HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES 39. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex (Numbers in thousands) 1997 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.................................... 93,578 $503 53,220 $579 40,358 $431 Managerial and professional specialty ............................... 28,252 738 14,359 875 13,893 632 Executive, administrative, and managerial ......................... 13,965 725 7,466 868 6,500 605 Administrators and officials, public administration.............. 583 765 302 876 281 653 Administrators, protective services.............................. 54 717 40 (1) 14 (1) Financial managers............................................... 652 827 332 991 319 660 Personnel and labor relations managers........................... 105 802 37 (1) 68 691 Purchasing managers.............................................. 110 807 65 914 45 (1) Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations........... 690 938 458 1,059 231 736 Administrators, education and related fields..................... 617 796 258 950 359 662 Managers, medicine and health.................................... 609 689 142 854 467 632 Managers, food serving and lodging establishments................ 892 470 481 558 411 407 Managers, properties and real estate............................. 325 553 139 646 186 511 Management-related occupations................................... 3,773 633 1,541 785 2,232 580 Accountants and auditors....................................... 1,352 652 577 791 775 590 Underwriters................................................... 92 713 28 (1) 64 619 Other financial officers....................................... 612 672 273 933 338 581 Management analysts............................................ 164 914 84 1,045 81 760 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........... 415 615 125 732 290 593 Buyers, wholesale and retail trade, except farm products....... 172 563 91 601 82 500 Construction inspectors........................................ 50 707 45 (1) 5 (1) Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction........ 204 713 133 751 72 675 Professional specialty ............................................ 14,287 750 6,894 883 7,393 662 Engineers, architects, and surveyors............................. 2,026 969 1,826 989 200 812 Architects..................................................... 125 822 102 892 23 (1) Engineers...................................................... 1,892 977 1,716 994 177 837 Aerospace engineers.......................................... 80 1,115 77 1,129 3 (1) Chemical engineers........................................... 90 1,017 73 1,133 17 (1) Civil engineers.............................................. 218 952 203 963 16 (1) Electrical and electronic engineers.......................... 610 987 555 999 55 870 Industrial engineers......................................... 248 872 209 908 39 (1) Mechanical engineers......................................... 338 974 317 987 21 (1) Mathematical and computer scientists............................. 1,328 908 916 947 411 842 Computer systems analysts and scientists....................... 1,071 918 758 952 313 850 Operations and systems researchers and analysts................ 207 867 125 926 82 826 Natural scientists............................................... 484 807 339 878 146 668 Chemists, except biochemists................................... 143 898 108 975 34 (1) Biological and life scientists................................. 97 669 56 759 40 (1) Medical scientists............................................. 78 647 43 (1) 35 (1) Health diagnosing occupations.................................... 506 1,057 351 1,156 155 929 Physicians..................................................... 448 1,120 314 1,220 135 946 Health assessment and treating occupations....................... 2,043 716 309 862 1,734 701 Registered nurses.............................................. 1,461 710 110 778 1,351 705 Pharmacists.................................................... 148 1,034 83 1,129 64 907 Dietitians..................................................... 72 570 10 (1) 62 573 Therapists..................................................... 316 698 87 733 229 686 Respiratory therapists....................................... 65 610 29 (1) 36 (1) Physical therapists.......................................... 70 827 29 (1) 41 (1) Speech therapists............................................ 71 728 4 (1) 67 727 Teachers, college and university................................. 557 888 354 936 203 829 Teachers, except college and university.......................... 3,810 655 980 733 2,830 633 Teachers, prekindergarten and kindergarten..................... 383 404 9 (1) 374 405 Teachers, elementary school.................................... 1,649 662 274 719 1,375 655 Teachers, secondary school..................................... 1,040 728 436 764 604 689 Teachers, special education.................................... 344 683 61 760 283 674 Counselors, educational and vocational........................... 223 695 84 766 139 629 Librarians, archivists, and curators............................. 157 644 35 (1) 123 628 Librarians..................................................... 138 638 24 (1) 114 629 Social scientists and urban planners............................. 284 737 142 897 142 625 Economists..................................................... 114 849 59 970 54 707 Psychologists.................................................. 129 649 54 774 75 551 Social, recreation, and religious workers........................ 1,134 515 541 558 592 502 Social workers................................................. 697 522 224 551 473 518 Recreation workers............................................. 86 331 29 (1) 57 317 Clergy......................................................... 