NC BL 03/00/2005 Table: Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, Bulletin 3125-51, June 2004 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $21.94 2.1 36.9 $20.82 2.6 37.1 $26.73 2.5 36.0 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 26.07 2.6 37.1 25.09 3.1 37.7 29.80 2.7 35.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.39 3.0 36.5 30.17 3.7 37.5 34.77 3.5 33.9 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.93 5.2 40.3 33.10 6.6 40.3 32.41 6.3 40.5 Sales............................................................. 22.93 18.0 35.2 22.96 18.2 35.3 – – – Administrative support............................................ 15.24 3.9 37.9 14.96 4.8 38.3 16.47 2.0 36.0 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.82 3.2 38.4 15.46 3.5 38.5 19.26 4.6 38.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.35 5.8 40.3 20.14 6.7 40.3 21.75 1.2 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.30 6.4 39.4 12.30 6.4 39.4 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.49 5.0 39.6 16.23 5.8 40.4 17.81 4.0 36.2 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 12.40 5.7 34.0 12.13 5.9 33.7 16.92 5.2 39.3 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.51 8.9 33.5 9.76 9.5 32.2 19.83 5.6 37.5 Full time........................................................... 22.75 2.3 39.8 21.59 2.8 40.0 27.70 2.2 38.9 Part time........................................................... 12.57 3.0 20.1 11.96 3.3 20.4 15.26 7.2 19.0 Union............................................................... 21.73 4.2 35.4 20.05 6.5 35.2 25.48 1.2 36.0 Nonunion............................................................ 21.99 2.5 37.2 20.95 3.0 37.5 27.22 3.2 36.0 Time................................................................ 21.61 1.9 36.8 20.33 2.3 37.0 26.73 2.5 36.0 Incentive........................................................... 28.68 21.0 39.1 28.68 21.0 39.1 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.89 3.3 36.5 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.24 11.3 36.4 17.15 11.5 36.3 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 21.77 3.4 37.0 21.83 3.5 37.2 19.37 2.6 29.0 500 workers or more................................................. 24.58 2.7 37.1 22.83 4.2 37.8 27.03 2.7 36.3 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. 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 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $21.94 2.1 $20.82 2.6 $26.73 2.5 All excluding sales............................................... 21.86 1.6 20.59 2.0 26.76 2.4 White collar........................................................ 26.07 2.6 25.09 3.1 29.80 2.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.52 2.0 25.48 2.3 29.86 2.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.39 3.0 30.17 3.7 34.77 3.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.57 3.1 32.27 4.5 36.60 3.4 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.66 3.8 39.88 3.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.99 6.6 33.08 6.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.44 8.4 33.57 8.9 – – Natural scientists............................................ 33.43 13.2 – – – – Health related................................................ 31.66 8.7 32.31 8.7 21.61 7.6 Registered nurses........................................... 30.36 7.1 31.06 6.9 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 22.67 .8 22.67 .8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 50.33 6.7 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.94 2.6 20.38 21.2 31.43 1.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.60 1.2 – – 31.84 1.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.37 3.3 – – 31.46 3.4 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 19.99 31.9 21.56 32.9 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 22.40 25.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 21.40 23.5 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.95 13.0 14.85 13.5 23.79 13.0 Social workers.............................................. 17.68 14.3 – – 24.03 14.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 33.06 12.8 30.72 12.8 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 29.87 8.1 29.87 8.1 – – Technical....................................................... 24.04 6.9 24.46 8.3 21.43 10.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 24.60 13.8 25.79 14.1 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.58 10.1 24.96 10.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.21 3.5 – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 26.12 4.5 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 24.76 7.0 24.76 7.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.93 5.2 33.10 6.6 32.41 6.3 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.61 5.1 36.81 6.4 40.78 6.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 36.22 2.3 – – 36.22 2.3 Financial managers.......................................... 39.80 10.9 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.76 10.5 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 32.17 14.0 32.15 14.5 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.47 7.3 36.54 7.3 – – Management related............................................ 25.76 6.3 26.47 7.8 24.20 10.7 Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.40 4.9 23.64 5.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.33 10.6 29.80 12.1 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... $23.82 3.3 $25.22 4.1 – – Sales............................................................. 22.93 18.0 22.96 18.2 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 32.12 29.9 32.12 29.9 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 15.53 6.9 15.53 6.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.50 23.1 14.50 23.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.82 12.1 10.84 12.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.24 3.9 14.96 4.8 $16.47 2.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.13 8.9 – – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 21.38 7.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.73 2.8 15.82 3.4 15.35 4.8 Receptionists............................................... 11.84 5.0 11.94 5.2 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.44 9.6 13.44 9.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 16.97 11.5 16.97 11.5 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 14.37 10.8 14.37 10.8 – – Library clerks.............................................. 16.21 5.5 – – 16.21 5.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.86 4.4 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.87 2.4 15.85 3.2 – – Dispatchers................................................. 21.06 9.8 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.42 9.5 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.62 1.2 16.62 1.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.06 6.2 15.89 6.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.02 3.4 15.18 5.2 14.76 3.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.85 .0 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.31 10.0 13.75 9.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.82 3.2 15.46 3.5 19.26 4.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.35 5.8 20.14 6.7 21.75 1.2 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 20.39 4.9 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.72 9.6 19.80 12.5 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 13.28 10.6 13.28 10.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.30 6.4 12.30 6.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.19 7.3 11.19 7.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.30 4.3 11.30 4.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.49 5.0 16.23 5.8 17.81 4.0 Truck drivers............................................... 15.38 7.8 15.38 7.8 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.77 .6 – – 15.80 .6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.40 5.7 12.13 5.9 16.92 5.2 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.43 12.9 – – 17.87 7.7 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.58 10.8 10.58 10.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.10 11.7 15.10 11.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $11.46 10.1 $11.46 10.1 – – Service............................................................. 12.51 8.9 9.76 9.5 $19.83 5.6 Protective service............................................ 25.34 2.7 – – 25.49 2.6 Police and detectives, public service....................... 28.59 2.1 – – 28.59 2.1 Protective service, n.e.c................................... 12.35 23.3 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.87 18.8 7.79 19.9 9.69 3.3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.20 26.0 4.20 26.0 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.98 8.3 2.98 8.3 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 9.26 .0 9.26 .0 – – Other food service........................................... 10.27 3.8 10.31 4.0 9.69 3.3 Cooks....................................................... 11.64 7.1 11.64 7.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.32 6.1 11.41 6.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.71 3.5 8.54 4.5 – – Health service................................................ 12.78 4.1 12.40 4.1 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 14.63 .3 14.63 .3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.34 4.1 12.16 4.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.44 5.5 10.23 7.2 13.32 8.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.45 1.3 8.45 1.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.01 3.3 11.58 6.4 12.46 2.0 Personal service.............................................. 13.52 10.8 14.06 13.9 11.92 9.4 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 12.07 12.9 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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. 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 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $22.75 2.3 $21.59 2.8 $27.70 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 22.55 1.9 21.22 2.3 27.71 2.1 White collar........................................................ 26.82 2.8 25.78 3.4 30.84 2.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.02 2.3 25.86 2.6 30.86 2.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.90 3.0 30.52 3.6 35.84 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.34 2.9 32.81 4.3 37.97 3.0 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.66 3.8 39.88 3.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.37 5.4 33.49 5.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.86 7.2 34.02 7.5 – – Natural scientists............................................ 34.42 12.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 33.24 9.4 33.45 9.4 – – Registered nurses........................................... 31.41 7.8 31.64 7.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 50.55 6.9 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.58 2.5 20.14 22.2 32.23 .7 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.68 .8 – – 31.89 .6 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.51 3.0 – – 31.61 3.0 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 22.40 25.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.11 24.8 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.13 13.4 14.74 14.2 23.95 13.8 Social workers.............................................. 17.79 13.8 14.34 12.7 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 33.24 13.2 30.73 13.2 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 29.81 8.7 29.81 8.7 – – Technical....................................................... 24.15 7.1 24.59 8.5 21.47 10.4 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 24.81 14.0 – – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 25.19 9.5 25.19 9.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.21 3.5 – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 26.12 4.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.16 5.5 33.38 7.0 32.48 6.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.93 5.8 37.20 7.2 40.78 6.6 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 36.22 2.3 – – 36.22 2.3 Financial managers.......................................... 39.80 10.9 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.76 10.5 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 32.14 14.8 32.11 15.3 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.47 7.3 36.54 7.3 – – Management related............................................ 25.87 6.3 26.66 7.7 24.12 11.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.44 4.9 23.68 5.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.79 9.9 30.36 11.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.82 3.3 25.22 4.1 – – Sales............................................................. 25.32 18.5 25.33 18.6 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... $32.12 29.9 $32.12 29.9 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 16.63 7.6 16.63 7.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 16.91 29.6 16.91 29.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.45 16.6 10.45 16.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.54 4.3 15.17 5.2 $17.28 2.6 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.13 8.9 – – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 21.38 7.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.83 3.0 15.93 3.7 15.43 4.8 Receptionists............................................... 12.43 1.8 12.43 2.0 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.45 9.7 13.45 9.7 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.05 12.2 17.05 12.2 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 14.37 10.8 14.37 10.8 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.86 4.4 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.87 2.4 15.85 3.2 – – Dispatchers................................................. 21.06 9.8 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.93 10.8 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.62 1.2 16.62 1.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.44 6.4 16.27 6.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.29 3.4 15.50 5.2 14.94 2.3 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.40 10.5 13.82 9.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.10 3.2 15.73 3.5 19.72 4.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.37 5.8 20.17 6.7 21.75 1.2 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 20.39 4.9 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.72 9.6 19.80 12.5 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 13.28 10.6 13.28 10.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.33 6.4 12.33 6.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.26 7.0 11.26 7.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.24 5.0 11.24 5.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.54 5.1 16.23 5.8 18.40 5.4 Truck drivers............................................... 