Denver–Aurora–Boulder, CO
National Compensation Survey
June 2007
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Keith Hall, Commissioner
March 2008
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
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Tables:
1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours for selected worker
and establishment characteristics..................................................................................................
2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time and part-time workers
by work levels...............................................................................................................................
5. Combined work levels for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings for full-time
and part-time workers ...................................................................................................................
6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles...................................................................................
7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles ......................................................................
8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................
9. Full-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
10. Part-time civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles ....................................................................
11. Full-time civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
12. Full-time private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
13. Full-time State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours ................................................................................
14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups......................................................................................................
15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual
earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time private industry workers ....................
17. Union and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ..................
18. Time and incentive workers: Mean hourly earnings for major occupational groups ....................
19. Industry sector: Mean hourly earnings for private industry workers
by major occupational group ........................................................................................................
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4
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19
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50
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Appendixes:
A. Technical Note...............................................................................................................................
Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey ................................................
Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response ........................................................................
B. Standard Occupational Classification System................................................................................
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A–1
A–5
A–6
B–1
Introduction
T
About the tables
The tables that follow present data on straight-time occupational earnings, which include wages and salaries, incentive
pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. These
earnings exclude premium pay for overtime, vacations,
holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. About 800 detailed occupations, listed in Appendix B, are used to describe all occupations in the civilian nonfarm economy (excluding the Federal Government and private households).
Data are not shown for any occupations if they would raise
concerns about the confidentiality of the survey respondents or if the data are insufficient to support reliable estimates.
Table 1 presents an overview of all tables in this bulletin. Mean hourly earnings, weekly hours, and relative standard errors are given for all industries, private industry, and
State and local government for selected worker and establishment characteristics. The worker characteristics include
high-level and intermediate occupational aggregation, fulltime or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time
or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include
goods producing, service providing, and size of establishment.
Table 2 presents mean hourly earnings data by work
level for occupational major groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for full-time and
part-time workers. Table 3 provides work level data for
private industry workers. Table 4 provides similar data for
State and local government workers. Table 5 simplifies the
work levels by combining them into broader groups within
major and detailed occupations, and for full-time and parttime workers.
Tables 6 through 10 present hourly wage percentiles
that describe the distribution of hourly earnings for individual workers within each published occupation. Data are
provided for the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles
for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, State and local government, full-time workers, and
part-time workers.
Table 11 presents mean and median hourly, weekly, and
annual earnings, and the associated hours, for major occupational groups and detailed occupations for full-time
workers. Table 12 provides the same type of information
for private industry workers. Table 13 provides similar
data for State and local government workers.
Table 14 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by high-level occupational aggregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Denver–Aurora–Boulder, CO, Combined Statistical Area (CSA). Data were collected between December
2006 and January 2008; the average reference month is
June 2007. Tabulations provide information on earnings of
workers in a variety of occupations and at different work
levels. Also contained in this bulletin are information on
the program, a technical note describing survey procedures,
and an appendix with detailed information on occupational
classifications.
Most of the earnings estimates in this bulletin are presented as mean hourly earnings. Mean weekly and annual
earnings, and the corresponding hours, also are provided
for full-time employees in specific occupations. Some occupations, such as teachers and fire fighters, typically have
shorter or longer work schedules than do the majority of
full-time workers. The weekly and annual estimates are
useful for comparing the earnings of occupations having
different work schedules.
NCS products
The Bureau’s National Compensation Survey provides
comprehensive measures of occupational earnings, compensation cost trends, benefit incidence, and detailed plan
provisions. The Employment Cost Index, a quarterly
measure of the change in employer costs for wages and
benefits, is derived from the NCS. Employer Costs for
Employee Compensation measures employers’ average
hourly costs for wages and benefits. NCS also measures
the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin
is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries.
Changes to the publications
The locality wage publications are undergoing a number of
significant changes. Please see the bulletins published between September 2006 and July 2007 for information on
earlier changes.
The areas covered by the publications are currently being updated to the December 2003 definitions of Combined
Statistical Areas, Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, as determined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This bulletin includes a new State and local government sample that
reflects the new area definition.
In appendix table 2, the total numbers of establishments
in the sampling frame are now benchmarked to the latest
available establishment counts, adjusted for establishments
that are out of scope for NCS.
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high-level occupational aggregation. Table 19 presents
mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions
within the private sector.
Appendix table 1 presents the number of workers represented by the survey, by high-level occupational aggregation and for all industries, private industry, and State and
local government. Appendix table 2 provides the number
of establishments in the sampling frame and the number of
responding and nonresponding establishments.
mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings data
for full-time employees in private establishments with
fewer than 100 workers, and in private establishments with
100 workers or more.
Table 17 presents mean hourly earnings data for union
and nonunion workers in all, private, and State and local
government establishments by high-level occupational aggregation. Table 18 provides hourly earnings data for time
and incentive workers in all and private establishments by
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Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$22.25
2.9
Management, professional, and related ...........
Management, business, and financial ..........
Professional and related ...............................
Service ..............................................................
Sales and office ................................................
Sales and related ..........................................
Office and administrative support .................
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance ...................................................
Construction and extraction .........................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ............
Production, transportation, and material
moving ............................................................
Production ....................................................
Transportation and material moving .............
33.15
36.98
31.33
11.77
18.29
20.82
16.24
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.1
$21.86
3.3
3.0
5.9
2.2
6.0
8.3
16.9
2.8
38.7
41.0
37.7
30.1
35.4
34.2
36.4
33.76
37.62
31.67
10.20
18.34
20.83
16.14
19.03
17.81
22.60
5.0
5.8
6.3
40.0
40.0
39.9
14.93
14.14
15.69
5.3
5.0
7.2
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
23.48
11.98
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.1
$25.47
2.5
36.5
3.5
6.3
2.7
7.2
8.7
16.9
3.1
38.9
41.1
37.7
29.7
35.3
34.2
36.3
30.23
31.01
30.06
19.91
17.28
–
17.33
2.5
8.7
2.4
11.1
3.0
–
3.0
37.9
40.5
37.3
32.2
36.8
–
37.1
18.74
17.52
22.76
5.6
6.4
7.1
40.1
40.0
40.2
22.52
23.67
21.70
5.4
1.4
10.0
38.9
40.0
38.2
36.7
39.2
34.6
14.84
14.14
15.57
5.5
5.0
7.8
36.6
39.2
34.4
17.52
–
17.52
7.1
–
7.1
38.2
–
38.2
3.0
3.4
39.9
20.4
23.05
11.83
3.4
3.7
39.9
20.2
27.10
13.08
2.1
8.4
40.0
22.0
23.02
22.15
4.1
3.3
35.4
36.2
20.17
22.01
5.6
3.6
34.4
36.3
28.73
23.82
5.8
2.2
37.7
35.9
21.53
30.91
2.5
16.4
36.1
37.2
21.01
30.91
2.9
16.4
36.0
37.2
25.47
–
2.5
–
36.5
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
21.64
–
4.4
–
40.1
–
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
20.29
21.65
26.95
4.8
6.3
3.0
36.1
35.1
37.3
20.31
21.68
27.62
4.8
6.4
4.6
36.1
35.1
37.8
–
20.27
25.96
–
1.4
2.2
–
38.6
36.6
All workers ..........................................................
Worker characteristics4,5
Establishment characteristics
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium
pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is
computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers,
weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week,
exclusive of overtime.
4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based
on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are
determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on
hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially
based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production
bonuses.
5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-providing
industries applies to private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$22.25
2.9
$23.48
3.0
$11.98
3.4
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers ....................................................................
42.35
25.44
39.96
41.10
59.88
46.35
40.73
48.41
69.25
73.03
77.87
56.66
34.99
34.70
27.50
30.34
58.88
65.26
40.77
43.25
7.2
8.7
7.0
8.3
11.3
12.0
6.1
8.4
13.3
13.0
11.7
1.1
10.0
19.3
13.7
5.6
11.4
.6
5.3
6.2
42.40
25.43
39.96
41.10
59.88
46.35
40.73
48.41
71.83
73.03
–
56.66
34.99
34.70
27.50
30.34
58.88
65.26
40.77
43.25
7.2
8.9
7.0
8.3
11.3
12.0
6.1
8.4
11.0
13.0
–
1.1
10.0
19.3
13.7
5.6
11.4
.6
5.3
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.40
15.7
39.40
15.7
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
26.56
18.75
22.22
23.52
28.27
32.72
29.94
23.07
5.0
8.5
4.0
4.7
4.9
6.7
9.9
9.8
26.69
18.75
22.16
23.52
28.27
32.72
30.43
23.07
5.0
8.5
4.7
4.7
4.9
6.7
9.4
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.12
27.06
30.68
29.63
29.48
21.51
10.0
13.6
6.0
7.0
8.2
14.3
28.12
27.06
30.68
29.65
29.48
21.51
10.0
13.6
6.0
7.0
8.2
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
35.44
23.53
33.52
38.12
39.23
45.83
60.76
37.83
35.86
40.66
36.71
40.88
31.92
43.95
37.28
39.08
34.98
4.4
5.4
6.5
15.2
4.3
7.4
1.5
9.4
9.9
10.7
1.6
12.6
11.2
7.3
1.3
3.8
4.0
35.51
23.53
33.52
–
39.23
45.83
60.76
37.83
35.86
40.66
36.71
40.88
31.92
43.95
37.28
39.08
34.98
4.4
5.4
6.5
–
4.3
7.4
1.5
9.4
9.9
10.7
1.6
12.6
11.2
7.3
1.3
3.8
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers .........................................................................
34.04
20.98
26.20
35.05
39.19
46.96
45.00
40.01
4.5
4.9
4.0
5.1
5.5
4.4
10.3
4.1
34.21
20.98
26.20
35.05
39.19
46.96
45.00
40.01
4.1
4.9
4.0
5.1
5.5
4.4
10.3
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Architecture and engineering occupations –Continued
Engineers –Continued
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
$30.47
32.65
43.47
46.96
49.23
39.47
37.97
33.28
23.77
26.40
5.0
2.1
3.8
4.4
11.1
4.3
6.6
6.0
1.6
1.0
$30.47
32.65
43.47
46.96
49.23
39.47
37.97
33.28
24.72
26.40
5.0
2.1
3.8
4.4
11.1
4.3
6.6
6.0
1.5
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
27.31
25.95
31.60
4.9
5.0
4.3
27.22
25.95
31.60
4.9
5.0
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
20.93
18.59
24.68
20.69
18.63
10.3
8.1
22.5
4.3
13.3
20.93
18.59
24.68
20.69
18.63
10.5
8.1
22.5
4.3
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
30.27
13.83
25.92
34.78
36.64
44.62
54.29
6.5
5.7
5.9
2.5
16.8
8.5
2.9
32.09
13.83
27.81
34.74
49.30
44.70
54.51
6.9
5.7
6.9
2.6
9.2
8.6
2.7
$14.71
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.00
27.24
34.88
30.30
31.42
35.84
5.5
7.0
2.6
6.3
1.9
.2
32.62
27.81
34.84
34.72
32.67
35.82
4.2
6.9
2.6
1.0
1.9
.2
15.00
–
–
14.97
–
–
16.2
–
–
16.0
–
–
29.89
31.41
35.69
6.8
6.5
.3
34.75
–
35.66
.4
–
.7
14.97
–
–
16.0
–
–
34.48
36.57
37.16
5.9
2.5
1.0
34.48
36.57
37.16
5.9
2.5
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.83
37.49
12.38
13.17
1.8
.1
2.5
2.1
36.84
37.50
12.38
13.17
1.8
.1
2.5
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
23.08
27.51
23.33
19.82
33.04
33.04
6.9
4.2
12.9
6.4
20.1
20.1
23.28
27.35
–
19.82
33.04
33.04
6.7
4.3
–
6.4
20.1
20.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
33.70
15.07
15.11
18.63
27.80
29.56
35.31
10.9
1.4
6.6
10.3
8.7
2.2
11.9
34.38
–
15.53
18.60
–
29.88
35.27
12.2
–
7.1
10.8
–
2.3
14.9
30.37
–
–
–
27.76
28.58
–
4.6
–
–
–
11.1
4.1
–
See footnotes at end of table.
5
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$41.95
32.11
34.16
32.28
29.42
35.89
36.30
28.10
22.48
24.64
7.3
17.6
5.3
9.0
2.0
11.9
2.6
8.5
7.6
5.7
–
–
$34.39
–
29.46
36.03
36.60
28.17
–
–
–
–
6.6
–
2.3
15.6
2.9
8.8
–
–
–
–
$33.40
–
29.30
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.5
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
17.82
21.11
3.8
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
15.00
12.53
13.74
15.62
12.99
12.52
13.78
–
12.99
12.52
13.78
17.51
16.24
17.06
15.94
4.6
3.7
2.1
4.5
2.1
3.7
2.8
–
2.1
3.7
2.8
6.2
4.1
3.3
4.8
15.16
12.57
13.97
15.90
13.02
12.56
13.98
14.13
13.02
12.56
13.98
17.73
16.56
17.36
–
4.8
4.0
2.2
3.8
2.6
4.0
3.2
.3
2.6
4.0
3.2
6.1
2.6
1.9
–
12.60
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
23.90
10.81
22.73
26.93
28.05
28.05
16.1
6.4
7.7
1.5
5.4
5.4
26.28
–
22.73
26.93
28.05
28.05
11.9
–
7.7
1.5
5.4
5.4
16.29
10.81
–
–
–
–
27.5
6.4
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
8.37
7.07
8.62
7.76
9.95
10.3
18.0
2.0
3.9
14.3
8.72
7.07
10.64
7.51
9.97
13.7
18.4
4.4
2.5
14.8
7.74
7.06
7.88
8.90
–
7.3
21.1
.5
6.7
–
13.86
10.1
13.86
10.1
–
13.83
10.84
10.09
12.24
10.81
10.90
9.14
4.05
3.70
3.77
3.57
3.41
3.53
8.71
8.32
9.94
11.5
8.7
5.1
2.3
2.2
2.1
7.2
13.7
8.6
12.4
9.2
8.0
24.3
5.7
5.8
11.2
13.83
10.97
10.04
–
10.94
10.90
9.14
4.12
–
–
3.54
–
–
10.97
–
–
11.5
10.9
7.1
–
1.4
2.1
7.2
15.8
–
–
13.2
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.85
3.39
–
3.62
–
–
7.91
7.57
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.5
20.1
–
9.6
–
–
2.5
.2
–
8.87
8.31
5.4
6.0
11.38
–
5.0
–
7.98
7.51
3.1
1.0
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
Level 11 ............................................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
See footnotes at end of table.
