Examples of Income Variation by Occupation

Median Weekly Earnings, 1987, for selected Occupations


1.  Selected Sales Occupations
					Total   Male	Female
Securities and Financial Services	$624	$761	$416
Insurance				 482	 519	 390
Real Estate				 479	 618	 386
Advertising and Related			 463	 493	 412
Furniture and Home Furnishings		 296	 371	 239
Hardware and Building Supplies		 269	 280	  -
Apparel					 203	  -	 192
Cashiers				 189	 217	 183


2.  Selected Financial and Related Occupations

Financial Managers			$623
Accountants and Auditors		 492
Supervisors, Financial Records
  Processing				 441
Bookkeepers, Accounting and Auditing
  Clerks				 299
Data Entry Keyers			 290
Bank Tellers				 234


3.  Selected Health Care Occupations

Physicians				$698
Physical Therapists			 487
Registered Nurses			 482
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, Attendants	 216


4.  Selected Teaching and Child Care Occupations

Teachers, College and University	$635
Administrators, Educational		 614
Teachers, Secondary			 503
Teachers, Elementary			 462
Teachers, Pre-K and K			 332
Teachers' Aides				 212
Child Care Workers, Not in Private
  Households				 191
Child Care Workers, In Private
  Households				  94


5.  Selected Counseling and Related Occupations

Counselors, Educational and Vocational	$514
Psychologists				 483
Social Workers				 413
Clergy					 408
Eligibility Clerks, Social Welfare	 302
Welfare Service Aides			 200


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Source:  These are just a few of the several hundred detailed
occupations for which such data are reported in:  US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bulletin 2307. Labor Force
Statistics Derived from the Current Population Survey, 1948-87.  
Appendix B-31, pages 764-767.  (HD 5724 L194 1988 in UCLA Maps
and Government Information Library.)