Denver–Boulder–Greeley, CO
National Compensation Survey
June 2006
_________________________________________________________________________________________
U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner
March 2007
Bulletin 3135–41
Preface
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Contents
Page
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................
1
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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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 ag-
he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for
the Denver–Boulder–Greeley, CO, metropolitan area.
Data were collected between December 2005 and January
2007; the average reference month is June 2006. 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 have undergone a number of
significant changes. Beginning with the 3135 bulletin series, the releases employ:
1. The 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
2. An expanded scope of establishments, lowering the minimum establishment size for private industry from 50 workers to 1 worker
3. Imputation for temporary non-response situations
4. Benchmarking of estimated employment
5. Redesigned tables, to reflect the new classification system and to emphasize work levels
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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.
gregations in the private sector. Tables 15 and 16 provide
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Civilian
workers
Worker and establishment
characteristics
Private industry
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
$21.84
2.4
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 .............
32.76
35.39
31.58
11.34
17.71
20.05
15.81
State and local government
workers
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.2
$21.10
2.7
2.3
5.6
1.9
9.1
7.1
14.5
2.4
38.1
41.2
36.8
30.8
35.5
34.2
36.7
32.47
35.19
31.07
9.57
17.76
20.05
15.69
18.15
17.00
21.40
4.9
6.0
6.2
40.1
40.0
40.2
14.55
13.85
15.22
4.6
4.4
6.2
Full time ............................................................
Part time ...........................................................
22.89
12.19
Union ................................................................
Nonunion ..........................................................
Time ..................................................................
Incentive ...........................................................
Hourly earnings
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
weekly
hours3
Mean
Relative
error2
(percent)
36.2
$27.49
0.9
36.0
2.7
6.2
2.5
9.6
7.5
14.5
2.7
38.8
41.2
37.7
29.8
35.4
34.2
36.5
34.07
37.17
33.43
20.19
16.88
–
16.86
1.4
3.9
2.1
4.6
3.7
–
3.7
35.0
40.6
34.0
37.0
37.5
–
38.0
17.86
16.82
21.21
5.5
6.4
7.3
40.1
40.0
40.2
21.81
20.71
22.57
5.2
10.7
5.5
40.0
40.0
40.0
36.7
39.3
34.6
14.38
13.78
15.01
4.9
4.4
6.8
36.8
39.3
34.5
18.26
–
17.82
3.7
–
5.1
36.2
–
35.8
2.4
4.6
39.7
19.9
22.19
11.42
2.8
4.5
39.8
20.0
28.11
20.02
.7
12.0
38.9
19.1
22.29
21.78
4.1
2.8
35.1
36.3
19.39
21.25
5.8
3.1
34.5
36.4
28.31
27.15
1.2
1.5
36.5
35.8
21.24
28.85
2.4
13.8
36.1
37.5
20.35
28.85
2.8
13.8
36.1
37.5
27.49
–
.9
–
36.0
–
Goods producing ..............................................
Service providing ..............................................
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
20.97
21.13
4.1
3.2
40.0
35.5
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
1-99 workers .....................................................
100-499 workers ...............................................
500 workers or more .........................................
19.44
21.39
27.26
5.4
4.1
2.6
36.2
35.1
37.1
19.41
21.45
26.86
5.5
4.2
4.6
36.2
35.3
37.8
–
18.84
27.79
–
5.6
.7
–
30.4
36.3
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$21.84
2.4
$22.89
2.4
$12.19
4.6
Management occupations .................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
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 .....................................................
Public relations managers ................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers ....................................................................
41.15
25.02
28.88
24.90
44.00
39.33
43.31
59.01
45.99
36.50
40.04
65.62
69.52
73.89
34.08
54.12
36.99
36.52
33.82
26.33
45.24
6.9
18.6
5.3
9.3
4.5
4.5
19.3
9.2
11.9
5.6
11.3
13.7
13.3
13.9
37.3
1.3
14.5
9.9
18.8
15.2
9.7
41.21
25.02
28.88
24.85
44.00
39.33
43.31
59.01
45.99
36.50
40.04
68.54
69.52
–
34.08
54.12
36.99
36.52
33.82
26.33
45.24
6.9
18.6
5.3
9.5
4.5
4.5
19.3
9.2
11.9
5.6
11.3
11.4
13.3
–
37.3
1.3
14.5
9.9
18.8
15.2
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
52.62
57.46
63.01
35.87
.2
9.8
1.1
7.6
52.62
57.46
63.01
35.87
.2
9.8
1.1
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.57
21.8
35.57
21.8
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
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 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
25.53
18.21
21.01
21.86
26.71
29.82
35.25
27.74
22.21
4.7
7.8
4.6
1.6
5.1
5.4
14.7
11.5
5.8
25.59
18.21
21.03
21.86
26.71
29.82
35.25
28.13
22.21
4.8
7.8
4.6
1.6
5.1
5.4
14.7
11.2
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.08
24.17
27.71
27.71
21.87
26.84
20.75
9.5
11.9
9.2
7.8
3.3
5.0
14.0
25.08
24.17
27.71
27.74
–
26.84
20.75
9.5
11.9
9.2
7.8
–
5.0
14.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
35.75
24.16
31.09
34.60
39.98
47.13
57.05
38.52
36.99
38.15
39.57
35.69
39.94
33.43
43.16
36.19
27.17
4.4
4.1
5.3
9.8
4.8
7.5
3.5
9.5
9.9
5.9
9.5
1.7
14.6
13.2
6.8
1.7
6.3
35.81
24.16
31.09
–
39.98
47.13
57.05
38.52
36.99
38.15
39.57
35.69
39.94
33.43
43.16
36.19
27.17
4.4
4.1
5.3
–
4.8
7.5
3.5
9.5
9.9
5.9
9.5
1.7
14.6
13.2
6.8
1.7
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Computer systems analysts .............................................
$39.40
5.7
$39.40
5.7
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
32.98
20.71
26.46
33.03
37.66
44.88
38.75
31.40
41.97
49.43
37.46
41.38
34.69
43.00
23.86
26.62
26.40
5.2
4.5
4.7
4.0
5.4
9.1
4.4
2.3
3.0
11.5
4.4
9.4
5.7
14.4
1.7
4.5
1.9
33.13
20.71
26.46
33.03
37.66
44.88
38.75
31.40
41.97
49.43
37.46
41.38
34.69
43.00
24.81
26.62
26.40
4.8
4.5
4.7
4.0
5.4
9.1
4.4
2.3
3.0
11.5
4.4
9.4
5.7
14.4
3.5
4.5
1.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Level 7 .............................................................
30.12
22.70
7.4
6.6
30.32
22.70
7.4
6.6
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
19.82
19.11
24.78
21.76
20.58
24.74
22.86
16.77
11.5
16.5
25.9
14.0
19.9
28.1
15.0
17.7
19.53
19.11
–
–
20.48
–
21.99
16.74
10.9
16.5
–
–
19.7
–
11.8
18.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
29.17
21.3
29.20
21.4
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Postsecondary teachers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
32.40
10.87
12.51
15.29
26.83
32.64
32.90
38.86
45.77
38.86
4.8
2.1
4.1
12.7
4.0
7.1
3.1
12.4
7.6
12.4
33.48
–
–
–
26.90
32.68
32.78
38.86
45.77
38.86
5.1
–
–
–
4.5
7.4
3.2
12.4
7.6
12.4
$18.51
10.87
–
15.05
25.86
–
37.19
–
–
–
8.5
2.1
–
14.7
17.6
–
2.8
–
–
–
31.55
28.16
36.09
33.01
32.44
29.46
35.58
34.51
3.2
4.9
.6
3.5
1.2
.6
1.1
.9
31.93
28.36
36.04
32.87
33.45
30.35
35.58
34.55
3.4
5.6
1.0
3.6
1.9
2.4
1.1
1.4
26.13
25.91
–
–
23.89
–
–
–
5.0
17.7
–
–
13.3
–
–
–
32.06
29.82
34.85
34.57
.8
.9
.2
.8
33.29
30.96
34.85
34.61
1.7
1.4
.2
1.2
23.89
–
–
–
13.3
–
–
–
34.05
36.37
33.84
32.24
36.16
34.66
2.3
2.6
1.5
2.0
.6
.5
34.05
36.37
33.90
32.20
–
34.66
2.3
2.6
1.5
1.9
–
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$34.36
32.83
36.16
34.66
30.22
0.1
.6
.6
.5
12.9
$34.28
–
–
34.66
29.68
0.4
–
–
.5
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.22
16.86
11.19
10.87
12.02
12.9
10.6
3.3
2.1
1.9
29.68
–
–
–
–
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.02
10.87
–
–
–
7.7
2.1
–
22.59
27.61
17.87
31.17
32.02
6.3
3.6
6.7
14.0
20.4
22.50
–
17.87
31.17
32.02
6.2
–
6.7
14.0
20.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
31.18
14.81
14.55
17.34
21.73
21.32
28.14
33.91
40.00
31.40
32.24
22.06
27.74
35.63
24.77
21.75
19.87
27.83
11.2
.4
6.2
8.3
10.0
8.1
2.8
11.0
8.1
16.9
5.4
19.3
1.6
11.4
7.4
8.2
11.4
9.4
30.99
–
14.99
17.03
21.51
20.66
28.26
33.72
–
–
32.19
–
27.55
36.17
24.54
–
19.44
27.91
13.9
–
6.5
9.4
11.8
6.2
2.9
15.3
–
–
7.7
–
1.3
16.7
8.1
–
12.0
12.1
32.07
–
–
–
–
23.91
27.71
34.39
–
–
32.37
–
28.39
34.61
–
–
–
–
9.2
–
–
–
–
20.3
3.8
5.8
–
–
4.8
–
3.1
5.7
–
–
–
–
16.36
19.95
6.2
1.7
16.03
19.91
6.6
2.2
–
–
–
–
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 .............................................................
Dental assistants ..........................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
14.66
12.25
13.94
15.36
12.76
12.25
14.00
13.12
12.69
12.15
14.00
16.95
16.10
17.25
16.40
15.64
4.1
3.6
3.1
4.2
3.1
3.6
4.1
2.7
3.5
4.5
4.1
4.8
2.5
10.1
1.8
3.4
14.77
12.30
14.05
15.49
12.80
12.30
14.15
12.86
12.72
12.21
14.15
17.05
16.24
–
16.57
–
4.2
3.8
3.4
4.0
3.6
3.9
4.4
5.0
4.1
4.9
4.4
4.8
2.0
–
1.3
–
12.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 7 .............................................................
25.57
25.59
31.05
27.23
26.01
27.23
26.01
3.6
.3
5.7
2.1
.8
2.1
.8
26.60
25.59
31.05
27.23
26.01
27.23
26.01
3.5
.3
5.7
2.1
.8
2.1
.8
18.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
$14.27
27.9
–
–
–
–
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 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
7.84
6.88
7.82
6.62
9.30
10.3
16.5
6.7
9.4
10.5
$8.09
7.03
9.46
6.20
–
12.6
20.3
5.9
6.9
–
$7.27
6.75
7.23
8.91
–
9.6
16.4
6.5
6.4
–
13.87
9.3
13.87
9.3
–
–
13.88
9.82
10.49
11.65
10.7
6.5
3.0
2.5
13.88
10.02
10.90
–
10.7
10.3
4.7
–
–
8.52
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
11.13
9.69
2.98
3.07
2.52
2.44
2.43
2.36
5.0
1.8
19.1
28.3
1.7
5.1
5.0
6.3
11.13
9.67
2.99
–
–
2.33
–
–
5.0
2.0
20.6
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
2.93
–
–
2.72
–
–
–
–
16.8
–
–
8.6
–
–
8.52
8.62
8.36
7.96
10.80
.6
5.2
8.7
4.3
9.0
–
10.29
–
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
–
7.99
–
7.65
–
–
3.2
–
2.8
–
8.82
7.93
11.40
10.75
4.9
4.3
11.4
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.14
7.59
–
11.53
3.1
2.7
–
7.7
11.22
9.52
11.16
12.34
14.13
16.73
8.2
8.1
7.8
3.3
4.4
5.2
11.36
9.65
11.26
12.35
14.13
16.73
9.2
9.9
8.5
3.5
4.4
5.2
9.21
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
16.03
10.47
9.09
11.19
12.12
4.5
7.6
6.5
7.9
3.5
16.03
10.57
9.18
11.26
12.06
4.5
8.5
7.8
8.5
3.7
–
9.26
–
–
–
–
4.7
–
–
–
11.53
10.00
11.44
12.22
8.82
8.45
14.67
14.67
3.8
6.9
8.0
4.2
4.2
.0
6.8
6.8
11.83
10.53
–
12.14
8.74
8.45
15.04
15.04
3.7
7.2
–
4.3
3.4
.0
8.8
8.8
8.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
11.56
7.90
9.81
9.5
5.4
7.5
18.25
–
–
15.0
–
–
8.82
7.90
10.13
8.0
5.4
6.8
8.55
8.55
9.9
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
20.05
14.5
22.73
15.1
8.87
6.2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
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 .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping 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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Sales and related occupations –Continued
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 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
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 .........................
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 ................................
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 3 .............................................................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.87
10.05
13.16
24.28
28.45
30.01
29.02
12.91
12.87
11.68
7.56
9.07
9.94
14.23
10.07
7.52
8.71
10.63
10.07
7.52
8.71
10.63
12.63
12.83
9.47
9.83
13.50
31.84
6.5
6.0
3.6
13.6
31.7
7.0
20.4
18.6
18.4
7.6
11.1
5.4
5.6
1.1
6.6
12.2
2.1
12.4
6.6
12.2
2.1
12.4
25.7
11.2
8.3
1.2
1.3
4.1
$9.95
10.24
13.29
24.28
28.45
30.01
29.03
12.91
12.87
12.72
–
10.14
10.25
14.28
10.51
–
–
11.01
10.51
–
–
11.01
–
14.02
–
–
13.57
31.84
17.4
7.5
3.6
13.6
31.7
7.0
20.4
18.6
18.4
9.3
–
16.8
7.6
1.3
8.5
–
–
15.2
8.5
–
–
15.2
–
14.4
–
–
1.7
4.1
$8.12
9.65
12.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.83
8.08
8.26
9.22
–
9.30
–
8.65
10.01
9.30
–
8.65
10.01
–
8.46
–
–
–
–
4.0
6.4
20.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.5
6.4
5.8
4.7
–
1.3
–
3.9
4.9
1.3
–
3.9
4.9
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
29.07
11.57
6.3
31.4
29.07
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
15.81
8.42
11.91
11.91
14.82
16.78
19.06
21.23
16.48
2.4
15.6
10.7
1.6
3.4
2.5
3.0
3.5
6.3
16.12
–
13.20
12.15
14.92
16.89
19.10
20.96
16.65
2.8
–
10.0
2.7
3.6
2.8
3.0
3.5
7.2
13.36
–
9.12
10.88
13.50
–
–
–
–
7.5
–
8.7
6.0
4.3
–
–
–
–
21.67
14.86
10.83
14.74
15.77
19.33
15.70
16.44
15.93
11.77
14.00
13.36
13.29
12.36
17.63
19.76
13.66
11.74
13.48
15.28
18.65
13.45
5.5
4.7
1.3
8.7
3.9
3.3
5.2
8.4
4.3
.2
3.6
3.6
.9
4.5
7.6
9.7
6.9
17.3
6.2
3.0
3.9
1.0
21.67
14.80
10.81
14.74
15.77
19.33
15.68
16.44
15.99
11.77
14.42
13.36
–
12.77
17.63
19.76
–
12.81
–
–
18.46
–
5.5
5.0
1.3
8.7
5.3
3.3
5.8
8.4
6.4
.2
4.9
3.6
–
2.9
7.6
9.7
–
14.0
–
–
3.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.23
–
–
–
9.21
–
–
20.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.5
–
–
–
1.9
–
–
10.8
–
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Secretaries and administrative assistants –Continued
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 .............................................................
