Denver–Boulder–Greeley, CO National Compensation Survey June 2005 _________________________________________________________________________________________ U.S. Department of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Secretary U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner March 2006 Bulletin 3130–50 Preface D 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 4175, Washington, DC 20212–0001, call (202) 691–6199, or send an e-mail to [email protected]. The data contained in this bulletin are also available at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm, the BLS Internet site. Data are presented in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file containing the core bulletin, and in an ASCII file containing the published table formats. An ASCII file containing positional columns of data for manipulation as a data base or spreadsheet also is available. Results of earlier surveys of this area are available from BLS regional offices, the Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, or at the BLS Internet site. 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For additional information regarding this survey, please contact any BLS regional office at the address and telephone number listed on the back cover of this bulletin. You may also write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics at: Division of Compensation Data Analysis and Planning, iii Contents Page Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 Tables: 1–1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 2–1. Mean hourly earnings, all workers: Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 2–2. Mean hourly earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 2–3. Mean hourly earnings, part-time workers: Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 3–1. Mean weekly earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 3–2. Mean annual earnings, full-time workers: Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 4–1. Selected occupations and levels, all workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 4–2. Selected occupations and levels, full-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 4–3. Selected occupations and levels, part-time workers: Mean hourly earnings, private industry and State and local government .......................................................................... 5–1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group............................ 5–2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry............................................................................................................................. 5–3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings by occupational group, private industry............................................................................................................................. 6–1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations, all industries.................................................................................................................................. 6–2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations, private industry............................................................................................................................. 6–3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, all workers: Selected occupations, State and local government........................................................................................................... 6–4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, full-time workers: Selected occupations, all industries.................................................................................................................................. 6–5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs, part-time workers: Selected occupations, all industries.................................................................................................................................. 2 3 6 8 9 12 15 21 26 28 29 30 31 33 35 37 39 Appendixes: A. Technical Note................................................................................................................................. Appendix table 1. Number of workers represented by the survey, by occupational group ............ B. Occupational Classifications............................................................................................................ v A–1 A–5 B–1 Introduction T Table 1–1 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 major occupational group, full-time or part-time status, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay. Establishment characteristics include goods and service producing and size of establishment. Table 2–1 presents estimates of mean hourly earnings, and the relative standard errors associated with them, for detailed occupations within all industries, private industry, and State and local government. Table 2–2 presents the same type of information for full-time workers only. Table 2–3 provides similar data for workers designated as parttime. Table 3–1 provides mean weekly earnings data, with relative standard errors, and weekly hours for full-time employees in specific occupations across all industries, private industry, and State and local government. Table 3–2 provides annual earnings, relative standard errors, and annual hours for full-time employees in specific occupations. Table 4–1 provides mean hourly earnings data by work level for occupational groups and for detailed occupations. Separate data are also shown for private industry and government workers. Table 4–2 provides work level data for full-time workers. Table 4–3 provides similar data for workers designated as part-time. Table 5–1 presents mean hourly earnings data for selected worker characteristics by major occupational group. The worker characteristics include full-time or part-time designation, union or nonunion status, and time or incentive pay. Table 5–2 presents mean hourly earnings data for major industry divisions by occupational group; these estimates are limited to the private sector. Table 5–3 presents mean hourly earnings data for establishment employment sizes by major occupational group in the private sector. Tables 6–1 through 6–5 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. he tables in this bulletin summarize the NCS results for the Denver–Boulder–Greeley, CO, metropolitan area. Data were collected between December 2004 and January 2006; the average reference month is June 2005. 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 firefighters, 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. Another product, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, measures employers’ average hourly costs for total compensation, that is, wages and benefits. Still another NCS product measures the incidence and provisions of benefit plans. This bulletin is limited to data on occupational wages and salaries. 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 480 detailed occupations 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. 1 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings1 and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Total Private industry Hourly earnings State and local government Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) Hourly earnings Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) Mean weekly hours3 Mean Relative error2 (percent) $22.75 2.7 36.7 $21.86 3.5 36.9 $26.95 1.9 36.2 White-collar occupations5 ....................................... Professional specialty and technical ................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ......... Sales ................................................................... Administrative support ........................................ Blue-collar occupations5 ......................................... Precision production, craft, and repair ................ Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ......................................................... Transportation and material moving ................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...................................................... Service occupations5 .............................................. 27.44 32.69 36.18 23.28 16.10 16.06 19.77 2.8 2.2 6.2 20.4 3.1 2.7 6.9 37.3 36.9 40.8 34.0 37.8 38.6 40.6 26.81 31.96 36.92 23.33 15.98 15.79 19.52 3.5 2.5 7.5 20.5 3.7 3.0 7.7 37.7 37.9 40.9 34.1 38.1 38.6 40.7 29.99 34.90 33.50 – 16.67 19.34 21.98 2.3 3.5 3.7 – 2.7 4.7 2.0 35.5 34.1 40.7 – 36.4 38.2 40.0 13.81 16.50 5.4 5.2 38.5 39.8 13.81 16.29 5.4 6.1 38.5 40.3 – 17.84 – 3.6 – 36.5 12.63 13.12 6.9 8.5 34.9 31.1 12.43 10.60 7.3 8.8 34.7 29.2 16.74 19.99 2.3 8.7 39.4 37.6 Full time .................................................................. Part time ................................................................. 23.61 12.97 2.9 3.9 39.7 19.9 22.73 12.27 3.7 4.4 39.9 20.0 27.77 16.70 1.9 5.5 38.9 19.1 Union ...................................................................... Nonunion ................................................................ 21.96 22.90 3.4 3.0 35.3 37.0 19.98 22.18 5.2 3.7 34.9 37.2 27.11 26.90 1.2 2.4 36.4 36.1 Time ........................................................................ Incentive ................................................................. 22.08 40.50 2.2 17.1 36.7 37.5 21.02 40.50 2.8 17.1 36.8 37.5 26.95 – 1.9 – 36.2 – Goods producing .................................................... Service producing ................................................... (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) 21.38 – 5.9 – 39.6 – (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers7 ....................................................... 100-499 workers ..................................................... 500 workers or more ............................................... 18.97 21.65 25.43 14.5 6.0 3.2 35.8 36.6 37.3 18.91 21.68 24.38 14.7 6.1 4.9 35.9 36.8 37.8 – 20.38 27.24 – 7.8 2.0 – 30.0 36.6 Total ........................................................................... Worker characteristics:4 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, and 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. 2 Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Total Occupation3 Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $22.75 22.71 2.7 2.3 $21.86 21.73 3.5 3.0 $26.95 26.98 1.9 1.9 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 27.44 27.96 2.8 2.4 26.81 27.37 3.5 3.1 29.99 30.05 2.3 2.3 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Aerospace engineers ............................................ Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Drafters ................................................................. 32.69 34.31 37.36 37.83 42.08 36.43 37.49 37.69 34.14 28.69 31.13 23.31 49.96 30.16 31.86 32.28 25.35 22.96 – 29.77 20.79 21.10 – 2.2 1.8 5.7 9.4 2.6 3.7 3.2 3.1 16.4 13.9 6.1 1.4 6.9 3.5 1.4 1.8 29.4 18.1 – 14.6 5.7 9.2 – 31.96 33.47 37.42 37.83 42.48 36.43 37.75 37.97 – 28.91 32.12 23.31 – 21.14 27.65 – – – – – 18.97 – – 2.5 2.2 5.7 9.4 1.9 3.7 3.4 3.4 – 14.9 5.6 1.4 – 21.1 7.9 – – – – – 8.2 – – 34.90 36.59 – – – – – – – 26.09 20.05 – – 31.88 32.14 32.33 – – – – 23.99 24.76 – 3.5 3.4 – – – – – – – 14.8 7.9 – – .5 1.2 1.8 – – – – 11.3 16.9 – 29.92 22.83 30.15 25.28 25.82 19.13 25.06 26.70 21.67 10.9 23.7 10.7 8.3 14.5 3.7 3.6 2.7 9.5 28.24 22.83 30.15 25.90 27.17 – 24.87 – 21.67 10.8 23.7 10.7 10.2 14.6 – 3.4 – 9.5 – – – 22.06 – – – – – – – – 10.8 – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... Management related ................................................. Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 36.18 45.28 37.50 58.33 6.2 8.9 2.4 18.7 36.92 46.17 – 58.35 7.5 11.1 – 19.7 33.50 42.22 37.50 – 3.7 2.8 2.4 – 58.90 45.46 35.29 34.60 42.73 26.04 24.10 33.41 21.0 8.3 6.9 16.2 9.7 6.8 4.0 21.7 58.90 – – – 42.87 26.89 24.18 34.96 21.0 – – – 9.8 8.3 4.2 25.4 – 46.87 – – – 22.70 – – – 8.5 – – – 4.8 – – 25.73 23.12 8.8 11.6 26.07 23.46 11.3 14.6 – – – – Sales ................................................................................ Sales, other business services ............................. Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 23.28 16.60 20.4 7.9 23.33 16.60 20.5 7.9 – – – – 33.17 12.33 10.51 10.6 14.6 5.9 33.17 12.33 10.52 10.6 14.6 5.9 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ 16.10 20.66 3.1 8.0 15.98 – 3.7 – 16.67 – 2.7 – See footnotes at end of table. 3 Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation3 Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) $19.86 17.85 12.10 12.75 14.55 15.05 16.58 3.1 4.5 5.3 7.7 9.3 4.6 3.9 – $18.27 12.20 12.75 – 14.55 16.02 – 5.1 5.4 7.7 – 7.0 3.5 – $15.80 – – 14.55 16.10 – – 5.6 – – 9.3 3.3 – 15.24 49.0 15.24 49.0 – – 16.71 18.09 13.93 10.72 17.38 3.0 7.4 3.4 3.2 5.6 16.71 17.92 13.55 – 17.24 3.0 7.5 4.9 – 5.7 – – 14.93 10.72 – – – 2.1 3.2 – Blue collar ........................................................................... 16.06 2.7 15.79 3.0 19.34 4.7 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... 19.77 20.98 13.22 21.03 6.9 8.4 9.4 16.9 19.52 21.33 13.22 21.03 7.7 11.2 9.4 16.9 21.98 – – – 2.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... 13.81 13.38 11.82 5.4 12.5 8.3 13.81 13.38 11.82 5.4 12.5 8.3 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ............................ Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ 16.50 15.48 15.89 5.2 6.3 .6 16.29 15.48 – 6.1 6.3 – 17.84 – 15.91 3.6 – .6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... Construction laborers ........................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 12.63 13.72 11.21 10.55 15.51 9.45 6.9 11.1 10.8 3.0 12.5 10.7 12.43 – – 10.55 15.53 9.45 7.3 – – 3.0 12.7 10.7 16.74 17.63 – – – – 2.3 5.6 – – – – Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Police and detectives, public service .................... Food service ............................................................. Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Other food service .................................................. Cooks ................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... Health service ........................................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 13.12 24.80 28.12 9.80 4.38 2.81 9.59 11.90 13.20 10.83 9.47 14.00 14.36 13.70 8.5 6.6 2.5 13.5 25.7 9.6 .0 9.3 6.8 2.4 7.8 4.5 6.8 6.2 10.60 – – 9.37 4.38 2.81 9.59 11.51 13.20 – 9.36 13.60 14.15 13.55 8.8 – – 14.0 25.7 9.6 .0 9.1 6.8 – 10.9 6.4 7.5 7.3 19.99 25.36 28.12 15.61 – – – 15.61 – – 9.78 – – – 8.7 6.0 2.5 35.2 – – – 35.2 – – 4.4 – – – White collar –Continued Administrative support, including clerical –Continued Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... Library clerks ........................................