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USDL 07-0712
For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT
Thursday, May 17, 2007
OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES, 2006
The highest paying occupations in the U.S. in 2006 included physician specialists, chief executives,
dentists, airline pilots, lawyers, air traffic controllers, and engineering managers, according to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor. The lowest paying occupations included
combined food preparation and serving workers, fast food cooks, and dishwashers. Occupations with the
highest employment included retail salespersons, cashiers, general office clerks, combined food preparation
and serving workers, and registered nurses. Employment and wage information for all occupations is shown
in table 1.
These data are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program, which provides employment and wage estimates for wage and salary workers in 22 major occupational groups and 801 detailed
occupations. OES produces data by occupation for the nation, states, and metropolitan areas, and by occupation and industry for the nation. Data are available from the OES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/oes/.
OES data can be used to compare wages and employment for different occupations, or to compare
wages and employment for a given occupation across industries. For instance, national mean hourly wages
ranged from $44.20 for management occupations to $8.86 for food preparation and serving related occupations. (See table 2.) Mean hourly wages for food preparation and serving related occupations ranged
from $13.02 for workers employed in the mining industry to $7.85 for workers employed in the information
industry. However, these industries employed relatively few food preparation and serving related workers:
46,110 in the information industry and 140 in mining. By contrast, the accommodation and food services
industry employed nearly 8.8 million food preparation and serving workers, representing 79 percent of total
industry employment. (See table 3.)
OES data also can be used to make comparisons across geographical areas. For instance, retail salespersons earned a mean hourly wage of $14.78 in Carson City, Nev., as compared to $8.41 in Laredo,
Texas. Employment of retail salespersons was higher in Laredo (3,550) than in Carson City (570). (See
table 7.)
Major Occupational Group Employment and Wages by Industry Sector
Management was the highest paying occupational group, with a mean hourly wage of $44.20, followed
by legal occupations at $41.04. Food preparation and serving related occupations; farming, fishing, and
forestry occupations; and building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations were among the lowest paying occupational groups. (See table 2.)
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As shown in the table, mining; utilities; manufacturing; finance and insurance; and professional, scientific,
and technical services were among the highest paying industries for several occupational groups. Other industries were high paying for occupations directly related to their output. For example, the healthcare and
social assistance industry paid high wages to healthcare practitioner and technical workers, but not to most
other occupational groups.
Some occupational groups were widely distributed across industries. For example, office and administrative support workers not only had the highest total employment of any occupational group, but were found
in large numbers in many industries. Other occupations were concentrated in specific industries, where they
made up a high proportion of industry employment. Of the 7.6 million workers employed in the construction
sector, 67 percent were employed in construction and extraction occupations. (See table 3.) Manufacturing
employed nearly 14.2 million workers with 53 percent employed in production occupations. Of the 12.3 million workers in the education sector, 59 percent were in education, training, and library occupations. Finally,
the healthcare sector employed nearly 15.6 million workers with 33 percent employed in the healthcare practitioner and technical occupations and 19 percent in healthcare support occupations.
Detailed Occupational Employment and Wages by Detailed Industry
In addition to the occupational group and industry sector data previously discussed, OES data also are
available for detailed occupations and industries. For example, registered nurses, with total employment of
over 2.4 million workers, was one of the largest occupations in the workforce as a whole. In addition, with
a mean hourly wage of $28.71, this was among the highest paying large occupations. Nearly 57 percent of
registered nurses worked in general medical and surgical hospitals, where their wages averaged $29.31 per
hour. (See table 4.) Offices of physicians, nursing care facilities, home health care services, and employment services (including temporary help services) were among the other major employers of registered nurses.
The highest paying of these industries was employment services with a mean hourly wage of $31.36.
Not only were general medical and surgical hospitals the largest employer of registered nurses, registered
nurses was also the largest occupation in this industry, representing 28 percent of industry employment. (See
table 5.) Other large occupations in this industry included nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants; licensed
practical and licensed vocational nurses; maids and housekeeping cleaners; and radiologic technologists and
technicians.
Occupational Wages by State and Area
OES data also permit comparison of occupational employment and wages across states and metropolitan areas. Tables 6 and 7 show the highest- and lowest-paying states, metropolitan areas, and divisions for
selected large detailed occupations. For example, state mean hourly wages for registered nurses ranged from
$36.12 in California to $22.61 in Iowa, while wages for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ranged
from $19.11 in the District of Columbia to $11.64 in South Dakota.
In these selected occupations, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Washington
were frequently among the higher paying states, although this varies by occupation. Alaska and Hawaii, although significantly smaller in terms of employment than the states listed above, were also among the highest paying states for several of the occupations. Lower paying states for several of the selected occupations
include the Dakotas, Kentucky, Montana, West Virginia, Wyoming, and several southern states.
At the metropolitan area level, mean hourly wages for the selected occupations were about twice as
much in the highest paying areas as in the lowest paying areas. (See table 7.) For example, the areas with
the highest mean hourly pay for registered nurses were in California: the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
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metropolitan area ($44.42) and the Oakland-Fremont-Hayward metropolitan division ($43.18). Among the
areas with the lowest wages paid to registered nurses were Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Va.
($19.70) and Morristown, Tenn. ($20.16).
Additional Information
The Occupational Employment Statistics program produces occupational employment and wage estimates nationwide and for all states and 409 metropolitan areas, and national industry-specific occupational
employment and wage estimates for sectors and 3-, 4-, and selected 5-digit North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) industries. Wage data include mean hourly and annual wages and 10th, 25th,
50th (median), 75th, and 90th percentile wages. Percentile wages can be used to show the distribution of
wages within an occupation or industry. OES data are produced by a cooperative effort between BLS and
State Workforce Agencies, and are based on a sample of 1.2 million business establishments, collected in 6
semiannual panels over a 3-year period. Complete May 2006 Occupational Employment Statistics data are
available from the OES Web site at http://www.bls.gov/oes/.
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 about 1.2 million establishments. Forms are mailed
to approximately 200,000 establishments in May and November
of each year for a 3-year period. The nationwide response rate
for the May 2006 survey was 78.1 percent based on
establishments and 73.4 percent based on employment. The
survey included establishments sampled in the May 2006,
November 2005, May 2005, November 2004, May 2004, and
November 2003 semiannual panels.
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/.
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 U.S. Postal Service and the executive branch
of the federal government 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 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas and
industry. Samples selected in panels prior to May 2005 were
stratified using MSA definitions based on the 1990
Metropolitan Statistical Area standards. Beginning with the
May 2005 panel, the sample was stratified using new MSA
definitions based on the 2000 Metropolitan Statistical Area
standards.
A census of the executive branch of the 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. In order to provide the most occupational
coverage, larger employers are more likely to be selected than
smaller employers. The unweighted employment of sampled
establishments make up approximately 65 percent of total
national employment.
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, nonproduction 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
May 2006 and November 2005 panels
Wages
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
Hourly
Under $7.50
$7.50 to $9.49
$9.50 to $11.99
$12.00 to $15.24
$15.25 to $19.24
$19.25 to $24.49
$24.50 to $30.99
$31.00 to $39.24
$39.25to $49.74
$49.75 to $63.24
$63.25 to $79.99
$80.00 and over
Annual
Under $15,600
$15,600 to $19,759
$19,760 to $24,959
$24,960 to $31,719
$31,720 to $40,039
$40,040 to $50,959
$50,960 to $64,479
$64,480 to $81,639
$81,640 to $103,479
$103,480 to $131,559
$131,560 to $166,399
$166,400 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).
May 2005, November 2004, May 2004, and
November 2003 panels
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
Beginning with the November 2005 panel, the lower
boundary of the highest wage interval was increased from
$70.00 to $80.00. The mean hourly wage value for the highest
wage interval was computed separately for NCS data from 2005
for $80.00 and over, and from 2004 and 2003 for $70.00 and over.
The mean wage rate from 2005 was used for the $80.00 and over
interval for the May 2006 and November 2005 panels. The
average of the 2004 and 2003 mean wage rates was used for the
$70.00 and over interval for the May 2005, November 2004, May
2004, and November 2003 panels.
Percentile wage. The p-th percentile wage rate 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.
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. The wage rates for the highest wage interval are not
updated.
Imputation. About 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, sampling
weights are adjusted when six panels are combined. Sampling
weights are further adjusted by the ratio of employment totals
(the average of November 2005 and May 2006 employment)
from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages to
employment totals from the OES survey.
May 2006 OES survey estimates. The May 2006 OES survey
estimates are based on all data collected from establishments
in the May 2006, November 2005, May 2005, November 2004,
May 2004, and November 2003 semiannual samples.
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.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation, May 2006
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
Management occupations
Chief executives................................................................................................................
General and operations managers...................................................................................