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Roofers .............................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Maintenance and repair workers, general ....................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
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 .......................
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.51
17.53
20.44
21.74
20.81
21.22
22.50
15.99
16.47
15.96
24.17
12.98
12.91
14.96
11.81
14.91
16.69
3.5
8.4
5.7
4.9
3.4
3.7
5.8
4.0
3.6
4.0
10.8
4.6
4.9
3.6
8.7
3.7
4.3
$16.53
17.53
20.44
21.01
20.75
21.22
21.68
16.04
16.42
15.97
–
12.73
–
15.51
11.98
15.09
16.69
3.5
8.4
5.7
5.2
2.8
3.7
6.8
3.9
3.6
4.0
–
7.1
–
3.4
7.9
4.2
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$12.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
–
–
–
17.00
13.60
18.36
26.51
28.53
6.0
4.6
9.4
3.1
2.7
17.05
13.62
18.36
26.51
28.53
5.7
4.7
9.4
3.1
2.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.05
18.33
13.59
19.93
7.9
3.4
2.7
7.6
26.05
–
13.59
19.93
7.9
–
2.7
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.35
21.83
12.32
12.32
8.7
2.0
.0
.0
20.35
21.83
12.32
12.32
8.7
2.0
.0
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.40
17.50
28.38
23.32
21.01
6.2
11.8
12.4
5.2
11.0
21.57
17.50
28.38
23.32
22.45
6.0
11.8
12.4
5.2
9.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.84
18.47
18.47
19.58
5.7
23.2
23.2
9.1
37.84
18.47
18.47
19.58
5.7
23.2
23.2
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.76
22.41
23.07
16.12
9.5
5.0
.9
16.3
21.27
22.41
23.07
19.11
5.4
5.0
.9
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.08
9.2
20.08
9.2
–
–
13.85
9.36
9.80
12.27
13.52
16.47
19.04
20.64
16.98
4.4
4.0
3.5
6.4
3.8
3.2
9.7
3.6
6.9
13.98
9.40
9.81
12.50
13.52
16.55
19.04
20.64
17.09
4.5
3.6
3.6
7.3
3.8
3.2
9.7
3.6
6.5
10.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.12
14.12
12.39
15.6
15.6
13.1
17.20
17.20
12.39
14.9
14.9
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators –Continued
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 .............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
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)
$14.42
0.0
$14.42
0.0
–
–
11.58
11.29
10.12
18.48
18.26
10.84
10.50
10.45
10.7
1.3
.5
9.4
2.7
4.9
.8
13.1
11.58
11.29
10.12
18.48
18.26
10.88
–
–
10.7
1.3
.5
9.4
2.7
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.22
9.28
11.12
15.19
16.81
16.22
14.34
13.86
15.10
13.86
13.84
13.58
20.12
16.12
17.14
16.11
13.50
12.30
12.97
11.03
10.42
16.82
6.2
7.2
4.8
3.4
7.1
4.3
10.1
7.9
3.4
7.9
5.7
6.0
5.1
5.8
7.3
5.9
6.5
3.4
8.1
8.2
3.4
14.2
15.90
9.68
11.47
15.21
16.86
16.24
14.30
–
15.50
–
14.26
13.58
20.12
16.14
17.14
16.11
13.50
12.30
14.20
11.68
11.00
16.82
6.8
8.8
4.6
3.4
7.3
4.2
12.0
–
1.0
–
3.6
6.0
5.1
5.8
7.3
5.9
6.5
3.4
8.9
9.3
2.9
14.2
$10.05
8.34
9.67
–
–
–
14.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.65
–
5.4
3.6
9.5
–
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.5
–
14.32
11.87
10.66
9.0
8.3
8.3
15.55
–
–
11.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
10
Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$21.10
2.7
$22.19
2.8
$11.42
4.5
Management occupations .................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
General and operations managers ...................................
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 ....................................................................
40.75
24.42
38.44
43.17
62.24
46.34
36.17
65.62
69.52
73.89
54.14
36.76
33.82
26.16
57.46
63.01
35.40
7.8
9.6
5.0
21.3
10.2
12.3
6.0
13.7
13.3
13.9
1.3
14.9
18.8
15.3
9.8
1.1
8.0
40.81
24.36
38.44
43.17
62.24
46.34
36.17
68.54
69.52
–
54.14
36.76
33.82
26.16
57.46
63.01
35.40
7.8
9.8
5.0
21.3
10.2
12.3
6.0
11.4
13.3
–
1.3
14.9
18.8
15.3
9.8
1.1
8.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.67
22.7
35.67
22.7
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Level 6 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
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 ........................................
25.79
18.20
20.93
22.00
26.76
31.24
35.25
27.74
22.21
5.1
8.0
4.9
1.6
5.9
7.0
14.7
11.5
5.8
25.86
18.20
20.95
22.00
26.76
31.24
35.25
28.13
22.21
5.2
8.0
4.9
1.6
5.9
7.0
14.7
11.2
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.63
27.82
26.84
20.75
12.2
7.9
5.0
14.0
25.63
27.84
26.84
20.75
12.2
7.9
5.0
14.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 10 ............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Level 12 ............................................................
Level 13 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer programmers ...................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Level 9 .............................................................
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
35.84
24.16
30.97
34.69
40.62
47.13
57.05
38.52
37.08
38.15
39.57
35.69
39.94
33.43
43.16
36.19
27.17
39.78
4.4
4.1
5.5
10.4
4.7
7.5
3.5
9.5
10.1
5.9
9.5
1.7
14.6
13.2
6.8
1.7
6.3
5.5
35.90
24.16
30.97
–
40.62
47.13
57.05
38.52
37.08
38.15
39.57
35.69
39.94
33.43
43.16
36.19
27.17
39.78
4.4
4.1
5.5
–
4.7
7.5
3.5
9.5
10.1
5.9
9.5
1.7
14.6
13.2
6.8
1.7
6.3
5.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Engineers .........................................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
32.96
20.48
26.40
32.97
37.66
45.07
38.79
31.47
41.97
49.43
5.3
3.4
4.6
4.4
5.4
9.2
4.4
2.4
3.0
11.5
33.12
20.48
26.40
32.97
37.66
45.07
38.79
31.47
41.97
49.43
4.9
3.4
4.6
4.4
5.4
9.2
4.4
2.4
3.0
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
$37.58
41.38
34.69
43.00
23.86
25.50
26.13
4.7
9.4
5.7
14.4
1.7
1.4
1.7
$37.58
41.38
34.69
43.00
24.81
25.50
26.13
4.7
9.4
5.7
14.4
3.5
1.4
1.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
29.16
9.0
29.16
9.0
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Level 7 .............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
17.92
15.64
16.39
9.3
5.0
8.3
17.91
15.64
16.39
9.5
5.0
8.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ............................................................
21.25
21.24
32.00
15.5
15.2
8.2
21.59
–
32.00
15.8
–
8.2
$15.13
–
–
38.2
–
–
19.37
31.00
15.3
3.9
19.00
31.44
15.1
3.5
–
–
–
–
31.22
4.2
31.84
3.6
–
–
22.62
27.61
17.87
31.17
32.02
6.3
3.6
6.7
14.0
20.4
22.50
–
17.87
31.17
32.02
6.2
–
6.7
14.0
20.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ...........
32.34
14.81
14.55
18.13
24.60
28.41
34.16
40.00
31.40
32.95
27.25
28.19
36.02
24.58
21.75
23.51
11.4
.4
6.2
10.5
16.2
1.8
11.8
8.1
16.9
5.0
16.9
.7
12.1
7.7
8.2
7.7
32.89
–
14.99
17.92
–
28.46
33.78
–
–
32.99
–
27.90
36.28
24.54
–
–
13.2
–
6.5
10.4
–
1.9
15.3
–
–
7.0
–
.7
16.7
8.1
–
–
29.78
–
–
–
23.91
28.25
–
–
–
32.85
–
29.27
–
–
–
–
4.9
–
–
–
20.3
3.2
–
–
–
5.1
–
.9
–
–
–
–
17.24
20.44
3.6
2.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 .............................................................
14.53
12.25
13.38
15.06
12.51
12.25
13.12
13.12
12.46
12.15
13.12
16.96
15.89
16.40
15.64
4.5
3.6
2.0
4.6
2.7
3.6
2.6
2.7
3.2
4.5
2.6
5.3
3.2
1.8
3.4
14.64
12.30
13.53
15.19
12.53
12.30
13.31
12.86
12.48
12.21
13.31
17.07
16.06
16.57
–
4.7
3.8
2.9
4.5
3.4
3.9
4.4
5.0
3.9
4.9
4.4
5.3
2.6
1.3
–
12.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$7.79
6.85
7.58
6.57
9.30
10.4
16.7
6.3
9.4
10.5
$8.09
7.03
9.46
6.18
–
12.6
20.3
5.9
6.9
–
$7.06
6.69
6.80
8.74
–
10.4
17.0
4.3
7.0
–
13.87
9.3
13.87
9.3
–
–
13.88
9.81
10.46
11.64
10.7
6.4
3.0
2.8
13.88
10.02
10.90
–
10.7
10.3
4.7
–
–
8.36
–
–
–
7.2
–
–
11.13
9.70
2.96
3.01
2.52
2.44
2.43
2.36
5.0
2.1
19.0
27.9
1.7
5.1
5.0
6.3
11.13
9.70
2.99
–
2.48
2.33
–
–
5.0
2.1
20.6
–
1.0
4.3
–
–
–
–
2.85
2.86
–
2.72
–
–
–
–
15.9
19.8
–
8.6
–
–
8.55
8.51
7.64
10.76
.7
5.8
6.6
9.3
–
10.29
–
–
–
8.4
–
–
–
7.75
–
–
–
3.3
–
–
8.70
7.58
10.76
5.7
6.5
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.87
–
11.56
3.8
–
8.1
10.04
9.30
10.69
10.85
9.75
8.79
10.69
10.69
7.0
7.5
7.7
5.4
7.1
5.5
7.7
6.3
10.11
9.40
10.68
10.42
9.80
8.85
10.68
10.20
8.0
9.2
7.8
6.5
8.0
6.2
7.8
6.7
9.26
–
–
–
9.26
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
5.0
–
–
–
10.72
9.40
10.38
8.72
8.45
5.6
8.7
7.6
2.9
.0
11.04
9.83
–
8.64
8.45
5.8
9.1
–
2.0
.0
8.86
–
–
–
–
3.1
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
11.27
7.91
9.86
10.8
5.4
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.73
7.91
9.99
8.3
5.4
7.1
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 .............................................................
20.05
8.86
10.05
13.16
24.28
28.45
30.01
29.02
12.91
12.87
11.68
7.55
9.07
9.94
14.5
6.5
6.0
3.6
13.6
31.7
7.0
20.4
18.6
18.4
7.6
11.3
5.4
5.6
22.73
9.95
10.24
13.29
24.28
28.45
30.01
29.03
12.91
12.87
12.72
–
10.14
10.25
15.1
17.4
7.5
3.6
13.6
31.7
7.0
20.4
18.6
18.4
9.3
–
16.8
7.6
8.87
8.11
9.65
12.00
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.83
–
8.25
9.22
6.3
4.0
6.4
20.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
1.6
–
5.9
4.7
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 .............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
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 3 .............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Level 1 .............................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work levels3,
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Retail sales workers –Continued
Level 4 .............................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Level 1 .............................................................
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 .........................
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 .............................................................
Computer operators ..........................................................
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)
$14.23
10.08
7.51
8.71
10.63
10.08
7.51
8.71
10.63
12.63
12.83
9.47
9.83
13.50
31.84
1.1
6.6
12.4
2.1
12.4
6.6
12.4
2.1
12.4
25.7
11.2
8.3
1.2
1.3
4.1
$14.28
10.51
–
–
11.01
10.51
–
–
11.01
–
14.02
–
–
13.57
31.84
1.3
8.5
–
–
15.2
8.5
–
–
15.2
–
14.4
–
–
1.7
4.1
–
$9.30
–
8.63
10.01
9.30
–
8.63
10.01
–
8.46
–
–
–
–
–
1.3
–
3.9
4.9
1.3
–
3.9
4.9
–
2.0
–
–
–
–
29.07
11.57
6.3
31.4
29.07
–
6.3
–
–
–
–
–
15.69
8.42
11.96
11.88
14.74
16.74
18.97
21.23
16.49
2.7
15.6
11.7
1.6
3.8
2.9
3.0
3.8
6.4
15.98
–
13.18
12.11
14.83
16.88
18.97
20.93
16.67
3.1
–
10.6
2.7
4.0
3.4
3.0
3.8
7.3
13.49
–
8.91
10.87
13.54
–
–
–
–
7.9
–
9.6
6.3
4.4
–
–
–
–
21.13
14.76
10.83
14.64
15.76
19.33
15.63
16.33
15.99
11.77
13.92
13.14
13.29
12.40
19.76
13.66
11.65
13.48
15.23
18.86
16.44
20.44
21.76
20.70
21.22
22.54
15.99
16.79
15.63
24.17
12.91
12.91
15.04
11.80
14.96
16.73
6.2
5.1
1.3
8.9
5.0
3.3
6.0
8.8
6.1
.2
3.6
3.0
.9
4.5
9.7
6.9
17.6
6.2
3.2
4.4
3.8
5.8
4.9
3.4
3.7
5.8
4.0
4.9
3.1
10.8
4.9
4.9
4.4
6.6
4.9
5.1
21.14
14.69
10.81
14.64
15.75
19.33
15.61
16.33
–
11.77
14.34
13.14
–
12.69
19.76
–
12.72
–
–
18.66
16.46
20.44
21.03
20.60
21.22
21.72
16.04
16.69
15.65
–
–
–
15.71
–
15.21
16.73
6.2
5.5
1.3
8.9
7.4
3.3
6.8
8.8
–
.2
4.8
3.0
–
3.1
9.7
–
14.5
–
–
3.9
3.8
5.8
5.2
2.8
3.7
6.9
3.9
4.9
3.1
–
–
–
4.2
–
5.7
5.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10.58
–
–
9.21
–
–
20.44
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.9
–
–
1.9
–
–
11.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Roofers .............................................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
$16.82
13.56
18.57
18.33
21.71
12.32
12.32
6.4
4.5
10.1
3.4
1.7
.0
.0
$16.87
13.58
18.57
–
21.71
12.32
12.32
6.2
4.5
10.1
–
1.7
.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 .......................................................................
21.21
17.45
30.84
23.62
19.87
7.3
13.7
14.1
6.6
11.8
21.40
17.45
30.84
23.62
21.37
7.1
13.7
14.1
6.6
9.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19.64
23.07
10.9
.9
21.34
23.07
6.2
.9
–
–
–
–
20.30
9.6
20.30
9.6
–
–
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 ...................................