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c. ................................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... See footnotes at end of table. 4 Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation3 Service –Continued Cleaning and building service ................................... Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service ....................................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) $11.14 9.05 11.61 12.56 10.40 4.2 .6 3.9 9.0 6.2 $10.24 9.05 11.09 12.74 – 4.3 .6 6.2 11.8 – $13.20 – 12.42 11.87 – 5.4 – 2.8 5.6 – 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. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 5 Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Total Occupation3 Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $23.61 23.43 2.9 2.5 $22.73 22.43 3.7 3.2 $27.77 27.78 1.9 1.9 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 28.25 28.43 3.0 2.5 27.63 27.77 3.8 3.2 30.79 30.81 2.3 2.3 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Aerospace engineers ............................................ Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Drafters ................................................................. 33.04 34.78 37.36 37.83 42.08 36.43 37.55 37.75 35.56 28.63 31.81 49.96 30.74 32.07 32.37 22.96 – 29.77 20.97 21.11 – 2.3 1.8 5.7 9.4 2.6 3.7 3.2 3.2 15.4 17.3 7.1 6.9 3.7 1.2 1.7 18.1 – 14.6 6.7 9.5 – 32.18 33.76 37.42 37.83 42.48 36.43 37.82 38.04 – 28.96 32.55 – 20.96 – – – – – 18.98 – – 2.6 2.2 5.7 9.4 1.9 3.7 3.4 3.4 – 17.7 6.5 – 21.9 – – – – – 10.2 – – 35.73 37.69 – – – – – – – – – – 32.64 32.28 32.42 – – – 24.23 – – 3.5 3.3 – – – – – – – – – – .3 1.1 1.8 – – – 11.5 – – 30.04 22.83 30.07 25.37 26.22 25.06 26.70 21.67 11.3 23.7 11.4 8.4 15.7 3.6 2.7 9.5 28.25 22.83 30.07 26.02 – 24.87 – 21.67 11.2 23.7 11.4 10.4 – 3.4 – 9.5 – – – 22.08 – – – – – – – 10.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... Management related ................................................. Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 36.24 45.49 37.50 58.33 6.2 9.0 2.4 18.7 36.99 46.45 – 58.35 7.5 11.3 – 19.7 33.50 42.22 37.50 – 3.7 2.8 2.4 – 60.36 45.46 35.37 34.60 42.73 26.04 24.12 33.41 20.5 8.3 7.6 16.2 9.7 6.8 4.0 21.7 60.36 – – – 42.87 26.90 24.20 34.96 20.5 – – – 9.8 8.3 4.2 25.4 – 46.87 – – – 22.70 – – – 8.5 – – – 4.8 – – 25.73 23.12 8.8 11.6 26.07 23.46 11.3 14.6 – – – – Sales ................................................................................ Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 26.54 22.5 26.56 22.6 – – 33.17 12.91 11.04 10.6 17.8 13.8 33.17 12.91 11.04 10.6 17.8 13.8 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 16.42 20.66 19.86 17.92 12.51 15.05 3.6 8.0 3.1 4.6 4.9 4.6 16.24 – – 18.34 12.50 14.55 4.3 – – 5.1 5.2 7.0 17.28 – – 15.85 – 16.10 3.3 – – 5.6 – 3.3 See footnotes at end of table. 6 Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation3 Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) $16.80 4.1 – – – – 15.31 49.4 $15.31 49.4 – – 16.71 18.09 14.48 17.69 3.0 7.4 4.6 4.8 16.71 17.92 14.18 17.53 3.0 7.5 6.5 5.1 – – $15.14 – – – 1.5 – Blue collar ........................................................................... 16.26 2.9 15.99 3.1 19.70 4.5 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... 19.78 20.98 13.22 21.03 6.9 8.4 9.4 16.9 19.54 21.33 13.22 21.03 7.7 11.2 9.4 16.9 21.98 – – – 2.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... 13.93 13.51 11.79 5.7 12.1 8.8 13.93 13.51 11.79 5.7 12.1 8.8 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ............................ Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ 16.53 15.48 16.43 5.3 6.3 1.0 16.29 15.48 – 6.1 6.3 – 18.28 – 16.46 5.0 – 1.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... Construction laborers ........................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 12.84 13.94 11.21 11.21 16.19 9.48 7.2 12.2 10.8 4.3 16.2 11.7 12.59 – – 11.21 16.23 9.48 7.6 – – 4.3 16.5 11.7 17.24 – – – – – 4.1 – – – – – Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Police and detectives, public service .................... Food service ............................................................. Other food service .................................................. Cooks ................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Health service ........................................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service ................................... Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service ....................................................... 14.70 25.21 28.12 11.23 13.52 13.23 11.59 14.18 14.34 13.89 11.13 9.05 11.62 16.66 8.8 7.0 2.5 16.0 7.9 6.9 5.5 3.9 7.1 5.6 4.3 .6 4.3 7.7 11.77 – – 10.62 12.81 13.23 – 13.78 – 13.75 10.18 9.05 11.06 18.81 9.2 – – 16.0 6.7 6.9 – 5.9 – 6.7 4.5 .6 6.9 3.0 21.08 25.61 28.12 – – – – – – – 13.20 – 12.42 – 8.3 6.6 2.5 – – – – – – – 5.4 – 2.8 – White collar –Continued Administrative support, including clerical –Continued Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c. ................................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 7 Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Total Occupation3 Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean Relative error4 (percent) All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $12.97 13.55 3.9 4.5 $12.27 12.80 4.4 5.1 $16.70 16.83 5.5 6.0 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 16.61 19.62 6.8 8.2 15.87 19.54 8.0 11.2 19.56 19.82 4.8 5.5 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... 26.02 26.40 – – 28.93 28.57 21.68 28.79 – – – 3.0 3.2 – – 4.7 4.0 6.4 3.2 – – – 26.84 27.57 – – 28.63 30.29 – – – – – 3.9 4.5 – – 5.0 1.5 – – – – – 24.63 24.66 – – – – 21.27 – – – – 5.5 5.4 – – – – 7.1 – – – – – 21.59 – 3.8 – 21.69 – 3.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Management related ................................................. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Sales ................................................................................ Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 10.07 11.20 9.33 5.5 13.5 6.0 10.09 11.20 9.34 5.5 13.5 6.2 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... Secretaries ........................................................... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... 12.54 15.47 11.03 10.27 8.6 9.3 1.9 .4 12.96 – – – 11.4 – – – 11.00 – – 10.27 4.9 – – .4 Blue collar ........................................................................... 11.45 10.1 11.23 11.7 13.37 10.3 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ............................ Bus drivers ............................................................ 14.20 14.20 4.5 4.5 – – – – 14.20 14.20 4.5 4.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 11.44 8.87 13.0 17.4 11.51 8.87 13.0 17.4 – – – – Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Food service ............................................................. Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Other food service .................................................. Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... Personal service ....................................................... 7.88 – 7.44 3.86 3.08 9.05 9.44 11.69 – 8.20 5.0 – 5.9 12.1 11.6 7.6 10.3 4.3 – 5.9 7.61 – 7.13 3.86 3.08 8.90 9.26 11.69 – 7.90 5.6 – 6.1 12.1 11.6 8.9 16.8 4.3 – 3.6 9.97 – 9.80 – – 9.80 9.78 – – – .9 – 4.5 – – 4.5 4.4 – – – 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 8 Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Total Occupation3 Weekly earnings Mean Relative error4 (percent) State and local government Private industry Weekly earnings Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Weekly earnings Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean weekly hours5 All ............................................................... All excluding sales .............................. $938 931 3.0 2.5 39.7 39.7 $907 895 3.8 3.2 39.9 39.9 $1,082 1,082 1.8 1.8 38.9 38.9 White collar ........................................... White collar excluding sales ........... 1,119 1,126 3.1 2.5 39.6 39.6 1,103 1,108 3.9 3.3 39.9 39.9 1,184 1,185 2.4 2.3 38.5 38.4 1,289 1,358 2.1 1.8 39.0 39.0 1,274 1,345 2.5 2.2 39.6 39.8 1,335 1,392 3.6 3.5 37.4 36.9 1,500 1,513 1,685 5.7 9.4 2.5 40.1 40.0 40.0 1,502 1,513 1,699 5.7 9.4 1.9 40.1 40.0 40.0 – – – – – – – – – 1,478 3.8 40.6 1,478 3.8 40.6 – – – 1,506 3.1 40.1 1,516 3.3 40.1 – – – 1,513 1,423 1,122 1,233 1,598 3.1 15.4 17.3 8.3 7.1 40.1 40.0 39.2 38.8 32.0 1,524 – 1,134 1,259 – 3.4 – 17.8 7.9 – 40.1 – 39.1 38.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1,201 1,255 1,280 3.5 .9 1.3 39.1 39.1 39.5 807 – – 20.4 – – 38.5 – – 1,278 1,261 1,281 .2 .7 1.3 39.2 39.1 39.5 870 16.6 37.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1,221 13.5 41.0 – – – – – – 839 845 – 6.7 9.5 – 40.0 40.0 – 759 – – 10.2 – – 40.0 – – 969 – – 11.5 – – 40.0 – – 1,200 913 1,203 989 11.2 23.7 11.4 7.4 39.9 40.0 40.0 39.0 1,128 913 1,203 1,006 11.1 23.7 11.4 8.9 39.9 40.0 40.0 38.7 – – – 897 – – – 11.4 – – – 40.6 1,049 15.7 40.0 – – – – – – 1,003 1,070 867 3.6 2.8 9.5 40.0 40.1 40.0 995 – 867 3.4 – 9.5 40.0 – 40.0 – – – – – – – – – 1,484 6.8 41.0 1,518 8.3 41.0 1,362 4.1 40.7 1,901 10.0 41.8 1,949 12.7 42.0 1,739 3.6 41.2 1,574 2,554 5.5 24.1 42.0 43.8 – 2,567 – 25.2 – 44.0 1,574 – 5.5 – 42.0 – 2,512 22.4 41.6 2,512 22.4 41.6 – – – 1,818 8.3 40.0 – – – 1,875 8.5 40.0 Professional specialty and technical ...................................... Professional specialty ..................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors .............................. Aerospace engineers .............. Civil engineers ........................ Electrical and electronic engineers .......................... Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... Natural scientists ........................ Health related ............................. Registered nurses .................. Teachers, college and university Teachers, except college and university .............................. Elementary school teachers ... Secondary school teachers .... Vocational and educational counselors ........................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ................................. Social scientists and urban planners ................................ Social, recreation, and religious workers ................................. Social workers ........................ Lawyers and judges .................... Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ..................................... Designers ............................... Editors and reporters .............. Technical ........................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ........................ Electrical and electronic technicians ........................ Engineering technicians, n.e.c. Drafters ................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ................................... Executives, administrators, and managers .............................. Administrators and officials, public administration ......... Financial managers ................ Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations ............................ Administrators, education and related fields ..................... See footnotes at end of table. 9 Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation3 State and local government Private industry Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Weekly earnings Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) $1,415 7.6 40.0 – – – – – – 1,384 16.2 40.0 – – – – – – 1,821 1,044 969 1,338 12.2 6.8 4.1 21.7 42.6 40.1 40.2 40.1 $1,827 1,079 972 1,401 12.3 8.3 4.3 25.3 42.6 40.1 40.2 40.1 – 4.8 – – – 40.0 – – 1,035 923 8.8 11.6 40.2 39.9 1,050 937 11.5 14.6 40.3 39.9 – – – – – – 1,060 22.8 40.0 1,061 23.0 40.0 – – – 1,327 10.6 40.0 1,327 10.6 40.0 – – – 502 439 14.5 14.1 38.9 39.8 502 439 14.5 14.1 38.9 39.8 – – – – – – 655 3.9 39.9 648 4.7 39.9 689 3.4 39.9 827 795 714 498 8.0 3.1 4.7 4.9 40.0 40.0 39.8 39.8 – – 731 497 – – 5.2 5.2 – – 39.8 39.8 – – 633 – – – 5.6 – – – 39.9 – 582 672 3.7 4.1 38.7 40.0 554 – 4.8 – 38.1 – 644 – 3.3 – 40.0 – 669 3.0 40.0 669 3.0 40.0 – – – 723 578 708 7.4 4.6 4.8 40.0 40.0 40.0 717 566 701 7.5 6.5 5.1 40.0 39.9 40.0 – 606 – – 1.5 – – 40.0 – 654 2.8 40.2 644 3.1 40.3 779 4.5 39.5 806 7.9 40.7 798 8.8 40.8 879 2.0 40.0 839 529 8.4 9.4 40.0 40.0 853 529 11.2 9.4 40.0 40.0 – – – – – – 841 16.9 40.0 841 16.9 40.0 – – – White collar –Continued Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued Executives, administrators, and managers –Continued Managers, medicine and health ................................ Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ......... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................................. Management related ................... Accountants and auditors ....... Other financial officers ............ Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists .......... Management related, n.e.c. .... Sales .................................................. Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale .......................... Sales workers, other commodities ..................... Cashiers ................................. Administrative support, including clerical ......................................... Supervisors, financial records processing ........................ Computer operators ................ Secretaries ............................. Receptionists .......................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks ...... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .............. General office clerks ............... Administrative support, n.e.c. Blue collar ............................................. Precision production, craft, and repair ............................................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ................................. Butchers and meat cutters ...... Inspectors, testers, and graders ............................. – $908 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ............................ Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................ Assemblers ............................. 554 5.6 39.8 554 5.6 39.8 – – – 537 472 12.7 8.8 39.7 40.0 537 472 12.7 8.8 39.7 40.0 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ......................................... 