,570
24,440
207,050
53,010
49,000
91,150
29,470
1,237,700
2,870
250,200
23.21
20.19
12.64
12.88
13.44
17.43
14.99
12.52
12.40
14.60
14.09
48,290
41,990
26,290
26,780
27,960
36,250
31,180
26,040
25,780
30,380
29,300
21.74
20.87
12.25
11.94
12.87
16.97
14.44
12.01
11.46
13.65
12.10
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.............................................................................................
142,940
128,700
137,240
134,570
18,330
86,810
42,570
11.06
13.26
9.77
10.18
12.15
11.49
10.85
23,010
27,570
20,320
21,170
25,270
23,890
22,580
10.34
12.66
9.36
10.03
11.38
10.73
10.17
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.....................................
130,600
16,840
90,060
35,850
39,150
15.31
20.83
13.64
14.18
14.88
31,830
43,320
28,370
29,500
30,950
14.81
19.79
13.22
13.42
14.43
257,500
42,830
13.10
14.78
27,240
30,730
12.48
13.78
100,640
71,480
14.18
15.82
29,500
32,910
13.25
15.28
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.....................................................
29,820
364,130
16,780
14,120
7,990
7,010
16,570
15.46
16.83
16.27
14.76
21.88
18.71
14.59
32,150
35,000
33,850
30,690
45,510
38,920
30,350
15.14
16.39
15.82
13.94
21.52
18.06
13.66
157,310
99,030
12.74
15.13
26,490
31,460
11.88
14.32
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............................................................................................................
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other.................................................................................................
99,420
351,710
44,670
26,380
11,110
39,630
19,930
49,700
21.46
15.49
15.75
14.81
16.37
13.69
15.30
17.83
44,640
32,220
32,760
30,810
34,060
28,480
31,820
37,090
20.84
14.81
14.76
14.30
15.79
12.91
14.63
16.80
Bindery workers............................................................................................................................................
Bookbinders..................................................................................................................................................
Job printers...................................................................................................................................................
Prepress technicians and workers...............................................................................................................
Printing machine operators...........................................................................................................................
69,320
7,610
52,250
73,120
186,340
12.63
14.41
16.15
16.34
15.43
26,270
29,980
33,600
33,990
32,100
11.57
13.79
15.26
15.61
14.63
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...................................
215,910
79,500
244,300
8,000
4,550
11,870
27,490
22,270
22,790
44,880
50,380
8.80
8.64
9.34
9.88
10.10
10.25
11.92
11.07
10.77
11.44
11.18
18,290
17,980
19,430
20,540
21,000
21,330
24,800
23,020
22,400
23,800
23,260
8.34
8.36
8.67
9.51
9.73
9.22
11.06
10.76
10.22
11.46
10.90
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, November 2004—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Production occupations—Continued
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic
and glass fibers......................................................................................................................................
Fabric and apparel patternmakers...............................................................................................................
Upholsterers..................................................................................................................................................
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other......................................................................................
24,200
10,070
40,980
23,420
$13.84
17.27
13.06
11.19
$28,790
35,930
27,160
23,280
$13.50
14.70
12.33
10.70
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.......................................................
Woodworkers, all other.................................................................................................................................
118,480
25,710
2,520
2,070
59,350
90,900
10,290
13.12
12.28
15.74
15.79
11.55
11.58
11.01
27,290
25,530
32,740
32,850
24,030
24,090
22,890
12.34
11.51
13.39
14.44
11.11
11.04
10.25
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...........................................................
Plant and system operators, all other...........................................................................................................
4,450
8,090
34,050
45,500
93,330
60,710
10,330
41,050
14,510
31.25
28.15
25.18
21.71
17.24
22.03
24.65
24.07
20.73
65,000
58,540
52,380
45,160
35,850
45,830
51,260
50,070
43,120
31.34
27.93
25.25
21.21
16.75
21.89
24.62
24.54
20.55
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...............................................................................................................
46,450
19.02
39,560
18.70
40,730
41,320
42,980
122,390
28,320
76,810
76,900
28,700
505,100
26,540
44,310
10,130
26,030
16.83
13.81
12.03
14.31
11.49
13.82
14.09
15.11
15.17
14.81
16.26
15.39
12.38
35,000
28,720
25,020
29,760
23,890
28,740
29,300
31,430
31,560
30,800
33,810
32,020
25,750
16.37
13.14
11.27
13.71
10.50
13.04
13.25
14.42
13.76
13.40
15.22
13.69
11.42
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders..................................................................................