13.78
9.36
9.80
12.27
13.52
16.38
18.85
20.59
16.98
4.4
4.0
3.5
6.4
3.8
3.2
9.9
3.6
6.9
13.90
9.40
9.81
12.50
13.52
16.46
18.85
20.59
17.09
4.5
3.6
3.6
7.3
3.8
3.2
9.9
3.6
6.5
$10.28
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.12
14.12
12.39
14.42
15.6
15.6
13.1
.0
17.20
17.20
12.39
14.42
14.9
14.9
13.1
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.58
11.29
10.12
18.48
18.26
10.84
10.7
1.3
.5
9.4
2.7
4.9
11.58
11.29
10.12
18.48
18.26
10.88
10.7
1.3
.5
9.4
2.7
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Miscellaneous production workers –Continued
Level 2 .............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
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)
$10.50
10.45
0.8
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.01
9.28
11.09
15.22
16.84
16.12
13.84
13.58
20.12
16.12
17.14
16.11
13.50
12.30
12.94
11.03
10.42
16.93
6.8
7.2
4.9
3.5
8.4
5.5
5.7
6.0
5.1
5.8
7.3
5.9
6.5
3.4
8.3
8.2
3.4
14.8
$15.71
9.68
11.44
15.22
16.84
16.14
14.26
13.58
20.12
16.14
17.14
16.11
13.50
12.30
14.18
11.68
11.00
16.93
7.5
8.8
4.7
3.5
8.4
5.5
3.6
6.0
5.1
5.8
7.3
5.9
6.5
3.4
9.1
9.3
2.9
14.8
$9.69
8.34
9.65
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.65
–
4.5
3.6
9.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
9.5
–
14.31
11.87
10.66
9.1
8.3
8.3
15.56
–
–
11.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
16
Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings1 for full-time and part-time workers2 by work
levels3, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$27.49
0.9
$28.11
0.7
$20.02
12.0
Management occupations .................................................
Level 11 ............................................................
Not able to be leveled .......................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
44.65
44.81
36.83
46.15
2.2
10.0
11.1
10.7
44.65
44.81
36.83
46.15
2.2
10.0
11.1
10.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
52.62
.2
52.62
.2
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
23.06
5.6
23.06
5.6
–
–
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
32.75
2.5
32.75
2.5
–
–
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
33.72
3.3
33.72
3.3
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
33.29
8.4
34.97
3.4
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
26.41
34.39
30.56
19.5
12.4
12.7
26.01
34.33
28.49
18.0
12.6
10.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
29.05
31.6
29.09
31.8
–
–
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Middle school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 8 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
35.89
10.87
12.51
15.05
28.89
35.85
34.55
.9
2.1
4.1
14.7
.7
.9
.6
37.32
–
–
–
29.15
35.79
34.46
.9
–
–
–
1.5
1.1
.7
19.21
10.87
–
15.05
25.73
–
–
6.2
2.1
–
14.7
20.2
–
–
33.48
30.99
36.09
34.96
32.54
29.30
35.58
34.52
.2
1.4
.6
.0
1.2
.2
1.1
.9
34.06
31.52
36.04
34.87
33.57
30.18
35.58
34.55
.3
1.9
1.0
.2
2.0
2.4
1.1
1.4
25.90
–
–
–
23.36
–
–
–
5.6
–
–
–
15.6
–
–
–
32.11
29.68
34.85
34.58
.8
1.0
.2
.8
33.38
30.78
34.85
34.62
1.8
1.2
.2
1.3
23.36
–
–
–
15.6
–
–
–
34.30
36.37
33.84
32.24
36.16
34.66
2.3
2.6
1.5
2.0
.6
.5
34.30
36.37
33.90
32.20
–
34.66
2.3
2.6
1.5
1.9
–
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.36
32.83
36.16
34.66
40.86
.1
.6
.6
.5
.5
34.28
–
–
34.66
–
.4
–
–
.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
40.86
11.53
10.87
12.02
.5
.2
2.1
1.9
–
12.68
–
–
–
4.2
–
–
–
10.88
10.87
–
–
4.6
2.1
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
25.18
24.29
15.2
15.2
20.96
–
12.4
–
43.09
–
27.7
–
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Protective service occupations .........................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Level 9 .............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Level 7 .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Level 7 .............................................................
$26.54
25.59
31.05
27.23
26.01
27.23
26.01
2.8
.3
5.7
2.1
.8
2.1
.8
$26.81
25.59
31.05
27.23
26.01
27.23
26.01
3.4
.3
5.7
2.1
.8
2.1
.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
9.95
4.1
–
–
$10.05
5.1
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Level 2 .............................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
14.34
13.00
13.09
16.85
13.08
12.87
3.8
11.5
2.4
5.2
2.7
3.0
14.53
–
13.17
16.85
13.15
12.87
4.3
–
2.4
5.2
2.6
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
13.02
12.87
16.73
16.73
2.8
3.0
.6
.6
13.09
12.87
–
–
2.7
3.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
13.53
15.0
–
–
–
–
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Level 3 .............................................................
Level 4 .............................................................
Level 5 .............................................................
Level 6 .............................................................
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
16.86
12.62
15.51
16.92
19.86
16.20
16.20
16.96
15.82
14.66
3.7
11.0
3.7
5.0
12.4
4.1
4.1
7.5
6.3
3.4
17.23
–
15.61
16.92
20.38
16.20
16.20
17.05
15.89
14.87
4.0
–
3.7
5.0
11.6
4.1
4.1
7.5
6.0
3.0
11.09
–
12.80
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
8.6
–
10.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
20.71
17.99
10.7
4.3
20.71
17.99
10.7
4.3
–
–
–
–
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Level 7 .............................................................
22.57
22.30
5.5
3.9
22.57
22.30
5.5
3.9
–
–
–
–
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Level 3 .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
Level 3 .............................................................
17.82
14.30
16.04
13.86
15.09
13.86
5.1
1.8
.4
7.9
3.6
7.9
18.25
–
16.46
–
15.51
–
5.7
–
1.2
–
1.0
–
14.53
–
14.53
–
–
–
6.2
–
6.2
–
–
–
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
18
Table 5. Combined work levels1 for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for full-time and part-time workers3,
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
All workers ..............................................................................
$21.84
2.4
$22.89
2.4
$12.19
4.6
Management occupations .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Group IV ...........................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Group III ............................................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Public relations managers ................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Group III ............................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Group III ............................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Group III ............................................................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers ....................................................................
41.15
26.93
35.44
61.30
36.50
37.92
65.62
73.89
34.08
54.12
36.99
40.62
26.33
26.16
45.24
47.28
6.9
8.9
6.3
9.0
5.6
6.5
13.7
13.9
37.3
1.3
14.5
17.0
15.2
15.3
9.7
7.1
41.21
–
–
–
36.50
37.92
68.54
–
34.08
54.12
36.99
40.62
26.33
26.16
45.24
–
6.9
–
–
–
5.6
6.5
11.4
–
37.3
1.3
14.5
17.0
15.2
15.3
9.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
52.62
52.62
57.46
35.87
33.45
.2
.2
9.8
7.6
9.0
52.62
52.62
57.46
35.87
33.45
.2
.2
9.8
7.6
9.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
35.57
21.8
35.57
21.8
–
–
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Group II .............................................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Group III ............................................................
Training and development specialists ..........................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
25.53
20.05
29.80
22.21
20.92
4.7
3.7
6.5
5.8
2.0
25.59
–
–
22.21
–
4.8
–
–
5.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
25.08
24.37
27.71
27.71
22.46
28.31
20.75
9.5
11.3
9.2
7.8
2.5
5.0
14.0
25.08
–
27.71
27.74
22.50
28.31
20.75
9.5
–
9.2
7.8
2.5
5.0
14.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
Group III ............................................................
35.75
22.59
37.50
57.08
36.99
38.53
39.57
38.54
33.43
43.16
39.15
27.17
39.40
41.56
4.4
4.5
1.8
3.5
9.9
6.9
9.5
1.4
13.2
6.8
2.2
6.3
5.7
7.2
35.81
–
–
–
36.99
38.53
39.57
–
33.43
43.16
39.15
27.17
39.40
41.56
4.4
–
–
–
9.9
6.9
9.5
–
13.2
6.8
2.2
6.3
5.7
7.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ...................
32.98
23.85
35.48
38.75
27.10
37.93
37.46
42.54
41.38
34.69
5.2
7.4
1.8
4.4
9.7
2.9
4.4
1.0
9.4
5.7
33.13
–
–
38.75
–
–
37.46
42.54
41.38
34.69
4.8
–
–
4.4
–
–
4.4
1.0
9.4
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Group II .............................................................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
Group II .............................................................
$43.00
23.86
26.62
21.67
26.40
23.57
14.4
1.7
4.5
5.6
1.9
11.1
$43.00
24.81
26.62
–
26.40
23.57
14.4
3.5
4.5
–
1.9
11.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
30.12
23.01
30.81
7.4
4.7
7.9
30.32
–
–
7.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Community and social services occupations ..................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Counselors .......................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service specialists
19.82
18.53
23.13
20.58
21.50
24.74
22.86
16.77
11.5
20.6
9.4
19.9
26.6
28.1
15.0
17.7
19.53
–
–
20.48
–
–
21.99
16.74
10.9
–
–
19.7
–
–
11.8
18.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Legal occupations ..............................................................
29.17
21.3
29.20
21.4
–
–
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 ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Secondary school teachers ..........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Secondary school teachers, except special and
vocational education ...........................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
32.40
10.95
27.00
38.51
45.77
44.50
4.8
5.1
8.3
2.8
7.6
2.3
33.48
–
–
–
45.77
–
5.1
–
–
–
7.6
–
$18.51
–
–
–
–
–
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
31.55
30.82
33.01
32.44
31.44
34.51
3.2
3.1
3.5
1.2
1.2
.9
31.93
–
–
33.45
–
–
3.4
–
–
1.9
–
–
26.13
–
–
23.89
–
–
5.0
–
–
13.3
–
–
32.06
30.46
34.57
.8
.2
.8
33.29
32.31
34.61
1.7
1.8
1.2
23.89
22.15
–
13.3
15.4
–
34.05
34.12
33.84
33.55
34.66
2.3
2.2
1.5
1.3
.5
34.05
34.12
33.90
–
–
2.3
2.2
1.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
34.36
34.13
34.66
30.22
.1
.2
.5
12.9
34.28
33.99
34.66
29.68
.4
.4
.5
13.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.22
16.86
11.19
10.80
12.9
10.6
3.3
5.1
29.68
–
–
12.06
13.2
–
–
5.6
–
–
10.02
9.97
–
–
7.7
7.9
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
22.59
17.84
28.73
17.87
17.41
31.17
32.02
6.3
8.0
5.2
6.7
8.9
14.0
20.4
22.50
–
–
17.87
–
31.17
32.02
6.2
–
–
6.7
–
14.0
20.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
31.18
11.2
30.99
13.9
32.07
9.2
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$14.58
23.62
44.90
31.40
32.24
27.05
35.84
24.77
21.07
21.75
19.87
14.57
24.67
27.83
5.6
4.5
20.6
16.9
5.4
2.9
8.6
7.4
7.6
8.2
11.4
2.0
2.6
9.4
–
–
–
–
$32.19
26.69
36.30
24.54
–
–
19.44
–
–
27.91
–
–
–
–
7.7
3.3
11.6
8.1
–
–
12.0
–
–
12.1
–
–
–
–
$32.37
28.15
34.73
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.8
4.3
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.36
19.95
20.02
6.2
1.7
2.1
16.03
19.91
–
6.6
2.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Group I ..............................................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Group I ..............................................................
Dental assistants ..........................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
14.66
13.64
18.00
12.76
12.70
12.69
12.66
16.95
15.67
17.25
16.40
15.55
4.1
3.2
5.6
3.1
3.3
3.5
3.6
4.8
1.6
10.1
1.8
3.0
14.77
–
–
12.80
–
12.72
12.69
17.05
–
–
16.57
15.79
4.2
–
–
3.6
–
4.1
4.3
4.8
–
–
1.3
2.7
12.77
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Protective service occupations .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Group II .............................................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
25.57
9.83
25.93
31.32
27.23
26.93
27.23
26.93
14.27
3.6
10.8
2.9
1.4
2.1
2.9
2.1
2.9
27.9
26.60
–
–
–
27.23
–
27.23
26.93
–
3.5
–
–
–
2.1
–
2.1
2.9
–
18.45
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
27.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Group I ..............................................................
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 ..............................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
7.84
7.31
10.3
9.3
8.09
–
12.6
–
7.27
–
9.6
–
13.87
9.3
13.87
9.3
–
–
13.88
9.82
9.73
11.65
10.7
6.5
1.8
2.5
13.88
10.02
–
–
10.7
10.3
–
–
–
8.52
–
–
–
7.0
–
–
9.82
9.69
9.69
2.98
2.88
2.44
2.42
7.6
1.8
1.8
19.1
14.6
5.1
4.1
9.85
9.67
9.67
2.99
–
2.33
2.31
7.7
2.0
2.0
20.6
–
4.3
2.6
–
–
–
2.93
–
2.72
2.72
–
–
–
16.8
–
8.6
8.6
8.52
8.01
8.62
.6
2.9
5.2
–
–
10.29
–
–
8.4
–
–
7.99
–
–
3.2
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations
–Continued
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 ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
Group II .............................................................
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$8.62
5.2
–
–
–
–
8.82
8.82
10.75
10.75
4.9
4.9
3.9
3.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$8.14
8.14
11.53
11.53
3.1
3.1
7.7
7.7
11.22
10.76
17.04
8.2
7.8
3.0
$11.36
–
–
9.2
–
–
9.21
–
–
4.3
–
–
16.03
10.47
10.42
4.5
7.6
8.0
16.03
10.57
–
4.5
8.5
–
–
9.26
–
–
4.7
–
11.53
11.46
8.82
8.74
14.67
13.21
14.67
13.21
3.8
3.9
4.2
3.6
6.8
5.0
6.8
5.0
11.83
11.76
8.74
8.66
15.04
–
15.04
–
3.7
3.8
3.4
2.6
8.8
–
8.8
–
8.90
8.90
–
–
–
–
–
–
2.9
2.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Group I ..............................................................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Group I ..............................................................
11.56
10.82
9.5
11.9
18.25
–
15.0
–
8.82
–
8.0
–
8.55
8.55
8.55
8.55
9.9
9.9
9.9
9.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
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 ..............................................................
20.05
10.43
27.35
66.39
12.91
12.87
11.68
10.66
22.03
10.07
10.04
10.07
10.04
12.63
12.83
11.16
31.84
29.12
14.5
4.7
8.3
31.6
18.6
18.4
7.6
2.1
24.8
6.6
6.4
6.6
6.4
25.7
11.2
1.0
4.1
6.9
22.73
–
–
–
12.91
12.87
12.72
–
–
10.51
–
10.51
10.48
–
14.02
12.10
31.84
–
15.1
–
–
–
18.6
18.4
9.3
–
–
8.5
–
8.5
8.5
–
14.4
3.3
4.1
–
8.87
–
–
–
–
–
8.83
–
–
9.30
–
9.30
9.30
–
8.46
8.46
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
1.5
–
–
1.3
–
1.3
1.3
–
2.0
2.0
–
–
29.07
27.14
11.57
9.87
6.3
6.8
31.4
29.4
29.07
27.14
–
–
6.3
6.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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 ..............................................................
15.81
13.65
18.84
2.4
2.1
2.3
16.12
–
–
2.8
–
–
13.36
–
–
7.5
–
–
21.67
21.12
14.86
13.57
5.5
7.3
4.7
8.1
21.67
21.12
14.80
–
5.5
7.3
5.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Fast food and counter workers –Continued
Group I ..............................................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
Group I ..............................................................
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Group I ..............................................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Group I ..............................................................
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
Financial clerks –Continued
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 ............................
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 .............................................................
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Group I ..............................................................