664 4.7 40.2 657 5.3 40.3 712 5.7 39.0 See footnotes at end of table. 10 Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation3 Weekly earnings Mean Relative error4 (percent) State and local government Private industry Weekly earnings Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Weekly earnings Mean weekly hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean weekly hours5 Blue collar –Continued Transportation and material moving –Continued Truck drivers ........................... Bus drivers .............................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................. Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ..... Construction laborers ............. Stock handlers and baggers ... Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ................. Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................................. Service ................................................... Protective service ....................... Police and detectives, public service .............................. Food service ............................... Other food service .................... Cooks ..................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ....................... Health service ............................. Health aides, except nursing .. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ......................... Cleaning and building service ..... Maids and housemen ............. Janitors and cleaners ............. Personal service ......................... $628 615 6.5 3.0 40.6 37.4 $628 – 6.5 – 40.6 – – $615 – 3.1 – 37.4 513 7.3 40.0 503 7.6 40.0 689 4.1 40.0 557 449 449 12.2 10.8 4.3 40.0 40.0 40.0 – – 449 – – 4.3 – – 40.0 – – – – – – – – – 643 16.5 39.7 644 16.8 39.7 – – – 379 11.7 40.0 379 11.7 40.0 – – – 576 1,048 9.6 8.3 39.2 41.6 454 – 10.0 – 38.5 – 856 1,064 9.7 8.0 40.6 41.5 1,124 441 532 528 2.5 17.7 9.4 7.1 40.0 39.3 39.4 39.9 – 418 506 528 – 17.7 8.4 7.1 – 39.4 39.5 39.9 1,124 – – – 2.5 – – – 40.0 – – – 416 564 567 9.9 4.1 5.9 35.9 39.7 39.5 – 547 – – 6.2 – – 39.7 – – – – – – – – – – 552 445 362 465 497 5.8 4.3 .6 4.3 3.4 39.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 29.9 546 407 362 442 510 7.0 4.5 .6 6.9 3.8 39.7 40.0 40.0 40.0 27.1 – 528 – 497 – – 5.4 – 2.8 – – 40.0 – 40.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 11 Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Total Occupation3 Annual earnings Mean Relative error4 (percent) State and local government Private industry Annual earnings Mean annual hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Annual earnings Mean annual hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean annual hours5 All ............................................................... All excluding sales .............................. $47,661 47,201 3.0 2.5 2,019 2,015 $46,989 46,358 3.8 3.2 2,067 2,066 $50,455 50,460 1.8 1.8 1,817 1,816 White collar ........................................... White collar excluding sales ........... 56,232 56,341 3.1 2.5 1,991 1,982 57,050 57,297 3.9 3.3 2,065 2,063 53,430 53,444 2.4 2.3 1,735 1,735 63,066 65,524 2.1 1.8 1,909 1,884 65,940 69,514 2.5 2.2 2,049 2,059 56,155 57,135 3.6 3.5 1,572 1,516 77,995 78,689 87,604 5.7 9.4 2.5 2,087 2,080 2,082 78,091 78,689 88,353 5.7 9.4 1.9 2,087 2,080 2,080 – – – – – – – – – 76,878 3.8 2,110 76,878 3.8 2,110 – – – 78,294 3.1 2,085 78,852 3.3 2,085 – – – 78,664 73,971 58,258 63,994 69,345 3.1 15.4 17.3 8.3 7.1 2,084 2,080 2,035 2,012 1,388 79,263 – 58,943 65,482 – 3.4 – 17.8 7.9 – 2,084 – 2,035 2,011 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 46,885 46,696 48,240 3.5 .9 1.3 1,525 1,456 1,490 40,568 – – 20.4 – – 1,936 – – 47,809 46,636 48,292 .2 .7 1.3 1,465 1,445 1,489 42,507 16.6 1,851 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 59,921 13.5 2,012 – – – – – – 43,624 43,915 – 6.7 9.5 – 2,080 2,080 – 39,486 – – 10.2 – – 2,080 – – 50,396 – – 11.5 – – 2,080 – – 61,891 47,483 62,543 51,403 11.2 23.7 11.4 7.4 2,060 2,080 2,080 2,026 58,641 47,483 62,543 52,291 11.1 23.7 11.4 8.9 2,076 2,080 2,080 2,010 – – – 46,662 – – – 11.4 – – – 2,113 54,534 15.7 2,080 – – – – – – 52,131 55,656 45,069 3.6 2.8 9.5 2,080 2,084 2,080 51,730 – 45,069 3.4 – 9.5 2,080 – 2,080 – – – – – – – – – 75,535 6.8 2,085 77,164 8.3 2,086 69,661 4.1 2,079 98,148 10.0 2,158 101,374 12.7 2,182 87,774 3.6 2,079 81,839 132,802 5.5 24.1 2,182 2,277 – 133,477 – 25.2 – 2,287 81,839 – 5.5 – 2,182 – 130,639 22.4 2,164 130,639 22.4 2,164 – – – 83,572 8.3 1,838 – – 85,187 8.5 1,818 Professional specialty and technical ...................................... Professional specialty ..................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors .............................. Aerospace engineers .............. Civil engineers ........................ Electrical and electronic engineers .......................... Mathematical and computer scientists ............................... Computer systems analysts and scientists .................... Natural scientists ........................ Health related ............................. Registered nurses .................. Teachers, college and university Teachers, except college and university .............................. Elementary school teachers ... Secondary school teachers .... Vocational and educational counselors ........................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ................................. Social scientists and urban planners ................................ Social, recreation, and religious workers ................................. Social workers ........................ Lawyers and judges .................... Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ..................................... Designers ............................... Editors and reporters .............. Technical ........................................ Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians ........................ Electrical and electronic technicians ........................ Engineering technicians, n.e.c. Drafters ................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ................................... Executives, administrators, and managers .............................. Administrators and officials, public administration ......... Financial managers ................ Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations ............................ Administrators, education and related fields ..................... – See footnotes at end of table. 12 – Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation3 Annual earnings Mean Relative error4 (percent) State and local government Private industry Annual earnings Mean annual hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Annual earnings Mean annual hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean annual hours5 White collar –Continued Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued Executives, administrators, and managers –Continued Managers, medicine and health ................................ Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ......... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. ................................. Management related ................... Accountants and auditors ....... Other financial officers ............ Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists .......... Management related, n.e.c. .... Sales .................................................. Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale .......................... Sales workers, other commodities ..................... Cashiers ................................. Administrative support, including clerical ......................................... Supervisors, financial records processing ........................ Computer operators ................ Secretaries ............................. Receptionists .......................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ................... Stock and inventory clerks ...... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ..................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance .............. General office clerks ............... Administrative support, n.e.c. Blue collar ............................................. Precision production, craft, and repair ............................................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ................................. Butchers and meat cutters ...... Inspectors, testers, and graders ............................. $73,565 7.6 2,080 – – – – – – 71,973 16.2 2,080 – – – – – – 94,676 52,333 50,367 69,597 12.2 6.8 4.1 21.7 2,216 2,009 2,088 2,083 $95,004 53,583 50,560 72,849 12.3 8.3 4.3 25.3 2,216 1,992 2,089 2,084 – 4.8 – – – 2,080 – – 53,822 38,881 8.8 11.6 2,092 1,682 54,623 37,680 11.5 14.6 2,095 1,606 – – – – – – 55,143 22.8 2,078 55,187 23.0 2,078 – – – 68,995 10.6 2,080 68,995 10.6 2,080 – – – 26,106 22,823 14.5 14.1 2,022 2,068 26,106 22,823 14.5 14.1 2,022 2,068 – – – – – – 33,928 3.9 2,067 33,701 4.7 2,076 34,971 3.4 2,024 42,980 41,317 36,671 25,879 8.0 3.1 4.7 4.9 2,080 2,080 2,046 2,069 – – 37,988 25,855 – – 5.2 5.2 – – 2,071 2,069 – – 30,608 – – – 5.6 – – – 1,931 – 30,273 34,934 3.7 4.1 2,011 2,080 28,818 – 4.8 – 1,980 – 33,493 – 3.3 – 2,080 – 34,765 3.0 2,080 34,765 3.0 2,080 – – – 37,619 29,895 36,713 7.4 4.6 4.8 2,080 2,065 2,075 37,269 29,450 36,457 7.5 6.5 5.1 2,080 2,076 2,080 – 30,886 – – 1.5 – – 2,040 – 33,901 2.8 2,085 33,397 3.1 2,089 40,034 4.5 2,032 41,617 7.9 2,104 41,154 8.8 2,106 45,728 2.0 2,080 43,641 27,505 8.4 9.4 2,080 2,080 44,365 27,505 11.2 9.4 2,080 2,080 – – – – – – 43,746 16.9 2,080 43,746 16.9 2,080 – – – – $47,222 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ............................ Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ................ Assemblers ............................. 28,829 5.6 2,069 28,829 5.6 2,069 – – – 27,919 24,525 12.7 8.8 2,067 2,080 27,919 24,525 12.7 8.8 2,067 2,080 – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ......................................... 34,396 4.7 2,081 34,157 5.3 2,096 36,092 5.7 1,974 See footnotes at end of table. 13 Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation3 Annual earnings Mean Relative error4 (percent) State and local government Private industry Annual earnings Mean annual hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Annual earnings Mean annual hours5 Mean Relative error4 (percent) Mean annual hours5 Blue collar –Continued Transportation and material moving –Continued Truck drivers ........................... Bus drivers .............................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ................. Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ..... Construction laborers ............. Stock handlers and baggers ... Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ................. Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. ................................. Service ................................................... Protective service ....................... Police and detectives, public service .............................. Food service ............................... Other food service .................... Cooks ..................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ....................... Health service ............................. Health aides, except nursing .. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ......................... Cleaning and building service ..... Maids and housemen ............. Janitors and cleaners ............. Personal service ......................... $32,656 29,959 6.5 3.0 2,110 1,824 $32,656 – 6.5 – 2,110 – – $29,994 – 3.1 – 1,822 26,669 7.3 2,078 26,150 7.6 2,078 35,852 4.1 2,080 28,988 23,324 23,324 12.2 10.8 4.3 2,080 2,080 2,080 – – 23,324 – – 4.3 – – 2,080 – – – – – – – – – 33,423 16.5 2,064 33,494 16.8 2,064 – – – 19,718 11.7 2,080 19,718 11.7 2,080 – – – 29,698 52,734 9.6 8.3 2,020 2,092 23,589 – 10.0 – 2,003 – 43,352 53,430 9.7 8.0 2,057 2,087 58,447 22,847 27,564 27,447 2.5 17.7 9.4 7.1 2,079 2,035 2,039 2,075 – 21,746 26,332 27,447 – 17.7 8.4 7.1 – 2,047 2,056 2,075 58,447 – – – 2.5 – – – 2,079 – – – 21,115 29,309 29,490 9.9 4.1 5.9 1,821 2,067 2,056 – 28,436 – – 6.2 – – 2,063 – – – – – – – – – – 28,700 23,155 18,832 24,165 25,609 5.8 4.3 .6 4.3 3.4 2,066 2,079 2,080 2,079 1,537 28,379 21,184 18,832 23,008 26,517 7.0 4.5 .6 6.9 3.8 2,064 2,080 2,080 2,080 1,409 – 27,428 – 25,817 – – 5.4 – 2.8 – – 2,078 – 2,078 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual 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. 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. 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. 5 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 14 Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $22.75 22.71 2.7 2.3 $21.86 21.73 3.5 3.0 $26.95 26.98 1.9 1.9 White collar ......................................................................... 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 13 ...................................................................... 14 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 13 ...................................................................... 14 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... 27.44 7.68 10.29 12.74 15.30 17.90 20.64 23.51 28.17 32.87 35.56 39.46 53.38 56.03 55.04 32.09 27.96 12.49 12.95 15.41 16.15 20.55 23.51 28.42 30.17 36.74 39.39 53.38 56.03 55.04 32.08 2.8 13.8 10.7 2.7 4.2 7.4 3.3 2.6 2.0 8.6 12.8 5.7 7.9 1.8 8.5 8.8 2.4 6.7 2.5 4.4 4.5 3.6 2.6 2.0 3.4 13.0 5.7 7.9 1.8 8.5 9.5 26.81 7.67 10.27 12.82 15.33 18.33 20.63 22.22 26.02 33.53 36.83 40.63 51.09 55.06 – 31.98 27.37 13.11 13.09 15.47 16.00 20.50 22.22 26.33 29.89 38.86 40.53 51.09 55.06 – 31.96 3.5 14.0 12.0 2.7 4.9 9.3 3.7 4.1 3.2 11.1 14.8 5.0 7.8 1.2 – 9.2 3.1 7.6 2.3 5.3 6.2 4.0 4.1 3.3 4.6 13.7 5.0 7.8 1.2 – 9.9 29.99 – 10.46 11.74 15.10 16.50 20.75 25.89 31.38 30.93 – 36.60 – – – 34.49 30.05 10.49 11.74 15.10 16.50 20.94 25.89 31.38 30.93 – 36.60 – – – 34.49 2.3 – 1.8 14.3 2.3 4.0 2.9 3.3 1.5 1.7 – 14.2 – – – 17.0 2.3 1.8 14.3 2.3 4.0 3.8 3.3 1.5 1.7 – 14.2 – – – 17.0 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 13 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Aerospace engineers ............................................ Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 13 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 13 ...................................................................... 