HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 39. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 1995 | _____________________________________________________ | | | | Both sexes | Men | Women Occupation | | | _________________ _________________ _________________ | | | | | | | Number | Median | Number | Median | Number | Median | of | weekly | of | weekly | of | weekly |workers |earnings|workers |earnings|workers |earnings | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Total, 16 years and over....................................| 89,282 | $479 | 51,222 | $538 | 38,060 | $406 | | | | | | Managerial and professional specialty ...............................| 26,292 | 703 | 13,684 | 829 | 12,609 | 605 Executive, administrative, and managerial .........................| 12,975 | 684 | 7,172 | 833 | 5,803 | 570 Administrators and officials, public administration..............| 578 | 744 | 291 | 829 | 287 | 652 Administrators, protective services..............................| 55 | 625 | 39 | (1) | 17 | (1) Financial managers...............................................| 555 | 758 | 272 | 942 | 283 | 635 Personnel and labor relations managers...........................| 117 | 696 | 47 | (1) | 70 | 646 Purchasing managers..............................................| 121 | 900 | 75 | 963 | 46 | (1) Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...........| 614 | 900 | 407 | 1,063 | 208 | 631 Administrators, education and related fields.....................| 582 | 804 | 274 | 952 | 308 | 674 Managers, medicine and health....................................| 570 | 609 | 115 | 838 | 455 | 580 Managers, food serving and lodging establishments................| 793 | 442 | 457 | 516 | 336 | 376 Managers, properties and real estate.............................| 303 | 524 | 127 | 614 | 176 | 464 Management-related occupations...................................| 3,609 | 611 | 1,627 | 732 | 1,983 | 548 Accountants and auditors.......................................| 1,281 | 619 | 594 | 747 | 687 | 548 Underwriters...................................................| 98 | 627 | 31 | (1) | 67 | 561 Other financial officers.......................................| 622 | 647 | 307 | 783 | 315 | 586 Management analysts............................................| 137 | 875 | 88 | 986 | 48 | (1) Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists...........| 364 | 610 | 127 | 691 | 237 | 581 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products.......| 177 | 522 | 80 | 566 | 97 | 481 Construction inspectors........................................| 63 | 673 | 57 | 698 | 5 | (1) Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction........| 218 | 667 | 151 | 707 | 68 | 630 | | | | | | Professional specialty ............................................| 13,317 | 718 | 6,512 | 827 | 6,806 | 632 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.............................| 1,931 | 912 | 1,756 | 926 | 175 | 778 Architects.....................................................| 101 | 724 | 77 | 741 | 24 | (1) Engineers......................................................| 1,814 | 925 | 1,666 | 935 | 149 | 806 Aerospace engineers..........................................| 73 | 977 | 68 | 987 | 4 | (1) Chemical engineers...........................................| 72 | 1,061 | 64 | 1,067 | 7 | (1) Civil engineers..............................................| 210 | 839 | 195 | 861 | 14 | (1) Electrical and electronic engineers..........................| 588 | 954 | 541 | 958 | 48 | (1) Industrial engineers.........................................| 237 | 842 | 199 | 860 | 38 | (1) Mechanical engineers.........................................| 308 | 925 | 298 | 926 | 9 | (1) Mathematical and computer scientists.............................| 1,039 | 854 | 704 | 895 | 335 | 754 Computer systems analysts and scientists.......................| 799 | 872 | 564 | 910 | 235 | 783 Operations and systems researchers and analysts................| 199 | 759 | 120 | 799 | 79 | 698 Natural scientists...............................................| 461 | 762 | 341 | 794 | 120 | 663 Chemists, except biochemists...................................| 136 | 789 | 92 | 815 | 44 | (1) Biological and life scientists.................................| 90 | 706 | 62 | 718 | 28 | (1) Medical scientists.............................................| 57 | 689 | 35 | (1) | 22 | (1) Health diagnosing occupations....................................