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Group III ............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Group II .............................................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Group II .............................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Roofers .............................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Group II .............................................................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Group II .............................................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
Full-time workers
Part-time workers
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
Mean
Relative
error5
(percent)
$16.82
15.70
14.92
16.74
11.77
11.68
14.00
12.45
18.22
13.29
12.36
11.74
17.63
19.76
19.76
13.66
11.74
11.63
18.65
15.95
20.52
20.81
21.90
15.99
14.88
16.47
15.86
16.99
24.17
12.98
12.74
12.91
12.64
14.96
14.21
16.69
3.6
5.2
9.4
3.6
.2
2.4
3.6
3.6
4.2
.9
4.5
3.8
7.6
9.7
9.7
6.9
17.3
17.5
3.9
4.5
3.8
3.4
3.0
4.0
8.5
3.6
3.9
5.6
10.8
4.6
6.3
4.9
6.7
3.6
3.4
3.3
–
$15.68
14.92
16.99
11.77
–
14.42
12.91
18.24
–
12.77
12.31
17.63
19.76
19.76
–
12.81
12.74
18.46
–
–
20.75
21.50
16.04
–
16.42
15.92
16.99
–
12.73
–
–
–
15.51
14.40
16.80
–
5.8
9.4
4.8
.2
–
4.9
3.5
4.2
–
2.9
1.7
7.6
9.7
9.7
–
14.0
14.8
3.5
–
–
2.8
2.9
3.9
–
3.6
3.7
5.6
–
7.1
–
–
–
3.4
3.9
3.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
$10.23
9.15
–
–
–
–
9.21
9.21
20.25
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12.72
13.06
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.5
5.6
–
–
–
–
1.9
1.9
10.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3.2
5.8
–
17.00
13.43
20.11
28.53
6.0
2.6
1.4
2.7
17.05
–
–
–
5.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
26.05
18.33
13.59
19.93
21.65
7.9
3.4
2.7
7.6
21.0
26.05
–
13.59
19.93
–
7.9
–
2.7
7.6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.35
23.37
21.83
12.32
12.32
8.7
25.4
2.0
.0
.0
20.35
23.37
21.83
12.32
12.32
8.7
25.4
2.0
.0
.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
21.40
16.04
22.55
6.2
4.1
8.3
21.57
–
–
6.0
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
37.84
18.47
18.50
18.47
18.50
19.58
5.7
23.2
26.0
23.2
26.0
9.1
37.84
18.47
–
18.47
18.50
19.58
5.7
23.2
–
23.2
26.0
9.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Total
Occupation4 and level
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 .......................................................................
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 ..............................................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Group I ..............................................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Group I ..............................................................
Group II .............................................................
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Group I ..............................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
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 ..............................................................
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)
$19.76
21.60
23.07
23.07
16.12
19.43
9.5
5.3
.9
.9
16.3
7.8
$21.27
–
23.07
23.07
19.11
19.43
5.4
–
.9
.9
5.8
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20.08
9.2
20.08
9.2
–
–
13.85
11.28
18.26
4.4
4.5
5.4
13.98
–
–
4.5
–
–
$10.28
–
–
4.0
–
–
14.12
14.12
12.39
12.02
15.6
15.6
13.1
17.1
17.20
17.20
12.39
–
14.9
14.9
13.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11.58
10.75
10.12
10.12
18.48
18.48
18.26
10.84
10.37
10.45
10.45
10.7
6.8
.5
.5
9.4
9.4
2.7
4.9
5.7
13.1
13.1
11.58
–
10.12
10.12
18.48
–
18.26
10.88
–
–
–
10.7
–
.5
.5
9.4
–
2.7
4.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
15.22
13.29
19.15
14.34
14.29
15.10
15.12
13.84
13.38
15.68
17.14
17.77
16.11
13.50
13.29
12.30
12.30
12.97
12.95
6.2
2.1
11.0
10.1
10.9
3.4
4.8
5.7
7.3
5.0
7.3
8.1
5.9
6.5
6.8
3.4
3.4
8.1
8.2
15.90
–
–
14.30
–
15.50
–
14.26
–
–
17.14
17.77
16.11
13.50
13.29
12.30
12.30
14.20
–
6.8
–
–
12.0
–
1.0
–
3.6
–
–
7.3
8.1
5.9
6.5
6.8
3.4
3.4
8.9
–
10.05
–
–
14.53
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.4
–
–
6.2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.32
14.30
10.66
10.66
9.0
9.1
8.3
8.3
15.55
15.54
–
–
11.2
11.4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
24
Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.00
$11.69
$17.63
$27.74
$40.23
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Marketing managers .....................................................
Public relations managers ................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers ....................................................................
20.31
28.88
31.35
26.94
11.42
28.43
19.23
17.69
29.54
29.22
32.24
53.19
56.76
11.66
44.62
28.46
20.00
31.57
37.00
34.04
56.76
92.09
25.13
53.80
32.69
25.00
48.46
53.10
40.87
92.09
96.21
57.31
72.18
40.72
29.66
54.46
68.30
45.84
96.21
96.21
61.02
78.24
66.44
38.83
59.76
45.57
38.29
25.70
48.24
42.74
31.75
53.44
61.77
36.04
57.73
65.77
43.56
60.15
70.68
44.23
16.15
24.88
34.99
39.66
54.09
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 ........................................
16.66
18.56
19.46
19.46
23.85
20.35
32.05
24.11
36.46
29.75
14.72
20.50
20.90
17.03
20.24
22.96
22.02
17.03
25.76
27.04
25.89
17.03
32.32
32.32
31.96
21.30
32.32
32.51
40.40
29.81
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
20.59
24.04
21.64
21.64
29.21
19.30
28.70
25.82
26.63
32.21
21.64
35.38
19.30
33.62
35.26
33.94
39.28
33.17
41.86
22.24
42.50
44.34
47.38
45.99
40.34
49.32
24.86
45.00
51.62
50.53
53.77
44.89
60.18
54.23
50.00
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
20.00
25.62
28.85
28.71
26.84
29.40
15.50
19.00
20.19
24.04
29.40
30.40
32.66
29.24
29.40
19.62
21.49
26.70
30.48
37.25
39.25
40.91
33.66
44.21
23.75
26.70
26.70
40.23
45.49
43.27
45.20
41.64
49.99
30.48
30.06
28.77
48.05
55.87
47.40
60.35
43.69
57.95
30.48
34.44
28.77
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
20.50
20.82
27.41
38.46
45.11
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Educational, vocational, and school counselors ...........
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
11.25
12.75
13.89
13.89
13.89
13.85
16.13
17.06
19.67
17.05
19.18
22.43
22.20
23.00
34.35
25.00
27.10
34.35
47.14
36.84
11.25
11.25
18.62
21.64
21.64
Legal occupations ..............................................................
16.69
18.41
27.41
43.09
43.09
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 ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
11.62
20.30
20.30
28.68
30.84
39.55
39.89
58.13
50.21
85.64
18.16
23.00
24.54
25.55
31.94
32.52
38.96
38.08
44.80
44.95
22.37
25.55
32.52
37.42
44.41
23.35
23.46
26.01
27.11
32.22
34.02
39.94
39.73
47.30
44.81
23.54
18.16
27.48
18.16
34.17
24.54
40.02
42.30
45.04
44.92
18.16
18.16
24.54
42.30
44.92
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Other teachers and instructors .........................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
$9.90
9.09
$10.00
10.80
$11.38
11.62
$11.38
11.91
$34.91
12.37
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
12.10
9.42
27.72
14.18
18.75
12.10
29.11
29.11
20.29
15.58
30.24
29.98
29.22
20.19
32.51
40.89
32.51
34.14
40.89
50.08
Occupation2
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Pharmacists ......................................................................
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Respiratory therapists ...................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
15.65
12.85
23.40
19.09
19.09
15.29
17.50
19.09
13.08
27.63
19.09
19.09
15.67
25.63
28.00
47.25
31.79
26.49
19.09
18.67
31.22
36.00
47.39
36.92
28.70
24.26
22.78
31.22
47.39
48.93
45.53
28.70
27.81
31.22
31.22
12.99
19.23
15.61
19.23
15.66
20.11
18.58
20.50
19.22
21.98
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Dental assistants ..........................................................
Medical assistants ........................................................
10.82
10.57
10.57
14.00
14.00
14.00
12.56
11.14
11.00
15.41
16.00
15.10
14.50
12.87
12.75
17.00
16.82
17.00
16.82
13.66
13.50
17.95
17.95
17.89
18.09
15.27
15.05
20.00
20.00
19.06
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
Miscellaneous protective service workers ........................
13.00
21.20
21.20
8.73
22.09
24.65
24.65
8.82
27.12
28.96
28.96
11.70
30.27
30.13
30.13
20.26
33.02
32.04
32.04
20.26
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 ....................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
2.13
4.37
9.00
10.05
12.18
9.50
12.18
13.84
17.65
19.66
9.50
9.00
9.90
8.00
2.13
2.13
10.54
9.00
11.07
8.39
2.13
2.13
12.18
9.00
11.25
10.29
2.13
2.13
17.65
10.83
12.75
10.70
3.02
2.50
19.66
12.50
13.25
10.70
4.37
3.02
5.63
6.50
8.50
7.00
8.66
8.19
8.91
9.44
10.08
11.54
6.75
7.50
7.00
8.00
8.50
10.10
10.32
11.62
12.50
15.00
8.00
8.50
10.38
13.66
15.47
11.08
7.80
15.39
8.50
16.26
10.00
18.07
11.85
18.95
14.00
8.50
7.50
9.84
9.84
10.00
8.00
13.13
13.13
11.50
8.50
14.42
14.42
13.84
9.49
17.10
17.10
14.58
10.00
19.52
19.52
7.20
7.75
9.00
11.03
25.54
6.00
6.00
7.50
7.50
7.85
7.85
10.83
10.83
10.97
10.97
7.00
8.55
8.75
10.25
13.00
10.25
24.00
15.18
38.97
25.77
8.55
7.25
8.55
8.25
10.00
9.72
16.78
13.83
16.78
16.06
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related
workers .......................................................................
Amusement and recreation attendants .........................
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
First-line supervisors/managers, sales workers ...............
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales
workers ...................................................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
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 .........................
$6.75
6.75
7.00
7.50
19.36
$7.50
7.50
8.75
8.85
20.53
$9.30
9.30
12.87
10.54
29.14
$10.97
10.97
12.87
14.25
39.68
$16.02
16.02
23.75
21.56
48.08
15.14
7.00
20.53
7.00
20.53
7.00
31.27
20.85
54.23
20.85
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 .....................
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 ........
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.50
12.48
15.17
18.40
22.05
15.86
10.50
11.00
10.25
11.00
12.10
9.00
13.46
15.45
8.74
6.30
14.69
17.07
12.48
13.47
19.42
10.47
10.47
11.85
19.27
11.74
13.45
10.50
11.41
12.30
11.28
15.50
16.83
9.45
7.39
15.00
18.00
14.89
15.00
19.42
10.76
10.76
12.50
21.42
14.10
15.99
11.00
13.00
12.93
12.29
17.86
17.55
12.04
12.96
18.00
20.56
14.89
16.48
20.86
12.50
12.50
14.64
24.01
17.44
17.99
13.70
15.18
13.98
13.98
19.23
18.78
18.83
15.66
21.18
23.49
18.50
17.20
29.76
15.00
15.00
16.45
25.81
19.21
19.21
14.10
19.05
15.34
15.34
21.45
30.14
20.00
16.06
25.17
25.92
18.76
19.92
29.76
15.00
15.00
19.23
11.00
13.11
15.73
20.56
22.80
18.00
15.73
10.11
14.50
24.00
15.73
12.00
15.00
26.25
18.00
14.41
17.83
29.60
21.94
14.41
20.81
33.45
21.94
14.41
28.93
14.48
13.00
9.00
14.67
20.56
11.00
16.77
20.56
12.00
21.45
25.72
14.00
29.99
28.46
16.00
13.50
16.75
19.55
25.69
29.76
29.62
10.85
10.85
16.00
29.62
10.85
10.85
17.00
35.61
18.74
18.74
18.40
47.58
23.82
23.82
22.15
47.58
25.66
25.66
24.64
6.91
18.73
6.91
17.65
19.52
14.44
20.04
23.65
18.20
24.98
25.87
20.04
25.87
26.33
21.15
11.78
17.00
18.82
24.93
29.17
9.00
9.80
12.50
17.16
20.61
10.44
10.44
8.50
10.44
10.44
9.15
12.75
12.75
12.55
13.91
13.91
14.74
22.73
22.73
16.15
8.80
8.50
10.30
11.99
8.25
5.75
9.40
8.90
16.99
14.50
9.00
9.00
10.95
9.80
18.41
17.75
11.77
12.00
12.85
10.10
19.00
20.30
12.00
12.00
17.95
12.85
26.18
24.72
13.75
12.00
9.00
7.00
10.61
13.61
13.75
14.82
17.10
18.55
21.03
18.55
Occupation2
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Roofers .............................................................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
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 .................................................................
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 ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$12.89
7.00
14.53
9.66
9.82
8.12
$14.01
10.61
15.32
10.61
10.00
9.52
$14.91
13.75
15.97
12.00
11.50
11.40
$16.06
17.06
18.62
13.79
14.25
16.21
$17.92
20.00
21.09
18.50
15.61
19.89
9.00
7.30
10.50
7.30
12.85
11.40
19.70
11.40
20.60
15.06
Occupation2
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$8.50
$11.25
$16.94
$26.05
$39.54
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 ....................................................................
20.00
28.88
31.35
26.94
25.63
19.23
17.69
38.29
25.70
28.88
32.24
53.19
56.76
44.62
28.46
20.00
42.74
28.10
36.06
32.84
56.76
92.09
54.97
32.69
25.00
61.77
36.04
50.77
40.87
92.09
96.21
72.18
40.48
29.66
65.77
43.56
70.71
47.73
96.21
96.21
78.24
66.44
38.83
70.68
43.56
16.15
24.88
34.04
39.66
54.09
Business and financial operations occupations .............
Buyers and purchasing agents .........................................
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists ...................................................................
Accountants and auditors .................................................
Financial analysts and advisors ........................................
16.83
18.56
19.46
19.46
23.90
20.35
32.32
24.11
36.46
29.75
17.82
20.90
17.03
20.50
22.02
17.03
27.04
25.89
17.03
32.32
31.96
21.30
32.51
40.40
29.81
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
19.99
24.04
21.64
21.64
29.21
19.30
28.70
25.82
26.63
32.21
21.64
35.38
19.30
33.62
35.50
33.94
39.28
33.17
41.86
22.24
42.50
44.62
48.10
45.99
40.34
49.32
24.86
45.00
51.64
50.53
53.77
44.89
60.18
54.23
50.00
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
20.00
25.00
28.85
28.71
26.84
29.40
15.50
19.00
20.19
24.04
29.40
30.40
32.66
29.24
29.40
19.62
20.19
26.70
30.48
37.25
39.89
40.91
33.66
44.21
23.75
26.70
26.70
40.23
45.49
43.32
45.20
41.64
49.99
30.48
28.77
28.77
48.05
55.87
47.40
60.35
43.69
57.95
30.48
32.50
28.77
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
20.50
20.66
27.16
38.37
41.40
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
11.25
12.40
13.89
13.41
18.51
15.58
21.64
18.82
24.56
21.96
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 ............................................................
10.80
20.30
11.85
20.30
18.16
28.13
26.80
43.52
43.27
49.47
12.23
25.16
12.85
28.63
18.16
30.06
24.54
34.58
30.81
34.59
24.81
27.21
32.74
34.58
34.59
12.10
9.42
27.72
14.18
18.75
12.10
29.11
29.11
20.29
15.58
30.24
29.98
29.22
20.19
32.51
40.89
32.51
34.14
40.89
50.08
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 ...........