32.69 34.31 15.14 25.48 24.86 29.89 31.10 36.19 39.01 47.74 57.91 38.90 37.36 32.69 41.19 45.42 48.98 37.83 42.08 36.43 37.49 31.38 39.05 42.63 54.84 41.26 37.69 31.60 38.38 42.63 54.84 2.2 1.8 12.9 7.3 3.0 2.3 3.7 10.7 6.5 9.7 3.1 5.4 5.7 3.0 2.9 4.9 8.2 9.4 2.6 3.7 3.2 8.7 6.2 12.5 1.0 5.0 3.1 9.5 7.0 12.5 1.0 31.96 33.47 15.13 25.48 22.00 26.81 30.97 37.37 40.88 43.63 55.19 38.96 37.42 32.80 41.19 45.42 48.98 37.83 42.48 36.43 37.75 31.36 41.64 42.63 54.84 41.26 37.97 31.58 41.77 42.63 54.84 2.5 2.2 13.4 8.4 5.3 3.6 5.1 10.9 2.2 8.4 1.3 5.4 5.7 3.2 2.9 4.9 8.2 9.4 1.9 3.7 3.4 9.1 4.4 12.5 1.0 5.0 3.4 10.0 6.7 12.5 1.0 34.90 36.59 – – 28.48 33.08 31.41 – 35.25 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.5 3.4 – – 3.3 1.1 2.6 – 18.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 15 Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $41.26 34.14 28.69 23.19 26.48 32.02 36.85 37.95 31.13 26.56 26.50 34.50 23.31 49.96 37.68 30.16 15.82 27.88 33.18 33.11 31.86 29.65 33.21 33.50 32.28 33.23 33.60 25.35 22.96 – 29.77 20.79 23.68 21.10 – 5.0 16.4 13.9 12.2 1.9 16.4 7.3 9.4 6.1 13.2 2.0 14.5 1.4 6.9 19.5 3.5 13.7 5.2 2.6 1.7 1.4 2.1 .4 .9 1.8 .2 .8 29.4 18.1 – 14.6 5.7 10.7 9.2 – $41.26 – 28.91 24.09 26.83 33.01 36.85 37.95 32.12 29.73 26.85 36.00 23.31 – – 21.14 – – – – 27.65 – – – – – – – – – – 18.97 – – – 5.0 – 14.9 12.7 1.8 16.6 7.3 9.4 5.6 2.6 1.9 13.6 1.4 – – 21.1 – – – – 7.9 – – – – – – – – – – 8.2 – – – – – $26.09 – – – – – 20.05 – – – – – – 31.88 – 29.50 34.06 33.83 32.14 29.76 33.21 33.61 32.33 33.23 33.77 – – – – 23.99 – 24.76 – – – 14.8 – – – – – 7.9 – – – – – – .5 – 1.1 .6 .7 1.2 2.0 .4 .9 1.8 .2 .5 – – – – 11.3 – 16.9 – 29.92 28.12 35.56 22.83 30.15 25.28 14.71 16.60 16.79 23.20 21.39 24.90 29.89 51.98 25.82 14.64 19.13 25.06 26.70 21.67 10.9 5.6 17.2 23.7 10.7 8.3 .2 6.7 11.7 3.8 6.5 3.9 3.9 20.6 14.5 .1 3.7 3.6 2.7 9.5 28.24 28.12 35.79 22.83 30.15 25.90 14.71 16.60 – 23.34 20.87 25.25 28.62 51.98 27.17 14.64 – 24.87 – 21.67 10.8 5.6 17.2 23.7 10.7 10.2 .2 6.7 – 3.7 11.1 5.4 2.0 20.6 14.6 .1 – 3.4 – 9.5 – – – – – 22.06 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10.8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 36.18 6.2 36.92 7.5 33.50 3.7 White collar –Continued Professional specialty and technical –Continued Professional specialty –Continued Mathematical and computer scientists –Continued Computer systems analysts and scientists –Continued Not able to be leveled ....................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. 11 ...................................................................... Teachers, except college and university .................. 5 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Elementary school teachers ................................. 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Secondary school teachers .................................. 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. 9 ...................................................................... Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 9 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians 3 ...................................................................... Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Drafters ................................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. See footnotes at end of table. 16 Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $21.80 25.33 27.11 38.70 33.94 78.27 44.49 45.28 27.88 34.99 51.15 37.50 35.53 58.33 3.9 6.5 5.2 21.4 5.8 18.4 9.7 8.9 7.2 5.1 9.5 2.4 9.2 18.7 $21.83 25.86 27.06 44.37 30.74 79.67 44.76 46.17 – 31.64 52.75 – – 58.35 4.5 8.2 6.4 23.7 6.9 19.2 11.0 11.1 – 6.6 10.6 – – 19.7 – – $27.33 – – – 42.46 42.22 – – 42.46 37.50 35.53 – – – 5.6 – – – 7.0 2.8 – – 7.0 2.4 9.2 – 58.90 45.46 35.29 34.60 42.73 52.60 26.04 21.27 23.83 26.86 27.81 24.33 24.10 21.94 33.41 21.0 8.3 6.9 16.2 9.7 7.2 6.8 4.4 8.5 6.7 4.5 5.6 4.0 4.5 21.7 58.90 – – – 42.87 53.14 26.89 21.21 – 27.11 – 24.33 24.18 – 34.96 21.0 – – – 9.8 6.9 8.3 5.4 – 7.9 – 5.6 4.2 – 25.4 – 46.87 – – – – 22.70 – – – – – – – – – 8.5 – – – – 4.8 – – – – – – – – 25.73 23.12 8.8 11.6 26.07 23.46 11.3 14.6 – – – – Sales ................................................................................ 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Sales, other business services ............................. Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ 4 ...................................................................... Cashiers ............................................................... 23.28 8.76 12.21 14.40 25.65 32.18 16.60 20.4 5.2 5.1 6.7 15.4 23.5 7.9 23.33 8.75 12.21 14.40 25.65 32.18 16.60 20.5 5.2 5.1 6.7 15.4 23.5 7.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 33.17 12.33 13.20 10.51 10.6 14.6 22.9 5.9 33.17 12.33 13.20 10.52 10.6 14.6 22.9 5.9 – – – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 16.10 12.23 12.92 15.34 16.46 18.85 22.58 15.26 20.66 19.86 17.85 12.99 17.09 16.35 19.87 3.1 7.5 2.6 4.6 2.0 6.0 6.5 4.7 8.0 3.1 4.5 2.4 4.8 7.8 10.7 15.98 12.83 13.04 15.40 16.18 18.62 23.05 15.15 – – 18.27 – 17.05 – 19.87 3.7 8.9 2.4 5.6 2.7 6.7 7.8 5.0 – – 5.1 – 7.9 – 11.0 16.67 10.49 11.88 15.10 17.02 20.37 – – – – 15.80 – – – – 2.7 1.8 14.8 2.3 3.9 9.9 – – – – 5.6 – – – – White collar –Continued Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Administrators and officials, public administration Not able to be leveled ....................................... Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Management related ................................................. 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Accountants and auditors ..................................... 7 ...................................................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related, n.e.c. .................................. See footnotes at end of table. 17 Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $20.78 12.10 12.75 14.55 12.23 15.05 15.55 14.80 16.58 6.0 5.3 7.7 9.3 1.0 4.6 7.9 4.8 3.9 $20.87 12.20 12.75 – – 14.55 15.29 – 16.02 6.1 5.4 7.7 – – 7.0 8.8 – 3.5 – – – $14.55 12.23 16.10 – – – – – – 9.3 1.0 3.3 – – – 15.24 49.0 15.24 49.0 – – 16.71 18.09 13.93 11.41 13.99 15.31 10.72 17.38 3.0 7.4 3.4 9.4 7.6 5.0 3.2 5.6 16.71 17.92 13.55 11.25 13.57 – – 17.24 3.0 7.5 4.9 7.7 9.8 – – 5.7 – – 14.93 – – – 10.72 – – – 2.1 – – – 3.2 – Blue collar ........................................................................... 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... 16.06 9.97 12.59 13.46 15.78 16.19 23.33 22.12 27.32 31.98 18.27 2.7 6.7 8.3 2.6 4.8 6.2 12.1 4.8 .7 5.0 2.2 15.79 9.98 12.58 13.45 15.70 15.98 23.49 22.06 27.32 31.76 17.85 3.0 6.7 8.4 2.7 5.1 7.5 13.5 6.0 .7 5.4 1.4 19.34 – – 13.57 16.70 17.20 22.14 22.39 – – – 4.7 – – 5.4 2.8 1.2 6.9 3.1 – – – Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... 19.77 13.35 16.73 26.65 22.24 27.58 30.40 19.58 20.98 13.22 21.03 6.9 5.1 7.0 14.5 4.0 1.5 4.1 7.5 8.4 9.4 16.9 19.52 13.35 16.56 27.62 22.15 27.58 30.04 – 21.33 13.22 21.03 7.7 5.1 8.1 16.0 4.9 1.5 4.6 – 11.2 9.4 16.9 21.98 – – 22.13 22.70 – – – – – – 2.0 – – 8.0 3.3 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 13.81 8.51 10.75 13.19 13.05 17.37 18.86 13.38 11.82 12.94 5.4 7.2 1.2 8.2 4.2 8.6 10.3 12.5 8.3 6.7 13.81 8.51 10.75 13.19 13.05 17.37 18.86 13.38 11.82 12.94 5.4 7.2 1.2 8.2 4.2 8.6 10.3 12.5 8.3 6.7 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ............................ 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 16.50 14.70 10.92 18.18 15.50 5.2 7.0 4.4 5.5 3.7 16.29 14.72 – 18.45 – 6.1 7.1 – 6.3 – 17.84 – – – – 3.6 – – – – White collar –Continued Administrative support, including clerical –Continued Secretaries –Continued 7 ...................................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... Library clerks ........................................................ 4 ...................................................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c. ................................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... See footnotes at end of table. 18 Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Transportation and material moving –Continued 7 ...................................................................... Truck drivers ......................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ $22.44 15.48 20.63 15.89 11.1 6.3 7.9 .6 – $15.48 20.63 – – 6.3 7.9 – – – – $15.91 – – – 0.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... Construction laborers ........................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 1 ...................................................................... Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... 2 ...................................................................... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 2 ...................................................................... 12.63 10.59 11.00 16.10 15.88 13.72 11.21 10.55 9.59 15.51 10.83 9.45 11.10 6.9 12.1 8.0 7.3 13.3 11.1 10.8 3.0 10.0 12.5 11.4 10.7 3.5 12.43 10.59 11.00 16.25 15.67 – – 10.55 9.59 15.53 10.83 9.45 11.10 7.3 12.1 8.0 7.9 15.4 – – 3.0 10.0 12.7 11.4 10.7 3.5 16.74 – – – – 17.63 – – – – – – – 2.3 – – – – 5.6 – – – – – – – Service ................................................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Protective service ..................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Police and detectives, public service .................... Food service ............................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... 1 ...................................................................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Other food service .................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Cooks ................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 1 ...................................................................... Health service ........................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Maids and housemen ........................................... 13.12 7.18 11.38 10.21 15.32 14.98 22.19 22.66 18.87 24.80 23.63 28.12 9.80 6.40 9.33 8.69 17.25 4.38 3.05 2.81 9.59 11.90 9.64 11.20 13.20 11.49 10.83 9.47 9.43 14.00 12.84 14.68 14.36 13.70 12.84 13.39 11.14 9.03 11.88 11.59 12.80 9.05 8.5 14.4 11.0 5.4 5.0 4.9 9.7 5.4 21.0 6.6 4.3 2.5 13.5 21.5 6.1 6.8 32.9 25.7 28.4 9.6 .0 9.3 5.1 2.9 6.8 4.9 2.4 7.8 11.4 4.5 9.2 6.2 6.8 6.2 9.2 6.6 4.2 4.7 12.5 3.5 6.6 .6 10.60 7.03 11.55 9.47 15.80 14.63 – – 12.21 – – – 9.37 6.39 – 8.67 – 4.38 3.05 2.81 9.59 11.51 9.67 11.25 13.20 11.49 – 9.36 9.46 13.60 11.44 13.74 14.15 13.55 11.44 13.39 10.24 8.58 11.72 11.03 – 9.05 8.8 15.0 12.2 4.1 8.2 3.4 – – 14.8 – – – 14.0 21.7 – 6.9 – 25.7 28.4 9.6 .0 9.1 5.2 3.0 6.8 4.9 – 10.9 11.6 6.4 5.6 4.1 7.5 7.3 5.6 6.6 4.3 2.3 14.0 5.2 – .6 19.99 – 10.11 12.60 14.35 – 22.26 23.63 – 25.36 23.63 28.12 15.61 – – – – – – – – 15.61 – – – – – 9.78 – – – – – – – – 13.20 – – 12.14 – – 8.7 – 4.1 8.9 6.1 – 9.7 4.3 – 6.0 4.3 2.5 35.2 – – – – – – – – 35.2 – – – – – 4.4 – – – – – – – – 5.4 – – 3.8 – – Blue collar –Continued See footnotes at end of table. 19 Table 4-1. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 all workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation and level Service –Continued Cleaning and building service –Continued Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Personal service ....................................................... 1 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $11.61 9.46 13.41 11.75 12.56 7.43 10.04 10.40 3.9 10.8 7.4 4.3 9.0 3.5 9.5 6.2 $11.09 8.24 – 11.09 12.74 7.43 9.54 – 6.2 3.5 – 8.6 11.8 3.5 3.9 – $12.42 – – 12.14 11.87 – – – 2.8 – – 3.8 5.6 – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 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. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 20 Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $23.61 23.43 2.9 2.5 $22.73 22.43 3.7 3.2 $27.77 27.78 1.9 1.9 White collar ......................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 13 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 13 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... 28.25 10.60 13.05 15.71 18.01 20.62 23.47 28.23 33.23 35.79 39.44 53.38 56.03 32.18 28.43 13.87 13.12 15.74 16.19 20.53 23.47 28.50 30.35 37.08 39.44 53.38 56.03 32.18 3.0 15.0 3.2 4.1 7.6 3.3 2.5 2.0 9.0 13.1 5.7 7.9 1.8 9.0 2.5 10.6 4.1 4.4 4.7 3.6 2.5 2.1 3.5 13.1 5.7 7.9 1.8 9.7 27.63 10.58 13.10 15.80 18.44 20.63 22.09 25.91 33.70 37.15 40.61 51.09 55.06 32.05 27.77 14.05 13.20 15.84 16.04 20.51 22.09 26.25 29.87 39.39 40.61 51.09 55.06 32.03 3.8 15.4 3.3 4.7 9.6 3.7 4.0 3.4 11.6 15.1 5.0 7.8 1.2 9.3 3.2 11.2 4.4 5.3 6.3 4.0 4.0 3.5 4.8 13.8 5.0 7.8 1.2 10.1 30.79 – – 15.22 16.57 20.54 26.08 31.48 31.76 – 36.60 – – 35.32 30.81 – – 15.22 16.57 20.72 26.08 31.48 31.76 – 36.60 – – 35.32 2.3 – – 2.1 4.2 4.5 3.3 1.3 1.6 – 14.2 – – 17.0 2.3 – – 2.1 4.2 5.4 3.3 1.3 1.6 – 14.2 – – 17.0 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 13 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Aerospace engineers ............................................ Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 13 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... 13 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... 33.04 34.78 25.49 24.86 30.03 31.44 36.79 39.08 47.74 57.91 39.33 37.36 32.69 41.19 45.42 48.98 37.83 42.08 36.43 37.55 31.38 39.05 42.63 54.84 41.26 37.75 31.60 38.38 42.63 54.84 41.26 35.56 28.63 2.3 1.8 7.7 3.0 2.4 3.7 11.0 6.6 9.7 3.1 5.3 5.7 3.0 2.9 4.9 8.2 9.4 2.6 3.7 3.2 8.7 6.2 12.5 1.0 5.0 3.2 9.5 7.0 12.5 1.0 5.0 15.4 17.3 32.18 33.76 25.49 21.67 26.64 31.01 38.14 41.03 43.63 55.19 39.26 37.42 32.80 41.19 45.42 48.98 37.83 42.48 36.43 37.82 31.36 41.64 42.63 54.84 41.26 38.04 31.58 41.77 42.63 54.84 41.26 – 28.96 2.6 2.2 8.5 5.1 3.9 5.2 11.0 2.1 8.4 1.3 5.4 5.7 3.2 2.9 4.9 8.2 9.4 1.9 3.7 3.4 9.1 4.4 12.5 1.0 5.0 3.4 10.0 6.7 12.5 1.0 5.0 – 17.7 35.73 37.69 – 29.01 33.27 32.55 – 35.25 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 3.5 3.3 – 3.4 .9 1.0 – 18.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – See footnotes at end of table. 