15.38 7.8 15.38 7.8 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.96 6.8 12.65 7.0 17.45 6.1 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.62 13.9 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.23 10.7 12.23 10.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.10 15.1 16.10 15.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.44 12.5 11.44 12.5 – – Service............................................................. 13.59 10.7 10.45 11.8 20.74 5.2 Protective service............................................ 25.57 3.1 – – 25.72 2.9 Police and detectives, public service....................... 28.59 2.1 – – 28.59 2.1 Food service.................................................. 8.25 23.4 8.24 23.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... $4.40 33.5 $4.40 33.5 – – Other food service........................................... 11.00 5.8 11.01 5.8 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.64 7.1 11.64 7.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.28 7.4 11.39 7.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.95 3.6 8.95 3.6 – – Health service................................................ 12.83 4.3 12.43 4.3 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 14.65 .4 14.65 .4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.38 4.4 12.20 4.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.42 5.5 10.17 7.4 $13.32 8.7 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.45 1.3 8.45 1.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.99 3.3 11.52 6.6 12.46 2.0 Personal service.............................................. 16.93 10.8 19.31 7.9 12.16 10.0 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 12.15 13.2 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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. 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 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $12.57 3.0 $11.96 3.3 $15.26 7.2 All excluding sales............................................... 12.99 3.4 12.33 3.6 15.36 6.8 White collar........................................................ 15.75 4.6 15.36 5.2 17.08 9.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.97 4.6 18.30 5.2 17.28 9.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.66 5.3 23.37 7.1 21.35 8.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.08 5.2 24.04 7.0 21.41 8.3 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.06 3.4 27.40 3.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.63 3.9 28.51 2.5 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 20.99 11.6 24.27 8.5 20.56 13.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.23 6.9 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 14.53 23.4 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.58 11.5 15.33 12.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 10.37 9.3 10.41 9.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.49 12.5 9.49 12.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.86 7.4 11.99 7.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.25 3.3 11.69 4.6 10.21 2.2 Secretaries................................................. 13.38 8.0 13.42 9.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.68 3.2 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.85 .0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.74 5.7 10.19 6.1 13.98 5.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.54 1.6 – – 14.54 1.6 Bus drivers................................................. 14.54 1.6 – – 14.54 1.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.97 5.6 10.01 5.7 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.39 11.7 8.39 11.7 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ $11.49 12.5 $11.49 12.5 – – Service............................................................. 7.65 8.2 7.32 10.7 $9.92 2.5 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.11 13.8 6.74 17.4 9.74 3.6 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.71 10.8 3.71 10.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.19 16.7 3.19 16.7 – – Other food service........................................... 8.93 4.3 8.74 6.1 9.74 3.6 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.56 5.3 8.19 7.7 – – Health service................................................ 11.71 3.7 11.71 3.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.59 4.4 11.59 4.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $8.40 9.4 $7.97 7.9 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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. 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 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $905 2.4 39.8 $863 2.9 40.0 $1,077 2.1 38.9 All excluding sales............................................... 894 2.0 39.6 846 2.5 39.8 1,077 2.1 38.9 White collar........................................................ 1,065 2.9 39.7 1,034 3.6 40.1 1,181 2.5 38.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,068 2.3 39.5 1,032 2.7 39.9 1,182 2.5 38.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,237 3.1 38.8 1,203 3.9 39.4 1,328 3.4 37.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,325 3.4 38.6 1,296 4.8 39.5 1,389 3.2 36.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,587 3.7 40.0 1,595 3.6 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,339 5.4 40.1 1,344 5.6 40.1 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,358 7.2 40.1 1,365 7.5 40.1 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,377 12.0 40.0 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,302 10.0 39.2 1,310 10.0 39.2 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,225 8.5 39.0 1,233 8.5 39.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,567 7.0 31.0 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,189 2.2 38.9 766 20.2 38.0 1,257 .4 39.0 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,235 .7 39.0 – – – 1,241 .6 38.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,243 2.5 39.5 – – – 1,246 2.5 39.4 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 841 23.3 37.6 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 888 24.9 40.1 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 699 15.7 38.6 557 16.7 37.8 958 13.8 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 684 16.2 38.4 540 15.1 37.7 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,256 16.1 37.8 1,155 17.2 37.6 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 1,192 8.7 40.0 1,192 8.7 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 950 6.4 39.3 962 7.6 39.1 872 10.9 40.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 992 14.0 40.0 – – – – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 1,008 9.5 40.0 1,008 9.5 40.0 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 748 2.7 38.9 – – – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 1,047 4.5 40.1 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,355 5.7 40.9 1,365 7.2 40.9 1,322 6.7 40.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,572 6.1 41.4 1,541 7.7 41.4 1,690 5.8 41.4 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,531 4.1 42.3 – – – 1,531 4.1 42.3 Financial managers.......................................... 1,592 10.9 40.0 – – – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,657 10.2 39.7 – – – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,285 14.8 40.0 1,285 15.3 40.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,538 7.4 42.2 1,541 7.4 42.2 – – – Management related............................................ 1,035 6.3 40.0 1,066 7.7 40.0 965 11.0 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 938 4.9 40.0 947 5.3 40.0 – – – Other financial officers.................................... $1,194 9.8 40.1 $1,217 11.1 40.1 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 949 3.5 39.8 1,003 4.5 39.8 – – – Sales............................................................. 1,047 18.5 41.4 1,048 18.7 41.4 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,459 34.8 45.4 1,459 34.8 45.4 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 665 7.6 40.0 665 7.6 40.0 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 662 28.1 39.2 662 28.1 39.2 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 414 16.8 39.6 414 16.8 39.6 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 625 5.1 40.2 610 6.3 40.2 $691 2.6 40.0 Supervisors, general office................................. 825 9.6 41.0 – – – – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 855 7.2 40.0 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 632 3.0 39.9 636 3.7 39.9 617 4.9 40.0 Receptionists............................................... 496 1.8 39.9 497 2.0 39.9 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 548 11.8 40.8 548 11.8 40.8 – – – Order clerks................................................ 748 18.4 43.9 748 18.4 43.9 – – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 575 10.8 40.0 575 10.8 40.0 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 632 4.4 39.8 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 612 1.6 38.5 601 1.9 37.9 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 945 16.0 44.9 – – – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 637 10.8 40.0 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 665 1.2 40.0 665 1.2 40.0 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 658 6.4 40.0 651 6.4 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 610 3.5 39.9 618 5.3 39.9 598 2.3 40.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 576 10.5 40.0 553 9.8 40.0 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 647 3.0 40.2 632 3.3 40.2 788 4.5 39.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 824 5.7 40.4 817 6.6 40.5 870 1.2 40.0 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 816 4.9 40.0 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 789 9.6 40.0 792 12.5 40.0 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 531 10.6 40.0 531 10.6 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 491 6.1 39.8 491 6.1 39.8 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 444 5.9 39.4 444 5.9 39.4 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 450 5.0 40.0 450 5.0 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 667 4.5 40.3 656 5.0 40.4 734 5.2 39.9 Truck drivers............................................... 626 9.2 40.7 626 9.2 40.7 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 518 6.9 39.9 505 7.2 39.9 698 6.1 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 545 13.9 40.0 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $489 10.7 40.0 $489 10.7 40.0 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 637 15.8 39.6 637 15.8 39.6 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 458 12.5 40.0 458 12.5 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 533 11.1 39.2 404 11.6 38.7 $839 6.2 40.5 Protective service............................................ 1,055 4.1 41.3 – – – 1,062 3.9 41.3 Police and detectives, public service....................... 1,143 2.0 40.0 – – – 1,143 2.0 40.0 Food service.................................................. 326 24.0 39.6 327 24.2 39.7 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 173 33.1 39.3 173 33.1 39.3 – – – Other food service........................................... 437 6.6 39.8 441 6.5 40.0 – – – Cooks....................................................... 464 7.5 39.8 464 7.5 39.8 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 438 7.8 38.9 455 7.9 40.0 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 354 4.5 39.5 354 4.5 39.5 – – – Health service................................................ 503 4.4 39.2 486 4.3 39.1 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 579 2.0 39.6 579 2.0 39.6 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 484 4.4 39.1 476 4.2 39.1 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 457 5.5 40.0 407 7.4 40.0 533 8.7 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 338 1.3 40.0 338 1.3 40.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 480 3.3 40.0 461 6.6 40.0 498 2.0 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 521 5.0 30.8 543 4.9 28.1 461 6.7 37.9 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 459 10.5 37.8 – – – – – – 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. 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 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $45,986 2.4 2,021 $44,785 2.9 2,075 $50,460 2.1 1,822 All excluding sales............................................... 45,364 2.0 2,012 43,873 2.5 2,067 50,457 2.1 1,821 White collar........................................................ 53,593 2.9 1,998 53,600 3.6 2,079 53,574 2.5 1,737 White collar excluding sales.................................... 53,494 2.3 1,980 53,462 2.7 2,068 53,582 2.5 1,736 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 60,329 3.1 1,891 62,124 3.9 2,035 56,357 3.4 1,572 Professional specialty.......................................... 63,431 3.4 1,847 66,775 4.8 2,035 57,521 3.2 1,515 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 82,549 3.7 2,082 82,945 3.6 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 69,604 5.4 2,086 69,863 5.6 2,086 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 70,630 7.2 2,086 70,975 7.5 2,087 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 71,583 12.0 2,080 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 67,724 10.0 2,038 68,135 10.0 2,037 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 63,699 8.5 2,028 64,122 8.5 2,027 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 69,004 7.0 1,365 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 45,951 2.2 1,502 38,004 20.2 1,887 46,917 .4 1,456 Elementary school teachers.................................. 45,857 .7 1,447 – – – 45,827 .6 1,437 Secondary school teachers................................... 46,994 2.5 1,491 – – – 47,110 2.5 1,490 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 40,681 23.3 1,816 – – – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 45,002 24.9 2,035 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 36,359 15.7 2,006 28,959 16.7 1,965 49,825 13.8 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 35,564 16.2 1,999 28,081 15.1 1,959 – – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 62,995 16.1 1,895 58,438 17.2 1,902 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 62,009 8.7 2,080 62,009 8.7 2,080 – – – Technical....................................................... 49,408 6.4 2,046 50,039 7.6 2,035 45,361 10.9 2,113 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 51,594 14.0 2,080 – – – – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 52,398 9.5 2,080 52,398 9.5 2,080 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 38,888 2.7 2,024 – – – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 54,433 4.5 2,084 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 70,080 5.7 2,113 70,999 7.2 2,127 67,341 6.7 2,073 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 81,015 6.1 2,136 80,140 7.7 2,154 84,277 5.8 2,066 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 79,631 4.1 2,199 – – – 79,631 4.1 2,199 Financial managers.......................................... 