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders....................................................
Painters, transportation equipment...............................................................................................................
Painting, coating, and decorating workers...................................................................................................
Photographic process workers.....................................................................................................................
Photographic processing machine operators................................................................................................
Semiconductor processors...........................................................................................................................
412,360
99,430
50,720
29,400
27,660
54,480
43,420
11.82
13.40
18.07
12.13
11.33
10.18
15.42
24,580
27,880
37,590
25,240
23,570
21,170
32,080
10.87
12.75
16.65
10.82
9.78
9.31
14.40
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.........................................................................................................................
Production workers, all other........................................................................................................................
25,030
16,080
9,030
8,880
37,690
108,530
19,060
504,440
305,330
12.46
12.23
12.03
13.14
12.14
15.30
17.47
10.38
13.07
25,910
25,440
25,030
27,330
25,250
31,820
36,340
21,590
27,190
11.68
11.12
10.90
11.79
11.25
14.94
17.70
9.73
10.94
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........................................................................................................................
6,570
173,640
19.73
19.60
41,040
40,770
16.99
18.57
221,560
78,430
22,320
21,680
4,540
23.71
(²)
(²)
48.28
20.61
49,310
134,090
64,470
100,430
42,860
22.02
(²)
(²)
49.22
18.09
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..........................................................................................................................
Motor vehicle operators, all other.................................................................................................................
16,530
189,170
475,700
405,060
1,594,980
929,530
141,470
81,570
9.90
15.27
11.52
11.45
16.79
12.81
10.40
11.43
20,600
31,750
23,960
23,810
34,920
26,640
21,640
23,780
9.31
14.74
11.38
9.77
16.28
11.74
9.51
9.89
Locomotive engineers...................................................................................................................................
Locomotive firers...........................................................................................................................................
Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers.....................................................................................
32,990
590
6,710
28.86
20.94
18.25
60,020
43,560
37,970
27.95
19.77
17.54
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, November 2004—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual¹
Median hourly
wages
Transportation and material moving occupations—Continued
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators...............................................................................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters..........................................................................................................
Subway and streetcar operators...................................................................................................................
Rail transportation workers, all other............................................................................................................
17,890
34,690
8,470
6,710
$24.64
27.74
22.33
19.04
$51,250
57,700
46,460
39,610
$23.79
26.78
22.86
19.10
Sailors and marine oilers..............................................................................................................................
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels................................................................................................
Motorboat operators......................................................................................................................................
Ship engineers..............................................................................................................................................
28,280
26,490
2,470
11,020
14.84
25.21
16.45
27.61
30,870
52,440
34,220
57,440
13.75
23.95
15.72
25.82
Bridge and lock tenders................................................................................................................................
Parking lot attendants...................................................................................................................................
Service station attendants............................................................................................................................
Traffic technicians.........................................................................................................................................
Transportation inspectors.............................................................................................................................
Transportation workers, all other..................................................................................................................
3,440
123,960
93,420
7,330
25,440
51,770
17.06
8.52
8.93
17.97
24.30
15.79
35,480
17,730
18,570
37,380
50,530
32,840
17.81
8.09
8.33
17.54
23.04
15.31
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.................................................................................................................
Material moving workers, all other................................................................................................................
47,850
43,690
1,710
64,240
2,590
4,150
626,910
333,920
2,388,930
145,110
860,050
4,310
9,520
9,510
138,700
3,110
15,440
53,190
13.11
19.28
15.39
16.60
16.89
18.20
13.65
9.49
10.67
11.39
9.02
21.62
18.78
16.81
13.85
17.81
16.77
15.54
27,280
40,100
32,010
34,520
35,130
37,860
28,390
19,730
22,190
23,700
18,760
44,970
39,060
34,960
28,810
37,030
34,880
32,330
12.60
18.46
14.14
15.43
16.50
15.72
12.86
8.47
9.79
10.74
8.29
21.39
17.91
17.07
12.96
18.15
15.62
14.49
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
Wages for some occupations that do not generally work year-round, full time, are reported either as hourly wages or annual salaries
depending on how they are typically paid.
3
Represents a wage above $70.00 per hour.
4
Estimates not released.