Share of full-time salaried workers who are overtime-exempt under the 2004 and 2016 salary levels, by detailed occupation: Includes all white-collar occupations in which the overtime-exempt share under the 2016 salary level is 20% or less, pooled 2015–2017 data
| Occupation | Total number of salaried workers | Share exempt under 2016 salary level ($913 per week) | Share exempt under 2004 salary level ($455 per week) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaming cage workers | 400 | 0% | 5% |
| Telephone operators | 4,600 | 1% | 4% |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 11,700 | 1% | 5% |
| Tellers | 46,300 | 2% | 5% |
| Phlebotomists | 13,000 | 2% | 5% |
| Proofreaders and copy markers | 1,600 | 2% | 5% |
| Pharmacy aides | 4,400 | 2% | 5% |
| Medical transcriptionists | 7,000 | 3% | 6% |
| Medical assistants | 81,700 | 3% | 5% |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 181,100 | 3% | 5% |
| Data entry keyers | 57,500 | 3% | 5% |
| Teacher assistants | 220,800 | 3% | 5% |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 16,400 | 3% | 5% |
| First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 40,600 | 3% | 5% |
| File clerks | 38,400 | 3% | 5% |
| Office clerks, general | 309,000 | 3% | 5% |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 66,000 | 3% | 5% |
| Library assistants, clerical | 14,000 | 3% | 6% |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 17,200 | 3% | 5% |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 73,500 | 3% | 5% |
| Cashiers | 216,600 | 3% | 5% |
| Bill and account collectors | 41,400 | 3% | 5% |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 12,900 | 3% | 5% |
| Word processors and typists | 26,100 | 3% | 6% |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 1,400 | 3% | 6% |
| Parts salespersons | 22,000 | 3% | 5% |
| Animal trainers | 12,300 | 3% | 5% |
| Miscellaneous health care support occupations, including medical equipment preparers | 15,800 | 3% | 5% |
| Couriers and messengers | 42,800 | 3% | 5% |
| Dispatchers | 77,700 | 3% | 5% |
| Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 106,800 | 3% | 5% |
| Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, record-keeping | 10,100 | 3% | 5% |
| Secretaries and administrative assistants | 915,300 | 3% | 5% |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers | 4,600 | 3% | 5% |
| Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers | 19,600 | 3% | 5% |
| Health practitioner support technologists and technicians | 77,900 | 3% | 5% |
| Travel agents | 26,100 | 3% | 5% |
| Information and record clerks, all other | 38,300 | 4% | 5% |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 6,300 | 4% | 6% |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 287,200 | 4% | 6% |
| First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers | 4,200 | 4% | 6% |
| Order clerks | 26,800 | 4% | 5% |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 25,700 | 4% | 5% |
| Models, demonstrators, and product promoters | 7,600 | 4% | 6% |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 48,300 | 4% | 5% |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 32,500 | 4% | 5% |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 185,300 | 4% | 5% |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 95,700 | 4% | 5% |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 34,200 | 4% | 5% |
| Medical records and health information technicians | 32,600 | 4% | 5% |
| Retail salespersons | 592,400 | 4% | 5% |
| Counter and rental clerks | 24,700 | 4% | 5% |
| Agricultural and food science technicians | 7,000 | 4% | 5% |
| Postal service clerks | 26,700 | 4% | 5% |
| Library technicians | 5,500 | 4% | 5% |
| Communications equipment operators, all other | 2,800 | 4% | 5% |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 186,200 | 4% | 5% |
| Computer operators | 24,200 | 4% | 5% |
| Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians | 67,400 | 4% | 5% |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 21,100 | 4% | 5% |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 214,200 | 4% | 5% |
| Meter readers, utilities | 6,000 | 4% | 5% |
| Cargo and freight agents | 8,000 | 4% | 5% |
| New accounts clerks | 9,300 | 4% | 5% |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 103,700 | 4% | 5% |
| Private detectives and investigators | 32,900 | 4% | 5% |
| Financial clerks, all other | 34,300 | 4% | 5% |
| Postal service mail carriers | 89,200 | 5% | 5% |
| Chemical technicians | 22,600 | 5% | 5% |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 13,900 | 5% | 5% |
| Statistical assistants | 5,100 | 5% | 5% |
| Engineering technicians, except drafters | 109,000 | 5% | 5% |
| Telemarketers | 8,700 | 5% | 5% |
| Procurement clerks | 11,600 | 5% | 6% |
| Computer control programmers and operators | 9,300 | 5% | 6% |
| Geological and petroleum technicians | 6,200 | 5% | 5% |
| Drafters | 42,300 | 5% | 5% |
| Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators | 36,000 | 5% | 6% |
| Aircraft pilots and flight engineers | 17,800 | 5% | 6% |
| Brokerage clerks | 2,400 | 5% | 6% |
| Biological technicians | 10,300 | 6% | 6% |
| Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists | 3,900 | 14% | 21% |
| First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 110,000 | 15% | 28% |
| First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers | 42,500 | 17% | 28% |
| Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 75,500 | 18% | 30% |
| Loan interviewers and clerks | 48,700 | 19% | 30% |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 20,000 | 19% | 30% |
| Social and human service assistants | 73,100 | 19% | 29% |
Note: Full time is defined as 35+ hours per week at work.
Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata, pooled 2015–2017, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.28 (2022), https://microdata.epi.org.