Industry Earnings
In general, earnings in the computer and electronic product manufacturing industry are high, although this is partly because many of the lower wage production jobs have been automated or exported to other countries. Average weekly earnings of all production or nonsupervisory workers in the industry were $698, higher than the average of $529 for all industries in 2004 (table 4).
| Industry segment | Weekly | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
Total, private industry | $529 | $15.67 |
Computer and electronic products manufacturing | 698 | 17.28 |
Computer and peripheral equipment | 841 | 20.56 |
Search, detection, and navigation instruments | 829 | 20.90 |
Electronic instruments | 691 | 17.37 |
Semiconductors and electronic components | 654 | 16.24 |
Communications equipment | 698 | 16.86 |
Audio and video equipment | 733 | 18.32 |
Earnings in selected occupations in several components of the computer and electronic product manufacturing industry in 2004 appear in table 5.
| Occupation | Computer and electronic product manufacturing | All industries |
|---|---|---|
Computer hardware engineers | $41.29 | $39.02 |
Computer software engineers, systems software | 41.09 | 38.34 |
Computer software engineers, applications | 39.72 | 36.05 |
Electronics engineers, except computer | 36.71 | 36.43 |
Electrical engineers | 35.91 | 34.43 |
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 20.23 | 22.26 |
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 13.94 | 13.66 |
Semiconductor processors | 13.84 | 13.85 |
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 11.70 | 11.68 |
Team assemblers | 11.40 | 11.42 |