NC BL 03/00/2009 Table: Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO, Bulletin, July 2008 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers 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) All workers........................................................... $23.11 3.1 36.0 $22.53 3.5 35.9 $27.55 5.1 36.6 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 34.76 3.0 38.7 35.12 3.4 38.9 33.17 6.0 38.0 Management, business, and financial............................... 38.99 8.3 41.0 38.77 9.3 41.1 40.39 17.4 40.4 Professional and related.......................................... 32.83 2.2 37.8 33.29 2.6 37.9 31.11 2.7 37.4 Service............................................................. 12.04 5.7 29.8 10.43 7.0 29.3 20.43 11.4 32.3 Sales and office.................................................... 17.99 6.7 35.4 18.00 7.1 35.3 17.83 2.4 36.3 Sales and related................................................. 19.64 14.9 33.5 19.65 14.9 33.5 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 16.78 2.6 36.9 16.68 2.8 36.9 17.88 2.4 36.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.47 3.4 39.2 20.26 3.7 39.2 22.90 5.4 38.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 18.32 2.8 38.7 17.98 3.4 38.6 23.88 .5 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.21 4.8 39.9 24.47 5.3 40.1 22.20 10.2 38.2 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 15.97 4.1 36.6 15.88 4.2 36.5 18.08 6.6 38.2 Production........................................................ 14.38 6.6 38.8 14.38 6.6 38.8 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.25 2.0 35.0 17.18 2.1 34.7 18.08 6.6 38.2 Full time........................................................... 24.44 3.3 39.8 23.79 3.8 39.8 29.40 4.9 40.0 Part time........................................................... 12.13 4.2 20.1 11.97 4.7 19.8 13.26 7.9 22.0 Union............................................................... 25.90 3.2 35.7 23.06 4.4 34.5 30.10 6.1 37.7 Nonunion............................................................ 22.82 3.4 36.0 22.49 3.7 36.0 26.32 7.4 36.1 Time................................................................ 22.86 3.0 35.8 22.18 3.5 35.7 27.55 5.1 36.6 Incentive........................................................... 25.85 15.8 37.5 25.85 15.8 37.5 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 20.60 4.2 35.6 20.31 4.0 35.6 45.70 35.9 34.5 100-499 workers..................................................... 23.10 9.0 35.4 23.16 9.3 35.4 20.66 .7 38.6 500 workers or more................................................. 28.41 2.7 37.3 29.55 4.2 37.8 26.81 2.3 36.6 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.11 3.1 $24.44 3.3 $12.13 4.2 Management occupations.............................................. 46.41 9.8 46.53 9.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.87 9.5 23.87 9.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.99 4.8 28.01 4.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 43.34 5.9 43.05 5.9 – – Level 13.................................................. 60.79 8.4 60.79 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.31 9.6 48.31 9.6 – – General and operations managers................................... 45.91 6.4 45.91 6.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.02 7.1 52.02 7.1 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 51.00 14.1 52.08 13.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 58.51 2.1 58.51 2.1 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 50.20 20.4 51.59 19.9 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 58.77 3.4 58.77 3.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 41.87 7.4 41.87 7.4 – – Construction managers............................................. 31.47 5.5 31.47 5.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 30.63 3.9 30.63 3.9 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 60.03 9.2 60.03 9.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 68.15 .2 68.15 .2 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 38.60 5.1 38.60 5.1 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 34.35 23.3 34.35 23.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.34 4.3 27.45 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.91 9.2 18.91 9.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.42 3.8 23.44 4.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.84 4.4 25.84 4.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.39 8.7 30.39 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.56 11.1 29.96 10.8 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.52 5.4 24.52 5.4 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.17 9.3 29.17 9.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.44 11.7 29.44 11.7 – – Training and development specialists............................ 30.90 7.2 30.90 7.2 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.74 9.4 32.76 9.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.07 17.9 36.07 17.9 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.03 4.8 38.07 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.56 5.4 34.56 5.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.96 4.4 40.96 4.4 – – Level 12.................................................. 46.89 6.4 46.89 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.36 6.6 41.36 6.6 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 36.91 7.7 36.91 7.7 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 44.12 9.0 44.12 9.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.30 2.0 38.30 2.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.93 9.9 44.93 9.9 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.57 7.5 46.57 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.06 8.4 48.06 8.4 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 28.85 10.2 28.85 10.2 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 43.06 3.4 43.06 3.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.83 5.3 40.83 5.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.71 4.0 35.85 3.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.65 5.0 22.65 5.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.40 5.3 27.40 5.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.76 3.0 34.76 3.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.36 7.4 41.36 7.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.60 9.7 45.60 9.7 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.40 5.4 40.40 5.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.03 5.2 31.03 5.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.16 5.7 46.16 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.75 8.3 50.75 8.3 – – Civil engineers................................................. 40.67 9.4 40.67 9.4 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.92 6.9 41.92 6.9 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 36.37 4.6 36.37 4.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.35 1.1 27.35 1.1 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.01 4.3 30.95 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.64 5.1 26.64 5.1 – – Physical scientists............................................... 37.39 4.7 37.39 4.7 – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 38.40 3.1 38.40 3.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.23 11.2 21.38 11.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.91 7.1 18.91 7.1 – – Counselors........................................................ 26.15 20.7 26.15 20.7 – – Social workers.................................................... 21.05 6.7 21.05 6.7 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.79 14.9 17.07 15.4 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.80 6.1 33.79 6.3 14.90 6.7 Level 4 .................................................. 14.25 2.9 14.25 2.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.32 6.3 29.34 7.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 35.89 2.0 35.84 2.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.84 15.8 50.91 8.3 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.58 5.8 48.68 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 55.15 3.7 55.37 3.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.13 5.3 33.84 3.9 15.15 14.6 Level 7 .................................................. 28.74 7.3 29.34 7.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.06 2.0 36.01 2.1 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.42 6.2 35.92 1.3 15.13 14.4 Level 7 .................................................. 32.97 1.8 34.15 2.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.05 .1 37.01 .0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.96 6.8 35.88 .8 15.13 14.4 Level 7 .................................................. 32.89 6.5 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.87 .5 36.81 .7 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.21 7.7 36.21 7.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.03 2.5 38.04 2.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.52 1.4 38.53 1.4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.24 2.0 38.25 2.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.79 .6 38.80 .6 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.96 1.4 12.96 1.4 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.69 .5 13.69 .5 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.49 6.1 24.87 6.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.88 4.7 28.72 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 24.07 10.9 – – – – Designers......................................................... 21.73 10.9 21.73 10.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.33 9.5 34.89 11.0 31.52 4.8 Level 5 .................................................. 19.30 11.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.43 2.6 30.78 3.3 29.40 4.3 Level 9 .................................................. 35.94 8.3 36.21 11.9 – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.06 4.7 35.51 6.4 33.61 6.0 Level 8 .................................................. 30.00 2.4 30.06 3.2 29.81 4.0 Level 9 .................................................. 35.73 9.3 36.03 14.3 – – Therapists........................................................ 28.48 8.2 28.92 8.5 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 37.59 5.0 37.59 5.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.65 2.9 15.79 3.1 12.87 4.4 Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 4.1 12.31 4.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.56 3.5 13.67 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.33 1.9 15.49 1.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.97 3.1 12.99 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.28 4.5 12.29 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.39 3.8 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.97 3.1 12.99 3.6 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.28 4.5 12.29 4.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.39 3.8 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.75 3.7 17.88 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.88 2.1 – – – – Dental assistants............................................... 18.48 10.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.60 16.6 27.07 12.0 16.16 28.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.93 6.9 – – 10.93 6.9 Level 6 .................................................. 23.05 8.7 23.05 8.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.91 3.8 26.91 3.8 – – Police officers................................................... 28.61 5.5 28.61 5.5 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.61 5.5 28.61 5.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.60 11.1 9.12 15.9 7.77 5.8 Level 1 .................................................. 7.26 17.5 7.44 19.7 7.03 21.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.13 6.6 – – 7.86 3.1 Level 3 .................................................. 8.15 3.5 8.03 3.5 8.48 6.2 Level 4 .................................................. 10.41 10.6 10.47 10.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.87 5.2 13.87 5.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 5.6 13.82 5.6 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.40 9.0 11.61 11.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.69 7.2 10.75 10.1 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.57 2.8 12.63 2.9 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.43 6.8 11.66 5.5 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.98 6.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.20 5.6 4.29 4.6 3.99 11.5 Level 1 .................................................. 3.80 8.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 4.21 1.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.90 3.3 3.95 .8 3.78 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 3.65 9.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 3.99 3.5 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.41 3.2 9.07 9.9 8.07 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 7.98 1.8 – – 8.04 1.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.13 11.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.44 3.8 9.04 10.9 8.13 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.96 1.9 – – 8.01 1.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.08 13.0 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 11.85 7.7 – – 11.86 12.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.98 8.9 11.11 9.8 8.56 4.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.28 3.2 9.35 4.1 8.39 5.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.71 2.8 11.73 2.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.48 7.7 10.59 8.6 8.62 4.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.17 2.7 9.24 3.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.83 2.8 11.85 2.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.48 5.3 11.81 5.6 8.62 4.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.32 5.3 9.56 6.2 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.13 3.2 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.30 2.0 9.30 2.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.09 .0 9.09 .0 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.24 5.1 20.04 8.7 9.84 6.5 Level 1 .................................................. 8.38 4.3 – – 8.38 4.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.61 6.4 – – 10.50 7.1 Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers....................... 8.60 5.0 – – 8.60 5.0 Level 1 .................................................. 8.64 4.9 – – 8.64 4.9 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 7.85 5.8 – – 7.85 5.8 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 7.85 5.8 – – 7.85 5.8 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.41 6.1 – – 13.45 1.8 Recreation workers.............................................. 14.49 6.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.64 14.9 22.17 16.7 9.01 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.04 8.9 11.04 19.5 8.40 2.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.56 5.3 10.85 6.1 9.56 5.5 Level 4 .................................................. 14.55 6.7 14.40 7.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.15 5.8 22.15 5.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.09 19.1 25.09 19.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 35.43 10.9 35.43 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.78 24.1 31.00 22.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.91 4.1 12.90 7.6 9.01 1.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.14 8.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.22 8.3 – – 8.48 3.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.38 6.0 10.74 7.3 9.06 3.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.78 5.2 15.86 6.0 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.78 5.7 11.31 9.1 9.66 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.14 8.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 3.6 – – 9.31 3.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.30 7.6 11.98 8.7 – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.78 5.7 11.31 9.1 9.66 .8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.14 8.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.13 3.6 – – 9.31 3.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.30 7.6 11.98 8.7 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.60 3.8 13.77 8.7 8.55 4.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.28 10.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 8.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.71 9.9 15.82 11.4 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.91 2.7 33.91 2.7 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 27.89 4.6 27.89 4.6 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 10.78 26.9 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.78 2.6 17.11 2.7 13.44 7.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.19 7.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.09 10.0 13.25 9.7 9.45 9.5 Level 3 .................................................. 12.91 1.7 13.20 2.0 11.44 4.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.53 3.4 15.57 3.6 14.89 7.6 Level 5 .................................................. 17.77 2.4 17.89 2.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.85 2.0 19.85 2.