NC BL 03/00/2004 Table: Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, Bulletin 3120-50, June 2003 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $21.56 1.9 36.7 $20.57 2.5 36.8 $26.43 0.7 36.0 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 25.23 2.2 37.2 24.23 2.8 37.7 29.78 1.5 35.1 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.78 2.7 36.7 29.42 3.6 37.8 34.79 1.4 33.6 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.11 3.7 40.5 33.00 4.4 40.6 33.63 5.4 40.4 Sales............................................................. 20.33 11.5 34.2 20.34 11.6 34.3 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.85 1.6 37.8 14.60 1.7 38.1 16.12 2.9 35.9 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 15.55 4.0 38.3 15.22 4.4 38.3 18.94 4.6 38.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.81 4.7 39.8 19.61 5.2 39.7 21.50 1.6 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 12.95 7.3 39.6 12.95 7.3 39.6 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.38 11.4 39.3 14.98 13.6 39.9 17.58 2.1 36.6 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 11.63 5.1 34.6 11.34 5.3 34.4 16.52 2.1 39.5 Service occupations(5).............................................. 12.68 5.3 31.6 10.57 4.6 29.8 18.57 7.4 37.8 Full time........................................................... 22.45 2.1 39.8 21.46 2.7 40.0 27.26 .8 38.8 Part time........................................................... 12.15 4.1 20.2 11.43 4.0 20.4 16.26 7.0 18.9 Union............................................................... 21.20 2.5 35.9 19.57 3.7 35.9 25.33 1.3 35.8 Nonunion............................................................ 21.63 2.1 36.8 20.73 2.6 37.0 26.81 .9 36.0 Time................................................................ 21.15 1.9 36.7 20.02 2.4 36.8 26.43 .7 36.0 Incentive........................................................... 30.23 12.9 37.0 30.23 12.9 37.0 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 22.60 4.9 40.2 (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 20.04 2.7 36.1 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.56 6.4 37.3 17.47 6.5 37.3 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 19.77 3.1 35.7 19.79 3.2 35.9 18.84 2.9 28.5 500 workers or more................................................. 24.81 2.6 37.3 23.72 4.2 37.8 26.73 .8 36.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $21.56 1.9 $20.57 2.5 $26.43 0.7 All excluding sales............................................... 21.69 1.7 20.60 2.3 26.45 .6 White collar........................................................ 25.23 2.2 24.23 2.8 29.78 1.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.01 2.0 25.01 2.6 29.84 1.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.78 2.7 29.42 3.6 34.79 1.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.34 2.8 30.87 4.0 36.09 2.1 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.96 4.8 36.04 4.8 – – Civil engineers............................................. 36.95 3.2 37.34 2.6 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.71 4.6 38.71 4.6 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 37.89 5.7 37.89 5.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.00 5.4 32.04 5.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.85 3.9 32.94 4.0 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 26.63 10.1 26.63 10.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 34.91 15.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 29.71 2.6 29.73 2.5 29.42 14.6 Registered nurses........................................... 28.32 5.9 28.72 5.8 – – Pharmacists................................................. 38.37 9.1 38.37 9.1 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 20.55 3.7 20.55 3.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.59 3.8 – – – – Health specialities teachers................................ 59.99 16.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.68 1.9 21.03 9.7 30.75 .4 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.75 2.7 – – 31.13 2.6 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.06 2.8 – – 31.12 2.8 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 18.59 26.1 19.77 28.5 – – Substitute teachers......................................... 14.12 9.0 – – 14.12 9.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 21.62 14.5 18.23 6.8 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.60 4.8 14.56 9.5 23.35 6.2 Social workers.............................................. 17.36 5.5 13.94 9.7 23.44 6.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 29.85 12.9 27.17 11.9 – – Designers................................................... 19.58 31.5 19.58 31.5 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 30.88 1.0 30.88 1.0 – – Athletes.................................................... 50.69 22.5 – – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 28.49 17.5 – – – – Technical....................................................... 24.29 7.5 24.44 8.6 23.29 8.3 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.25 5.1 21.68 4.7 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.20 6.5 24.32 7.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.09 3.3 17.71 4.8 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.74 7.2 21.62 7.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 26.30 2.7 25.26 3.6 – – Computer programmers........................................ 33.81 4.1 33.88 4.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $33.11 3.7 $33.00 4.4 $33.63 5.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.00 3.3 38.64 3.7 40.71 7.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 39.43 8.5 – – 39.43 8.5 Financial managers.......................................... 42.05 11.0 41.59 11.7 – – Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 37.60 19.6 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.85 8.1 45.85 8.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.60 8.6 – – 33.86 10.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 33.94 13.6 32.94 15.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.28 3.3 37.33 3.3 – – Management related............................................ 25.43 6.8 25.61 8.0 24.57 10.5 Accountants and auditors.................................... 22.47 6.4 22.36 6.9 – – Other financial officers.................................... 