15.66
12.85
24.64
19.09
19.09
17.50
19.22
13.08
28.07
19.09
19.09
17.50
28.97
47.25
32.33
26.30
19.09
23.23
36.97
47.39
36.97
27.74
24.26
28.95
64.96
48.93
45.53
28.70
27.81
28.97
15.61
19.50
15.65
20.00
15.84
20.50
19.22
21.25
19.22
22.51
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
10.82
12.30
14.00
16.94
18.42
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
$10.57
10.57
14.00
14.00
$11.00
11.00
15.25
15.10
$12.62
12.62
17.00
17.00
$13.19
13.19
18.09
17.89
$14.81
14.69
20.00
19.06
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 ....................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender
helpers ....................................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
2.13
4.00
8.66
10.05
12.18
9.50
12.18
13.84
17.65
19.66
9.50
9.00
9.90
8.00
2.13
2.13
10.54
9.00
10.68
8.39
2.13
2.13
12.18
9.00
11.25
10.50
2.13
2.13
17.65
10.83
12.97
10.70
3.02
2.50
19.66
12.50
13.25
10.70
4.37
3.02
5.63
6.50
8.50
7.00
8.66
8.00
8.91
9.35
10.76
11.54
6.50
7.50
7.00
8.00
8.00
10.10
10.32
11.81
12.50
15.00
Occupation2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
7.75
7.66
8.50
8.50
9.50
9.06
11.50
10.60
14.00
13.44
7.80
7.50
8.50
8.00
10.38
8.50
11.50
9.35
14.00
10.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.20
7.70
9.00
11.00
26.23
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 .........................
7.00
8.55
8.75
10.25
13.00
10.25
24.00
15.18
38.97
25.77
8.55
7.25
6.75
6.75
7.00
7.50
19.36
8.55
8.25
7.50
7.50
8.75
8.85
20.53
10.00
9.72
9.30
9.30
12.87
10.54
29.14
16.78
13.87
10.97
10.97
12.87
14.25
39.68
16.78
16.06
16.02
16.02
23.75
21.56
48.08
15.14
7.00
20.53
7.00
20.53
7.00
31.27
20.85
54.23
20.85
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 ........
Computer operators ..........................................................
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Data entry keyers .........................................................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
10.50
12.34
15.00
18.30
21.83
15.86
10.50
11.00
10.25
11.00
12.10
9.00
15.45
8.74
6.30
14.89
17.07
12.48
15.00
19.42
10.47
10.47
12.00
19.27
11.50
12.50
10.50
11.41
12.30
11.28
16.83
9.45
7.39
15.00
18.00
14.89
15.00
19.42
10.76
10.76
12.50
21.42
14.00
16.20
11.00
13.00
12.93
12.29
17.55
12.04
12.51
18.00
20.45
14.89
16.59
20.86
12.50
12.50
14.64
23.34
17.44
17.99
13.70
15.18
13.98
13.98
18.78
18.83
15.66
21.33
23.00
18.50
17.20
29.76
15.00
15.00
16.45
25.81
19.21
20.19
14.10
19.05
15.34
15.34
30.14
20.00
16.06
25.17
25.17
18.76
20.37
29.76
15.00
15.00
19.23
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Carpenters ........................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
11.00
15.73
13.00
13.00
15.73
20.56
15.73
18.00
20.56
20.50
21.94
25.72
22.80
21.94
28.46
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 —
Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Roofers .............................................................................
$9.00
$11.00
$12.00
$14.00
$16.00
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance
workers .......................................................................
Industrial machinery mechanics ...................................
Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair
workers .......................................................................
11.78
16.50
18.82
25.87
29.78
6.91
18.73
17.50
19.52
19.54
23.65
25.30
25.87
25.87
26.33
11.78
18.35
18.82
24.93
29.17
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 ...................................
Helpers--production workers ........................................
9.00
9.75
12.35
17.00
20.30
10.44
10.44
8.50
10.44
10.44
9.15
12.75
12.75
12.55
13.91
13.91
14.74
22.73
22.73
16.15
8.80
8.50
10.30
11.99
8.25
5.75
9.40
8.90
16.99
14.50
9.00
9.00
10.95
9.80
18.41
17.75
11.77
12.00
12.85
10.10
19.00
20.30
12.00
12.00
17.95
12.85
26.18
24.72
13.75
12.00
8.12
7.00
14.53
9.66
9.82
8.12
10.50
10.61
15.32
10.61
10.00
9.52
13.00
13.75
15.97
12.00
11.50
11.40
17.00
17.06
18.62
13.79
14.25
16.55
20.94
20.00
21.09
18.50
15.61
19.91
9.00
7.30
10.50
7.30
12.35
11.40
19.70
11.40
20.65
15.06
Occupation2
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
31
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June
2006
Occupation2
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$12.94
$16.53
$24.30
$34.20
$45.11
Management occupations .................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
29.54
29.54
36.30
31.57
44.01
49.20
57.31
54.46
60.56
59.76
45.57
48.24
53.44
57.73
60.15
Business and financial operations occupations .............
14.72
18.05
22.79
28.18
30.45
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
28.17
30.78
32.73
35.20
36.35
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
28.80
33.05
34.70
35.22
35.22
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
20.33
23.90
30.15
45.11
49.73
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
11.44
23.40
20.35
19.14
24.41
23.19
24.22
34.35
29.06
36.84
41.21
36.84
41.21
50.27
40.70
Legal occupations ..............................................................
16.69
16.69
22.55
43.09
43.09
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
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 ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
15.32
24.71
33.80
42.45
57.32
23.19
22.80
26.54
25.46
32.92
32.52
39.73
38.91
45.12
45.12
22.11
25.45
32.52
37.70
44.81
23.35
23.46
25.54
27.11
33.08
34.02
41.11
39.73
48.10
44.81
23.54
31.59
27.48
39.04
34.17
42.30
40.02
42.30
45.04
49.26
31.59
9.33
39.04
10.41
42.30
11.19
42.30
12.59
49.26
14.16
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
12.99
17.00
17.00
17.00
21.48
23.40
31.22
30.62
32.01
32.01
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
17.68
21.20
21.20
23.40
24.65
24.65
27.96
28.96
28.96
31.09
30.13
30.13
33.06
32.04
32.04
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
8.83
9.15
9.67
10.76
11.76
10.42
10.21
12.10
11.42
14.29
13.08
16.26
14.29
18.57
15.64
10.21
9.84
9.84
11.31
14.73
14.73
12.94
17.57
17.57
14.29
19.37
19.37
15.64
21.09
21.09
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
8.00
8.02
10.83
21.13
21.45
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive ........
Office clerks, general ........................................................
11.86
13.47
13.47
12.62
12.48
10.93
13.90
14.62
14.62
14.66
13.97
11.83
15.99
15.83
15.83
16.25
15.92
14.74
19.07
17.91
17.91
18.42
17.35
17.23
23.00
18.64
18.64
20.44
19.07
19.08
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
14.65
14.35
15.35
14.67
19.68
17.53
23.25
20.38
28.87
23.25
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
15.69
18.57
21.42
24.91
26.39
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
13.98
14.73
16.70
19.29
23.80
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
See footnotes at end of table.
32
Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles1, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June
2006 — Continued
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$13.73
12.89
$14.19
13.98
$15.76
14.91
$18.55
16.06
$18.55
17.92
Occupation2
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
33
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$9.31
$12.85
$18.67
$29.11
$41.02
Management occupations .................................................
General and operations managers ...................................
Marketing and sales managers ........................................
Public relations managers ................................................
Computer and information systems managers .................
Financial managers ..........................................................
Construction managers ....................................................
Education administrators ..................................................
Education administrators, elementary and secondary
school .....................................................................
Engineering managers .....................................................
Medical and health services managers ............................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers ....................................................................
20.31
28.88
47.19
11.42
28.43
19.23
17.69
29.54
29.22
32.24
53.19
11.66
44.62
28.46
20.00
31.57
37.04
34.04
68.30
25.13
53.80
32.69
25.00
48.46
53.19
40.87
92.09
57.31
72.18
40.72
29.66
54.46
69.00
45.84
96.21
61.02
78.24
66.44
38.83
59.76
45.57
38.29
25.70
48.24
42.74
31.75
53.44
61.77
36.04
57.73
65.77
43.56
60.15
70.68
44.23
16.15
24.88
34.99
39.66
54.09
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 ........................................
16.83
18.56
19.46
19.46
23.90
20.35
32.05
24.11
36.46
29.75
14.72
20.50
20.90
17.03
20.24
22.96
22.02
17.03
25.76
27.04
25.89
17.03
32.32
32.32
31.96
21.30
32.32
32.51
40.40
29.81
Computer and mathematical science occupations .........
Computer programmers ...................................................
Computer software engineers ..........................................
Computer software engineers, applications .................
Computer software engineers, systems software .........
Computer support specialists ...........................................
Computer systems analysts .............................................
19.99
24.04
21.64
21.64
29.21
19.30
28.70
25.82
26.63
32.21
21.64
35.38
19.30
33.62
35.34
33.94
39.28
33.17
41.86
22.24
42.50
44.37
47.38
45.99
40.34
49.32
24.86
45.00
51.64
50.53
53.77
44.89
60.18
54.23
50.00
Architecture and engineering occupations .....................
Engineers .........................................................................
Civil engineers ..............................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers .............................
Electronics engineers, except computer ...................
Mechanical engineers ...................................................
Drafters .............................................................................
Engineering technicians, except drafters ..........................
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians .........
20.00
25.62
28.85
28.71
26.84
29.40
17.50
19.00
20.19
24.52
29.40
30.40
32.66
29.24
29.40
20.00
21.49
26.70
30.48
37.25
39.25
40.91
33.66
44.21
23.75
26.70
26.70
40.23
45.49
43.27
45.20
41.64
49.99
30.48
30.06
28.77
48.05
55.87
47.40
60.35
43.69
57.95
30.48
34.44
28.77
Life, physical, and social science occupations ...............
20.50
20.66
27.61
38.46
45.95
Community and social services occupations ..................
Counselors .......................................................................
Social workers ..................................................................
Miscellaneous community and social service
specialists ...................................................................
11.25
12.75
13.89
13.89
13.85
17.06
19.56
17.05
22.00
22.06
22.93
25.00
25.56
34.35
29.06
11.25
11.25
18.62
21.64
21.64
Legal occupations ..............................................................
16.69
18.41
27.41
43.09
43.09
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 ...........................................
Special education teachers ..........................................
12.04
20.30
22.40
28.68
31.88
39.55
40.84
58.13
51.77
85.64
18.16
23.35
24.71
26.54
32.36
32.52
39.04
39.14
44.81
45.20
23.35
26.54
32.52
38.91
44.81
23.35
23.57
26.01
27.13
32.22
33.98
39.94
39.70
47.30
44.81
23.54
18.16
27.42
18.16
34.02
24.54
40.02
40.52
44.95
42.30
See footnotes at end of table.
34
Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 —
Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Special education teachers, preschool,
kindergarten, and elementary school .................
$18.16
$18.16
$24.54
$40.52
$42.30
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ..................................................................
Designers .........................................................................
Writers and editors ...........................................................
Editors ..........................................................................
12.10
9.42
27.72
14.18
18.75
12.10
29.11
29.11
20.29
15.58
30.24
29.98
29.11
20.19
32.51
40.89
32.51
34.14
40.89
50.08
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
Therapists .........................................................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians .............
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists ...............
Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support
technicians ..................................................................
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ...........
15.65
22.66
19.09
15.29
17.50
18.67
26.00
19.09
15.67
23.23
26.61
31.79
26.37
18.67
31.22
35.58
36.92
27.98
18.67
31.22
64.96
45.53
28.70
31.22
31.22
12.99
19.23
15.61
19.23
15.66
20.11
16.94
20.50
19.22
22.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ....................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ......................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ................
Medical assistants ........................................................
10.82
10.57
10.57
14.00
14.00
12.62
11.36
11.15
15.41
15.41
14.91
13.03
12.90
17.00
17.00
16.82
13.60
13.48
17.95
17.89
18.20
15.39
15.05
20.00
19.06
Protective service occupations .........................................
Police officers ...................................................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers .................................
19.12
21.20
21.20
22.79
24.65
24.65
27.96
28.96
28.96
30.53
30.13
30.13
33.06
32.04
32.04
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 ...............................................................................
Food preparation workers .................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
2.13
3.50
9.00
10.70
13.00
9.50
12.18
13.84
17.65
19.66
9.50
9.00
8.00
2.13
2.13
7.01
10.54
9.00
8.39
2.13
2.13
8.52
12.18
9.00
10.50
2.13
2.13
10.36
17.65
10.83
10.70
3.50
2.50
11.54
19.66
12.75
10.70
4.37
3.02
13.27
8.00
8.50
10.42
13.93
15.64
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ..................................................................
First-line supervisors/managers, building and grounds
cleaning and maintenance workers ............................
Building cleaning workers .................................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners ...........................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners ...............................
Grounds maintenance workers .........................................
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..................
11.08
8.00
15.39
8.50
16.26
10.00
18.07
12.25
18.95
14.01
8.50
7.50
12.00
12.00
10.38
8.00
13.13
13.13
11.50
8.50
14.42
14.42
14.00
9.35
17.36
17.36
14.79
10.00
19.52
19.52
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
8.02
10.50
13.99
27.76
30.13
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 .................
7.50
8.55
9.95
10.25
15.14
10.25
28.87
15.18
40.79
25.77
8.55
7.50
5.84
5.84
8.66
19.36
8.55
9.25
8.10
8.10
9.25
20.53
10.00
10.75
9.30
9.30
13.00
29.14
16.78
14.25
15.66
15.66
14.25
39.68
16.78
17.22
16.06
16.06
24.00
48.08
15.14
20.53
20.53
31.27
54.23
11.00
12.79
15.48
18.67
22.20
15.86
19.27
21.42
24.01
25.81
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
First-line supervisors/managers of office and
administrative support workers ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 —
Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
Financial clerks .................................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks .............
Tellers ...........................................................................
Customer service representatives ....................................
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 ........
Data entry and information processing workers ...............
Office clerks, general ........................................................
$10.50
11.00
10.25
11.41
11.00
13.46
15.45
6.30
14.69
16.58
12.48
13.67
10.76
11.81
$11.50
13.35
10.50
12.00
12.29
15.50
16.83
10.90
15.00
17.83
14.89
15.00
10.76
13.40
$14.00
15.55
11.00
13.07
12.29
17.86
17.55
14.20
17.83
20.58
14.89
16.48
12.06
15.35
$17.67
18.00
13.70
16.75
13.98
19.23
18.78
16.00
21.18
22.33
18.50
17.20
14.21
17.23
$19.21
20.20
14.10
19.05
15.34
21.45
30.14
16.06
24.79
25.92
18.76
19.74
15.30
19.23
Construction and extraction occupations .......................
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades
and extraction workers ...............................................
Construction laborers .......................................................
Construction equipment operators ...................................
Operating engineers and other construction equipment
operators ................................................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters ...........
Roofers .............................................................................
11.00
13.50
15.73
20.56
22.80
18.00
10.11
14.50
24.00
12.00
15.00
26.25
14.41
17.83
29.60
14.41
20.81
33.45
14.41
28.93
14.48
13.00
9.00
14.67
20.56
11.00
16.77
20.56
12.00
21.45
25.72
14.00
29.99
28.46
16.00
13.50
16.93
19.55
25.69
29.86
29.62
10.85
10.85
16.00
29.62
10.85
10.85
17.00
35.61
18.74
18.74
18.40
47.58
23.82
23.82
22.15
47.58
25.66
25.66
24.64
16.93
18.73
14.44
18.20
19.52
18.20
21.15
23.65
18.20
25.30
25.87
21.15
25.87
26.33
24.98
11.78
17.00
18.82
24.93
29.17
9.00
9.80
12.76
17.50
21.12
11.96
11.96
8.50
13.91
13.91
9.15
13.91
13.91
12.55
22.73
22.73
14.74
22.73
22.73
16.15
8.80
8.50
10.30
11.99
8.25
9.40
8.90
16.99
14.50
9.00
10.95
9.80
18.41
17.75
11.77
12.85
10.10
19.00
20.30
12.00
17.95
12.85
26.18
24.72
13.75
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations .........
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers,
and repairers ..............................................................
Automotive technicians and repairers ..............................
Automotive service technicians and mechanics ...........
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists ...