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.12 4.4 24.34 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.90 6.3 18.03 7.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.35 5.5 22.35 5.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.69 4.0 15.77 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.56 3.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.03 6.0 15.03 6.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.83 6.1 17.00 6.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.24 2.2 20.24 2.2 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.57 5.0 15.71 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.28 6.1 14.28 6.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.77 7.9 17.05 8.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.90 3.2 19.90 3.2 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.47 2.0 12.47 2.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.17 5.8 16.60 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.44 5.9 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.60 11.2 26.60 11.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.01 7.5 13.14 7.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.29 9.6 13.04 5.6 8.70 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 13.65 2.2 13.98 2.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.56 4.5 19.67 4.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.88 4.5 15.88 4.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.33 6.1 19.33 6.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.49 5.4 21.49 5.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.69 5.7 24.19 5.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.33 4.7 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.56 5.3 22.10 5.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.91 6.5 24.61 6.1 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 17.68 6.7 17.76 6.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.42 4.3 16.31 4.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.66 4.0 17.04 5.2 15.25 5.6 Level 3 .................................................. 13.21 2.8 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.40 5.2 16.86 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.21 3.1 18.35 3.1 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.32 2.8 18.30 2.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.83 3.3 14.86 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.91 9.1 19.64 8.4 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.78 8.3 23.78 8.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 27.75 2.9 27.75 2.9 – – Carpenters........................................................ 18.65 3.2 19.24 1.8 – – Construction laborers............................................. 13.67 4.1 13.67 4.1 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 20.40 4.2 20.40 4.2 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.59 7.2 – – – – Roofers........................................................... 12.47 .0 12.47 .0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.47 .0 12.47 .0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.21 4.8 24.52 4.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.80 6.6 17.80 6.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.82 3.7 26.79 2.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.05 3.7 29.05 3.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.52 12.8 29.52 12.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.34 6.4 36.34 6.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.30 9.7 21.85 9.2 – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.16 11.9 20.82 11.6 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 22.07 12.0 22.07 12.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.38 6.6 14.56 6.8 10.89 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 10.21 5.2 10.26 4.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.01 8.4 11.07 9.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.11 12.0 12.23 14.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.96 1.4 12.96 1.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.77 7.2 16.77 7.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.44 9.6 19.44 9.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.79 3.8 21.79 3.8 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.23 9.5 14.23 9.5 – – Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.04 9.0 12.04 9.0 – – Printers.......................................................... 16.53 13.8 17.24 13.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.18 10.3 11.23 10.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.25 2.0 18.04 1.5 10.56 4.8 Level 1 .................................................. 10.39 6.8 10.92 7.8 9.09 9.0 Level 2 .................................................. 13.24 11.4 13.87 12.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.33 3.3 16.49 2.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.12 6.6 18.12 6.6 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.16 2.7 15.43 2.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.13 3.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.08 5.8 14.08 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.20 5.0 21.20 5.0 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.23 8.1 18.23 8.1 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.95 7.7 13.97 7.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.78 1.8 12.78 1.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.13 5.4 16.74 5.2 9.85 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.71 12.7 11.66 15.5 9.24 11.4 Level 2 .................................................. 13.98 20.5 15.92 23.3 – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 14.72 36.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.61 6.1 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.63 17.1 – – 10.54 12.8 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.85 11.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $22.53 3.5 $23.79 3.8 $11.97 4.7 Management occupations.............................................. 47.28 11.0 47.43 11.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.87 9.5 23.87 9.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.07 4.8 29.12 5.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 42.44 5.9 42.10 5.9 – – Level 13.................................................. 64.22 7.6 64.22 7.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 53.23 9.0 53.23 9.0 – – General and operations managers................................... 43.81 5.9 43.81 5.9 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 51.00 14.1 52.08 13.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 58.51 2.1 58.51 2.1 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 50.20 20.4 51.59 19.9 – – Financial managers................................................ 41.87 7.4 41.87 7.4 – – Construction managers............................................. 31.47 5.5 31.47 5.5 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 60.03 9.2 60.03 9.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 68.15 .2 68.15 .2 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 36.91 4.1 36.91 4.1 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 34.94 25.1 34.94 25.1 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.53 3.6 26.59 3.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 18.91 9.2 18.91 9.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.42 4.1 23.44 4.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 25.84 4.4 25.84 4.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 27.86 6.3 27.86 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.56 11.1 29.96 10.8 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.52 5.4 24.52 5.4 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.71 11.1 27.71 11.1 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.41 7.3 30.44 7.3 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.08 4.8 38.13 4.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.56 5.4 34.56 5.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.96 4.4 40.96 4.4 – – Level 12.................................................. 46.89 6.4 46.89 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.36 6.6 41.36 6.6 – – Computer programmers.............................................. 36.91 7.7 36.91 7.7 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 44.12 9.0 44.12 9.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.30 2.0 38.30 2.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.93 9.9 44.93 9.9 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.57 7.5 46.57 7.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 48.06 8.4 48.06 8.4 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 28.85 10.2 28.85 10.2 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 43.45 3.2 43.45 3.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.83 5.3 40.83 5.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.77 4.0 35.91 3.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.65 5.0 22.65 5.0 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.40 5.3 27.40 5.3 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.76 3.0 34.76 3.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.32 7.7 41.32 7.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.60 9.7 45.60 9.7 – – Engineers......................................................... 40.37 5.5 40.37 5.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.03 5.2 31.03 5.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.44 6.1 46.44 6.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.75 8.3 50.75 8.3 – – Civil engineers................................................. 40.60 9.9 40.60 9.9 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.92 6.9 41.92 6.9 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 36.37 4.6 36.37 4.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.35 1.1 27.35 1.1 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.94 4.7 33.94 4.7 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 18.26 11.8 18.33 12.0 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.30 16.1 25.29 16.5 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.39 16.6 20.26 16.4 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.43 7.6 25.31 7.6 – – Designers......................................................... 21.73 10.9 21.73 10.9 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.13 10.8 34.63 12.7 31.78 4.8 Level 5 .................................................. 19.30 11.9 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 30.12 2.3 30.11 2.9 30.14 3.3 Level 9 .................................................. 36.32 9.7 36.76 14.7 – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.03 5.6 35.36 8.0 34.15 5.9 Level 8 .................................................. 29.53 .6 29.10 1.3 30.92 1.2 Level 9 .................................................. 36.76 9.8 37.60 16.1 – – Therapists........................................................ 25.97 7.5 26.22 7.8 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 37.59 5.0 37.59 5.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.68 3.1 15.81 3.2 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.30 4.1 12.31 4.5 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.33 3.2 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.33 1.9 15.49 1.2 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.84 2.8 12.85 3.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.28 4.5 12.29 4.9 – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.84 2.8 12.85 3.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.28 4.5 12.29 4.9 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.79 3.7 17.88 3.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.88 2.1 – – – – Dental assistants............................................... 18.48 10.9 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.58 11.2 9.10 16.0 7.76 5.9 Level 1 .................................................. 7.26 17.5 7.44 19.7 7.03 21.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.07 6.4 – – 7.85 3.1 Level 3 .................................................. 8.15 3.5 8.03 3.5 8.46 6.1 Level 4 .................................................. 10.41 10.6 10.47 10.4 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.87 5.2 13.87 5.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 5.6 13.82 5.6 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.40 9.0 11.61 11.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.69 7.2 10.75 10.1 – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.57 2.8 12.63 2.9 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.43 6.8 11.66 5.5 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.98 6.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.20 5.6 4.29 4.6 3.99 11.5 Level 1 .................................................. 3.80 8.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 4.21 1.9 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.90 3.3 3.95 .8 3.78 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 3.65 9.1 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 3.99 3.5 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.36 3.3 8.98 9.9 8.05 3.1 Level 2 .................................................. 7.89 1.0 – – 8.02 1.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.11 11.4 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.39 3.9 8.94 11.0 8.11 2.8 Level 2 .................................................. 7.87 1.1 – – 7.99 1.7 Level 3 .................................................. 9.06 13.1 – – – – Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 11.85 7.7 – – 11.86 12.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.97 5.9 10.04 6.7 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.18 2.6 9.23 3.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.96 2.1 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.95 6.5 10.03 7.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.04 1.8 9.08 2.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.72 5.8 11.02 6.2 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.95 5.5 – – – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.30 2.0 9.30 2.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.09 .0 9.09 .0 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.80 6.4 – – 9.41 7.6 Level 1 .................................................. 8.55 5.6 – – 8.55 5.6 Level 3 .................................................. 10.31 8.3 – – 10.31 8.3 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.65 14.9 22.17 16.7 9.01 7.1 Level 2 .................................................. 9.05 9.0 11.04 19.5 8.41 2.2 Level 3 .................................................. 10.56 5.3 10.85 6.1 9.56 5.5 Level 4 .................................................. 14.55 6.7 14.40 7.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 22.15 5.8 22.15 5.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 25.09 19.1 25.09 19.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 35.43 10.9 35.43 10.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.78 24.1 31.00 22.0 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.91 4.1 12.90 7.6 9.01 1.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.14 8.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.24 8.3 – – 8.49 3.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.38 6.0 10.74 7.3 9.06 3.5 Level 4 .................................................. 15.78 5.2 15.86 6.0 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.79 5.7 11.31 9.1 9.68 .7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.14 8.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.16 3.8 – – 9.35 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 11.30 7.6 11.98 8.7 – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.79 5.7 11.31 9.1 9.68 .7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.14 8.8 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.16 3.8 – – 9.35 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 11.30 7.6 11.98 8.7 – – Retail salespersons............................................. 12.60 3.8 13.77 8.7 8.55 4.7 Level 2 .................................................. 9.28 10.7 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 10.32 8.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.71 9.9 15.82 11.4 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.91 2.7 33.91 2.7 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 27.89 4.6 27.89 4.6 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 10.78 26.9 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.68 2.8 17.00 3.0 13.52 8.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.19 7.2 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.09 10.0 13.25 9.7 9.45 9.5 Level 3 .................................................. 12.87 1.9 13.13 2.1 11.28 4.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.53 3.7 15.56 3.8 15.04 7.3 Level 5 .................................................. 17.39 2.2 17.49 2.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.88 2.4 19.88 2.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.12 4.4 24.34 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 17.70 6.7 17.80 7.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.35 5.5 22.35 5.5 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.65 4.1 15.73 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.56 3.1 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.03 6.0 15.03 6.