299 577 264 588 36 (1) Lawyers and judges............................................... 538 1,163 368 1,261 170 952 Lawyers........................................................ 497 1,166 339 1,267 159 959 Writers, artists, entertainers, and athletes..................... 1,198 633 650 730 548 557 Technical writers.............................................. 58 672 31 (1) 27 (1) Designers...................................................... 382 642 190 792 193 514 Actors and directors........................................... 84 694 52 675 32 (1) Painters, sculptors, craft artists, and artist printmakers..... 98 547 61 591 37 (1) Editors and reporters.......................................... 205 680 105 769 100 606 Public relations specialists................................... 121 656 46 (1) 75 588 Technical, sales, and administrative support ........................ 26,791 456 10,239 588 16,552 403 Technicians and related support.................................... 3,494 582 1,803 667 1,691 498 Health technologists and technicians............................. 1,307 483 305 553 1,002 466 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.............. 317 546 81 590 236 534 Radiologic technicians......................................... 116 608 40 (1) 76 572 Licensed practical nurses...................................... 305 471 23 (1) 282 470 Engineering and related technologists and technicians............ 867 616 713 631 154 529 Electrical and electronic technicians.......................... 353 654 308 655 45 (1) Drafting occupations........................................... 196 596 161 606 35 (1) Surveying and mapping technicians.............................. 63 588 56 609 7 (1) Science technicians.............................................. 234 518 152 588 82 462 Biological technicians......................................... 81 481 34 (1) 48 (1) Chemical technicians........................................... 75 613 60 620 15 (1) Technicians, except health, engineering, and science............. 1,086 726 633 856 453 602 Airplane pilots and navigators................................. 93 1,079 92 1,021 1 (1) Computer programmers........................................... 563 840 393 869 170 742 Legal assistants............................................... 287 559 44 (1) 243 553 Sales occupations.................................................. 9,405 482 5,174 603 4,231 352 Supervisors and proprietors...................................... 3,046 536 1,836 619 1,210 438 Sales representatives, finance and business services............. 1,693 621 920 744 774 519 Insurance sales................................................ 405 602 195 755 209 493 Real estate sales.............................................. 333 608 158 685 176 523 Securities and financial services sales........................ 323 728 218 858 105 550 Advertising and related sales.................................. 146 586 65 711 82 529 Sales occupations, other business services..................... 486 607 284 687 202 522 Sales representatives, commodities, except retail................ 1,280 704 984 741 297 582 Sales workers, retail and personal services...................... 3,366 299 1,427 392 1,939 266 Sales workers, motor vehicles and boats........................ 268 586 243 593 26 (1) Sales workers, apparel......................................... 154 283 37 (1) 116 271 Sales workers, furniture and home furnishings.................. 119 474 69 509 50 423 Sales workers, radio, television, hi-fi, and appliances........ 158 465 113 474 45 (1) Sales workers, hardware and building supplies.................. 180 405 148 415 32 (1) Sales workers, parts........................................... 144 364 131 375 13 (1) Sales workers, other commodities............................... 701 301 261 381 440 280 Sales counter clerks........................................... 121 297 41 (1) 80 268 Cashiers....................................................... 1,341 253 307 269 1,034 248 Street and door-to-door sales workers.......................... 107 366 39 (1) 68 327 Administrative support, including clerical......................... 13,892 419 3,262 514 10,630 403 Supervisors...................................................... 667 580 268 691 399 525 General office................................................. 387 574 121 754 266 513 Financial records processing................................... 88 576 18 (1) 69 534 Distribution, scheduling, and adjusting clerks................. 171 586 117 600 54 557 Computer equipment operators..................................... 337 475 151 526 186 422 Computer operators............................................. 329 478 150 525 179 428 Secretaries, stenographers, and typists.......................... 2,701 412 49 (1) 2,652 411 Secretaries.................................................... 2,249 410 29 (1) 2,220 409 Stenographers.................................................. 60 463 1 (1) 59 459 Typists........................................................ 392 413 18 (1) 374 414 Information clerks............................................... 1,326 361 144 392 1,181 359 Interviewers................................................... 114 357 17 (1) 97 356 Hotel clerks................................................... 93 281 23 (1) 69 273 Transportation ticket and reservation agents................... 198 498 48 (1) 150 478 Receptionists.................................................. 671 345 16 (1) 655 346 Records processing, except financial............................. 625 392 131 482 494 377 Order clerks................................................... 192 475 55 501 137 463 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............... 61 443 11 (1) 50 431 Library clerks................................................. 