28.14 13.2 28.13 14.4 – – Management analysts......................................... 30.59 9.1 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.95 6.3 21.72 10.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 20.99 8.1 20.99 8.1 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.25 11.0 25.86 12.2 – – Sales............................................................. 20.33 11.5 20.34 11.6 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 27.67 17.7 27.67 17.7 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 17.62 6.6 17.62 6.6 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 38.80 7.7 38.80 7.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.37 25.0 13.37 25.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.17 8.3 10.18 8.3 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.85 1.6 14.60 1.7 16.12 2.9 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.32 5.2 18.95 5.8 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 21.33 6.0 – – – – Computer operators.......................................... 19.59 2.1 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.03 3.7 16.26 4.2 15.08 3.8 Interviewers................................................ 12.32 1.3 12.32 1.3 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.53 3.6 11.52 4.0 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.29 4.6 12.29 4.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.34 22.0 17.34 22.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.80 6.2 – – 15.80 6.2 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.79 6.8 14.58 8.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.54 4.0 15.56 4.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 19.03 8.0 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.75 13.9 11.75 13.9 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 16.16 10.9 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.42 10.4 13.36 10.3 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.94 5.5 13.56 7.5 14.88 2.4 Teachers' aides............................................. 9.95 2.5 – – 9.95 2.6 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.97 5.8 14.46 4.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.55 4.0 15.22 4.4 18.94 4.6 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $19.81 4.7 $19.61 5.2 $21.50 1.6 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 28.33 7.2 28.32 7.8 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.77 3.8 – – – – Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 21.40 5.0 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.83 5.4 21.33 6.6 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.01 24.8 13.01 24.8 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 13.86 2.1 13.86 2.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.95 7.3 12.95 7.3 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.90 14.5 12.90 14.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.99 9.3 11.99 9.3 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.37 3.9 14.37 3.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.38 11.4 14.98 13.6 17.58 2.1 Truck drivers............................................... 15.45 7.0 15.45 7.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.52 2.0 – – 15.54 2.1 Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators....................... 16.50 7.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.37 3.7 12.37 3.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.63 5.1 11.34 5.3 16.52 2.1 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.58 12.6 – – 17.69 8.5 Construction laborers....................................... 9.79 9.4 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.97 5.1 9.97 5.1 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.29 8.7 14.31 8.9 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.56 14.0 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.45 6.2 9.45 6.2 – – Service............................................................. 12.68 5.3 10.57 4.6 18.57 7.4 Protective service............................................ 23.59 5.0 – – 23.70 5.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 27.05 4.1 – – 27.05 4.1 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 22.07 6.1 – – 22.07 6.1 Protective service, n.e.c................................... 13.62 22.5 – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.06 5.8 9.05 6.1 9.40 1.9 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.63 30.7 5.63 30.7 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.81 38.4 4.81 38.4 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 8.04 1.4 8.04 1.4 – – Other food service........................................... 10.26 4.7 10.33 5.1 9.40 1.9 Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.65 22.9 11.65 22.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.37 9.7 11.37 9.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.20 7.5 10.25 7.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.68 5.9 8.53 7.5 9.41 2.1 Health service................................................ 12.49 3.4 12.06 4.5 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.32 6.9 12.15 7.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.23 4.5 12.04 4.9 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.66 4.0 9.78 3.9 12.28 2.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... $8.10 1.0 $8.10 1.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.37 6.0 10.61 9.7 $12.28 2.0 Personal service.............................................. 13.20 14.0 13.47 17.1 12.14 10.7 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 12.15 13.4 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $22.45 2.1 $21.46 2.7 $27.26 0.8 All excluding sales............................................... 22.39 2.0 21.28 2.6 27.27 .8 White collar........................................................ 26.06 2.4 25.04 3.1 30.74 1.7 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.46 2.3 25.37 2.9 30.76 1.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.17 2.9 29.70 3.8 35.66 1.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.89 2.8 31.27 4.0 37.17 1.9 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.96 4.8 36.04 4.8 – – Civil engineers............................................. 36.95 3.2 37.34 2.6 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.71 4.6 38.71 4.6 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 37.89 5.7 37.89 5.