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.88 6.2 17.06 6.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.20 2.4 20.20 2.4 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.50 5.1 15.64 5.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.28 6.1 14.28 6.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.85 8.0 17.15 8.4 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.47 2.0 12.47 2.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.17 5.8 16.60 6.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.44 5.9 – – – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.60 11.2 26.60 11.2 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.01 7.5 13.14 7.9 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.29 9.6 13.04 5.6 8.70 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 13.65 2.2 13.98 2.2 – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.57 5.0 19.69 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.95 4.8 15.95 4.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.35 6.5 21.35 6.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.69 5.7 24.19 5.5 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.75 5.5 22.38 5.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.91 6.5 24.61 6.1 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 17.68 6.7 17.76 6.7 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.27 4.8 16.14 4.8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.96 4.9 17.29 6.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 16.65 6.6 17.21 7.7 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.98 3.4 17.95 3.3 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.67 2.9 14.69 2.9 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.96 9.6 19.68 8.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.65 7.6 22.65 7.6 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 27.39 2.6 27.39 2.6 – – Carpenters........................................................ 18.65 3.2 19.24 1.8 – – Construction laborers............................................. 13.67 4.1 13.67 4.1 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.59 7.2 – – – – Roofers........................................................... 12.47 .0 12.47 .0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.47 .0 12.47 .0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.47 5.3 24.64 5.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.51 7.7 17.51 7.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.48 1.0 27.48 1.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.17 4.4 29.17 4.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.52 12.8 29.52 12.8 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.01 15.4 21.53 15.7 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.38 6.6 14.56 6.8 10.89 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 10.21 5.2 10.26 4.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 11.01 8.4 11.07 9.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.11 12.0 12.23 14.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.96 1.4 12.96 1.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.77 7.2 16.77 7.2 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.44 9.6 19.44 9.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 21.79 3.8 21.79 3.8 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.23 9.5 14.23 9.5 – – Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.04 9.0 12.04 9.0 – – Printers.......................................................... 16.53 13.8 17.24 13.0 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.18 10.3 11.23 10.4 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.18 2.1 18.02 1.6 10.18 3.1 Level 1 .................................................. 10.39 6.8 10.92 7.8 9.09 9.0 Level 2 .................................................. 13.15 11.9 13.79 13.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.09 3.6 16.26 3.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 17.84 6.8 17.84 6.8 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.89 2.6 15.16 2.1 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.13 3.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 14.08 5.8 14.08 5.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 20.86 5.8 20.86 5.8 – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.79 8.6 17.79 8.6 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.95 7.7 13.97 7.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.78 1.8 12.78 1.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.12 5.6 16.79 5.4 9.85 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 10.71 12.7 11.66 15.5 9.24 11.4 Level 2 .................................................. 13.86 23.0 15.99 27.9 – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.61 6.1 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.63 17.1 – – 10.54 12.8 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.85 11.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $27.55 5.1 $29.40 4.9 $13.26 7.9 Management occupations.............................................. 41.94 18.2 41.94 18.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.37 14.5 32.37 14.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 30.63 3.9 30.63 3.9 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 35.84 19.8 37.94 19.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.94 19.2 37.94 19.2 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.41 6.0 26.23 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.92 5.4 25.92 5.4 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 26.93 16.2 26.93 16.2 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 34.26 4.1 37.43 1.9 14.23 5.0 Level 4 .................................................. 14.25 2.9 14.25 2.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 30.94 4.6 34.70 2.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.33 .6 37.31 .7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 39.01 17.6 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 52.94 8.2 53.14 8.0 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.12 5.4 36.83 .9 14.93 14.1 Level 7 .................................................. 33.48 2.2 34.70 2.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.57 .1 37.56 .2 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.42 6.5 36.25 1.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 33.28 1.8 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.05 .1 37.01 .0 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.94 7.1 36.19 .2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.87 .5 36.81 .7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.03 2.5 38.04 2.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.52 1.4 38.53 1.4 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.24 2.0 38.25 2.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.79 .6 38.80 .6 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.81 1.6 13.81 1.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.69 .5 13.69 .5 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 36.29 5.8 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 25.00 18.7 27.23 12.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.05 8.7 23.05 8.7 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.91 3.8 26.91 3.8 – – Police officers................................................... 28.61 5.5 28.61 5.5 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.61 5.5 28.61 5.5 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.43 9.0 15.65 9.3 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.44 12.0 13.59 12.3 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.44 12.0 13.59 12.3 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 10.81 9.9 – – 10.69 10.8 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 13.55 1.7 – – 13.55 1.7 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.88 2.4 18.39 2.6 12.59 4.2 Level 3 .................................................. 13.30 1.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.54 1.3 15.69 1.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.77 6.4 19.99 5.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 19.67 .8 19.67 .8 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 15.82 6.3 16.38 5.2 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.88 .5 23.88 .5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.20 10.2 23.52 8.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.56 14.0 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.56 14.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.08 6.6 18.33 6.7 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.11 3.1 $24.44 3.3 $12.13 4.2 Management occupations.............................................. 46.41 9.8 46.53 9.9 – – Group II.................................................. 25.52 6.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.44 5.3 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 85.54 19.2 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 45.91 6.4 45.91 6.4 – – Group III................................................. 47.46 6.7 47.46 6.7 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 51.00 14.1 52.08 13.7 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 50.20 20.4 51.59 19.9 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 58.77 3.4 58.77 3.4 – – Financial managers................................................ 41.87 7.4 41.87 7.4 – – Group III................................................. 35.38 5.8 35.38 5.8 – – Construction managers............................................. 31.47 5.5 31.47 5.5 – – Group III................................................. 31.47 5.5 31.47 5.5 – – Education administrators.......................................... 30.63 3.9 30.63 3.9 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 60.03 9.2 60.03 9.2 – – Medical and health services managers.............................. 38.60 5.1 38.60 5.1 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 34.35 23.3 34.35 23.3 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.34 4.3 27.45 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 23.06 3.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 31.30 6.7 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.52 5.4 24.52 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.03 4.1 – – – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.17 9.3 29.17 9.3 – – Group III................................................. 29.44 11.7 – – – – Training and development specialists............................ 30.90 7.2 30.90 7.2 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.74 9.4 32.76 9.4 – – Group II.................................................. 25.92 3.9 25.97 3.9 – – Group III................................................. 35.47 13.4 35.47 13.4 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.03 4.8 38.07 4.8 – – Group II.................................................. 23.76 6.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.55 2.2 – – – – Computer programmers.............................................. 36.91 7.7 36.91 7.7 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 44.12 9.0 44.12 9.0 – – Group III................................................. 41.47 3.2 – – – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.57 7.5 46.57 7.5 – – Group III................................................. 41.07 2.4 41.07 2.4 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 28.85 10.2 28.85 10.2 – – Group II.................................................. 21.40 3.1 21.40 3.1 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 43.06 3.4 43.06 3.4 – – Group III................................................. 46.50 4.3 46.50 4.3 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.71 4.0 35.85 3.7 – – Group II.................................................. 25.33 4.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.60 1.5 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 40.40 5.4 40.40 5.4 – – Group II.................................................. 28.07 8.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.95 3.8 – – – – Civil engineers................................................. 40.67 9.4 40.67 9.4 – – Group III................................................. 48.96 3.9 48.96 3.9 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.92 6.9 41.92 6.9 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 36.37 4.6 36.37 4.6 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.35 1.1 27.35 1.1 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 31.01 4.3 30.95 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 23.61 4.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.36 5.4 – – – – Physical scientists............................................... 37.39 4.7 37.39 4.7 – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 38.40 3.1 38.40 3.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 21.23 11.2 21.38 11.3 – – Group II.................................................. 18.48 11.1 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.37 12.7 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 26.15 20.7 26.15 20.7 – – Social workers.................................................... 21.05 6.7 21.05 6.7 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.79 14.9 17.07 15.4 – – Group II.................................................. 16.79 14.9 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.80 6.1 33.79 6.3 14.90 6.7 Group I................................................... 13.90 4.7 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.83 14.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.69 1.8 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.58 5.8 48.68 5.8 – – Group III................................................. 44.64 6.1 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.13 5.3 33.84 3.9 15.15 14.6 Group II.................................................. 28.91 7.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 36.06 2.0 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 31.42 6.2 35.92 1.3 15.13 14.4 Group II.................................................. 32.93 1.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 37.05 .1 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 30.96 6.8 35.88 .8 15.13 14.4 Group II.................................................. 32.84 6.1 34.18 2.5 – – Group III................................................. 36.87 .5 36.81 .7 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.21 7.7 36.21 7.7 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.03 2.5 38.04 2.5 – – Group III................................................. 38.52 1.4 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.24 2.0 38.25 2.0 – – Group III................................................. 38.79 .6 38.80 .6 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 12.96 1.4 12.96 1.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.45 2.8 13.45 2.8 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.49 6.1 24.87 6.5 – – Group II.................................................. 22.74 7.6 – – – – Group III................................................. 29.02 4.3 – – – – Designers......................................................... 21.73 10.9 21.73 10.9 – – Group II.................................................. 21.73 10.9 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.33 9.5 34.89 11.0 31.52 4.8 Group I................................................... 14.76 9.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 26.53 5.5 – – – – Group III................................................. 45.31 17.4 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.06 4.7 35.51 6.4 33.61 6.0 Group II.................................................. 30.13 2.3 30.06 3.2 30.31 3.8 Group III................................................. 36.45 7.4 36.84 11.1 35.20 9.2 Therapists........................................................ 28.48 8.2 28.92 8.5 – – Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 37.59 5.0 37.59 5.0 – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.65 2.9 15.79 3.1 12.87 4.4 Group I................................................... 13.59 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.22 1.6 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.97 3.1 12.99 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.91 3.2 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.97 3.1 12.99 3.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.91 3.2 12.93 3.7 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.75 3.7 17.88 3.8 – – Group I................................................... 15.18 2.5 – – – – Dental assistants............................................... 18.48 10.9 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 24.60 16.6 27.07 12.0 16.16 28.2 Group I................................................... 10.93 6.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.76 6.8 – – – – Police officers................................................... 28.61 5.5 28.61 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 28.61 5.5 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.61 5.5 28.61 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 28.61 5.5 28.61 5.5 – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.60 11.1 9.12 15.9 7.77 5.8 Group I................................................... 8.11 8.