Legislators.........................................................................................................................
Advertising and promotions managers.............................................................................
Marketing managers.........................................................................................................
Sales managers................................................................................................................
Public relations managers................................................................................................
5,892,900
299,520
1,663,280
62,020
38,130
159,950
307,960
44,010
$44.20
69.52
47.73
(²)
40.93
51.74
49.39
44.35
$91,930
144,600
99,280
32,730
85,140
107,610
102,730
92,250
$38.93
(³)
40.97
(²)
35.12
47.46
44.02
39.51
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.........................................................
232,410
251,210
468,270
46,640
27,450
55,280
153,410
66,490
89,010
35.02
51.56
48.77
39.43
41.67
45.63
40.37
41.35
37.77
72,840
107,250
101,450
82,010
86,670
94,910
83,970
86,020
78,560
32.54
48.84
43.74
35.94
38.58
42.55
37.34
39.22
35.14
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............................................................................................................
3,300
300
207,630
46,890
215,630
103,330
26,570
183,960
189,050
22,810
3,330
31,300
232,920
38,660
26,580
156,880
112,360
326,390
28.15
20.92
39.79
20.88
(²)
39.82
34.38
52.90
22.49
27.53
32.38
23.83
39.02
51.91
26.74
25.14
26.97
41.95
58,550
43,520
82,760
43,430
79,200
82,820
71,520
110,030
46,780
57,250
67,340
49,560
81,160
107,970
55,630
52,290
56,090
87,250
25.03
17.85
35.43
18.15
(²)
35.57
32.03
50.69
20.68
23.86
30.20
20.35
35.26
48.11
26.82
20.71
25.03
39.66
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.........................................................................
5,826,140
11,130
13,110
137,310
275,910
279,240
12,630
28.85
40.42
25.83
24.52
26.04
25.36
24.03
60,000
84,070
53,730
51,010
54,160
52,750
49,980
25.81
31.01
22.49
21.46
24.39
24.36
23.65
222,080
216,900
11,330
186,620
103,870
197,050
204,290
79,570
476,070
42,510
983,340
24.47
27.32
24.26
24.07
25.72
24.57
26.30
31.56
37.15
21.92
28.96
50,890
56,820
50,450
50,070
53,500
51,100
54,700
65,640
77,270
45,580
60,240
22.62
25.45
22.79
20.40
24.15
22.99
25.13
30.49
32.72
20.28
26.76
Accountants and auditors.................................................................................................
Appraisers and assessors of real estate..........................................................................
Budget analysts.................................................................................................................
Credit analysts...................................................................................................................
Financial analysts..............................................................................................................
Personal financial advisors...............................................................................................
Insurance underwriters......................................................................................................
1,092,960
66,420
58,100
66,690
196,960
119,690
99,430
29.17
24.57
30.73
28.94
37.16
41.70
27.86
60,670
51,110
63,920
60,190
77,280
86,730
57,960
26.26
21.38
29.53
25.17
32.02
31.79
25.17
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
Business and financial operations occupations—Continued
Financial examiners..........................................................................................................
Loan counselors................................................................................................................
Loan officers......................................................................................................................
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents...............................................................
Tax preparers....................................................................................................................
Financial specialists, all other...........................................................................................
24,430
30,430
359,260
75,160
62,860
120,790
$34.25
20.12
29.77
23.89
15.94
28.65
$71,240
41,840
61,930
49,690
33,160
59,600
$31.43
17.21
24.89
21.93
13.15
25.81
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer and information scientists, research................................................................
Computer programmers....................................................................................................
Computer software engineers, applications.....................................................................
Computer software engineers, systems software............................................................
Computer support specialists...........................................................................................
Computer systems analysts..............................................................................................
Database administrators...................................................................................................
Network and computer systems administrators...............................................................
Network systems and data communications analysts......................................................
Computer specialists, all other..........................................................................................
3,076,200
27,650
396,020
472,520
329,060
514,460
446,460
109,840
289,520
203,710
180,270
33.29
46.36
33.42
39.42
41.95
21.32
34.73
32.43
31.37
32.43
33.35
69,240
96,440
69,500
82,000
87,250
44,350
72,230
67,460
65,260
67,460
69,370
31.80
45.17
31.50
38.36
41.04
19.94
33.54
31.09
29.87
31.06
32.97
Actuaries............................................................................................................................
Mathematicians.................................................................................................................
Operations research analysts...........................................................................................
Statisticians.......................................................................................................................
Mathematical technicians..................................................................................................
Mathematical scientists, all other......................................................................................
Architecture and engineering occupations
Architects, except landscape and naval...........................................................................
Landscape architects........................................................................................................
Cartographers and photogrammetrists.............................................................................
Surveyors..........................................................................................................................
16,620
2,840
56,170
19,660
1,210
10,190
2,430,250
101,010
22,130
11,430
56,820
44.14
41.72
33.22
33.21
22.12
31.21
31.82
33.54
29.08
25.29
24.71
91,810
86,780
69,100
69,080
46,010
64,920
66,190
69,760
60,480
52,600
51,390
39.81
41.79
31.08
31.60
18.21
30.56
30.00
30.84
26.51
23.19
23.22
Aerospace engineers........................................................................................................
Agricultural engineers.......................................................................................................
Biomedical engineers........................................................................................................
Chemical engineers..........................................................................................................
Civil engineers...................................................................................................................
Computer hardware engineers.........................................................................................
Electrical engineers...........................................................................................................
Electronics engineers, except computer...........................................................................
Environmental engineers..................................................................................................
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors................
Industrial engineers...........................................................................................................
Marine engineers and naval architects.............................................................................
Materials engineers...........................................................................................................
Mechanical engineers.......................................................................................................
Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers..............................
Nuclear engineers.............................................................................................................
Petroleum engineers.........................................................................................................
Engineers, all other...........................................................................................................
86,720
3,050
14,030
29,060
236,690
74,480
147,670
131,880
51,370
24,620
198,340
7,810
21,230
217,500
6,810
14,870
15,060
155,620
42.92
32.60
37.51
39.23
34.67
43.88
37.93
39.82
34.90
32.89
33.96
36.25
36.52
34.89
37.32
44.25
48.86
39.30
89,260
67,810
78,030
81,600
72,120
91,280
78,900
82,820
72,590
68,400
70,630
75,400
75,960
72,580
77,620
92,040
101,620
81,750
42.12
31.75
35.54
37.91
32.98
42.54
36.50
38.97
33.63
31.87
32.99
35.09
35.57
33.58
34.69
43.38
47.30
39.26
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.................................................................................
107,110
32,440
72,950
22,800
8,280
86,730
166,340
15,310
20,600
73,640
46,660
78,260
70,940
21.11
23.85
22.10
21.87
26.19
20.37
24.44
22.37
20.72
24.48
22.94
25.89
16.63
43,900
49,610
45,960
45,480
54,480
42,380
50,840
46,540
43,100
50,920
47,710
53,850
34,590
20.17
22.51
21.01
20.70
25.62
19.50
24.35
21.50
19.50
22.51
22.04
26.08
15.55
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
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......................................................................................................
1,231,070
3,930
8,770
10,720
18,680
15,730
18,000
25,220
16,000
10,760
4,120
78,210
12,830
$28.68
25.59
28.49
28.52
38.90
31.35
26.98
30.56
26.64
25.22
28.99
33.82
31.00
$59,660
53,230
59,260
59,330
80,900
65,200
56,120
63,560
55,410
52,450
60,290
70,350
64,480
$25.49
22.98
25.87
26.96
36.69
27.87
25.63
29.30
26.43
24.61
27.25
29.66
27.39
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..............................................................................................
1,430
15,420
8,250
80,500
9,390
77,720
28,980
7,740
21,380
45.67
45.95
37.41
31.75
37.02
29.38
38.41
32.80
41.01
95,000
95,580
77,810
66,040
77,010
61,120
79,890
68,230
85,310
46.03
45.31
37.09
28.78
35.87
26.97
34.93
31.86
40.12
Economists........................................................................................................................
Market research analysts..................................................................................................
Survey researchers...........................................................................................................
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists................................................................
Industrial-organizational psychologists.............................................................................
Psychologists, all other.....................................................................................................
12,970
213,590
24,140
97,330
1,140
7,960
40.14
31.70
19.08
31.78
43.23
38.63
83,500
65,930
39,680
66,110
89,920
80,360
37.03
28.28
16.04
28.58
41.55
36.69
Sociologists.......................................................................................................................
Urban and regional planners............................................................................................
Anthropologists and archeologists....................................................................................
Geographers.....................................................................................................................
Historians...........................................................................................................................
Political scientists..............................................................................................................
Social scientists and related workers, all other................................................................
