Median Weekly Earnings of Selected Occupations, 2010
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Occupation | Both sexes | Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of workers (in thousands) | Median weekly earnings | Number of workers (in thousands) | Median weekly earnings | Number of workers (in thousands) | Median weekly earnings | |
| All occupations, 16 years and over | 99,531 | $747 | 55,059 | $824 | 44,472 | $669 |
| Aircraft pilots and flight engineers | 82 | 1,365 | 79 | 1,360 | 3 | (1) |
| Architects, except naval | 122 | 1,209 | 85 | 1,329 | 36 | (1) |
| Biological scientists | 96 | 928 | 50 | 898 | 46 | (1) |
| Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons | 106 | 701 | 106 | 701 | — | — |
| Bus drivers | 332 | 574 | 184 | 660 | 148 | 502 |
| Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers | 281 | 498 | 217 | 508 | 64 | 478 |
| Carpenters | 669 | 623 | 659 | 624 | 10 | (1) |
| Cashiers | 1,298 | 376 | 370 | 400 | 928 | 366 |
| Chief executives | 1,034 | 1,949 | 769 | 2,217 | 265 | 1,598 |
| Child care workers | 388 | 400 | 27 | (1) | 361 | 398 |
| Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators | 253 | 904 | 108 | 1055 | 144 | 810 |
| Clergy | 356 | 905 | 304 | 920 | 52 | 757 |
| Computer programmers | 429 | 1,218 | 333 | 1,243 | 96 | 1,177 |
| Computer scientists and systems analysts | 681 | 1,220 | 474 | 1,295 | 207 | 1,013 |
| Designers | 462 | 890 | 240 | 1,001 | 222 | 757 |
| Editors | 115 | 945 | 58 | 968 | 57 | 855 |
| Education administrators | 724 | 1,202 | 278 | 1,396 | 446 | 1,137 |
| Electricians | 560 | 888 | 552 | 890 | 8 | (1) |
| Elementary and middle school teachers | 2,408 | 946 | 461 | 1,024 | 1,947 | 931 |
| Firefighters | 280 | 1,044 | 268 | 1,055 | 12 | (1) |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 291 | 468 | 31 | (1) | 260 | 462 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 82 | 437 | 24 | (1) | 29 | 415 |
| Insurance underwriters | 120 | 1,102 | 48 | (1) | 72 | 970 |
| Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers | 66 | 1,444 | 45 | (1) | 22 | (1) |
| Lawyers | 668 | 1,757 | 435 | 1,895 | 234 | 1,461 |
| Machinists | 355 | 794 | 345 | 802 | 10 | (1) |
| Marketing and sales managers | 854 | 1,335 | 485 | 1,534 | 368 | 1,010 |
| Medical scientists | 125 | 999 | 58 | 1,227 | 67 | 952 |
| Personal and home care aides | 1,329 | 434 | 173 | 488 | 1,156 | 427 |
| Personal financial advisers | 293 | 1,381 | 197 | 1,647 | 96 | 962 |
| Pharmacists | 185 | 1,880 | 97 | 1,930 | 88 | 1,605 |
| Physical therapists | 113 | 1,304 | 43 | (1) | 70 | 1,208 |
| Physicians and surgeons | 605 | 1,975 | 416 | 2,278 | 189 | 1,618 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 704 | 961 | 608 | 992 | 96 | 772 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 283 | 936 | 189 | 952 | 94 | 897 |
| Preschool and kindergarten teachers | 540 | 621 | 16 | (1) | 524 | 621 |
| Registered nurses | 2,177 | 1,055 | 207 | 1,201 | 1,970 | 1,039 |
| Retail salespersons | 1,745 | 527 | 1,011 | 651 | 734 | 421 |
| Roofers | 146 | 521 | 146 | 521 | — | (1) |
| Secondary school teachers | 1,116 | 987 | 504 | 1,035 | 612 | 962 |
| Security guards and gaming surveillance officers | 835 | 507 | 648 | 519 | 187 | 463 |
| Sewing machine operators | 125 | 429 | 33 | (1) | 92 | 410 |
| Social workers | 701 | 799 | 144 | 865 | 557 | 788 |
| Telemarketers | 63 | 481 | 23 | (1) | 40 | (1) |
| Tellers | 332 | 487 | 35 | (1) | 297 | 490 |
| Travel agents | 50 | 612 | 11 | (1) | 39 | (1) |
| Waiters and waitresses | 824 | 401 | 287 | 450 | 538 | 381 |
| Writers and authors | 77 | 987 | 33 | (1) | 43 | (1) |
NOTE: 1. Data not shown where base is less than 50,000.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Web: stats.bls.gov .
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