6
–
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.21
12.74
13.2
13.5
–
–
–
–
–
$13.40
–
26.3
11.15
9.54
12.35
11.35
10.49
9.11
12.35
11.26
9.7
7.4
6.5
4.7
8.5
5.3
6.5
4.9
$11.30
9.65
12.36
11.37
10.61
9.18
12.36
11.28
10.7
9.0
6.5
4.8
9.5
6.4
6.5
5.1
8.49
8.28
–
–
8.55
–
–
–
4.1
5.0
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
11.69
9.66
12.97
11.18
8.98
8.77
16.69
5.5
7.9
4.6
5.0
1.9
.0
13.7
12.07
10.04
12.98
11.19
8.98
8.77
–
5.4
9.1
4.7
5.2
1.9
.0
–
8.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.34
8.08
10.90
8.24
8.0
5.0
10.2
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.74
8.08
10.85
8.24
8.2
5.0
11.2
6.0
7.72
7.72
13.17
5.7
5.7
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.72
7.72
13.17
5.7
5.7
3.6
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
20.82
8.96
10.43
13.28
25.58
25.59
39.26
29.02
12.97
13.11
11.80
8.41
9.17
10.21
14.81
10.42
8.74
10.72
10.42
8.74
10.72
12.97
12.68
9.62
10.51
14.20
37.25
16.9
8.7
6.1
2.2
12.3
27.7
18.3
23.3
18.5
18.2
3.9
1.6
7.8
5.1
2.5
6.3
2.3
12.1
6.3
2.3
12.1
29.3
2.9
9.2
2.3
3.9
6.1
23.64
9.93
10.64
13.41
25.58
25.59
39.26
30.11
12.97
13.11
12.72
–
10.11
10.65
14.88
10.84
–
11.43
10.84
–
11.43
–
13.77
–
–
14.29
37.25
17.5
20.4
6.4
2.1
12.3
27.7
18.3
21.6
18.5
18.2
4.3
–
19.9
6.5
2.8
7.1
–
14.7
7.1
–
14.7
–
4.6
–
–
4.6
6.1
9.15
8.20
10.00
12.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.05
–
8.32
9.20
–
9.56
9.04
9.59
9.56
9.04
9.59
–
8.64
–
–
–
–
7.8
3.3
8.9
21.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
5.1
3.7
–
2.2
2.0
2.7
2.2
2.0
2.7
–
2.3
–
–
–
–
29.17
11.23
5.9
30.9
29.17
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
16.24
2.8
16.53
3.1
13.79
5.1
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food –Continued
Level 3 .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers ......................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
7
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$9.30
12.07
12.41
15.01
17.50
19.71
21.91
17.41
13.0
11.1
1.4
3.4
2.7
3.0
4.1
7.2
–
$13.20
12.44
15.04
17.63
19.71
21.85
17.90
–
10.5
2.5
3.7
2.8
3.0
4.3
7.7
–
$9.32
12.28
14.58
–
–
–
–
–
9.7
6.7
5.5
–
–
–
–
22.26
14.88
11.30
14.17
15.83
19.89
14.94
13.60
16.07
12.18
14.38
13.83
13.81
12.95
19.37
21.21
12.85
12.45
14.42
15.66
19.33
16.57
19.16
21.75
21.86
21.32
23.81
22.53
16.57
17.09
15.75
13.86
13.86
15.52
12.31
15.48
17.55
6.8
3.6
3.3
6.5
5.7
2.2
5.4
9.2
6.2
1.3
2.7
6.5
3.0
4.5
8.8
8.1
4.7
13.0
3.3
2.5
4.6
4.1
5.4
6.7
5.4
3.7
8.6
7.0
4.2
4.8
3.5
8.3
8.3
3.9
3.8
4.4
3.4
22.26
14.91
11.28
14.17
16.01
19.89
14.99
13.60
16.34
12.19
14.85
13.83
14.39
13.20
19.37
21.21
–
13.11
–
–
19.25
16.58
19.16
21.75
21.58
21.64
23.81
22.44
16.63
17.00
15.76
–
–
16.11
12.14
15.76
17.57
6.8
3.7
3.3
6.5
6.2
2.2
5.6
9.2
6.7
1.3
4.2
6.5
2.4
3.6
8.8
8.1
–
12.6
–
–
4.5
4.2
5.4
6.7
6.3
3.5
8.6
9.0
4.1
4.8
3.5
–
–
4.0
4.4
5.0
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.46
–
–
–
10.75
–
–
19.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.66
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.3
–
–
–
1.6
–
–
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Roofers .............................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
17.81
14.60
19.18
19.74
5.8
4.0
8.1
7.5
17.86
14.64
19.18
19.74
5.6
4.0
8.1
7.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.80
19.14
14.41
21.17
23.09
13.20
13.20
10.1
2.6
4.1
4.0
3.4
.0
.0
25.80
–
14.41
21.17
23.09
13.20
13.20
10.1
–
4.1
4.0
3.4
.0
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
22.60
18.82
29.94
25.40
6.3
6.5
17.9
5.0
23.01
18.82
31.86
25.40
5.9
6.5
18.7
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
8
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
–Continued
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$20.32
11.9
$22.05
9.0
–
–
19.93
19.36
24.66
23.43
18.65
9.4
14.8
4.7
.6
14.9
21.79
–
24.66
23.43
21.20
6.5
–
4.7
.6
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.64
9.1
20.64
9.1
–
–
14.14
9.78
10.14
12.33
13.34
16.83
18.77
21.59
17.90
5.0
4.1
2.7
8.6
3.3
4.5
9.8
2.4
11.6
14.27
9.82
10.15
12.54
13.34
16.88
18.77
21.59
18.08
5.1
3.8
2.8
10.2
3.3
4.6
9.8
2.4
11.1
$10.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Slaughterers and meat packers ....................................
Printers .............................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Level 2 .............................................................
14.10
14.10
13.84
15.20
14.1
14.1
9.5
.0
17.10
17.10
13.84
15.20
13.3
13.3
9.5
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.82
11.62
10.45
19.39
17.66
10.92
10.60
9.0
1.1
.5
12.2
4.9
2.6
.9
11.82
11.62
10.45
19.39
17.66
10.96
–
9.0
1.1
.5
12.2
4.9
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
15.69
10.51
11.60
15.71
17.42
16.80
14.29
15.22
14.29
20.94
16.81
18.12
16.82
13.93
12.19
13.13
10.80
11.18
17.18
7.2
4.5
4.4
3.4
8.3
4.9
17.9
2.3
5.8
4.8
5.2
6.9
5.3
6.7
4.2
7.4
8.5
4.6
15.0
16.40
11.01
11.94
15.74
17.42
16.81
–
15.46
14.29
20.94
16.83
18.12
16.82
13.93
12.19
14.47
11.65
11.87
17.18
7.9
3.6
4.5
3.5
8.3
4.9
–
1.9
5.8
4.8
5.2
6.9
5.3
6.7
4.2
8.9
9.4
4.3
15.0
10.47
9.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.93
9.59
–
–
3.9
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
11.7
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
9
Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.57
11.74
10.57
8.7
9.0
8.7
$15.91
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
10
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$21.86
3.3
$23.05
3.4
$11.83
3.7
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers ....................................................................
43.55
26.08
40.13
41.10
63.03
48.81
40.40
48.41
69.25
73.03
77.87
56.66
34.99
34.70
27.50
58.88
65.26
39.92
7.6
10.1
7.4
8.3
12.0
13.0
6.3
8.4
13.3
13.0
11.7
1.1
10.0
19.3
13.7
11.4
.6
5.6
43.62
26.08
40.13
41.10
63.03
48.81
40.40
48.41
71.83
73.03
–
56.66
34.99
34.70
27.50
58.88
65.26
39.92
7.7
10.3
7.4
8.3
12.0
13.0
6.3
8.4
11.0
13.0
–
1.1
10.0
19.3
13.7
11.4
.6
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.33
17.3
40.33
17.3
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
26.53
18.75
22.13
23.52
28.38
32.72
29.94
23.07
5.4
8.5
4.7
4.7
5.8
6.7
9.9
9.8
26.61
18.75
22.16
23.52
28.38
32.72
30.43
23.07
5.4
8.5
4.7
4.7
5.8
6.7
9.4
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.07
30.07
30.79
21.51
11.6
7.1
8.2
14.3
27.07
30.10
30.79
21.51
11.6
7.1
8.2
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
35.48
33.52
38.12
39.23
45.83
60.76
37.83
35.86
40.66
36.71
40.88
31.92
43.95
37.28
39.35
34.98
4.4
6.5
15.2
4.3
7.4
1.5
9.4
9.9
10.7
1.6
12.6
11.2
7.3
1.3
3.8
4.0
35.55
33.52
–
39.23
45.83
60.76
37.83
35.86
40.66
36.71
40.88
31.92
43.95
37.28
39.35
34.98
4.4
6.5
–
4.3
7.4
1.5
9.4
9.9
10.7
1.6
12.6
11.2
7.3
1.3
3.8
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
34.09
20.98
26.20
35.05
39.13
46.96
45.00
40.00
30.47
32.65
43.61
46.96
49.23
4.5
4.9
4.0
5.1
5.7
4.4
10.3
4.1
5.0
2.1
4.0
4.4
11.1
34.25
20.98
26.20
35.05
39.13
46.96
45.00
40.00
30.47
32.65
43.61
46.96
49.23
4.1
4.9
4.0
5.1
5.7
4.4
10.3
4.1
5.0
2.1
4.0
4.4
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
11
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Architecture and engineering occupations –Continued
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
$39.42
37.97
33.28
23.77
26.40
4.4
6.6
6.0
1.6
1.0
$39.42
37.97
33.28
24.72
26.40
4.4
6.6
6.0
1.5
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
29.15
8.6
29.15
8.6
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
18.71
16.19
17.40
9.0
6.1
10.0
18.66
16.19
17.40
9.1
6.1
10.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 9 .............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
23.46
21.39
35.95
16.1
15.9
10.9
23.37
–
35.95
16.5
–
10.9
$26.93
–
–
10.4
–
–
20.37
32.61
14.3
.9
19.96
32.98
14.1
.8
–
–
–
–
33.03
.5
33.61
1.8
–
–
23.76
28.70
19.82
33.04
33.04
7.6
3.2
6.4
20.1
20.1
23.61
–
19.82
33.04
33.04
7.2
–
6.4
20.1
20.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
33.73
15.07
15.11
18.63
27.80
29.32
35.90
41.95
32.11
34.57
32.28
29.11
37.30
25.67
22.48
24.64
12.0
1.4
6.6
10.3
8.7
1.8
14.2
7.3
17.6
5.9
9.0
.7
12.4
7.5
7.6
5.7
34.41
–
15.53
18.60
–
29.32
36.04
–
–
34.78
–
28.72
38.10
25.63
–
–
13.7
–
7.1
10.8
–
1.8
18.6
–
–
7.7
–
.7
16.6
7.9
–
–
30.61
–
–
–
27.76
29.32
–
–
–
33.99
–
30.52
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
11.1
3.1
–
–
–
4.1
–
1.2
–
–
–
–
17.82
21.11
3.8
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Level 4 .............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
15.02
12.53
13.53
15.62
12.88
12.52
13.25
–
12.88
12.52
13.25
17.56
16.24
17.06
15.94
4.7
3.7
1.4
4.5
2.0
3.7
.8
–
2.0
3.7
.8
6.2
4.1
3.3
4.8
15.17
12.57
13.69
15.90
12.91
12.56
13.50
14.13
12.91
12.56
13.50
17.73
16.56
17.36
–
4.9
4.0
2.0
3.8
2.6
4.0
2.9
.3
2.6
4.0
2.9
6.1
2.6
1.9
–
12.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
8.35
10.4
8.71
13.8
7.73
7.4
See footnotes at end of table.
12
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.07
8.58
7.76
9.95
18.0
1.9
3.9
14.3
$7.07
10.57
7.51
9.97
18.4
4.5
2.5
14.8
$7.06
7.87
8.87
–
21.1
.4
6.8
–
13.86
10.1
13.86
10.1
–
–
13.83
10.84
10.09
12.24
10.81
10.90
9.14
4.05
3.70
3.77
3.57
3.41
3.53
8.67
8.22
9.93
11.5
8.7
5.1
2.3
2.2
2.1
7.2
13.7
8.6
12.4
9.2
8.0
24.3
5.9
6.4
11.4
13.83
10.97
10.04
–
10.94
10.90
9.14
4.12
–
–
3.54
–
–
10.94
–
–
11.5
10.9
7.1
–
1.4
2.1
7.2
15.8
–
–
13.2
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.85
3.39
–
3.62
–
–
7.89
7.54
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.5
20.1
–
9.6
–
–
2.6
.1
–
8.82
8.20
10.20
12.74
5.6
6.6
13.5
13.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.96
–
–
13.40
3.2
–
–
26.3
10.36
9.48
12.19
10.71
10.10
9.00
12.19
10.50
8.2
7.8
7.5
7.8
8.3
5.2
7.5
8.3
10.47
9.57
12.20
10.70
10.20
9.05
12.20
10.48
9.3
9.5
7.5
8.3
9.3
6.1
7.5
8.8
8.68
–
–
–
8.68
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
11.27
9.46
12.85
10.06
8.98
8.77
6.5
9.8
5.3
5.9
1.9
.0
11.68
9.83
12.87
–
8.98
8.77
6.5
11.9
5.4
–
1.9
.0
8.68
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
11.75
8.29
10.80
11.8
6.3
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.39
8.29
10.80
11.3
6.3
14.3
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
20.83
8.97
10.43
13.28
25.58
25.59
39.26
29.02
12.97
13.11
11.81
8.41
9.18
10.21
16.9
8.8
6.1
2.2
12.3
27.7
18.3
23.3
18.5
18.2
4.0
1.6
7.9
5.1
23.64
9.93
10.64
13.41
25.58
25.59
39.26
30.11
12.97
13.11
12.72
–
10.11
10.65
17.5
20.4
6.4
2.1
12.3
27.7
18.3
21.6
18.5
18.2
4.3
–
19.9
6.5
9.16
8.21
10.00
12.17
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.06
–
8.34
9.20
7.9
3.3
8.9
21.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
5.1
3.7
Food preparation and serving related occupations
–Continued
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
13
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Retail sales workers –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.81
10.43
8.76
10.72
10.43
8.76
10.72
12.97
12.68
9.62
10.51
14.20
37.25
2.5
6.3
2.4
12.1
6.3
2.4
12.1
29.3
2.9
9.2
2.3
3.9
6.1
$14.88
10.84
–
11.43
10.84
–
11.43
–
13.77
–
–
14.29
37.25
2.8
7.1
–
14.7
7.1
–
14.7
–
4.6
–
–
4.6
6.1
–
$9.58
–
9.59
9.58
–
9.59
–
8.64
–
–
–
–
–
2.2
–
2.7
2.2
–
2.7
–
2.3
–
–
–
–
29.17
11.23
5.9
30.9
29.17
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Level 4 .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
16.14
9.30
12.07
12.37
15.02
17.05
19.85
21.91
17.22
3.1
13.0
11.1
1.6
3.6
3.0
3.6
4.1
7.7
16.43
–
13.20
12.43
15.04
17.18
19.85
21.85
17.70
3.4
–
10.5
2.8
3.9
3.1
3.6
4.3
8.3
13.81
–
9.32
12.15
14.70
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
9.7
8.0
5.4
–
–
–
–
22.26
14.83
11.30
14.17
15.84
19.87
14.86
13.60
16.09
12.18
14.38
13.83
13.20
12.95
20.96
12.85
12.45
14.42
15.66
19.33
16.67
21.80
21.86
21.51
23.81
22.53
16.57
16.99
15.75
13.86
13.86
15.56
11.61
15.55
17.51
6.8
3.7
3.3
6.5
5.8
2.4
5.6
9.2
6.4
1.3
2.7
6.5
1.8
4.5
10.1
4.7
13.0
3.3
2.5
5.1
4.4
7.8
5.4
3.8
8.6
7.0
4.2
5.6
3.5
8.3
8.3
4.7
7.4
5.3
4.8
22.26
14.86
11.28
14.17
16.03
19.87
14.90
13.60
16.37
12.19
14.85
13.83
–
13.20
20.96
–
13.11
–
–
19.23
16.68
21.80
21.58
21.94
23.81
22.44
16.63
16.88
15.76
–
–
16.21
–
15.82
17.51
6.8
3.8
3.3
6.5
6.3
2.4
5.8
9.2
6.9
1.3
4.2
6.5
–
3.6
10.1
–
12.6
–
–
5.1
4.4
7.8
6.3
3.5
8.6
9.0
4.1
5.6
3.5
–
–
4.9
–
6.3
4.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.46
–
–
10.75
–
–
19.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.70
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.3
–
–
1.6
–
–
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
17.52
6.4
17.57
6.2
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
14
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.45
19.22
19.14
14.41
23.09
13.20
13.20
3.3
8.7
2.6
4.1
3.4
.0
.0
$14.48
19.22
–
14.41
23.09
13.20
13.20
3.3
8.7
–
4.1
3.4
.0
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
22.76
18.78
34.29
24.71
20.32
7.1
8.2
19.8
6.4
11.9
23.00
18.78
34.29
24.71
22.05
6.7
8.2
19.8
6.4
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.68
23.43
13.3
.6
21.93
23.43
6.7
.6
–
–
–
–
20.57
9.8
20.57
9.8
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Level 3 .............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Slaughterers and meat packers ....................................