| 484 | 1,043 | 347 | 1,153 | 137 | 766 Physicians.....................................................| 417 | 1,140 | 306 | 1,241 | 111 | 806 Health assessment and treating occupations.......................| 1,980 | 699 | 335 | 797 | 1,646 | 688 Registered nurses..............................................| 1,397 | 695 | 122 | 715 | 1,275 | 693 Pharmacists....................................................| 127 | 990 | 84 | 1,057 | 43 | (1) Dietitians.....................................................| 67 | 482 | 4 | (1) | 63 | 486 Therapists.....................................................| 344 | 672 | 101 | 685 | 243 | 665 Respiratory therapists.......................................| 79 | 612 | 37 | (1) | 43 | (1) Physical therapists..........................................| 96 | 783 | 32 | (1) | 64 | 785 Speech therapists............................................| 67 | 717 | 5 | (1) | 61 | 726 Teachers, college and university.................................| 553 | 843 | 325 | 941 | 228 | 735 Teachers, except college and university..........................| 3,507 | 621 | 953 | 696 | 2,553 | 601 Teachers, prekindergarten and kindergarten.....................| 337 | 373 | 8 | (1) | 329 | 371 Teachers, elementary school....................................| 1,476 | 640 | 244 | 713 | 1,233 | 627 Teachers, secondary school.....................................| 1,089 | 673 | 500 | 723 | 589 | 637 Teachers, special education....................................| 275 | 623 | 45 | (1) | 230 | 613 Counselors, educational and vocational...........................| 203 | 668 | 66 | 736 | 137 | 644 Librarians, archivists, and curators.............................| 152 | 594 | 25 | (1) | 127 | 597 Librarians.....................................................| 141 | 596 | 21 | (1) | 120 | 595 Social scientists and urban planners.............................| 310 | 691 | 148 | 776 | 162 | 612 Economists.....................................................| 122 | 752 | 59 | 928 | 63 | 666 Psychologists..................................................| 153 | 617 | 67 | 658 | 86 | 586 Social, recreation, and religious workers........................| 1,095 | 496 | 555 | 516 | 540 | 479 Social workers.................................................| 633 | 515 | 217 | 565 | 416 | 497 Recreation workers.............................................| 74 | 307 | 22 | (1) | 52 | 303 Clergy.........................................................| 313 | 498 | 285 | 497 | 28 | (1) Lawyers and judges...............................................| 542 | 1,130 | 381 | 1,229 | 161 | 944 Lawyers........................................................| 515 | 1,125 | 360 | 1,171 | 155 | 958 | | | | | | _____________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 39. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex-Continued (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 1995 | _____________________________________________________ | | | | Both sexes | Men | Women Occupation | | | _________________ _________________ _________________ | | | | | | | Number | Median | Number | Median | Number | Median | of | weekly | of | weekly | of | weekly |workers |earnings|workers |earnings|workers |earnings | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes.....................| 1,061 | $598 | 575 | $647 | 486 | $522 Designers......................................................| 324 | 598 | 162 | 667 | 163 | 490 Actors and directors...........................................| 67 | 575 | 45 | (1) | 22 | (1) Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers.....| 98 | 501 | 55 | 518 | 42 | (1) Photographers..................................................| 55 | 500 | 43 | (1) | 12 | (1) Editors and reporters..........................................| 197 | 617 | 98 | 656 | 98 | 561 Public relations specialists...................................| 111 | 665 | 51 | 754 | 60 | 605 | | | | | | Technical, sales, and administrative support ........................| 25,898 | 426 | 9,894 | 556 | 16,004 | 383 Technicians and related support....................................| 3,194 | 558 | 1,688 | 641 | 1,506 | 480 Health technologists and technicians.............................| 1,219 | 469 | 283 | 555 | 936 | 451 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians..............| 302 | 524 | 91 | 561 | 211 | 508 Radiologic technicians.........................................| 120 | 593 | 35 | (1) | 85 | 565 Licensed practical nurses......................................