The latest earnings estimates available arefor April 2006.Table 1 shows the median full-timehourly earnings excluding overtime for selected Standard Industrial Classification(SIC) codes which encompass the emergency services.Estimates of earnings of employeesin the private sector with similar skills and experience are not available as detailsof skills and experience are not collected by the ASHE survey.Table 1 – Median Full-TimeHourly Earnings Excluding Overtime by Emergency Services Industry SIC code Median Hourly Earnings Excluding Overtime 75.24–Public security, law and order activities £14.36 75.25–Fire service activities £11.96 85.14–Other human health activities1 £10.73 Source: Annual Survey of Hoursand Earnings.Notes:1.