82,789 10.9 2,080 – – – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 75,982 10.2 1,820 – – – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 66,844 14.8 2,080 66,795 15.3 2,080 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 79,977 7.4 2,193 80,125 7.4 2,193 – – – Management related............................................ 53,811 6.3 2,080 55,453 7.7 2,080 50,163 11.0 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 48,761 4.9 2,080 49,264 5.3 2,080 – – – Other financial officers.................................... $62,072 9.8 2,084 $63,302 11.1 2,085 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 49,357 3.5 2,072 52,163 4.5 2,068 – – – Sales............................................................. 54,448 18.5 2,150 54,473 18.7 2,151 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 75,892 34.8 2,363 75,892 34.8 2,363 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 34,591 7.6 2,080 34,591 7.6 2,080 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 34,438 28.1 2,037 34,438 28.1 2,037 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 21,533 16.8 2,060 21,533 16.8 2,060 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 32,347 5.1 2,081 31,737 6.3 2,092 $35,099 2.6 2,032 Supervisors, general office................................. 42,921 9.6 2,133 – – – – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 44,469 7.2 2,080 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 32,298 3.0 2,040 33,068 3.7 2,076 29,381 4.9 1,904 Receptionists............................................... 25,685 1.8 2,067 25,826 2.0 2,077 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 28,519 11.8 2,120 28,519 11.8 2,120 – – – Order clerks................................................ 38,906 18.4 2,282 38,906 18.4 2,282 – – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 29,898 10.8 2,080 29,898 10.8 2,080 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 32,851 4.4 2,071 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 31,800 1.6 2,004 31,252 1.9 1,972 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 49,154 16.0 2,334 – – – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 33,127 10.8 2,080 – – – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 34,577 1.2 2,080 34,577 1.2 2,080 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 34,198 6.4 2,080 33,846 6.4 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 31,455 3.5 2,058 32,146 5.3 2,074 30,358 2.3 2,032 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 29,861 10.5 2,074 28,748 9.8 2,080 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 33,589 3.0 2,087 32,852 3.3 2,088 40,823 4.5 2,070 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 42,733 5.7 2,098 42,357 6.6 2,100 45,247 1.2 2,080 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 42,410 4.9 2,080 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 41,009 9.6 2,080 41,182 12.5 2,080 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 27,617 10.6 2,080 27,617 10.6 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 25,519 6.1 2,069 25,519 6.1 2,069 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 23,097 5.9 2,051 23,097 5.9 2,051 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 23,375 5.0 2,080 23,375 5.0 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 34,644 4.5 2,095 34,096 5.0 2,101 37,867 5.2 2,058 Truck drivers............................................... 32,547 9.2 2,116 32,547 9.2 2,116 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,913 6.9 2,077 26,276 7.2 2,077 36,297 6.1 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 28,339 13.9 2,080 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. $25,432 10.7 2,080 $25,432 10.7 2,080 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 33,125 15.8 2,057 33,125 15.8 2,057 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 23,804 12.5 2,080 23,804 12.5 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 27,478 11.1 2,022 21,010 11.6 2,011 $42,444 6.2 2,046 Protective service............................................ 53,298 4.1 2,084 – – – 53,610 3.9 2,084 Police and detectives, public service....................... 59,438 2.0 2,079 – – – 59,438 2.0 2,079 Food service.................................................. 16,910 24.0 2,050 17,020 24.2 2,065 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 8,989 33.1 2,044 8,989 33.1 2,044 – – – Other food service........................................... 22,591 6.6 2,054 22,910 6.5 2,080 – – – Cooks....................................................... 24,123 7.5 2,072 24,123 7.5 2,072 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 22,102 7.8 1,960 23,682 7.9 2,080 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 18,383 4.5 2,055 18,383 4.5 2,055 – – – Health service................................................ 26,172 4.4 2,039 25,286 4.3 2,033 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 30,129 2.0 2,057 30,129 2.0 2,057 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 25,191 4.4 2,035 24,776 4.2 2,031 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 23,698 5.5 2,076 21,153 7.4 2,080 27,562 8.7 2,069 Maids and housemen.......................................... 17,574 1.3 2,080 17,574 1.3 2,080 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,865 3.3 2,074 23,960 6.6 2,080 25,751 2.0 2,067 Personal service.............................................. 26,522 5.0 1,567 28,169 4.9 1,458 22,363 6.7 1,840 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 22,227 10.5 1,829 – – – – – – 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. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) 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 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $21.94 2.1 $20.82 2.6 $26.73 2.5 All excluding sales............................................... 21.86 1.6 20.59 2.0 26.76 2.4 White collar........................................................ 26.07 2.6 25.09 3.1 29.80 2.7 1....................................................... 7.87 13.2 7.83 13.9 – – 2....................................................... 9.89 9.4 9.83 11.0 10.23 2.3 3....................................................... 12.29 3.7 12.20 4.2 12.77 7.3 4....................................................... 14.76 3.9 14.43 4.3 16.68 2.3 5....................................................... 16.14 5.1 16.00 6.9 16.49 4.9 6....................................................... 16.78 5.1 16.61 5.3 19.74 5.3 7....................................................... 23.41 2.9 21.86 4.4 26.22 2.4 8....................................................... 27.17 7.4 26.40 10.6 29.10 3.3 9....................................................... 32.88 8.5 33.59 11.0 30.73 1.1 10........................................................ 30.59 5.4 30.34 7.3 30.93 8.8 11........................................................ 41.89 4.4 43.89 3.9 37.62 7.9 12........................................................ 44.66 7.3 46.60 6.6 33.62 19.7 13........................................................ 56.19 1.7 54.00 1.7 – – 14........................................................ 65.54 8.5 60.35 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.10 9.4 26.13 9.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.52 2.0 25.48 2.3 29.86 2.6 1....................................................... 8.31 14.9 8.29 15.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.21 6.3 13.38 7.6 10.26 2.5 3....................................................... 12.84 3.5 12.85 4.0 12.77 7.3 4....................................................... 14.73 4.8 14.31 5.3 16.68 2.3 5....................................................... 15.55 3.7 15.14 5.1 16.49 4.9 6....................................................... 17.67 3.5 17.53 3.6 19.99 3.9 7....................................................... 23.55 3.5 21.56 5.9 26.22 2.4 8....................................................... 25.67 3.1 24.09 4.0 29.09 3.3 9....................................................... 30.21 3.1 30.02 4.2 30.73 1.1 10........................................................ 31.69 6.0 32.35 7.8 31.01 9.1 11........................................................ 40.84 4.0 42.61 3.7 37.62 7.9 12........................................................ 44.66 7.3 46.60 6.6 33.62 19.7 13........................................................ 56.19 1.7 54.00 1.7 – – 14........................................................ 65.54 8.5 60.35 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.59 9.7 26.62 9.7 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.39 3.0 30.17 3.7 34.77 3.5 Professional specialty.......................................... 33.57 3.1 32.27 4.5 36.60 3.4 5....................................................... 14.01 14.3 13.86 15.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.49 21.6 18.07 23.1 – – 7....................................................... 26.47 4.7 22.52 14.7 28.74 2.6 8....................................................... 27.75 3.0 25.44 4.5 32.10 1.5 9....................................................... 31.31 3.7 31.51 5.4 30.94 3.2 10........................................................ 31.85 8.7 32.97 10.1 – – 11........................................................ 38.86 5.6 39.35 1.8 38.00 15.2 12........................................................ 40.37 8.0 42.50 6.3 – – 13........................................................ $55.58 2.6 $52.30 4.9 – – 14........................................................ 65.36 8.8 59.76 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.90 4.9 38.09 4.8 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.66 3.8 39.88 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 32.22 11.2 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.99 6.6 33.08 6.9 – – 8....................................................... 24.22 7.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.46 5.9 32.53 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 37.76 4.4 39.24 3.5 – – 12........................................................ 43.20 12.6 43.20 12.6 – – 13........................................................ 52.08 5.6 52.08 5.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.44 8.4 33.57 8.9 – – 9....................................................... 32.46 5.9 32.53 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.84 4.4 38.36 3.1 – – 12........................................................ 43.20 12.6 43.20 12.6 – – 13........................................................ 52.08 5.6 52.08 5.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ 33.43 13.2 – – – – Health related................................................ 31.66 8.7 32.31 8.7 $21.61 7.6 7....................................................... 28.68 4.8 28.68 4.8 – – 8....................................................... 27.54 3.6 27.97 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 33.32 13.4 35.22 11.0 – – 11........................................................ 42.87 8.6 42.87 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 36.79 11.3 36.79 11.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 30.36 7.1 31.06 6.9 – – 7....................................................... 28.36 3.4 28.36 3.4 – – 8....................................................... 27.72 3.6 28.18 3.2 – – 9....................................................... 33.19 14.3 35.17 11.9 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 22.67 .8 22.67 .8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 50.33 6.7 – – – – 11........................................................ 40.22 17.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.94 2.6 20.38 21.2 31.43 1.1 5....................................................... 14.66 10.8 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.33 25.4 18.33 25.4 – – 7....................................................... 29.40 1.1 – – 29.48 1.1 8....................................................... 32.18 3.1 – – 33.41 .8 9....................................................... 32.84 2.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.60 1.2 – – 31.84 1.0 7....................................................... 29.71 .6 – – 29.77 .5 8....................................................... 32.48 1.3 – – 32.48 1.3 9....................................................... 33.51 .2 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 31.37 3.3 – – 31.46 3.4 7....................................................... 30.34 2.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 31.58 1.7 – – 31.58 1.7 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 19.99 31.9 21.56 32.9 – – Vocational and educational counselors....................... 22.40 25.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... $21.40 23.5 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.95 13.0 $14.85 13.5 $23.79 13.0 Social workers.............................................. 17.68 14.3 – – 24.03 14.1 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 33.06 12.8 30.72 12.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.11 11.8 42.64 11.8 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 29.87 8.1 29.87 8.1 – – Technical....................................................... 24.04 6.9 24.46 8.3 21.43 10.4 3....................................................... 14.00 .1 14.00 .1 – – 4....................................................... 16.10 6.3 15.86 6.5 – – 5....................................................... 16.77 10.5 19.11 4.5 – – 6....................................................... 22.12 7.8 22.18 7.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.99 5.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.28 3.7 21.91 5.3 – – 9....................................................... 26.42 2.4 26.42 2.4 – – 11........................................................ 56.45 15.8 56.45 15.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.60 9.6 21.60 9.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 24.60 13.8 25.79 14.1 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.58 10.1 24.96 10.4 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.21 3.5 – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 26.12 4.5 – – – – Drafters.................................................... 24.76 7.0 24.76 7.0 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 32.93 5.2 33.10 6.6 32.41 6.3 7....................................................... 23.00 4.3 23.51 5.0 – – 8....................................................... 22.19 6.0 22.21 7.0 – – 9....................................................... 29.15 7.0 29.05 8.4 29.66 10.8 10........................................................ 32.12 11.7 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.99 4.2 42.00 6.2 37.24 3.2 12........................................................ 49.78 11.0 50.59 12.0 – – 13........................................................ 59.70 7.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.11 16.6 33.11 16.