21 Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $22.46 26.39 33.08 38.83 31.81 26.41 37.46 49.96 37.68 30.74 28.39 33.15 33.18 32.07 29.85 33.21 33.65 32.37 33.14 33.60 22.96 – 29.77 20.97 21.11 – 12.8 1.8 20.3 9.5 7.1 1.9 14.2 6.9 19.5 3.7 5.8 2.8 1.8 1.2 1.9 .4 .7 1.7 .8 .8 18.1 – 14.6 6.7 9.5 – $23.40 26.62 33.17 38.83 32.55 26.64 37.64 – – 20.96 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 18.98 – – 13.7 1.8 20.4 9.5 6.5 1.9 14.2 – – 21.9 – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10.2 – – – – – – – – – – – $32.64 30.18 34.05 33.92 32.28 29.85 33.21 33.77 32.42 33.14 33.77 – – – 24.23 – – – – – – – – – – – 0.3 1.1 1.0 .6 1.1 1.9 .4 .7 1.8 .8 .5 – – – 11.5 – – 30.04 28.05 36.23 22.83 30.07 25.37 16.65 16.61 23.23 21.39 24.93 29.89 51.98 26.22 25.06 26.70 21.67 11.3 5.8 17.3 23.7 11.4 8.4 6.8 12.4 3.8 6.5 4.5 3.9 20.6 15.7 3.6 2.7 9.5 28.25 28.05 36.23 22.83 30.07 26.02 16.65 – 23.34 20.87 25.39 28.62 51.98 – 24.87 – 21.67 11.2 5.8 17.3 23.7 11.4 10.4 6.8 – 3.7 11.1 6.8 2.0 20.6 – 3.4 – 9.5 – – – – – 22.08 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10.8 – – – – – – – – – – – 36.24 21.83 25.33 27.01 38.70 33.94 78.27 44.49 45.49 27.56 34.99 51.15 37.50 35.53 6.2 3.9 6.5 5.4 21.4 5.8 18.4 9.7 9.0 8.9 5.1 9.5 2.4 9.2 36.99 21.86 25.86 26.94 44.37 30.74 79.67 44.76 46.45 – 31.64 52.75 – – 7.5 4.5 8.2 6.7 23.7 6.9 19.2 11.0 11.3 – 6.6 10.6 – – 33.50 – – 27.33 – – – 42.46 42.22 – – 42.46 37.50 35.53 3.7 – – 5.6 – – – 7.0 2.8 – – 7.0 2.4 9.2 White collar –Continued Professional specialty and technical –Continued Professional specialty –Continued Health related –Continued 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Registered nurses ................................................ 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. 11 ...................................................................... Teachers, except college and university .................. 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Elementary school teachers ................................. 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Secondary school teachers .................................. 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ 9 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Drafters ................................................................. Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... 12 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Executives, administrators, and managers ............... 9 ...................................................................... 11 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Administrators and officials, public administration Not able to be leveled ....................................... See footnotes at end of table. 22 Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $58.33 18.7 $58.35 19.7 – – 60.36 45.46 35.37 34.60 42.73 52.60 26.04 21.30 23.83 26.86 27.81 24.33 24.12 33.41 20.5 8.3 7.6 16.2 9.7 7.2 6.8 4.4 8.5 6.7 4.5 5.6 4.0 21.7 60.36 – – – 42.87 53.14 26.90 21.24 – 27.11 – 24.33 24.20 34.96 20.5 – – – 9.8 6.9 8.3 5.4 – 7.9 – 5.6 4.2 25.4 – $46.87 – – – – 22.70 – – – – – – – – 8.5 – – – – 4.8 – – – – – – – 25.73 23.12 8.8 11.6 26.07 23.46 11.3 14.6 – – – – Sales ................................................................................ 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 26.54 15.45 25.89 32.18 22.5 4.9 15.3 23.5 26.56 15.45 25.89 32.18 22.6 4.9 15.3 23.5 – – – – – – – – 33.17 12.91 11.04 10.6 17.8 13.8 33.17 12.91 11.04 10.6 17.8 13.8 – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c. ................................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 16.42 13.59 13.04 15.69 16.47 18.87 22.58 14.84 20.66 19.86 17.92 17.19 16.35 19.94 20.78 12.51 15.05 15.55 14.80 16.80 3.6 12.0 4.3 4.6 2.0 6.1 6.5 4.1 8.0 3.1 4.6 4.6 7.8 10.8 6.0 4.9 4.6 7.9 4.8 4.1 16.24 13.77 13.11 15.78 16.18 18.64 23.05 14.70 – – 18.34 – – 19.94 20.87 12.50 14.55 15.29 – – 4.3 12.8 4.6 5.6 2.7 6.7 7.8 4.3 – – 5.1 – – 11.1 6.1 5.2 7.0 8.8 – – 17.28 – – 15.22 17.04 20.37 – – – – 15.85 – – – – – 16.10 – – – 3.3 – – 2.1 3.9 9.9 – – – – 5.6 – – – – – 3.3 – – – 15.31 49.4 15.31 49.4 – – 16.71 18.09 14.48 11.54 14.87 15.31 17.69 3.0 7.4 4.6 9.0 8.5 5.0 4.8 16.71 17.92 14.18 – 14.64 – 17.53 3.0 7.5 6.5 – 12.0 – 5.1 – – 15.14 – – – – – – 1.5 – – – – White collar –Continued Executive, administrative, and managerial –Continued Executives, administrators, and managers –Continued Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Management related ................................................. 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... 10 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related, n.e.c. .................................. See footnotes at end of table. 23 Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Blue collar ........................................................................... 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... $16.26 10.04 12.70 13.50 15.86 16.21 23.59 22.12 27.32 31.98 18.27 2.9 6.3 8.0 2.7 4.9 6.2 12.3 4.8 .7 5.0 2.2 $15.99 10.04 12.70 13.47 15.76 16.00 23.79 22.06 27.32 31.76 17.85 3.1 6.3 8.1 2.8 5.2 7.5 13.7 6.0 .7 5.4 1.4 $19.70 – – – 17.15 17.20 22.14 22.39 – – – 4.5 – – – 2.1 1.2 6.9 3.1 – – – Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... 19.78 13.35 16.78 26.65 22.24 27.58 30.40 19.58 20.98 13.22 21.03 6.9 5.1 7.1 14.5 4.0 1.5 4.1 7.5 8.4 9.4 16.9 19.54 13.35 16.61 27.62 22.15 27.58 30.04 – 21.33 13.22 21.03 7.7 5.1 8.2 16.0 4.9 1.5 4.6 – 11.2 9.4 16.9 21.98 – – 22.13 22.70 – – – – – – 2.0 – – 8.0 3.3 – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ 1 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... 13.93 8.56 13.24 13.05 17.37 18.86 13.51 11.79 5.7 6.9 8.6 4.2 8.6 10.3 12.1 8.8 13.93 8.56 13.24 13.05 17.37 18.86 13.51 11.79 5.7 6.9 8.6 4.2 8.6 10.3 12.1 8.8 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ............................ 2 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Truck drivers ......................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ 16.53 14.71 18.30 15.50 22.44 15.48 20.63 16.43 5.3 7.0 5.6 3.7 11.1 6.3 7.9 1.0 16.29 14.72 18.45 – – 15.48 20.63 – 6.1 7.1 6.3 – – 6.3 7.9 – 18.28 – – – – – – 16.46 5.0 – – – – – – 1.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... Construction laborers ........................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 12.84 10.88 10.97 16.19 16.44 13.94 11.21 11.21 16.19 9.48 7.2 13.6 8.4 7.5 14.6 12.2 10.8 4.3 16.2 11.7 12.59 10.88 10.97 16.27 16.27 – – 11.21 16.23 9.48 7.6 13.6 8.4 8.0 17.4 – – 4.3 16.5 11.7 17.24 – – – – – – – – – 4.1 – – – – – – – – – Service ................................................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 6 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Protective service ..................................................... 14.70 8.05 12.89 10.51 15.64 14.98 22.26 22.66 18.87 25.21 8.8 13.1 9.4 7.6 5.1 4.9 9.7 5.4 21.0 7.0 11.77 7.80 12.88 9.69 16.10 14.63 – – 12.21 – 9.2 13.3 9.6 7.1 8.2 3.4 – – 14.8 – 21.08 – – 12.62 14.70 – 22.26 23.63 – 25.61 8.3 – – 9.1 5.6 – 9.7 4.3 – 6.6 See footnotes at end of table. 24 Table 4-2. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 full-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation and level Service –Continued Protective service –Continued 7 ...................................................................... Police and detectives, public service .................... Food service ............................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Other food service .................................................. 3 ...................................................................... Cooks ................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Health service ........................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... 1 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Personal service ....................................................... Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $23.63 28.12 11.23 7.11 9.84 8.83 17.25 13.52 11.84 13.23 11.59 14.18 13.16 15.06 14.34 13.89 13.16 13.77 11.13 9.06 11.91 11.45 12.80 9.05 11.62 9.61 11.58 16.66 4.3 2.5 16.0 21.6 10.1 9.7 32.9 7.9 4.3 6.9 5.5 3.9 8.7 5.0 7.1 5.6 8.7 6.4 4.3 4.9 12.9 3.6 6.6 .6 4.3 12.1 4.3 7.7 – – $10.62 7.11 9.84 8.83 – 12.81 11.93 13.23 – 13.78 – 14.11 – 13.75 – 13.77 10.18 8.60 11.76 10.70 – 9.05 11.06 8.23 10.53 18.81 – – 16.0 21.6 10.1 9.9 – 6.7 4.5 6.9 – 5.9 – 3.2 – 6.7 – 6.4 4.5 2.4 14.6 5.1 – .6 6.9 4.3 6.8 3.0 $23.63 28.12 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13.20 – – 12.14 – – 12.42 – 12.14 – 4.3 2.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5.4 – – 3.8 – – 2.8 – 3.8 – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 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. 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 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 25 Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $12.97 13.55 3.9 4.5 $12.27 12.80 4.4 5.1 $16.70 16.83 5.5 6.0 White collar ......................................................................... 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... 16.61 8.58 9.56 12.19 11.46 14.45 24.60 27.31 27.55 27.55 19.62 10.38 12.53 11.46 14.87 24.60 27.31 27.55 27.55 6.8 6.1 5.4 5.4 3.8 9.8 8.0 4.2 7.0 15.3 8.2 .6 4.4 4.0 10.3 8.0 4.2 7.0 15.3 15.87 – 9.29 12.34 11.18 – 27.30 27.09 30.31 28.76 19.54 10.47 12.84 11.02 – 27.30 27.09 30.31 28.76 8.0 – 7.3 5.7 3.5 – 2.5 4.0 6.7 15.6 11.2 2.1 4.9 2.8 – 2.5 4.0 6.7 15.6 19.56 – 10.26 – 13.65 – – – – – 19.82 10.29 – 13.65 – – – – – 4.8 – .4 – 7.3 – – – – – 5.5 .6 – 7.3 – – – – – Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... 5 ...................................................................... 7 ...................................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Not able to be leveled ....................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... 8 ...................................................................... 9 ...................................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ 8 ...................................................................... Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... 26.02 26.40 14.16 24.72 28.16 27.26 28.03 – – 28.93 26.94 28.92 28.57 26.94 21.68 28.79 – – – 3.0 3.2 11.4 7.9 5.3 8.0 8.0 – – 4.7 3.6 10.9 4.0 3.6 6.4 3.2 – – – 26.84 27.57 – – 28.12 30.41 – – – 28.63 28.06 – 30.29 28.06 – – – – – 3.9 4.5 – – 5.0 8.2 – – – 5.0 2.2 – 1.5 2.2 – – – – – 24.63 24.66 – – – – – – – – – – – – 21.27 – – – – 5.5 5.4 – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.1 – – – – – 21.59 – 3.8 – 21.69 – 3.8 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Management related ................................................. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Sales ................................................................................ 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 10.07 8.58 11.73 11.20 9.33 5.5 10.2 10.0 13.5 6.0 10.09 8.56 11.73 11.20 9.34 5.5 10.4 10.0 13.5 6.2 – – – – – – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Secretaries ........................................................... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... 12.54 10.38 12.63 11.44 15.47 11.03 10.27 8.6 .6 4.5 4.0 9.3 1.9 .4 12.96 10.47 12.88 11.00 – – – 11.4 2.1 5.2 2.7 – – – 11.00 10.29 – 13.65 – – 10.27 4.9 .6 – 7.3 – – .4 Blue collar ........................................................................... 11.45 10.1 11.23 11.7 13.37 10.3 See footnotes at end of table. 26 Table 4-3. Selected occupations1 and levels,2 part-time workers:3 Mean hourly earnings,4 private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Total Occupation and level Private industry State and local government Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) Mean Relative error5 (percent) $9.48 12.35 13.7 4.1 $9.50 – 13.6 – – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ – – – – – – Transportation and material moving ............................ Bus drivers ............................................................ 14.20 14.20 4.5 4.5 – – – – $14.20 14.20 4.5 4.5 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers 1 ...................................................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 11.44 9.65 8.87 13.0 13.3 17.4 11.51 9.69 8.87 13.0 13.3 17.4 – – – – – – Service ................................................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 2 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 4 ...................................................................... Protective service ..................................................... Food service ............................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Other food service .................................................. 1 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... 1 ...................................................................... Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... Personal service ....................................................... 1 ...................................................................... 7.88 6.30 9.16 8.82 12.42 – 7.44 5.87 8.20 3.86 3.08 9.05 9.09 9.32 9.44 9.33 11.69 – 8.20 7.43 5.0 20.0 4.5 12.1 4.8 – 5.9 25.3 17.4 12.1 11.6 7.6 16.0 10.3 10.3 16.7 4.3 – 5.9 3.5 7.61 6.26 – 8.70 – – 7.13 5.83 8.09 3.86 3.08 8.90 9.12 9.21 9.26 – 11.69 – 7.90 7.43 5.6 20.6 – 12.5 – – 6.1 25.8 17.7 12.1 11.6 8.9 16.5 10.4 16.8 – 4.3 – 3.6 3.5 9.97 – 9.81 – – – 9.80 – – – – 9.80 – – 9.78 – – – – – .9 – 2.5 – – – 4.5 – – – – 4.5 – – 4.4 – – – – – Blue collar –Continued 1 ...................................................................... 3 ...................................................................... 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 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. 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 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. 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, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 27 Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time workers3 Part-time workers3 Union4 Nonunion4 Time5 Incentive5 Mean All occupations ....................................................................... All excluding sales ........................................................ $23.61 23.43 $12.97 13.55 $21.96 22.41 $22.90 22.76 $22.08 22.35 $40.50 44.56 White collar ......................................................................... White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 28.25 28.43 16.61 19.62 26.34 28.28 27.59 27.92 26.56 27.41 43.76 56.00 Professional specialty and technical ................................. Professional specialty ................................................... Technical ...................................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... Sales ................................................................................. Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 33.04 34.78 25.37 36.24 26.54 16.42 26.02 26.40 21.59 – 10.07 12.54 31.60 30.35 39.96 – – 17.86 32.88 35.06 23.49 36.20 24.74 15.94 32.69 34.31 25.28 33.13 16.94 15.87 – – – 66.70 37.59 – Blue collar ........................................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving ................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 16.26 19.78 13.93 16.53 12.84 11.45 – – 14.20 11.44 18.98 20.87 15.28 22.98 15.12 14.83 19.28 13.33 13.89 11.32 16.02 19.96 13.81 16.26 12.63 – – – – – Service ................................................................................. 14.70 7.88 16.36 12.67 13.12 – Relative error6 (percent) All occupations ....................................................................... All excluding sales ........................................................ 2.9 2.5 3.9 4.5 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.4 2.2 2.0 17.1 25.4 White collar ......................................................................... White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 3.0 2.5 6.8 8.2 4.1 4.3 3.1 2.7 2.2 2.0 15.6 22.3 Professional specialty and technical ................................. Professional specialty ................................................... Technical ...................................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... Sales ................................................................................. Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 2.3 1.8 8.4 6.2 22.5 3.6 3.0 3.2 3.8 – 5.5 8.6 3.8 1.9 30.2 – – 3.5 2.5 2.0 7.6 6.3 22.4 3.5 2.2 1.8 8.3 4.7 22.8 2.2 – – – 17.0 26.7 – Blue collar ........................................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving ................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 2.9 6.9 5.7 5.3 7.2 10.1 – – 4.5 13.0 5.6 7.5 4.8 7.9 9.3 2.3 8.7 7.0 6.8 5.5 3.1 6.6 5.4 6.8 6.9 – – – – – Service ................................................................................. 8.8 5.0 11.8 8.5 8.6 – 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B 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 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers’ wages are based solely on an 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. 6 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. 28 Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing industries3 Occupational group All private industries Total Mining Construction Manufacturing Service-producing industries4 Total TransportFinance, Wholesale ation and insurance, and retail public utiland real trade ities estate Services Mean All occupations ............................................................. All excluding sales .............................................. $21.86 21.73 $21.38 21.22 – – $18.59 $22.02 18.06 21.95 – – $26.88 27.05 – – – – – – White collar ............................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................... 26.81 27.37 29.09 29.39 – – – – 29.81 30.40 – – 31.37 32.57 – – – – – – Professional specialty and technical ....................... Professional specialty ......................................... Technical ............................................................ Executive, administrative, and managerial ............. Sales ....................................................................... Administrative support, including clerical ................ 31.96 33.47 25.90 36.92 23.33 15.98 33.53 35.34 25.61 33.36 – 17.17 – – – – – – – – – – – – 33.60 35.61 25.61 35.05 – 17.69 – – – – – – 34.72 31.37 40.68 50.19 – 19.44 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Blue collar ................................................................. Precision production, craft, and repair .................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .... Transportation and material moving ....................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ............................................................. 15.79 19.52 13.81 16.29 15.69 17.44 14.85 15.96 – – – – 16.54 17.49 – – 15.39 17.32 14.85 15.85 – – – – 21.15 27.08 – 23.24 – – – – – – – – – – – – 12.43 11.64 – – 11.82 – 16.95 – – – Service ....................................................................... 10.60 12.11 – – 12.11 – – – – – Relative error5 (percent) All occupations ............................................................. All excluding sales .............................................. 3.5 3.0 5.9 6.2 – – 4.0 .2 7.1 7.7 – – 10.9 11.0 – – – – – – White collar ............................................................... White-collar excluding sales ............................... 3.5 3.1 6.6 7.5 – – – – 7.2 8.3 – – 12.3 13.5 – – – – – – Professional specialty and technical ....................... Professional specialty ......................................... Technical ............................................................ Executive, administrative, and managerial ............. Sales ....................................................................... Administrative support, including clerical ................ 2.5 2.2 10.2 7.5 20.5 3.7 6.2 6.6 10.3 11.3 – 7.8 – – – – – – – – – – – – 6.8 7.2 10.3 11.7 – 9.1 – – – – – – 8.7 2.2 29.3 13.8 – 4.5 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Blue collar ................................................................. Precision production, craft, and repair .................... Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .... Transportation and material moving ....................... Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ............................................................. 3.0 7.7 5.4 6.1 1.9 6.6 3.2 5.5 – – – – 5.7 12.1 – – 1.9 8.1 3.2 6.7 – – – – 9.8 1.9 – 16.2 – – – – – – – – – – – – 7.3 7.4 – – 8.0 – 10.1 – – – Service ....................................................................... 8.8 14.7 – – 14.7 – – – – – 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 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. 29 Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings1 by occupational group,2 private industry, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All private industry workers 50 - 99 workers3 Total 100 - 499 workers 500 workers or more Mean All occupations ....................................................................... All excluding sales ........................................................ $21.86 21.73 $18.91 17.40 $22.95 23.13 $21.68 21.85 $24.38 24.49 White collar ......................................................................... White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 26.81 27.37 25.32 24.64 27.23 27.91 26.16 27.12 28.34 28.65 Professional specialty and technical ................................. Professional specialty ................................................... Technical ...................................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... Sales ................................................................................. Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 31.96 33.47 25.90 36.92 23.33 15.98 25.96 25.93 26.09 42.55 26.66 15.21 33.15 34.98 25.87 35.87 19.51 16.14 33.29 34.44 25.56 35.64 19.62 15.42 33.05 35.43 25.98 36.20 19.03 16.99 Blue collar ........................................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving ................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 15.79 19.52 13.81 16.29 12.43 14.71 22.34 14.21 13.90 11.47 16.34 18.78 13.69 18.32 13.31 15.65 18.18 13.67 15.29 11.55 17.09 20.09 13.70 20.96 15.26 Service ................................................................................. 10.60 8.19 12.03 11.43 13.35 Relative error4 (percent) All occupations ....................................................................... All excluding sales ........................................................ 3.5 3.0 14.7 13.7 4.2 4.2 6.1 6.0 4.9 4.9 White collar ......................................................................... White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 3.5 3.1 13.7 10.4 4.0 4.0 6.5 6.6 5.2 5.2 Professional specialty and technical ................................. Professional specialty ................................................... Technical ...................................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... Sales ................................................................................. Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 2.5 2.2 10.2 7.5 20.5 3.7 14.8 17.7 5.3 14.4 31.7 19.4 4.2 4.0 12.1 9.5 13.6 2.1 5.3 6.2 18.1 18.3 16.4 2.8 5.4 4.3 14.8 9.2 2.5 3.6 Blue collar ........................................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving ................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 3.0 7.7 5.4 6.1 7.3 10.4 23.2 5.6 13.4 10.0 4.2 7.9 6.8 9.1 5.3 5.2 10.2 16.3 15.2 4.9 6.5 8.2 5.3 13.0 12.2 Service ................................................................................. 8.8 22.0 7.1 11.7 6.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 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. 30 Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $9.71 10.00 $12.78 13.00 $18.40 18.52 $28.72 28.62 $41.28 41.17 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 11.55 12.68 15.90 16.80 23.07 24.00 34.49 35.05 47.85 48.04 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Aerospace engineers ............................................ Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Teachers, n.e.c. .................................................... Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Licensed practical nurses ..................................... Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Drafters ................................................................. 16.98 18.68 24.88 31.01 29.80 27.16 18.68 18.68 23.01 11.65 22.00 19.22 25.26 17.30 22.34 22.67 10.00 12.02 – 23.33 14.00 13.39 – 22.32 24.04 29.76 31.01 35.57 30.23 27.87 27.87 25.75 20.91 25.04 21.71 32.53 23.35 24.78 25.41 10.00 15.39 – 25.28 19.00 18.05 – 30.21 31.78 36.99 34.48 42.23 35.49 35.92 36.40 28.65 29.09 31.31 23.60 41.40 29.42 30.29 31.73 24.38 22.83 – 25.28 20.62 20.83 – 40.53 42.17 43.84 43.31 47.92 40.67 48.54 49.14 48.19 35.13 35.19 25.40 60.10 37.55 38.01 38.16 38.82 25.48 – 42.87 22.60 23.69 – 50.00 51.64 50.63 50.59 56.12 51.14 54.47 55.25 49.67 45.42 43.10 26.91 85.91 43.12 43.64 42.56 41.71 34.66 – 42.87 26.38 27.05 – 12.90 12.90 19.23 14.92 15.90 18.75 21.65 18.19 17.00 20.06 12.90 27.37 17.25 21.65 18.81 22.95 20.95 18.00 28.93 21.91 29.00 22.34 25.62 19.23 25.30 27.92 20.60 33.15 29.85 33.70 28.20 31.15 19.68 25.30 33.55 23.92 48.21 38.05 41.28 35.19 37.42 21.02 27.93 34.11 28.33 Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... Management related ................................................. Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 19.23 25.24 31.96 27.55 23.33 30.83 35.62 30.77 30.77 38.33 36.47 36.69 42.30 54.08 41.13 67.31 60.58 72.12 44.62 130.89 29.57 28.98 30.83 22.66 25.19 17.13 19.25 17.26 29.57 31.11 30.83 23.82 27.40 19.60 20.52 20.59 46.30 48.55 30.83 33.65 37.54 24.16 24.24 28.17 88.85 53.97 38.46 42.30 54.92 28.63 25.96 37.26 92.83 59.10 43.54 44.23 63.52 37.26 32.23 81.25 18.99 13.63 19.65 17.31 26.42 20.71 27.52 24.33 35.00 40.87 Sales ................................................................................ Sales, other business services ............................. Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 7.49 10.00 10.13 11.44 16.06 17.55 29.08 20.74 41.37 20.74 18.55 8.08 7.49 23.13 9.10 7.49 30.53 11.28 10.15 39.98 13.95 11.92 55.53 19.19 16.06 Administrative support, including clerical ................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... 10.74 15.36 17.67 13.27 9.00 11.00 12.71 15.36 18.40 14.52 10.00 11.25 15.58 21.79 19.61 16.81 12.36 11.25 18.66 23.15 20.25 20.50 13.81 15.08 21.95 24.49 22.41 24.75 14.61 15.56 See footnotes at end of table. 31 Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $9.99 11.25 15.05 $10.35 12.90 15.66 $15.41 15.11 16.65 $17.49 17.02 17.25 $18.94 18.27 18.69 5.75 6.25 11.60 16.21 31.75 13.81 13.75 10.00 8.80 12.41 15.38 15.39 11.74 9.51 15.03 16.04 18.22 13.11 10.68 16.28 18.84 20.00 16.17 11.72 20.69 18.96 21.67 17.86 12.42 21.41 Blue collar ........................................................................... 8.91 11.00 15.00 19.59 25.35 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... 11.50 15.39 9.85 13.50 14.50 19.05 10.00 16.00 18.25 19.55 11.65 19.93 24.32 24.32 17.65 28.15 30.40 28.94 17.65 29.52 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... 8.22 5.75 8.55 9.89 9.70 9.30 13.33 11.95 12.15 17.25 16.75 14.31 20.72 20.60 14.41 Transportation and material moving ............................ Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ 10.00 10.00 13.52 12.00 10.50 14.09 15.23 12.30 15.86 18.38 19.23 18.05 25.35 25.35 18.05 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... Construction laborers ........................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 7.75 8.00 8.00 6.91 9.00 7.75 9.22 12.78 9.50 8.00 9.85 8.00 11.00 12.78 10.00 10.50 16.50 8.50 16.00 17.21 13.50 12.10 19.80 10.47 19.80 19.37 15.25 13.87 21.00 12.73 Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Police and detectives, public service .................... Food service ............................................................. Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Other food service .................................................. Cooks ................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... Health service ........................................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service ................................... Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service ....................................................... Early childhood teachers’ assistants .................... 5.20 14.29 22.81 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.50 7.00 10.00 7.50 7.50 10.86 10.42 10.79 7.69 7.50 8.75 7.10 6.53 8.62 20.39 25.48 7.00 2.13 2.13 8.00 8.84 11.50 8.09 8.83 12.68 13.10 12.39 9.00 7.91 10.00 7.60 9.45 12.00 26.05 29.08 10.00 2.13 2.13 9.00 11.25 14.00 11.50 9.79 14.54 14.57 14.23 10.70 9.00 11.32 10.00 10.96 15.22 29.14 30.46 13.27 5.15 2.13 12.05 14.00 14.35 13.27 10.25 15.82 16.02 15.05 12.89 9.90 13.18 12.84 11.31 25.48 31.15 31.85 15.22 11.00 4.00 12.53 16.60 15.57 13.27 11.60 16.46 17.00 15.90 14.50 11.00 14.58 28.36 13.05 Occupation3 White collar –Continued Administrative support, including clerical –Continued Library clerks ........................................