Printers .............................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
14.14
9.78
10.14
12.33
13.34
16.83
18.77
21.59
17.90
5.0
4.1
2.7
8.6
3.3
4.5
9.8
2.4
11.6
14.27
9.82
10.15
12.54
13.34
16.88
18.77
21.59
18.08
5.1
3.8
2.8
10.2
3.3
4.6
9.8
2.4
11.1
$10.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.10
14.10
13.84
15.20
14.1
14.1
9.5
.0
17.10
17.10
13.84
15.20
13.3
13.3
9.5
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.82
11.62
10.45
19.39
17.66
10.92
9.0
1.1
.5
12.2
4.9
2.6
11.82
11.62
10.45
19.39
17.66
10.96
9.0
1.1
.5
12.2
4.9
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Roofers .............................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
15
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Production occupations –Continued
Miscellaneous production workers –Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Level 5 .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.60
0.9
–
–
–
–
15.57
10.51
11.48
15.48
17.16
16.71
15.00
14.29
20.64
16.72
17.81
16.73
13.93
12.19
13.09
10.80
10.88
17.18
7.8
4.5
4.5
3.7
8.7
5.4
2.2
5.8
5.5
5.8
7.3
5.9
6.7
4.2
7.6
8.5
3.9
15.0
$16.30
11.01
11.81
15.48
17.16
16.73
15.24
14.29
20.64
16.74
17.81
16.73
13.93
12.19
14.47
11.65
11.44
17.18
8.5
3.6
4.7
3.7
8.7
5.4
1.7
5.8
5.5
5.8
7.3
5.9
6.7
4.2
9.2
9.4
3.5
15.0
$10.23
9.43
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.93
9.59
–
–
3.0
10.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
11.7
–
–
14.57
11.74
10.57
8.7
9.0
8.7
15.91
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
16
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$25.47
2.5
$27.10
2.1
$13.08
8.4
Management occupations .................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
32.43
31.94
29.97
12.1
15.2
6.2
32.43
31.94
29.97
12.1
15.2
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 9 .............................................................
26.88
27.82
6.6
5.3
27.82
27.82
5.3
5.3
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Not able to be leveled .......................................
25.77
25.28
5.3
4.6
25.59
25.28
4.9
4.6
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
26.18
16.2
26.18
16.2
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
33.12
13.83
29.20
36.20
38.20
52.21
4.5
5.7
4.2
.4
18.1
6.3
36.21
13.83
32.66
36.20
55.14
52.41
2.5
5.7
1.7
.5
2.6
6.1
13.72
–
–
–
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
31.84
31.53
36.36
30.17
31.35
35.88
5.4
2.3
.0
6.6
2.1
.2
35.42
32.66
36.37
34.82
–
35.87
.9
1.7
.1
1.0
–
.1
14.33
–
–
–
–
–
14.7
–
–
–
–
–
29.74
35.73
36.57
37.16
7.1
.3
2.5
1.0
34.81
35.72
36.57
37.16
.4
.6
2.5
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.83
37.49
13.24
13.17
1.8
.1
2.9
2.1
36.84
37.50
13.24
13.17
1.8
.1
2.9
2.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
33.46
6.1
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
24.33
22.73
26.93
28.05
28.05
18.4
7.7
1.5
5.4
5.4
26.45
22.73
26.93
28.05
28.05
12.2
7.7
1.5
5.4
5.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.17
12.99
9.4
12.3
15.40
13.13
9.7
12.6
–
–
–
–
12.99
12.3
13.13
12.6
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
10.47
13.30
9.7
3.7
–
–
–
–
10.39
13.30
10.5
3.7
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
17.33
12.69
14.88
19.64
19.06
15.40
3.0
2.3
2.4
6.1
.7
6.8
17.63
–
15.04
19.79
19.06
15.85
3.9
–
1.9
5.8
.7
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
23.67
1.4
23.67
1.4
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
21.70
10.0
23.01
8.1
–
–
20.12
13.8
–
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
17
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
–Continued
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
$20.12
13.8
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
17.52
7.1
$17.84
7.1
–
–
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is
evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and
complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored
to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the
occupation’s rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the
overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
18
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$22.25
2.9
$23.48
3.0
$11.98
3.4
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers ....................................................................
42.35
31.97
35.54
64.55
40.73
44.30
69.25
77.87
56.66
34.99
35.29
27.50
27.50
30.34
58.88
40.77
7.2
18.5
6.7
9.8
6.1
7.1
13.3
11.7
1.1
10.0
5.3
13.7
13.7
5.6
11.4
5.3
42.40
–
–
–
40.73
44.30
71.83
–
56.66
34.99
35.29
27.50
27.50
30.34
58.88
40.77
7.2
–
–
–
6.1
7.1
11.0
–
1.1
10.0
5.3
13.7
13.7
5.6
11.4
5.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
39.40
15.7
39.40
15.7
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
26.56
21.43
29.99
23.07
5.0
4.4
6.9
9.8
26.69
–
–
23.07
5.0
–
–
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
28.12
27.22
30.68
29.63
24.34
30.34
21.51
10.0
13.2
6.0
7.0
4.2
6.1
14.3
28.12
–
30.68
29.65
24.39
30.34
21.51
10.0
–
6.0
7.0
4.2
6.1
14.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Group III ............................................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group III ............................................................
35.44
22.55
38.64
60.78
35.86
36.28
40.66
39.59
31.92
43.95
38.91
39.08
43.91
4.4
5.1
1.9
1.5
9.9
6.5
10.7
3.1
11.2
7.3
1.6
3.8
4.6
35.51
–
–
–
35.86
36.28
40.66
–
31.92
43.95
38.91
39.08
43.91
4.4
–
–
–
9.9
6.5
10.7
–
11.2
7.3
1.6
3.8
4.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
34.04
24.15
37.71
40.01
27.79
40.35
39.47
45.18
37.97
33.28
23.77
26.40
21.50
4.5
5.8
2.1
4.1
9.6
2.8
4.3
1.1
6.6
6.0
1.6
1.0
1.0
34.21
–
–
40.01
–
–
39.47
45.18
37.97
33.28
24.72
26.40
–
4.1
–
–
4.1
–
–
4.3
1.1
6.6
6.0
1.5
1.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Physical scientists ............................................................
27.31
22.45
31.32
31.60
4.9
4.2
6.8
4.3
27.22
–
–
31.60
4.9
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
19
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
$20.93
18.10
26.80
24.68
20.69
18.63
10.3
11.6
13.7
22.5
4.3
13.3
$20.93
–
–
24.68
20.69
18.63
10.5
–
–
22.5
4.3
13.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Group III ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group III ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
30.27
13.48
22.12
36.33
44.62
42.82
6.5
5.9
13.8
2.7
8.5
7.4
32.09
–
–
–
44.70
–
6.9
–
–
–
8.6
–
$14.71
–
–
–
–
–
8.1
–
–
–
–
–
30.00
27.45
34.88
30.30
31.51
35.84
5.5
6.9
2.6
6.3
1.8
.2
32.62
–
–
34.72
–
–
4.2
–
–
1.0
–
–
15.00
–
–
14.97
–
–
16.2
–
–
16.0
–
–
29.89
31.52
35.69
6.8
6.1
.3
34.75
–
35.66
.4
–
.7
14.97
–
–
16.0
–
–
34.48
36.57
37.16
5.9
2.5
1.0
34.48
36.57
–
5.9
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
36.83
37.49
12.38
12.97
1.8
.1
2.5
3.2
36.84
37.50
12.38
12.97
1.8
.1
2.5
3.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23.08
19.99
27.90
19.82
19.79
33.04
33.04
6.9
4.5
4.4
6.4
6.5
20.1
20.1
23.28
–
–
19.82
–
33.04
33.04
6.7
–
–
6.4
–
20.1
20.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
33.70
15.10
26.38
45.89
32.11
34.16
29.60
36.51
28.10
22.04
22.48
10.9
5.7
5.2
21.0
17.6
5.3
1.8
9.1
8.5
7.7
7.6
34.38
–
–
–
–
34.39
29.43
36.75
28.17
–
–
12.2
–
–
–
–
6.6
2.3
11.4
8.8
–
–
30.37
–
–
–
–
33.40
30.06
–
–
–
–
4.6
–
–
–
–
4.5
3.5
–
–
–
–
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Group I ..............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
14.81
24.64
.7
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.82
21.11
3.8
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
15.00
13.74
18.80
12.99
12.96
4.6
2.7
6.3
2.1
2.2
15.16
–
–
13.02
–
4.8
–
–
2.6
–
12.60
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
–
–
See footnotes at end of table.
20
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Healthcare support occupations –Continued
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
$12.99
12.96
17.51
15.65
17.06
15.87
2.1
2.2
6.2
2.3
3.3
4.3
$13.02
12.99
17.73
–
17.36
16.35
2.6
2.8
6.1
–
1.9
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
23.90
10.81
24.16
28.05
28.05
28.05
28.05
16.1
6.4
6.9
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.4
26.28
–
–
28.05
–
28.05
28.05
11.9
–
–
5.4
–
5.4
5.4
$16.29
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
8.37
7.89
15.61
10.3
8.2
4.9
8.72
–
–
13.7
–
–
7.74
–
–
7.3
–
–
13.86
10.1
13.86
10.1
–
–
13.83
10.84
10.22
12.24
10.81
10.81
9.14
9.14
4.05
3.95
3.57
3.56
8.71
8.71
11.5
8.7
4.0
2.3
2.2
2.2
7.2
7.2
13.7
10.8
9.2
9.0
5.7
5.7
13.83
10.97
–
–
10.94
10.94
9.14
9.14
4.12
–
3.54
3.53
10.97
–
11.5
10.9
–
–
1.4
1.4
7.2
7.2
15.8
–
13.2
13.0
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.85
–
3.62
3.62
7.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.5
–
9.6
9.6
2.5
–
8.87
8.87
12.74
12.74
5.4
5.4
13.5
13.5
11.38
11.38
–
–
5.0
5.0
–
–
7.98
7.98
13.40
13.40
3.1
3.1
26.3
26.3
11.15
10.47
10.49
10.24
9.7
8.1
8.5
8.2
11.30
–
10.61
–
10.7
–
9.5
–
8.49
–
8.55
–
4.1
–
4.1
–
11.69
11.33
8.98
8.89
16.69
5.5
5.1
1.9
.0
13.7
12.07
11.68
8.98
8.89
–
5.4
5.0
1.9
.0
–
8.55
8.55
–
–
–
4.1
4.1
–
–
–
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
11.34
10.81
8.24
8.24
8.0
10.3
6.0
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.74
–
8.24
8.24
8.2
–
6.0
6.0
7.72
7.72
7.72
7.72
13.17
5.7
5.7
5.7
5.7
3.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.72
–
7.72
7.72
13.17
5.7
–
5.7
5.7
3.6
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
20.82
16.9
23.64
17.5
9.15
7.8
See footnotes at end of table.
21
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Group II .............................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Tellers ...........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Group I ..............................................................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Group II .............................................................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Group II .............................................................
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$10.67
31.21
12.97
13.11
11.80
11.09
18.79
10.42
10.39
10.42
10.39
12.97
12.68
11.72
37.25
35.73
5.2
14.2
18.5
18.2
3.9
1.8
8.0
6.3
6.2
6.3
6.2
29.3
2.9
1.3
6.1
14.1
–
–
$12.97
13.11
12.72
–
–
10.84
–
10.84
10.79
–
13.77
12.79
37.25
–
–
–
18.5
18.2
4.3
–
–
7.1
–
7.1
6.9
–
4.6
1.4
6.1
–
–
–
–
–
$9.05
–
–
9.56
–
9.56
9.53
–
8.64
8.55
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
–
2.2
–
2.2
1.9
–
2.3
1.4
–
–
29.17
27.73
11.23
9.12
5.9
7.3
30.9
23.2
29.17
27.73
–
–
5.9
7.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.24
13.89
19.47
2.8
2.5
2.4
16.53
–
–
3.1
–
–
13.79
–
–
5.1
–
–
22.26
21.05
14.88
13.29
17.35
14.94
13.03
17.24
12.18
12.09
14.38
12.82
18.66
13.81
14.02
12.95
12.28
19.37
21.21
20.96
12.85
12.45
12.39
19.33
16.08
21.42
21.32
22.84
16.57
15.36
17.09
15.78
18.14
13.86
14.02
13.86
14.02
15.52
14.51
6.8
8.3
3.6
4.7
3.9
5.4
6.9
3.5
1.3
2.4
2.7
5.3
4.1
3.0
3.5
4.5
3.5
8.8
8.1
10.1
4.7
13.0
13.5
4.6
4.5
3.9
3.7
4.4
4.2
7.9
4.8
3.3
5.0
8.3
9.3
8.3
9.3
3.9
3.6
22.26
21.05
14.91
–
–
14.99
13.03
17.47
12.19
–
14.85
13.30
18.68
14.39
14.39
13.20
12.62
19.37
21.21
20.96
–
13.11
13.09
19.25
–
–
21.64
22.88
16.63
–
17.00
15.79
18.14
–
–
–
–
16.11
14.80
6.8
8.3
3.7
–
–
5.6
6.9
4.0
1.3
–
4.2
5.6
4.1
2.4
2.4
3.6
2.2
8.8
8.1
10.1
–
12.6
13.7
4.5
–
–
3.5
4.9
4.1
–
4.8
3.3
5.0
–
–
–
–
4.0
4.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.46
–
–
–
–
–
10.75
10.75
19.91
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.66
13.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.3
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
1.6
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.8
5.1
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Office clerks, general –Continued
Group II .............................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Roofers .............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$17.82
3.4
$17.80
3.6
–
–
17.81
14.30
21.03
5.8
1.8
.6
17.86
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.80
19.14
14.41
21.17
23.09
13.20
13.20
10.1
2.6
4.1
4.0
3.4
.0
.0
25.80
–
14.41
21.17
23.09
13.20
13.20
10.1
–
4.1
4.0
3.4
.0
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
22.60
16.72
24.40
6.3
4.8
7.3
23.01
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.93
20.85
23.43
23.43
18.65
19.89
9.4
8.0
.6
.6
14.9
12.5
21.79
–
23.43
23.43
21.20
21.20
6.5
–
.6
.6
10.2
10.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.64
9.1
20.64
9.1
–
–
14.14
11.54
18.52
5.0
4.4
5.8
14.27
–
–
5.1
–
–
$10.77
–
–
3.7
–
–
Production occupations ....................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Slaughterers and meat packers ....................................