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.16 5.1 32.20 5.3 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.04 3.5 33.13 3.6 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 26.63 10.1 26.63 10.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 35.97 14.7 – – – – Health related................................................ 30.45 2.3 30.64 2.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.18 6.3 29.39 6.2 – – Pharmacists................................................. 41.94 2.8 41.94 2.8 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 20.51 3.9 20.51 3.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 49.03 4.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.43 2.0 20.98 10.0 31.61 .1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.88 2.2 – – 31.26 2.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.19 2.5 – – 31.26 2.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 20.09 29.4 20.09 29.4 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 21.86 15.0 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.82 4.8 14.49 10.7 23.48 6.1 Social workers.............................................. 17.46 4.8 14.12 9.4 23.60 6.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.02 13.4 27.12 12.3 – – Designers................................................... 19.58 31.5 19.58 31.5 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 30.97 1.3 30.97 1.3 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 28.49 17.5 – – – – Technical....................................................... 24.39 7.6 24.55 8.8 23.34 8.3 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.31 5.2 21.76 4.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.58 6.7 24.58 6.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.10 3.3 17.71 4.8 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.74 7.2 21.62 7.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 26.30 2.7 25.26 3.6 – – Computer programmers........................................ 33.81 4.1 33.88 4.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.30 3.7 33.21 4.3 33.71 5.4 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.25 3.4 38.94 3.8 40.71 7.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 39.43 8.5 – – 39.43 8.5 Financial managers.......................................... $42.05 11.0 $41.59 11.7 – – Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 37.60 19.6 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 47.72 7.1 47.72 7.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.60 8.6 – – $33.86 10.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 34.09 14.3 33.03 16.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.28 3.3 37.33 3.3 – – Management related............................................ 25.53 6.8 25.74 7.9 24.55 10.8 Accountants and auditors.................................... 22.47 6.5 22.36 6.9 – – Other financial officers.................................... 28.49 12.8 28.51 14.0 – – Management analysts......................................... 30.59 9.1 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.80 6.6 21.72 10.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 20.99 8.1 20.99 8.1 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.25 11.0 25.86 12.2 – – Sales............................................................. 23.11 11.7 23.10 11.8 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 27.67 17.7 27.67 17.7 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 18.03 6.7 18.03 6.7 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 38.80 7.7 38.80 7.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 16.07 23.9 16.07 23.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.92 9.1 10.92 9.1 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.12 1.7 14.79 1.7 16.94 3.5 Supervisors, general office................................. 20.32 5.2 18.95 5.8 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 21.33 6.0 – – – – Computer operators.......................................... 19.59 2.1 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.15 3.7 16.36 4.3 15.28 4.4 Receptionists............................................... 11.74 3.4 11.65 3.5 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.28 4.7 12.28 4.7 – – Order clerks................................................ 19.41 20.2 19.41 20.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.79 6.8 14.58 8.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.54 4.0 15.56 4.9 – – Dispatchers................................................. 19.03 8.0 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.75 14.0 11.75 14.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.50 10.8 13.43 10.7 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.18 5.4 13.82 7.5 15.04 2.9 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.18 5.5 14.68 4.3 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.92 4.0 15.58 4.4 19.32 4.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.03 4.7 19.85 5.2 21.50 1.6 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 28.33 7.2 28.32 7.8 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.77 3.8 – – – – Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 21.40 5.0 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.83 5.4 21.33 6.6 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.01 24.8 13.01 24.8 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 13.86 2.1 13.86 2.1 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... $13.05 7.4 $13.05 7.4 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.98 14.4 12.98 14.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.00 9.6 12.00 9.6 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.37 3.9 14.37 3.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.51 11.7 15.09 13.7 $18.08 3.3 Truck drivers............................................... 15.45 7.0 15.45 7.0 – – Bus drivers................................................. 16.11 2.8 – – 16.15 2.9 Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators....................... 16.50 7.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.37 3.7 12.37 3.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.13 6.1 11.80 6.3 16.94 2.5 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.87 13.5 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 9.79 9.4 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.24 6.2 11.24 6.