3,440
32,640
4,960
960
3,090
3,970
31,110
32.83
28.33
25.43
30.64
25.36
41.52
32.56
68,300
58,940
52,900
63,720
52,750
86,370
67,720
28.99
27.22
24.00
30.28
23.33
43.34
31.21
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...................................................
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................................................
19,220
71,590
59,900
11,280
6,400
15,840
34,790
12,310
30,580
58,080
1,749,210
75,940
226,720
21,330
91,830
121,380
24,260
262,830
116,750
114,820
61,270
57,900
89,650
16.20
18.38
19.70
24.76
31.14
17.23
19.36
23.14
16.24
19.65
18.75
17.28
23.92
21.49
18.19
15.80
19.37
19.54
21.48
18.26
21.61
21.81
22.18
33,700
38,240
40,970
51,490
64,760
35,840
40,260
48,130
33,780
40,870
39,000
35,950
49,760
44,700
37,840
32,870
40,280
40,640
44,690
37,980
44,950
45,370
46,130
15.26
17.17
18.87
22.19
31.49
16.28
18.31
21.79
14.84
18.23
17.21
16.36
22.85
20.78
16.53
14.04
18.37
18.02
20.69
17.02
20.95
19.87
20.43
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
Community and social services occupations—Continued
Social and human service assistants...............................................................................
Community and social service specialists, all other.........................................................
Clergy................................................................................................................................
Directors, religious activities and education.....................................................................
Religious workers, all other...............................................................................................
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........................................................................................
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.....................................................................................
318,620
107,380
37,820
14,750
5,990
976,740
547,710
14,470
8,110
25,870
229,430
16,940
31,890
63,410
38,910
8,206,440
67,390
36,630
44,570
5,820
31,950
10,120
51,950
2,630
8,670
19,560
4,310
12,340
$13.08
17.99
20.70
18.06
14.11
41.04
54.65
37.37
28.27
45.98
21.86
23.25
18.85
19.55
24.29
21.79
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
$27,200
37,410
43,060
37,570
29,350
85,360
113,660
77,730
58,790
95,640
45,460
48,370
39,210
40,660
50,520
45,320
70,220
65,000
62,790
67,390
82,080
77,190
82,110
66,970
74,880
70,100
71,980
74,650
$12.30
16.93
19.07
16.47
11.70
32.56
49.26
34.90
23.80
48.89
20.69
21.93
17.48
17.32
21.70
19.76
(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.........................................................................
5,040
7,350
12,330
4,070
13,850
29,690
16,110
5,750
116,370
39,350
53,470
3,830
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
68,240
63,710
79,370
62,850
69,040
64,580
63,160
69,640
91,260
58,690
57,410
57,550
(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..............................................................
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....................................................................................
10,430
11,870
7,860
72,100
23,560
59,320
24,680
20,980
17,840
112,830
4,330
17,110
109,360
272,410
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
22.65
(²)
55,310
94,290
57,990
58,250
56,600
57,320
60,050
63,200
60,180
30,190
60,630
54,020
47,110
72,310
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
21.11
(²)
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.................................................................
361,600
165,780
1,509,180
652,700
15,740
12.45
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
25,900
47,040
48,700
49,470
46,650
10.91
(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,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
Education, training, and library occupations—Continued
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...................................................................................
1,030,780
95,040
216,930
101,420
136,870
71,740
149,700
576,840
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
$22.45
18.50
(²)
$51,150
51,050
49,710
52,550
52,520
46,690
38,470
35,370
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
(²)
$21.11
16.08
(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............................................................
5,460
9,520
9,810
148,610
113,940
6,520
12,390
117,630
1,246,030
84,390
21.35
24.03
18.30
24.45
13.42
20.23
22.59
26.72
(²)
17.14
44,400
49,980
38,060
50,860
27,910
42,090
46,990
55,570
21,860
35,640
19.58
22.26
16.51
23.59
12.77
19.49
20.06
25.38
(²)
15.46
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................................................................................
1,727,380
31,030
4,870
11,260
26,260
7,870
22.17
37.70
13.75
22.65
27.90
23.51
46,110
78,420
28,610
47,100
58,030
48,890
18.44
32.74
11.58
20.18
24.69
20.19
Commercial and industrial designers...............................................................................
Fashion designers.............................................................................................................
Floral designers.................................................................................................................
Graphic designers.............................................................................................................
Interior designers...............................................................................................................
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers.................................................................
Set and exhibit designers..................................................................................................
Designers, all other...........................................................................................................
33,540
15,670
61,320
190,880
52,440
62,580
8,320
11,390
28.53
33.30
11.08
21.07
23.08
12.77
21.93
23.50
59,340
69,270
23,040
43,830
48,000
26,550
45,620
48,890
26.23
30.10
10.43
19.18
20.32
11.45
20.11
21.09
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.................................
51,880
63,840
12,500
154,350
13,790
16,010
16,340
9,470
46,600
59,450
21.84
34.72
(²)
(²)
(²)
13.86
18.42
25.63
27.51
16.84
(²)
72,210
74,440
33,290
27,450
(²)
38,320
53,320
(²)
(²)
11.61
27.07
(²)
(²)
(²)
9.55
16.67
19.11
19.73
15.11
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...................................................................
40,020
8,300
6,770
53,060
209,560
100,170
45,330
43,260
30,910
22,970
17.36
16.33
32.17
20.14
25.85
25.59
29.25
27.93
19.11
22.26
36,120
33,970
66,910
41,900
53,760
53,220
60,850
58,080
39,750
46,310
11.69
12.02
22.46
16.09
22.76
22.59
27.91
23.38
17.10
20.47
Audio and video equipment technicians...........................................................................
Broadcast technicians.......................................................................................................
Radio operators.................................................................................................................
Sound engineering technicians........................................................................................
Photographers...................................................................................................................
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture.................................................
40,360
32,070
1,220
14,080
60,300
22,230
18.61
17.09
18.69
24.16
15.30
22.19
38,710
35,540
38,870
50,260
31,830
46,150
16.75
14.75
18.22
20.68
12.58
19.26
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations—Continued
Film and video editors.......................................................................................................
Media and communication equipment workers, all other.................................................
17,380
17,740
$27.93
25.59
$58,100
53,230
$22.44
25.03
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
Chiropractors.....................................................................................................................
Dentists, general...............................................................................................................
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons.......................................................................................
Orthodontists.....................................................................................................................
Prosthodontists..................................................................................................................
Dentists, all other specialists............................................................................................
Dietitians and nutritionists.................................................................................................
Optometrists......................................................................................................................
Pharmacists.......................................................................................................................
6,713,780
25,470
86,110
5,320
5,200
480
4,560
51,230
24,220
239,920
29.82
38.97
67.76
79.21
85.05
76.42
52.09
23.02
47.38
44.95
62,030
81,070
140,950
164,760
176,900
158,940
108,340
47,890
98,550
93,500
24.99
31.36
63.53
(³)
(³)
(³)
43.85
22.59
43.77
45.44
Anesthesiologists..............................................................................................................
Family and general practitioners.......................................................................................
Internists, general..............................................................................................................
Obstetricians and gynecologists.......................................................................................
Pediatricians, general.......................................................................................................
Psychiatrists......................................................................................................................
Surgeons...........................................................................................................................
Physicians and surgeons, all other...................................................................................
29,890
109,400
48,700
22,520
28,930
24,730
51,900
208,960
88.63
72.04
77.34
85.60
68.00
72.11
88.53
68.38
184,340
149,850
160,860
178,040
141,440
149,990
184,150
142,220
(³)
(³)
(³)
(³)
66.41
(³)
(³)
(³)
Physician assistants..........................................................................................................
Podiatrists..........................................................................................................................
Registered nurses.............................................................................................................
Audiologists.......................................................................................................................
Occupational therapists....................................................................................................
62,960
9,020
2,417,150
10,910
88,570
35.71
56.97
28.71
29.38
30.05
74,270
118,500
59,730
61,110
62,510
36.05
52.03
27.54
27.46
29.07
Physical therapists............................................................................................................
Radiation therapists..........................................................................................................
Recreational therapists.....................................................................................................
Respiratory therapists.......................................................................................................
Speech-language pathologists.........................................................................................
Therapists, all other...........................................................................................................
Veterinarians.....................................................................................................................
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other.....................................................
156,100
14,290
24,130
99,330
98,690
11,660
49,750
53,270
32.72
32.49
17.55
23.37
29.25
21.67
39.18
39.96
68,050
67,580
36,510
48,610
60,840
45,070
81,490
83,110
31.83
31.81
16.82
22.80
27.74
20.31
34.61
29.60
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............................................................
160,760
144,710
166,380
43,870
44,340
19,270
190,180
196,190
24.30
16.65
30.01
21.15
27.94
30.29
23.71
14.13
50,550
34,620
62,430
43,990
58,110
63,000
49,320
29,390
23.90
15.79
30.19
20.34
27.48
29.95
23.16
13.01
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................................................