59 343 11 (1) 48 (1) File clerks.................................................... 170 341 28 (1) 142 335 Records clerks................................................. 134 399 27 (1) 107 388 Financial records processing..................................... 1,464 419 136 459 1,329 417 Bookkeepers, accounting, and auditing clerks................... 1,080 420 102 446 978 418 Payroll and timekeeping clerks................................. 132 456 9 (1) 123 453 Billing clerks................................................. 135 401 9 (1) 126 401 Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators............ 78 405 7 (1) 70 402 Duplicating, mail and other office machine operators............. 60 355 28 (1) 32 (1) Communications equipment operators............................... 144 372 21 (1) 123 357 Telephone operators............................................ 138 367 18 (1) 120 356 Mail and message distributing.................................... 839 599 538 624 301 523 Postal clerks, except mail carriers............................ 304 669 170 686 134 632 Mail carriers, postal service.................................. 287 677 205 691 82 610 Mail clerks, except postal service............................. 141 363 69 396 72 337 Messengers..................................................... 106 372 93 377 13 (1) Material recording, scheduling, and distributing clerks.......... 1,692 434 983 481 709 393 Dispatchers.................................................... 221 496 116 541 106 418 Production coordinators........................................ 241 560 112 627 128 495 Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks........................ 571 394 404 412 166 360 Stock and inventory clerks..................................... 393 443 231 485 162 378 Expediters..................................................... 161 383 55 452 106 362 Adjusters and investigators...................................... 1,485 448 373 555 1,113 426 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators.............. 401 506 109 655 292 473 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance.................. 833 423 209 508 625 411 Eligibility clerks, social welfare............................. 108 457 15 (1) 92 461 Bill and account collectors.................................... 143 411 40 (1) 104 404 Miscellaneous administrative support occupations................. 2,551 386 441 472 2,111 374 General office clerks.......................................... 572 389 112 450 460 378 Bank tellers................................................... 282 321 25 (1) 257 321 Data-entry keyers.............................................. 518 395 97 473 421 384 Statistical clerks............................................. 68 426 8 (1) 60 412 Teachers' aides................................................ 329 291 19 (1) 309 290 Service occupations.................................................. 10,172 313 5,071 372 5,101 282 Private household.................................................. 348 215 24 (1) 324 213 Child care workers............................................... 117 202 2 (1) 114 204 Cleaners and servants............................................ 219 220 19 (1) 200 217 Protective services................................................ 1,961 550 1,654 575 308 451 Supervisors...................................................... 171 748 148 782 23 (1) Police and detectives.......................................... 104 773 85 854 19 (1) Firefighting and fire prevention................................. 214 704 208 712 6 (1) Firefighting................................................... 199 707 194 715 6 (1) Police and detectives............................................ 966 614 808 628 159 547 Police and detectives, public service.......................... 556 697 492 707 63 654 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers......... 132 537 103 553 30 (1) Correctional institution officers.............................. 278 519 212 528 66 483 Guards........................................................... 610 340 490 352 120 310 Guards and police, except public service....................... 565 344 466 351 98 319 Service occupations, except private household and protective....... 7,863 296 3,393 317 4,469 280 Food preparation and service occupations......................... 2,956 276 1,514 295 1,442 258 Supervisors.................................................... 225 314 109 378 116 274 Bartenders..................................................... 168 312 76 341 92 293 Waiters and waitresses......................................... 588 281 165 328 423 268 Cooks, except short order...................................... 1,237 280 795 300 442 245 Food counter, fountain, and related occupations................ 88 211 26 (1) 61 209 Kitchen workers, food preparation.............................. 129 273 40 (1) 90 267 Waiters' and waitresses' assistants............................ 215 267 119 270 96 262 Miscellaneous food preparation occupations..................... 306 245 185 239 121 252 Health service occupations....................................... 1,685 305 222 343 1,462 302 Dental assistants.............................................. 139 366 5 (1) 134 365 Health aides, except nursing................................... 249 308 70 340 180 300 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants....................... 1,296 300 148 341 1,148 296 Cleaning and building service occupations........................ 2,174 308 1,377 339 797 273 Supervisors.................................................... 168 402 106 465 62 329 Maids and housemen............................................. 447 266 107 292 340 259 Janitors and cleaners.......................................... 1,512 313 1,117 330 394 275 Personal service occupations..................................... 1,048 304 280 382 768 286 Supervisors.................................................... 