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.84 3.1 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.87 5.2 13.87 5.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 5.6 13.82 5.6 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.40 9.0 11.61 11.0 – – Group I................................................... 10.91 6.5 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.57 2.8 12.63 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 12.35 4.2 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.43 6.8 11.66 5.5 – – Group I................................................... 11.43 6.8 11.66 5.5 – – Food preparation workers.......................................... 8.98 6.4 – – – – Group I................................................... 8.98 6.4 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.20 5.6 4.29 4.6 3.99 11.5 Group I................................................... 4.20 5.6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.90 3.3 3.95 .8 3.78 9.7 Group I................................................... 3.90 3.3 3.95 .8 3.78 9.7 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.41 3.2 9.07 9.9 8.07 3.1 Group I................................................... 8.41 3.2 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.44 3.8 9.04 10.9 8.13 2.8 Group I................................................... 8.44 3.8 9.04 10.9 8.13 2.8 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 11.85 7.7 – – 11.86 12.6 Group I................................................... 11.85 7.7 – – 11.86 12.6 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.98 8.9 11.11 9.8 8.56 4.2 Group I................................................... 10.21 6.1 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.48 7.7 10.59 8.6 8.62 4.2 Group I................................................... 10.21 6.7 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.48 5.3 11.81 5.6 8.62 4.2 Group I................................................... 11.03 4.6 11.32 4.7 8.62 4.2 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.30 2.0 9.30 2.0 – – Group I................................................... 9.30 2.0 9.30 2.0 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 12.24 5.1 20.04 8.7 9.84 6.5 Group I................................................... 10.84 6.8 – – – – Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers....................... 8.60 5.0 – – 8.60 5.0 Group I................................................... 8.60 5.0 – – 8.60 5.0 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 7.85 5.8 – – 7.85 5.8 Group I................................................... 7.85 5.8 – – – – Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 7.85 5.8 – – 7.85 5.8 Group I................................................... 7.85 5.8 – – 7.85 5.8 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.41 6.1 – – 13.45 1.8 Recreation workers.............................................. 14.49 6.0 – – – – Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.64 14.9 22.17 16.7 9.01 7.1 Group I................................................... 10.86 5.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 27.84 11.7 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 11.91 4.1 12.90 7.6 9.01 1.7 Group I................................................... 11.27 2.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 19.04 9.5 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 10.78 5.7 11.31 9.1 9.66 .8 Group I................................................... 10.75 5.6 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 10.78 5.7 11.31 9.1 9.66 .8 Group I................................................... 10.75 5.6 11.28 9.1 9.63 .7 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.60 3.8 13.77 8.7 8.55 4.7 Group I................................................... 11.67 1.5 12.80 5.1 8.46 4.1 Group II.................................................. 18.52 10.7 18.52 10.7 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.91 2.7 33.91 2.7 – – Group II.................................................. 31.82 11.5 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 27.89 4.6 27.89 4.6 – – Group II.................................................. 26.88 4.6 26.88 4.6 – – Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 10.78 26.9 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.23 23.1 – – – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.78 2.6 17.11 2.7 13.44 7.7 Group I................................................... 14.16 2.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.16 3.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.35 5.5 22.35 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 21.42 7.2 21.42 7.2 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 15.69 4.0 15.77 4.0 – – Group I................................................... 14.07 4.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.03 4.4 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.57 5.0 15.71 4.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.59 5.2 13.68 4.9 – – Group II.................................................. 17.96 4.7 18.19 5.0 – – Tellers......................................................... 12.47 2.0 12.47 2.0 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.17 5.8 16.60 6.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.46 3.9 13.91 4.2 – – Group II.................................................. 20.96 12.5 20.96 12.5 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.01 7.5 13.14 7.9 – – Group I................................................... 11.89 7.0 12.05 8.0 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 12.29 9.6 13.04 5.6 8.70 1.5 Group I................................................... 12.26 9.7 13.03 5.7 8.70 1.5 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.56 4.5 19.67 4.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.70 3.9 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.15 3.5 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 21.56 5.3 22.10 5.7 – – Group II.................................................. 22.84 5.8 23.14 6.1 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 17.68 6.7 17.76 6.7 – – Group I................................................... 16.04 6.9 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.42 4.3 16.31 4.3 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.66 4.0 17.04 5.2 15.25 5.6 Group I................................................... 14.89 4.7 15.19 5.8 13.66 5.0 Group II.................................................. 19.04 3.6 19.14 3.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.32 2.8 18.30 2.8 – – Group I................................................... 14.28 2.0 – – – – Group II.................................................. 22.24 5.2 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 27.75 2.9 27.75 2.9 – – Group II.................................................. 25.35 13.6 25.35 13.6 – – Carpenters........................................................ 18.65 3.2 19.24 1.8 – – Construction laborers............................................. 13.67 4.1 13.67 4.1 – – Group I................................................... 13.94 5.3 13.94 5.3 – – Construction equipment operators.................................. 20.40 4.2 20.40 4.2 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 21.59 7.2 – – – – Roofers........................................................... 12.47 .0 12.47 .0 – – Group I................................................... 12.47 .0 12.47 .0 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.21 4.8 24.52 4.6 – – Group I................................................... 16.66 6.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.68 3.5 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.34 6.4 36.34 6.4 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.30 9.7 21.85 9.2 – – Group II.................................................. 20.98 9.5 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.16 11.9 20.82 11.6 – – Group II.................................................. 19.88 11.7 20.82 11.6 – – Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 22.07 12.0 22.07 12.0 – – Production occupations.............................................. 14.38 6.6 14.56 6.8 10.89 3.1 Group I................................................... 11.45 6.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.73 7.1 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.23 9.5 14.23 9.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.73 13.6 – – – – Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.04 9.0 12.04 9.0 – – Printers.......................................................... 16.53 13.8 17.24 13.0 – – Group II.................................................. 18.84 12.7 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.18 10.3 11.23 10.4 – – Group I................................................... 9.98 6.2 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.25 2.0 18.04 1.5 10.56 4.8 Group I................................................... 14.89 2.6 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.51 14.4 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.16 2.7 15.43 2.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.93 3.3 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.23 8.1 18.23 8.1 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.95 7.7 13.97 7.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.77 7.9 13.79 7.9 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.78 1.8 12.78 1.8 – – Group I................................................... 12.78 1.8 12.78 1.8 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.13 5.4 16.74 5.2 9.85 2.9 Group I................................................... 15.13 5.4 – – – – Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 14.72 36.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.72 36.8 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 16.61 6.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 16.61 6.1 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 9.85 11.7 – – – – Group I................................................... 9.85 11.7 – – – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.00 $12.43 $18.88 $28.85 $42.39 Management occupations.............................................. 24.43 30.45 40.33 57.99 72.10 General and operations managers................................... 31.88 34.62 48.91 52.88 61.71 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 27.01 37.49 55.92 62.22 72.10 Marketing managers.............................................. 27.01 30.29 61.09 70.09 72.10 Computer and information systems managers......................... 25.63 48.25 58.86 74.84 87.97 Financial managers................................................ 29.81 30.77 41.53 45.03 62.98 Construction managers............................................. 27.36 28.85 30.10 34.00 35.65 Education administrators.......................................... 15.84 19.19 32.51 39.11 45.86 Engineering managers.............................................. 43.73 45.67 65.33 68.54 74.91 Medical and health services managers.............................. 24.43 34.38 37.90 44.36 48.63 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 16.88 26.78 30.45 42.08 55.83 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.22 20.89 25.76 31.25 41.14 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.75 20.77 24.04 26.78 31.47 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.56 21.99 29.69 36.12 36.38 Training and development specialists............................ 20.69 28.57 30.70 36.38 36.53 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.43 25.62 27.64 39.11 44.23 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.46 27.48 36.49 48.08 57.10 Computer programmers.............................................. 23.22 30.19 36.09 38.59 53.08 Computer software engineers....................................... 30.77 32.51 41.82 50.48 66.20 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 29.33 38.87 45.64 53.98 66.59 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.75 20.46 21.75 29.31 63.22 Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.49 36.85 43.37 50.49 52.96 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.37 25.24 31.65 44.89 53.58 Engineers......................................................... 25.01 31.50 39.42 49.43 55.04 Civil engineers................................................. 29.33 31.50 44.54 49.04 54.14 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 30.29 33.02 40.62 51.29 52.89 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 28.51 31.35 33.50 42.29 44.56 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.90 23.13 27.24 30.52 35.64 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 20.48 21.53 26.97 38.94 49.63 Physical scientists............................................... 22.55 29.95 37.79 45.29 50.77 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 24.26 32.21 38.94 45.71 50.77 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.26 14.42 20.15 24.58 28.84 Counselors........................................................ 13.49 17.91 22.55 32.75 46.81 Social workers.................................................... 13.46 17.02 20.27 25.50 28.36 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.83 12.12 12.62 20.15 22.52 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.35 15.25 29.72 42.26 52.23 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.04 32.15 45.11 61.12 76.92 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 11.35 20.84 31.32 41.56 47.86 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 11.35 24.70 31.89 40.76 47.90 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 11.35 24.70 31.27 40.19 47.86 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 19.91 29.34 36.86 42.65 49.34 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.93 30.20 39.04 45.02 50.04 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.93 30.20 39.20 45.30 50.48 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.95 11.32 12.64 13.76 16.73 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 14.00 20.59 21.96 31.25 34.81 Designers......................................................... 10.03 12.65 16.83 19.23 42.37 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.26 21.50 31.00 39.04 53.27 Registered nurses................................................. 25.12 29.44 34.78 40.19 48.57 Therapists........................................................ 20.31 21.75 28.32 30.07 37.68 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 32.89 37.50 38.96 38.96 42.76 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.27 12.50 14.75 18.43 20.10 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.61 11.45 12.88 14.00 15.51 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.61 11.45 12.88 14.00 15.51 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.50 16.00 18.43 19.50 21.00 Dental assistants............................................... 12.50 14.37 19.50 21.00 24.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.82 18.88 23.20 28.82 36.68 Police officers................................................... 22.18 24.48 29.18 32.70 33.22 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.18 24.48 29.18 32.70 33.22 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.00 7.02 8.00 10.48 13.32 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.03 12.95 12.97 14.44 18.25 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 11.03 12.95 12.95 12.97 18.25 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 9.50 11.33 13.25 15.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.50 11.63 12.00 13.36 14.95 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.00 10.48 11.00 12.42 14.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.50 10.67 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.93 3.85 4.00 4.01 5.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.93 3.83 4.00 4.00 4.01 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.10 7.44 7.75 8.91 10.40 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.22 7.50 7.75 8.85 10.40 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 9.32 10.00 11.00 14.00 15.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.50 10.00 12.50 13.98 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.50 10.00 11.89 13.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 10.00 11.02 12.93 14.02 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.09 11.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.40 7.95 9.50 14.71 20.00 Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers....................... 7.28 7.65 8.85 9.33 9.33 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 6.25 7.02 8.00 8.75 9.00 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 6.25 7.02 8.00 8.75 9.00 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.00 11.50 16.22 16.64 17.55 Recreation workers.............................................. 10.00 13.38 16.22 16.64 17.55 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.49 8.50 13.37 21.63 39.27 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.75 8.50 10.00 14.64 17.19 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.79 8.00 9.50 12.17 16.26 Cashiers...................................................... 