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.01 11.5 15.06 11.9 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.55 8.7 9.55 8.7 – – Service............................................................. 13.69 6.0 11.15 4.7 19.35 7.7 Protective service............................................ 23.86 5.5 – – 23.92 6.0 Police and detectives, public service....................... 27.05 4.1 – – 27.05 4.1 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 22.07 6.1 – – 22.07 6.1 Food service.................................................. 9.09 3.2 9.09 3.2 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.68 33.5 5.68 33.5 – – Other food service........................................... 10.47 8.7 10.49 8.8 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.82 25.3 11.82 25.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.37 9.7 11.37 9.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.97 5.9 10.02 6.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.72 4.1 8.72 4.1 – – Health service................................................ 12.56 3.3 12.11 4.4 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.31 7.1 12.14 7.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.31 4.4 12.10 4.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.93 3.0 10.04 2.6 12.28 2.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.10 1.0 8.10 1.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.79 5.3 11.25 10.5 12.28 2.0 Personal service.............................................. 17.43 13.6 – – 12.41 9.5 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 12.29 13.5 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $12.15 4.1 $11.43 4.0 $16.26 7.0 All excluding sales............................................... 13.02 3.8 12.25 3.3 16.39 7.5 White collar........................................................ 14.50 6.5 13.53 6.9 18.51 6.5 White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.92 4.6 17.57 5.4 18.74 7.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.85 3.9 23.54 4.8 24.40 5.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.22 3.5 24.07 4.2 24.47 5.9 Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.28 4.8 26.13 3.5 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.48 4.1 26.28 3.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 20.67 7.1 21.71 13.8 20.57 7.6 Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.91 8.3 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 13.37 11.3 – – – – Substitute teachers......................................... 14.12 9.0 – – 14.12 9.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 25.35 19.0 – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.47 13.1 15.32 14.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 20.77 11.7 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.77 6.1 8.78 6.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.20 13.2 9.20 13.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.82 9.1 8.84 9.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.32 3.0 11.75 4.5 10.13 2.1 Secretaries................................................. 13.11 9.4 13.86 10.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.70 4.8 11.15 3.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.47 .3 – – 9.47 .3 Blue collar......................................................... 9.92 3.8 9.59 3.0 13.17 9.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.53 17.2 – – 13.81 5.0 Bus drivers................................................. 13.81 5.0 – – 13.81 5.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... $9.20 3.2 $9.23 3.3 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.11 5.4 8.11 5.4 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.01 13.4 9.01 13.4 – – Service............................................................. 8.96 8.6 8.92 9.6 $9.30 2.9 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.02 11.8 8.96 13.8 9.43 2.1 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.52 26.4 5.52 26.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.55 36.8 5.55 36.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.95 3.3 10.05 3.5 9.43 2.1 Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.64 9.0 8.29 13.4 9.41 2.1 Health service................................................ 11.22 2.8 11.22 2.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.15 2.8 11.15 2.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. $8.11 9.6 $8.09 9.9 – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $893 2.2 39.8 $857 2.8 40.0 $1,059 0.7 38.8 All excluding sales............................................... 889 2.1 39.7 849 2.7 39.9 1,059 .7 38.8 White collar........................................................ 1,036 2.5 39.8 1,004 3.1 40.1 1,176 1.6 38.3 White collar excluding sales.................................... 1,049 2.3 39.6 1,015 3.0 40.0 1,177 1.6 38.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,214 2.9 38.9 1,177 3.8 39.6 1,319 1.5 37.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,280 3.0 38.9 1,247 4.2 39.9 1,360 2.1 36.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,464 5.3 40.7 1,468 5.4 40.7 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 1,480 3.1 40.1 1,493 2.6 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,624 5.0 42.0 1,624 5.0 42.0 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 1,554 7.0 41.0 1,554 7.0 41.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,300 5.6 40.4 1,302 5.8 40.4 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,335 3.9 40.4 1,340 4.0 40.4 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 1,078 11.3 40.5 1,078 11.3 40.5 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 1,444 14.7 40.1 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,193 2.4 39.2 1,200 2.3 39.2 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 1,139 7.1 39.0 1,146 7.1 39.0 – – – Pharmacists................................................. 1,678 2.8 40.0 1,678 2.8 40.0 – – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 800 3.0 39.0 800 3.0 39.0 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,533 3.7 31.3 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,180 2.3 38.8 793 11.9 37.8 1,230 .1 38.