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 .................................................................
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 ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
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Table 9. Full-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 —
Continued
Full-time workers
Occupation3
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
Bus drivers, school .......................................................
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 ........................................................................
10
25
Median
50
75
90
$9.66
7.00
13.24
9.66
14.53
9.66
9.82
9.52
$11.25
13.18
14.20
10.61
15.32
10.61
10.00
10.73
$14.19
14.80
15.20
14.13
15.97
12.00
11.50
11.90
$18.00
18.55
16.57
17.17
18.62
13.79
14.25
19.69
$21.25
18.55
18.64
20.35
21.09
18.50
15.61
20.60
10.50
11.63
15.02
19.77
20.95
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
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Table 10. Part-time1 civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles2, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Part-time workers
Occupation3
10
25
Median
50
75
90
All workers ..............................................................................
$6.50
$7.25
$9.48
$13.11
$25.00
Education, training, and library occupations ..................
Primary, secondary, and special education school
teachers ......................................................................
Elementary and middle school teachers .......................
Elementary school teachers, except special
education ............................................................
Teacher assistants ...........................................................
8.00
10.00
12.86
26.54
34.48
10.00
10.00
15.00
13.70
26.56
24.03
33.87
32.73
42.53
36.52
10.00
7.00
13.70
8.00
24.03
10.41
32.73
11.61
36.52
12.71
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations ........
Registered nurses ............................................................
19.50
27.46
25.63
29.14
30.88
32.01
37.00
36.00
40.00
39.00
Healthcare support occupations .......................................
11.00
11.00
12.89
14.00
15.00
Protective service occupations .........................................
7.80
8.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
Food preparation and serving related occupations ........
Cooks ...............................................................................
Food service, tipped .........................................................
Waiters and waitresses ................................................
Fast food and counter workers .........................................
Combined food preparation and serving workers,
including fast food ...................................................
Food servers, nonrestaurant ............................................
2.13
6.50
2.13
2.13
6.50
6.50
6.50
2.13
2.13
7.00
7.00
8.00
2.13
2.13
7.50
9.00
10.00
2.75
2.44
8.98
11.00
11.76
5.07
5.07
9.54
6.50
8.00
7.00
10.00
7.92
11.00
9.19
11.55
9.91
15.00
7.00
7.25
7.50
7.50
8.50
8.50
10.00
10.00
11.67
11.67
7.00
7.50
8.00
10.00
10.00
Personal care and service occupations ...........................
7.10
7.50
8.00
10.50
11.25
Sales and related occupations ..........................................
Retail sales workers .........................................................
Cashiers, all workers ....................................................
Cashiers ...................................................................
Retail salespersons ......................................................
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.49
7.50
8.00
9.00
9.00
7.85
9.60
10.00
10.00
10.00
8.86
11.07
11.07
14.08
14.08
10.29
Office and administrative support occupations ..............
Receptionists and information clerks ................................
Stock clerks and order fillers ............................................
Secretaries and administrative assistants ........................
Office clerks, general ........................................................
8.25
8.25
7.39
16.19
12.17
10.00
8.29
7.39
18.00
12.50
12.50
9.19
7.39
18.00
12.50
15.44
10.50
9.13
25.17
13.00
18.00
15.44
13.87
25.17
14.64
Production occupations ....................................................
8.74
10.44
10.44
10.44
12.75
Transportation and material moving occupations ..........
Bus drivers ........................................................................
7.00
12.28
8.00
13.73
9.00
14.84
13.17
15.76
15.76
16.20
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 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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
38
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$742
39.7
$46,554
$38,434
2,034
1,712
1,507
2,926
1,350
1,535
1,442
2,732
942
41.5
41.3
42.7
39.6
88,564
78,379
152,146
67,030
79,810
75,001
142,056
49,000
2,149
2,148
2,220
1,967
53.80
32.69
25.00
48.46
2,165
1,530
1,128
1,807
2,152
1,380
1,169
1,939
40.0
41.4
42.8
39.9
112,579
79,573
58,665
84,090
111,904
71,768
60,778
83,358
2,080
2,151
2,228
1,859
52.62
57.46
53.44
61.77
2,099
2,395
2,098
2,490
39.9
41.7
91,995
124,534
89,352
129,459
1,748
2,167
35.87
36.04
1,538
1,542
42.9
79,974
80,168
2,230
35.57
34.99
1,427
1,362
40.1
74,190
70,801
2,086
25.59
22.21
23.90
20.35
1,040
926
954
827
40.7
41.7
54,105
48,143
49,612
43,004
2,114
2,168
25.08
25.76
1,005
1,022
40.1
52,280
53,144
2,084
27.71
27.74
20.75
27.04
25.89
17.03
1,108
1,126
830
1,082
1,015
681
40.0
40.6
40.0
57,628
58,570
43,170
56,252
52,780
35,418
2,080
2,112
2,080
35.81
36.99
39.57
35.34
33.94
39.28
1,434
1,479
1,589
1,413
1,358
1,571
40.1
40.0
40.2
74,586
76,929
82,629
73,501
70,595
81,696
2,083
2,080
2,088
33.43
33.17
1,346
1,325
40.3
69,984
68,879
2,094
43.16
27.17
39.40
41.86
22.24
42.50
1,731
1,087
1,576
1,676
890
1,700
40.1
40.0
40.0
90,001
56,509
81,955
87,160
46,268
88,400
2,085
2,080
2,080
33.13
38.75
37.46
30.48
37.25
39.25
1,330
1,556
1,499
1,219
1,490
1,570
40.1
40.2
40.0
69,160
80,894
77,960
63,398
77,486
81,640
2,088
2,088
2,081
41.38
40.91
1,655
1,636
40.0
86,072
85,095
2,080
34.69
43.00
24.81
33.66
44.21
23.75
1,388
1,760
992
1,346
1,847
950
40.0
40.9
40.0
72,153
91,534
51,607
70,013
96,034
49,400
2,080
2,129
2,080
26.62
26.70
1,065
1,068
40.0
55,400
55,540
2,081
26.40
26.70
1,056
1,068
40.0
54,908
55,540
2,080
30.32
27.61
1,210
1,104
39.9
62,796
57,387
2,071
19.53
20.48
21.99
19.56
17.05
22.00
778
805
880
766
682
880
39.8
39.3
40.0
39,919
39,600
45,749
39,998
36,563
45,760
2,044
1,933
2,080
16.74
18.62
670
745
40.0
34,815
38,730
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$22.89
$18.67
$910
Management occupations ...................
General and operations managers .....
Marketing and sales managers ..........
Public relations managers ..................
Computer and information systems
managers ......................................
Financial managers ............................
Construction managers ......................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
Engineering managers .......................
Medical and health services
managers ......................................
Property, real estate, and community
association managers ...................
41.21
36.50
68.54
34.08
37.04
34.04
68.30
25.13
54.12
36.99
26.33
45.24
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 support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ................................
Electrical and electronics
engineers ..................................
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Mechanical engineers .....................
Drafters ...............................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Social workers ....................................
Miscellaneous community and social
service specialists .........................
Annual earnings5
See footnotes at end of table.
39
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Legal 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 ......
Middle school teachers, except
special and vocational
education ..............................
Secondary school teachers ............
Secondary school teachers,
except special and vocational
education ..............................
Special education teachers ............
Special education teachers,
preschool, kindergarten, and
elementary school ................
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Writers and editors .............................
Editors ............................................
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians ....................................
Medical and clinical laboratory
technologists .............................
Health diagnosing and treating
practitioner support technicians ....
Licensed practical and licensed
vocational nurses ..........................
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$29.20
$27.41
$1,168
$1,096
40.0
$60,733
$57,004
2,080
33.48
45.77
31.88
39.55
1,248
1,535
1,158
1,214
37.3
33.5
51,784
67,819
47,575
52,780
1,547
1,482
31.93
32.36
1,251
1,274
39.2
48,374
48,440
1,515
33.45
32.52
1,307
1,297
39.1
48,713
48,440
1,456
33.29
32.52
1,301
1,301
39.1
48,517
48,509
1,457
34.05
33.90
32.22
33.98
1,327
1,332
1,267
1,307
39.0
39.3
49,423
50,230
46,972
50,151
1,451
1,482
34.28
29.68
34.02
24.54
1,344
1,162
1,336
982
39.2
39.1
49,633
50,898
49,242
51,043
1,448
1,715
29.68
24.54
1,162
982
39.1
50,898
51,043
1,715
22.50
17.87
31.17
32.02
20.29
15.58
30.24
29.98
900
715
1,247
1,281
812
623
1,210
1,199
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
46,797
37,163
64,836
66,605
42,203
32,400
62,899
62,348
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
30.99
32.19
24.54
26.61
31.79
26.37
1,202
1,255
869
987
1,206
832
38.8
39.0
35.4
62,490
65,153
45,165
51,087
62,675
43,274
2,017
2,024
1,841
19.44
18.67
777
747
40.0
40,430
38,834
2,080
27.91
31.22
1,116
1,249
40.0
58,047
64,946
2,080
16.03
15.66
641
626
40.0
33,341
32,573
2,080
19.91
20.11
782
786
39.3
40,669
40,897
2,042
14.77
14.91
576
572
39.0
29,963
29,765
2,028
12.80
13.03
504
494
39.4
26,193
25,664
2,046
Healthcare support occupations .........
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health
aides .............................................
Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants .................................
Miscellaneous healthcare support
occupations ..................................
Medical assistants ..........................
12.72
12.90
500
494
39.3
26,015
25,664
2,044
17.05
16.57
17.00
17.00
657
663
646
680
38.5
40.0
34,142
34,473
33,601
35,360
2,003
2,080
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
26.60
27.23
27.23
27.96
28.96
28.96
1,100
1,093
1,093
1,187
1,158
1,158
41.3
40.1
40.1
55,807
56,820
56,820
61,714
60,237
60,237
2,098
2,087
2,087
8.09
9.00
312
360
38.5
16,177
18,720
1,999
13.87
13.84
610
658
44.0
31,731
34,204
2,288
13.88
10.02
9.67
12.18
9.00
10.50
621
400
381
658
360
412
44.7
40.0
39.4
32,275
20,815
19,372
34,204
18,720
20,908
2,326
2,078
2,003
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 .................................................
Food preparation workers ...................
See footnotes at end of table.
40
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Food service, tipped ...........................
Waiters and waitresses ..................
Fast food and counter workers ...........
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$80
80
414
35.1
34.2
40.0
$5,457
4,146
21,409
$4,160
4,160
21,549
1,824
1,776
2,080
454
417
40.0
23,600
21,674
2,077
16.26
10.00
641
423
651
400
40.0
40.0
33,342
21,938
33,829
20,800
2,080
2,076
11.83
11.50
473
460
40.0
24,536
23,920
2,074
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$2.99
2.33
10.29
$2.13
2.13
10.36
$105
80
412
11.36
10.42
16.03
10.57
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
First-line supervisors/managers,
building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance workers ...................
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Grounds maintenance workers ...........
Landscaping and groundskeeping
workers .....................................
8.74
15.04
8.50
14.42
350
602
340
577
40.0
40.0
18,188
31,292
17,680
29,994
2,080
2,080
15.04
14.42
602
577
40.0
31,292
29,994
2,080
Personal care and service
occupations ....................................
18.25
13.99
505
497
27.7
26,126
25,822
1,431
22.73
15.14
914
626
40.2
47,546
32,573
2,091
12.91
10.25
534
410
41.4
27,759
21,320
2,150
12.87
12.72
10.51
10.51
14.02
10.00
10.75
9.30
9.30
13.00
570
513
416
416
572
607
435
372
372
520
44.3
40.4
39.6
39.6
40.8
29,645
26,698
21,653
21,653
29,725
31,566
22,607
19,350
19,350
27,040
2,303
2,099
2,060
2,060
2,120
31.84
29.14
1,281
1,165
40.2
66,622
60,603
2,093
29.07
20.53
1,177
821
40.5
61,189
42,702
2,105
16.12
15.48
635
606
39.4
32,937
31,200
2,044
21.67
14.80
21.42
14.00
871
575
923
560
40.2
38.9
45,274
29,911
48,000
29,120
2,089
2,021
15.68
11.77
14.42
12.77
17.63
15.55
11.00
13.07
12.29
17.86
598
471
566
502
740
573
440
523
491
687
38.1
40.0
39.2
39.3
42.0
31,114
24,487
29,408
26,070
38,481
29,821
22,880
27,181
25,555
35,714
1,984
2,080
2,039
2,041
2,182
19.76
12.81
17.55
14.20
851
505
732
568
43.1
39.4
44,237
26,275
38,085
29,536
2,239
2,051
18.46
17.83
731
688
39.6
37,555
35,509
2,034
20.75
16.04
20.58
14.89
829
625
800
596
40.0
39.0
43,120
32,514
41,599
30,971
2,078
2,027
16.42
16.48
647
631
39.4
32,465
31,200
1,977
12.73
15.51
12.06
15.35
482
607
480
607
37.8
39.1
25,055
31,450
24,960
31,200
1,967
2,027
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 ..
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 ...........................
Data entry and information processing
workers .........................................
Office clerks, general ..........................
See footnotes at end of table.
41
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
construction trades and extraction
workers .........................................
Construction laborers .........................
Construction equipment operators .....
Operating engineers and other
construction equipment
operators ..................................
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and
steamfitters ...................................
Roofers ...............................................
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
First-line supervisors/managers of
mechanics, installers, and
repairers .......................................
Automotive technicians and
repairers .......................................
Automotive service technicians and
mechanics ................................
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel
engine specialists .........................
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 .....
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 .....
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$629
40.2
$35,368
$32,712
2,075
1,168
544
797
1,071
576
713
44.8
40.0
40.0
60,716
28,273
37,776
55,702
29,973
31,200
2,331
2,080
1,895
16.77
814
671
40.0
42,331
34,884
2,080
21.83
12.32
20.56
12.00
867
493
822
480
39.7
40.0
45,093
25,622
42,765
24,960
2,066
2,080
21.57
19.55
874
784
40.5
45,423
40,753
2,106
37.84
35.61
1,704
1,481
45.0
88,609
76,999
2,341
18.47
18.74
768
769
41.6
39,925
40,000
2,162
18.47
18.74
768
769
41.6
39,925
40,000
2,162
19.58
18.40
783
736
40.0
40,736
38,272
2,080
21.27
23.07
21.15
23.65
843
907
846
951
39.6
39.3
43,821
47,179
43,992
49,440
2,060
2,045
19.11
18.20
764
728
40.0
39,739
37,846
2,080
20.08
18.82
803
753
40.0
41,770
39,146
2,080
13.98
12.76
556
502
39.8
28,877
26,042
2,066
17.20
13.91
688
556
40.0
35,776
28,935
2,080
17.20
13.91
688
556
40.0
35,776
28,935
2,080
12.39
12.55
496
502
40.0
25,773
26,104
2,080
11.58
10.12
18.48
10.95
9.80
18.41
463
405
707
438
392
705
40.0
40.0
38.3
24,085
21,043
36,778
22,776
20,384
36,680
2,080
2,080
1,990
18.26
10.88
17.75
11.77
730
433
710
471
40.0
39.8
37,971
22,533
36,920
24,471
2,080
2,070
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$17.05
$15.73
$684
26.05
13.59
19.93
26.25
14.41
17.83
20.35
See footnotes at end of table.
42
Table 11. Full-time1 civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and
annual hours, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Bus drivers, school .........................