| 280 | 444 | 14 | (1) | 266 | 443 Engineering and related technologists and technicians............| 787 | 598 | 654 | 613 | 134 | 519 Electrical and electronic technicians..........................| 309 | 616 | 275 | 622 | 34 | (1) Drafting occupations...........................................| 198 | 609 | 162 | 633 | 36 | (1) Surveying and mapping technicians..............................| 53 | 540 | 48 | (1) | 5 | (1) Science technicians..............................................| 240 | 545 | 161 | 605 | 79 | 439 Biological technicians.........................................| 85 | 413 | 47 | (1) | 38 | (1) Chemical technicians...........................................| 74 | 680 | 59 | 691 | 16 | (1) Technicians, except health, engineering, and science.............| 947 | 674 | 590 | 748 | 358 | 591 Airplane pilots and navigators.................................| 90 | 956 | 88 | 960 | 2 | (1) Computer programmers...........................................| 497 | 743 | 355 | 762 | 142 | 681 Legal assistants...............................................| 234 | 513 | 55 | 582 | 179 | 501 | | | | | | Sales occupations..................................................| 8,862 | 454 | 5,000 | 579 | 3,862 | 330 Supervisors and proprietors......................................| 2,954 | 498 | 1,763 | 591 | 1,191 | 389 Sales representatives, finance and business services.............| 1,494 | 613 | 839 | 721 | 655 | 499 Insurance sales................................................| 358 | 602 | 198 | 777 | 159 | 453 Real estate sales..............................................| 316 | 589 | 147 | 650 | 169 | 516 Securities and financial services sales........................| 285 | 707 | 184 | 936 | 101 | 506 Advertising and related sales..................................| 111 | 580 | 53 | 602 | 57 | 556 Sales occupations, other business services.....................| 424 | 611 | 256 | 660 | 168 | 507 Sales representatives, commodities, except retail................| 1,265 | 662 | 1,020 | 703 | 244 | 568 Sales workers, retail and personal services......................| 3,128 | 287 | 1,368 | 365 | 1,761 | 253 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats........................| 270 | 576 | 249 | 576 | 20 | (1) Sales workers, apparel.........................................| 158 | 264 | 31 | (1) | 127 | 257 Sales workers, shoes...........................................| 58 | 274 | 25 | (1) | 33 | (1) Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings..................| 112 | 401 | 71 | 424 | 41 | (1) Sales workers, radio, television, hi-fi, and appliances........| 153 | 425 | 116 | 460 | 37 | (1) Sales workers, hardware and building supplies..................| 174 | 330 | 142 | 364 | 33 | (1) Sales workers, parts...........................................| 131 | 390 | 123 | 388 | 8 | (1) Sales workers, other commodities...............................| 702 | 282 | 244 | 317 | 458 | 270 Sales counter clerks...........................................| 95 | 271 | 39 | (1) | 56 | 257 Cashiers.......................................................| 1,160 | 237 | 269 | 256 | 891 | 233 Street and door-to-door sales workers..........................| 97 | 402 | 43 | (1) | 54 | 375 | | | | | | Administrative support, including clerical.........................| 13,842 | 399 | 3,206 | 489 | 10,636 | 384 Supervisors......................................................| 691 | 536 | 281 | 649 | 410 | 488 General office.................................................| 426 | 515 | 147 | 677 | 279 | 471 Financial records processing...................................| 83 | 591 | 19 | (1) | 64 | 577 Distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks.................| 159 | 561 | 103 | 597 | 56 | 499 Computer equipment operators.....................................| 418 | 440 | 171 | 524 | 246 | 393 Computer operators.............................................| 414 | 438 | 168 | 527 | 246 | 392 Secretaries, stenographers, and typists..........................| 3,099 | 396 | 53 | 441 | 3,046 | 395 Secretaries....................................................| 2,566 | 396 | 28 | (1) | 2,538 | 395 Stenographers..................................................| 50 | 419 | 2 | (1) | 48 | (1) Typists........................................................| 483 | 394 | 23 | (1) | 460 | 394 Information clerks...............................................| 1,180 | 342 | 153 | 403 | 1,027 | 336 Interviewers...................................................