Group I ..............................................................
Printers .............................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Group I ..............................................................
14.10
14.10
13.84
13.41
14.1
14.1
9.5
13.2
17.10
17.10
13.84
–
13.3
13.3
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.82
10.93
10.45
10.45
19.39
19.39
17.66
10.92
10.48
9.0
4.2
.5
.5
12.2
12.2
4.9
2.6
3.4
11.82
–
10.45
10.45
19.39
–
17.66
10.96
–
9.0
–
.5
.5
12.2
–
4.9
2.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Group I ..............................................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Group I ..............................................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Group I ..............................................................
15.69
13.95
19.36
14.29
14.29
15.22
14.95
16.28
18.12
18.93
16.82
13.93
13.76
12.19
12.19
13.13
13.10
7.2
2.8
14.1
17.9
17.9
2.3
3.5
5.0
6.9
7.2
5.3
6.7
7.2
4.2
4.2
7.4
7.4
16.40
–
–
–
–
15.46
–
–
18.12
18.93
16.82
13.93
13.76
12.19
12.19
14.47
–
7.9
–
–
–
–
1.9
–
–
6.9
7.2
5.3
6.7
7.2
4.2
4.2
8.9
–
10.47
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.93
–
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.5
–
See footnotes at end of table.
23
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.57
14.55
10.57
10.57
8.7
8.8
8.7
8.7
$15.91
15.91
–
–
12.2
12.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining
levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II
combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines
levels 13-15.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded
are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the
number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where
a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around
a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories
not shown separately
24
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.00
$12.00
$18.00
$27.35
$41.72
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers ....................................................................
19.23
28.88
31.88
31.88
29.70
19.23
18.48
15.08
39.44
34.38
28.88
32.84
54.47
70.00
46.69
28.65
22.00
18.73
44.02
36.80
39.06
40.87
70.00
94.74
56.25
32.69
28.85
34.52
64.09
41.60
53.04
47.60
94.74
98.98
72.18
39.96
30.84
38.13
68.26
45.67
72.18
53.04
98.98
98.98
84.62
43.51
38.83
44.23
72.36
47.26
22.60
25.63
40.85
49.04
55.17
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
16.97
13.44
20.21
20.21
25.21
21.58
32.36
25.21
38.46
31.27
15.49
23.69
21.94
17.54
22.22
27.77
22.84
17.54
28.85
31.88
26.78
17.54
33.80
33.80
38.46
22.21
36.33
36.33
41.61
32.05
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
19.80
22.47
26.44
26.44
28.55
29.44
26.44
28.04
29.69
26.44
35.83
33.83
33.83
34.12
40.20
26.44
45.78
37.50
45.78
37.31
46.61
35.58
46.61
47.12
51.92
53.65
58.37
46.64
63.15
48.84
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
20.88
26.25
30.29
27.16
20.48
15.00
20.05
24.91
30.68
30.99
31.49
28.08
20.00
20.92
30.68
39.10
42.64
38.51
34.28
24.97
27.24
42.64
48.06
44.76
43.27
40.67
29.20
29.63
51.19
55.74
48.23
47.51
43.02
29.20
34.13
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
20.16
21.31
20.16
24.43
23.49
32.28
33.33
36.37
38.62
42.03
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
12.12
13.26
14.42
11.83
16.75
16.75
17.55
12.12
20.52
19.84
18.77
20.89
22.98
30.44
25.87
21.64
27.40
44.76
27.40
21.98
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.91
20.30
15.00
28.33
28.15
39.35
40.21
57.69
50.85
72.57
10.91
10.91
19.67
23.75
30.10
30.79
39.21
39.04
46.60
46.19
10.91
23.47
30.45
38.82
45.93
20.01
24.05
27.42
28.00
33.30
36.73
42.02
44.76
48.31
49.74
24.05
10.10
28.41
11.12
37.18
11.97
45.13
12.78
50.18
15.79
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
13.86
9.90
14.73
14.73
19.58
12.55
30.24
30.24
20.90
16.83
30.88
30.88
29.06
21.43
42.23
42.23
33.17
40.28
51.40
51.40
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
16.29
13.25
24.97
19.93
20.28
13.57
28.75
21.72
30.35
47.25
34.30
28.43
38.73
49.38
38.95
29.85
51.18
51.06
47.51
38.82
See footnotes at end of table.
25
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$19.93
20.00
$19.93
20.00
$19.93
25.72
$25.35
28.97
$27.46
28.97
15.65
19.00
15.96
19.50
16.61
21.21
19.98
22.41
19.98
24.50
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
11.25
10.93
10.93
14.30
15.00
12.50
11.54
11.54
15.87
15.87
14.50
13.00
13.00
17.75
17.75
17.00
13.76
13.75
18.64
18.43
19.14
15.47
15.50
20.00
19.30
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
11.45
22.95
22.95
18.32
24.09
24.09
22.95
28.28
28.28
27.80
31.44
31.44
35.91
33.22
33.22
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
3.83
4.63
8.00
10.50
13.57
9.50
9.50
12.50
17.95
19.10
9.50
8.00
11.34
9.00
7.50
2.13
2.13
7.00
9.50
9.01
11.51
9.50
7.50
3.15
2.89
7.22
12.50
10.22
11.96
10.50
9.50
3.83
3.83
7.75
17.95
12.25
13.29
12.25
9.80
4.25
3.83
9.52
19.10
15.00
14.53
13.25
11.00
6.00
3.85
13.33
7.00
7.00
7.22
10.00
7.75
10.80
9.59
14.00
13.57
17.69
8.00
8.00
8.50
8.50
10.02
9.76
12.60
12.08
15.00
14.98
8.00
7.67
11.98
9.42
8.50
13.44
11.83
8.75
15.00
13.64
9.50
21.00
15.00
10.50
23.28
7.20
7.28
7.72
7.30
9.03
9.03
11.03
9.03
22.00
9.03
6.25
6.25
10.00
6.88
6.88
10.30
7.72
7.72
13.09
8.75
8.75
15.00
9.00
9.00
16.87
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
7.25
8.57
8.57
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.75
7.80
18.51
8.57
10.25
8.57
8.25
8.00
8.00
7.75
9.20
18.51
13.11
10.25
10.00
10.00
9.06
9.06
13.37
12.00
37.33
22.16
15.65
17.30
14.45
11.57
11.57
13.37
14.56
46.16
45.60
26.22
17.30
16.95
15.96
15.96
22.16
20.55
61.03
15.14
7.00
18.51
7.00
20.23
7.00
32.69
11.50
53.45
20.30
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
10.90
12.76
15.48
18.64
22.48
17.55
10.75
10.68
10.71
11.00
19.85
11.67
12.09
10.85
12.16
22.12
14.80
15.00
11.35
12.88
26.28
17.96
17.55
13.10
16.98
27.16
19.71
19.32
14.75
19.23
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers ......................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
26
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$12.10
10.00
16.63
16.31
9.09
7.50
15.00
17.68
12.83
15.00
10.99
10.99
12.31
$12.72
12.26
17.12
17.65
10.00
7.66
15.68
18.29
15.43
15.00
10.99
10.99
12.76
$13.50
12.87
19.23
20.79
11.90
13.89
18.36
20.65
15.55
16.75
14.00
14.00
14.71
$14.70
14.47
19.28
25.44
14.77
15.96
21.68
23.69
19.06
18.46
17.00
17.00
17.12
$15.80
15.47
26.06
25.44
17.36
16.36
25.64
26.03
20.16
20.74
17.00
17.00
19.63
11.81
14.25
16.26
21.38
22.80
17.52
16.26
10.43
15.00
14.50
10.25
20.19
16.26
14.00
16.00
21.38
11.30
26.78
19.25
14.90
19.59
21.38
13.00
30.84
22.68
14.90
22.65
28.55
15.00
32.30
22.68
15.00
26.43
32.36
16.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
14.50
17.50
20.27
26.59
30.08
10.93
18.46
10.09
16.57
18.92
14.19
20.80
24.16
19.55
25.63
26.73
23.13
27.45
26.73
27.45
14.50
19.39
19.39
20.10
24.93
Production occupations ....................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Slaughterers and meat packers ....................................
Printers .............................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
9.37
10.14
12.75
17.16
21.15
10.84
10.84
9.15
10.84
10.84
10.55
12.20
12.20
14.37
14.20
14.20
15.03
23.18
23.18
17.50
9.06
9.06
13.00
12.00
9.00
9.11
9.06
17.01
13.75
9.53
10.55
10.55
19.00
17.51
11.00
12.59
10.55
19.36
19.05
12.00
18.25
13.10
29.63
23.15
12.08
9.00
7.24
10.14
15.00
10.14
9.64
8.00
10.84
7.24
10.88
15.96
10.88
10.35
9.74
13.75
14.84
15.00
18.61
12.00
12.00
11.85
18.00
18.55
18.61
20.46
15.00
13.25
16.45
20.95
18.55
20.46
20.46
18.59
14.95
20.16
9.00
6.91
10.84
7.30
12.00
11.85
20.00
11.85
21.00
15.44
Occupation2
Office and administrative support occupations
–Continued
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Roofers .............................................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
27
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.57
$11.73
$17.23
$26.78
$41.60
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers ....................................................................
22.50
28.88
31.88
31.88
29.70
19.23
18.48
39.44
34.38
29.21
32.84
54.47
70.00
46.69
28.65
22.00
44.02
36.80
39.96
40.87
70.00
94.74
56.25
32.69
28.85
64.09
36.80
55.17
47.60
94.74
98.98
72.18
39.96
30.84
68.26
44.87
72.18
53.04
98.98
98.98
84.62
43.51
38.83
72.36
45.67
16.25
25.63
40.85
49.04
55.17
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
16.97
13.44
20.21
20.21
25.21
21.58
32.89
25.21
38.46
31.27
15.49
21.99
17.54
20.91
22.84
17.54
27.77
27.60
17.54
33.80
38.46
22.21
33.80
41.61
32.05
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
19.80
22.47
26.44
26.44
28.55
29.44
26.44
28.04
29.69
26.44
35.83
33.83
33.83
34.12
40.20
26.44
45.78
37.55
45.78
37.31
46.61
35.58
46.61
47.56
51.92
53.65
58.37
46.64
63.15
48.84
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
20.88
25.81
30.29
27.16
20.48
15.00
20.05
24.91
30.68
30.99
31.49
28.08
20.00
20.92
30.68
39.09
42.64
38.51
34.28
24.97
27.24
43.15
48.08
44.95
43.27
40.67
29.20
29.63
51.45
56.41
48.23
47.51
43.02
29.20
34.13
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
21.19
21.35
26.49
36.37
36.79
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
11.83
12.54
14.03
13.91
18.61
17.01
21.64
18.97
25.42
22.52
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
11.12
20.30
12.21
20.30
18.98
30.15
29.36
46.54
46.54
57.69
13.86
27.42
14.48
29.54
17.55
30.79
25.43
36.25
33.01
37.79
27.13
28.05
35.52
36.28
39.60
14.00
9.90
14.73
14.73
20.32
12.55
30.24
30.24
20.90
16.83
30.88
30.88
30.24
21.43
42.23
42.23
33.81
40.28
51.40
51.40
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
16.29
13.25
25.50
19.93
19.93
20.00
20.28
13.57
28.86
19.93
19.93
20.00
29.99
47.25
34.50
27.22
19.93
25.72
38.73
49.38
39.00
29.31
25.35
28.97
64.93
51.06
47.51
29.85
27.46
28.97
15.65
19.00
15.96
19.50
16.61
21.21
19.98
22.41
19.98
24.50
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
11.25
10.93
10.93
14.50
15.00
12.45
11.54
11.54
15.87
15.87
14.50
12.94
12.94
17.75
17.75
17.10
13.62
13.62
18.64
18.43
19.29
15.15
15.15
20.00
19.30
See footnotes at end of table.
28
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$3.83
$4.63
$8.00
$10.48
$13.57
9.50
9.50
12.50
17.95
19.10
9.50
8.00
11.34
9.00
7.50
2.13
2.13
7.00
9.50
9.01
11.51
9.50
7.50
3.15
2.89
7.22
12.50
10.22
11.96
10.50
9.50
3.83
3.83
7.72
17.95
12.25
13.29
12.25
9.80
4.25
3.83
9.25
19.10
15.00
14.53
13.25
11.00
6.00
3.85
13.33
7.00
7.00
7.22
10.00
7.65
10.80
9.59
14.00
13.57
17.69
8.00
8.00
8.50
8.50
9.50
9.40
12.08
11.77
15.00
13.85
8.00
7.67
8.00
8.50
11.40
8.75
13.64
9.50
15.00
10.50
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.30
7.75
9.03
11.00
26.90
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons .......
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
Miscellaneous sales and related workers .........................
7.25
8.57
8.57
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.75
7.80
18.51
8.57
10.25
8.57
8.25
8.00
8.00
7.75
9.20
18.51
13.11
10.25
10.00
10.00
9.06
9.06
13.37
12.00
37.33
22.16
15.65
17.30
14.45
11.57
11.57
13.37
14.56
46.16
45.60
26.22
17.30
16.95
15.96
15.96
22.16
20.55
61.03
15.14
7.00
18.51
7.00
20.23
7.00
32.69
11.50
53.45
20.30
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks ...............................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.75
12.67
15.41
18.50
22.42
17.55
10.75
10.68
10.71
11.00
11.93
10.00
16.12
9.09
7.50
15.00
18.00
12.83
15.00
10.99
10.99
11.82
19.85
11.65
12.04
10.85
12.16
12.46
12.26
17.65
10.00
7.66
15.55
18.36
15.43
15.00
10.99
10.99
13.05
22.12
14.80
14.81
11.35
12.88
12.90
12.87
20.79
11.90
13.89
18.36
20.65
15.55
16.75
14.00
14.00
14.44
26.28
17.96
17.51
13.10
16.98
13.50
14.47
25.44
14.77
15.96
21.42
24.22
19.06
17.52
17.00
17.00
17.11
27.16
19.71
18.50
14.75
19.23
14.56
15.47
25.44
17.36
16.36
25.64
27.11
20.16
21.42
17.00
17.00
19.28
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Roofers .............................................................................
11.50
16.26
10.43
14.50
10.25
14.00
16.26
14.00
21.38
11.30
16.26
19.25
14.90
21.38
13.00
20.19
22.68
14.90
28.55
15.00
22.68
22.68
15.00
32.36
16.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
14.50
17.50
20.10
26.50
30.08
7.20
18.46
17.53
18.92
20.50
24.16
25.10
26.73
26.73
26.73
Occupation2
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, institution and cafeteria ....................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
See footnotes at end of table.