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.61 5.1 36.81 6.4 40.78 6.6 8....................................................... 22.36 10.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.46 8.8 31.71 10.0 – – 11........................................................ 41.40 4.1 43.73 5.2 37.93 1.9 12........................................................ 51.05 11.0 52.12 11.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.17 12.0 30.17 12.0 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 36.22 2.3 – – 36.22 2.3 11........................................................ 36.36 2.7 – – 36.36 2.7 Financial managers.......................................... 39.80 10.9 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.76 10.5 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 32.17 14.0 32.15 14.5 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.47 7.3 36.54 7.3 – – 11........................................................ 42.25 8.7 42.25 8.7 – – 12........................................................ $49.64 14.4 $49.64 14.4 – – Management related............................................ 25.76 6.3 26.47 7.8 $24.20 10.7 7....................................................... 22.01 5.5 22.61 7.4 – – 8....................................................... 22.03 4.6 22.39 6.4 – – 9....................................................... 25.37 6.5 25.40 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.99 33.6 37.99 33.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.40 4.9 23.64 5.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.33 10.6 29.80 12.1 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.82 3.3 25.22 4.1 – – Sales............................................................. 22.93 18.0 22.96 18.2 – – 1....................................................... 6.99 11.2 6.95 11.5 – – 2....................................................... 8.54 4.9 8.54 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.08 9.0 11.08 9.0 – – 4....................................................... 14.89 2.9 14.89 2.9 – – 5....................................................... 23.51 28.9 23.51 28.9 – – 8....................................................... 39.90 46.2 40.10 47.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 32.12 29.9 32.12 29.9 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 15.53 6.9 15.53 6.9 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 14.50 23.1 14.50 23.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.89 18.0 13.89 18.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.82 12.1 10.84 12.4 – – 1....................................................... 6.93 11.1 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.96 10.1 12.96 10.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.24 3.9 14.96 4.8 16.47 2.0 1....................................................... 8.31 14.9 8.29 15.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.21 6.3 13.38 7.6 10.26 2.5 3....................................................... 12.79 3.8 12.75 4.4 12.93 6.6 4....................................................... 14.64 4.9 14.20 5.4 16.61 2.1 5....................................................... 16.10 2.2 15.58 2.5 17.07 4.9 6....................................................... 16.15 3.3 16.04 3.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.36 4.0 20.54 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.30 4.2 14.30 4.2 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.13 8.9 – – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 21.38 7.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.73 2.8 15.82 3.4 15.35 4.8 3....................................................... 13.08 5.4 12.75 1.0 – – 4....................................................... 16.40 3.8 16.26 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 14.56 5.3 – – 14.68 5.9 6....................................................... 15.01 5.2 15.01 5.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.71 5.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 11.84 5.0 11.94 5.2 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.44 9.6 13.44 9.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 16.97 11.5 16.97 11.5 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 14.37 10.8 14.37 10.8 – – Library clerks.............................................. $16.21 5.5 – – $16.21 5.5 4....................................................... 16.21 5.5 – – 16.21 5.5 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.86 4.4 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.87 2.4 $15.85 3.2 – – 4....................................................... 16.44 5.1 – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 21.06 9.8 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.42 9.5 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.62 1.2 16.62 1.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.06 6.2 15.89 6.1 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.02 3.4 15.18 5.2 14.76 3.0 3....................................................... 11.83 12.5 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.70 7.9 15.93 12.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.32 6.5 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.85 .0 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.31 10.0 13.75 9.1 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.82 3.2 15.46 3.5 19.26 4.6 1....................................................... 8.97 4.6 8.97 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.95 7.6 11.94 7.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.19 5.2 13.20 5.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.84 3.2 14.64 3.5 16.32 3.0 5....................................................... 15.18 6.5 14.73 7.8 17.17 1.9 6....................................................... 17.83 11.9 17.29 13.2 21.43 5.4 7....................................................... 21.97 4.3 22.13 5.0 21.26 7.1 8....................................................... 24.87 7.8 25.61 9.5 – – 9....................................................... 29.25 3.0 29.09 3.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.35 5.8 20.14 6.7 21.75 1.2 5....................................................... 16.71 3.3 16.38 5.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.07 7.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.01 4.5 21.93 5.1 22.61 4.6 8....................................................... 25.78 7.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.90 3.9 28.69 4.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 20.39 4.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.39 4.9 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.72 9.6 19.80 12.5 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 13.28 10.6 13.28 10.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.30 6.4 12.30 6.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.38 5.3 8.38 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.77 4.7 10.77 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.82 2.6 12.82 2.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.97 5.7 15.97 5.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.19 7.3 11.19 7.3 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.30 4.3 11.30 4.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ $16.49 5.0 $16.23 5.8 $17.81 4.0 2....................................................... 13.03 9.9 13.02 10.3 – – 3....................................................... 12.48 11.2 – – – – 4....................................................... 16.87 6.2 17.09 8.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.74 6.1 15.61 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 22.36 10.9 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.38 7.8 15.38 7.8 – – 4....................................................... 18.40 9.5 18.40 9.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.61 8.4 15.61 8.4 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.77 .6 – – 15.80 .6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.40 5.7 12.13 5.9 16.92 5.2 1....................................................... 9.13 7.6 9.14 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.64 13.0 11.64 13.0 – – 3....................................................... 16.37 7.0 16.49 7.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.01 15.5 14.75 18.1 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.43 12.9 – – 17.87 7.7 Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 10.58 10.8 10.58 10.8 – – 1....................................................... 7.93 4.0 7.93 4.0 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.10 11.7 15.10 11.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.28 15.3 11.28 15.3 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.46 10.1 11.46 10.1 – – 1....................................................... 10.30 18.9 10.30 18.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.89 1.4 10.89 1.4 – – Service............................................................. 12.51 8.9 9.76 9.5 19.83 5.6 1....................................................... 7.03 15.8 6.75 17.1 11.58 5.5 2....................................................... 11.23 4.0 11.36 4.6 – – 3....................................................... 8.98 16.0 8.27 17.9 12.20 10.4 4....................................................... 15.26 6.5 15.94 8.2 13.56 5.1 5....................................................... 13.43 7.1 12.82 4.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.39 11.7 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.16 4.6 – – 23.54 4.6 9....................................................... 30.15 5.4 – – 30.15 5.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.05 17.9 12.05 17.9 – – Protective service............................................ 25.34 2.7 – – 25.49 2.6 7....................................................... 24.50 2.8 – – 24.50 2.8 9....................................................... 30.15 5.4 – – 30.15 5.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 28.59 2.1 – – 28.59 2.1 Protective service, n.e.c................................... 12.35 23.3 – – – – Food service.................................................. 7.87 18.8 7.79 19.9 9.69 3.3 1....................................................... 6.33 23.8 6.31 24.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.46 4.6 9.29 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 7.18 23.8 7.15 24.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.59 9.7 10.59 9.7 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... $4.20 26.0 $4.20 26.0 – – 1....................................................... 2.98 28.1 2.98 28.1 – – 3....................................................... 3.75 8.5 3.75 8.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 2.98 8.3 2.98 8.3 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 9.26 .0 9.26 .0 – – Other food service........................................... 10.27 3.8 10.31 4.0 $9.69 3.3 1....................................................... 8.71 4.4 8.72 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 9.04 6.0 8.39 6.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.44 7.5 11.52 7.8 – – 4....................................................... 10.59 9.7 10.59 9.7 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.64 7.1 11.64 7.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.32 6.1 11.41 6.4 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.71 3.5 8.54 4.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.58 4.4 8.58 4.5 – – Health service................................................ 12.78 4.1 12.40 4.1 – – 2....................................................... 12.12 5.8 12.12 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.74 7.5 11.78 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.28 6.4 13.16 1.6 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 14.63 .3 14.63 .3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.34 4.1 12.16 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 12.12 5.8 12.12 5.8 – – 3....................................................... 12.74 7.5 11.78 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 12.77 3.4 12.77 3.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.44 5.5 10.23 7.2 13.32 8.7 1....................................................... 9.38 7.9 8.46 2.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.50 7.9 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.86 5.6 10.37 7.3 11.63 5.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.45 1.3 8.45 1.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.01 3.3 11.58 6.4 12.46 2.0 1....................................................... 10.54 12.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.15 5.1 10.79 7.2 11.63 5.5 Personal service.............................................. 13.52 10.8 14.06 13.9 11.92 9.4 1....................................................... 6.93 .8 – – – – 3....................................................... 9.73 12.7 – – – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 12.07 12.9 – – – – 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 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) 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 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $22.75 2.3 $21.59 2.8 $27.70 2.2 All excluding sales............................................... 22.55 1.9 21.22 2.3 27.71 2.1 White collar........................................................ 26.82 2.8 25.78 3.4 30.84 2.3 3....................................................... 12.59 4.1 12.42 4.6 13.36 3.6 4....................................................... 15.00 4.6 14.66 5.1 16.90 3.0 5....................................................... 16.28 5.4 16.20 7.3 16.49 5.1 6....................................................... 16.93 5.2 16.77 5.4 19.82 5.4 7....................................................... 23.42 2.9 21.73 4.3 26.57 2.5 8....................................................... 27.34 7.9 26.53 11.5 29.25 3.2 9....................................................... 33.32 8.9 33.78 11.2 31.75 2.3 10........................................................ 30.73 5.8 30.42 7.9 31.15 9.1 11........................................................ 41.90 4.4 43.91 3.9 37.62 7.9 12........................................................ 44.66 7.3 46.60 6.6 33.62 19.7 13........................................................ 56.19 1.7 54.00 1.7 – – 14........................................................ 65.54 8.5 60.35 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.16 9.6 26.16 9.6 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 27.02 2.3 25.86 2.6 30.86 2.3 2....................................................... 13.52 7.6 13.88 7.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.12 4.3 13.05 5.3 13.36 3.6 4....................................................... 14.89 5.1 14.45 5.7 16.90 3.0 5....................................................... 15.63 3.9 15.25 5.5 16.49 5.1 6....................................................... 