| 115 | 337 | 19 | (1) | 96 | 339 Hotel clerks...................................................| 61 | 289 | 19 | (1) | 43 | (1) Transportation ticket and reservation agents...................| 228 | 413 | 73 | 498 | 155 | 391 Receptionists..................................................| 583 | 328 | 16 | (1) | 567 | 327 Records processing, except financial.............................| 660 | 389 | 147 | 424 | 513 | 380 Order clerks...................................................| 203 | 475 | 55 | 566 | 148 | 452 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping...............| 55 | 396 | 8 | (1) | 47 | (1) Library clerks.................................................| 59 | 412 | 8 | (1) | 50 | 406 File clerks....................................................| 188 | 323 | 45 | (1) | 143 | 332 Records clerks.................................................| 140 | 387 | 29 | (1) | 111 | 374 | | | | | | _____________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 39. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex-Continued (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 1995 | _____________________________________________________ | | | | Both sexes | Men | Women Occupation | | | _________________ _________________ _________________ | | | | | | | Number | Median | Number | Median | Number | Median | of | weekly | of | weekly | of | weekly |workers |earnings|workers |earnings|workers |earnings | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | Financial records processing.....................................| 1,444 | $386 | 132 | $445 | 1,312 | $382 Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks...................| 1,039 | 386 | 94 | 445 | 946 | 382 Payroll and timekeeping clerks.................................| 140 | 418 | 15 | (1) | 125 | 410 Billing clerks.................................................| 154 | 373 | 13 | (1) | 140 | 373 Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators............| 71 | 355 | 6 | (1) | 64 | 353 Duplicating, mail and other office machine operators.............| 51 | 318 | 22 | (1) | 29 | (1) Communications equipment operators...............................| 140 | 390 | 21 | (1) | 118 | 380 Telephone operators............................................| 134 | 389 | 19 | (1) | 115 | 380 Mail and message distributing....................................| 855 | 587 | 541 | 619 | 314 | 491 Postal clerks, except mail carriers............................| 272 | 632 | 159 | 641 | 113 | 617 Mail carriers, postal service..................................| 343 | 648 | 246 | 665 | 98 | 602 Mail clerks, except postal service.............................| 138 | 322 | 64 | 361 | 74 | 311 Messengers.....................................................| 101 | 364 | 72 | 381 | 29 | (1) Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks..........| 1,623 | 408 | 951 | 436 | 672 | 378 Dispatchers....................................................| 216 | 434 | 106 | 478 | 110 | 376 Production coordinators........................................| 191 | 574 | 86 | 698 | 105 | 476 Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks........................| 587 | 371 | 415 | 390 | 172 | 338 Stock and inventory clerks.....................................| 385 | 417 | 216 | 442 | 169 | 402 Expediters.....................................................| 132 | 363 | 54 | 416 | 78 | 337 Adjusters and investigators......................................| 1,263 | 424 | 317 | 503 | 947 | 411 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators..............| 348 | 464 | 90 | 619 | 258 | 428 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance..................| 706 | 410 | 179 | 468 | 527 | 401 Eligibility clerks, social welfare.............................| 81 | 445 | 15 | (1) | 66 | 438 Bill and account collectors....................................| 129 | 400 | 33 | (1) | 96 | 396 Miscellaneous administrative support occupations.................| 2,418 | 361 | 417 | 433 | 2,001 | 351 General office clerks..........................................| 469 | 364 | 84 | 389 | 385 | 360 Bank tellers...................................................| 271 | 300 | 27 | (1) | 244 | 298 Data-entry keyers..............................................| 523 | 359 | 86 | 392 | 437 | 353 Statistical clerks.............................................| 81 | 377 | 13 | (1) | 68 | 369 Teachers' aides................................................| 320 | 272 | 25 | (1) | 295 | 267 | | | | | | Service occupations..................................................