7.79 8.00 9.50 12.17 16.26 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.75 8.85 10.50 14.72 17.56 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 18.86 20.60 32.69 41.78 54.14 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 18.66 18.86 20.61 32.69 48.08 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 7.02 7.02 7.02 12.50 21.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.00 13.06 15.98 19.81 23.60 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.55 20.00 22.42 23.66 28.56 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.44 12.43 15.25 18.50 20.96 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.91 12.43 15.00 18.02 20.96 Tellers......................................................... 10.75 11.02 11.50 13.10 15.25 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.75 12.60 13.79 17.72 25.30 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.00 10.00 13.98 14.56 16.29 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.86 9.13 12.73 14.98 16.26 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.41 15.91 19.09 22.48 26.03 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.00 19.09 20.46 24.00 26.97 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.19 15.91 15.91 20.00 24.54 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.25 15.71 16.00 17.34 19.98 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.44 14.26 16.37 19.00 21.21 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.09 13.87 16.50 21.01 26.55 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 18.00 18.31 27.69 31.68 41.14 Carpenters........................................................ 14.20 16.50 19.82 20.50 21.00 Construction laborers............................................. 11.00 12.09 13.50 15.08 15.08 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.25 15.84 20.23 22.67 26.78 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.75 15.00 22.19 27.75 31.55 Roofers........................................................... 10.00 10.75 12.50 13.87 14.96 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.36 18.00 26.00 28.00 34.62 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 26.54 31.38 34.62 44.30 44.30 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.33 13.95 21.80 26.82 28.19 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.00 13.95 18.23 26.32 28.19 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.00 19.50 19.97 23.91 33.10 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 9.98 13.00 18.00 21.65 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.58 10.65 15.33 15.33 18.50 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 9.05 9.55 12.40 12.40 13.35 Printers.......................................................... 10.75 13.00 15.00 20.01 20.14 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.50 9.00 10.00 12.40 17.45 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 11.03 15.00 19.45 21.98 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.96 11.50 14.75 17.50 20.89 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.47 16.31 16.52 20.89 21.70 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.00 10.30 12.53 15.00 18.53 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.50 11.50 13.00 13.85 15.20 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.65 10.00 12.00 20.60 21.89 Cleaners of vehicles and equipment.............................. 9.00 9.00 9.00 14.72 40.77 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.95 11.41 20.52 20.70 21.90 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.30 7.30 11.03 11.85 11.85 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $8.50 $12.00 $18.00 $27.87 $41.78 Management occupations.............................................. 26.44 30.45 40.87 57.99 72.10 General and operations managers................................... 27.00 33.75 48.08 48.91 57.99 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 27.01 37.49 55.92 62.22 72.10 Marketing managers.............................................. 27.01 30.29 61.09 70.09 72.10 Financial managers................................................ 29.81 30.77 41.53 45.03 62.98 Construction managers............................................. 27.36 28.85 30.10 34.00 35.65 Engineering managers.............................................. 43.73 45.67 65.33 68.54 74.91 Medical and health services managers.............................. 24.43 34.38 37.90 41.60 44.36 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 16.88 26.78 30.45 42.08 55.83 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.18 20.77 25.62 30.81 40.83 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.75 20.77 24.04 26.78 31.47 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.56 21.21 28.57 34.90 36.38 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 23.24 25.62 27.64 34.17 44.23 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.46 27.48 36.85 48.08 57.12 Computer programmers.............................................. 23.22 30.19 36.09 38.59 53.08 Computer software engineers....................................... 30.77 32.51 41.82 50.48 66.20 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 29.33 38.87 45.64 53.98 66.59 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.75 20.46 21.75 29.31 63.22 Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.97 36.85 43.59 50.49 52.96 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.37 25.24 31.65 44.89 53.58 Engineers......................................................... 25.01 31.50 38.85 49.85 55.16 Civil engineers................................................. 29.33 31.50 44.89 49.43 54.14 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 30.29 33.02 40.62 51.29 52.89 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 28.51 31.35 33.50 42.29 44.56 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.90 23.13 27.24 30.52 35.64 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.67 24.75 30.49 41.54 50.77 Community and social services occupations........................... 11.83 13.45 17.02 22.74 28.36 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.21 12.83 20.14 35.51 47.47 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 13.04 14.99 18.53 23.00 31.89 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.83 21.49 21.96 31.68 35.01 Designers......................................................... 10.03 12.65 16.83 19.23 42.37 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.12 20.73 30.42 39.04 60.00 Registered nurses................................................. 25.54 29.78 33.96 39.66 48.57 Therapists........................................................ 20.31 20.80 27.22 29.28 30.07 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 32.89 37.50 38.96 38.96 42.76 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.27 12.50 14.79 18.43 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.39 11.45 12.86 14.00 15.19 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.39 11.45 12.86 14.00 15.19 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.50 16.00 18.43 19.50 21.00 Dental assistants............................................... 12.50 14.37 19.50 21.00 24.00 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.00 7.02 8.00 10.48 13.32 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.03 12.95 12.97 14.44 18.25 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 11.03 12.95 12.95 12.97 18.25 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 9.50 11.33 13.25 15.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.50 11.63 12.00 13.36 14.95 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.00 10.48 11.00 12.42 14.00 Food preparation workers.......................................... 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.50 10.67 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.93 3.85 4.00 4.01 5.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.93 3.83 4.00 4.00 4.01 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.10 7.44 7.75 8.85 10.33 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.20 7.50 7.75 8.82 10.33 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 9.32 10.00 11.00 14.00 15.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.50 9.00 11.00 13.13 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.50 9.00 11.00 12.50 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 8.50 10.64 12.50 13.31 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.09 11.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.41 7.95 9.33 16.64 23.00 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.49 8.50 13.37 21.63 39.27 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.75 8.50 10.00 14.64 17.19 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.79 8.00 9.50 12.17 16.26 Cashiers...................................................... 7.79 8.00 9.50 12.17 16.26 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.75 8.85 10.50 14.72 17.56 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 18.86 20.60 32.69 41.78 54.14 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 18.66 18.86 20.61 32.69 48.08 Miscellaneous sales and related workers........................... 7.02 7.02 7.02 12.50 21.00 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 10.90 13.00 15.91 19.74 23.45 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.55 20.00 22.42 23.66 28.56 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.41 12.30 15.25 18.50 20.96 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.91 12.43 15.00 17.49 20.96 Tellers......................................................... 10.75 11.02 11.50 13.10 15.25 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.75 12.60 13.79 17.72 25.30 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.00 10.00 13.98 14.56 16.29 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.86 9.13 12.73 14.98 16.26 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.56 15.91 19.09 22.48 26.97 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.00 19.09 20.57 24.43 28.28 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.19 15.91 15.91 20.00 24.54 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.25 15.71 16.00 17.34 20.95 Office clerks, general............................................ 11.87 14.50 16.37 19.74 21.57 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.09 13.75 15.08 20.81 24.43 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 18.00 18.31 25.70 33.65 41.14 Carpenters........................................................ 14.20 16.50 19.82 20.50 21.00 Construction laborers............................................. 11.00 12.09 13.50 15.08 15.08 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.75 15.00 22.19 27.75 31.55 Roofers........................................................... 10.00 10.75 12.50 13.87 14.96 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.50 18.00 26.54 28.00 34.62 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 13.95 20.83 27.19 27.43 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 9.98 13.00 18.00 21.65 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.58 10.65 15.33 15.33 18.50 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 9.05 9.55 12.40 12.40 13.35 Printers.......................................................... 10.75 13.00 15.00 20.01 20.14 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.50 9.00 10.00 12.40 17.45 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 11.00 14.36 19.99 21.97 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.96 11.00 14.50 16.80 20.89 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 14.36 16.00 16.52 20.89 20.89 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.00 10.30 12.53 15.00 18.53 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.50 11.50 13.00 13.85 15.20 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.50 9.95 11.88 20.60 21.89 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.95 11.41 20.52 20.70 21.90 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.30 7.30 11.03 11.85 11.85 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $12.40 $17.29 $23.04 $35.39 $48.28 Management occupations.............................................. 19.01 23.77 39.11 49.47 65.82 Education administrators.......................................... 15.84 19.19 32.51 39.11 45.86 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.37 24.36 29.69 38.33 60.82 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 20.19 20.48 20.98 31.71 40.15 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.38 20.15 21.45 30.40 44.81 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.35 22.25 33.16 43.61 53.63 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.28 38.24 49.44 63.83 79.37 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 11.35 25.35 33.83 42.40 49.00 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 11.35 24.34 31.92 41.58 48.35 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 11.35 23.97 31.30 40.57 48.17 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.93 30.20 39.04 45.02 50.04 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.93 30.20 39.20 45.30 50.48 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.48 10.90 13.82 16.43 18.48 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.11 27.50 36.49 41.10 48.56 Protective service occupations...................................... 11.82 18.88 22.97 31.44 38.14 Police officers................................................... 22.18 24.48 29.18 32.70 33.22 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.18 24.48 29.18 32.70 33.22 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.00 11.38 13.51 19.49 22.95 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.00 10.26 12.47 14.21 22.95 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 10.26 12.47 14.21 22.95 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.00 8.00 10.00 13.38 16.22 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.00 10.30 13.52 16.22 17.55 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.20 14.71 17.08 20.28 24.25 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.71 13.20 15.48 17.74 20.09 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.11 20.69 23.49 25.92 30.84 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.50 17.68 21.98 26.32 31.38 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.33 15.00 21.80 26.32 28.19 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.33 15.00 21.80 26.32 28.19 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.85 15.85 18.36 19.20 23.91 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $10.00 $13.67 $20.04 $30.29 $44.52 Management occupations.............................................. 24.43 30.45 40.33 57.99 72.10 General and operations managers................................... 31.88 34.62 48.91 52.88 61.71 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 27.01 37.49 55.92 70.09 72.10 Marketing managers.............................................. 25.19 33.47 61.09 70.09 72.10 Computer and information systems managers......................... 25.63 48.25 58.86 74.84 87.97 Financial managers................................................ 29.81 30.77 41.53 45.03 62.98 Construction managers............................................. 27.36 28.85 30.10 34.00 35.65 Education administrators.......................................... 15.84 19.19 32.51 39.11 45.86 Engineering managers.............................................. 43.73 45.67 65.33 68.54 74.91 Medical and health services managers.............................. 24.43 34.38 37.90 44.36 48.63 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 16.88 26.78 30.45 42.08 55.83 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.22 20.89 25.96 31.47 41.14 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 18.75 20.77 24.04 26.78 31.47 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 18.56 21.99 29.69 36.12 36.38 Training and development specialists............................ 20.69 28.57 30.70 36.38 36.53 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 22.43 25.62 27.64 39.11 44.23 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.46 27.38 36.85 48.08 57.10 Computer programmers.............................................. 23.22 30.19 36.09 38.59 53.08 Computer software engineers....................................... 30.77 32.51 41.82 50.48 66.20 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 29.33 38.87 45.64 53.98 66.59 Computer support specialists...................................... 17.75 20.46 21.75 29.31 63.22 Computer systems analysts......................................... 31.49 36.85 43.37 50.49 52.96 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 23.37 25.24 31.92 44.89 53.58 Engineers......................................................... 25.01 31.50 39.42 49.43 55.04 Civil engineers................................................. 29.33 31.50 44.54 49.04 54.14 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 30.29 33.02 40.62 51.29 52.89 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 28.51 31.35 33.50 42.29 44.56 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 20.90 23.13 27.24 30.52 35.64 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 20.48 21.53 26.97 38.94 49.63 Physical scientists............................................... 22.55 29.95 37.79 45.29 50.77 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 24.26 32.21 38.94 45.71 50.77 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.14 14.71 20.15 25.00 29.28 Counselors........................................................ 13.49 17.91 22.55 32.75 46.81 Social workers.................................................... 