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
568
492
39.3
37.8
32.9
$32,277
26,082
20,999
$29,370
29,068
20,978
2,030
1,824
1,355
572
562
40.1
29,607
29,120
2,076
15.97
701
680
40.9
35,879
32,267
2,093
13.50
12.30
14.20
12.00
11.50
11.90
540
490
566
480
460
476
40.0
39.8
39.9
28,073
25,456
29,427
24,960
23,920
24,752
2,080
2,070
2,073
15.55
15.02
619
566
39.8
32,182
29,411
2,069
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.90
14.30
15.50
$14.19
14.80
15.20
$624
541
509
14.26
14.13
17.14
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
43
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$710
39.8
$45,881
$36,714
2,067
1,698
1,499
2,926
1,480
1,442
2,732
41.6
41.4
42.7
88,314
77,941
152,146
76,960
75,001
142,056
2,164
2,155
2,220
54.97
32.69
25.00
61.77
2,166
1,522
1,123
2,395
2,199
1,346
1,154
2,490
40.0
41.4
42.9
41.7
112,608
79,164
58,376
124,534
114,327
70,000
60,008
129,459
2,080
2,154
2,231
2,167
35.40
36.04
1,524
1,542
43.1
79,257
80,168
2,239
35.67
34.04
1,431
1,362
40.1
74,425
70,801
2,086
25.86
22.21
24.04
20.35
1,053
926
956
827
40.7
41.7
54,763
48,143
49,712
43,004
2,118
2,168
25.63
27.84
20.75
27.04
25.89
17.03
1,028
1,131
830
1,082
1,050
681
40.1
40.6
40.0
53,461
58,819
43,170
56,252
54,583
35,418
2,086
2,112
2,080
35.90
37.08
39.57
35.84
33.94
39.28
1,438
1,483
1,589
1,428
1,358
1,571
40.1
40.0
40.2
74,787
77,125
82,629
74,266
70,595
81,696
2,083
2,080
2,088
33.43
33.17
1,346
1,325
40.3
69,984
68,879
2,094
43.16
27.17
39.78
41.86
22.24
42.50
1,731
1,087
1,591
1,676
890
1,700
40.1
40.0
40.0
90,001
56,509
82,733
87,160
46,268
88,400
2,085
2,080
2,080
33.12
38.79
37.58
30.48
37.25
39.89
1,329
1,557
1,503
1,219
1,490
1,596
40.1
40.1
40.0
69,124
80,982
78,162
63,398
77,486
82,971
2,087
2,087
2,080
41.38
40.91
1,655
1,636
40.0
86,072
85,095
2,080
34.69
43.00
24.81
33.66
44.21
23.75
1,388
1,760
992
1,346
1,847
950
40.0
40.9
40.0
72,153
91,534
51,607
70,013
96,034
49,400
2,080
2,129
2,080
25.50
26.70
1,020
1,068
40.0
53,042
55,540
2,080
26.13
26.70
1,045
1,068
40.0
54,351
55,540
2,080
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
29.16
27.16
1,163
1,089
39.9
60,470
56,643
2,073
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
17.91
16.39
18.51
15.58
714
644
710
612
39.8
39.3
37,111
33,482
36,914
31,845
2,072
2,042
21.59
32.00
18.16
28.13
887
1,373
726
1,150
41.1
42.9
42,738
61,537
37,777
52,780
1,980
1,923
19.00
18.16
760
726
40.0
37,190
37,777
1,958
31.44
30.81
1,258
1,233
40.0
49,919
49,798
1,588
31.84
32.74
1,274
1,310
40.0
51,999
49,798
1,633
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$22.19
$17.99
$884
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 ...................
40.81
36.17
68.54
36.06
32.84
68.30
54.14
36.76
26.16
57.46
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 support specialists .............
Computer systems analysts ...............
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
Engineers ...........................................
Civil engineers ................................
Electrical and electronics
engineers ..................................
Electronics engineers, except
computer ...............................
Mechanical engineers .....................
Drafters ...............................................
Engineering technicians, except
drafters .........................................
Electrical and electronic
engineering technicians ............
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 ......
See footnotes at end of table.
44
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
Arts, design, entertainment, sports,
and media occupations ..................
Designers ...........................................
Writers and editors .............................
Editors ............................................
$22.50
17.87
31.17
32.02
$20.29
15.58
30.24
29.98
$900
715
1,247
1,281
$812
623
1,210
1,199
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
$46,797
37,163
64,836
66,605
$42,203
32,400
62,899
62,348
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
Registered nurses ..............................
Therapists ...........................................
32.89
32.99
24.54
28.60
32.25
26.37
1,265
1,284
869
1,044
1,231
832
38.5
38.9
35.4
65,793
66,750
45,165
54,288
64,002
43,274
2,001
2,023
1,841
14.64
14.00
570
560
38.9
29,616
29,120
2,023
12.53
12.62
492
494
39.3
25,604
25,664
2,043
12.48
12.62
490
494
39.2
25,464
25,664
2,041
17.07
16.57
17.00
17.00
655
663
646
680
38.4
40.0
34,048
34,473
33,601
35,360
1,994
2,080
8.09
9.00
312
360
38.5
16,215
18,720
2,004
13.87
13.84
610
658
44.0
31,731
34,204
2,288
13.88
10.02
9.70
2.99
2.33
10.29
12.18
9.00
10.50
2.13
2.13
10.36
621
400
388
105
80
412
658
360
420
80
80
414
44.7
40.0
40.0
35.1
34.2
40.0
32,275
20,815
20,186
5,457
4,146
21,409
34,204
18,720
21,840
4,160
4,160
21,549
2,326
2,078
2,080
1,824
1,776
2,080
10.11
9.80
9.50
9.26
404
392
380
370
40.0
40.0
21,023
20,375
19,760
19,261
2,080
2,080
11.04
10.38
442
415
40.0
22,973
21,588
2,080
8.64
8.50
346
340
40.0
17,976
17,680
2,080
22.73
15.14
914
626
40.2
47,529
32,573
2,091
12.91
10.25
534
410
41.4
27,759
21,320
2,150
12.87
12.72
10.51
10.51
14.02
10.00
10.75
9.30
9.30
13.00
570
513
416
416
572
607
435
372
372
520
44.3
40.4
39.6
39.6
40.8
29,645
26,698
21,653
21,653
29,725
31,566
22,607
19,350
19,350
27,040
2,303
2,099
2,060
2,060
2,120
31.84
29.14
1,281
1,165
40.2
66,622
60,603
2,093
29.07
20.53
1,177
821
40.5
61,189
42,702
2,105
15.98
15.42
628
597
39.3
32,680
31,034
2,045
21.14
14.69
21.42
14.00
850
569
851
560
40.2
38.8
44,202
29,612
44,242
29,120
2,091
2,016
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 .................................................
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 ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
45
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Tellers .............................................
Customer service representatives ......
Receptionists and information clerks ..
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 ....................................
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 .....
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$560
440
523
491
37.9
40.0
39.2
39.3
$30,764
24,487
29,240
25,925
$29,120
22,880
27,181
25,555
1,971
2,080
2,039
2,043
851
501
732
548
43.1
39.4
44,237
26,078
38,085
28,475
2,239
2,050
18.03
737
706
39.5
38,343
36,714
2,055
20.60
16.04
20.58
14.89
824
625
800
596
40.0
39.0
42,825
32,514
41,599
30,971
2,078
2,027
16.69
15.71
16.59
15.55
654
611
602
619
39.2
38.9
33,996
31,780
31,304
32,180
2,037
2,023
16.87
15.73
678
629
40.2
35,006
32,712
2,075
21.71
12.32
20.56
12.00
862
493
822
480
39.7
40.0
44,842
25,622
42,765
24,960
2,066
2,080
21.40
19.23
868
769
40.6
45,151
40,000
2,110
21.34
23.07
20.04
23.65
844
907
802
951
39.6
39.3
43,905
47,179
41,679
49,440
2,057
2,045
20.30
18.82
812
753
40.0
42,216
39,146
2,080
13.90
12.55
553
501
39.8
28,719
26,042
2,066
17.20
13.91
688
556
40.0
35,776
28,935
2,080
17.20
13.91
688
556
40.0
35,776
28,935
2,080
12.39
12.55
496
502
40.0
25,773
26,104
2,080
11.58
10.12
18.48
10.95
9.80
18.41
463
405
707
438
392
705
40.0
40.0
38.3
24,085
21,043
36,778
22,776
20,384
36,680
2,080
2,080
1,990
18.26
10.88
17.75
11.77
730
433
710
471
40.0
39.8
37,971
22,533
36,920
24,471
2,080
2,070
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.61
11.77
14.34
12.69
$15.25
11.00
13.07
12.29
$592
471
562
499
19.76
12.72
17.55
13.69
18.66
See footnotes at end of table.
46
Table 12. Full-time1 private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean
weekly and annual hours, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
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
$550
39.3
$32,057
$28,600
2,040
572
562
40.1
29,607
29,120
2,076
15.97
701
680
40.9
35,879
32,267
2,093
13.50
12.30
14.18
12.00
11.50
11.90
540
490
565
480
460
476
40.0
39.8
39.9
28,073
25,456
29,391
24,960
23,920
24,752
2,080
2,070
2,072
15.56
15.33
619
560
39.8
32,202
29,120
2,069
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$15.71
$13.75
$618
14.26
14.13
17.14
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
47
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$982
38.9
$50,971
$46,251
1,813
1,828
1,843
1,826
1,939
40.9
39.9
90,572
84,638
94,536
83,358
2,028
1,834
53.44
2,099
2,098
39.9
91,995
89,352
1,748
23.06
22.79
922
912
40.0
47,956
47,403
2,080
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ....................................
32.75
32.73
1,310
1,309
40.0
68,117
68,078
2,080
Architecture and engineering
occupations ....................................
33.72
34.70
1,360
1,388
40.3
70,696
72,176
2,097
Life, physical, and social science
occupations ....................................
34.97
31.32
1,397
1,253
40.0
72,070
65,146
2,061
Community and social services
occupations ....................................
Counselors .........................................
Social workers ....................................
26.01
34.33
28.49
24.25
34.35
27.42
1,035
1,348
1,139
977
1,254
1,097
39.8
39.3
40.0
50,506
56,188
59,253
48,670
51,844
57,025
1,942
1,637
2,080
Legal occupations ................................
29.09
22.55
1,164
902
40.0
60,509
46,896
2,080
37.32
34.57
1,351
1,272
36.2
53,915
48,585
1,445
34.06
33.80
1,330
1,301
39.0
49,748
49,632
1,461
33.57
32.52
1,309
1,301
39.0
48,646
48,148
1,449
33.38
32.52
1,303
1,297
39.0
48,331
48,148
1,448
34.30
33.90
33.08
33.98
1,334
1,332
1,312
1,307
38.9
39.3
49,799
50,230
47,762
50,151
1,452
1,482
34.28
12.68
34.02
12.37
1,344
436
1,336
421
39.2
34.4
49,633
17,296
49,242
15,318
1,448
1,364
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ....................................
20.96
20.11
851
804
40.6
44,133
40,897
2,106
Protective service occupations ...........
Police officers .....................................
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers ...
26.81
27.23
27.23
27.96
28.96
28.96
1,105
1,093
1,093
1,187
1,158
1,158
41.2
40.1
40.1
56,061
56,820
56,820
61,714
60,237
60,237
2,091
2,087
2,087
14.53
13.15
14.29
13.18
581
526
572
527
40.0
40.0
30,080
27,151
29,723
27,414
2,070
2,065
13.09
13.03
524
521
40.0
27,023
27,211
2,064
17.23
16.20
16.21
15.83
689
648
648
633
40.0
40.0
35,088
33,700
32,552
32,916
2,036
2,080
16.20
15.83
648
633
40.0
33,700
32,916
2,080
17.05
16.45
681
656
39.9
32,369
30,207
1,898
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ................................................
$28.11
$24.83
$1,093
Management occupations ...................
Education administrators ....................
Education administrators,
elementary and secondary
school .......................................
44.65
46.15
44.01
49.20
52.62
Business and financial operations
occupations ....................................
Education, training, and library
occupations ....................................
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 .............................
Building and grounds cleaning and
maintenance occupations .............
Building cleaning workers ...................
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping
cleaners ....................................
Office and administrative support
occupations ....................................
Financial clerks ...................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and
auditing clerks ...........................
Secretaries and administrative
assistants ......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
48
Table 13. Full-time1 State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings
and mean weekly and annual hours, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$637
606
39.9
40.0
$29,588
30,379
$29,744
30,541
1,862
2,043
829
720
787
701
40.0
40.0
43,083
37,427
40,934
36,469
2,080
2,080
21.42
904
857
40.0
47,009
44,545
2,083
18.55
16.44
15.33
705
612
505
720
633
491
38.6
37.2
32.5
34,868
28,927
20,683
35,173
29,515
20,978
1,910
1,758
1,333
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Secretaries, except legal, medical,
and executive ...........................
Office clerks, general ..........................
$15.89
14.87
$15.92
15.15
$634
594
Construction and extraction
occupations ....................................
Construction equipment operators .....
20.71
17.99
19.68
17.53
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ....................................
22.57
Transportation and material moving
occupations ....................................
Bus drivers ..........................................
Bus drivers, school .........................
18.25
16.46
15.51
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
49
Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings1 of private industry establishments
for major occupational groups, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Occupational group2
Total
1-99
workers
100-499
workers
500
workers
or more
All workers ....................................................................
$21.10
$19.41
$21.45
$26.86
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 .......................
32.47
35.19
31.07
9.57
17.76
20.05
15.69
17.86
16.82
21.21
14.38
13.78
15.01
31.43
33.51
30.16
8.95
18.14
19.90
15.31
17.44
16.74
20.33
12.58
12.52
12.63
31.81
36.36
29.70
10.43
16.83
20.56
15.57
17.55
–
19.99
14.11
15.35
12.56
35.17
38.05
33.98
14.00
17.44
22.36
16.79
24.51
–
25.59
19.36
14.71
25.83
Relative error3 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.7
5.5
4.2
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 .......................
2.7
6.2
2.5
9.6
7.5
14.5
2.7
5.5
6.4
7.3
4.9
4.4
6.8
4.0
6.5
5.9
12.2
10.1
17.4
4.7
4.3
4.6
10.0
5.0
7.3
3.8
4.8
11.3
4.8
8.2
7.2
19.0
3.8
13.0
–
10.1
4.0
7.9
5.5
6.0
9.2
5.6
3.8
3.5
8.6
2.7
11.8
–
7.8
11.7
2.5
12.9
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.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that
data did not meet publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation
Survey.
50
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$640
40.0
$42,823
$33,280
2,075
1,480
1,447
1,265
1,313
1,442
1,308
42.0
41.1
42.3
76,952
75,250
65,804
68,301
75,001
67,999
2,184
2,139
2,200
34.04
1,431
1,362
40.1
74,425
70,801
2,086
27.61
33.88
28.85
38.22
1,160
1,383
1,266
1,529
42.0
40.8
60,314
71,935
65,850
79,498
2,185
2,123
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
35.66
36.50
1,426
1,460
40.0
74,167
75,920
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
31.06
36.19
28.85
32.31
1,246
1,448
1,154
1,292
40.1
40.0
64,798
75,278
60,000
67,201
2,086
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
34.88
38.37
1,380
1,442
39.6
71,759
75,001
2,057
Community and social services occupations ........
17.25
17.05
690
682
40.0
35,886
35,464
2,080
Education, training, and library occupations ........
17.43
12.85
727
491
41.7
37,784
25,522
2,167
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
43.63
28.70
1,585
892
36.3
82,416
46,374
1,889
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
15.26
17.45
15.00
17.89
587
663
604
646
38.5
38.0
30,504
34,501
31,408
33,601
2,000
1,977
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
Waiters and waitresses ......................................