58 482 25 (1) 33 (1) Hairdressers and cosmetologists................................ 276 311 34 (1) 242 306 Attendants, amusement and recreation facilities................ 120 313 74 327 46 (1) Public transportation attendants............................... 69 521 20 (1) 49 (1) Welfare service aides.......................................... 57 305 6 (1) 51 299 Early childhood teachers' assistants........................... 217 239 7 (1) 210 237 Precision production, craft, and repair.............................. 11,495 548 10,511 569 984 382 Mechanics and repairers............................................ 4,020 578 3,860 581 160 489 Supervisors...................................................... 241 760 226 765 16 (1) Mechanics and repairers, except supervisors...................... 3,779 565 3,635 570 144 475 Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics and repairers........... 1,525 536 1,504 538 21 (1) Automobile mechanics......................................... 660 490 651 491 10 (1) Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics.................. 312 559 309 560 2 (1) Aircraft engine mechanics.................................... 129 724 124 732 4 (1) Automobile body and related repairers........................ 153 500 152 500 1 (1) Heavy equipment mechanics.................................... 171 591 169 594 2 (1) Industrial machinery repairers................................. 504 569 494 572 10 (1) Electrical and electronic equipment repairers.................. 659 620 593 628 67 555 Electronic repairers, communications and industrial equipment 164 580 152 585 13 (1) Data processing equipment repairers.......................... 177 609 152 620 25 (1) Telephone installers and repairers........................... 190 693 164 721 25 (1) Miscellaneous electrical and electronic equipment repairers.. 56 640 54 666 2 (1) Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics......... 267 534 266 533 2 (1) Miscellaneous mechanics and repairers.......................... 803 566 760 578 43 (1) Office machine repairers..................................... 53 536 51 548 3 (1) Millwrights.................................................. 88 699 85 694 3 (1) Construction trades................................................ 3,878 536 3,813 538 65 445 Supervisors...................................................... 456 661 448 662 8 (1) Construction trades, except supervisors.......................... 3,422 521 3,365 522 57 442 Brickmasons and stonemasons.................................... 134 515 134 516 1 (1) Carpet installers.............................................. 55 510 54 514 1 (1) Carpenters..................................................... 915 482 902 482 12 (1) Drywall installers............................................. 116 430 114 437 3 (1) Electricians................................................... 697 624 682 625 15 (1) Electrical power installers and repairers...................... 115 814 114 817 1 (1) Painters, construction and maintenance......................... 287 384 277 384 10 (1) Plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, and apprentices........... 431 610 425 608 6 (1) Concrete and terrazzo finishers................................ 81 524 79 526 2 (1) Insulation workers............................................. 50 519 50 519 - - Roofers........................................................ 122 407 122 407 - - Structural metalworkers........................................ 64 709 64 709 - - Extractive occupations............................................. 137 666 136 663 1 (1) Precision production occupations................................... 3,460 522 2,702 584 758 362 Supervisors...................................................... 1,178 624 952 667 226 435 Precision metalworking occupations............................... 838 584 783 597 55 399 Tool and die makers............................................ 124 791 123 788 1 (1) Machinists..................................................... 496 563 471 577 25 (1) Sheet-metal workers............................................ 105 541 97 553 8 (1) Precision woodworking occupations................................ 73 381 69 390 4 (1) Cabinet makers and bench carpenters............................ 51 391 50 394 1 (1) Precision textile, apparel, and furnishings machine workers...... 112 340 63 354 49 (1) Precision workers, assorted materials............................ 478 368 202 434 276 324 Optical goods workers.......................................... 56 411 18 (1) 38 (1) Dental laboratory and medical appliance technicians............ 52 440 32 (1) 20 (1) Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers................. 307 333 107 386 201 316 Precision food production occupations............................ 348 382 248 411 100 302 Butchers and meat cutters...................................... 212 400 175 415 37 (1) Bakers......................................................... 102 334 64 379 38 (1) Precision inspectors, testers, and related workers............... 148 570 111 649 37 (1) Inspectors, testers, and graders............................... 140 571 103 653 36 (1) Plant and system operators....................................... 285 643 273 646 12 (1) Water and sewage treatment plant operators..................... 69 575 67 577 2 (1) Stationary engineers........................................... 140 623 134 625 6 (1) Operators, fabricators, and laborers................................. 15,338 401 11,709 436 3,630 313 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors...................... 7,235 390 4,610 449 2,625 313 Machine operators and tenders, except precision.................. 4,634 384 2,976 438 1,658 306 Metalworking and plastic working machine operators............. 347 469 297 489 50 370 Punching and stamping press machine operators................ 