| 9,617 | 299 | 4,779 | 357 | 4,838 | 264 Private household..................................................| 338 | 195 | 15 | (1) | 324 | 193 Child care workers...............................................| 149 | 180 | 2 | (1) | 147 | 182 Cleaners and servants............................................| 180 | 202 | 13 | (1) | 168 | 199 Protective services................................................| 1,957 | 528 | 1,691 | 552 | 266 | 438 Supervisors......................................................| 188 | 689 | 167 | 707 | 21 | (1) Police and detectives..........................................| 99 | 738 | 85 | 785 | 14 | (1) Guards.........................................................| 53 | 459 | 47 | (1) | 6 | (1) Firefighting and fire prevention.................................| 239 | 627 | 235 | 629 | 3 | (1) Firefighting...................................................| 230 | 626 | 227 | 627 | 3 | (1) Police and detectives............................................| 945 | 600 | 811 | 612 | 135 | 511 Police and detectives, public service..........................| 508 | 663 | 452 | 670 | 56 | 571 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers.........| 152 | 550 | 126 | 563 | 27 | (1) Correctional institution officers..............................| 285 | 499 | 232 | 512 | 53 | 447 Guards...........................................................| 585 | 329 | 478 | 338 | 106 | 306 Guards and police, except public service.......................| 543 | 338 | 454 | 343 | 89 | 317 | | | | | | Service occupations, except private household and protective.......| 7,322 | 277 | 3,073 | 300 | 4,249 | 264 Food preparation and service occupations.........................| 2,756 | 260 | 1,383 | 273 | 1,373 | 246 Supervisors....................................................| 227 | 319 | 100 | 385 | 127 | 286 Bartenders.....................................................| 144 | 293 | 74 | 315 | 70 | 262 Waiters and waitresses.........................................| 586 | 271 | 169 | 314 | 418 | 258 Cooks, except short order......................................| 1,192 | 257 | 733 | 269 | 459 | 238 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations................| 70 | 201 | 21 | (1) | 50 | 195 Kitchen workers, food preparation..............................| 114 | 229 | 39 | (1) | 75 | 225 Waiters' and waitresses' assistants............................| 175 | 246 | 99 | 269 | 76 | 220 Miscellaneous food preparation occupations.....................| 247 | 239 | 149 | 228 | 98 | 263 Health service occupations.......................................| 1,569 | 288 | 193 | 335 | 1,376 | 282 Dental assistants..............................................| 129 | 339 | 1 | (1) | 128 | 338 Health aides, except nursing...................................| 238 | 297 | 59 | 345 | 179 | 285 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants.......................| 1,202 | 281 | 133 | 331 | 1,069 | 275 Cleaning and building service occupations........................| 1,963 | 290 | 1,229 | 315 | 733 | 255 Supervisors....................................................| 168 | 386 | 106 | 452 | 62 | 303 Maids and housemen.............................................| 409 | 247 | 85 | 287 | 324 | 238 Janitors and cleaners..........................................| 1,339 | 293 | 993 | 307 | 345 | 259 Personal service occupations.....................................| 1,034 | 286 | 268 | 359 | 767 | 269 Supervisors....................................................| 50 | 413 | 27 | (1) | 24 | (1) Hairdressers and cosmetologists................................| 257 | 286 | 25 | (1) | 232 | 281 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities................| 114 | 356 | 68 | 370 | 47 | (1) Public transportation attendants...............................| 57 | 450 | 12 | (1) | 44 | (1) Welfare service aides..........................................| 57 | 277 | 8 | (1) | 49 | (1) Early childhood teachers' assistants...........................| 225 | 230 | 8 | (1) | 217 | 228 | | | | | | _____________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 39. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex-Continued (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 1995 | _____________________________________________________ | | | | Both sexes | Men | Women Occupation | | | _________________ _________________ _________________ | | | | | | | Number | Median | Number | Median | Number | Median | of | weekly | of | weekly | of | weekly |workers |earnings|workers |earnings|workers |earnings | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Precision production, craft, and repair..............................