29
Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$14.00
$19.39
$19.39
$20.10
$28.80
9.37
10.14
12.75
17.16
21.15
10.84
10.84
9.15
10.84
10.84
10.55
12.20
12.20
14.37
14.20
14.20
15.03
23.18
23.18
17.50
9.06
9.06
13.00
12.00
9.00
9.11
9.06
17.01
13.75
9.53
10.55
10.55
19.00
17.51
11.00
12.59
10.55
19.36
19.05
12.00
18.25
13.10
29.63
23.15
12.08
9.00
10.14
15.00
10.14
9.64
8.00
10.50
10.88
15.96
10.88
10.35
9.50
13.25
14.50
18.00
12.00
12.00
11.85
17.93
18.00
20.00
15.00
13.25
17.77
20.46
20.46
20.46
18.59
14.95
20.19
9.00
6.91
10.84
7.30
12.00
11.85
20.00
11.85
21.00
15.44
Occupation2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
–Continued
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
Production occupations ....................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Slaughterers and meat packers ....................................
Printers .............................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
Packers and packagers, hand ......................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
30
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA,
June 2007
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$11.81
$16.42
$22.05
$32.61
$44.23
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
15.68
15.08
19.82
18.51
34.24
34.52
44.23
38.13
47.26
44.23
Business and financial operations occupations .............
22.89
22.89
24.04
31.50
36.33
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
19.57
20.16
20.16
31.51
38.83
Community and social services occupations ..................
17.95
19.14
22.45
30.24
43.23
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
10.91
28.31
21.45
36.12
32.04
52.01
42.70
64.39
52.64
77.88
10.91
10.91
24.34
23.34
32.35
30.65
41.24
39.56
47.31
46.63
10.91
24.05
23.06
28.00
30.14
36.73
39.04
44.76
46.19
49.74
24.05
9.41
28.41
11.15
37.18
13.20
45.13
15.45
50.18
17.31
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
22.26
25.80
34.25
38.64
46.69
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
13.68
22.95
22.95
18.32
24.09
24.09
22.14
28.28
28.28
30.38
31.44
31.44
36.87
33.22
33.22
9.76
9.76
10.97
10.09
13.21
11.94
21.00
14.07
22.05
22.05
9.76
10.09
11.94
14.07
22.05
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
6.85
10.00
7.28
10.30
10.00
13.09
13.09
15.00
16.00
17.00
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
12.41
12.31
14.32
12.41
16.73
15.03
20.08
17.57
23.62
20.08
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
17.93
20.03
22.58
26.43
30.84
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
13.10
17.23
21.15
27.45
30.37
10.93
10.93
14.42
14.42
21.15
21.15
25.63
25.63
27.45
27.45
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
14.19
14.84
17.49
18.55
23.43
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
31
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.92
$13.16
$19.02
$28.88
$43.68
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers ....................................................................
19.23
28.88
40.44
29.70
19.23
18.48
15.08
39.44
34.38
28.88
32.84
54.47
46.69
28.65
22.00
18.73
44.02
36.80
39.06
40.87
70.00
56.25
32.69
28.85
34.52
64.09
41.60
53.04
47.60
94.74
72.18
39.96
30.84
38.13
68.26
45.67
72.18
53.04
98.98
84.62
43.51
38.83
44.23
72.36
47.26
22.60
25.63
40.85
49.04
55.17
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
17.54
13.44
20.21
20.21
25.21
21.58
32.36
25.21
38.46
31.27
15.49
23.69
21.94
17.54
22.22
27.77
22.84
17.54
28.85
31.88
26.78
17.54
33.80
33.80
38.46
22.21
36.33
36.33
41.61
32.05
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer systems analysts .............................................
19.80
22.47
26.44
26.44
28.55
29.44
26.05
28.04
29.69
26.44
35.83
33.83
33.83
34.12
40.20
26.44
45.78
37.50
45.78
37.31
46.61
35.58
46.61
47.12
51.92
53.65
58.37
46.64
63.15
48.84
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
20.88
26.25
30.29
27.16
20.48
18.00
20.05
24.91
30.68
30.99
31.49
28.08
20.83
20.92
30.68
39.10
42.64
38.51
34.28
25.00
27.24
43.15
48.06
44.76
43.27
40.67
29.20
29.63
51.45
55.74
48.23
47.51
43.02
29.20
34.13
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Physical scientists ............................................................
20.16
21.31
20.16
24.43
23.49
32.28
33.33
36.37
37.86
42.03
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
12.12
13.26
14.42
11.83
16.75
16.75
17.55
12.12
20.16
19.84
18.77
20.89
23.06
30.44
25.87
21.64
27.40
44.76
27.40
21.98
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
12.02
20.30
18.98
28.33
29.78
39.35
41.84
57.69
52.22
72.57
17.55
24.00
24.92
27.41
32.29
34.00
40.77
41.33
47.14
47.19
24.10
27.41
34.04
41.33
47.14
20.01
24.05
27.42
28.00
33.30
36.73
42.02
44.76
48.31
49.74
24.05
10.10
28.41
11.12
37.18
11.97
45.13
12.78
50.18
15.79
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
14.00
9.90
14.73
14.73
19.58
12.55
30.24
30.24
20.90
16.83
30.88
30.88
28.85
21.43
42.23
42.23
31.80
40.28
51.40
51.40
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
16.29
24.35
19.93
20.28
28.18
20.29
30.02
34.66
28.43
39.49
39.49
29.85
72.56
47.51
40.06
See footnotes at end of table.
32
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
— Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
$11.27
10.93
10.93
15.00
15.15
$12.94
11.54
11.54
15.87
15.87
$14.77
13.11
13.10
18.05
17.75
$17.60
13.76
13.75
18.86
18.43
$19.30
15.50
15.51
20.00
19.30
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
17.08
22.95
22.95
19.31
24.09
24.09
24.09
28.28
28.28
31.44
31.44
31.44
38.05
33.22
33.22
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and
serving workers ..........................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation
and serving workers ...............................................
Cooks ...............................................................................
Cooks, restaurant .........................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
3.83
4.25
9.23
12.00
14.14
9.50
9.50
12.50
17.95
19.10
9.50
8.00
9.00
7.50
2.13
2.13
7.36
9.50
9.50
9.50
7.50
3.78
3.15
8.85
12.50
10.50
10.59
9.50
3.83
3.83
10.67
17.95
12.53
12.50
9.80
4.25
3.85
13.57
19.10
15.00
13.25
11.00
6.00
3.85
14.42
7.36
9.63
10.69
13.57
14.42
8.00
8.00
8.68
8.50
10.34
9.83
12.62
12.08
15.00
15.00
8.00
7.67
9.99
8.50
12.08
8.75
13.85
9.50
15.00
10.50
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing ......
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing,
except technical and scientific products .................
8.05
8.57
8.57
8.00
8.00
8.00
9.00
18.51
10.25
10.25
8.57
9.00
8.05
8.05
10.00
18.51
14.56
10.25
10.00
12.00
9.31
9.31
13.50
37.33
27.42
15.65
17.30
14.56
14.52
14.52
14.56
46.16
46.16
26.22
17.30
18.06
16.36
16.36
21.32
61.03
15.14
18.51
20.23
32.69
53.45
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan ............................
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Dispatchers .......................................................................
Production, planning, and expediting clerks .....................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants ....
Medical secretaries .......................................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
11.00
12.87
15.75
19.23
22.69
17.55
10.75
10.68
10.71
11.77
13.30
10.01
16.63
16.31
6.85
15.00
17.48
12.83
15.00
12.04
19.85
11.65
12.06
10.85
12.27
13.50
12.26
17.12
17.65
10.65
15.55
18.36
15.55
15.00
13.17
22.12
14.81
15.00
11.35
13.36
14.18
12.87
19.23
20.79
14.39
18.36
21.31
15.55
16.75
15.92
26.28
17.96
18.00
13.10
17.43
15.04
14.47
19.28
25.44
15.96
21.68
23.60
19.06
17.75
18.51
27.16
19.71
19.32
14.79
19.68
16.40
15.95
26.06
25.44
16.36
25.42
29.57
20.16
20.74
20.53
11.81
14.31
16.26
21.38
22.80
17.52
10.43
15.00
14.50
10.25
20.19
14.00
16.00
21.38
11.30
26.78
14.90
19.59
21.38
13.00
30.84
14.90
22.65
28.55
15.00
32.30
15.00
26.43
32.36
16.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Roofers .............................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
— Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
$14.80
$17.50
$20.80
$26.72
$30.20
16.33
18.46
14.42
18.00
18.92
17.02
21.15
24.16
21.15
26.73
26.73
26.53
27.45
26.73
27.45
14.50
19.39
19.39
20.10
24.93
Production occupations ....................................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .................................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers ..........
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .......................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing
workers .......................................................................
Slaughterers and meat packers ....................................
Printers .............................................................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers .......
Miscellaneous production workers ...................................
9.37
10.14
13.00
17.51
21.63
11.00
11.00
9.15
14.20
14.20
10.55
14.20
14.20
14.37
23.18
23.18
15.03
23.18
23.18
17.50
9.06
9.06
13.00
12.00
9.00
9.11
9.06
17.01
13.75
9.53
10.55
10.55
19.00
17.51
11.00
12.59
10.55
19.36
19.05
12.00
18.25
13.10
29.63
23.15
12.08
9.92
10.14
15.00
10.14
9.64
9.92
11.50
11.50
15.96
10.88
10.35
11.50
14.50
15.13
18.61
12.00
12.00
11.93
18.55
18.61
20.46
15.00
13.25
19.98
21.06
20.46
20.46
18.59
14.95
21.00
10.84
11.65
16.45
20.08
21.26
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers .............................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer .........................
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ........................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ................................
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers,
hand ........................................................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
34
Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$7.00
$7.50
$9.60
$13.69
$21.11
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
10.00
10.91
10.91
10.91
28.05
10.91
10.91
10.91
10.91
10.91
10.91
10.91
10.91
30.55
30.55
10.91
10.91
10.91
10.91
30.55
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
16.53
27.74
25.47
29.99
31.09
33.72
37.00
37.47
39.00
39.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
10.92
11.80
11.80
13.75
15.55
Protective service occupations .........................................
8.00
8.76
13.68
26.44
26.44
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
3.83
2.59
2.59
7.00
6.85
2.59
2.59
7.15
7.50
3.83
3.83
7.50
8.90
3.83
3.83
8.40
11.00
5.42
4.87
9.52
7.00
9.37
7.22
10.00
7.50
11.00
8.50
15.00
9.59
24.38
7.10
7.50
7.50
7.50
8.00
8.05
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
7.50
7.50
8.05
10.00
10.00
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers ......................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Recreation and fitness workers ........................................
7.00
7.28
7.65
7.30
9.03
9.03
10.50
9.03
13.09
9.03
6.25
6.25
10.00
6.88
6.88
10.30
7.72
7.72
13.09
8.75
8.75
15.00
9.00
9.00
16.87
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.50
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.41
7.70
8.15
9.00
9.00
7.85
10.00
10.00
10.42
10.42
9.50
12.50
11.40
11.74
11.74
10.95
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
9.29
9.00
7.66
18.00
12.31
10.66
9.29
7.66
18.00
12.60
13.70
9.89
7.66
18.00
14.00
15.96
12.00
15.96
20.38
14.44
18.00
15.44
15.96
25.64
14.44
Production occupations ....................................................
9.85
10.84
10.84
10.84
12.75
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Laborers and material movers, hand ................................
7.30
7.30
8.59
8.50
9.00
8.59
13.04
10.00
15.00
15.00
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore,
a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a
full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in
another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are
calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are
scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours
are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the
same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth
of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate
shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly
wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays;
nonproduction bonuses; and tips.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not
meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data
for categories not shown separately
35
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$750
39.9
$47,972
$38,584
2,043
1,762
1,680
3,069
1,599
1,635
2,800
41.6
41.3
42.7
91,179
87,380
159,576
82,772
85,010
145,604
2,150
2,146
2,222
56.25
32.69
28.85
34.52
64.09
2,266
1,451
1,178
1,229
2,452
2,250
1,346
1,208
1,381
2,585
40.0
41.5
42.8
40.5
41.6
117,844
75,476
61,251
59,273
127,503
117,000
70,000
62,835
63,969
134,426
2,080
2,157
2,227
1,954
2,166
40.77
41.60
1,691
1,719
41.5
87,953
89,375
2,157
39.40
40.85
1,581
1,634
40.1
82,208
84,974
2,086
26.69
23.07
25.21
21.58
1,079
965
1,013
863
40.4
41.8
56,094
50,194
52,686
44,888
2,102
2,176
28.12
28.85
1,127
1,154
40.1
58,607
60,000
2,084
30.68
29.65
21.51
31.88
26.78
17.54
1,227
1,209
861
1,275
1,167
702
40.0
40.8
40.0
63,805
62,751
44,747
66,300
60,674
36,481
2,080
2,116
2,080
35.51
35.86
40.66
33.83
34.12
40.20
1,423
1,434
1,634
1,353
1,365
1,608
40.1
40.0
40.2
73,998
74,592
84,993
70,368
70,970
83,616
2,084
2,080
2,090
31.92
26.44
1,291
1,058
40.4
67,136
54,999
2,103
43.95
39.08
45.78
37.50
1,763
1,563
1,831
1,500
40.1
40.0
91,669
81,292
95,231
78,000
2,086
2,080
34.21
40.01
39.47
37.97
30.68
39.10
42.64
38.51
1,376
1,614
1,579
1,556
1,227
1,600
1,706
1,635
40.2
40.3
40.0
41.0
71,576
83,951
82,102
80,925
63,806
83,200
88,691
84,999
2,093
2,098
2,080
2,131
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$23.48
$19.02
$936
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
Property, real estate, and community
association managers ...................
42.40
40.73
71.83
39.06
40.87
70.00
56.66
34.99
27.50
30.34
58.88
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Training and development
specialists .................................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer systems analysts ...............
Annual earnings5
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ................................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Drafters ...............................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
33.28
24.72
34.28
25.00
1,393
989
1,371
1,000
41.8
40.0
72,423
51,417
71,300
52,000
2,176
2,080
26.40
27.24
1,056
1,090
40.0
54,906
56,663
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Physical scientists ..............................
27.22
31.60
23.49
32.28
1,088
1,264
940
1,291
40.0
40.0
55,726
65,724
48,853
67,144
2,047
2,080
20.93
24.68
20.69
20.16
19.84
18.77
835
977
827
803
779
751
39.9
39.6
40.0
42,280
46,168
43,030
41,829
41,240
39,037
2,020
1,871
2,080
18.63
20.89
745
835
40.0
38,756
43,441
2,080
32.09
44.70
29.78
39.35
1,280
1,967
1,174
1,862
39.9
44.0
51,744
83,983
47,500
70,680
1,612
1,879
32.62
32.29
1,271
1,245
39.0
49,093
47,672
1,505
34.72
34.00
1,348
1,315
38.8
49,803
48,452
1,434
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Social workers ....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
See footnotes at end of table.
36
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$34.75
$34.04
$1,351
$1,319
38.9
$49,875
$48,607
1,435
34.48
36.57
33.30
36.73
1,322
1,425
1,260
1,427
38.3
39.0
49,251
53,222
46,890
53,301
1,428
1,455
36.84
12.38
37.18
11.97
1,437
461
1,447
473
39.0
37.3
53,693
19,674
54,118
20,362
1,458
1,589
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Writers and editors .............................
Editors ............................................
