Table 3. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex, quarterly averages, not
seasonally adjusted
Number of workers Median weekly earnings
(in thousands)
Occupation and sex
I I I I
2007 2008 2007 2008
TOTAL
Management, professional, and related occupations................... 39,139 39,815 $976 $1,018
Management, business, and financial operations occupations........ 16,389 16,313 1,042 1,127
Professional and related occupations.............................. 22,750 23,502 936 967
Service occupations................................................. 14,050 14,227 451 464
Sales and office occupations........................................ 25,748 25,574 597 614
Sales and related occupations..................................... 10,717 10,320 645 650
Office and administrative support occupations..................... 15,031 15,253 577 601
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 12,180 11,633 672 699
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........................ 657 688 341 400
Construction and extraction occupations........................... 7,164 6,374 659 676
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................. 4,359 4,571 730 772
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 14,772 15,259 563 595
Production occupations............................................ 7,933 8,369 568 594
Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 6,839 6,890 558 596
Men
Management, professional, and related occupations................... 18,855 19,388 1,162 1,236
Management, business, and financial operations occupations........ 8,829 8,810 1,244 1,341
Professional and related occupations.............................. 10,026 10,578 1,135 1,170
Service occupations................................................. 7,054 7,141 516 529
Sales and office occupations........................................ 9,946 9,651 715 737
Sales and related occupations..................................... 6,025 5,645 769 788
Office and administrative support occupations..................... 3,921 4,006 635 651
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 11,741 11,138 677 701
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........................ 548 560 340 407
Construction and extraction occupations........................... 7,028 6,209 662 675
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................. 4,165 4,369 732 772
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 11,457 12,007 606 632
Production occupations............................................ 5,627 5,908 630 660
Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 5,830 6,099 584 612
Women
Management, professional, and related occupations................... 20,284 20,427 846 890
Management, business, and financial operations occupations........ 7,561 7,503 872 954
Professional and related occupations.............................. 12,724 12,924 832 859
Service occupations................................................. 6,996 7,086 395 408
Sales and office occupations........................................ 15,802 15,923 539 578
Sales and related occupations..................................... 4,692 4,675 494 508
Office and administrative support occupations..................... 11,110 11,248 557 591
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........ 439 495 512 609
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........................ 109 128 346 363
Construction and extraction occupations........................... 136 165 497 740
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................. 194 202 708 774
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......... 3,315 3,252 431 469
Production occupations............................................ 2,306 2,461 434 462
Transportation and material moving occupations.................... 1,009 791 423 486
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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