24,450
282,450
58,940
18,710
84,330
69,700
720,380
164,700
65,190
5,290
72,180
42,220
10,020
15,440
50,690
12.55
12.75
14.64
19.17
17.97
13.34
18.05
14.49
15.49
29.86
18.39
28.50
21.32
(²)
21.68
26,090
26,510
30,450
39,860
37,370
27,750
37,530
30,140
32,220
62,110
38,260
59,270
44,340
38,860
45,090
11.56
12.32
13.36
18.81
17.35
12.88
17.57
13.48
14.57
28.36
16.89
27.90
20.27
(²)
17.89
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
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...............................................................................
3,483,270
751,480
1,376,660
57,000
23,700
7,780
59,350
45,520
41,920
277,040
409,570
42,740
86,790
47,810
70,310
185,580
$11.83
9.66
11.04
12.01
20.25
13.35
19.91
11.20
18.93
14.83
13.07
12.97
14.74
10.07
10.13
13.55
$24,610
20,100
22,960
24,990
42,110
27,760
41,410
23,290
39,380
30,850
27,190
26,980
30,660
20,950
21,060
28,170
$11.00
9.34
10.67
11.49
20.22
12.03
19.88
10.61
16.06
14.53
12.64
12.47
14.40
9.35
9.60
12.98
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............................
3,024,840
37,400
89,170
50,810
45,170
17.81
26.27
33.76
31.27
22.28
37,040
54,630
70,230
65,030
46,350
15.42
25.28
33.32
30.24
19.99
Fire fighters.......................................................................................................................
Fire inspectors and investigators......................................................................................
Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists.............................................................
283,630
13,360
1,710
20.37
24.02
17.21
42,370
49,950
35,810
19.80
23.10
15.84
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.................................................................................................
17,890
417,810
100,110
7,520
10,090
624,380
5,320
17.43
18.42
29.03
21.25
15.03
23.27
23.86
36,260
38,310
60,390
44,200
31,260
48,410
49,620
16.45
17.19
28.01
21.01
14.50
22.82
22.63
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.................................................................................
14,600
35,980
8,470
1,004,130
67,750
108,870
80,680
14.12
18.41
14.65
11.35
10.71
8.85
14.63
29,370
38,290
30,470
23,620
22,270
18,410
30,420
13.42
16.23
13.04
10.35
10.13
8.25
12.94
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.................................................................................................
11,029,280
104,080
769,320
612,020
375,210
900
825,840
189,610
12,940
871,470
8.86
18.21
13.88
7.67
10.25
13.64
10.11
8.99
11.34
8.88
18,430
37,880
28,870
15,960
21,320
28,370
21,020
18,710
23,590
18,480
7.90
16.52
12.97
7.41
9.81
11.00
9.78
8.59
10.39
8.37
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..................................................
485,120
2,461,890
524,410
2,312,930
183,700
401,790
502,770
340,390
54,900
8.91
7.66
8.15
8.27
9.48
7.84
7.78
8.10
9.31
18,540
15,930
16,950
17,190
19,710
16,320
16,190
16,860
19,360
7.86
7.24
7.76
7.14
8.70
7.36
7.57
7.78
8.55
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
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..........................................................................
Personal care and service occupations
Gaming supervisors..........................................................................................................
Slot key persons................................................................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers..........................................
Animal trainers..................................................................................................................
Nonfarm animal caretakers...............................................................................................
4,396,250
182,690
$10.86
16.16
$22,580
33,610
$9.75
15.04
111,100
2,124,860
900,040
14,390
62,710
924,330
25,880
28,300
21,930
3,249,760
23,860
13,450
125,430
10,020
108,130
19.35
10.45
8.99
13.78
14.11
11.06
13.73
14.38
11.77
11.02
20.38
12.16
17.35
14.39
9.73
40,240
21,730
18,700
28,670
29,350
23,010
28,560
29,910
24,490
22,920
42,390
25,300
36,090
29,920
20,230
17.93
9.58
8.45
12.06
13.41
10.22
12.84
13.58
9.82
9.17
19.79
10.92
15.77
12.65
8.72
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..................................................
82,960
17,780
(4)
10,620
101,530
235,670
4,150
18,770
8.18
10.02
11.59
9.70
8.41
8.43
14.20
9.50
17,010
20,850
24,110
20,180
17,500
17,530
29,540
19,760
7.08
9.04
10.52
8.39
7.64
7.83
12.37
8.95
Embalmers........................................................................................................................
Funeral attendants............................................................................................................
Barbers..............................................................................................................................
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists.................................................................
Makeup artists, theatrical and performance.....................................................................
Manicurists and pedicurists...............................................................................................
Shampooers......................................................................................................................
Skin care specialists..........................................................................................................
8,860
32,250
11,500
344,900
1,250
47,450
15,580
22,620
19.43
10.56
12.76
11.80
17.66
10.23
8.20
14.21
40,410
21,970
26,540
24,550
36,730
21,280
17,050
29,550
18.19
9.78
11.13
10.25
15.30
9.23
7.78
12.58
Baggage porters and bellhops..........................................................................................
Concierges........................................................................................................................
Tour guides and escorts...................................................................................................
Travel guides.....................................................................................................................
Flight attendants................................................................................................................
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters......................
48,450
19,150
30,390
3,220
96,760
20,790
10.37
12.50
10.73
14.83
(²)
10.17
21,580
26,000
22,310
30,840
56,150
21,140
8.83
11.83
9.82
13.68
(²)
9.65
Child care workers.............................................................................................................
Personal and home care aides.........................................................................................
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors..........................................................................
Recreation workers...........................................................................................................
Residential advisors..........................................................................................................
Personal care and service workers, all other...................................................................
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...................................................................
572,950
578,290
205,970
273,280
48,470
58,440
14,114,860
1,111,740
285,690
3,479,390
26,700
9.05
8.74
15.24
11.03
11.79
10.40
16.52
18.67
36.94
8.62
10.32
18,820
18,180
31,710
22,950
24,520
21,640
34,350
38,830
76,840
17,930
21,470
8.48
8.54
12.46
9.84
10.90
9.12
11.14
16.33
31.49
8.08
9.94
Counter and rental clerks..................................................................................................
Parts salespersons............................................................................................................
Retail salespersons...........................................................................................................
468,900
234,770
4,374,230
11.22
14.43
11.51
23,340
30,010
23,940
9.41
13.19
9.50
Advertising sales agents...................................................................................................
Insurance sales agents.....................................................................................................
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents.........................................
Travel agents.....................................................................................................................
159,640
311,380
260,360
87,600
24.70
28.10
43.45
15.12
51,370
58,450
90,380
31,460
20.55
21.09
32.93
14.05
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Sales and related occupations—Continued
Sales representatives, services, all other.........................................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific
products……………..…..…….…..……………..…………………...……………………
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific
products……………..…..…….…..……………..…………………...……………………
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.................................................................................
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
501,850
$27.13
$56,420
$23.12
390,280
34.95
72,700
30.98
1,488,990
28.14
58,540
23.85
82,830
1,470
46,950
168,400
75,150
385,700
11,140
161,700
12.39
13.45
38.57
26.13
39.94
11.63
12.92
19.63
25,770
27,980
80,230
54,350
83,080
24,190
26,880
40,820
10.65
11.22
29.23
19.12
37.37
10.09
9.71
16.47
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.............................................................
23,077,190
1,351,180
172,060
26,350
4,220
14.60
22.37
11.37
15.73
15.93
30,370
46,530
23,640
32,710
33,130
13.50
20.92
10.88
16.41
15.23
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................................................................................................................................
423,090
517,750
1,856,890
17,970
205,970
74,370
603,150
14.73
14.39
15.28
11.62
15.93
16.13
10.97
30,640
29,930
31,780
24,170
33,140
33,540
22,810
13.97
13.87
14.69
11.13
15.58
15.91
10.64
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.................................................................................
72,400
16,260
107,100
67,400
2,147,770
106,210
223,090
214,110
18.89
14.35
15.66
15.25
14.61
18.16
11.32
9.37
39,280
29,850
32,580
31,710
30,400
37,770
23,540
19,480
17.50
13.80
14.89
14.41
13.62
18.05
10.62
8.88
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan............................................................................
Library assistants, clerical.................................................................................................
Loan interviewers and clerks............................................................................................
New accounts clerks.........................................................................................................
Order clerks.......................................................................................................................
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping........................................
Receptionists and information clerks................................................................................
Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks.......................................
All other information and record clerks.............................................................................