| 11,003 | $519 | 10,046 | $534 | 957 | $371 Mechanics and repairers............................................| 3,808 | 539 | 3,658 | 538 | 150 | 550 Supervisors......................................................| 249 | 714 | 231 | 716 | 18 | (1) Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors......................| 3,559 | 527 | 3,427 | 526 | 132 | 536 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics and repairers...........| 1,376 | 500 | 1,365 | 500 | 11 | (1) Automobile mechanics.........................................| 619 | 466 | 616 | 468 | 3 | (1) Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics..................| 281 | 532 | 280 | 532 | 1 | (1) Aircraft engine mechanics....................................| 113 | 611 | 111 | 610 | 2 | (1) Automobile body and related repairers........................| 124 | 391 | 122 | 396 | 2 | (1) Heavy equipment mechanics....................................| 142 | 577 | 142 | 576 | 1 | (1) Industrial machinery repairers.................................| 536 | 545 | 519 | 544 | 17 | (1) Electrical and electronic equipment repairers..................| 570 | 624 | 518 | 625 | 52 | 616 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment| 150 | 583 | 143 | 586 | 7 | (1) Data processing equipment repairers..........................| 125 | 600 | 108 | 601 | 17 | (1) Telephone line installers and repairers......................| 54 | 684 | 52 | 677 | 2 | (1) Telephone installers and repairers...........................| 153 | 702 | 129 | 702 | 25 | (1) Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment repairers..| 60 | 604 | 60 | 604 | - | - Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics.........| 225 | 499 | 221 | 503 | 4 | (1) Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers..........................| 834 | 520 | 788 | 521 | 46 | (1) Office machine repairers.....................................| 58 | 561 | 53 | 565 | 5 | (1) Millwrights..................................................| 81 | 596 | 78 | 604 | 2 | (1) Construction trades................................................| 3,607 | 506 | 3,541 | 507 | 66 | 400 Supervisors......................................................| 471 | 604 | 457 | 607 | 14 | (1) Construction trades, except supervisors..........................| 3,136 | 493 | 3,084 | 495 | 52 | 383 Brickmasons and stonemasons....................................| 123 | 483 | 121 | 484 | 2 | (1) Carpet installers..............................................| 58 | 344 | 58 | 344 | - | - Carpenters.....................................................| 829 | 466 | 823 | 468 | 6 | (1) Drywall installers.............................................| 96 | 456 | 94 | 454 | 2 | (1) Electricians...................................................| 608 | 596 | 596 | 597 | 12 | (1) Electrical power installers and repairers......................| 127 | 719 | 123 | 731 | 5 | (1) Painters, construction and maintenance.........................| 292 | 393 | 281 | 398 | 11 | (1) Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, and apprentices...........| 399 | 556 | 393 | 557 | 6 | (1) Concrete and terrazzo finishers................................| 61 | 424 | 61 | 424 | - | - Insulation workers.............................................| 57 | 429 | 56 | 430 | 1 | (1) Roofers........................................................| 146 | 387 | 146 | 388 | - | - Structural metalworkers........................................| 56 | 684 | 55 | 683 | 1 | (1) Extractive occupations.............................................| 134 | 684 | 129 | 680 | 6 | (1) Precision production occupations...................................| 3,454 | 510 | 2,718 | 567 | 736 | 344 Supervisors......................................................| 1,200 | 599 | 1,005 | 625 | 194 | 428 Precision metalworking occupations...............................| 846 | 561 | 786 | 578 | 60 | 334 Tool and die makers............................................| 139 | 688 | 134 | 700 | 5 | (1) Machinists.....................................................| 481 | 525 | 448 | 542 | 33 | (1) Sheet-metal workers............................................| 108 | 518 | 103 | 524 | 5 | (1) Precision woodworking occupations................................