HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 39. Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex (Numbers in thousands) 1996 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.................................... 90,918 $490 51,895 $557 39,023 $418 Managerial and professional specialty ............................... 27,222 718 13,934 852 13,288 616 Executive, administrative, and managerial ......................... 13,300 699 7,187 846 6,113 585 Administrators and officials, public administration.............. 593 753 328 847 265 638 Administrators, protective services.............................. 54 621 35 (1) 19 (1) Financial managers............................................... 567 782 253 979 314 635 Personnel and labor relations managers........................... 120 781 60 1,150 60 658 Purchasing managers.............................................. 126 799 67 976 58 659 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations........... 588 912 377 1,043 211 674 Administrators, education and related fields..................... 550 804 258 956 292 657 Managers, medicine and health.................................... 607 685 157 988 450 610 Managers, food serving and lodging establishments................ 908 458 487 516 421 391 Managers, properties and real estate............................. 314 548 141 620 173 481 Management-related occupations................................... 3,622 622 1,519 749 2,103 567 Accountants and auditors....................................... 1,269 630 547 771 722 561 Underwriters................................................... 97 603 31 (1) 66 588 Other financial officers....................................... 614 665 277 845 337 606 Management analysts............................................ 159 760 81 940 78 716 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........... 371 622 127 707 245 597 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products....... 155 575 75 639 80 478 Construction inspectors........................................ 61 648 57 670 4 (1) Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction........ 232 695 152 750 80 606 Professional specialty ............................................ 13,922 730 6,747 857 7,175 647 Engineers, architects, and surveyors............................. 1,957 938 1,776 954 181 787 Architects..................................................... 93 760 75 799 18 (1) Engineers...................................................... 1,844 949 1,685 963 158 793 Aerospace engineers.......................................... 73 1,097 70 1,099 3 (1) Chemical engineers........................................... 92 1,012 80 1,084 12 (1) Civil engineers.............................................. 217 884 198 899 18 (1) Electrical and electronic engineers.......................... 567 994 521 1,002 46 (1) Industrial engineers......................................... 247 841 216 863 31 (1) Mechanical engineers......................................... 335 956 311 969 24 (1) Mathematical and computer scientists............................. 1,192 883 826 929 366 790 Computer systems analysts and scientists....................... 968 891 694 931 274 813 Operations and systems researchers and analysts................ 191 815 112 889 80 737 Natural scientists............................................... 462 762 325 822 137 674 Chemists, except biochemists................................... 139 851 96 900 43 (1) Biological and life scientists................................. 101 698 64 738 37 (1) Medical scientists............................................. 59 659 30 (1) 30 (1) Health diagnosing occupations.................................... 489 1,090 336 1,256 153 763 Physicians..................................................... 426 1,133 295 1,378 131 802 Health assessment and treating occupations....................... 2,005 703 342 766 1,663 692 Registered nurses.............................................. 1,410 697 120 729 1,290 695 Pharmacists.................................................... 131 992 81 1,047 51 931 Dietitians..................................................... 77 478 7 (1) 69 484 Therapists..................................................... 337 672 106 658 231 678 Respiratory therapists....................................... 76 636 36 (1) 40 (1) Physical therapists.......................................... 83 757 35 (1) 48 (1) Speech therapists............................................ 68 689 5 (1) 64 692 Physicians' assistants......................................... 51 806 28 (1) 23 (1) Teachers, college and university................................. 566 870 351 937 215 765 Teachers, except college and university.......................... 3,740 641 1,023 723 2,718 613 Teachers, prekindergarten and kindergarten..................... 357 361 7 (1) 350 358 Teachers, elementary school.................................... 1,617 662 278 719 1,339 648 Teachers, secondary school..................................... 1,101 697 498 760 603 643 Teachers, special education.................................... 301 646 48 (1) 252 652 Counselors, educational and vocational........................... 219 689 64 799 155 659 Librarians, archivists, and curators............................. 139 654 28 (1) 111 640 Librarians..................................................... 123 660 21 (1) 102 649 Social scientists and urban planners............................. 278 673 127 736 152 642 Economists..................................................... 123 715 53 871 69 654 Psychologists.................................................. 124 633 53 668 71 589 Social, recreation, and religious workers........................ 1,134 513 545 577 589 485 Social workers................................................. 641 524 204 591 437 507 Recreation workers............................................. 