13.46 17.02 20.27 25.50 28.36 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 11.83 11.83 16.00 20.15 22.52 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 12.64 20.14 31.95 43.50 53.53 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 24.04 32.46 45.11 61.12 76.92 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 18.53 25.61 33.65 42.26 48.86 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.03 27.79 34.99 42.65 49.19 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.08 27.72 34.80 42.51 49.19 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 19.91 29.34 36.86 42.65 49.34 Secondary school teachers....................................... 23.93 30.20 39.04 45.05 50.04 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 23.93 30.20 39.20 45.30 50.48 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.95 11.32 12.64 13.76 16.73 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.83 20.59 21.96 31.05 34.62 Designers......................................................... 10.03 12.65 16.83 19.23 42.37 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.25 20.73 31.42 40.00 66.10 Registered nurses................................................. 24.99 29.78 36.03 40.51 48.57 Therapists........................................................ 20.31 21.86 29.03 30.07 40.42 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 32.89 37.50 38.96 38.96 42.76 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.27 12.50 15.16 18.43 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 10.39 11.45 12.92 14.00 15.63 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 10.39 11.45 12.92 14.00 15.63 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 13.33 16.18 18.43 19.50 21.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.67 20.28 24.00 32.70 39.20 Police officers................................................... 22.18 24.48 29.18 32.70 33.22 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.18 24.48 29.18 32.70 33.22 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.00 5.00 9.50 12.00 14.00 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.03 12.95 12.97 14.44 18.25 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 11.03 12.95 12.95 12.97 18.25 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 10.25 11.50 13.36 15.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.50 11.63 12.82 13.63 15.15 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.00 10.48 11.25 13.00 14.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 3.83 4.00 4.00 4.01 5.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.83 3.85 4.00 4.00 4.01 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.25 7.35 8.00 10.00 13.00 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.25 7.34 8.00 10.00 13.32 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.00 8.50 10.00 12.50 14.02 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.00 8.50 10.00 12.12 13.31 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.00 10.00 11.61 13.31 14.02 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.00 8.50 9.00 10.09 11.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.36 16.64 19.01 27.38 31.65 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.02 9.75 15.63 24.97 41.69 Retail sales workers.............................................. 8.00 9.49 12.00 14.96 17.56 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.79 8.00 10.36 16.26 16.66 Cashiers...................................................... 7.79 8.00 10.36 16.26 16.66 Retail salespersons............................................. 8.50 10.00 12.69 14.96 20.34 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 18.86 20.60 32.69 41.78 54.14 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 18.66 18.86 20.61 32.69 48.08 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.50 13.37 16.05 20.04 23.98 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.55 20.00 22.42 23.66 28.56 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.44 12.43 15.26 18.50 20.96 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 11.91 12.43 15.00 18.55 20.96 Tellers......................................................... 10.75 11.02 11.50 13.10 15.25 Customer service representatives.................................. 12.25 12.60 14.50 17.90 27.58 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 10.00 10.00 13.98 14.56 16.29 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.00 11.47 13.38 15.98 16.50 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.31 15.91 19.09 22.55 26.97 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.07 19.09 21.66 24.43 28.33 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.19 15.91 15.91 20.00 24.54 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.25 15.71 16.00 17.34 19.98 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.15 14.12 16.75 19.74 21.57 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 12.09 13.87 16.50 21.01 25.67 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 18.00 18.31 27.69 31.68 41.14 Carpenters........................................................ 16.50 18.50 19.82 20.50 21.00 Construction laborers............................................. 11.00 12.09 13.50 15.08 15.08 Construction equipment operators.................................. 14.25 15.84 20.23 22.67 26.78 Roofers........................................................... 10.00 10.75 12.50 13.87 14.96 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.71 18.00 26.00 28.00 34.62 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 26.54 31.38 34.62 44.30 44.30 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.95 15.25 21.98 27.22 28.19 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.95 14.79 21.80 26.32 28.19 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 16.00 19.50 19.97 23.91 33.10 Production occupations.............................................. 9.00 9.98 13.50 18.25 22.00 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.58 10.65 15.33 15.33 18.50 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 9.05 9.55 12.40 12.40 13.35 Printers.......................................................... 13.00 13.50 15.56 20.01 29.93 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 8.65 9.00 10.00 12.40 17.45 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.00 11.85 15.47 20.51 22.62 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 10.00 11.50 14.75 17.78 20.89 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.47 16.31 16.52 20.89 21.70 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 10.00 10.69 12.53 15.00 18.53 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.50 11.50 13.00 13.85 15.20 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 10.00 11.85 15.85 20.64 21.91 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.02 $7.75 $9.33 $13.52 $21.50 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.00 11.35 11.35 11.35 26.50 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 11.35 11.35 11.35 11.35 30.75 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 11.35 11.35 11.35 11.35 30.64 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 11.35 11.35 11.35 11.35 30.64 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.34 26.50 30.42 39.00 42.00 Registered nurses................................................. 27.00 27.58 32.47 39.00 42.00 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 11.14 12.21 12.21 14.00 14.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.00 9.16 11.82 27.18 27.18 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.00 7.10 7.75 8.80 10.40 Food service, tipped.............................................. 2.68 2.68 4.00 4.00 6.00 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 2.68 2.68 4.00 4.00 4.25 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.10 7.50 7.75 8.50 9.73 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.16 7.50 7.75 8.53 10.18 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 10.00 10.00 10.87 14.00 15.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 8.00 8.09 10.00 10.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 8.00 8.09 10.00 10.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.50 8.00 8.09 10.00 10.00 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.28 7.50 9.25 10.25 13.52 Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers....................... 7.28 7.65 8.85 9.33 9.33 Miscellaneous entertainment attendants and related workers........ 6.25 7.02 8.00 8.75 9.00 Amusement and recreation attendants............................. 6.25 7.02 8.00 8.75 9.00 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.00 10.00 13.52 16.22 17.55 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.02 7.02 8.00 9.50 12.65 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.25 7.75 8.26 9.50 11.30 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 12.85 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 12.85 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.00 7.50 7.96 9.00 10.50 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.50 10.00 13.75 17.51 19.00 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.86 7.86 8.50 9.13 9.13 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.58 14.50 14.74 17.89 19.00 Production occupations.............................................. 9.95 10.75 11.03 11.03 13.10 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 7.30 9.00 9.00 11.87 15.62 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.30 8.50 9.00 10.00 12.92 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $24.44 $20.04 $972 $798 39.8 $49,762 $41,174 2,036 Management occupations.............................................. 46.53 40.33 1,942 1,664 41.7 100,430 86,528 2,159 General and operations managers................................... 45.91 48.91 1,952 1,956 42.5 101,509 101,724 2,211 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 52.08 55.92 2,157 2,237 41.4 112,172 116,307 2,154 Marketing managers.............................................. 51.59 61.09 2,162 2,749 41.9 112,447 142,953 2,180 Computer and information systems managers......................... 58.77 58.86 2,351 2,355 40.0 122,236 122,437 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 41.87 41.53 1,773 1,661 42.3 92,200 86,382 2,202 Construction managers............................................. 31.47 30.10 1,259 1,204 40.0 65,466 62,612 2,080 Education administrators.......................................... 30.63 32.51 1,241 1,300 40.5 59,721 66,204 1,950 Engineering managers.............................................. 60.03 65.33 2,500 2,613 41.6 129,980 135,891 2,165 Medical and health services managers.............................. 38.60 37.90 1,611 1,673 41.7 83,764 86,986 2,170 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 34.35 30.45 1,374 1,218 40.0 71,440 63,340 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.45 25.96 1,108 1,045 40.3 57,574 54,107 2,097 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.52 24.04 1,002 963 40.9 52,092 50,050 2,124 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 29.17 29.69 1,167 1,188 40.0 60,666 61,755 2,080 Training and development specialists............................ 30.90 30.70 1,236 1,228 40.0 64,271 63,856 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 32.76 27.64 1,335 1,167 40.8 69,312 60,659 2,115 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.07 36.85 1,524 1,472 40.0 79,271 76,523 2,082 Computer programmers.............................................. 36.91 36.09 1,476 1,443 40.0 76,767 75,061 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 44.12 41.82 1,770 1,673 40.1 92,040 86,994 2,086 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.57 45.64 1,863 1,826 40.0 96,872 94,931 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 28.85 21.75 1,154 870 40.0 60,004 45,240 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 43.06 43.37 1,722 1,735 40.0 89,567 90,208 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.85 31.92 1,436 1,277 40.1 74,686 66,394 2,083 Engineers......................................................... 40.40 39.42 1,616 1,577 40.0 84,024 82,000 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 40.67 44.54 1,627 1,782 40.0 84,598 92,643 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.92 40.62 1,677 1,625 40.0 87,187 84,479 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 36.37 33.50 1,455 1,340 40.0 75,646 69,674 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.35 27.24 1,094 1,090 40.0 56,882 56,663 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.95 26.97 1,236 1,079 39.9 63,580 56,052 2,054 Physical scientists............................................... 37.39 37.79 1,496 1,512 40.0 77,767 78,599 2,080 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 38.40 38.94 1,536 1,558 40.0 79,876 80,999 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 21.38 20.15 852 806 39.8 42,941 41,906 2,008 Counselors........................................................ 26.15 22.55 1,031 863 39.4 48,510 45,505 1,855 Social workers.................................................... 21.05 20.27 842 811 40.0 43,785 42,153 2,080 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 17.07 16.00 683 640 40.0 35,503 33,280 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 33.79 31.95 1,346 1,275 39.8 53,919 49,997 1,596 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.68 45.11 2,139 1,958 43.9 88,613 74,059 1,820 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.84 33.65 1,321 1,310 39.0 51,014 49,847 1,507 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 35.92 34.99 1,399 1,368 38.9 51,916 51,002 1,445 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 35.88 34.80 1,400 1,357 39.0 51,940 50,883 1,448 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 36.21 36.86 1,389 1,421 38.4 51,731 52,804 1,428 Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.04 39.04 1,482 1,479 39.0 55,362 55,021 1,455 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.25 39.20 1,492 1,479 39.0 55,754 55,021 1,458 Teacher assistants................................................ 12.96 12.64 481 498 37.1 20,379 21,528 1,572 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.87 21.96 995 878 40.0 50,834 45,668 2,044 Designers......................................................... 21.73 16.83 869 673 40.0 45,201 35,000 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.89 31.42 1,345 1,191 38.6 68,321 58,941 1,958 Registered nurses................................................. 35.51 36.03 1,380 1,347 38.9 68,771 66,560 1,937 Therapists........................................................ 28.92 29.03 1,027 902 35.5 50,320 46,909 1,740 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 37.59 38.96 1,503 1,558 40.0 78,181 81,041 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.79 15.16 606 598 38.4 31,501 31,096 1,995 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.99 12.92 507 495 39.1 26,379 25,740 2,031 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.99 12.92 507 495 39.1 26,379 25,740 2,031 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.88 18.43 670 684 37.5 34,865 35,593 1,950 Protective service occupations...................................... 27.07 24.00 1,133 1,068 41.8 58,905 55,557 2,176 Police officers................................................... 28.61 29.18 1,145 1,167 40.0 59,514 60,694 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.61 29.18 1,145 1,167 40.0 59,514 60,694 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.12 9.50 352 358 38.6 18,252 17,919 2,002 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.87 12.97 642 647 46.3 33,359 33,660 2,405 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 12.95 649 647 47.0 33,741 33,660 2,442 Cooks............................................................. 11.61 11.50 463 453 39.9 24,098 23,566 2,075 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.63 12.82 505 513 40.0 26,271 26,666 2,080 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.66 11.25 464 450 39.8 24,122 23,400 2,069 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.29 4.00 160 154 37.3 8,329 8,014 1,940 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.95 4.00 145 153 36.7 7,548 7,966 1,909 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.07 8.00 313 270 34.5 16,045 13,759 1,768 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.04 8.00 309 265 34.1 15,790 13,358 1,746 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.11 10.00 444 400 39.9 22,989 20,800 2,069 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.59 10.00 422 400 39.9 21,967 20,800 2,075 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.81 11.61 470 463 39.8 24,456 24,086 2,071 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.30 9.00 372 360 40.0 19,336 18,720 2,080 Personal care and service occupations............................... 20.04 19.01 589 584 29.4 30,510 30,381 1,523 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.17 15.63 892 635 40.2 46,388 33,010 2,092 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.90 12.00 518 436 40.1 26,929 22,672 2,087 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.31 10.36 448 411 39.6 23,313 21,357 2,061 Cashiers...................................................... 