17.89 3.4 17.76 3.5 20.08 3.7 7....................................................... 23.57 3.5 21.39 5.8 26.57 2.5 8....................................................... 25.74 3.3 24.00 4.4 29.24 3.2 9....................................................... 30.49 3.3 30.09 4.2 31.75 2.3 10........................................................ 31.93 6.4 32.63 8.4 31.24 9.4 11........................................................ 40.85 4.0 42.63 3.7 37.62 7.9 12........................................................ 44.66 7.3 46.60 6.6 33.62 19.7 13........................................................ 56.19 1.7 54.00 1.7 – – 14........................................................ 65.54 8.5 60.35 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.66 10.0 26.66 10.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.90 3.0 30.52 3.6 35.84 3.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 34.34 2.9 32.81 4.3 37.97 3.0 5....................................................... 13.79 16.6 13.79 16.6 – – 6....................................................... 19.16 20.7 18.74 22.5 – – 7....................................................... 26.81 5.1 21.97 16.0 29.48 3.1 8....................................................... 27.94 3.2 25.33 5.1 32.43 .8 9....................................................... 31.91 3.5 31.77 5.3 32.21 .6 10........................................................ 32.42 9.9 33.44 11.0 – – 11........................................................ 38.89 5.6 39.39 1.8 38.00 15.2 12........................................................ 40.37 8.0 42.50 6.3 – – 13........................................................ 55.58 2.6 52.30 4.9 – – 14........................................................ 65.36 8.8 59.76 5.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.60 4.7 38.60 4.7 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... $39.66 3.8 $39.88 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 32.22 11.2 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 33.37 5.4 33.49 5.6 – – 8....................................................... 24.22 7.7 – – – – 9....................................................... 32.46 5.9 32.53 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 37.76 4.4 39.24 3.5 – – 12........................................................ 43.20 12.6 43.20 12.6 – – 13........................................................ 52.08 5.6 52.08 5.6 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.86 7.2 34.02 7.5 – – 9....................................................... 32.46 5.9 32.53 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 36.84 4.4 38.36 3.1 – – 12........................................................ 43.20 12.6 43.20 12.6 – – 13........................................................ 52.08 5.6 52.08 5.6 – – Natural scientists............................................ 34.42 12.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 33.24 9.4 33.45 9.4 – – 7....................................................... 29.34 5.6 29.34 5.6 – – 8....................................................... 27.70 4.1 27.99 3.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.85 11.2 37.85 11.2 – – Registered nurses........................................... 31.41 7.8 31.64 7.7 – – 8....................................................... 27.92 4.0 28.24 3.8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 50.55 6.9 – – – – 11........................................................ 40.22 17.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.58 2.5 20.14 22.2 $32.23 0.7 7....................................................... 30.27 1.8 – – 30.33 1.8 8....................................................... 32.21 3.2 – – 33.46 .9 9....................................................... 32.68 2.0 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.68 .8 – – 31.89 .6 8....................................................... 32.48 1.3 – – 32.48 1.3 9....................................................... 33.22 .4 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 31.51 3.0 – – 31.61 3.0 7....................................................... 30.34 2.1 – – – – 8....................................................... 31.66 2.0 – – 31.66 2.0 Vocational and educational counselors....................... 22.40 25.9 – – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 22.11 24.8 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 18.13 13.4 14.74 14.2 23.95 13.8 Social workers.............................................. 17.79 13.8 14.34 12.7 – – Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 33.24 13.2 30.73 13.2 – – 9....................................................... 29.92 4.9 29.92 4.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.64 11.8 42.64 11.8 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 29.81 8.7 29.81 8.7 – – Technical....................................................... 24.15 7.1 24.59 8.5 21.47 10.4 3....................................................... 14.08 1.3 14.08 1.3 – – 4....................................................... 16.64 6.7 – – – – 5....................................................... $16.77 10.5 $19.11 4.5 – – 6....................................................... 22.18 7.9 22.18 7.9 – – 7....................................................... 20.99 5.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 22.23 3.8 21.83 5.4 – – 9....................................................... 26.42 2.4 26.42 2.4 – – 11........................................................ 56.45 15.8 56.45 15.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 21.60 9.6 21.60 9.6 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 24.81 14.0 – – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 25.19 9.5 25.19 9.5 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 19.21 3.5 – – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 26.12 4.5 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.16 5.5 33.38 7.0 $32.48 6.4 7....................................................... 23.05 4.3 23.57 5.0 – – 8....................................................... 22.27 6.4 22.30 7.6 – – 9....................................................... 29.15 7.1 29.01 8.4 29.85 11.7 10........................................................ 32.12 11.7 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.99 4.2 42.00 6.2 37.24 3.2 12........................................................ 49.78 11.0 50.59 12.0 – – 13........................................................ 59.70 7.7 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.11 16.6 33.11 16.6 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 37.93 5.8 37.20 7.2 40.78 6.6 9....................................................... 32.45 9.0 31.69 10.2 – – 11........................................................ 41.40 4.1 43.73 5.2 37.93 1.9 12........................................................ 51.05 11.0 52.12 11.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.17 12.0 30.17 12.0 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 36.22 2.3 – – 36.22 2.3 11........................................................ 36.36 2.7 – – 36.36 2.7 Financial managers.......................................... 39.80 10.9 – – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.76 10.5 – – – – Managers, medicine and health............................... 32.14 14.8 32.11 15.3 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 36.47 7.3 36.54 7.3 – – 11........................................................ 42.25 8.7 42.25 8.7 – – 12........................................................ 49.64 14.4 49.64 14.4 – – Management related............................................ 25.87 6.3 26.66 7.7 24.12 11.0 7....................................................... 22.07 5.6 22.70 7.6 – – 8....................................................... 22.03 4.6 22.39 6.4 – – 9....................................................... 25.32 6.7 25.40 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.99 33.6 37.99 33.6 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 23.44 4.9 23.68 5.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 29.79 9.9 30.36 11.2 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 23.82 3.3 25.22 4.1 – – Sales............................................................. 25.32 18.5 25.33 18.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.50 13.6 10.50 13.6 – – 4....................................................... 15.76 5.0 15.76 5.0 – – 5....................................................... $24.12 30.3 $24.12 30.3 – – 8....................................................... 39.90 46.2 40.10 47.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 32.12 29.9 32.12 29.9 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 16.63 7.6 16.63 7.6 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 16.91 29.6 16.91 29.6 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.45 16.6 10.45 16.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.54 4.3 15.17 5.2 $17.28 2.6 2....................................................... 13.52 7.6 13.88 7.8 – – 3....................................................... 13.02 4.8 12.91 6.1 13.36 3.6 4....................................................... 14.79 5.2 14.33 5.8 16.83 2.8 5....................................................... 16.26 2.2 15.79 2.5 17.07 4.9 6....................................................... 16.24 3.4 16.13 3.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.36 4.0 20.54 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.30 4.3 14.30 4.3 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.13 8.9 – – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 21.38 7.2 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 15.83 3.0 15.93 3.7 15.43 4.8 4....................................................... 16.41 3.8 16.28 5.7 – – 5....................................................... 14.61 5.4 – – 14.68 5.9 6....................................................... 15.20 6.2 15.20 6.2 – – 7....................................................... 19.71 5.9 – – – – Receptionists............................................... 12.43 1.8 12.43 2.0 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 13.45 9.7 13.45 9.7 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.05 12.2 17.05 12.2 – – Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping............ 14.37 10.8 14.37 10.8 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 15.86 4.4 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.87 2.4 15.85 3.2 – – 4....................................................... 16.44 5.1 – – – – Dispatchers................................................. 21.06 9.8 – – – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 15.93 10.8 – – – – Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........... 16.62 1.2 16.62 1.2 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 16.44 6.4 16.27 6.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 15.29 3.4 15.50 5.2 14.94 2.3 3....................................................... 12.13 11.4 – – – – 4....................................................... 15.70 7.9 15.93 12.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.32 6.5 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.40 10.5 13.82 9.8 – – Blue collar......................................................... 16.10 3.2 15.73 3.5 19.72 4.5 1....................................................... 8.97 5.1 8.97 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.98 7.8 11.96 7.9 – – 3....................................................... 13.24 5.4 13.23 5.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.85 3.3 14.65 3.6 16.70 2.6 5....................................................... 15.18 6.6 14.72 7.9 17.28 2.6 6....................................................... 17.83 11.9 17.29 13.2 21.43 5.4 7....................................................... $21.97 4.3 $22.13 5.0 $21.26 7.1 8....................................................... 24.87 7.8 25.61 9.5 – – 9....................................................... 29.25 3.0 29.09 3.2 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.37 5.8 20.17 6.7 21.75 1.2 5....................................................... 16.71 3.3 16.38 5.2 – – 6....................................................... 20.07 7.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.01 4.5 21.93 5.1 22.61 4.6 8....................................................... 25.78 7.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 28.90 3.9 28.69 4.2 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 20.39 4.9 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.39 4.9 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 19.72 9.6 19.80 12.5 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 13.28 10.6 13.28 10.6 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.33 6.4 12.33 6.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.43 4.9 8.43 4.9 – – 3....................................................... 10.62 6.5 10.62 6.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.82 2.6 12.82 2.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.97 5.7 15.97 5.7 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 11.26 7.0 11.26 7.0 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.24 5.0 11.24 5.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.54 5.1 16.23 5.8 18.40 5.4 2....................................................... 13.04 10.0 13.02 10.3 – – 4....................................................... 17.02 6.5 17.09 8.2 – – 5....................................................... 15.76 6.3 15.61 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 22.36 10.9 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.38 7.8 15.38 7.8 – – 4....................................................... 18.40 9.5 18.40 9.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.61 8.4 15.61 8.4 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.96 6.8 12.65 7.0 17.45 6.1 1....................................................... 9.20 12.1 9.20 12.1 – – 2....................................................... 11.67 14.1 11.67 14.1 – – 3....................................................... 16.49 7.2 16.53 7.4 – – 4....................................................... 15.09 17.0 14.82 20.4 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 13.62 13.9 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 12.23 10.7 12.23 10.7 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 16.10 15.1 16.10 15.1 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.44 12.5 11.44 12.5 – – Service............................................................. 13.59 10.7 10.45 11.8 20.74 5.2 1....................................................... 7.98 16.9 7.53 18.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.43 5.0 11.42 5.0 – – 3....................................................... 8.80 17.8 7.96 19.4 12.29 10.4 4....................................................... $16.17 7.2 $17.24 8.6 $13.78 4.1 5....................................................... 