85 343 23 (1) 62 314 Clergy......................................................... 314 534 278 540 36 (1) Lawyers and judges............................................... 559 1,150 369 1,258 191 970 Lawyers........................................................ 530 1,149 343 1,261 187 970 Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes..................... 1,181 614 635 728 546 529 Technical writers.............................................. 59 787 35 (1) 23 (1) Designers...................................................... 375 592 195 767 180 441 Actors and directors........................................... 75 620 44 (1) 31 (1) Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers..... 91 517 52 532 39 (1) Editors and reporters.......................................... 212 688 106 756 106 608 Public relations specialists................................... 132 660 53 908 79 586 Technical, sales, and administrative support ........................ 26,116 441 9,988 567 16,128 394 Technicians and related support.................................... 3,215 573 1,662 650 1,553 498 Health technologists and technicians............................. 1,172 482 263 537 909 470 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.............. 296 520 87 578 209 508 Radiologic technicians......................................... 106 559 37 (1) 70 557 Licensed practical nurses...................................... 294 468 14 (1) 280 466 Engineering and related technologists and technicians............ 834 605 683 621 151 542 Electrical and electronic technicians.......................... 341 610 300 622 41 (1) Drafting occupations........................................... 209 601 166 608 43 (1) Surveying and mapping technicians.............................. 58 461 53 459 5 (1) Science technicians.............................................. 221 519 140 598 81 443 Biological technicians......................................... 66 485 28 (1) 39 (1) Chemical technicians........................................... 79 599 58 648 21 (1) Technicians, except health, engineering, and science............. 988 706 576 806 412 611 Airplane pilots and navigators................................. 88 1,138 87 1,143 2 (1) Computer programmers........................................... 518 772 363 797 156 741 Legal assistants............................................... 245 549 36 (1) 208 545 Sales occupations.................................................. 9,041 474 5,114 589 3,927 353 Supervisors and proprietors...................................... 2,969 519 1,845 608 1,124 415 Sales representatives, finance and business services............. 1,583 607 866 727 717 485 Insurance sales................................................ 416 606 212 767 205 471 Real estate sales.............................................. 306 605 149 695 157 510 Securities and financial services sales........................ 273 747 179 977 94 541 Advertising and related sales.................................. 131 500 53 607 78 421 Sales occupations, other business services..................... 457 582 273 631 184 486 Sales representatives, commodities, except retail................ 1,329 694 1,005 735 324 583 Sales workers, retail and personal services...................... 3,136 299 1,390 386 1,746 259 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats........................ 251 593 230 597 22 (1) Sales workers, apparel......................................... 163 265 39 (1) 123 260 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings.................. 119 403 77 406 42 (1) Sales workers, radio, television, hi-fi, and appliances........ 155 423 123 428 32 (1) Sales workers, hardware and building supplies.................. 171 372 134 399 36 (1) Sales workers, parts........................................... 139 409 122 427 17 (1) Sales workers, other commodities............................... 674 298 260 340 414 273 Sales counter clerks........................................... 84 303 37 (1) 47 (1) Cashiers....................................................... 1,215 247 289 274 926 240 Street and door-to-door sales workers.......................... 106 372 46 (1) 60 398 Administrative support, including clerical......................... 13,860 405 3,212 489 10,648 391 Supervisors...................................................... 634 557 261 624 374 506 General office................................................. 356 541 121 638 235 503 Financial records processing................................... 79 604 13 (1) 66 576 Distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 168 541 108 553 61 509 Computer equipment operators..................................... 332 430 139 538 194 401 Computer operators............................................. 329 433 139 538 191 403 Secretaries, stenographers, and typists.......................... 2,907 404 63 389 2,844 404 Secretaries.................................................... 2,401 406 36 (1) 2,365 406 Stenographers.................................................. 55 412 6 (1) 49 (1) Typists........................................................ 451 395 21 (1) 430 397 Information clerks............................................... 1,273 345 145 367 1,127 343 Interviewers................................................... 115 356 11 (1) 104 364 Hotel clerks................................................... 73 267 20 (1) 52 267 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................... 209 421 64 458 146 397 Receptionists.................................................. 633 333 18 (1) 615 333 Records processing, except financial............................. 651 387 152 396 498 383 Order clerks................................................... 184 455 51 466 132 451 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............... 