11.31 10.36 448 411 39.6 23,313 21,357 2,061 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.77 12.69 555 546 40.3 28,840 28,392 2,095 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.91 32.69 1,368 1,385 40.3 71,129 71,999 2,098 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 27.89 20.61 1,133 825 40.6 58,925 42,875 2,113 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.11 16.05 675 639 39.4 35,051 33,238 2,048 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.35 22.42 902 897 40.3 46,880 46,634 2,097 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.77 15.26 611 600 38.8 31,787 31,200 2,015 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.71 15.00 594 580 37.8 30,912 30,160 1,968 Tellers......................................................... 12.47 11.50 499 460 40.0 25,931 23,920 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.60 14.50 654 573 39.4 34,028 29,786 2,049 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.14 13.98 517 559 39.4 26,902 29,068 2,048 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.04 13.38 519 535 39.8 26,966 27,830 2,068 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.67 19.09 779 764 39.6 40,283 39,464 2,048 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.10 21.66 881 864 39.9 45,808 44,928 2,073 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.76 15.91 693 636 39.0 36,015 33,087 2,028 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.31 16.00 647 640 39.7 32,984 32,681 2,022 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.04 16.75 668 669 39.2 34,680 34,520 2,035 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.30 16.50 724 646 39.6 37,463 31,747 2,048 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 27.75 27.69 1,188 1,178 42.8 61,770 61,277 2,226 Carpenters........................................................ 19.24 19.82 762 793 39.6 39,524 41,228 2,054 Construction laborers............................................. 13.67 13.50 526 520 38.5 27,336 27,040 2,000 Construction equipment operators.................................. 20.40 20.23 816 809 40.0 39,619 34,457 1,942 Roofers........................................................... 12.47 12.50 499 500 40.0 25,948 26,000 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.52 26.00 989 1,029 40.3 51,435 53,517 2,098 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.34 34.62 1,526 1,546 42.0 79,353 80,392 2,184 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.85 21.98 869 879 39.8 45,208 45,716 2,069 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.82 21.80 833 872 40.0 43,315 45,344 2,080 Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, and repair workers....... 22.07 19.97 883 799 40.0 45,904 41,529 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 14.56 13.50 578 534 39.7 30,062 27,768 2,065 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.23 15.33 569 613 40.0 29,596 31,886 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.04 12.40 482 496 40.0 25,039 25,792 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 17.24 15.56 666 622 38.7 34,656 32,365 2,010 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.23 10.00 449 400 40.0 23,356 20,800 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.04 15.47 702 620 38.9 36,345 32,167 2,015 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.43 14.75 620 590 40.1 32,023 30,680 2,075 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 18.23 16.52 746 661 40.9 38,121 34,351 2,091 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.97 12.53 559 501 40.0 29,065 26,056 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.78 13.00 508 520 39.8 26,436 27,040 2,068 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 16.74 15.85 670 634 40.0 34,820 32,968 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $23.79 $19.23 $946 $759 39.8 $49,045 $39,433 2,061 Management occupations.............................................. 47.43 40.87 1,988 1,683 41.9 103,352 87,524 2,179 General and operations managers................................... 43.81 48.08 1,883 1,956 43.0 97,922 101,724 2,235 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 52.08 55.92 2,157 2,237 41.4 112,172 116,307 2,154 Marketing managers.............................................. 51.59 61.09 2,162 2,749 41.9 112,447 142,953 2,180 Financial managers................................................ 41.87 41.53 1,773 1,661 42.3 92,200 86,382 2,202 Construction managers............................................. 31.47 30.10 1,259 1,204 40.0 65,466 62,612 2,080 Engineering managers.............................................. 60.03 65.33 2,500 2,613 41.6 129,980 135,891 2,165 Medical and health services managers.............................. 36.91 37.90 1,552 1,664 42.0 80,694 86,528 2,186 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 34.94 30.45 1,398 1,218 40.0 72,671 63,340 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 26.59 25.76 1,072 1,030 40.3 55,751 53,572 2,097 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 24.52 24.04 1,002 963 40.9 52,092 50,050 2,124 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 27.71 28.57 1,108 1,143 40.0 57,636 59,430 2,080 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 30.44 27.64 1,237 1,146 40.6 64,305 59,571 2,113 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 38.13 36.85 1,527 1,474 40.0 79,389 76,648 2,082 Computer programmers.............................................. 36.91 36.09 1,476 1,443 40.0 76,767 75,061 2,080 Computer software engineers....................................... 44.12 41.82 1,770 1,673 40.1 92,040 86,994 2,086 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.57 45.64 1,863 1,826 40.0 96,872 94,931 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 28.85 21.75 1,154 870 40.0 60,004 45,240 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 43.45 43.59 1,738 1,744 40.0 90,383 90,667 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.91 31.92 1,439 1,277 40.1 74,828 66,394 2,083 Engineers......................................................... 40.37 38.85 1,615 1,554 40.0 83,976 80,800 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 40.60 44.89 1,624 1,795 40.0 84,446 93,361 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.92 40.62 1,677 1,625 40.0 87,187 84,479 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 36.37 33.50 1,455 1,340 40.0 75,646 69,674 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 27.35 27.24 1,094 1,090 40.0 56,882 56,663 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 33.94 30.49 1,354 1,220 39.9 70,402 63,419 2,074 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.33 17.91 728 681 39.7 37,878 35,402 2,066 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 25.29 18.53 1,026 741 40.6 48,460 41,881 1,916 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.26 18.53 806 741 39.8 39,345 38,534 1,942 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 25.31 21.96 1,013 878 40.0 51,940 45,668 2,052 Designers......................................................... 21.73 16.83 869 673 40.0 45,201 35,000 2,080 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 34.63 30.07 1,336 1,129 38.6 69,479 58,707 2,006 Registered nurses................................................. 35.36 34.78 1,378 1,299 39.0 71,638 67,538 2,026 Therapists........................................................ 26.22 28.00 919 902 35.0 47,783 46,909 1,822 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 37.59 38.96 1,503 1,558 40.0 78,181 81,041 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 15.81 15.22 608 611 38.4 31,601 31,762 1,999 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.85 12.87 505 492 39.3 26,249 25,584 2,042 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.85 12.87 505 492 39.3 26,249 25,584 2,042 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.88 18.43 670 684 37.5 34,865 35,593 1,950 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.10 9.32 352 358 38.7 18,316 18,595 2,013 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 13.87 12.97 642 647 46.3 33,359 33,660 2,405 First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers........................................................ 13.82 12.95 649 647 47.0 33,741 33,660 2,442 Cooks............................................................. 11.61 11.50 463 453 39.9 24,098 23,566 2,075 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.63 12.82 505 513 40.0 26,271 26,666 2,080 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.66 11.25 464 450 39.8 24,122 23,400 2,069 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.29 4.00 160 154 37.3 8,329 8,014 1,940 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.95 4.00 145 153 36.7 7,548 7,966 1,909 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.98 8.00 312 268 34.7 16,223 13,943 1,806 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.94 8.00 307 263 34.3 15,967 13,666 1,786 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.04 9.00 401 360 39.9 20,747 18,720 2,066 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.03 9.20 400 366 39.9 20,797 19,032 2,074 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.02 11.00 438 440 39.7 22,784 22,880 2,067 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.30 9.00 372 360 40.0 19,336 18,720 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.17 15.63 892 635 40.2 46,388 33,010 2,092 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.90 12.00 518 436 40.1 26,929 22,672 2,087 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.31 10.36 448 411 39.6 23,313 21,357 2,061 Cashiers...................................................... 11.31 10.36 448 411 39.6 23,313 21,357 2,061 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.77 12.69 555 546 40.3 28,840 28,392 2,095 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.91 32.69 1,368 1,385 40.3 71,129 71,999 2,098 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 27.89 20.61 1,133 825 40.6 58,925 42,875 2,113 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.00 16.00 669 636 39.4 34,808 33,087 2,048 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.35 22.42 902 897 40.3 46,880 46,634 2,097 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.73 15.26 609 600 38.7 31,690 31,200 2,014 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 15.64 15.00 591 560 37.8 30,720 29,120 1,965 Tellers......................................................... 12.47 11.50 499 460 40.0 25,931 23,920 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.60 14.50 654 573 39.4 34,028 29,786 2,049 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.14 13.98 517 559 39.4 26,902 29,068 2,048 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.04 13.38 519 535 39.8 26,966 27,830 2,068 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 19.69 19.09 779 764 39.6 40,513 39,709 2,058 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.38 21.96 892 878 39.8 46,364 45,677 2,072 Medical secretaries............................................. 17.76 15.91 693 636 39.0 36,015 33,087 2,028 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 16.14 16.00 640 628 39.6 33,264 32,681 2,060 Office clerks, general............................................ 17.29 17.56 672 690 38.9 34,961 35,902 2,022 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.95 15.08 710 603 39.5 36,726 31,360 2,046 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 27.39 25.70 1,182 1,114 43.2 61,476 57,913 2,244 Carpenters........................................................ 19.24 19.82 762 793 39.6 39,524 41,228 2,054 Construction laborers............................................. 13.67 13.50 526 520 38.5 27,336 27,040 2,000 Roofers........................................................... 12.47 12.50 499 500 40.0 25,948 26,000 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.64 26.54 995 1,040 40.4 51,734 54,080 2,100 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.53 24.48 852 984 39.6 44,286 51,193 2,057 Production occupations.............................................. 14.56 13.50 578 534 39.7 30,062 27,768 2,065 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 14.23 15.33 569 613 40.0 29,596 31,886 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.04 12.40 482 496 40.0 25,039 25,792 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 17.24 15.56 666 622 38.7 34,656 32,365 2,010 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.23 10.00 449 400 40.0 23,356 20,800 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.02 15.00 701 608 38.9 36,393 31,616 2,020 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.16 14.75 609 590 40.1 31,448 30,680 2,074 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.79 16.52 731 661 41.1 37,218 34,351 2,092 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.97 12.53 559 501 40.0 29,065 26,056 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 12.78 13.00 508 520 39.8 26,436 27,040 2,068 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 16.79 16.04 672 642 40.0 34,925 33,363 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $29.40 $24.40 $1,177 $974 40.0 $54,760 $47,736 1,862 Management occupations.............................................. 41.94 39.11 1,718 1,564 41.0 86,453 81,338 2,061 Education administrators.......................................... 30.63 32.51 1,241 1,300 40.5 59,721 66,204 1,950 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 37.94 33.66 1,544 1,347 40.7 79,827 70,021 2,104 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.23 20.67 1,049 827 40.0 53,074 43,700 2,024 Community and social services occupations........................... 26.93 21.45 1,077 858 40.0 51,459 44,616 1,911 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.43 36.29 1,480 1,436 39.5 55,735 52,341 1,489 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 53.14 49.44 2,419 2,445 45.5 98,898 82,183 1,861 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 36.83 36.59 1,431 1,427 38.9 52,913 52,690 1,437 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 36.25 35.39 1,411 1,379 38.9 51,997 50,883 1,434 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 36.19 35.04 1,412 1,372 39.0 51,933 50,282 1,435 Secondary school teachers....................................... 38.04 39.04 1,482 1,479 39.0 55,362 55,021 1,455 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 38.25 39.20 1,492 1,479 39.0 55,754 55,021 1,458 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.81 13.82 476 477 34.5 17,303 18,080 1,253 Protective service occupations...................................... 27.23 24.48 1,137 1,116 41.8 59,127 58,020 2,172 Police officers................................................... 28.61 29.18 1,145 1,167 40.0 59,514 60,694 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 28.61 29.18 1,145 1,167 40.0 59,514 60,694 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.65 13.64 626 546 40.0 32,556 28,380 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.59 12.52 544 501 40.0 28,267 26,042 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.59 12.52 544 501 40.0 28,267 26,042 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.39 17.36 735 694 40.0 37,779 35,443 2,055 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.38 16.24 655 650 40.0 33,922 33,754 2,071 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 23.88 23.49 955 940 40.0 49,666 48,859 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.52 23.91 941 956 40.0 48,924 49,733 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.33 18.96 715 724 39.0 35,743 36,525 1,950 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $22.53 $20.31 $23.16 $29.55 Management, professional, and related...... 35.12 32.19 38.49 37.36 Management, business, and financial...... 38.77 33.69 48.54 38.65 Professional and related................. 33.29 31.39 32.69 36.84 Service.................................... 10.43 9.65 11.59 14.17 Sales and office........................... 18.00 18.66 16.14 18.92 Sales and related........................ 19.65 20.02 17.11 – Office and administrative support........ 16.68 16.71 15.82 18.47 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 20.26 19.76 20.15 25.49 Construction and extraction............. 17.98 18.31 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 24.47 22.49 28.06 30.78 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 15.88 13.31 15.62 23.41 Production............................... 14.38 12.90 17.50 16.26 Transportation and material moving....... 17.18 13.69 14.26 29.18 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.5 4.0 9.3 4.2 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.4 4.2 9.3 4.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 9.3 7.5 20.5 7.2 Professional and related.......................................... 2.6 4.0 6.5 5.0 Service............................................................. 7.0 10.3 5.5 2.7 Sales and office.................................................... 7.1 10.0 4.6 3.4 Sales and related................................................. 14.9 17.8 11.6 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.8 5.6 5.1 3.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.7 4.1 17.5 9.0 Construction and extraction...................................... 3.4 8.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.3 6.1 17.5 6.5 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.2 5.3 6.2 1.4 Production........................................................ 6.6 8.6 10.2 4.8 Transportation and material moving................................ 2.1 5.1 9.6 .7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $21.67 $17.50 $864 $682 39.9 $44,833 $35,225 2,069 Management occupations.............................................. 