13.43 7.1 12.82 4.8 – – 6....................................................... 18.59 11.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.16 4.6 – – 23.54 4.6 9....................................................... 30.15 5.4 – – 30.15 5.4 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.05 17.9 12.05 17.9 – – Protective service............................................ 25.57 3.1 – – 25.72 2.9 7....................................................... 24.50 2.8 – – 24.50 2.8 9....................................................... 30.15 5.4 – – 30.15 5.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 28.59 2.1 – – 28.59 2.1 Food service.................................................. 8.25 23.4 8.24 23.5 – – 1....................................................... 6.98 28.3 6.98 28.3 – – 2....................................................... 9.33 6.0 9.33 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 6.70 23.8 6.66 24.0 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 4.40 33.5 4.40 33.5 – – Other food service........................................... 11.00 5.8 11.01 5.8 – – 1....................................................... 9.34 4.7 9.34 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.34 8.6 11.42 9.0 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.64 7.1 11.64 7.1 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 11.28 7.4 11.39 7.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.95 3.6 8.95 3.6 – – Health service................................................ 12.83 4.3 12.43 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 12.12 5.9 12.12 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.94 6.9 11.99 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.60 5.7 13.42 .7 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 14.65 .4 14.65 .4 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.38 4.4 12.20 4.3 – – 2....................................................... 12.12 5.9 12.12 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.94 6.9 11.99 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 12.99 3.0 12.99 3.0 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 11.42 5.5 10.17 7.4 13.32 8.7 1....................................................... 9.38 7.9 8.46 2.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.75 5.5 10.17 6.8 11.63 5.5 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.45 1.3 8.45 1.3 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.99 3.3 11.52 6.6 12.46 2.0 1....................................................... 10.54 12.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.04 5.0 10.57 6.7 11.63 5.5 Personal service.............................................. 16.93 10.8 19.31 7.9 12.16 10.0 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 12.15 13.2 – – – – 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 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) 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 2004 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $12.57 3.0 $11.96 3.3 $15.26 7.2 All excluding sales............................................... 12.99 3.4 12.33 3.6 15.36 6.8 White collar........................................................ 15.75 4.6 15.36 5.2 17.08 9.7 1....................................................... 8.57 5.6 8.58 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.15 5.9 8.67 8.7 10.01 2.2 3....................................................... 11.67 8.4 11.77 9.5 10.89 11.3 4....................................................... 12.14 7.2 12.18 7.8 11.55 5.5 5....................................................... 14.29 4.8 13.75 5.5 – – 6....................................................... 12.77 13.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.05 8.1 26.21 3.1 – – 8....................................................... 24.77 6.0 24.95 6.5 – – 9....................................................... 25.95 7.2 28.21 8.1 24.18 8.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.66 10.7 24.87 12.0 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.97 4.6 18.30 5.2 17.28 9.1 2....................................................... 10.24 1.9 10.83 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.84 6.2 12.14 6.8 10.89 11.3 4....................................................... 11.19 7.8 11.12 9.2 11.55 5.5 5....................................................... 14.47 4.8 13.94 5.6 – – 6....................................................... 12.77 13.0 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.05 8.1 26.21 3.1 – – 8....................................................... 24.77 6.0 24.95 6.5 – – 9....................................................... 25.95 7.2 28.21 8.1 24.18 8.7 Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.66 10.7 24.87 12.0 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 22.66 5.3 23.37 7.1 21.35 8.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 23.08 5.2 24.04 7.0 21.41 8.3 5....................................................... 15.60 5.2 – – – – 7....................................................... 23.17 7.9 – – – – 8....................................................... 25.83 6.6 26.26 7.4 – – 9....................................................... 25.60 7.8 27.78 8.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.27 6.9 – – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 26.06 3.4 27.40 3.6 – – 8....................................................... 26.79 3.8 27.85 1.0 – – 9....................................................... 25.71 12.0 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.63 3.9 28.51 2.5 – – 8....................................................... 26.79 3.8 27.85 1.0 – – 9....................................................... 24.17 10.3 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 20.99 11.6 24.27 8.5 20.56 13.4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.23 6.9 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 14.53 23.4 – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... $15.58 11.5 $15.33 12.8 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 10.37 9.3 10.41 9.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.21 9.6 8.18 9.8 – – 3....................................................... 11.53 16.9 11.53 16.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.79 10.0 12.79 10.0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.49 12.5 9.49 12.5 – – Cashiers.................................................... 11.86 7.4 11.99 7.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.25 3.3 11.69 4.6 $10.21 2.2 2....................................................... 10.24 1.9 10.83 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.94 6.5 12.18 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 10.72 7.8 10.49 9.4 11.55 5.5 5....................................................... 13.66 5.5 13.66 5.5 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.38 8.0 13.42 9.4 – – General office clerks....................................... 10.68 3.2 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.85 .0 – – – – Blue collar......................................................... 10.74 5.7 10.19 6.1 13.98 5.4 1....................................................... 8.96 6.2 8.98 6.2 – – 3....................................................... 12.23 4.2 – – – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 14.54 1.6 – – 14.54 1.6 Bus drivers................................................. 14.54 1.6 – – 14.54 1.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.97 5.6 10.01 5.7 – – 1....................................................... 9.06 6.2 9.08 6.2 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.39 11.7 8.39 11.7 – – 1....................................................... 7.58 3.8 7.58 3.8 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 11.49 12.5 11.49 12.5 – – Service............................................................. 7.65 8.2 7.32 10.7 9.92 2.5 1....................................................... 6.01 19.4 5.96 20.1 – – 2....................................................... 9.86 3.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.44 8.3 10.45 9.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.14 8.6 10.97 10.3 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. $7.11 13.8 $6.74 17.4 $9.74 3.6 1....................................................... 5.82 22.9 5.78 23.6 – – 2....................................................... 9.68 4.4 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.28 7.9 11.32 8.1 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 3.71 10.8 3.71 10.8 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 3.19 16.7 3.19 16.7 – – Other food service........................................... 8.93 4.3 8.74 6.1 9.74 3.6 1....................................................... 8.20 7.4 8.19 7.8 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.56 5.3 8.19 7.7 – – 1....................................................... 8.23 7.5 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.71 3.7 11.71 3.7 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.59 4.4 11.59 4.4 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.40 9.4 7.97 7.9 – – 1....................................................... 6.93 .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 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. 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 appendixes C and D 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. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2004 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $22.75 $12.57 $21.73 $21.99 $21.61 $28.68 All excluding sales............................................. 22.55 12.99 22.18 21.79 21.91 18.42 White collar........................................................ 26.82 15.75 26.36 26.03 25.79 30.05 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 27.02 17.97 28.33 26.29 26.64 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.90 22.66 31.36 31.39 31.56 – Professional specialty.......................................... 34.34 23.08 31.21 34.01 33.82 – Technical....................................................... 24.15 15.58 – 22.39 24.04 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.16 – – 32.91 32.95 – Sales............................................................. 25.32 10.37 15.65 24.17 15.62 32.94 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.54 11.25 16.75 15.11 15.00 – Blue collar......................................................... 16.10 10.74 18.60 14.41 15.75 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.37 – 20.56 20.19 20.30 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.33 – 13.57 11.98 12.30 – Transportation and material moving................................ 16.54 14.54 22.46 13.61 16.48 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.96 9.97 14.04 11.41 12.40 – Service............................................................. 13.59 7.65 15.86 11.98 12.51 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.3 3.0 4.2 2.5 1.9 21.0 All excluding sales............................................. 1.9 3.4 4.4 1.9 1.6 28.8 White collar........................................................ 2.8 4.6 3.7 2.9 2.5 23.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.3 4.6 3.9 2.3 2.1 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.0 5.3 5.7 3.5 2.9 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.9 5.2 2.1 3.7 3.0 – Technical....................................................... 7.1 11.5 – 6.2 6.9 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 5.5 – – 5.3 5.2 – Sales............................................................. 18.5 9.3 1.6 19.5 21.7 26.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.3 3.3 3.6 4.2 2.8 – Blue collar......................................................... 3.2 5.7 6.4 3.1 3.6 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.8 – 7.8 6.6 5.8 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.4 – 2.9 7.7 6.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.1 1.6 8.3 5.6 6.5 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.8 5.6 10.2 6.7 5.7 – Service............................................................. 10.7 8.2 8.6 9.4 8.9 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $20.82 - - - - $20.89 $23.64 $13.89 - - All excluding sales............................................. 20.59 - - - - 20.63 23.91 12.87 - - White collar........................................................ 25.09 - - - - 24.50 25.54 16.50 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.48 - - - - 24.79 26.23 16.60 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.17 - - - - 29.79 – 19.99 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 32.27 - - - - 31.67 35.66 – - - Technical....................................................... 24.46 - - - - 24.76 – – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.10 - - - - 32.19 33.38 – - - Sales............................................................. 22.96 - - - - 23.00 – 16.44 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.96 - - - - 14.84 17.36 15.02 - - Blue collar......................................................... 15.46 - - - - 16.08 21.49 13.81 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.14 - - - - 23.10 26.48 21.42 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.30 - - - - 9.65 – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 16.23 - - - - 16.52 22.71 13.14 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.13 - - - - 12.61 16.93 10.18 - - Service............................................................. 9.76 - - - - 9.74 – 7.20 - - B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.6 - - - - 3.3 5.0 7.1 - - All excluding sales............................................. 2.0 - - - - 2.5 4.9 15.5 - - White collar........................................................ 3.1 - - - - 3.6 5.6 3.5 - - White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.3 - - - - 2.5 5.3 15.8 - - Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.7 - - - - 4.2 – 40.1 - - Professional specialty.......................................... 4.5 - - - - 5.4 7.3 – - - Technical....................................................... 8.3 - - - - 9.8 – – - - Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.6 - - - - 9.2 7.8 – - - Sales............................................................. 18.2 - - - - 19.7 – 8.9 - - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.8 - - - - 5.4 4.2 18.7 - - Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 - - - - 5.2 7.2 4.6 - - Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.7 - - - - 3.6 2.2 8.6 - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.4 - - - - 10.0 – – - - Transportation and material moving................................ 5.8 - - - - 6.7 11.0 9.1 - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.9 - - - - 7.4 8.1 10.0 - - Service............................................................. 