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c. ................................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 32 Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Private industry Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $9.25 9.50 $12.00 12.40 $17.44 17.54 $27.31 26.97 $40.25 40.00 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 11.25 12.41 15.45 16.06 22.09 22.96 33.65 34.20 46.92 47.48 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Aerospace engineers ............................................ Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Respiratory therapists ........................................... Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Drafters ................................................................. 15.65 18.00 24.88 31.01 30.25 27.16 18.68 18.68 – 11.54 23.16 19.22 – 12.02 21.80 – – 13.39 – 21.11 23.50 29.74 31.01 36.32 30.23 27.50 27.62 – 21.25 26.93 21.71 – 13.08 24.31 – – 15.35 – 29.81 31.35 37.11 34.48 42.23 35.49 37.33 37.54 – 29.82 31.50 23.60 – 20.38 27.42 – – 19.76 – 40.45 42.07 43.97 43.31 47.92 40.67 49.32 49.73 – 35.13 35.65 25.40 – 26.41 29.54 – – 21.17 – 50.00 51.12 50.79 50.59 56.12 51.14 55.29 55.76 – 45.42 43.10 26.91 – 34.22 34.00 – – 23.00 – 12.90 12.90 19.23 14.92 17.10 21.65 17.00 19.54 12.90 27.37 17.00 22.62 22.95 18.00 27.97 21.91 29.00 23.08 28.01 25.30 20.60 31.15 29.85 33.70 28.54 31.15 25.30 23.92 39.97 38.05 41.28 37.42 37.42 27.93 28.33 Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... Management related ................................................. Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 19.23 25.19 27.55 22.66 29.57 30.77 30.64 37.54 36.54 42.30 54.92 68.32 66.35 88.85 130.89 29.57 25.19 17.30 19.25 16.95 29.57 27.40 19.65 20.52 19.71 46.30 37.54 24.24 24.24 26.68 88.85 54.92 29.81 25.96 37.26 92.83 63.67 37.26 32.23 81.25 17.30 13.05 19.65 17.02 26.42 20.62 31.08 24.33 37.39 42.60 Sales ................................................................................ Sales, other business services ............................. Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 7.49 10.00 10.13 11.44 16.06 17.55 29.08 20.74 41.37 20.74 18.55 8.08 7.49 23.13 9.10 7.49 30.53 11.28 10.15 39.98 13.95 11.92 55.53 19.19 16.06 10.74 13.27 9.00 11.00 11.00 14.55 12.54 14.71 10.74 11.25 11.63 15.66 15.47 16.91 12.36 11.25 14.85 16.06 18.40 20.99 13.85 15.08 17.02 17.25 21.67 25.59 14.61 15.56 18.27 17.25 5.75 6.25 11.60 16.21 31.75 13.81 13.75 10.00 13.66 15.38 15.14 10.58 15.03 16.04 18.22 12.71 15.94 18.84 20.00 15.80 20.69 18.96 21.02 16.88 20.85 Administrative support, including clerical ................... Secretaries ........................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Information clerks, n.e.c. ...................................... Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c. ................................................... Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... See footnotes at end of table. 33 Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued Private industry Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Blue collar ........................................................................... $8.74 $10.55 $14.51 $19.00 $25.35 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... 11.30 15.05 9.85 13.50 14.00 19.20 10.00 16.00 18.03 19.55 11.65 19.93 24.28 24.32 17.65 28.15 30.50 29.41 17.65 29.52 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... 8.22 5.75 8.55 9.89 9.70 9.30 13.33 11.95 12.15 17.25 16.75 14.31 20.72 20.60 14.41 Transportation and material moving ............................ Truck drivers ......................................................... 10.00 10.00 11.30 10.50 15.00 12.30 18.00 19.23 25.35 25.35 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 7.60 6.91 9.00 7.75 9.00 8.00 9.62 8.00 10.50 10.50 16.50 8.50 15.46 12.10 19.80 10.47 19.80 13.87 21.01 12.73 Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Food service ............................................................. Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Waiters’/Waitresses’ assistants ............................ Other food service .................................................. Cooks ................................................................... Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... Health service ........................................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service ................................... Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service ....................................................... 3.50 – 2.13 2.13 2.13 5.50 7.00 10.00 7.50 10.53 10.42 10.59 7.50 7.50 7.66 7.00 7.69 – 6.50 2.13 2.13 8.00 8.62 11.50 8.74 12.15 13.07 12.09 8.69 7.91 8.75 7.50 10.50 – 10.00 2.13 2.13 9.00 11.45 14.00 10.00 13.65 14.00 13.64 9.90 9.00 10.60 9.00 13.96 – 13.27 5.15 2.13 12.05 14.00 14.35 10.25 15.02 15.24 15.02 11.10 9.90 13.18 11.31 15.82 – 15.22 11.00 4.00 12.53 16.54 15.57 11.63 15.95 17.00 15.95 14.17 11.00 14.50 30.13 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 34 Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 State and local government Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $12.68 12.68 $17.03 17.11 $23.39 23.43 $32.82 32.82 $44.26 44.36 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 14.12 14.23 19.15 19.17 26.06 26.11 36.72 36.74 49.67 49.67 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... 19.71 21.29 – – – 14.97 14.64 – 21.78 22.35 22.76 – – 19.45 18.99 – 23.48 25.16 – – – 17.37 15.91 – 24.65 24.78 25.46 – – 20.63 20.33 – 31.44 32.83 – – – 22.96 20.95 – 31.10 31.07 31.77 – – 22.17 23.28 – 41.10 42.55 – – – 29.30 23.33 – 38.83 38.64 38.17 – – 26.38 27.05 – 51.28 53.77 – – – 52.46 25.39 – 43.88 43.82 42.56 – – 36.59 36.59 – – 12.47 – 18.55 – 21.72 – 24.58 – 33.69 Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Administrators, education and related fields ......... Management related ................................................. 17.56 31.47 31.96 28.98 15.92 23.84 36.47 35.62 42.16 17.69 31.88 40.95 36.47 50.44 23.33 42.73 50.29 41.13 54.35 27.07 54.08 54.08 44.62 59.10 29.24 Sales ................................................................................ – – – – – Administrative support, including clerical ................... Secretaries ........................................................... Library clerks ........................................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... 10.98 12.06 9.99 13.17 11.25 8.80 13.64 14.11 10.35 14.94 12.50 9.51 16.32 15.79 15.41 16.26 15.45 10.83 19.61 17.88 17.49 17.64 17.03 11.72 22.45 19.08 18.94 18.20 19.55 12.42 Blue collar ........................................................................... 14.23 16.06 18.72 22.26 24.47 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ 16.65 18.74 21.04 24.47 27.77 Transportation and material moving ............................ Bus drivers ............................................................ 13.69 13.52 14.78 14.09 18.05 16.06 19.71 18.05 23.10 18.05 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... 13.24 12.50 14.70 17.01 17.34 18.64 18.86 20.11 20.66 22.26 Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Police and detectives, public service .................... Food service ............................................................. Other food service .................................................. Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... Health service ........................................................... 10.18 18.02 22.81 8.83 8.83 8.83 – 12.68 22.17 25.48 9.27 9.27 9.09 – 18.83 26.05 29.08 10.05 10.05 9.52 – 26.24 29.65 30.46 23.26 23.26 10.17 – 30.58 31.32 31.85 37.03 37.03 11.60 – See footnotes at end of table. 35 Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 all workers:2 Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued State and local government Occupation3 Service –Continued Cleaning and building service ................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service ....................................................... 10 25 Median 50 75 90 $10.43 10.18 7.86 $11.25 10.94 9.10 $12.68 12.25 10.75 $14.35 13.49 13.90 $17.61 15.18 16.26 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 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 36 Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $10.25 10.47 $13.90 14.00 $19.16 19.11 $29.41 29.13 $42.03 42.05 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 12.50 13.00 16.73 17.00 23.82 24.33 35.46 35.68 48.54 48.54 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Engineers, architects, and surveyors ....................... Aerospace engineers ............................................ Civil engineers ...................................................... Electrical and electronic engineers ....................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Computer systems analysts and scientists ........... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, college and university .............................. Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Secondary school teachers .................................. Vocational and educational counselors ................ Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social scientists and urban planners ........................ Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Social workers ...................................................... Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ Designers ............................................................. Editors and reporters ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Electrical and electronic technicians ..................... Engineering technicians, n.e.c. ............................. Drafters ................................................................. 16.98 18.68 24.88 31.01 29.80 27.16 18.68 18.68 25.09 11.54 22.00 25.26 19.65 22.17 23.00 12.02 – 23.33 14.00 13.39 – 22.42 24.48 29.76 31.01 35.57 30.23 27.87 27.89 26.53 20.00 25.00 32.53 23.61 24.80 25.46 15.39 – 25.28 18.99 17.75 – 30.40 32.60 36.99 34.48 42.23 35.49 36.17 36.64 29.58 28.61 31.73 41.40 30.05 31.04 31.77 22.83 – 25.28 20.70 20.83 – 41.05 42.61 43.84 43.31 47.92 40.67 48.54 49.24 48.21 35.19 36.20 60.10 38.08 38.64 38.16 25.48 – 42.87 23.00 23.73 – 50.48 52.50 50.63 50.59 56.12 51.14 54.52 55.29 49.67 45.69 45.69 85.91 43.50 43.79 42.56 34.66 – 42.87 27.05 27.05 – 12.90 12.90 19.23 14.92 15.90 21.65 18.19 17.00 20.06 12.90 26.92 17.07 21.65 22.95 20.95 18.00 28.78 21.91 29.00 22.16 28.01 25.30 27.92 20.60 33.15 29.85 34.14 28.54 31.15 25.30 33.55 23.92 48.21 38.05 41.28 35.19 37.42 27.93 34.11 28.33 Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Administrators and officials, public administration Financial managers .............................................. Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations .......................................................... Administrators, education and related fields ......... Managers, medicine and health ........................... Managers, service organizations, n.e.c. ............... Managers and administrators, n.e.c. .................... Management related ................................................. Accountants and auditors ..................................... Other financial officers .......................................... Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists ....................................................... Management related, n.e.c. .................................. 19.23 25.24 31.96 27.55 23.33 30.83 35.62 30.77 30.77 38.46 36.47 36.69 42.30 54.08 41.13 67.31 60.58 75.00 44.62 130.89 29.57 28.98 30.83 22.66 25.19 17.13 19.25 17.26 32.45 31.11 30.83 23.82 27.40 19.60 20.52 20.59 66.35 48.55 30.83 33.65 37.54 24.16 24.24 28.17 88.85 53.97 38.46 42.30 54.92 28.63 25.96 37.26 92.83 59.10 43.54 44.23 63.52 37.26 32.23 81.25 18.99 13.63 19.65 17.31 26.42 20.71 27.52 24.33 35.00 40.87 Sales ................................................................................ Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale ................................................. Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 7.49 10.68 19.89 31.27 41.50 18.55 8.43 7.49 23.13 9.53 7.49 30.53 11.57 10.68 39.98 13.95 15.66 55.53 22.94 16.06 11.25 15.36 17.67 13.27 9.00 11.25 15.05 13.27 15.36 18.40 14.56 11.17 12.90 15.66 15.87 21.79 19.61 16.81 12.58 15.11 16.75 18.94 23.15 20.25 20.69 14.19 17.02 17.25 22.13 24.49 22.41 24.75 14.61 18.27 21.36 5.75 6.25 12.00 17.13 31.75 Administrative support, including clerical ................... Supervisors, financial records processing ............ Computer operators .............................................. Secretaries ........................................................... Receptionists ........................................................ Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks ...... Stock and inventory clerks .................................... Material recording, scheduling, and distribution clerks, n.e.c. ................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 37 Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 full-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 — Continued 10 25 Median 50 75 90 Administrative support, including clerical –Continued Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators ................................................... Investigators and adjusters, except insurance ..... General office clerks ............................................. Administrative support, n.e.c. ............................... $13.81 13.75 10.00 14.04 $15.38 15.39 12.07 15.33 $16.04 18.22 14.15 16.95 $18.84 20.00 16.35 20.85 $18.96 21.67 18.16 21.47 Blue collar ........................................................................... 9.17 11.10 15.00 19.70 25.35 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c. ........................... Butchers and meat cutters .................................... Inspectors, testers, and graders ........................... 11.50 15.39 9.85 13.50 14.50 19.05 10.00 16.00 18.25 19.55 11.65 19.93 24.32 24.32 17.65 28.15 30.42 28.94 17.65 29.52 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c. ............. Assemblers ........................................................... 8.22 7.00 8.55 10.00 10.00 9.25 13.85 11.95 11.55 17.25 16.75 14.31 20.72 20.60 14.41 Transportation and material moving ............................ Truck drivers ......................................................... Bus drivers ............................................................ 10.00 10.00 13.69 12.00 10.50 14.23 15.23 12.30 18.05 18.50 19.23 18.05 25.35 25.35 18.05 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm ...... Construction laborers ........................................... Stock handlers and baggers ................................. Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c. ......... Laborers, except construction, n.e.c. .................... 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.00 9.08 7.75 9.43 12.78 9.50 10.00 10.00 8.00 11.40 12.78 10.00 10.92 19.67 8.50 16.00 17.29 13.50 12.20 19.82 10.47 19.80 19.89 15.25 13.60 21.02 12.73 Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Police and detectives, public service .................... Food service ............................................................. Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Other food service .................................................. Cooks ................................................................... Kitchen workers, food preparation ........................ Health service ........................................................... Health aides, except nursing ................................ Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants ............... Cleaning and building service ................................... Maids and housemen ........................................... Janitors and cleaners ........................................... Personal service ....................................................... 7.66 18.02 22.81 2.13 – 8.75 10.00 7.43 11.23 10.42 11.07 7.75 7.50 8.75 9.25 10.08 21.08 25.48 8.00 – 10.25 11.50 11.49 13.10 13.10 12.74 9.00 7.91 10.00 10.50 13.49 26.05 29.08 11.90 – 13.27 14.00 12.50 14.54 14.57 14.54 10.70 9.00 11.37 11.31 16.60 29.32 30.46 14.00 – 14.80 14.47 13.27 15.82 16.02 15.05 12.89 9.90 13.18 22.99 26.51 31.32 31.85 16.60 – 17.65 15.57 13.27 16.46 16.68 15.95 14.50 11.00 14.50 30.13 Occupation3 White collar –Continued 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 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 38 Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,1 part-time workers:2 Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Occupation3 10 25 Median 50 75 90 All ............................................................................................. All excluding sales ............................................................ $6.75 6.50 $7.91 7.79 $10.13 10.50 $14.47 15.66 $26.18 27.89 White collar ......................................................................... White collar excluding sales ......................................... 8.00 10.00 10.00 11.12 12.00 15.66 23.00 26.45 31.50 32.37 Professional specialty and technical ............................ Professional specialty ................................................... Mathematical and computer scientists ..................... Natural scientists ...................................................... Health related ........................................................... Registered nurses ................................................ Teachers, except college and university .................. Elementary school teachers ................................. Librarians, archivists, and curators ........................... Social, recreation, and religious workers .................. Lawyers and judges .................................................. Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c. ............................................ Technical ...................................................................... 12.85 12.85 – – 14.64 21.81 10.00 23.07 – – – 20.62 20.62 – – 24.81 25.22 10.19 24.13 – – – 26.24 26.45 – – 29.91 30.00 22.11 26.41 – – – 31.50 31.50 – – 32.36 31.50 27.21 30.14 – – – 35.84 35.84 – – 37.30 34.32 35.96 36.27 – – – – 14.38 – 19.00 – 23.12 – 25.55 – 26.24 Executive, administrative, and managerial .................. Executives, administrators, and managers ............... Management related ................................................. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Sales ................................................................................ Sales workers, other commodities ........................ Cashiers ............................................................... 6.75 7.55 6.75 8.00 8.50 8.00 9.74 10.50 8.60 10.70 13.03 10.15 13.03 15.66 11.92 Administrative support, including clerical ................... Secretaries ........................................................... General office clerks ............................................. Teachers’ aides .................................................... 9.50 11.24 10.00 8.70 10.00 12.65 10.03 9.20 11.46 16.30 10.03 10.16 12.87 18.25 12.50 11.25 15.66 20.50 12.50 12.01 Blue collar ........................................................................... 6.91 7.60 10.13 14.09 17.80 Precision production, craft, and repair ........................ – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors ........ – – – – – Transportation and material moving ............................ Bus drivers ............................................................ 11.91 11.91 13.32 13.32 14.44 14.44 15.29 15.29 15.72 15.72 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Stock handlers and baggers ................................. 6.91 6.91 7.30 7.30 10.00 7.30 15.66 10.13 18.58 15.66 Service ................................................................................. Protective service ..................................................... Food service ............................................................. Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders ...................... Waiters and waitresses ........................................ Other food service .................................................. Food preparation, n.e.c. ....................................... Health service ........................................................... Cleaning and building service ................................... Personal service ....................................................... 2.13 – 2.13 2.13 2.13 7.00 7.50 9.18 – 6.98 6.79 – 4.25 2.13 2.13 7.00 8.84 10.40 – 7.10 7.79 – 7.79 2.13 2.13 8.83 9.52 11.36 – 7.54 10.00 – 10.00 4.00 2.13 10.00 11.00 12.75 – 8.00 12.00 – 11.62 11.00 4.00 12.00 12.00 13.88 – 10.93 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 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 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. 39 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 50 workers or more in goods-producing industries (mining, construction and manufacturing); service-producing industries (transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services industries); and State and local governments. Agriculture, 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 entity. 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 follow up 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 Census of Population system 3. Characterization of jobs as full-time versus parttime, union versus nonunion, and time versus incentive 4. Determination of the level of work of each job Sampling frame The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports. Due to the volatility of industries within the private sector, sampling frames were developed using the most recent month of reference available at the time the sample was selected. The sampling frame was reviewed prior to the survey and, when necessary, missing establishments were added, out-of-business and out-of-scope establishments were removed, and addresses, employment levels, industry classification, and other information were updated. 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 identified in the last three steps. Special procedures were developed for jobs for which a level could not be determined. A-1 In step one, the jobs to be sampled were selected at each establishment by the BLS field economist during a personal visit. 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. Prior to 2002, the number of jobs selected ranged from 8 to 20. Beginning in 2002, the number of jobs selected followed this schedule: Number of employees Number of selected jobs 50–249 250 or more 6 8 The second step of the process entailed classifying the selected jobs into occupations based on their duties. The NCS occupational classification system is based on the 1990 Census of Population. A selected job may fall into any one of about 480 occupational classifications, from accountant to wood lathe operator. For cases in which a job’s duties overlapped two or more census classification codes, the duties used to set the wage level were used to classify the job. Classification by primary duties was the fallback. Each occupational classification is an element of a broader classification known as a major occupational group (MOG). Occupations can fall into any of the following MOGs: • • • • • • • • • Professional specialty and technical Executive, administrative, and managerial Sales Administrative support, including clerical Precision production, craft, and repair Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors Transportation and material moving Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers Service occupations Appendix B contains a complete list of all individual occupations, classified by the MOG 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 A-2 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. 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. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related occupations. A knowledge guide for each of the 24 families 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. 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. 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: • • • • • 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 room and board Payments made by third parties (for example, tips, bonuses given by manufacturers to department store salespeople, referral incentives in real estate) 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. 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. A-3 Level. A ranking of an occupation based on the requirements of the position. (See the description in the technical note on occupational leveling through point factor analysis for more details on the leveling process.) Nonunion worker. An employee in an occupation not meeting the conditions for union coverage. (See below.) Part-time worker. Any employee whom the employer considers to be part time. Time-based worker. Any employee whose earnings are tied to an hourly rate or salary, and not to a specific level of production. Union worker. Any employee is in a union occupation when all of the following conditions are met: • • • 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 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, 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. Establishments that were determined to be out of business or outside the scope of the survey had their weights changed to zero. If only partial data were given by a sample establishment or occupation, or data were missing, the response was treated as a refusal. Survey response Total in sampling frame Total in sample Responding Out of business or not in survey scope Unable or refused to provide data 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. Establishments 4,268 414 262 47 105 In this survey, the nonresponse rate for private industry exceeded regular survey standards. 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. 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 6–1 through 6–5 are computed using earnings reported for individual workers in sampled establishment jobs and their scheduled hours of work. Establishments in the survey may report only individual-worker earnings for each sampled job. For the calculation of percentile estimates, the individual-worker hourly earnings are appropriately weighted and then arrayed from lowest to highest. The published 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution within each published occupation. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the A-4 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 $12.79, with a relative standard error of 3.6 percent for this estimate. At the 90-percent level, the confidence interval for this estimate is from $12.03 to $13.55 ($12.79 minus and plus $0.76, where $0.76 is the product of 1.645 times 3.6 percent times $12.79). 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 by personal visit, computer edits of the data, and detailed data review. Appendix table 1. Number of workers1 represented by the survey, by occupational group,2 National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Total Private industry State and local government All occupations ....................................................................... All excluding sales ........................................................ 559,700 519,700 450,000 410,400 109,700 109,300 White collar ......................................................................... White-collar excluding sales ......................................... 343,900 303,900 262,900 223,300 81,000 80,600 Professional specialty and technical ................................. Professional specialty ................................................... Technical ...................................................................... Executive, administrative, and managerial ....................... Sales ................................................................................. Administrative support, including clerical .......................... 169,600 142,200 27,400 41,300 40,000 93,000 116,000 92,700 23,300 32,400 39,600 74,900 53,700 49,500 4,200 8,900 – 18,100 Blue collar ........................................................................... Precision production, craft, and repair .............................. Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors .............. Transportation and material moving ................................. Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers ...... 137,400 39,100 29,700 35,900 32,700 126,500 35,100 29,700 30,500 31,200 10,900 3,900 – 5,400 1,600 Service ................................................................................. 78,300 60,600 17,700 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. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. A-5
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