| 78 | 380 | 66 | 404 | 11 | (1) Precision textile, apparel, and furnishings machine workers......| 127 | 324 | 64 | 363 | 63 | 291 Precision workers, assorted materials............................| 468 | 368 | 192 | 427 | 276 | 323 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.................| 309 | 343 | 100 | 395 | 209 | 319 Precision food production occupations............................| 337 | 344 | 250 | 377 | 87 | 293 Butchers and meat cutters......................................| 219 | 347 | 176 | 373 | 43 | (1) Bakers.........................................................| 83 | 320 | 59 | 357 | 23 | (1) Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers...............| 136 | 561 | 108 | 598 | 27 | (1) Inspectors, testers, and graders...............................| 126 | 556 | 100 | 593 | 26 | (1) Plant and system operators.......................................| 263 | 628 | 247 | 627 | 17 | (1) Water and sewage treatment plant operators.....................| 67 | 496 | 64 | 498 | 3 | (1) Stationary engineers...........................................| 118 | 614 | 115 | 607 | 2 | (1) | | | | | | Operators, fabricators, and laborers.................................| 14,991 | 380 | 11,529 | 413 | 3,462 | 297 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors......................| 7,135 | 368 | 4,576 | 421 | 2,559 | 296 Machine operators and tenders, except precision..................| 4,615 | 361 | 2,927 | 418 | 1,688 | 288 Metalworking and plastic working machine operators.............| 358 | 437 | 308 | 459 | 49 | (1) Punching and stamping press machine operators................| 102 | 389 | 83 | 410 | 19 | (1) Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators.| 107 | 399 | 93 | 401 | 14 | (1) Metal and plastic processing machine operators.................| 159 | 383 | 127 | 410 | 32 | (1) Molding and casting machine operators........................| 99 | 396 | 75 | 426 | 24 | (1) Woodworking machine operators..................................| 109 | 323 | 97 | 324 | 12 | (1) Sawing machine operators.....................................| 77 | 315 | 69 | 313 | 8 | (1) Printing machine operators.....................................| 379 | 447 | 291 | 492 | 88 | 360 Printing press operators.....................................| 278 | 462 | 231 | 496 | 47 | (1) | | | | | | _____________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 39. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex-Continued (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | 1995 | _____________________________________________________ | | | | Both sexes | Men | Women Occupation | | | _________________ _________________ _________________ | | | | | | | Number | Median | Number | Median | Number | Median | of | weekly | of | weekly | of | weekly |workers |earnings|workers |earnings|workers |earnings | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine operators............| 944 | $266 | 244 | $308 | 699 | $253 Winding and twisting machine operators.......................| 72 | 320 | 23 | (1) | 49 | (1) Textile sewing machine operators.............................| 536 | 251 | 78 | 289 | 458 | 246 Pressing machine operators...................................| 92 | 252 | 42 | (1) | 50 | 225 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators................| 133 | 259 | 49 | (1) | 84 | 245 Machine operators, assorted materials..........................| 2,645 | 389 | 1,843 | 428 | 802 | 309 Packaging and filling machine operators......................| 387 | 301 | 182 | 320 | 205 | 288 Mixing and blending machine operators........................| 94 | 417 | 84 | 440 | 10 | (1) Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators......| 53 | 651 | 49 | (1) | 4 | (1) Painting and paint spraying machine operators................| 171 | 422 | 149 | 447 | 22 | (1) Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, exc. food.................| 65 | 491 | 59 | 496 | 6 | (1) Crushing and grinding machine operators......................| 59 | 395 | 47 | (1) | 12 | (1) Slicing and cutting machine operators........................| 193 | 359 | 141 | 391 | 51 | 277 Photographic process machine operators.......................| 60 | 316 | 27 | (1) | 34 | (1) Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations............| 1,816 | 384 | 1,313 | 417 | 504 | 309 Welders and cutters..........................................| 557 | 464 | 531 | 469 | 26 | (1) Assemblers...................................................