7.59
2.53
2.31
9.00
2.13
2.13
291
88
79
360
80
80
38.4
34.8
34.1
15,155
4,574
4,103
18,720
4,160
4,160
1,996
1,810
1,775
10.00
9.73
9.35
9.00
400
389
374
360
40.0
40.0
20,799
20,233
19,448
18,720
2,080
2,080
11.01
10.38
440
415
40.0
22,900
21,588
2,080
22.64
12.42
12.47
9.06
9.06
14.22
14.25
10.25
9.95
9.30
9.30
13.00
913
515
507
359
359
587
606
410
398
372
372
520
40.3
41.4
40.7
39.6
39.6
41.3
47,486
26,765
26,374
18,677
18,677
30,504
31,500
21,320
20,696
19,350
19,350
27,040
2,098
2,154
2,115
2,061
2,061
2,145
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$20.64
$16.02
$825
Management occupations .......................................
General and operations managers .........................
Financial managers ................................................
Property, real estate, and community association
managers ..........................................................
35.24
35.18
29.92
32.69
32.84
32.69
35.67
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 .................................
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 .........................................
31.04
29.14
1,248
1,165
40.2
64,879
60,603
2,090
27.02
20.53
1,092
821
40.4
56,784
42,702
2,102
Office and administrative support occupations ....
Financial clerks .......................................................
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks ...
Secretaries and administrative assistants ..............
Office clerks, general ..............................................
15.80
14.63
16.38
19.24
15.77
14.92
14.00
17.44
19.39
15.55
617
557
608
745
595
565
560
596
769
622
39.0
38.1
37.2
38.7
37.7
32,066
28,982
31,642
38,742
30,949
29,390
29,120
31,000
39,984
32,340
2,030
1,981
1,932
2,014
1,962
Construction and extraction occupations .............
16.80
15.73
675
629
40.2
34,789
32,712
2,070
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
20.63
18.16
849
734
41.2
44,160
38,168
2,141
Production occupations ..........................................
Miscellaneous production workers .........................
12.61
10.64
11.00
12.00
503
426
440
480
39.9
40.0
26,140
22,141
22,880
24,960
2,073
2,080
See footnotes at end of table.
51
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
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 ......................
Laborers and freight, stock, and material
movers, hand ................................................
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$478
550
621
460
456
40.1
40.2
41.1
40.0
40.0
$27,018
28,141
34,969
27,451
24,515
$24,835
28,600
32,267
23,920
23,712
2,077
2,074
2,097
2,080
2,080
465
40.0
25,746
24,199
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$13.01
13.57
16.68
13.20
11.79
$11.94
13.75
15.51
11.50
11.40
$521
545
686
528
471
12.38
11.63
495
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
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
52
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Annual earnings5
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$792
39.6
$50,292
$41,205
2,056
2,123
3,029
2,257
1,933
2,397
1,616
1,880
2,732
2,199
1,563
2,499
1,615
40.9
43.0
40.0
40.0
40.1
40.0
110,394
157,513
117,348
100,517
124,656
84,046
97,750
142,056
114,327
81,251
129,938
83,990
2,127
2,236
2,080
2,080
2,085
2,080
22.61
1,003
904
40.1
52,155
47,029
2,087
25.63
24.32
20.75
27.04
24.43
17.03
1,028
985
830
1,082
977
681
40.1
40.5
40.0
53,461
51,226
43,170
56,252
50,810
35,418
2,086
2,106
2,080
36.06
41.58
37.85
34.98
40.11
37.98
1,446
1,671
1,528
1,399
1,604
1,519
40.1
40.2
40.4
75,178
86,867
79,453
72,727
83,431
79,000
2,085
2,089
2,099
43.16
24.02
36.22
41.86
22.73
34.97
1,731
961
1,449
1,676
909
1,399
40.1
40.0
40.0
90,001
49,959
75,344
87,160
47,276
72,727
2,085
2,080
2,080
Architecture and engineering occupations ...........
Engineers ...............................................................
Civil engineers ....................................................
Electrical and electronics engineers ...................
Electronics engineers, except computer .........
Engineering technicians, except drafters ................
35.85
40.75
41.56
41.38
34.69
25.29
34.51
41.64
42.50
40.91
33.66
23.70
1,440
1,640
1,662
1,655
1,388
1,011
1,381
1,666
1,700
1,636
1,346
948
40.2
40.3
40.0
40.0
40.0
40.0
74,877
85,291
86,435
86,072
72,153
52,597
71,787
86,611
88,400
85,095
70,013
49,304
2,089
2,093
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,080
Life, physical, and social science occupations .....
25.62
22.58
1,027
903
40.1
53,379
46,971
2,084
Community and social services occupations ........
20.04
20.00
788
798
39.3
40,991
41,517
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 ..................................................
30.01
28.91
1,197
1,156
39.9
50,539
48,204
1,684
28.94
31.44
29.98
30.81
1,158
1,258
1,199
1,233
40.0
40.0
49,557
49,919
49,798
49,798
1,713
1,588
31.84
32.74
1,274
1,310
40.0
51,999
49,798
1,633
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
occupations ........................................................
Designers ...............................................................
Writers and editors .................................................
23.70
15.14
32.52
26.68
12.10
30.24
948
606
1,301
1,067
484
1,210
40.0
40.0
40.0
49,306
31,501
67,634
55,501
25,164
62,899
2,080
2,080
2,080
Healthcare practitioner and technical
occupations ........................................................
Registered nurses ..................................................
Therapists ...............................................................
28.93
33.43
24.82
28.07
33.17
25.20
1,138
1,298
971
1,097
1,261
971
39.3
38.8
39.1
59,176
67,490
50,467
57,054
65,576
50,502
2,045
2,019
2,034
Healthcare support occupations .............................
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides ..........
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ............
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations ......
13.83
13.18
13.14
15.39
13.19
13.19
13.19
15.41
546
519
516
614
528
520
520
616
39.5
39.4
39.3
39.9
28,414
26,966
26,848
31,931
27,439
27,040
27,040
32,047
2,055
2,047
2,044
2,074
Food preparation and serving related
occupations ........................................................
Cooks .....................................................................
Food service, tipped ...............................................
11.35
11.61
8.40
11.00
11.90
8.50
450
464
322
427
476
346
39.7
40.0
38.3
23,422
24,143
16,744
22,214
24,750
18,013
2,063
2,080
1,993
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
occupations ........................................................
Building cleaning workers .......................................
10.42
10.01
10.28
9.49
417
401
411
380
40.0
40.0
21,681
20,828
21,382
19,739
2,080
2,080
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
All workers ....................................................................
$24.47
$19.99
$970
Management occupations .......................................
Marketing and sales managers ..............................
Computer and information systems managers .......
Financial managers ................................................
Engineering managers ...........................................
Medical and health services managers ..................
51.91
70.45
56.42
48.33
59.78
40.41
47.00
68.30
54.97
39.06
62.47
40.38
Business and financial operations occupations ...
Human resources, training, and labor relations
specialists .........................................................
Accountants and auditors .......................................
Financial analysts and advisors ..............................
24.99
Computer and mathematical science
occupations ........................................................
Computer software engineers ................................
Computer software engineers, applications .......
Computer software engineers, systems
software ........................................................
Computer support specialists .................................
Computer systems analysts ...................................
See footnotes at end of table.
53
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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006 — Continued
Hourly earnings3
Weekly earnings4
Occupation2
Mean
weekly
hours
Mean
Median
Mean
annual
hours
$434
365
40.0
40.0
$23,277
18,973
$22,589
18,970
2,080
2,080
918
537
500
645
553
408
39.5
39.1
38.5
47,762
27,936
26,017
33,546
28,766
21,241
2,056
2,035
2,004
31.25
1,551
1,250
40.6
80,666
64,992
2,113
16.13
15.81
638
620
39.5
33,164
32,250
2,056
21.34
14.79
13.60
14.94
13.11
14.60
18.39
20.66
14.50
13.45
12.91
13.98
15.66
17.20
867
592
544
581
505
584
734
813
580
538
515
489
626
688
40.6
40.0
40.0
38.9
38.6
40.0
39.9
45,075
30,767
28,294
30,190
26,283
30,378
38,152
42,266
30,160
27,980
26,790
25,418
32,573
35,768
2,112
2,080
2,080
2,020
2,005
2,080
2,074
20.96
15.66
20.58
14.89
843
618
823
596
40.2
39.4
43,823
32,116
42,802
30,971
2,090
2,051
17.14
15.66
16.75
14.86
685
626
670
594
40.0
40.0
35,641
32,569
34,840
30,909
2,080
2,080
17.11
16.80
688
672
40.2
35,755
34,952
2,090
22.49
21.95
894
880
39.8
46,508
45,760
2,068
20.33
18.73
800
749
39.3
41,592
38,958
2,046
15.15
14.50
601
580
39.7
31,188
29,988
2,059
18.33
21.02
733
841
40.0
38,129
43,722
2,080
18.33
12.63
21.02
14.60
733
505
841
584
40.0
40.0
38,129
26,279
43,722
30,368
2,080
2,080
18.26
11.34
17.75
11.77
730
447
710
471
40.0
39.5
37,971
23,266
36,920
24,471
2,080
2,052
20.39
16.32
18.80
14.37
16.59
17.40
17.17
18.62
13.00
19.68
776
653
752
575
659
702
687
745
520
787
38.1
40.0
40.0
40.0
39.7
40,353
33,944
39,099
29,892
34,264
36,529
35,720
38,736
27,040
40,934
1,979
2,080
2,080
2,080
2,065
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
$11.19
9.12
$10.86
9.12
$448
365
Sales and related occupations ................................
Retail sales workers ...............................................
Retail salespersons ............................................
Sales representatives, wholesale and
manufacturing ...................................................
23.24
13.73
12.99
16.13
13.83
10.90
38.18
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 ..............................................
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and
housekeeping cleaners .................................
Maids and housekeeping cleaners .....................
Construction and extraction occupations .............
Installation, maintenance, and repair
occupations ........................................................
Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers .......................................
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 .........................
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 ......................
Annual earnings5
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.
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
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
54
Table 17. Union1 and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational groups,
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Union
Nonunion
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
State and
local
government
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$22.29
$19.39
$28.31
$21.78
$21.25
$27.15
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 .......................
31.66
–
31.48
19.04
16.63
15.60
17.48
–
–
24.80
19.57
15.35
21.72
25.38
–
25.58
15.72
16.69
15.60
17.79
–
–
24.61
19.78
15.35
22.55
33.59
–
33.32
20.63
15.99
–
15.99
–
–
–
18.04
–
18.04
32.86
35.39
31.60
10.69
17.78
20.32
15.71
17.56
–
20.43
13.20
13.59
12.75
32.64
35.23
31.26
9.38
17.82
20.33
15.57
17.27
16.28
20.33
13.09
13.50
12.60
34.30
36.95
33.49
19.99
16.97
–
16.95
20.93
20.71
21.16
18.61
–
17.32
Occupational group3
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
4.1
5.8
1.2
2.8
3.1
1.5
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 .......................
1.2
–
.7
5.1
2.4
1.1
4.4
–
–
5.2
12.7
2.8
14.4
2.7
–
2.5
10.1
2.5
1.1
5.0
–
–
6.2
14.1
2.8
16.0
.9
–
.2
6.8
10.2
–
10.2
–
–
–
5.4
–
5.4
2.4
5.6
2.2
9.6
7.5
15.1
2.5
6.1
–
8.4
3.6
5.1
4.1
2.8
6.2
2.6
9.9
7.9
15.2
2.7
6.5
5.3
9.8
3.7
5.1
4.1
2.3
4.0
3.4
5.0
3.9
–
3.9
5.0
10.7
5.2
4.4
–
6.8
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.
NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet
publication criteria.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey.
55
Table 18. Time and incentive workers1: Mean hourly earnings2 for major occupational
groups, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Time
Occupational group3
Incentive
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
$21.24
$20.35
$28.85
$28.85
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 .......................
32.62
34.58
31.79
11.32
14.92
13.33
15.68
17.79
–
20.64
14.57
13.80
15.33
32.29
34.27
31.32
9.55
14.77
13.32
15.55
17.45
16.78
20.25
14.41
13.72
15.13
37.37
47.21
–
–
28.47
29.12
20.28
23.34
–
25.94
–
–
–
37.37
47.21
–
–
28.47
29.12
20.28
23.34
–
25.94
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ....................................................................
2.4
2.8
13.8
13.8
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 .......................
2.2
5.6
1.9
9.2
4.9
15.0
2.5
3.8
–
4.5
4.7
4.1
6.4
2.7
6.3
2.4
9.9
5.3
15.0
2.7
4.3
4.8
5.3
4.9
4.0
7.0
23.5
27.2
–
–
17.2
18.7
7.4
22.0
–
15.9
–
–
–
23.5
27.2
–
–
17.2
18.7
7.4
22.0
–
15.9
–
–
–
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.
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 19. Industry sector1: Mean hourly earnings2 for private industry workers by major occupational group,
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
Goods producing
Occupational group3
All workers ................................................
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 ...
Service providing
Construction
Manufacturing
Trade,
transportation,
and utilities
Information
Financial
activities
Professional and
business
services
Education
and
health
services
Leisure
and
hospitality
Other
services
$18.61
$23.33
$17.83
$30.82
–
–
$22.66
$9.04
–
27.39
37.84
26.54
35.51
–
–
28.52
–
–
26.47
–
–
22.90
–
16.48
38.23
37.58
–
19.44
–
16.26
29.48
20.42
15.60
16.84
17.43
15.15
44.57
32.21
–
21.91
–
19.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
30.61
28.13
13.13
16.47
–
15.77
–
–
7.89
10.52
–
12.39
–
–
–
–
–
–
16.64
–
20.79
24.11
20.67
22.12
24.72
24.72
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
14.61
14.67
14.34
15.56
17.49
15.35
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Relative error4 (percent)
All workers ................................................
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 ...
6.8
4.8
2.0
7.0
–
–
7.7
16.2
–
11.2
6.2
5.1
7.1
–
–
7.0
–
–
17.6
–
–
24.7
–
7.0
5.8
6.8
–
22.5
–
8.5
8.7
10.3
6.6
5.3
9.6
7.6
9.0
2.3
–
15.9
–
7.8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.1
8.8
5.0
5.2
–
3.3
–
–
13.9
16.3
–
4.1
–
–
–
–
–
–
7.8
–
4.9
4.4
10.6
12.9
6.7
6.7
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
.5
.6
.0
7.9
5.6
8.5
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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.
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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Appendix A: Technical Note
T
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.
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.
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 employing 50 or more workers. 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 Denver–Boulder–Greeley, CO, Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver,
Douglas, Jefferson, and Weld Counties.
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:
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 or part-time,
union or nonunion, and time or 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
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.
For each occupation, wage data were collected for those
workers whose jobs could be characterized by the criteria
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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 assigned point values. Points for each factor are then totaled
to determine the overall work level for the job.
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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, postratification, also called benchmarking, is introduced to adjust estimated employment totals to the current counts of employment by industry. In
some situations, two or more industries may be combined
in making an adjustment. Also, some industries that had no
responding sample were not adjusted. 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.
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The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within
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 $16.46 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-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2006
State and
local
government
workers
Occupational group2
Civilian
workers
Private
industry
workers
All workers ....................................................................
1,324,200
1,152,600
171,600
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 .......................
457,100
125,800
331,300
212,000
379,600
177,000
202,600
111,100
74,800
33,100
164,400
75,300
89,100
352,500
112,700
239,800
181,500
358,700
176,500
182,200
103,000
71,500
28,400
156,900
74,600
82,300
104,600
13,100
91,500
30,400
20,900
–
20,400
8,100
3,300
4,800
7,600
–
6,900
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.
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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Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO,
June 2006
State and
local
government
Establishments
Total
Private
industry
Total in sampling frame1 ................................................
93,309
93,223
86
Total in sample ...............................................................
Responding ............................................................
Refused or unable to provide data .........................
Out of business or not in survey scope ..................
589
357
140
92
544
317
135
92
45
40
5
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.
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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