23.28
19.82
33.04
33.04
20.90
16.83
30.88
30.88
931
793
1,322
1,322
836
673
1,235
1,235
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
48,186
41,221
68,723
68,724
43,470
35,000
64,220
64,220
2,070
2,080
2,080
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
34.38
34.39
28.17
30.02
34.66
28.43
1,324
1,336
1,004
1,146
1,302
896
38.5
38.8
35.6
67,278
66,679
49,216
57,509
63,120
46,566
1,957
1,939
1,747
15.16
14.77
587
568
38.7
30,517
29,515
2,012
13.02
13.11
509
505
39.1
26,452
26,280
2,031
Education, training, and library
occupations –Continued
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
13.02
13.10
509
505
39.1
26,446
26,280
2,031
17.73
17.36
18.05
17.75
676
694
669
710
38.1
40.0
35,159
36,106
34,763
36,920
1,983
2,080
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
26.28
28.05
28.05
24.09
28.28
28.28
1,100
1,122
1,122
1,074
1,131
1,131
41.9
40.0
40.0
57,202
58,336
58,336
55,825
58,822
58,822
2,177
2,080
2,080
8.72
9.23
343
360
39.3
17,768
18,720
2,037
13.86
12.50
613
675
44.2
31,887
35,100
2,300
13.83
10.97
10.94
9.14
4.12
3.54
10.97
12.50
10.50
10.59
9.50
3.83
3.83
10.67
621
438
435
366
154
130
430
675
420
424
380
149
126
425
44.9
39.9
39.8
40.0
37.3
36.7
39.2
32,268
22,763
22,641
19,019
7,992
6,757
21,650
35,100
21,840
22,027
19,760
7,767
6,552
22,110
2,334
2,075
2,070
2,080
1,938
1,908
1,973
11.38
10.69
444
428
39.0
22,227
22,194
1,953
11.30
10.61
10.34
9.83
451
423
405
390
39.9
39.9
23,461
22,018
21,050
20,292
2,076
2,075
12.07
8.98
12.08
8.75
481
359
483
350
39.8
40.0
24,997
18,688
25,124
18,200
2,071
2,080
23.64
14.56
952
606
40.3
49,505
31,512
2,094
12.97
10.25
536
410
41.3
27,866
21,320
2,148
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food preparation workers ...................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Combined food preparation and
serving workers, including fast
food ...........................................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
See footnotes at end of table.
37
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Sales and related occupations
–Continued
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Interviewers, except eligibility and
loan ...............................................
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Dispatchers .........................................
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Medical secretaries .........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Construction equipment operators .....
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Roofers ...............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Maintenance and repair workers,
general ......................................
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair workers
Production occupations ......................
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$626
463
372
372
540
44.3
40.4
39.6
39.6
41.0
$30,178
26,763
22,324
22,324
29,333
$32,546
24,068
19,359
19,359
28,080
2,303
2,103
2,060
2,060
2,130
1,499
1,493
40.2
77,935
77,642
2,092
20.23
1,180
809
40.5
61,381
42,072
2,104
16.53
15.75
647
616
39.1
33,595
31,970
2,032
22.26
14.91
22.12
14.81
896
561
866
524
40.2
37.6
46,587
29,174
45,053
27,248
2,093
1,956
14.99
12.19
14.85
15.00
11.35
13.36
543
487
581
504
454
532
36.3
40.0
39.2
28,255
25,345
30,230
26,223
23,608
27,676
1,885
2,080
2,036
14.39
13.20
19.37
14.18
12.87
19.23
576
518
814
567
515
771
40.0
39.3
42.0
29,934
26,936
42,331
29,494
26,778
40,102
2,080
2,041
2,186
21.21
13.11
20.79
14.39
892
517
800
575
42.0
39.4
46,358
26,877
41,600
29,925
2,185
2,050
19.25
18.36
762
726
39.6
39,382
37,745
2,046
21.64
16.63
21.31
15.55
869
648
848
622
40.1
39.0
45,176
33,710
44,117
32,338
2,087
2,027
17.00
16.11
16.75
15.92
669
630
669
623
39.3
39.1
34,004
32,714
31,200
32,386
2,000
2,030
17.86
16.26
717
650
40.2
37,139
33,821
2,079
25.80
14.41
21.17
26.78
14.90
19.59
1,143
576
847
1,120
596
784
44.3
40.0
40.0
59,443
29,972
41,162
58,240
30,990
33,800
2,304
2,080
1,945
23.09
13.20
21.38
13.00
918
528
855
520
39.7
40.0
47,710
27,456
44,470
27,040
2,066
2,080
23.01
20.80
932
840
40.5
48,481
43,680
2,107
21.79
23.43
21.15
24.16
867
921
846
966
39.8
39.3
45,078
47,867
43,992
50,244
2,068
2,043
21.20
21.15
848
846
40.0
44,104
43,992
2,080
20.64
19.39
826
775
40.0
42,940
40,321
2,080
14.27
13.00
567
518
39.8
29,464
26,642
2,064
17.10
14.20
684
568
40.0
35,575
29,536
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.11
12.72
10.84
10.84
13.77
$10.00
12.00
9.31
9.31
13.50
$580
515
429
429
564
37.25
37.33
29.17
See footnotes at end of table.
38
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Production occupations –Continued
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...............................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and
fish processing workers ................
Slaughterers and meat packers ......
Printers ...............................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$568
40.0
$35,575
$29,536
2,080
554
575
40.0
28,790
29,881
2,080
10.55
10.55
19.00
473
418
739
422
422
726
40.0
40.0
38.1
24,583
21,729
38,421
21,944
21,944
37,748
2,080
2,080
1,981
17.66
10.96
17.51
11.00
706
436
700
440
40.0
39.8
36,724
22,694
36,421
22,880
2,080
2,070
16.40
15.46
14.50
15.13
645
620
580
600
39.3
40.1
33,392
32,103
29,515
31,200
2,036
2,076
18.12
18.61
739
744
40.8
37,926
37,440
2,093
13.93
12.19
14.47
12.00
12.00
11.93
557
485
579
480
480
477
40.0
39.8
40.0
28,973
25,222
30,103
24,960
24,960
24,812
2,080
2,069
2,080
15.91
16.45
637
658
40.0
33,103
34,208
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$17.10
$14.20
$684
13.84
14.37
11.82
10.45
19.39
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
39
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$724
39.9
$47,668
$37,565
2,068
1,814
1,669
3,069
1,634
1,635
2,800
41.6
41.3
42.7
94,328
86,789
159,576
84,974
85,010
145,604
2,162
2,148
2,222
56.25
32.69
28.85
64.09
2,266
1,451
1,178
2,452
2,250
1,346
1,208
2,585
40.0
41.5
42.8
41.6
117,844
75,476
61,251
127,503
117,000
70,000
62,835
134,426
2,080
2,157
2,227
2,166
39.92
36.80
1,664
1,719
41.7
86,544
89,375
2,168
40.33
40.85
1,618
1,634
40.1
84,158
84,974
2,087
26.61
23.07
25.21
21.58
1,075
965
1,013
863
40.4
41.8
55,924
50,194
52,686
44,888
2,101
2,176
27.07
30.10
21.51
27.77
27.60
17.54
1,086
1,222
861
1,111
1,205
702
40.1
40.6
40.0
56,455
63,528
44,747
57,768
62,670
36,481
2,085
2,111
2,080
35.55
35.86
40.66
33.83
34.12
40.20
1,425
1,434
1,634
1,353
1,365
1,608
40.1
40.0
40.2
74,078
74,592
84,993
70,368
70,970
83,616
2,084
2,080
2,090
31.92
26.44
1,291
1,058
40.4
67,136
54,999
2,103
43.95
39.35
45.78
37.55
1,763
1,574
1,831
1,502
40.1
40.0
91,669
81,845
95,231
78,104
2,086
2,080
34.25
40.00
39.42
37.97
30.68
39.09
42.64
38.51
1,378
1,614
1,577
1,556
1,227
1,596
1,706
1,635
40.2
40.4
40.0
41.0
71,679
83,937
81,989
80,925
63,806
82,992
88,691
84,999
2,093
2,098
2,080
2,131
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$23.05
$18.43
$919
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Construction managers ......................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
Property, real estate, and community
association managers ...................
43.62
40.40
71.83
39.96
40.87
70.00
56.66
34.99
27.50
58.88
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Buyers and purchasing agents ...........
Human resources, training, and labor
relations specialists ......................
Accountants and auditors ...................
Financial analysts and advisors ..........
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
Computer programmers .....................
Computer software engineers ............
Computer software engineers,
applications ...............................
Computer software engineers,
systems software ......................
Computer systems analysts ...............
Annual earnings5
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ................................
Electrical and electronics engineers
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Drafters ...............................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
33.28
24.72
34.28
25.00
1,393
989
1,371
1,000
41.8
40.0
72,423
51,417
71,300
52,000
2,176
2,080
26.40
27.24
1,056
1,090
40.0
54,906
56,663
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
29.15
26.49
1,164
1,080
39.9
60,528
56,172
2,076
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
18.66
17.40
18.61
17.01
744
684
743
673
39.8
39.3
38,663
35,548
38,661
35,001
2,072
2,043
23.37
35.95
18.98
30.15
958
1,543
702
1,410
41.0
42.9
46,152
69,178
39,476
58,000
1,975
1,924
19.96
17.55
795
702
39.8
38,749
36,500
1,941
32.98
33.01
1,286
1,238
39.0
49,864
50,252
1,512
33.61
35.52
1,301
1,413
38.7
51,565
51,155
1,534
23.61
19.82
33.04
33.04
20.90
16.83
30.88
30.88
944
793
1,322
1,322
836
673
1,235
1,235
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
49,108
41,221
68,723
68,724
43,470
35,000
64,220
64,220
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Writers and editors .............................
Editors ............................................
See footnotes at end of table.
40
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers, food
preparation and serving workers ..
First-line supervisors/managers of
food preparation and serving
workers .....................................
Cooks .................................................
Cooks, restaurant ...........................
Food preparation workers ...................
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Sales and related occupations ............
First-line supervisors/managers, sales
workers .........................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
retail sales workers ...................
Retail sales workers ...........................
Cashiers, all workers ......................
Cashiers .....................................
Retail salespersons ........................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...............................
Sales representatives, wholesale
and manufacturing, except
technical and scientific products
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
office and administrative support
workers .........................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
Production, planning, and expediting
clerks ............................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$34.41
34.78
25.63
$29.63
34.67
27.48
$1,326
1,354
905
$1,120
1,299
855
38.5
38.9
35.3
$68,941
70,403
47,062
$58,240
67,538
44,455
2,004
2,024
1,836
15.17
14.65
588
572
38.8
30,598
29,723
2,017
12.91
12.96
507
505
39.3
26,354
26,280
2,041
12.91
12.96
507
505
39.3
26,348
26,280
2,041
17.73
17.36
18.05
17.75
676
694
669
710
38.1
40.0
35,159
36,106
34,763
36,920
1,983
2,080
8.71
9.23
343
360
39.4
17,834
18,720
2,048
13.86
12.50
613
675
44.2
31,887
35,100
2,300
13.83
10.97
10.94
9.14
4.12
3.54
10.94
12.50
10.50
10.59
9.50
3.83
3.83
10.67
621
438
435
366
154
130
437
675
420
424
380
149
126
427
44.9
39.9
39.8
40.0
37.3
36.7
40.0
32,268
22,763
22,641
19,019
7,992
6,757
22,748
35,100
21,840
22,027
19,760
7,767
6,552
22,194
2,334
2,075
2,070
2,080
1,938
1,908
2,080
10.47
10.20
9.52
9.50
418
407
380
376
39.9
39.9
21,723
21,163
19,760
19,552
2,075
2,074
11.68
8.98
12.08
8.75
464
359
483
350
39.8
40.0
24,147
18,688
25,124
18,200
2,067
2,080
23.64
14.56
952
606
40.3
49,505
31,512
2,094
12.97
10.25
536
410
41.3
27,866
21,320
2,148
13.11
12.72
10.84
10.84
13.77
10.00
12.00
9.31
9.31
13.50
580
515
429
429
564
626
463
372
372
540
44.3
40.4
39.6
39.6
41.0
30,178
26,763
22,324
22,324
29,333
32,546
24,068
19,359
19,359
28,080
2,303
2,103
2,060
2,060
2,130
37.25
37.33
1,499
1,493
40.2
77,935
77,642
2,092
29.17
20.23
1,180
809
40.5
61,381
42,072
2,104
16.43
15.55
641
607
39.0
33,346
31,576
2,030
22.26
14.86
22.12
14.81
896
558
866
524
40.2
37.6
46,587
29,041
45,053
27,240
2,093
1,955
14.90
12.19
14.85
13.20
15.00
11.35
13.36
12.87
539
487
581
518
504
454
532
515
36.2
40.0
39.2
39.3
28,022
25,345
30,230
26,936
26,223
23,608
27,676
26,778
1,881
2,080
2,036
2,041
20.96
13.11
20.79
14.39
892
517
766
575
42.5
39.4
46,381
26,877
39,839
29,925
2,212
2,050
See footnotes at end of table.
41
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Office and administrative support
occupations –Continued
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
Executive secretaries and
administrative assistants ..........
Medical secretaries .........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Construction laborers .........................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Roofers ...............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
Industrial machinery installation,
repair, and maintenance workers
Industrial machinery mechanics .....
Miscellaneous installation,
maintenance, and repair workers
Production occupations ......................
Electrical, electronics, and
electromechanical assemblers .....
Electrical and electronic equipment
assemblers ...............................
Miscellaneous assemblers and
fabricators .....................................
Butchers and other meat, poultry, and
fish processing workers ................
Slaughterers and meat packers ......
Printers ...............................................
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers,
and weighers ................................
Miscellaneous production workers .....
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
Truck drivers, heavy and
tractor-trailer .............................
Truck drivers, light or delivery
services ....................................
Industrial truck and tractor operators ..
Laborers and material movers, hand ..
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand ..............