| 1,142 | 354 | 708 | 396 | 435 | 306 Production inspectors, testers, samplers, and weighers...........| 703 | 369 | 336 | 481 | 368 | 312 Production inspectors, checkers, and examiners...............| 511 | 390 | 234 | 508 | 277 | 320 Production testers...........................................| 61 | 489 | 39 | (1) | 21 | (1) Graders and sorters, except agricultural.....................| 127 | 277 | 59 | 284 | 68 | 272 | | | | | | Transportation and material moving occupations.....................| 4,131 | 476 | 3,870 | 482 | 261 | 354 Motor vehicle operators..........................................| 2,941 | 475 | 2,735 | 482 | 206 | 335 Supervisors....................................................| 76 | 549 | 61 | 582 | 15 | (1) Truck drivers..................................................| 2,263 | 481 | 2,201 | 484 | 62 | 345 Drivers--sales workers.........................................| 136 | 517 | 130 | 521 | 5 | (1) Bus drivers....................................................| 293 | 419 | 186 | 497 | 107 | 331 Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs.................................| 139 | 352 | 127 | 362 | 12 | (1) Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles................| 159 | 711 | 155 | 711 | 4 | (1) Rail transportation............................................| 105 | 741 | 101 | 736 | 3 | (1) Water transportation...........................................| 54 | 624 | 53 | 625 | 1 | (1) Material moving equipment operators..............................| 1,032 | 457 | 981 | 458 | 51 | 454 Operating engineers............................................| 228 | 508 | 224 | 510 | 3 | (1) Crane and tower operators......................................| 67 | 559 | 65 | 559 | 1 | (1) Excavating and loading machine operators.......................| 77 | 509 | 75 | 507 | 2 | (1) Grader, dozer, and scraper operators...........................| 65 | 498 | 63 | 500 | 2 | (1) Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators...............| 487 | 395 | 451 | 389 | 35 | (1) | | | | | | Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................| 3,725 | 319 | 3,083 | 328 | 642 | 284 Helpers, construction and extractive occupations.................| 92 | 297 | 90 | 295 | 2 | (1) Helpers, construction trades...................................| 87 | 295 | 85 | 292 | 2 | (1) Construction laborers............................................| 678 | 356 | 662 | 357 | 15 | (1) Production helpers...............................................| 57 | 321 | 47 | (1) | 10 | (1) Freight, stock, and material handlers............................| 1,184 | 316 | 944 | 325 | 241 | 281 Stock handlers and baggers.....................................| 500 | 268 | 357 | 279 | 144 | 248 Machine feeders and offbearers.................................| 63 | 335 | 35 | (1) | 27 | (1) Garage and service station related occupations...................| 121 | 274 | 115 | 277 | 6 | (1) Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...........................| 199 | 273 | 170 | 272 | 28 | (1) Hand packers and packagers.......................................| 235 | 289 | 98 | 298 | 136 | 283 Laborers, except construction....................................| 1,124 | 329 | 923 | 347 | 201 | 285 | | | | | | Farming, forestry, and fishing.......................................| 1,480 | 287 | 1,290 | 294 | 190 | 249 Farm operators and managers........................................| 66 | 403 | 59 | 416 | 7 | (1) Farm managers....................................................| 55 | 393 | 48 | (1) | 7 | (1) Other agricultural and related occupations.........................| 1,325 | 278 | 1,143 | 285 | 182 | 246 Farm occupations, except managerial..............................| 636 | 261 | 548 | 270 | 89 | 226 Farm workers...................................................| 585 | 258 | 507 | 266 | 78 | 217 Related agricultural occupations.................................| 689 | 295 | 595 | 299 | 93 | 275 Supervisors, related agricultural..............................| 68 | 421 | 66 | 424 | 2 | (1) Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm......................| 518 | 287 | 497 | 286 | 21 | (1) Graders and sorters, agricultural products.....................| 55 | 252 | 16 | (1) | 39 | (1) Forestry and logging occupations...................................| 74 | 396 | 73 | 396 | 1 | (1) Timber cutting and logging.....................................| 57 | 400 | 57 | 402 | - | - | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ Data not shown where base is less than 50,000.