37.63 34.07 1,584 1,538 42.1 82,386 79,999 2,189 General and operations managers................................... 42.77 40.87 1,792 1,635 41.9 93,193 85,010 2,179 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 34.94 30.45 1,398 1,218 40.0 72,671 63,340 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 25.03 24.04 1,017 962 40.6 52,904 49,999 2,113 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 31.65 29.31 1,266 1,172 40.0 65,839 60,961 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 33.32 30.77 1,336 1,231 40.1 69,497 64,000 2,086 Engineers......................................................... 36.73 31.57 1,469 1,263 40.0 76,406 65,657 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 35.47 37.79 1,413 1,512 39.8 73,494 78,599 2,072 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 17.31 13.08 711 523 41.1 36,950 27,206 2,135 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 46.83 40.00 1,691 960 36.1 87,942 49,920 1,878 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 18.14 18.43 675 684 37.2 35,091 35,593 1,934 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 18.35 18.43 680 710 37.1 35,370 36,920 1,927 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 8.44 8.00 325 300 38.5 16,883 15,600 1,999 Cooks............................................................. 11.31 11.00 451 440 39.9 23,454 22,880 2,074 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.12 4.00 154 153 37.2 7,983 7,966 1,935 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 3.95 4.00 145 153 36.7 7,548 7,966 1,909 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 9.98 9.00 399 360 40.0 20,749 18,720 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 9.92 9.00 397 360 40.0 20,639 18,720 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.17 12.50 447 500 40.0 23,224 26,000 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.80 14.72 920 572 40.4 47,855 29,765 2,099 Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.85 10.45 519 418 40.4 26,975 21,736 2,100 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 9.58 8.25 379 330 39.5 19,700 17,160 2,055 Cashiers...................................................... 9.58 8.25 379 330 39.5 19,700 17,160 2,055 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.90 14.00 564 552 40.6 29,328 28,710 2,110 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 33.90 36.83 1,366 1,480 40.3 71,042 76,939 2,096 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 25.91 18.86 1,053 754 40.6 54,764 39,225 2,113 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.14 15.75 671 610 39.1 34,888 31,720 2,035 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 22.63 20.45 916 880 40.5 47,646 45,760 2,106 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.85 15.26 602 600 38.0 31,330 31,200 1,977 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.52 15.26 603 600 36.5 31,338 31,200 1,897 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 18.97 17.69 745 708 39.3 38,716 36,795 2,041 Office clerks, general............................................ 18.48 19.74 676 790 36.6 35,176 41,068 1,904 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.28 15.08 717 603 39.2 37,034 31,360 2,026 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.70 24.00 923 960 40.7 48,006 49,920 2,115 Production occupations.............................................. 13.03 11.00 520 440 39.9 27,026 22,880 2,073 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.16 12.50 526 500 40.0 27,371 26,000 2,080 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 9.86 9.00 395 360 40.0 20,518 18,720 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.13 13.00 566 520 40.1 29,337 27,040 2,077 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 14.42 14.50 580 580 40.2 29,893 30,160 2,073 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 17.79 16.52 731 661 41.1 37,218 34,351 2,092 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 12.47 12.00 499 480 40.0 25,928 24,960 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 13.96 11.85 559 474 40.0 29,043 24,648 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $26.71 $21.15 $1,058 $840 39.6 $54,807 $43,659 2,052 Management occupations.............................................. 60.95 52.88 2,537 2,187 41.6 131,947 113,699 2,165 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 54.36 61.09 2,272 2,237 41.8 118,130 116,307 2,173 Financial managers................................................ 47.06 42.57 1,882 1,703 40.0 97,887 88,548 2,080 Engineering managers.............................................. 66.15 66.44 2,646 2,658 40.0 137,596 138,195 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 27.59 26.22 1,107 1,049 40.1 57,549 54,538 2,086 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 26.78 27.06 1,085 1,083 40.5 56,414 56,291 2,106 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 41.54 40.06 1,664 1,603 40.1 86,531 83,333 2,083 Computer software engineers....................................... 45.73 44.71 1,835 1,788 40.1 95,427 93,001 2,087 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 46.57 45.64 1,863 1,826 40.0 96,872 94,931 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 43.26 43.53 1,730 1,741 40.0 89,975 90,549 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 40.31 40.54 1,612 1,622 40.0 83,838 84,319 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 44.38 45.91 1,775 1,836 40.0 92,318 95,493 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 46.67 49.04 1,867 1,962 40.0 97,080 102,003 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 41.92 40.62 1,677 1,625 40.0 87,187 84,479 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 36.37 33.50 1,455 1,340 40.0 75,646 69,674 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.93 27.98 1,197 1,119 40.0 62,258 58,205 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 19.12 19.69 752 738 39.3 39,102 38,397 2,045 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.67 36.35 1,500 1,454 39.8 62,268 56,700 1,653 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 28.85 26.22 1,135 1,049 39.3 49,203 48,029 1,706 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 27.09 30.62 1,084 1,225 40.0 54,953 62,248 2,028 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 31.03 29.78 1,222 1,150 39.4 63,537 59,792 2,047 Registered nurses................................................. 35.51 35.82 1,382 1,314 38.9 71,881 68,328 2,024 Diagnostic related technologists and technicians.................. 37.59 38.96 1,503 1,558 40.0 78,181 81,041 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.06 13.23 555 518 39.4 28,837 26,936 2,051 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 12.80 12.75 502 486 39.2 26,112 25,253 2,040 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 12.80 12.75 502 486 39.2 26,112 25,253 2,040 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.25 11.78 490 471 40.0 25,480 24,502 2,080 Cooks............................................................. 12.53 12.69 501 508 40.0 26,072 26,395 2,080 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 12.68 12.85 507 514 40.0 26,369 26,728 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.23 10.25 405 400 39.6 20,739 20,111 2,028 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.33 10.52 409 409 39.6 21,256 21,258 2,058 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.44 10.63 404 387 38.7 21,024 20,111 2,014 Sales and related occupations....................................... 19.30 16.66 767 666 39.7 39,863 34,653 2,065 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.10 12.17 515 487 39.3 26,783 25,314 2,045 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 13.20 13.31 524 506 39.7 27,272 26,312 2,066 Cashiers...................................................... 13.20 13.31 524 506 39.7 27,272 26,312 2,066 Retail salespersons............................................. 12.88 11.49 496 422 38.5 25,767 21,931 2,001 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.89 16.10 668 642 39.6 34,747 33,376 2,057 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 21.78 22.42 871 897 40.0 45,310 46,634 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.54 15.16 621 606 40.0 32,318 31,533 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.26 13.08 570 523 40.0 29,661 27,198 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.22 13.73 597 549 39.2 31,038 28,560 2,040 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.33 14.56 557 582 38.9 28,962 30,279 2,021 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.82 14.48 553 579 40.0 28,748 30,118 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 20.03 19.39 796 764 39.7 41,390 39,709 2,066 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 22.77 22.55 907 902 39.8 47,147 46,904 2,070 Medical secretaries............................................. 16.77 15.91 662 636 39.5 34,416 33,087 2,053 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.76 16.31 670 652 40.0 34,856 33,925 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 17.17 17.50 692 680 40.3 35,962 35,360 2,094 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 28.96 27.43 1,151 1,095 39.8 59,868 56,938 2,067 Production occupations.............................................. 16.95 15.50 669 617 39.4 34,776 32,058 2,051 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 23.65 20.52 884 822 37.4 45,952 42,744 1,943 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 17.70 16.80 708 672 40.0 36,826 34,944 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $25.90 $23.06 $30.10 $22.82 $22.49 $26.32 Management, professional, and related............................... 34.06 28.19 35.90 34.82 35.29 31.82 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 39.07 38.78 41.04 Professional and related.......................................... 34.29 28.26 36.22 32.63 33.48 27.47 Service............................................................. 22.96 18.05 24.47 11.25 10.29 18.53 Sales and office.................................................... 16.81 16.74 – 18.07 18.07 17.97 Sales and related................................................. – – – 19.84 19.85 – Office and administrative support................................. 17.56 17.65 – 16.72 16.62 18.03 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 29.93 30.93 – 19.35 19.13 22.26 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 17.51 17.10 23.88 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 27.92 – – 23.25 23.53 20.36 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 22.41 23.10 18.11 13.90 13.87 – Production........................................................ 17.18 17.18 – 13.91 13.91 – Transportation and material moving................................ 24.28 25.70 18.11 13.89 13.83 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.2 4.4 6.1 3.4 3.7 7.4 Management, professional, and related............................... 1.0 2.4 .8 3.2 3.5 9.5 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 8.4 9.3 17.5 Professional and related.......................................... 1.5 2.4 1.7 2.5 2.7 4.8 Service............................................................. 15.7 10.0 19.6 5.8 7.4 9.0 Sales and office.................................................... 4.3 4.8 – 7.0 7.3 2.7 Sales and related................................................. – – – 15.2 15.3 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.6 6.7 – 2.7 2.9 2.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.4 7.2 – 4.4 4.7 6.1 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 2.3 2.4 .5 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 3.1 – – 6.7 7.1 15.3 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 3.9 3.2 7.4 4.5 4.5 – Production........................................................ 4.6 4.6 – 7.0 7.0 – Transportation and material moving................................ 5.5 3.2 7.4 4.3 4.4 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $22.86 $22.18 $25.85 $25.85 Management, professional, and related............................... 34.78 35.16 34.20 34.20 Management, business, and financial............................... 39.04 38.81 38.38 38.38 Professional and related.......................................... 32.96 33.47 – – Service............................................................. 12.03 10.41 – – Sales and office.................................................... 16.01 15.89 25.48 25.48 Sales and related................................................. 14.31 14.31 26.71 26.71 Office and administrative support................................. 16.76 16.65 17.21 17.21 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 20.58 20.36 18.99 18.99 Construction and extraction...................................... – 18.15 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.35 24.65 22.67 22.67 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.01 15.93 – – Production........................................................ 14.34 14.34 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.35 17.30 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.0 3.5 15.8 15.8 Management, professional, and related............................... 3.0 3.5 19.6 19.6 Management, business, and financial............................... 8.8 9.9 24.4 24.4 Professional and related.......................................... 2.2 2.6 – – Service............................................................. 5.8 7.3 – – Sales and office.................................................... 4.3 4.6 20.3 20.3 Sales and related................................................. 15.4 15.4 22.9 22.9 Office and administrative support................................. 2.6 2.9 11.9 11.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 3.5 3.9 20.5 20.5 Construction and extraction...................................... – 5.2 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 5.2 5.8 11.4 11.4 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 4.3 4.4 – – Production........................................................ 6.8 6.8 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 2.0 2.1 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... – $26.42 – – $29.10 – $23.79 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – 40.62 – – 39.17 – 30.38 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 40.45 – – 42.51 – 30.53 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 40.71 – – 26.95 – 30.37 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 14.32 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 18.48 – – 23.75 – 17.37 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – 49.96 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 16.47 – – 16.94 – 16.95 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 34.31 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 15.93 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 15.90 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 16.03 – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... – 8.4 – – 13.2 – 9.7 – – Management, professional, and related............................... – .7 – – 16.4 – 7.9 – – Management, business, and financial............................... – 3.5 – – 21.4 – 6.4 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 3.2 – – 9.8 – 8.7 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 3.3 – – Sales and office.................................................... – 19.0 – – 22.3 – 4.7 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – 41.9 – – – – Office and administrative support................................. – 9.2 – – 3.8 – 4.0 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... – 12.0 – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 5.4 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 5.2 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 5.9 – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 1,332,500 1,161,700 170,800 Management, professional, and related............................... 450,900 350,200 100,700 Management, business, and financial............................... 128,400 110,400 18,000 Professional and related.......................................... 322,500 239,800 82,700 Service............................................................. 235,000 198,100 36,900 Sales and office.................................................... 389,300 370,600 18,700 Sales and related................................................. 174,600 173,800 – Office and administrative support................................. 214,700 196,800 17,900 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 113,100 104,200 8,900 Construction and extraction...................................... 66,300 62,700 3,600 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 44,000 38,700 5,300 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 144,200 138,600 5,600 Production........................................................ 60,400 60,400 – Transportation and material moving................................ 83,800 78,200 5,600 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2008 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 57,377 56,822 555 Total in sample....................................................... 546 508 38 Responding........................................................ 306 270 36 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 143 141 2 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 97 97 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.