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,201 1.9 38.9 – – – 1,215 1.6 38.9 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,226 2.1 39.3 – – – 1,227 2.1 39.3 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 763 32.7 38.0 763 32.7 38.0 – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 873 14.8 39.9 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 693 7.0 38.9 555 13.1 38.3 939 6.1 40.0 Social workers.............................................. 678 7.2 38.8 539 11.9 38.2 944 6.3 40.0 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,159 13.6 38.6 1,040 12.0 38.3 – – – Designers................................................... 783 31.5 40.0 783 31.5 40.0 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 1,239 1.3 40.0 1,239 1.3 40.0 – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 1,140 17.5 40.0 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 952 7.2 39.0 952 8.1 38.8 951 9.3 40.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 852 5.2 40.0 870 4.6 40.0 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 983 6.7 40.0 983 6.7 40.0 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 707 3.5 39.1 680 3.8 38.4 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 865 7.3 39.8 860 7.5 39.8 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 1,053 2.7 40.1 1,011 3.6 40.0 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 1,353 4.1 40.0 1,355 4.2 40.0 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $1,365 3.5 41.0 $1,364 4.1 41.1 $1,367 5.0 40.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,635 3.6 41.6 1,627 4.2 41.8 1,668 6.0 41.0 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 1,636 6.3 41.5 – – – 1,636 6.3 41.5 Financial managers.......................................... 1,761 10.3 41.9 1,745 11.0 42.0 – – – Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 1,613 17.7 42.9 – – – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 2,031 8.3 42.6 2,031 8.3 42.6 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,345 8.5 40.0 – – – 1,354 10.5 40.0 Managers, medicine and health............................... 1,363 14.3 40.0 1,321 16.6 40.0 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,561 3.5 41.9 1,563 3.5 41.9 – – – Management related............................................ 1,025 6.8 40.2 1,034 8.0 40.2 982 10.8 40.0 Accountants and auditors.................................... 909 7.3 40.5 906 7.8 40.5 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 1,141 12.8 40.0 1,142 14.1 40.1 – – – Management analysts......................................... 1,223 9.1 40.0 – – – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 912 6.6 40.0 869 10.2 40.0 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 840 8.1 40.0 840 8.1 40.0 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 1,019 11.0 40.3 1,044 12.2 40.4 – – – Sales............................................................. 939 12.1 40.6 938 12.2 40.6 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 1,173 20.8 42.4 1,173 20.8 42.4 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 721 6.7 40.0 721 6.7 40.0 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 1,609 8.7 41.5 1,609 8.7 41.5 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 629 23.7 39.1 629 23.7 39.1 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 427 9.8 39.1 427 9.8 39.1 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 603 1.8 39.9 590 1.8 39.9 674 3.5 39.8 Supervisors, general office................................. 847 4.9 41.7 812 8.0 42.9 – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 853 6.0 40.0 – – – – – – Computer operators.......................................... 784 2.1 40.0 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 645 3.8 39.9 653 4.3 39.9 610 4.4 40.0 Receptionists............................................... 459 2.9 39.1 455 2.8 39.1 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 486 5.5 39.6 486 5.5 39.6 – – – Order clerks................................................ 808 24.1 41.6 808 24.1 41.6 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 590 6.8 39.9 582 8.8 39.9 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 613 4.1 39.5 612 5.2 39.3 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 823 13.3 43.3 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 446 17.2 37.9 446 17.2 37.9 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 540 10.8 40.0 537 10.7 40.0 – – – General office clerks....................................... 566 5.4 39.9 552 7.4 39.9 602 2.9 40.0 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 601 5.7 39.6 580 4.4 39.5 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 637 4.1 40.0 624 4.6 40.1 768 4.5 39.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $801 4.3 40.0 $794 4.9 40.0 $860 1.6 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 1,212 10.6 42.8 1,218 11.4 43.0 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 791 3.8 40.0 – – – – – – Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 856 5.0 40.0 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 833 5.4 40.0 853 6.6 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 520 24.8 40.0 520 24.8 40.0 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 555 2.1 40.0 555 2.1 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 522 7.4 40.0 522 7.4 40.0 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 519 14.4 40.0 519 14.4 40.0 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 480 9.6 40.0 480 9.6 40.0 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 575 3.9 40.0 575 3.9 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 622 12.1 40.1 607 14.2 40.2 713 2.6 39.4 Truck drivers............................................... 624 7.5 40.4 624 7.5 40.4 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 621 5.2 38.6 – – – 622 5.4 38.5 Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators....................... 675 6.4 40.9 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 495 3.7 40.0 495 3.7 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 485 6.1 40.0 471 6.3 40.0 678 2.5 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 595 13.5 40.0 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 392 9.4 40.0 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 448 6.4 39.8 448 6.4 39.8 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 598 11.6 39.8 599 12.1 39.8 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 382 8.7 40.0 382 8.7 40.0 – – – Service............................................................. 