58 445 11 (1) 47 (1) File clerks.................................................... 203 328 57 334 146 325 Records clerks................................................. 149 389 23 (1) 126 383 Financial records processing..................................... 1,503 403 166 439 1,338 400 Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks................... 1,081 399 110 450 971 396 Payroll and timekeeping clerks................................. 145 444 16 (1) 129 441 Billing clerks................................................. 141 397 20 (1) 121 399 Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators............ 87 395 12 (1) 75 391 Duplicating, mail and other office machine operators............. 60 362 22 (1) 39 (1) Communications equipment operators............................... 140 376 17 (1) 123 367 Telephone operators............................................ 126 363 13 (1) 112 359 Mail and message distributing.................................... 815 599 526 628 289 521 Postal clerks, except mail carriers............................ 283 643 159 673 124 612 Mail carriers, postal service.................................. 284 678 207 684 76 646 Mail clerks, except postal service............................. 151 339 80 383 72 314 Messengers..................................................... 98 360 80 366 17 (1) Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks.......... 1,642 412 953 444 689 379 Dispatchers.................................................... 218 471 113 518 105 420 Production coordinators........................................ 191 517 89 618 101 462 Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks........................ 550 367 395 382 155 339 Stock and inventory clerks..................................... 432 429 245 470 188 366 Meter readers.................................................. 53 434 43 (1) 10 (1) Expediters..................................................... 137 361 43 (1) 94 346 Adjusters and investigators...................................... 1,372 438 344 532 1,029 416 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators.............. 377 506 106 649 271 458 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance.................. 763 415 184 486 579 400 Eligibility clerks, social welfare............................. 103 455 14 (1) 88 441 Bill and account collectors.................................... 129 407 39 (1) 91 406 Miscellaneous administrative support occupations................. 2,531 369 426 426 2,105 358 General office clerks.......................................... 510 372 108 423 402 361 Bank tellers................................................... 279 315 26 (1) 253 313 Data-entry keyers.............................................. 566 366 79 407 488 360 Statistical clerks............................................. 83 397 8 (1) 74 392 Teachers' aides................................................ 331 273 29 (1) 302 272 Service occupations.................................................. 9,957 305 4,958 357 5,000 273 Private household.................................................. 365 212 19 (1) 346 213 Child care workers............................................... 136 198 2 (1) 134 198 Cleaners and servants............................................ 214 220 16 (1) 198 221 Protective services................................................ 1,902 538 1,627 562 275 439 Supervisors...................................................... 176 742 159 773 18 (1) Police and detectives.......................................... 93 793 81 845 12 (1) Firefighting and fire prevention................................. 221 653 216 657 5 (1) Firefighting................................................... 208 658 204 661 4 (1) Police and detectives............................................ 939 606 797 616 141 520 Police and detectives, public service.......................... 549 667 481 679 68 617 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers......... 127 513 107 517 20 (1) Correctional institution officers.............................. 263 513 210 541 53 449 Guards........................................................... 566 333 455 343 111 295 Guards and police, except public service....................... 531 336 440 343 91 302 Service occupations, except private household and protective....... 7,690 285 3,312 304 4,379 272 Food preparation and service occupations......................... 2,839 265 1,496 278 1,343 253 Supervisors.................................................... 234 312 93 357 141 294 Bartenders..................................................... 177 310 82 378 96 277 Waiters and waitresses......................................... 518 271 155 308 363 253 Cooks, except short order...................................... 1,221 264 792 279 430 242 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations................ 71 217 23 (1) 49 (1) Kitchen workers, food preparation.............................. 105 264 36 (1) 69 265 Waiters' and waitresses' assistants............................ 208 259 124 239 84 278 Miscellaneous food preparation occupations..................... 304 231 192 226 112 239 Health service occupations....................................... 1,688 299 231 342 1,457 293 Dental assistants.............................................. 128 361 2 (1) 126 359 Health aides, except nursing................................... 237 314 50 355 187 306 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants....................... 1,323 292 179 339 1,144 286 Cleaning and building service occupations........................ 2,140 298 1,325 321 815 266 Supervisors.................................................... 148 391 102 468 46 (1) Maids and housemen............................................. 