Table: Occupational and Wage Information for the Health and Social Services Industries

	Hourly Wage
Title	Mean	Entry Level	Median	Experienced Level
All Other Health Service Workers	$8.71	$7.34	$8.90	$9.92
All Other Physical and Life Science Technicians and Technologists	16.07	10.52	13.54	18.89
All Other Social Scientists	15.56	12.73	14.56	17.67
Biological Scientists	16.94	14.21	16.78	19.29
Biological, Agricultural, and Food Technicians and Technologists, except Health	10.34	9.61	10.38	10.92
Chemical Technicians and Technologists, except Health	15.52	9.55	12.44	21.52
Child Care Workers	5.19	5.02	5.29	5.57
Cooks, Institution or Cafeteria	6.36	5.30	5.99	7.47
Dental Hygienists	17.84	16.46	17.81	19.16
Dietetic Technicians	8.71	7.42	8.89	9.97
Dietitians and Nutritionists	11.68	5.49	12.48	15.72
Economists, including Market Research Analysts	17.57	16.18	17.76	19.62
Education Administrators	24.14	20.28	23.46	32.48
Food Preparation Workers	5.45	5.07	5.38	5.70
Home Health Aides	7.25	6.47	7.20	7.92
Human Services Workers	8.10	6.64	7.67	9.62
Insurance Claims Clerks	9.60	7.97	9.55	10.86
Licensed Practical Nurses	10.74	9.48	10.53	11.78
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	5.62	5.09	5.43	5.94
Medical Records Technicians	8.92	7.12	8.49	10.45
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians	14.31	9.70	12.81	20.22
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	14.58	13.39	14.52	15.65
Medical Secretaries	8.67	7.44	8.97	9.93
Medicine and Health Services Managers	19.03	14.27	18.19	22.92
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants	7.29	6.23	7.21	8.18
Occupational Therapists	23.50	19.81	22.70	30.36
Opticians, Dispensing and Measuring	9.59	6.60	8.88	11.06
Personal and Home Care Aides	5.69	5.12	5.49	6.38
Pharmacists	23.14	18.04	22.72	31.59
Pharmacy Aides	8.45	7.05	8.35	9.88
Physical and Corrective Therapy Assistants and Aides	9.25	7.08	8.41	10.82
Physical Therapists	22.59	19.16	21.83	26.05
Physicians and Surgeons	44.68	41.55	51.17	59.62
Physician's Assistants	22.01	19.39	21.51	23.62
Psychologists	20.07	17.37	19.29	22.26
Radiologic Technologists	12.50	10.63	11.96	14.11
Recreation Workers	9.24	5.31	6.49	10.41
Recreational Therapists	11.90	9.12	10.98	14.83
Registered Nurses	14.93	13.20	14.68	16.69
Respiratory Therapists	13.13	11.06	13.58	15.27
Social Workers, except Medical and Psychiatric	12.82	11.33	12.89	14.99
Social Workers, Medical and Psychiatric	13.99	11.15	13.22	16.97
Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists	17.85	12.60	17.17	21.86
Surgical Technologists and Technicians	8.93	7.41	8.89	10.08
Welfare Eligibility Workers and Interviewers	13.43	11.78	12.79	14.98