536 6.2 39.1 430 3.8 38.6 784 8.8 40.5 Protective service............................................ 985 7.0 41.3 – – – 991 7.5 41.4 Police and detectives, public service....................... 1,081 4.1 40.0 – – – 1,081 4.1 40.0 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 891 5.4 40.4 – – – 891 5.4 40.4 Food service.................................................. 359 2.9 39.4 360 2.9 39.6 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 225 33.7 39.7 225 33.7 39.7 – – – Other food service........................................... 412 10.6 39.4 415 10.6 39.6 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 497 29.7 42.0 497 29.7 42.0 – – – Cooks....................................................... 443 12.9 39.0 443 12.9 39.0 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 381 6.9 38.3 397 6.8 39.6 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 340 5.2 39.0 340 5.2 39.0 – – – Health service................................................ 491 2.3 39.1 472 3.2 39.0 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 486 6.8 39.5 479 7.2 39.5 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 479 3.5 39.0 471 3.5 38.9 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 437 3.0 40.0 401 2.6 40.0 491 2.0 40.0 Maids and housemen.......................................... $324 1.0 40.0 $324 1.0 40.0 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 472 5.3 40.0 450 10.5 40.0 $491 2.0 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 521 6.4 29.9 – – – 468 6.1 37.7 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 460 10.4 37.4 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $45,416 2.2 2,023 $44,455 2.8 2,072 $49,504 0.7 1,816 All excluding sales............................................... 45,135 2.1 2,016 44,004 2.7 2,068 49,500 .7 1,815 White collar........................................................ 52,315 2.5 2,008 52,092 3.1 2,080 53,170 1.6 1,730 White collar excluding sales.................................... 52,768 2.3 1,994 52,643 3.0 2,075 53,178 1.6 1,729 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 59,285 2.9 1,902 60,826 3.8 2,048 55,696 1.5 1,562 Professional specialty.......................................... 61,586 3.0 1,872 64,349 4.2 2,058 56,246 2.1 1,513 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 76,151 5.3 2,118 76,327 5.4 2,118 – – – Civil engineers............................................. 76,956 3.1 2,083 77,659 2.6 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 84,465 5.0 2,182 84,465 5.0 2,182 – – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 80,786 7.0 2,132 80,786 7.0 2,132 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 67,579 5.6 2,101 67,701 5.8 2,102 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 69,436 3.9 2,102 69,663 4.0 2,103 – – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 56,066 11.3 2,105 56,066 11.3 2,105 – – – Natural scientists............................................ 75,090 14.7 2,088 – – – – – – Health related................................................ 61,983 2.4 2,035 62,379 2.3 2,036 – – – Registered nurses........................................... 59,125 7.1 2,026 59,584 7.1 2,027 – – – Pharmacists................................................. 87,243 2.8 2,080 87,243 2.8 2,080 – – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 41,602 3.0 2,028 41,602 3.0 2,028 – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 66,594 3.7 1,358 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 45,368 2.3 1,491 37,945 11.9 1,808 46,121 .1 1,459 Elementary school teachers.................................. 44,884 1.9 1,453 – – – 45,076 1.6 1,442 Secondary school teachers................................... 46,547 2.1 1,492 – – – 46,627 2.1 1,492 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 37,590 32.7 1,871 37,590 32.7 1,871 – – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 44,517 14.8 2,036 – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 36,035 7.0 2,023 28,838 13.1 1,991 48,848 6.1 2,080 Social workers.............................................. 35,238 7.2 2,018 28,033 11.9 1,986 49,097 6.3 2,080 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 58,783 13.6 1,958 53,143 12.0 1,959 – – – Designers................................................... 40,722 31.5 2,080 40,722 31.5 2,080 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 64,412 1.3 2,080 64,412 1.3 2,080 – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 59,267 17.5 2,080 – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 49,501 7.2 2,030 49,512 8.1 2,017 49,429 9.3 2,118 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 44,315 5.2 2,080 45,260 4.6 2,080 – – – Radiological technicians.................................... 51,133 6.7 2,080 51,133 6.7 2,080 – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 36,776 3.5 2,031 35,371 3.8 1,997 – – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 44,995 7.3 2,070 44,738 7.5 2,069 – – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 54,780 2.7 2,083 52,549 3.6 2,080 – – – Computer programmers........................................ 70,331 4.1 2,080 70,463 4.2 2,080 – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $70,629 3.5 2,121 $70,930 4.1 2,136 $69,275 5.0 2,055 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 84,264 3.6 2,147 84,579 4.2 2,172 82,887 6.0 2,036 Administrators and officials, public administration......... 85,054 6.3 2,157 – – – 85,054 6.3 2,157 Financial managers.......................................... 91,593 10.3 2,178 90,732 11.0 2,182 – – – Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 80,043 17.7 2,129 – – – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 105,603 8.3 2,213 105,603 8.3 2,213 – – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 60,413 8.5 1,798 – – – 59,793 10.5 1,766 Managers, medicine and health............................... 70,897 14.3 2,080 68,712 16.6 2,080 – – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 81,193 3.5 2,178 81,301 3.5 2,178 – – – Management related............................................ 53,304 6.8 2,088 53,787 8.0 2,090 51,054 10.8 2,080 Accountants and auditors.................................... 47,268 7.3 2,104 47,091 7.8 2,106 – – – Other financial officers.................................... 