90 415 69 475 21 (1) Grinding, abrading, buffing, and polishing machine operators. 107 413 95 429 12 (1) Metal and plastic processing machine operators................. 172 410 127 433 45 (1) Molding and casting machine operators........................ 121 399 83 412 38 (1) Woodworking machine operators.................................. 112 340 98 345 14 (1) Sawing machine operators..................................... 72 315 63 324 9 (1) Printing machine operators..................................... 341 463 270 516 71 353 Printing press operators..................................... 272 469 236 501 36 (1) Textile, apparel, and furnishings machine operators............ 914 277 271 314 643 265 Winding and twisting machine operators....................... 50 358 15 (1) 35 (1) Textile sewing machine operators............................. 528 263 107 284 421 260 Pressing machine operators................................... 87 243 28 (1) 58 241 Laundering and dry cleaning machine operators................ 128 273 56 322 72 253 Machine operators, assorted materials.......................... 2,728 411 1,896 455 832 332 Packaging and filling machine operators...................... 357 323 146 381 211 306 Mixing and blending machine operators........................ 117 475 103 487 13 (1) Separating, filtering, and clarifying machine operators...... 62 681 58 688 3 (1) Painting and paint spraying machine operators................ 193 430 171 447 22 (1) Furnace, kiln, and oven operators, exc. food................. 81 560 75 567 6 (1) Slicing and cutting machine operators........................ 161 377 127 396 34 (1) Photographic process machine operators....................... 66 325 29 (1) 37 (1) Fabricators, assemblers, and hand working occupations............ 1,880 399 1,254 451 626 320 Welders and cutters.......................................... 535 491 503 496 32 (1) Assemblers................................................... 1,229 367 683 415 546 319 Production inspectors, testers, samplers, and weighers........... 721 414 380 518 341 335 Production inspectors, checkers, and examiners............... 514 452 281 566 234 357 Production testers........................................... 66 517 46 (1) 20 (1) Graders and sorters, except agricultural..................... 138 272 54 284 84 268 Transportation and material moving occupations..................... 4,325 498 4,033 505 292 373 Motor vehicle operators.......................................... 3,114 496 2,877 504 238 370 Supervisors.................................................... 80 589 67 620 14 (1) Truck drivers.................................................. 2,484 506 2,383 509 101 399 Drivers--sales workers......................................... 118 524 107 555 11 (1) Bus drivers.................................................... 259 405 160 476 99 356 Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs................................. 133 405 123 405 10 (1) Transportation occupations, except motor vehicles................ 159 761 153 771 6 (1) Rail transportation............................................ 116 814 112 819 4 (1) Material moving equipment operators.............................. 1,052 484 1,004 487 48 (1) Operating engineers............................................ 206 590 205 590 2 (1) Crane and tower operators...................................... 87 596 85 599 2 (1) Excavating and loading machine operators....................... 89 515 88 517 1 (1) Grader, dozer, and scraper operators........................... 57 488 56 485 1 (1) Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............... 513 414 474 417 39 (1) Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................ 3,779 329 3,065 343 713 299 Helpers, construction and extractive occupations................. 108 316 106 318 2 (1) Helpers, construction trades................................... 101 319 98 320 2 (1) Construction laborers............................................ 718 377 692 376 26 (1) Freight, stock, and material handlers............................ 1,165 322 892 339 273 289 Stock handlers and baggers..................................... 539 281 361 293 178 265 Machine feeders and offbearers................................. 61 317 36 (1) 25 (1) Garage and service station related occupations................... 126 277 114 274 12 (1) Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners........................... 202 303 174 305 29 (1) Hand packers and packagers....................................... 231 310 98 327 133 296 Laborers, except construction.................................... 1,145 343 918 358 228 307 Farming, forestry, and fishing....................................... 1,530 295 1,331 302 198 257 Farm operators and managers........................................ 89 404 76 433 13 (1) Farm managers.................................................... 75 423 65 446 10 (1) Other agricultural and related occupations......................... 1,355 288 1,173 295 182 254 Farm occupations, except managerial.............................. 642 275 560 280 82 246 Farm workers................................................... 586 273 513 276 74 247 Related agricultural occupations................................. 713 300 614 309 100 260 Supervisors, related agricultural.............................. 66 427 65 422 1 (1) Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm...................... 551 298 518 300 32 (1) Graders and sorters, agricultural products..................... 53 243 17 (1) 36 (1) Forestry and logging occupations................................... 70 404 66 406 4 (1) Timber cutting and logging..................................... 52 391 50 392 2 (1) 1 Data not shown where base is less than 50,000. NOTE: Beginning in January 1997, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.