9.5 - - - - 9.8 – 32.9 - - 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 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. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2004 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $20.82 $17.15 $22.26 $21.83 $22.83 All excluding sales............................................. 20.59 14.83 22.51 22.18 22.91 White collar........................................................ 25.09 24.12 25.35 24.17 27.08 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.48 22.34 26.01 25.02 27.32 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.17 25.72 30.79 30.63 30.94 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.27 28.92 32.39 30.84 34.44 Technical....................................................... 24.46 24.81 24.27 28.34 23.18 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.10 33.24 33.08 33.14 32.99 Sales............................................................. 22.96 26.56 18.18 18.31 17.07 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.96 15.86 14.75 14.17 15.84 Blue collar......................................................... 15.46 13.33 16.62 17.60 15.72 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.14 17.55 21.39 23.18 20.24 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.30 12.29 12.30 14.25 11.75 Transportation and material moving................................ 16.23 13.50 17.52 17.52 17.53 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.13 10.14 13.71 12.52 14.67 Service............................................................. 9.76 7.47 12.11 11.35 13.18 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.6 11.5 2.1 3.5 4.2 All excluding sales............................................. 2.0 10.9 2.2 3.5 4.3 White collar........................................................ 3.1 11.9 2.7 5.3 4.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.3 5.2 2.9 5.7 4.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.7 3.1 4.1 6.4 5.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.5 6.2 4.7 8.0 2.7 Technical....................................................... 8.3 3.8 13.2 23.6 12.7 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 6.6 13.0 6.9 9.7 7.6 Sales............................................................. 18.2 25.4 10.7 11.9 7.2 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 4.8 21.0 2.8 3.4 3.4 Blue collar......................................................... 3.5 6.5 5.2 7.0 5.9 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 6.7 12.9 6.5 6.4 8.4 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 6.4 16.9 3.8 7.8 4.5 Transportation and material moving................................ 5.8 13.2 8.6 10.3 5.7 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.9 6.1 9.3 13.4 14.2 Service............................................................. 9.5 21.9 4.9 8.7 7.4 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 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. 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 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $12.29 $17.65 $27.51 $40.03 All excluding sales........................... 9.50 12.50 17.97 27.83 39.49 White collar.................................... 11.42 15.11 21.72 32.69 46.19 White collar excluding sales................ 12.16 15.66 23.10 33.59 45.93 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.30 21.63 28.15 38.63 49.85 Professional specialty...................... 16.15 23.76 31.25 41.10 51.41 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.76 28.75 38.67 45.67 56.36 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 13.58 21.61 33.17 43.63 52.25 Computer systems analysts and scientists 13.31 24.62 33.51 44.47 52.50 Natural scientists........................ 19.23 23.85 28.41 46.73 48.51 Health related............................ 21.09 25.40 30.24 34.99 43.18 Registered nurses....................... 21.85 26.00 30.16 34.68 41.05 Respiratory therapists.................. 19.36 20.94 21.97 24.42 26.79 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.00 30.77 43.27 62.97 88.36 Teachers, except college and university... 18.96 23.24 28.96 36.88 42.65 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.28 24.24 30.56 37.83 42.94 Secondary school teachers............... 22.23 24.39 30.56 36.88 42.14 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 9.56 9.56 17.00 28.85 36.06 Vocational and educational counselors... 12.02 12.50 24.04 28.39 41.26 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 11.40 11.75 18.00 24.42 49.49 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.25 12.96 18.00 21.88 26.62 Social workers.......................... 10.25 12.48 15.42 21.88 27.02 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.55 23.40 29.53 38.89 57.51 Editors and reporters................... 25.00 28.15 28.69 31.28 39.29 Technical................................... 14.36 17.02 22.85 26.00 32.65 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.31 21.01 26.13 27.89 35.99 Radiological technicians................ 15.35 19.69 25.38 29.62 34.06 Licensed practical nurses............... 18.39 18.81 18.81 20.07 22.44 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 17.58 22.03 25.86 32.69 32.69 Drafters................................ 16.83 22.12 26.00 26.00 28.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.68 21.56 29.93 40.87 53.17 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.77 26.44 35.34 46.36 54.36 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 31.35 34.81 35.07 38.04 41.39 Financial managers...................... 26.52 35.27 35.34 48.56 56.20 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 28.16 31.30 45.28 48.09 53.99 Managers, medicine and health........... 21.20 26.16 29.93 32.88 37.86 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.68 21.64 33.17 50.96 55.87 Management related........................ 16.50 19.13 23.53 29.84 34.14 Accountants and auditors................ 18.13 21.20 23.53 25.55 28.33 Other financial officers................ 16.35 19.47 28.46 32.21 36.37 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.00 17.57 20.87 24.84 43.80 Sales......................................... $7.16 $9.05 $15.66 $23.55 $53.00 Supervisors, sales...................... 16.06 16.41 23.85 53.85 53.85 Sales, other business services.......... 9.38 10.34 16.84 18.23 20.74 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.29 8.78 11.88 14.62 26.43 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.72 9.61 15.66 15.66 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.83 12.24 15.00 17.65 20.94 Supervisors, general office............. 15.50 16.46 21.63 22.96 24.55 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 15.00 18.60 21.55 23.15 24.12 Secretaries............................. 12.12 14.00 15.49 16.69 20.18 Receptionists........................... 9.77 10.75 11.76 12.81 14.06 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.08 11.25 12.55 15.25 17.95 Order clerks............................ 13.00 13.00 15.38 17.95 27.05 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 12.00 12.00 12.00 16.75 19.35 Library clerks.......................... 12.94 14.85 16.98 18.34 18.62 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 13.06 14.03 16.50 16.61 18.04 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.50 15.28 15.50 17.14 18.27 Dispatchers............................. 15.70 16.98 24.20 24.20 24.20 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 12.29 12.50 15.66 15.66 20.94 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 14.71 15.39 16.35 18.41 18.99 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.25 13.46 15.65 18.27 20.21 General office clerks................... 10.96 12.61 15.30 16.98 19.66 Teachers' aides......................... 8.42 8.66 9.64 10.92 11.44 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.00 12.09 12.50 15.86 19.31 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.60 14.60 19.60 24.99 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 15.34 20.00 25.00 29.61 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 16.00 19.00 20.55 22.05 24.04 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.16 16.00 19.03 21.63 28.55 Butchers and meat cutters............... 9.45 9.65 12.10 17.65 17.65 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.50 9.50 11.60 14.56 17.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.25 8.75 10.95 13.20 16.11 Assemblers.............................. 7.25 9.50 11.75 13.55 14.02 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 12.00 15.10 18.65 24.55 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.50 15.00 18.34 24.55 Bus drivers............................. 13.69 13.90 15.79 18.05 18.05 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.30 8.50 10.75 15.73 20.53 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 9.00 13.10 17.76 20.45 Stock handlers and baggers.............. $7.00 $7.30 $10.15 $13.87 $15.90 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.87 10.00 15.26 20.60 21.06 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.50 10.21 10.75 14.00 16.40 Service......................................... 3.50 8.36 10.75 14.55 25.05 Protective service........................ 18.02 22.20 27.10 29.57 32.31 Police and detectives, public service... 23.43 27.41 29.19 30.27 32.47 Protective service, n.e.c............... 8.55 8.55 9.92 19.57 19.57 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.50 8.60 10.75 13.27 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 4.50 8.60 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 4.25 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 5.62 8.00 8.60 12.05 12.05 Other food service....................... 7.50 8.54 10.00 12.00 13.62 Cooks................................... 9.00 10.00 12.00 13.25 14.40 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.59 9.07 13.03 13.27 13.27 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.50 8.00 8.84 10.00 10.05 Health service............................ 9.57 10.74 13.01 14.54 15.88 Health aides, except nursing............ 11.51 13.58 15.66 16.11 16.82 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.57 10.71 12.48 14.08 15.05 Cleaning and building service............. 7.66 8.75 10.50 13.48 16.67 Maids and housemen...................... 7.50 7.50 8.25 9.11 10.02 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.84 9.68 11.90 13.48 15.40 Personal service.......................... 6.53 7.74 10.33 17.28 28.79 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 7.78 8.69 12.00 13.52 15.79 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. 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 2004 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.58 $11.75 $16.34 $25.85 $38.74 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 12.00 16.45 26.00 38.36 White collar.................................... 11.00 14.36 20.45 31.07 45.05 White collar excluding sales................ 12.00 15.20 21.63 31.95 45.05 Professional specialty and technical.......... 14.36 20.15 27.58 37.78 49.10 Professional specialty...................... 13.79 23.11 30.46 41.00 51.09 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.76 28.75 38.75 45.67 56.36 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 13.31 20.73 33.54 44.95 52.50 Computer systems analysts and scientists 13.31 21.89 33.97 45.05 52.50 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 21.67 26.51 30.58 35.19 43.52 Registered nurses....................... 22.74 27.32 30.58 34.80 41.05 Respiratory therapists.................. 19.36 20.94 21.97 24.42 26.79 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 11.00 12.50 20.24 26.89 30.55 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 9.56 9.56 20.37 36.06 36.06 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.25 10.86 13.25 18.00 21.54 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.23 22.64 28.69 33.35 45.91 Editors and reporters................... 25.00 28.15 28.69 31.28 39.29 Technical................................... 14.36 17.02 24.75 26.00 32.52 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.87 20.95 26.13 27.89 35.99 Radiological technicians................ 14.35 23.50 25.38 29.62 34.06 Drafters................................ 16.83 22.12 26.00 26.00 28.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.68 21.35 29.93 40.87 53.17 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 18.68 24.11 34.92 45.87 54.90 Managers, medicine and health........... 21.20 26.16 29.93 32.88 37.86 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.68 21.64 33.17 50.96 55.87 Management related........................ 16.35 19.13 23.50 29.84 34.14 Accountants and auditors................ 18.39 21.20 23.53 25.83 28.33 Other financial officers................ 16.25 19.13 26.19 32.71 41.89 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.86 16.34 21.51 29.10 43.80 Sales......................................... 7.16 9.05 15.66 23.27 53.00 Supervisors, sales...................... 16.06 16.41 23.85 53.85 53.85 Sales, other business services.......... 9.38 10.34 16.84 18.23 20.74 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.29 8.78 11.88 14.62 26.43 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.72 9.90 15.66 15.66 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.75 12.10 14.91 17.04 20.18 Secretaries............................. 12.72 14.00 15.49 16.35 20.18 Receptionists........................... 9.89 10.75 11.76 12.81 14.06 Information clerks, n.e.c............... $10.08 $11.25 $12.55 $15.25 $17.95 Order clerks............................ 13.00 13.00 15.38 17.95 27.05 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 12.00 12.00 12.00 16.75 19.35 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.75 15.39 15.50 17.02 18.27 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 14.71 15.39 16.35 18.41 18.99 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.17 13.46 15.65 18.04 19.57 General office clerks................... 10.96 12.70 15.30 17.11 19.66 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.00 12.09 12.34 13.20 19.31 Blue collar..................................... 8.30 10.21 14.05 19.00 25.21 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.80 14.75 19.60 25.72 29.61 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 12.39 15.34 19.03 21.67 28.55 Butchers and meat cutters............... 9.45 9.65 12.10 17.65 17.65 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.50 9.50 11.60 14.56 17.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.25 8.75 10.95 13.20 16.11 Assemblers.............................. 7.25 9.50 11.75 13.55 14.02 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 11.00 14.76 18.35 25.10 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.50 15.00 18.34 24.55 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.30 8.50 10.50 15.01 20.51 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 7.30 10.15 13.87 15.90 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.87 10.00 15.26 20.60 21.06 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.50 10.21 10.75 14.00 16.40 Service......................................... 