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$726
39.5
$39,541
$37,745
2,056
881
648
852
622
40.2
39.0
45,827
33,710
44,321
32,338
2,088
2,027
16.75
16.00
662
628
600
621
39.2
38.8
34,423
32,674
31,200
32,302
2,039
2,015
17.57
14.41
16.26
14.90
706
576
650
596
40.2
40.0
36,531
29,972
33,821
30,990
2,079
2,080
23.09
13.20
21.38
13.00
918
528
855
520
39.7
40.0
47,710
27,456
44,470
27,040
2,066
2,080
23.00
20.10
934
804
40.6
48,580
41,800
2,112
21.93
23.43
21.69
24.16
866
921
867
966
39.5
39.3
45,047
47,867
45,109
50,244
2,054
2,043
20.57
19.39
823
775
40.0
42,786
40,321
2,080
14.27
13.00
567
518
39.8
29,464
26,642
2,064
17.10
14.20
684
568
40.0
35,575
29,536
2,080
17.10
14.20
684
568
40.0
35,575
29,536
2,080
13.84
14.37
554
575
40.0
28,790
29,881
2,080
11.82
10.45
19.39
10.55
10.55
19.00
473
418
739
422
422
726
40.0
40.0
38.1
24,583
21,729
38,421
21,944
21,944
37,748
2,080
2,080
1,981
17.66
10.96
17.51
11.00
706
436
700
440
40.0
39.8
36,724
22,694
36,421
22,880
2,080
2,070
16.30
15.24
13.95
15.00
642
612
560
600
39.4
40.1
33,289
31,649
29,016
30,722
2,042
2,076
17.81
18.00
728
720
40.9
37,300
33,615
2,094
13.93
12.19
14.47
12.00
12.00
11.93
557
485
579
480
480
477
40.0
39.8
40.0
28,973
25,222
30,094
24,960
24,960
24,812
2,080
2,069
2,080
15.91
16.45
637
658
40.0
33,103
34,208
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$19.23
$18.36
$760
21.94
16.63
21.31
15.55
16.88
16.21
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
42
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$934
40.0
$50,257
$45,157
1,854
1,339
1,215
1,327
1,379
41.3
40.5
66,650
58,428
65,478
63,441
2,055
1,949
27.51
1,139
1,100
41.0
58,781
57,221
2,113
25.59
20.16
1,024
807
40.0
51,778
41,941
2,023
26.18
22.45
1,047
898
40.0
50,016
45,600
1,911
36.21
52.41
35.08
52.01
1,427
2,359
1,361
2,407
39.4
45.0
53,725
96,449
49,684
90,910
1,484
1,840
35.42
35.02
1,374
1,349
38.8
50,786
49,739
1,434
34.82
34.03
1,351
1,319
38.8
49,800
48,421
1,430
34.81
36.57
33.84
36.73
1,354
1,425
1,317
1,427
38.9
39.0
49,794
53,222
48,307
53,301
1,431
1,455
36.84
13.24
37.18
13.20
1,437
458
1,447
461
39.0
34.6
53,693
16,666
54,118
16,427
1,458
1,259
26.45
28.05
28.05
24.49
28.28
28.28
1,105
1,122
1,122
1,076
1,131
1,131
41.8
40.0
40.0
57,459
58,336
58,336
55,968
58,822
58,822
2,172
2,080
2,080
15.40
13.13
13.36
12.01
616
525
534
480
40.0
40.0
32,023
27,308
27,789
24,981
2,080
2,080
13.13
12.01
525
480
40.0
27,308
24,981
2,080
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
17.63
15.85
17.05
15.72
705
634
682
629
40.0
40.0
36,228
32,827
34,278
32,689
2,055
2,071
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
23.67
22.58
947
903
40.0
49,229
46,966
2,080
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
23.01
22.51
920
900
40.0
47,859
46,821
2,080
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
17.84
18.55
696
741
39.0
34,778
36,317
1,950
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$27.10
$23.43
$1,084
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
32.43
29.97
34.24
34.52
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
27.82
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
Postsecondary teachers .....................
Primary, secondary, and special
education school teachers ............
Elementary and middle school
teachers ....................................
Elementary school teachers,
except special education ......
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Teacher assistants .............................
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time
schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a
worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time
employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm,
where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of
overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries
paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of
the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual
hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of
overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for
categories not shown separately
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Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$21.86
$20.31
$21.68
$27.62
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
33.76
37.62
31.67
10.20
18.34
20.83
16.14
18.74
17.52
22.76
14.84
14.14
15.57
32.06
35.99
29.62
9.63
18.97
20.94
15.87
18.30
17.49
21.48
12.75
12.72
12.77
34.66
40.58
31.33
10.68
16.96
20.12
15.74
18.49
–
22.51
15.00
15.83
14.07
36.26
38.54
35.36
14.25
17.91
21.48
17.48
23.43
–
27.84
19.88
15.21
26.44
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
3.3
4.8
6.4
4.6
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
3.5
6.3
2.7
7.2
8.7
16.9
3.1
5.6
6.4
7.1
5.5
5.0
7.8
4.6
7.5
5.2
10.5
12.2
20.5
5.4
4.1
3.6
11.5
4.9
7.9
3.7
5.7
11.6
3.4
7.0
7.3
21.5
3.8
17.4
–
5.4
2.6
6.1
6.5
5.6
8.2
4.9
3.6
3.1
5.0
2.8
13.7
–
6.7
11.7
3.6
13.2
1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
44
Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$669
40.0
$45,015
$34,345
2,077
1,619
1,646
1,290
1,444
1,635
1,308
41.9
41.0
42.2
84,206
85,596
67,082
75,088
85,010
67,999
2,179
2,134
2,196
40.85
1,618
1,634
40.1
84,158
84,974
2,087
26.02
35.17
23.01
38.46
1,065
1,426
1,008
1,538
40.9
40.5
55,367
74,142
52,441
80,001
2,128
2,108
Computer and mathematical science occupations
31.13
26.49
1,245
1,059
40.0
64,757
55,093
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
32.44
37.28
29.20
33.57
1,310
1,515
1,168
1,343
40.4
40.6
68,103
78,801
60,740
69,834
2,100
2,114
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
29.48
33.33
1,174
1,250
39.8
61,043
64,999
2,070
Community and social services occupations ........
17.81
17.55
713
702
40.0
37,051
36,500
2,080
Education, training, and library occupations ........
18.30
14.48
762
579
41.7
39,632
30,118
2,166
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
45.44
30.35
1,654
896
36.4
85,987
46,566
1,892
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
17.18
18.12
17.68
18.43
650
684
640
680
37.9
37.8
33,812
35,589
33,280
35,360
1,968
1,964
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Cooks .....................................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
8.04
10.83
3.73
3.53
8.00
10.00
3.83
3.83
316
432
139
129
320
390
134
126
39.3
39.9
37.2
36.7
16,450
22,470
7,224
6,732
16,640
20,280
6,971
6,552
2,045
2,074
1,935
1,909
10.37
10.11
9.40
9.00
415
404
376
360
40.0
40.0
21,577
21,030
19,552
18,720
2,080
2,080
11.68
12.08
467
483
40.0
24,287
25,124
2,080
Sales and related occupations ................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers .....
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing, except technical and
scientific products .........................................
23.97
12.44
12.80
10.07
10.07
13.92
14.56
10.25
12.00
8.50
8.50
13.50
969
515
523
398
398
577
578
410
480
328
328
540
40.4
41.4
40.8
39.6
39.6
41.5
50,403
26,765
27,185
20,720
20,720
30,009
30,050
21,320
24,960
17,063
17,063
28,080
2,102
2,152
2,124
2,058
2,058
2,156
37.13
37.33
1,493
1,493
40.2
77,617
77,642
2,090
26.11
18.51
1,056
740
40.4
54,911
38,501
2,103
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Office clerks, general ..............................................
16.25
14.74
15.69
19.08
15.95
15.00
15.00
15.41
18.69
15.92
624
530
539
741
593
577
463
463
726
510
38.4
36.0
34.4
38.8
37.2
32,466
27,562
28,033
38,533
30,826
30,000
24,050
24,050
37,745
26,503
1,997
1,870
1,787
2,020
1,932
Construction and extraction occupations .............
17.55
16.26
705
650
40.2
36,435
33,821
2,076
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
21.85
19.00
900
760
41.2
46,795
39,520
2,142
Production occupations ..........................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
12.84
10.27
11.00
10.75
512
411
440
430
39.9
40.0
26,605
21,356
22,880
22,360
2,073
2,080
Transportation and material moving occupations
13.12
12.00
526
480
40.1
27,255
24,960
2,077
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$21.67
$17.00
$867
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
Financial managers ................................................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers ..........................................................
38.64
40.12
30.54
32.84
40.87
32.69
40.33
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving occupations
–Continued
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..............
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$14.07
17.32
12.34
11.15
$14.07
16.16
11.50
11.85
$565
712
494
446
$563
646
460
474
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
40.2
41.1
40.0
40.0
$29,185
36,335
25,664
23,200
$28,600
33,615
23,920
24,648
2,075
2,098
2,080
2,080
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
46
Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$803
39.6
$51,374
$41,796
2,054
2,205
3,173
2,385
1,771
2,523
1,653
1,867
2,800
2,272
1,563
2,629
1,664
40.9
43.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.0
114,640
164,971
123,997
92,080
131,204
85,967
97,105
145,604
118,146
81,251
136,718
86,528
2,129
2,236
2,080
2,080
2,085
2,080
25.33
1,081
1,013
40.2
56,199
52,686
2,088
30.20
25.73
21.51
30.70
26.33
17.54
1,212
1,046
861
1,228
1,053
702
40.1
40.6
40.0
63,039
54,373
44,747
63,856
54,766
36,481
2,087
2,113
2,080
Computer and mathematical science occupations
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, applications .......
Computer software engineers, systems software
Computer support specialists .................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
38.02
42.90
37.34
43.95
24.71
38.32
37.31
45.78
35.58
45.78
22.89
37.50
1,525
1,726
1,527
1,763
989
1,533
1,493
1,831
1,423
1,831
916
1,500
40.1
40.2
40.9
40.1
40.0
40.0
79,315
89,745
79,402
91,669
51,402
79,707
77,611
95,231
74,000
95,231
47,620
78,000
2,086
2,092
2,126
2,086
2,080
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Civil engineers ....................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ...................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
37.04
42.65
43.51
39.65
26.02
37.35
43.68
44.63
40.87
24.47
1,483
1,709
1,740
1,586
1,041
1,494
1,747
1,785
1,635
979
40.0
40.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
77,136
88,866
90,505
82,469
54,123
77,688
90,854
92,830
84,999
50,906
2,082
2,084
2,080
2,080
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
28.68
25.06
1,150
1,002
40.1
59,795
52,116
2,085
Community and social services occupations ........
21.45
21.57
844
848
39.3
43,874
44,117
2,045
Education, training, and library occupations ........
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .............
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ..................................................
33.96
30.79
1,348
1,232
39.7
56,652
52,894
1,668
30.17
32.98
30.38
33.01
1,187
1,286
1,139
1,238
39.3
39.0
50,068
49,864
51,155
50,252
1,660
1,512
33.61
35.52
1,301
1,413
38.7
51,565
51,155
1,534
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
Designers ...............................................................
25.58
16.76
27.89
14.00
1,023
670
1,115
560
40.0
40.0
53,207
34,854
58,001
29,120
2,080
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Therapists ...............................................................
30.54
35.23
26.11
28.75
35.48
26.05
1,202
1,368
1,021
1,133
1,368
1,008
39.3
38.8
39.1
62,488
71,154
53,095
58,906
71,156
52,416
2,046
2,020
2,034
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
13.46
12.74
12.73
13.00
12.50
12.50
533
503
503
518
492
491
39.6
39.5
39.5
27,727
26,180
26,171
26,913
25,609
25,542
2,060
2,055
2,055
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Cooks .....................................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
11.64
11.67
8.56
10.69
11.54
9.35
462
467
323
427
462
374
39.6
40.0
37.7
24,007
24,263
16,804
22,194
24,003
19,444
2,062
2,080
1,963
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$25.01
$20.21
$991
Management occupations .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Computer and information systems managers .......
Financial managers ................................................
Engineering managers ...........................................
Medical and health services managers ..................
53.86
73.79
59.61
44.27
62.93
41.33
48.79
70.00
56.80
39.06
65.57
41.60
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..............................
26.91
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................
10.73
10.47
10.51
10.12
425
414
405
393
39.6
39.6
22,123
21,552
21,050
20,446
2,061
2,058
11.70
9.52
11.00
9.33
455
381
433
373
38.9
40.0
23,680
19,798
22,506
19,406
2,024
2,080
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
22.16
12.49
16.35
11.28
877
491
638
426
39.6
39.3
45,630
25,521
33,197
22,152
2,059
2,043
See footnotes at end of table.
47
Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours for full-time1 private industry workers, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$425
425
420
39.7
39.7
38.5
$24,556
24,556
26,124
$22,090
22,090
21,840
2,063
2,063
2,004
1,533
1,276
40.4
79,692
66,346
2,103
15.96
654
638
39.5
34,020
33,176
2,055
22.49
15.02
13.46
14.86
13.62
14.82
19.30
22.12
14.80
13.00
12.88
14.47
15.96
18.36
915
601
538
579
525
593
770
866
592
520
504
550
638
732
40.7
40.0
40.0
39.0
38.5
40.0
39.9
47,595
31,242
27,997
30,109
27,290
30,816
40,029
45,053
30,774
27,040
26,208
28,593
33,197
38,043
2,117
2,080
2,080
2,026
2,004
2,080
2,074
22.12
16.13
21.31
15.55
889
636
852
622
40.2
39.4
46,225
33,085
44,321
32,338
2,090
2,051
18.12
16.40
17.52
16.76
725
656
701
670
40.0
40.0
37,681
34,108
36,446
34,861
2,080
2,080
Construction and extraction occupations .............
17.64
17.52
709
748
40.2
36,855
38,896
2,090
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
24.86
24.93
987
997
39.7
51,348
51,854
2,065
20.99
18.95
823
761
39.2
42,810
39,582
2,040
15.61
14.73
619
588
39.7
32,090
30,493
2,056
Sales and related occupations –Continued
Cashiers, all workers ..........................................
Cashiers .........................................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
Office and administrative support occupations ....
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers .........................
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Customer service representatives ..........................
Receptionists and information clerks ......................
Stock clerks and order fillers ..................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Executive secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................................
Medical secretaries .............................................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and
executive ......................................................
Office clerks, general ..............................................
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$11.90
11.90
13.04
$10.73
10.73
11.28
$472
472
502
37.89
31.90
16.55
Production occupations ..........................................
Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical
assemblers .......................................................
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators .............
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and
weighers ...........................................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
18.47
18.47
13.05
16.50
16.50
14.39
739
739
522
660
660
576
40.0
40.0
40.0
38,417
38,417
27,146
34,320
34,320
29,931
2,080
2,080
2,080
17.66
12.79
17.51
11.95
706
503
700
478
40.0
39.3
36,724
26,172
36,421
24,856
2,080
2,046
Transportation and material moving occupations
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers ...................
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ...............
Truck drivers, light or delivery services ..............
Laborers and material movers, hand ......................
21.29
18.04
19.48
17.18
17.73
18.61
18.61
19.37
14.15
19.99
814
721
779
687
709
744
744
775
566
800
38.2
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
42,329
37,516
40,508
35,729
36,869
38,711
38,711
40,283
29,432
41,579
1,989
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule
based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a
35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one
establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is
the minimum full-time schedule.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees.
They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime.
5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to
employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are
paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an
employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not
shown separately
48
Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$23.02
$20.17
$28.73
$22.15
$22.01
$23.82
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
32.10
–
32.30
21.18
17.18
15.42
18.48
–
–
26.23
19.78
16.01
21.71
26.54
–
26.61
16.17
17.29
15.42
19.13
–
–
26.86
20.13
16.01
22.73
34.08
–
34.37
23.68
–
–
–
–
–
–
17.47
–
17.47
33.24
37.06
31.20
10.98
18.36
21.14
16.09
18.41
17.38
21.56
13.56
13.81
13.27
33.95
37.63
31.88
10.01
18.40
21.15
15.98
18.11
16.94
21.77
13.53
13.81
13.21
28.15
31.42
26.98
18.13
17.45
–
17.51
21.96
23.67
19.96
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
4.1
5.6
5.8
3.3
3.6
2.2
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
.9
–
.9
14.2
3.0
1.5
4.3
–
–
3.4
12.7
3.5
15.2
2.7
–
2.7
9.8
3.0
1.5
3.7
–
–
3.9
13.9
3.5
16.3
.4
–
.4
19.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.2
–
8.2
3.3
5.9
2.5
6.2
8.8
17.6
3.0
6.2
5.2
8.7
3.7
5.8
2.7
3.6
6.3
2.7
7.6
9.2
17.6
3.2
6.7
5.2
9.5
3.7
5.8
2.7
4.0
9.0
5.0
8.6
3.1
–
3.1
6.3
1.4
15.0
–
–
–
1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through
collective bargaining.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to
employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and
hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays,
nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay
of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See
appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard
Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more
information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a
percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval"
around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix
A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
49
Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$21.53
$21.01
$30.91
$30.91
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
32.83
35.92
31.45
11.73
15.40
13.72
16.23
18.59
–
21.60
14.94
14.08
15.79
33.40
36.49
31.82
10.13
15.28
13.72
16.12
18.24
17.49
21.58
14.85
14.08
15.66
43.49
51.46
–
–
29.91
31.04
16.56
25.08
–
28.21
–
–
–
43.49
51.46
–
–
29.91
31.04
16.56
25.08
–
28.21
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.5
2.9
16.4
16.4
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
3.0
6.2
2.2
6.4
4.8
14.8
2.5
3.8
–
5.0
5.3
4.6
7.3
3.5
6.7
2.7
7.9
5.2
14.8
2.8
4.4
5.0
5.6
5.5
4.6
7.9
25.8
28.4
–
–
21.2
22.2
27.4
24.6
–
21.7
–
–
–
25.8
28.4
–
–
21.2
22.2
27.4
24.6
–
21.7
–
–
–
1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate
or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at
least partially based on productivity payments such as piece
rates, commissions, and production bonuses.