59,329 12.8 2,082 59,380 14.1 2,083 – – – Management analysts......................................... 63,619 9.1 2,080 – – – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 47,423 6.6 2,080 45,177 10.2 2,080 – – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 43,661 8.1 2,080 43,661 8.1 2,080 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 52,974 11.0 2,098 54,296 12.2 2,100 – – – Sales............................................................. 48,806 12.1 2,112 48,792 12.2 2,112 – – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 60,985 20.8 2,204 60,985 20.8 2,204 – – – Sales, other business services.............................. 37,507 6.7 2,080 37,507 6.7 2,080 – – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 83,653 8.7 2,156 83,653 8.7 2,156 – – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 32,688 23.7 2,034 32,688 23.7 2,034 – – – Cashiers.................................................... 22,185 9.8 2,032 22,185 9.8 2,032 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 31,167 1.8 2,061 30,669 1.8 2,073 33,833 3.5 1,997 Supervisors, general office................................. 44,023 4.9 2,167 42,235 8.0 2,229 – – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 44,367 6.0 2,080 – – – – – – Computer operators.......................................... 40,750 2.1 2,080 – – – – – – Secretaries................................................. 32,964 3.8 2,041 33,962 4.3 2,075 29,121 4.4 1,906 Receptionists............................................... 23,820 2.9 2,029 23,685 2.8 2,033 – – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 25,296 5.5 2,060 25,296 5.5 2,060 – – – Order clerks................................................ 42,031 24.1 2,165 42,031 24.1 2,165 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 30,706 6.8 2,075 30,249 8.8 2,074 – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 31,888 4.1 2,052 31,807 5.2 2,044 – – – Dispatchers................................................. 42,795 13.3 2,249 – – – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 23,190 17.2 1,973 23,190 17.2 1,973 – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 28,070 10.8 2,080 27,939 10.7 2,080 – – – General office clerks....................................... 29,232 5.4 2,062 28,681 7.4 2,075 30,529 2.9 2,030 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 31,145 5.7 2,051 30,145 4.4 2,053 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 32,966 4.1 2,071 32,305 4.6 2,073 39,652 4.5 2,052 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... $41,336 4.3 2,064 $40,927 4.9 2,062 $44,727 1.6 2,080 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 63,018 10.6 2,225 63,350 11.4 2,237 – – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 41,121 3.8 2,080 – – – – – – Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 44,504 5.0 2,080 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 43,319 5.4 2,080 44,357 6.6 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 27,061 24.8 2,080 27,061 24.8 2,080 – – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 28,838 2.1 2,080 28,838 2.1 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 27,153 7.4 2,080 27,153 7.4 2,080 – – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 26,992 14.4 2,080 26,992 14.4 2,080 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 24,955 9.6 2,080 24,955 9.6 2,080 – – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 29,888 3.9 2,080 29,888 3.9 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 32,216 12.1 2,078 31,493 14.2 2,087 36,506 2.6 2,019 Truck drivers............................................... 32,305 7.5 2,091 32,305 7.5 2,091 – – – Bus drivers................................................. 31,038 5.2 1,927 – – – 31,115 5.4 1,927 Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators....................... 35,082 6.4 2,126 – – – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 25,727 3.7 2,080 25,727 3.7 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 25,079 6.1 2,067 24,376 6.3 2,066 35,230 2.5 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 30,925 13.5 2,080 – – – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 19,638 9.4 2,005 – – – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 23,290 6.4 2,072 23,290 6.4 2,072 – – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 31,071 11.6 2,070 31,167 12.1 2,069 – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 19,860 8.7 2,080 19,860 8.7 2,080 – – – Service............................................................. 27,618 6.2 2,017 22,365 3.8 2,005 39,578 8.8 2,045 Protective service............................................ 49,698 7.0 2,083 – – – 49,832 7.5 2,084 Police and detectives, public service....................... 56,217 4.1 2,078 – – – 56,217 4.1 2,078 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 46,320 5.4 2,099 – – – 46,320 5.4 2,099 Food service.................................................. 18,565 2.9 2,042 18,727 2.9 2,060 – – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 11,711 33.7 2,062 11,711 33.7 2,062 – – – Other food service........................................... 21,298 10.6 2,034 21,587 10.6 2,059 – – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 25,840 29.7 2,185 25,840 29.7 2,185 – – – Cooks....................................................... 23,040 12.9 2,026 23,040 12.9 2,026 – – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 19,130 6.9 1,919 20,637 6.8 2,059 – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 17,675 5.2 2,028 17,675 5.2 2,028 – – – Health service................................................ 25,542 2.3 2,033 24,538 3.2 2,026 – – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 25,272 6.8 2,053 24,922 7.2 2,052 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 24,930 3.5 2,026 24,469 3.5 2,022 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 22,689 3.0 2,076 20,874 2.6 2,080 25,410 2.0 2,069 Maids and housemen.......................................... $16,847 1.0 2,080 $16,847 1.0 2,080 – – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 24,464 5.3 2,074 23,410 10.5 2,080 $25,410 2.0 2,069 Personal service.............................................. 26,546 6.4 1,523 – – – 22,759 6.1 1,834 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 22,229 10.4 1,808 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $21.56 1.9 $20.57 2.5 $26.43 0.7 All excluding sales............................................... 