2.13 7.25 9.74 12.42 14.71 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 2.13 3.50 8.49 10.97 13.27 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 4.50 8.60 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 4.25 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 5.62 8.00 8.60 12.05 12.05 Other food service....................... 7.35 8.49 10.00 12.00 13.72 Cooks................................... 9.00 10.00 12.00 13.25 14.40 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.75 9.07 13.03 13.27 13.27 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.40 7.75 8.75 10.00 10.00 Health service............................ 9.57 10.71 12.48 14.06 15.37 Health aides, except nursing............ 11.51 13.58 15.66 16.11 16.82 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.57 10.50 12.25 13.74 14.96 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.25 9.23 10.75 15.21 Maids and housemen...................... 7.50 7.50 8.25 9.11 10.02 Janitors and cleaners................... $8.25 $9.00 $10.50 $12.51 $16.67 Personal service.......................... 6.50 7.00 9.82 17.39 33.29 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. 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 2004 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.71 $16.88 $23.22 $32.62 $44.54 All excluding sales........................... 12.71 16.88 23.22 32.65 44.54 White collar.................................... 14.34 18.81 25.99 36.46 48.21 White collar excluding sales................ 14.44 18.81 25.99 36.52 48.21 Professional specialty and technical.......... 18.96 23.24 31.29 41.27 51.60 Professional specialty...................... 21.12 24.91 32.60 42.82 57.51 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.31 15.65 21.94 24.62 27.56 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 21.63 24.08 30.56 38.03 43.66 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.60 24.24 31.03 38.34 43.16 Secondary school teachers............... 22.60 24.46 30.72 36.88 42.14 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 18.84 20.00 23.16 27.02 35.53 Social workers.......................... 18.84 20.02 22.97 27.05 35.53 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.10 18.39 21.17 23.87 32.69 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.18 23.95 31.23 37.55 53.38 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 30.74 35.07 37.10 46.36 54.36 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 31.35 34.81 35.07 38.04 41.39 Management related........................ 16.51 19.34 24.46 27.98 34.36 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.10 13.60 16.30 19.06 21.95 Secretaries............................. 11.88 13.95 15.30 17.31 17.97 Library clerks.......................... 12.94 14.85 16.98 18.34 18.62 General office clerks................... 11.49 12.47 15.12 16.53 19.33 Blue collar..................................... 14.18 15.81 18.36 22.43 24.04 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.40 18.33 21.07 23.95 27.49 Transportation and material moving............ 13.69 15.00 17.98 20.17 23.22 Bus drivers............................. 13.69 14.04 15.79 18.05 18.05 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 13.77 14.70 17.31 19.03 21.61 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. $13.42 $16.89 $18.35 $20.45 $21.61 Service......................................... 9.82 12.45 18.34 27.87 29.95 Protective service........................ 17.50 23.43 27.10 29.57 32.35 Police and detectives, public service... 23.43 27.41 29.19 30.27 32.47 Food service.............................. 8.54 8.96 9.41 10.34 11.64 Other food service....................... 8.54 8.96 9.41 10.34 11.64 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. 10.02 11.51 13.01 14.35 18.03 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.86 11.09 12.45 13.72 14.58 Personal service.......................... 7.82 9.63 10.75 14.04 16.84 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. 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 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.65 $13.00 $18.31 $28.25 $41.05 All excluding sales........................... 10.00 13.20 18.50 28.33 40.85 White collar.................................... 12.00 15.58 22.63 33.73 47.32 White collar excluding sales................ 12.50 16.00 23.59 34.23 46.68 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.55 21.89 28.43 39.33 50.00 Professional specialty...................... 16.45 24.42 32.26 42.00 51.99 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.76 28.75 38.67 45.67 56.36 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 13.99 22.64 33.47 43.85 52.31 Computer systems analysts and scientists 13.72 24.97 33.81 45.05 52.50 Natural scientists........................ 19.23 23.85 28.47 48.11 51.09 Health related............................ 21.92 26.79 31.86 37.27 43.52 Registered nurses....................... 22.29 27.30 31.58 34.91 41.05 Teachers, college and university.......... 25.26 31.02 43.27 63.28 88.36 Teachers, except college and university... 20.36 23.58 29.35 37.04 43.01 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.25 24.28 30.56 37.87 43.01 Secondary school teachers............... 22.60 24.47 30.83 36.88 42.14 Vocational and educational counselors... 12.02 12.50 24.04 28.39 41.26 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 11.40 11.68 18.00 25.21 49.92 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.25 12.96 17.83 22.39 27.02 Social workers.......................... 10.25 12.48 15.42 21.88 27.05 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 9.55 23.19 29.53 38.89 57.51 Editors and reporters................... 23.75 28.15 28.33 31.07 39.29 Technical................................... 14.36 17.02 22.87 26.00 32.69 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 15.36 21.01 26.13 27.89 35.99 Radiological technicians................ 17.00 24.14 25.38 29.62 34.06 Licensed practical nurses............... 18.39 18.81 18.81 20.07 22.44 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 17.58 22.03 25.86 32.69 32.69 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.68 21.64 29.95 40.87 53.44 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.77 27.07 36.06 46.36 54.43 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 31.35 34.81 35.07 38.04 41.39 Financial managers...................... 26.52 35.27 35.34 48.56 56.20 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 28.16 31.30 45.28 48.09 53.99 Managers, medicine and health........... 21.20 26.16 29.93 33.50 37.86 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 18.68 21.64 33.17 50.96 55.87 Management related........................ 16.54 19.14 23.53 29.84 34.14 Accountants and auditors................ 18.13 21.20 23.53 25.55 28.33 Other financial officers................ 17.40 19.47 28.46 32.21 37.83 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.00 17.57 20.87 24.84 43.80 Sales......................................... 7.28 9.90 16.06 26.02 53.85 Supervisors, sales...................... 16.06 16.41 23.85 53.85 53.85 Sales, other business services.......... 9.38 15.45 17.55 18.32 20.74 Sales workers, other commodities........ $8.78 $10.99 $13.03 $19.23 $30.77 Cashiers................................ 7.28 7.72 9.22 15.66 16.06 Administrative support, including clerical.... 11.25 12.50 15.34 17.89 21.13 Supervisors, general office............. 15.50 16.46 21.63 22.96 24.55 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 15.00 18.60 21.55 23.15 24.12 Secretaries............................. 12.98 14.17 15.58 16.78 20.18 Receptionists........................... 10.75 11.19 12.00 13.81 14.19 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 10.08 11.26 12.55 15.25 17.95 Order clerks............................ 13.00 13.00 15.38 18.03 27.05 Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping.......................... 12.00 12.00 12.00 16.75 19.35 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 13.06 14.03 16.50 16.61 18.04 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 13.50 15.28 15.50 17.14 18.27 Dispatchers............................. 15.70 16.98 24.20 24.20 24.20 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 12.29 12.50 15.66 20.48 20.94 Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators........................ 14.71 15.39 16.35 18.41 18.99 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.75 14.42 16.31 18.45 20.34 General office clerks................... 11.20 12.98 15.30 17.11 19.66 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.00 12.09 12.56 15.95 19.31 Blue collar..................................... 8.75 10.78 14.91 20.00 25.42 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 12.00 15.40 20.00 25.00 29.61 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 16.00 19.00 20.55 22.05 24.04 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.16 16.00 19.03 21.63 28.55 Butchers and meat cutters............... 9.45 9.65 12.10 17.65 17.65 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.50 9.50 11.50 14.56 17.75 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.25 8.75 10.95 13.28 16.30 Assemblers.............................. 7.25 9.30 11.68 13.89 14.02 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 12.00 15.10 18.72 24.55 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 10.50 15.00 18.34 24.55 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 9.00 11.05 17.20 20.75 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.50 10.78 13.10 17.76 20.45 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.30 10.15 10.50 15.01 17.85 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 7.65 10.61 18.07 20.81 21.88 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.50 10.21 10.75 13.39 17.67 Service......................................... 4.50 9.00 12.00 15.85 27.41 Protective service........................ 18.02 23.08 27.10 29.57 32.31 Police and detectives, public service... $23.43 $27.41 $29.19 $30.27 $32.47 Food service.............................. 2.13 3.50 8.76 12.00 13.50 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.50 6.50 8.60 Other food service....................... 8.00 8.94 10.25 13.27 14.53 Cooks................................... 9.00 10.00 12.00 13.25 14.40 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.25 9.07 13.27 13.27 13.27 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 8.00 8.00 8.84 9.66 10.25 Health service............................ 9.57 10.75 13.18 14.55 16.11 Health aides, except nursing............ 10.15 13.58 15.70 16.11 16.82 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.57 10.71 12.50 14.10 15.05 Cleaning and building service............. 7.66 8.75 10.50 13.48 16.67 Maids and housemen...................... 7.50 7.50 8.25 9.11 10.02 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.79 9.66 11.90 13.48 15.21 Personal service.......................... 9.50 10.24 13.24 21.28 33.29 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 7.82 8.69 12.00 14.04 15.79 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. 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 2004 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.25 $7.80 $10.30 $15.31 $24.49 All excluding sales........................... 6.19 8.00 10.75 15.43 26.45 White collar.................................... 7.55 9.89 12.85 21.27 28.41 White collar excluding sales................ 9.00 11.00 15.24 24.73 30.22 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.00 15.66 23.08 28.42 31.86 Professional specialty...................... 11.00 15.66 23.72 28.82 31.95 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.66 22.01 27.50 30.01 33.00 Registered nurses....................... 19.43 23.55 27.71 30.22 32.81 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 10.00 12.00 18.96 25.64 37.33 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.77 23.24 27.02 36.43 38.68 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 6.75 7.25 15.00 17.00 25.00 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.05 13.00 13.00 17.63 24.81 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.75 7.29 10.00 13.03 15.66 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.16 7.29 7.96 10.87 13.54 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.80 11.25 15.66 15.66 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.10 9.00 11.00 12.85 14.82 Secretaries............................. 11.25 11.50 11.82 14.82 20.30 General office clerks................... 8.00 10.00 10.00 11.71 14.02 Teachers' aides......................... 8.42 8.66 9.64 10.92 11.44 Blue collar..................................... 6.91 7.60 10.01 13.15 15.66 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 11.88 13.96 14.87 15.34 16.16 Bus drivers............................. 11.88 13.96 14.87 15.34 16.16 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 6.91 7.30 9.00 11.40 15.66 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 6.91 7.00 7.30 8.15 12.85 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.75 10.00 11.60 15.00 15.66 Service......................................... 2.13 5.75 8.25 10.00 11.55 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. $2.13 $2.13 $8.25 $10.00 $11.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 2.13 3.00 11.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 2.13 2.13 11.00 Other food service....................... 6.40 7.55 9.00 10.00 11.43 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.25 7.45 8.92 10.00 10.00 Health service............................ 9.64 10.48 11.45 13.06 13.84 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.64 10.48 11.23 12.86 13.84 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... 6.50 6.53 7.00 9.06 12.61 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. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2004 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 507,200 396,800 110,500 All excluding sales............................................. 466,200 356,200 110,000 White collar........................................................ 325,700 244,600 81,100 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 284,600 204,000 80,600 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 159,900 106,700 53,200 Professional specialty.......................................... 128,000 79,100 48,900 Technical....................................................... 31,900 27,700 4,300 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 38,500 28,900 9,500 Sales............................................................. 41,100 40,600 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 86,200 68,300 17,900 Blue collar......................................................... 109,200 98,200 11,000 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 30,100 26,200 3,900 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 23,300 23,300 – Transportation and material moving................................ 29,600 23,900 5,700 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 26,200 24,800 1,400 Service............................................................. 72,300 54,000 18,400 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 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.