211,500
109,090
248,050
80,770
264,520
159,750
1,112,350
157,650
230,990
13.07
11.03
15.71
14.19
13.52
16.70
11.45
14.48
15.82
27,190
22,940
32,680
29,510
28,130
34,740
23,810
30,120
32,900
12.64
10.40
14.89
13.65
12.66
16.23
11.01
13.72
14.98
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.....................................
84,340
105,070
94,710
185,410
45,770
81,670
346,990
203,110
286,160
763,350
1,705,450
77,520
18.54
11.14
15.67
16.56
15.41
21.13
21.03
19.75
19.23
13.21
10.79
13.14
38,560
23,170
32,590
34,450
32,040
43,950
43,750
41,070
40,000
27,480
22,440
27,330
17.84
10.36
15.13
15.48
14.58
21.54
21.32
21.10
18.57
12.53
9.83
12.20
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Office and administrative support occupations—Continued
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants........................................................
Legal secretaries...............................................................................................................
Medical secretaries...........................................................................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive...........................................................
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........................................................
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
1,487,310
268,170
394,330
1,750,600
$18.83
19.07
14.05
13.68
$39,160
39,670
29,220
28,460
$17.90
18.36
13.51
13.20
123,750
295,650
153,530
30,440
238,210
141,170
3,026,710
91,810
16,960
19,680
277,310
16.83
12.33
14.68
17.36
15.74
12.05
12.12
12.51
14.12
15.84
14.07
35,010
25,640
30,540
36,120
32,740
25,060
25,200
26,010
29,380
32,950
29,260
16.13
11.87
14.15
16.41
14.96
11.45
11.40
11.80
13.20
15.02
13.08
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.................................................................................................
450,040
19,670
2,060
14,790
2,060
45,890
21,140
230,780
47,870
8,550
880
8,530
8,790
28,300
4,810
5,880
10.49
19.33
13.87
18.67
15.37
8.95
10.55
8.48
9.92
12.05
13.71
11.97
15.84
14.85
14.90
15.25
21,810
40,210
28,850
38,820
31,970
18,610
21,950
17,630
20,630
25,070
28,510
24,890
32,960
30,880
30,980
31,720
8.63
18.15
11.32
18.32
13.02
8.27
9.72
7.95
9.17
10.80
13.10
10.01
13.80
14.28
14.06
15.32
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...............................................................................................................................
6,680,710
574,870
17,240
118,080
18,210
985,990
36,840
14,910
7,480
51,330
218,170
6,550
1,016,530
63,090
5,280
393,090
140,630
40,090
18.89
27.64
23.37
21.33
18.29
19.20
18.40
18.81
15.29
18.92
17.13
16.78
14.39
16.45
24.02
19.50
18.66
20.48
39,290
57,500
48,600
44,370
38,040
39,930
38,280
39,120
31,810
39,360
35,630
34,900
29,930
34,210
49,950
40,560
38,810
42,590
17.04
25.89
22.58
20.66
17.29
17.57
16.62
16.44
13.89
17.59
15.70
15.21
12.66
15.05
22.20
17.74
17.38
19.85
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...................................................................................
617,370
51,990
31,450
27,900
263,390
6,160
58,330
435,960
50,700
30,180
22.41
18.30
16.48
20.07
16.45
17.42
16.21
22.03
17.91
20.35
46,620
38,060
34,280
41,740
34,220
36,230
33,710
45,830
37,260
42,330
20.97
16.64
14.67
17.74
15.00
16.21
14.58
20.56
16.68
18.38
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
Construction and extraction occupations—Continued
Roofers..............................................................................................................................
Sheet metal workers.........................................................................................................
Structural iron and steel workers......................................................................................
125,030
177,540
67,560
$16.99
19.61
21.13
$35,340
40,780
43,950
$15.51
17.96
19.46
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..............................................................................
62,290
104,200
100,550
23,390
81,510
21,050
35,880
13.39
11.63
12.05
10.87
12.22
10.93
11.93
27,850
24,190
25,050
22,620
25,430
22,740
24,820
12.19
11.09
11.42
10.25
11.50
10.46
10.94
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......................................................................
96,630
21,700
24,610
38,740
138,670
13,680
22,090
880
56,130
23.37
29.78
13.53
18.43
15.56
19.06
15.65
13.75
15.81
48,620
61,930
28,130
38,340
32,370
39,640
32,560
28,600
32,880
22.39
30.59
12.69
17.04
15.17
19.23
15.11
13.80
14.65
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..............................................................................................
16,920
18,010
25,360
19,070
5,110
9,660
7,700
2,880
3,790
4,240
41,120
23,980
8,880
18.23
20.36
17.37
17.80
19.83
19.38
18.71
18.50
13.91
20.29
12.93
14.65
18.49
37,930
42,350
36,120
37,030
41,240
40,310
38,930
38,490
28,940
42,200
26,890
30,460
38,470
17.42
18.49
15.82
16.59
19.18
19.44
19.23
17.97
13.05
19.83
12.36
13.79
17.04
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........................................................................
5,352,420
450,710
139,770
6,250
190,130
15,360
22,100
20,480
78,570
22,090
19,510
35,310
51,740
18.78
26.98
18.29
19.17
24.33
22.78
16.74
20.98
21.96
27.34
14.99
15.25
17.51
39,060
56,110
38,050
39,880
50,610
47,380
34,810
43,650
45,670
56,870
31,190
31,710
36,410
17.65
25.91
17.54
18.12
25.21
22.57
15.80
20.72
21.72
27.60
13.57
14.42
16.73
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..............................................................................................
118,210
155,500
18,650
642,360
254,850
29,500
119,060
23,810
18,550
16,700
25,560
8,350
13,560
103,120
23.70
18.38
15.41
17.34
18.48
14.58
19.90
20.68
16.55
15.39
13.44
10.87
16.00
10.96
49,300
38,230
32,050
36,070
38,440
30,320
41,390
43,010
34,430
32,000
27,950
22,610
33,280
22,790
22.95
16.92
14.77
16.24
18.11
14.16
19.44
20.82
15.96
14.45
12.94
10.48
15.15
10.26
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations—Continued
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.................................................
15,130
42,270
250,970
42,810
250,810
1,310,580
81,580
53,320
3,340
110,520
156,440
3,470
32,100
5,120
3,050
12,980
$16.38
21.77
19.09
16.99
20.47
16.11
17.50
22.99
19.61
23.99
21.99
17.60
20.69
15.31
15.75
22.71
$34,060
45,290
39,710
35,350
42,570
33,510
36,390
47,820
40,790
49,900
45,740
36,600
43,040
31,850
32,760
47,230
$15.20
21.84
18.11
16.28
19.74
15.34
16.61
21.94
19.61
24.41
22.25
16.76
19.51
14.04
14.86
22.23
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...................................................
39,440
2,680
1,280
17,870
9,520
12,010
5,980
159,110
130,260
14.33
21.83
14.55
16.14
12.79
19.07
23.98
11.64
17.10
29,820
45,410
30,260
33,560
26,600
39,670
49,870
24,210
35,560
13.80
19.03
13.64
15.39
12.06
18.85
24.11
10.71
15.84
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...............................................................................
10,268,510
676,640
27,680
22,560
211,460
59,760
45,120
99,680
32,510
1,250,120
2,460
288,370
14.65
24.27
21.09
12.94
13.23
13.91
17.02
15.11
12.96
12.59
14.68
14.90
30,480
50,480
43,860
26,910
27,510
28,930
35,400
31,440
26,960
26,180
30,530
31,000
13.16
22.74
21.83
12.64
12.29
13.25
15.99
14.56
12.49
11.63
13.86
12.85
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.................................................................
139,700
128,350
139,830
118,610
18,510
92,590
44,060
11.40
13.61
10.22
10.55
12.36
11.92
10.94
23,710
28,310
21,260
21,940
25,710
24,790
22,750
10.59
12.95
9.79
10.43
11.30
11.11
10.23
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…....
139,580
17,800
93,810
31,050
34,710
15.78
21.54
14.10
14.41
15.43
32,820
44,810
29,330
29,980
32,080
15.23
20.42
13.58
13.94
14.93
269,640
42,480
13.33
15.21
27,730
31,640
12.66
14.36
100,010
65,840
14.32
15.98
29,780
33,250
13.50
15.46
Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.............
Machinists..........................................................................................................................
Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders..................................................................
Pourers and casters, metal...............................................................................................
29,040
385,690
18,430
14,880
15.52
17.22
16.14
14.87
32,280
35,810
33,560
30,930
15.18
16.71
15.69
14.22
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
Production occupations—Continued
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........................
8,370
7,070
14,460
$21.22
18.31
14.40
$44,130
38,090
29,950
$20.22
17.01
13.82
155,670
96,480
13.14
15.45
27,330
32,140
12.29
14.68
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.....................................................................