455 264 96 300 359 253 Janitors and cleaners.......................................... 1,476 301 1,069 313 407 272 Pest control................................................... 55 421 53 421 2 (1) Personal service occupations..................................... 1,024 291 260 360 764 276 Hairdressers and cosmetologists................................ 274 292 32 (1) 242 288 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities................ 103 348 57 364 46 (1) Public transportation attendants............................... 59 417 11 (1) 48 (1) Welfare service aides.......................................... 57 285 10 (1) 46 (1) Early childhood teachers' assistants........................... 207 231 5 (1) 202 230 Precision production, craft, and repair.............................. 11,020 540 10,076 560 944 373 Mechanics and repairers............................................ 3,834 568 3,672 571 162 510 Supervisors...................................................... 212 707 193 712 18 (1) Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors...................... 3,622 559 3,479 563 144 502 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics and repairers........... 1,443 524 1,432 524 11 (1) Automobile mechanics......................................... 644 478 638 480 6 (1) Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics.................. 300 545 299 545 1 (1) Aircraft engine mechanics.................................... 131 720 130 722 1 (1) Automobile body and related repairers........................ 144 463 141 459 3 (1) Heavy equipment mechanics.................................... 144 613 144 613 - - Industrial machinery repairers................................. 527 569 513 574 14 (1) Electrical and electronic equipment repairers.................. 607 645 533 669 74 542 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment 146 602 139 609 8 (1) Data processing equipment repairers.......................... 170 573 134 588 37 (1) Telephone installers and repairers........................... 163 717 138 746 25 (1) Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment repairers.. 64 714 64 713 - - Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics......... 244 543 240 544 4 (1) Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers.......................... 784 557 745 569 39 (1) Millwrights.................................................. 86 669 85 665 1 (1) Construction trades................................................ 3,653 516 3,585 518 68 389 Supervisors...................................................... 438 662 429 667 10 (1) Construction trades, except supervisors.......................... 3,215 502 3,157 503 58 388 Brickmasons and stonemasons.................................... 111 483 111 483 - - Carpet installers.............................................. 51 402 51 402 - - Carpenters..................................................... 804 475 795 476 9 (1) Drywall installers............................................. 122 430 120 436 2 (1) Electricians................................................... 647 611 633 612 14 (1) Electrical power installers and repairers...................... 125 710 125 710 - - Painters, construction and maintenance......................... 270 381 254 392 17 (1) Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, and apprentices........... 434 586 427 586 7 (1) Concrete and terrazzo finishers................................ 66 467 65 461 1 (1) Insulation workers............................................. 53 508 53 508 - - Roofers........................................................ 127 363 127 363 - - Structural metalworkers........................................ 58 598 57 600 2 (1) Extractive occupations............................................. 128 699 124 700 4 (1) Precision production occupations................................... 3,405 526 2,695 583 710 356 Supervisors...................................................... 1,141 619 952 650 189 458 Precision metalworking occupations............................... 865 581 798 595 66 367 Tool and die makers............................................ 132 716 129 714 2 (1) Machinists..................................................... 481 543 450 555 32 (1) Sheet-metal workers............................................ 118 605 110 612 8 (1) Precision woodworking occupations................................ 81 395 71 409 10 (1) Cabinet makers and bench carpenters............................ 55 401 50 407 5 (1) Precision textile, apparel, and furnishings machine workers...... 116 346 63 390 52 308 Precision workers, assorted materials............................ 472 368 216 412 256 337 Optical goods workers.......................................... 53 457 24 (1) 29 (1) Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers................. 324 340 118 355 206 334 Precision food production occupations............................ 350 354 240 392 109 310 Butchers and meat cutters...................................... 221 366 172 402 48 (1) Bakers......................................................... 98 327 60 347 38 (1) Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers............... 135 572 113 603 23 (1) Inspectors, testers, and graders............................... 128 570 108 601 20 (1) Plant and system operators....................................... 246 634 241 638 5 (1) Water and sewage treatment plant operators..................... 59 551 57 562 2 (1) Stationary engineers........................................... 118 621 117 620 1 (1) Operators, fabricators, and laborers................................. 15,100 391 11,613 422 3,487 307 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...................... 7,100 380 4,527 437 2,573 307 Machine operators and tenders, except precision.................. 4,605 372 2,918 427 1,686 300 Metalworking and plastic working machine operators............. 