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries
paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living
adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for
overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and
tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers
and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours.
See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See
appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error
expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to
calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate.
For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
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Table 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
Goods producing
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
All workers ................................................
–
$23.60
$19.54
–
–
–
$23.82
–
–
Management, professional, and related
Management, business, and financial
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.52
41.25
35.64
–
19.58
–
16.84
33.07
36.75
22.43
15.70
17.96
18.90
15.03
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
29.90
32.32
29.45
13.92
17.21
–
16.12
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.33
24.87
22.46
25.05
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.03
15.07
14.81
16.21
17.91
16.02
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
–
6.0
4.8
–
–
–
7.6
–
–
Management, professional, and related
Management, business, and financial
Professional and related .....................
Service ....................................................
Sales and office ......................................
Sales and related ................................
Office and administrative support .......
Natural resources, construction, and
maintenance .....................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ..
Production, transportation, and material
moving ..............................................
Production ..........................................
Transportation and material moving ...
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.4
5.4
8.3
–
20.6
–
7.5
12.6
16.5
5.1
4.2
10.4
14.6
8.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.0
5.5
9.1
5.4
7.0
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.5
5.5
10.4
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.3
2.7
.1
8.9
6.3
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They
include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are
premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The
mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of
workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information.
3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational
Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information.
4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of
the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample
estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication
criteria.
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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
industries within the private sector, sampling frames were
developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. Approximately
one-fifth of the sample is reselected each year.
his section provides basic information on the procedures and concepts used to produce the data contained
in this bulletin. It is divided into three parts: Planning for
the survey; data collection; and processing and analyzing
the data. Although this section answers some questions
commonly asked by data users, it is not a comprehensive
description of all of the steps required to produce the data.
Sample design
The sample for this survey area was selected using a twostage stratified design with probability proportional to employment sampling at each stage. The first stage of sample
selection was a probability sample of establishments. The
sample of establishments was drawn by first stratifying the
sampling frame by industry and ownership. The number of
sample establishments allocated to each stratum is approximately proportional to the stratum employment. Each
sampled establishment is selected within a stratum with a
probability proportional to its employment. Use of this
technique means that the larger an establishment’s employment, the greater its chance of selection. Weights were
applied to each establishment when the data were tabulated
so that it represents similar units (by industry and employment size) in the economy that were not selected for collection. The second stage of sample selection, detailed below,
was a probability sample of occupations within a sampled
establishment.
Planning for the survey
The overall design of the National Compensation Survey
(NCS) includes questions of scope, frame, and sample selection.
Survey scope
This survey covered establishments employing one worker
or more in private goods-producing industries (mining,
construction, and manufacturing); private service-providing
industries (trade, transportation, and utilities, information,
financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and other
services); State governments; and local governments. Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, private households,
and the Federal Government were excluded from the scope
of the survey. For purposes of this survey, an establishment is an economic unit that produces goods or services, a
central administrative office, or an auxiliary unit providing
support services to a company. For private industries in
this survey, the establishment is usually at a single physical
location. For State and local governments, an establishment
is defined as all locations of a government agency within
the sampled area.
The statistical area covered by this survey is defined by
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as of
December 2003. The Denver–Aurora–Boulder, CO, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) includes:
Data collection
The collection of data from survey respondents required
detailed procedures. Field economists collected the data,
working out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Regional Offices and visiting each establishment surveyed.
Other contact methods, such as mail and telephone, were
used to clarify and update data.
Occupational selection and classification
Identification of the occupations for which wage data were
to be collected was a multistep process:
• Boulder, CO, Metropolitan Statistical Area: Boulder
County, CO
• Denver–Aurora, CO, Metropolitan Statistical Area:
Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver,
Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Park Counties,
CO
1. Probability-proportional-to-size selection of establishment jobs
2. Classification of jobs into occupations based on the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system
3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive
4. Determination of the level of work of each job
Sampling frame
The list of establishments from which the survey sample
was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State
unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of
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For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
identified in the last three steps. If a specific work level
could not be determined, wages were still collected.
In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each
establishment by the BLS field economist. A complete list
of employees was used for sampling, with each selected
worker representing a job within the establishment.
As with the selection of establishments, the selection of
a job was based on probability proportional to its size in
the establishment. The greater the number of people working in a job in the establishment, the greater its chance of
selection.
The number of jobs for which data were collected in
each establishment was based on the establishment’s employment size. The number of jobs selected followed this
schedule:
Number
of employees
Number
of selected jobs
1–49
50–249
250 or more
Up to 4
6
8
The second step of the process entailed classifying the
selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. NCS
uses the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. A selected job may fall into any one of about 800
occupational classifications, from accountant to zoologist.
When workers could be classified in more than one occupation, they were classified in the occupation that required the
higher skill level. When there was no perceptible difference in skill level, the workers were classified in the occupation that described their primary activity.
Each occupational classification is an element of a
broader classification known as a major group. Occupations can fall into any of 22 major groups. Appendix B
contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the major group to which they belong.
In step three, certain other job characteristics of the
chosen worker were identified. First, the worker was identified as holding either a full-time or part-time job, based
on the establishment’s definition of those terms. Then, the
worker was classified as having a time versus incentive job,
depending on whether any part of pay was directly based
on the actual production of the worker, rather than solely
on hours worked. Finally, the worker was identified as being in a union job or a nonunion job. See the “Definition of
terms” section on the following page for more detail.
Occupational leveling
In the last step before wage data were collected, the work
level of each selected job was determined using a “point
factor leveling” process. Point factor leveling matches certain aspects of a job to specific levels of work with as-
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signed point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
The NCS program is in the process of converting from a
nine-factor to a four-factor occupational leveling system.
The conversion is being phased in via annual NCS sample
replenishment groups and will require several years for full
implementation. The four occupational leveling factors
are:
• Knowledge
• Job controls and complexity
• Contacts (nature and purpose)
• Physical environment
Each factor consists of several levels, and each level has
an associated description and assigned points. A knowledge guide for 24 families of closely related occupations
contains short definitions of the point levels of knowledge
expected for the occupations and presents relevant examples. The other three factors use identical descriptions for
all occupational categories and contain a definition of each
point level within each factor.
The description within each factor best matching the job
is chosen. The point levels within each factor are designed
to describe the thresholds of distinct levels of work. When
a job does not meet the full description of a point level, the
next lowest point level is used. Points for the four factors
are totaled to determine the overall work level. NCS publishes data for up to 15 work levels.
Most supervisory occupations are evaluated based on
their duties and responsibilities. A modified approach is
used for professional and administrative supervisors when
they direct professional work and are paid primarily to supervise. Such supervisory occupations are leveled based
on the work level of the highest position reporting to them.
For a complete description of point factor leveling, refer
to the publication “National Compensation Survey: Guide
for Evaluating Your Firm’s Jobs and Pay,” available at the
BLS National Compensation Survey Internet site at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf.
Combined work levels
This bulletin includes a table which simplifies the presentation of work levels by combining them into four broad
groups. The groups were determined by combinations of
knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, physical
environment, and supervisory duties, and are meant to be
comparable across different occupations. The broad
groups and the combined work levels are:
Group
designation
Levels
combined
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Levels 1–4
Levels 5–8
Levels 9–12
Levels 13–15
Collection period
Survey data were collected over a 13-month period for 60
metropolitan areas in the NCS program. For 20 small metropolitan areas, data were collected over a 4-month period.
For each establishment in the survey, the data reflect the establishment’s most recent information at the time of collection. The payroll reference month shown in the tables reflects the average date of this information for all sample
units.
Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are
solely tied to an hourly rate or salary.
Earnings
Earnings were defined as regular payments from the employer to the employee as compensation for straight-time
hourly work, or for any salaried work performed. The following components were included as part of earnings:
Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation
when all of the following conditions are met:
•
•
•
•
•
Incentive pay, including commissions, production
bonuses, and piece rates
Cost-of-living allowances
Hazard pay
Payments of income deferred due to participation
in a salary reduction plan
Deadhead pay, defined as pay given to transportation workers returning in a vehicle without freight
or passengers
The following forms of payments were not considered
part of straight-time earnings:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Shift differentials, defined as extra payment for
working a schedule that varies from the norm, such
as night or weekend work
Premium pay for overtime, holidays, and weekends
Bonuses not directly tied to production (such as
Christmas and profit-sharing bonuses)
Uniform and tool allowances
Free or subsidized room and board
Payments made by third parties (for example, tips)
On-call pay
To calculate earnings for various periods (hourly,
weekly, and annual), data on work schedules also were collected. For hourly workers, scheduled hours worked per
day and per week, exclusive of overtime, were recorded.
Annual weeks worked were determined. Because salaried
workers who are exempt from overtime provisions often
work beyond the assigned work schedule, their typical
number of hours actually worked was collected.
Definition of terms
Full-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be full time.
Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time.
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Incentive worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied,
at least in part, to commissions, piece rates, production bonuses, or other incentives based on production or sales.
Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not
meeting the conditions for union coverage.
•
•
•
A labor organization is recognized as the bargaining agent for all workers in the occupation
Wage and salary rates are determined through collective bargaining or negotiations
Settlement terms, which must include earnings provisions and may include benefit provisions, are embodied in a signed, mutually binding collective bargaining agreement
Level. A ranking within an occupation based on the requirements of the position.
Processing and analyzing the data
Data were processed and analyzed at the BLS National Office following collection.
Weighting and nonresponse
Sample weights were calculated for each establishment and
occupation in the survey. These weights reflected the relative size of the occupation within the establishment and of
the establishment within the sample universe. Weights
were used to aggregate data for the individual establishments or occupations into the various data series. Some of
the establishments surveyed could not supply or refused to
supply information. If data were not provided by a sample
member during the initial interview, the weights of responding sample members in the same or similar “cells”
were adjusted to account for the missing data. This technique assumes that the mean value of data for the nonrespondents equals the mean value of data for the respondents at some detailed “cell” level. Responding and
nonresponding establishments were classified into these
cells according to industry and employment size. Responding and nonresponding occupations within responding establishments were classified into cells that were additionally defined by major occupation group.
If average hourly earnings data were not provided by a
sample member during the update interview, then missing
average hourly earnings were imputed by multiplying prior
average hourly earnings by the rate of change in the average hourly earnings of respondents. The regression model
that takes into account available establishment characteris-
tics is used to derive the rate of change in the average
hourly earnings.
Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights
changed to zero.
Estimation
The wage series in the tables are computed by combining
the wages for each sampled occupation. Before being
combined, individual wage rates are weighted by the number of workers; the sample weight, adjusted for nonresponding establishments and other factors; and the occupation’s scheduled hours of work. The sample weight reflects
the inverse of each unit’s probability of selection at each
sample selection stage and four weight adjustment factors.
The first factor adjusts for establishment nonresponse and
the second factor adjusts for occupational nonresponse.
The third factor adjusts for any special situations that may
have occurred during data collection. The fourth factor,
post-stratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced
to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts
of employment by industry. The latest available employment counts were used to derive average hourly earnings in
this publication.
Not all calculated series met the criteria for publication.
Before any series was published, it was reviewed to make
sure that the number of observations underlying it was sufficient. This review prevented the publication of a series
that could have revealed information about a specific establishment.
Estimates of the number of workers represent the total
in all establishments within the scope of the study, and not
the number actually surveyed. Because occupational structures among establishments differ, estimates of the number
of workers obtained from the sample of establishments
serve to indicate only the relative importance of the occupational groups studied.
Percentiles
The percentiles presented in tables 6 through 10 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in
sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of
work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker
hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest.
The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
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each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the
rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the
rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours
are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the
75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more
than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow
the same logic.
Data reliability
The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically
selected probability sample. There are two types of errors
possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling
and nonsampling.
Sampling errors occur because observations come only
from a sample and not from an entire population. The
sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible
samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different
samples would differ from each other.
A measure of the variation among these differing estimates is called the standard error or sampling error. It indicates the precision with which an estimate from a particular sample approximates the average result of all possible
samples. The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard
error divided by the estimate. RSE data are provided
alongside the earnings data in the bulletin tables.
The standard error can be used to calculate a “confidence interval” around a sample estimate. As an example,
suppose a table shows that mean hourly earnings for all
workers were $17.75, with a relative standard error of 1.0
percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $17.46 to $18.04
($17.75 minus and plus $0.29, where $0.29 is the product
of 1.645 times 1.0 percent times $17.75). If all possible
samples were selected to estimate the population value, the
interval from each sample would include the true population value approximately 90 percent of the time.
Nonsampling errors also affect survey results. They
can stem from many sources, such as inability to obtain information for some establishments, difficulties with survey
definitions, inability of the respondents to provide correct
information, or mistakes in recording or coding the data obtained. Although they were not specifically measured, the
nonsampling errors were expected to be minimal due to the
extensive training of the field economists who gathered the
survey data, computer edits of the data, and detailed data
review.
Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey,
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, June 2007
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
1,343,500
1,181,400
162,000
Management, professional, and related .....................
Management, business, and financial ....................
Professional and related .........................................
Service ........................................................................
Sales and office ..........................................................
Sales and related ....................................................
Office and administrative support ...........................
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance ....
Construction and extraction ...................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair ......................
Production, transportation, and material moving ........
Production ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving .......................
450,400
131,600
318,800
225,500
389,900
181,300
208,600
111,400
74,700
33,400
166,200
76,400
89,900
356,600
118,100
238,400
189,600
371,700
180,500
191,200
102,700
71,100
28,300
160,800
76,400
84,500
93,900
13,500
80,400
35,900
18,200
–
17,400
8,700
3,500
5,200
5,400
–
5,400
1 The number of workers represented by the
survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of
the number of workers provide a description of size
and composition of the labor force included in the
survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for
comparison to other statistical series to measure
employment trends or levels.
2 Workers are classified by occupation using the
2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system. See appendix B for more information.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO
CSA, June 2007
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
54,442
54,180
262
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
583
339
145
99
546
303
144
99
37
36
1
0
1 The list of establishments from which the
survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was
developed from State unemployment insurance
reports and is based on the 2002 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private
industries, an establishment is usually a single
physical location. For State and local governments,
an establishment is defined as all locations of a
government entity.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National
Compensation Survey.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or
that data did not meet publication criteria.
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