96,960
376,630
48,770
27,050
9,960
41,500
17,620
47,760
21.95
15.81
16.08
15.27
16.87
14.08
15.49
18.14
45,650
32,880
33,440
31,750
35,080
29,280
32,210
37,730
21.29
15.10
14.90
14.83
16.15
13.21
14.73
16.69
Bindery workers.................................................................................................................
Bookbinders......................................................................................................................
Job printers........................................................................................................................
Prepress technicians and workers....................................................................................
Printing machine operators...............................................................................................
63,700
7,120
46,200
70,890
191,610
13.16
15.49
16.36
16.70
15.79
27,370
32,210
34,020
34,730
32,840
12.29
14.55
15.58
16.01
14.90
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......
217,580
75,150
219,080
7,450
4,080
9,750
30,000
20,070
19,140
38,900
44,210
9.08
8.88
9.78
10.41
10.92
10.43
11.91
11.50
10.93
11.80
11.32
18,890
18,470
20,340
21,660
22,710
21,680
24,770
23,920
22,740
24,530
23,550
8.58
8.56
9.04
9.83
10.54
9.79
11.01
11.20
10.39
11.68
11.08
Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and
glass fibers………………………...…….……..…….…………………………………..
Fabric and apparel patternmakers....................................................................................
Upholsterers......................................................................................................................
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other..........................................................
17,860
14.38
29,910
13.78
8,840
40,340
22,890
18.45
13.70
11.91
38,380
28,500
24,770
15.74
13.09
11.03
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.....................................................................................................
127,780
24,890
1,920
2,270
60,230
97,700
11,350
13.83
12.83
15.86
16.20
12.20
12.07
12.03
28,760
26,680
33,000
33,690
25,380
25,110
25,030
12.99
12.02
13.69
15.15
11.67
11.51
10.86
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...............................................................................
3,750
8,420
34,200
42,730
106,550
52,970
12,120
40,880
13,820
34.04
30.12
26.60
22.59
17.88
23.53
25.90
25.20
22.33
70,800
62,640
55,340
46,990
37,180
48,930
53,870
52,410
46,450
33.35
30.09
26.44
22.13
17.34
23.60
25.80
25.18
22.25
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...........................................
50,570
19.85
41,300
19.37
43,660
41,910
43,980
140,710
28,790
77,960
17.37
14.22
12.24
14.80
11.72
14.23
36,130
29,570
25,460
30,790
24,370
29,610
16.81
13.50
11.48
14.10
10.73
13.43
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Annual ¹
Median
hourly wages
Production occupations—Continued
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....................................................................................
81,000
27,100
483,020
26,220
45,840
10,610
29,130
$14.06
15.25
15.48
16.01
16.79
16.56
13.35
$29,230
31,720
32,190
33,300
34,910
34,450
27,770
$13.32
14.58
14.14
14.30
15.67
14.99
12.24
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...............................................................................................
384,160
102,210
52,170
29,950
24,180
50,040
41,520
12.02
13.57
18.57
12.14
12.84
10.35
16.70
25,000
28,230
38,630
25,260
26,710
21,540
34,730
11.06
12.90
17.15
11.04
11.19
9.38
15.80
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............................................................................................
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...........................................................................................
23,540
15,500
10,050
11,390
42,610
113,930
23,210
539,350
288,470
9,647,730
5,620
178,820
220,570
12.90
12.22
12.48
13.34
12.85
15.68
18.38
10.63
13.82
14.16
21.85
20.16
24.51
26,840
25,420
25,970
27,750
26,730
32,610
38,220
22,120
28,740
29,460
45,440
41,940
50,990
12.10
10.99
11.48
12.30
12.03
15.14
18.33
9.97
11.97
12.17
19.16
19.02
23.24
75,810
27,120
23,240
4,760
(²)
(²)
53.02
19.90
140,380
66,720
110,270
41,400
(²)
(²)
56.37
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.....................................................................................
21,100
191,120
456,570
396,680
1,673,950
941,590
154,490
71,880
10.54
15.89
12.08
11.72
17.46
13.23
10.62
12.76
21,930
33,050
25,130
24,380
36,320
27,520
22,080
26,550
9.79
15.43
11.93
9.99
16.85
12.17
9.78
10.92
Locomotive engineers.......................................................................................................
Locomotive firers...............................................................................................................
Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers........................................................
Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators...................................................................
Railroad conductors and yardmasters..............................................................................
Subway and streetcar operators.......................................................................................
Rail transportation workers, all other................................................................................
36,870
560
5,820
22,810
37,110
6,740
6,360
29.74
21.96
19.24
25.05
28.31
22.20
18.43
61,850
45,680
40,020
52,110
58,880
46,180
38,330
27.88
19.85
18.21
23.49
26.70
23.55
18.82
Sailors and marine oilers..................................................................................................
Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels...................................................................
Motorboat operators..........................................................................................................
Ship engineers..................................................................................................................
31,690
29,170
2,450
14,190
15.73
27.43
16.74
28.53
32,710
57,060
34,810
59,340
14.73
25.69
15.55
26.36
Bridge and lock tenders....................................................................................................
Parking lot attendants.......................................................................................................
Service station attendants.................................................................................................
Traffic technicians.............................................................................................................
Transportation inspectors.................................................................................................
Transportation workers, all other......................................................................................
3,700
131,870
94,780
6,560
23,790
42,130
17.27
8.87
9.21
18.68
26.62
15.55
35,930
18,450
19,150
38,840
55,370
32,350
18.76
8.33
8.53
17.86
24.22
14.51
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by occupation,
May 2006—Continued
Mean wages
Occupation
Employment
Hourly
Transportation and material moving occupations—Continued
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....................................................................................
50,080
45,740
1,780
67,590
2,480
2,990
629,100
334,560
2,372,130
150,600
827,470
3,900
10,030
13,280
125,770
2,860
15,360
52,120
$13.45
19.93
17.81
17.19
19.37
17.56
13.99
9.68
11.08
11.58
9.30
21.52
19.55
17.67
14.96
18.92
16.44
15.87
Annual ¹
$27,970
41,450
37,050
35,740
40,290
36,530
29,090
20,130
23,050
24,080
19,340
44,760
40,670
36,760
31,110
39,350
34,200
33,000
Median
hourly wages
$13.09
18.77
16.26
15.83
17.91
16.16
13.11
8.68
10.20
10.88
8.48
21.83
19.13
17.38
13.93
18.78
15.37
14.55
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.
See footnote at end of table.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing,
and hunting.....................................
Mining................................................
Utilities...............................................
Construction......................................
Manufacturing...................................
Wholesale trade................................
Retail trade........................................
Transportation and warehousing…..
Information........................................
Finance and insurance.....................
Real estate and rental
and leasing………………................
Professional, scientific, and
technical services...........................
Management of companies
and enterprises...............................
Administrative and support
and waste management
and remediation services................
Educational services.........................
Health care and social
assistance.......................................
Arts, entertainment, and
recreation........................................
Accommodation and food
services...........................................
Other services (except
public administration)......................
Federal, state, and local
government.....................................
All industries ..............................
Industry
26.48
30.71
31.97
28.42
28.58
28.70
24.25
27.83
31.44
30.24
27.60
32.82
30.08
26.81
24.60
24.12
29.45
21.33
23.94
27.63
32.47
56.58
53.20
44.37
39.10
36.28
38.65
26.49
38.11
36.37
$28.85
37.36
49.10
49.26
45.18
49.47
52.26
40.30
40.02
53.89
52.97
$44.20
Management
31.26
27.27
24.93
24.96
27.24
30.57
24.54
32.95
35.36
28.84
26.60
33.08
33.83
28.22
36.51
33.96
26.08
30.28
34.57
33.78
$33.29
32.13
30.80
26.87
33.47
27.75
29.20
27.75
35.34
30.91
29.40
29.11
40.08
33.73
29.55
32.66
32.03
27.66
31.28
33.10
36.21
$31.82
27.68
26.70
23.10
21.45
31.12
25.73
23.92
32.64
29.45
25.06
21.82
35.71
32.30
28.44
29.43
31.99
26.51
31.26
34.90
31.66
$28.68
20.24
17.19
13.00
15.23
16.51
16.25
24.44
17.44
21.27
17.25
(1)
(1)
(1)
18.57
23.82
18.04
16.59
14.61
18.46
20.58
$18.75
Community
and social
services
36.37
37.57
45.11
51.91
33.91
30.49
39.42
51.33
43.54
33.32
(1)
35.88
53.51
43.27
54.67
52.04
24.80
48.95
51.52
34.04
$41.04
Legal
Occupational group
Business
Life,
Computer and Architecture
and
physical,
mathematical
and
financial
and social
science
engineering
operations
science
Table 2. Hourly mean wage rates by industry and occupational group
19.25
14.41
14.91
18.16
12.13
19.78
22.61
20.04
27.39
20.29
(1)
(1)
29.93
1
()
26.73
22.90
15.64
24.04
18.69
24.20
$21.79
24.27
22.62
14.58
23.93
20.55
20.92
17.67
28.60
24.68
21.01
14.45
29.18
29.27
23.68
22.96
21.89
13.93
21.23
23.39
25.60
$22.17
Arts, design,
Education,
entertainment,
training, and
sports, and
library
media
27.17
23.64
20.54
18.96
30.84
27.99
25.70
30.19
24.68
21.12
21.53
27.52
30.85
25.04
26.38
26.53
25.67
23.79
28.95
27.95
$29.82
Healthcare
practitioners
and technical
13.69
16.85
15.51
18.32
11.72
12.03
13.37
13.23
10.18
11.07
(1)
8.39
(1)
9.97
13.96
12.63
9.99
11.37
16.50
13.69
$11.83
Healthcare
support
1
Data not available.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing,
and hunting.....................................
