Table 4. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and sex, quarterly averages, not seasonally adjusted
| Occupation and sex | Number of workers (in thousands) |
Median weekly earnings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th 2010 |
4th 2011 |
4th 2010 |
4th 2011 |
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TOTAL |
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Management, professional, and related occupations |
39,415 | 40,227 | $1,069 | $1,098 |
Management, business, and financial operations occupations |
15,670 | 16,261 | 1,162 | 1,162 |
Professional and related occupations |
23,746 | 23,966 | 1,016 | 1,036 |
Service occupations |
14,144 | 14,675 | 485 | 496 |
Sales and office occupations |
23,086 | 22,917 | 633 | 639 |
Sales and related occupations |
9,384 | 9,357 | 661 | 674 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
13,702 | 13,559 | 622 | 624 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations |
9,569 | 10,004 | 718 | 747 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
738 | 724 | 414 | 416 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
4,598 | 5,027 | 712 | 725 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
4,234 | 4,253 | 793 | 823 |
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations |
13,905 | 13,636 | 592 | 608 |
Production occupations |
7,280 | 7,316 | 592 | 596 |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
6,626 | 6,320 | 592 | 621 |
Men |
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Management, professional, and related occupations |
19,022 | 19,585 | 1,267 | 1,274 |
Management, business, and financial operations occupations |
8,506 | 8,920 | 1,396 | 1,369 |
Professional and related occupations |
10,516 | 10,665 | 1,171 | 1,226 |
Service occupations |
7,175 | 7,633 | 585 | 578 |
Sales and office occupations |
8,982 | 8,976 | 732 | 740 |
Sales and related occupations |
5,253 | 5,317 | 767 | 802 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
3,730 | 3,660 | 673 | 663 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations |
9,210 | 9,611 | 724 | 755 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
621 | 592 | 433 | 416 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
4,512 | 4,917 | 713 | 726 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
4,077 | 4,103 | 799 | 830 |
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations |
11,111 | 10,873 | 641 | 654 |
Production occupations |
5,338 | 5,420 | 661 | 664 |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
5,773 | 5,453 | 617 | 644 |
Women |
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Management, professional, and related occupations |
20,394 | 20,642 | 937 | 946 |
Management, business, and financial operations occupations |
7,163 | 7,341 | 967 | 993 |
Professional and related occupations |
13,230 | 13,301 | 922 | 925 |
Service occupations |
6,969 | 7,042 | 421 | 440 |
Sales and office occupations |
14,104 | 13,940 | 602 | 605 |
Sales and related occupations |
4,131 | 4,040 | 517 | 554 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
9,973 | 9,900 | 615 | 618 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations |
360 | 392 | 533 | 548 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
117 | 132 | 356 | 422 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
86 | 110 | 626 | 671 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
157 | 150 | 620 | 697 |
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations |
2,794 | 2,763 | 468 | 474 |
Production occupations |
1,941 | 1,896 | 478 | 464 |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
853 | 867 | 446 | 502 |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
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