385 436 327 459 58 346 Punching and stamping press machine operators................ 94 418 76 448 18 (1) Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators. 125 408 106 428 19 (1) Metal and plastic processing machine operators................. 157 401 126 416 31 (1) Molding and casting machine operators........................ 99 396 75 409 24 (1) Woodworking machine operators.................................. 110 373 95 387 15 (1) Sawing machine operators..................................... 73 355 64 368 9 (1) Printing machine operators..................................... 356 473 289 500 67 395 Printing press operators..................................... 281 484 250 502 31 (1) Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine operators............ 905 268 221 310 684 257 Winding and twisting machine operators....................... 50 357 19 (1) 31 (1) Textile sewing machine operators............................. 535 254 91 287 444 249 Pressing machine operators................................... 77 244 18 (1) 59 230 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators................ 128 254 38 (1) 90 243 Machine operators, assorted materials.......................... 2,676 396 1,848 432 828 327 Packaging and filling machine operators...................... 377 313 156 344 222 302 Mixing and blending machine operators........................ 100 383 92 395 8 (1) Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators...... 56 609 53 608 3 (1) Painting and paint spraying machine operators................ 191 422 170 441 20 (1) Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, exc. food................. 56 510 52 512 4 (1) Slicing and cutting machine operators........................ 157 359 112 407 45 (1) Photographic process machine operators....................... 57 314 24 (1) 32 (1) Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations............ 1,783 403 1,247 448 536 320 Welders and cutters.......................................... 555 478 525 482 30 (1) Assemblers................................................... 1,117 378 648 430 469 322 Production inspectors, testers, samplers, and weighers........... 712 379 361 471 351 323 Production inspectors, checkers, and examiners............... 513 407 254 499 259 346 Graders and sorters, except agricultural..................... 144 265 65 279 79 258 Transportation and material moving occupations..................... 4,254 476 3,982 486 272 350 Motor vehicle operators.......................................... 3,052 473 2,836 484 216 345 Supervisors.................................................... 73 583 60 634 14 (1) Truck drivers.................................................. 2,396 481 2,314 485 82 359 Drivers--sales workers......................................... 146 506 139 515 6 (1) Bus drivers.................................................... 287 396 184 468 103 329 Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs................................. 119 374 109 381 10 (1) Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles................ 181 691 178 696 3 (1) Rail transportation............................................ 116 740 114 742 2 (1) Water transportation........................................... 65 586 64 592 1 (1) Material moving equipment operators.............................. 1,021 461 968 469 53 374 Operating engineers............................................ 226 516 219 518 7 (1) Crane and tower operators...................................... 76 552 74 558 2 (1) Excavating and loading machine operators....................... 66 487 66 487 - - Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............... 505 417 472 420 33 (1) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................ 3,747 330 3,105 343 642 295 Helpers, construction and extractive occupations................. 100 311 95 308 4 (1) Helpers, construction trades................................... 91 308 87 305 4 (1) Construction laborers............................................ 698 372 676 377 22 (1) Freight, stock, and material handlers............................ 1,200 327 957 340 243 288 Stock handlers and baggers..................................... 551 282 399 292 152 262 Machine feeders and offbearers................................. 58 328 30 (1) 28 (1) Garage and service station related occupations................... 122 276 119 275 4 (1) Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners........................... 201 292 180 296 21 (1) Hand packers and packagers....................................... 219 310 95 316 124 302 Laborers, except construction.................................... 1,136 342 922 360 214 298 Farming, forestry, and fishing....................................... 1,502 294 1,326 300 176 255 Farm operators and managers........................................ 83 442 72 461 11 (1) Farm managers.................................................... 64 493 55 520 8 (1) Other agricultural and related occupations......................... 1,353 285 1,190 291 163 249 Farm occupations, except managerial.............................. 636 271 562 278 73 229 Farm workers................................................... 591 265 527 271 63 221 Related agricultural occupations................................. 717 298 627 303 90 271 Supervisors, related agricultural.............................. 69 417 68 418 - - Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm...................... 542 294 520 294 21 (1) Animal caretakers, except farm................................. 55 292 19 (1) 36 (1) Graders and sorters, agricultural products..................... 51 257 20 (1) 31 (1) Forestry and logging occupations................................... 57 443 55 440 2 (1) 1 Data not shown where base is less than 50,000. - Dash represents zero or rounds to zero