Mining................................................
Utilities...............................................
Construction......................................
Manufacturing...................................
Wholesale trade................................
Retail trade........................................
Transportation and warehousing…..
Information........................................
Finance and insurance.....................
Real estate and rental
and leasing………………................
Professional, scientific, and
technical services...........................
Management of companies
and enterprises...............................
Administrative and support
and waste management
and remediation services................
Educational services.........................
Health care and social
assistance.......................................
Arts, entertainment, and
recreation........................................
Accommodation and food
services...........................................
Other services (except
public administration)......................
Federal, state, and local
government.....................................
All industries ..............................
Industry
11.30
13.02
10.65
8.72
9.30
8.90
9.52
12.22
7.85
11.60
9.56
10.49
11.11
9.24
9.87
9.89
9.61
8.64
8.93
11.69
12.72
18.36
15.73
10.98
14.22
13.51
10.69
11.48
10.05
21.79
$8.86
13.36
10.41
9.24
10.94
10.16
10.58
12.57
11.56
11.26
11.01
11.80
10.67
14.59
11.64
11.57
10.63
9.84
16.49
10.96
10.48
$10.86
Building and
Food
grounds
preparation
cleaning and
and serving
maintenance
12.35
12.87
19.87
12.95
15.08
13.16
12.67
16.30
15.32
17.94
$17.81
Protective
service
11.65
11.54
10.60
11.34
9.27
10.50
10.76
10.93
9.82
11.72
11.66
14.72
21.20
10.39
12.74
12.02
9.14
21.58
8.71
12.22
$11.02
Personal
care and
service
Table 2. Hourly mean wage rates by industry and occupational group—Continued
14.61
13.64
9.24
11.29
16.80
15.98
16.35
26.75
28.41
18.01
23.11
29.14
26.88
27.31
28.04
28.01
11.63
24.35
23.44
32.22
$16.52
15.99
13.23
11.27
12.82
14.01
13.13
14.42
16.41
15.83
13.93
12.27
15.46
18.31
14.85
15.82
14.64
11.52
17.72
16.41
14.99
$14.60
Office and
Sales and
administrative
related
support
16.56
12.73
11.44
10.39
10.08
10.72
13.60
11.34
10.99
11.15
9.71
10.03
12.43
11.86
11.79
9.96
9.97
13.60
(1)
12.45
$10.49
18.54
18.56
19.57
21.10
21.83
15.30
20.64
23.16
22.03
18.82
16.03
18.41
24.04
19.02
19.42
18.54
16.65
20.21
23.40
18.97
$18.89
20.19
17.05
14.02
15.31
16.22
17.02
17.40
20.55
20.69
15.17
15.16
20.12
25.66
18.87
20.33
18.72
16.91
21.22
24.41
17.81
$18.78
Farming,
Construction Installation,
fishing,
and
maintenance,
and
extraction
and repair
forestry
Occupational group
20.14
11.58
10.32
16.97
11.73
11.08
18.07
16.32
16.38
14.27
11.53
20.02
26.44
16.23
15.00
14.26
12.73
17.06
16.40
17.74
$14.65
Production
19.18
10.12
8.55
11.97
11.00
11.21
12.31
14.86
13.74
12.03
11.36
17.14
19.73
15.88
13.42
13.42
10.55
18.17
12.76
19.13
$14.16
Transportation and
material
moving
Total
See footnote at end of table.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing,
and hunting...................................
Mining..............................................
Utilities.............................................
Construction....................................
Manufacturing.................................
Wholesale trade..............................
Retail trade......................................
Transportation and warehousing…..
Information......................................
Finance and insurance....................
Real estate and rental
and leasing………………..............
Professional, scientific, and
technical services..........................
Management of companies
and enterprises.............................
Administrative and support
and waste management
and remediation services..............
Educational services.......................
Health care and social
assistance.....................................
Arts, entertainment, and
recreation......................................
Accommodation and food
services.........................................
Other services (except
public administration)....................
Federal, state, and local
government...................................
6,190
32,890
31,020
362,950
690,670
320,730
362,320
147,330
186,750
445,990
193,420
504,580
292,640
230,940
523,940
526,580
63,460
276,870
174,340
519,300
2,148,700
7,243,130
1,786,440
8,350,180
12,291,320
15,586,670
1,866,930
11,049,000
3,833,100
9,482,720
5,892,900
971,570
192,410
38,540
35,130
207,120
277,170
211,390
299,170
840,540
99,450
1,480
23,300
35,160
215,190
430,190
228,870
167,930
98,290
152,630
1,300,620
5,826,140
222,600
27,040
2,320
4,990
77,980
136,680
176,140
172,560
986,210
12,520
320
7,940
16,360
7,620
266,930
157,140
58,000
23,150
411,560
1
()
3,076,200
276,640
6,480
350
1,080
6,060
77,260
20,350
46,860
881,350
4,380
100
25,230
47,070
75,220
799,490
63,650
4,980
23,290
66,530
3,880
2,430,250
281,680
12,410
970
5,160
81,100
26,090
162,250
33,190
342,000
5,040
2,140
17,320
9,750
3,590
149,880
29,260
4,970
3,460
29,820
31,000
1,231,070
472,420
98,600
510
380
877,000
13,290
256,650
15,950
7,790
1,700
1
()
1
()
1
()
1
()
120
1
()
480
120
190
3,330
1,749,210
Community
and social
services
Occupational group
Life,
Business Computer and Architecture
physical, and
Management and financial mathematical
and
social
operations
science
engineering
science
379,690
590,510
546,400
7,633,080
14,185,770
5,862,420
15,516,280
5,203,910
3,056,170
5,992,570
All industries ............................ 132,604,980
Industry
Table 3. Employment by industry and occupational group
237,360
7,450
170
450
5,170
21,300
3,150
19,590
594,630
8,080
1
()
2,620
1,240
1,440
5,510
2,490
1,350
1,890
6,320
56,530
976,740
Legal
212,800
78,120
600
31,030
487,370
30,870
7,311,310
6,900
20,430
490
150
1
()
100
50
1,460
1,070
6,640
1,050
14,510
1,480
8,206,440
58,690
77,460
17,770
175,200
27,700
50,040
197,430
29,590
303,820
12,090
220
360
2,030
7,670
84,670
49,400
122,640
3,550
488,130
18,910
1,727,380
403,690
9,210
3,250
7,910
5,191,170
203,830
237,080
21,770
141,350
8,330
180
2,320
1,330
1,690
16,640
17,210
408,480
3,820
1,370
1
()
6,713,780
Arts, design, Healthcare
Education,
entertainment, practitioners
training, and
sports, and
and
library
media
technical
1
Data not available.
Agriculture, forestry, fishing,
and hunting...................................
Mining..............................................
Utilities.............................................
Construction....................................
Manufacturing.................................
Wholesale trade..............................
Retail trade......................................
Transportation and
warehousing………………….........
Information......................................
Finance and insurance....................
Real estate and rental
and leasing………………..............
Professional, scientific, and
technical services..........................
Management of companies
and enterprises.............................
Administrative and support
and waste management
and remediation services..............
Educational services.......................
Health care and social
assistance.....................................
Arts, entertainment, and
recreation......................................
Accommodation and food
services.........................................
Other services (except
public administration)....................
Federal, state, and local
government...................................
All industries ............................
Industry
380
650
3,890
5,300
17,910
5,300
71,520
14,840
5,370
12,860
33,910
12,990
10,270
662,920
107,540
69,640
75,290
62,190
46,250
1,805,820
270
(1)
2,300
4,940
70,160
8,010
102,840
35,910
3,027,740
5,550
6,630
25,210
142,510
3,024,840
Protective
service
(1)
350
(1)
270
1,100
1,740
47,420
3,483,270
Healthcare
support
100,300
103,790
8,770,580
317,090
513,940
243,200
110,280
590,870
189,670
440,900
1,667,460
535,220
19,420
(1)
132,540
456,140
46,530
175,080
34,050
11,840
16,400
5,020
1,220
3,020
49,890
94,310
27,340
134,500
4,396,250
Building and
grounds
cleaning and
maintenance
2,920
22,380
9,050
46,110
2,140
40
140
40
(1)
36,990
5,180
489,240
11,029,280
Food
preparation
and serving
Table 3. Employment by industry and occupational group—Continued
266,720
693,980
138,720
504,600
1,022,390
64,860
197,920
10,430
28,030
23,240
145,880
55,390
1,020
5,620
60
40
1,290
1,120
1,580
86,850
3,249,760
Personal
care and
service
67,650
226,650
329,810
149,700
49,760
522,100
34,600
102,890
325,130
529,370
91,030
397,700
(1)
2,830
8,110
10,170
152,510
430,490
1,540,650
8,405,880
14,114,860
Sales and
related
1,763,780
589,670
412,420
178,350
2,609,770
1,823,130
1,316,450
522,740
1,836,570
504,080
1,540,090
710,420
2,994,960
21,320
56,920
115,390
732,340
1,384,540
1,390,270
2,574,000
23,077,190
Office and
administrative
support
Occupational group
27,050
1,130
450
5,150
1,190
21,030
2,960
2,170
5,700
1,320
2,460
(1)
270
264,960
190
330
1,280
36,860
53,100
22,430
450,040
461,380
15,060
4,150
9,590
19,290
287,700
43,470
11,770
61,690
30,170
26,010
4,110
1,830
750
221,780
32,780
5,101,800
265,280
22,810
59,290
6,680,710
376,350
651,140
95,100
66,020
122,740
198,310
150,390
42,060
70,290
319,160
303,610
302,550
13,440
8,040
47,700
148,070
531,060
705,450
386,850
814,090
5,352,420
Farming,
Construction Installation,
fishing,
and
maintenance,
and
extraction
and repair
forestry
165,970
330,020
78,940
5,940
112,420
785,300
22,020
32,670
104,750
11,830
71,010
86,930
3,310
10,100
51,300
76,610
99,780
7,449,080
326,820
443,740
10,268,510
Production
405,250
356,390
217,790
35,210
109,650
1,014,520
289,010
66,990
55,670
147,720
2,659,640
77,760
3,220
49,650
90,120
11,970
280,150
1,317,070
1,230,430
1,229,530
9,647,730
Transportation and
material
moving
Table 4. Employment and wages for registered nurses by industry
Industry
Employment
Percent of
occupational
employment
Mean wages
Hourly
Annual
Total, all industries ¹ .................................................................
2,417,150
100.0
$28.71
$59,730
General medical and surgical hospitals ........................................
Offices of physicians .....................................................................
Home health care services ...........................................................
Nursing care facilities ....................................................................
Employment services ....................................................................
1,373,610
209,260
124,470
122,990
95,490
56.8
8.7
5.1
5.1
4.0
29.31
28.45
27.31
25.81
31.36
60,970
59,170
56,810
53,690
65,230
¹ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
Table 5. National employment and wages for the 10 largest occupations in the general medical and surgical hospital industry
Occupation
Employment
Percent of
industry
employment
Mean wages
Hourly
Percentiles
Annual
25th
75th
$60,970
24,030
36,050
21,110
49,640
26,910
50,630
28,440
84,930
26,900
$23.80
9.47
14.33
8.16
19.55
10.17
20.35
11.18
30.32
10.66
$34.03
13.34
19.91
11.61
28.01
15.31
28.04
15.79
47.45
14.83
General medical and surgical hospitals (NAICS 622100):
Registered nurses .........................................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ......................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................................
Radiologic technologists and technicians .....................................
Office clerks, general ....................................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............................
Medical secretaries .......................................................................
Medical and health services managers ........................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ........................................
1,373,610
382,940
171,470
115,790
114,600
114,250
96,590
95,090
87,620
80,650
28.1
7.8
3.5
2.4
2.3
2.3
2.0
1.9
1.8
1.7
$29.31
11.55
17.33
10.15
23.87
12.94
24.34
13.67
40.83
12.93
Table 6. Highest and lowest paying states by selected occupations
Highest paying
State
Lowest paying
Hourly
mean
wage
Employment
State
Hourly
mean
wage
Employment
Retail salespersons
Washington ……………………………….... $13.46
Connecticut ………………………..…………. 13.27
Alaska ……………………………...………… 12.91
New Jersey ………………………….……..
12.57
Oregon ……………………………….……….. 12.44
84,650
53,750
9,760
118,670
61,270
South Dakota …………………..………..
$10.41
Wyoming ……………………..……….. 9.99
West Virginia …………………..………….9.93
Kentucky …………………...………….. 9.83
Arkansas ……………….…………….. 9.74
13,670
7,570
22,260
60,070
37,620
Registered nurses
California ……………………...………………$36.12
Massachusetts …………………………….……34.09
Hawaii …………………………….………… 33.02
Maryland ………………………...…………… 32.87
New Jersey …………………………...…………32.02
234,260
76,350
9,610
47,560
80,330
West Virginia ………………………..………
$23.78
Kansas …………………………..…………..
23.64
Wyoming ……………………..……….. 23.54
Oklahoma ……………...……………….23.31
Iowa ……………..…………………….. 22.61
15,380
23,590
4,010
24,720
31,040
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
District of Columbia ……………………..…….$19.11
Connecticut ………………………..…………. 18.34
Alaska ……………………………...………… 18.08
New Jersey …………………………...…………17.63
Massachusetts …………………………….……17.52
5,400
25,270
5,110
54,180
47,280
Montana ……………..…………………$13.12
Wyoming ……………………..……….. 12.93
North Dakota ……………...…………… 12.88
West Virginia ………………………..………
12.43
South Dakota …………………..………..11.64
9,800
5,490
5,970
8,620
8,620
General and operations managers
New Jersey …………………………...…………
$66.14
Washington ……………………………….... 58.48
New York ………………...………………..
57.42
Virginia …………………….………………….. 57.14
Connecticut ………………………..…………. 56.87
39,740
16,890
92,200
30,970
22,940
Alaska …………….……………………$34.99
Wyoming ……………………..……….. 34.16
Oklahoma ……………...……………….33.97
Montana ……………..………………… 31.60
Idaho …………….…………………….. 29.66
7,860
5,510
27,800
9,390
14,520
Table 7. Highest and lowest paying metropolitan area or division by selected occupations
Highest paying
Lowest paying
Hourly
mean
wage
Metropolitan area or division
Employment
Metropolitan area or division
Hourly
mean
wage
Employment
Retail salespersons
Carson City, NV .....................................
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT .........
Tacoma, WA metropolitan division ........
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL ....................
Fairbanks, AK ........................................
$14.78
14.49
14.14
13.98
13.89
570
15,110
8,660
10,550
1,350
El Paso, TX .................................
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX ....
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ...........
Gadsden, AL ...............................
Laredo, TX ...................................
$8.93
8.86
8.73
8.53
8.41
10,460
7,870
4,700
1,180
3,550
$20.76
20.68
20.55
20.16
930
990
250
630
19.70
770
$11.64
11.59
11.56
11.41
10.75
910
1,340
2,290
490
1,450
$30.01
29.73
28.69
28.27
26.92
750
1,180
1,420
590
980
Registered nurses
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA …
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA
metropolitan division ...........................
Salinas, CA ............................................
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood
City, CA metropolitan division .............
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA ....................
$44.42
43.18
40.83
39.83
38.84
14,930 State College, PA ........................
Jonesboro, AR .............................
17,430 Lawrence, KS ..............................
2,130 Morristown, TN ............................
Blacksburg-Christiansburg15,430 Radford, VA ..............................
3,240
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood
City, CA metropolitan division .............
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA …
Fairbanks, AK ........................................
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ..................
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT .........
$19.62
19.60
19.57
19.01
18.97
13,900
10,690
590
1,620
8,840
Las Cruces, NM ...........................
Rapid City, SD .............................
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX ....
Logan, UT-ID ...............................
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ...........
General and operations managers
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT..........
Trenton-Ewing, NJ .................................
Edison, NJ metropolitan division ...........
New York-White Plains-Wayne,
NY-NJ metropolitan division ................
Newark-Union, NJ-PA metropolitan
division ................................................
$69.01
68.86
67.64
66.04
6,700 Morristown, TN ............................
2,050 Idaho Falls, ID .............................
9,670 Missoula, MT................................
Lawton, OK ..................................
57,400 Pocatello, ID ................................
65.01
10,780