21.69 1.7 20.60 2.3 26.45 .6 White collar........................................................ 25.23 2.2 24.23 2.8 29.78 1.5 1....................................................... 8.03 6.4 7.99 6.7 – – 2....................................................... 9.81 4.5 9.76 5.1 10.18 2.3 3....................................................... 11.11 1.9 11.00 2.1 12.70 3.3 4....................................................... 14.75 2.4 14.53 2.8 15.99 2.3 5....................................................... 16.90 3.5 16.94 4.4 16.78 3.4 6....................................................... 17.42 3.4 17.34 3.6 18.62 4.6 7....................................................... 23.07 1.8 21.17 2.9 26.45 1.6 8....................................................... 26.41 2.0 25.33 2.6 29.48 3.6 9....................................................... 31.45 6.1 31.89 7.9 30.10 1.9 10........................................................ 32.30 2.9 33.09 4.2 30.98 3.0 11........................................................ 42.72 4.8 44.74 5.8 37.07 6.6 12........................................................ 44.46 5.6 46.15 5.4 34.47 20.6 13........................................................ 57.60 2.5 58.58 2.4 – – 14........................................................ 63.61 12.8 54.15 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 25.98 10.1 26.05 10.2 16.53 10.2 White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.01 2.0 25.01 2.6 29.84 1.4 1....................................................... 8.82 12.9 8.78 13.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.80 5.6 10.97 7.4 10.21 2.1 3....................................................... 11.63 2.2 11.55 2.2 12.70 3.3 4....................................................... 14.46 2.2 14.08 2.7 15.99 2.3 5....................................................... 15.87 2.4 15.52 2.9 16.78 3.4 6....................................................... 17.51 3.9 17.41 4.1 18.81 3.5 7....................................................... 23.27 1.5 21.30 2.8 26.45 1.6 8....................................................... 25.55 2.2 23.98 3.2 29.48 3.6 9....................................................... 29.70 2.2 29.55 3.1 30.10 1.9 10........................................................ 32.48 3.0 33.46 4.3 31.03 3.0 11........................................................ 40.67 4.3 42.18 5.2 37.07 6.6 12........................................................ 44.46 5.6 46.15 5.4 34.47 20.6 13........................................................ 57.60 2.5 58.58 2.4 – – 14........................................................ 63.61 12.8 54.15 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.91 9.7 26.99 9.8 16.53 10.2 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.78 2.7 29.42 3.6 34.79 1.4 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.34 2.8 30.87 4.0 36.09 2.1 5....................................................... 13.74 7.3 13.53 7.4 – – 6....................................................... 18.39 11.0 18.11 11.9 – – 7....................................................... 26.09 3.3 22.09 5.8 28.67 1.7 8....................................................... 27.96 2.8 25.39 4.8 32.58 1.7 9....................................................... 30.36 3.2 30.24 4.7 30.61 2.8 10........................................................ 32.62 4.0 32.79 4.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.97 4.1 38.26 2.2 – – 12........................................................ 38.32 6.1 40.27 1.8 – – 13........................................................ $55.85 2.8 $53.86 2.0 – – 14........................................................ 64.02 13.6 52.16 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.74 6.5 31.93 6.5 $18.19 19.3 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.96 4.8 36.04 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.17 4.2 30.29 4.4 – – 10........................................................ 34.64 5.7 34.79 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 38.65 3.0 38.65 3.0 – – 12........................................................ 37.72 2.6 37.72 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.83 16.5 33.83 16.5 – – Civil engineers............................................. 36.95 3.2 37.34 2.6 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.71 4.6 38.71 4.6 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 37.89 5.7 37.89 5.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.00 5.4 32.04 5.7 – – 8....................................................... 24.05 7.3 23.71 8.1 – – 9....................................................... 31.63 6.9 31.62 7.4 – – 10........................................................ 36.97 5.2 36.97 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 37.03 4.5 38.06 5.0 – – 12........................................................ 42.56 3.9 42.56 3.9 – – 13........................................................ 54.00 .4 54.00 .4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.32 9.9 30.32 9.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 32.85 3.9 32.94 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 32.32 7.2 32.34 7.6 – – 10........................................................ 36.97 5.2 36.97 5.2 – – 11........................................................ 36.66 4.3 37.96 5.2 – – 12........................................................ 42.56 3.9 42.56 3.9 – – 13........................................................ 54.00 .4 54.00 .4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.59 8.5 31.59 8.5 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 26.63 10.1 26.63 10.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 34.91 15.0 – – – – Health related................................................ 29.71 2.6 29.73 2.5 29.42 14.6 7....................................................... 25.62 11.2 25.62 11.2 – – 8....................................................... 26.56 3.4 26.77 3.4 – – 9....................................................... 31.52 10.6 32.90 9.1 – – 11........................................................ 39.61 5.4 39.61 5.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 34.00 12.0 34.00 12.0 – – Registered nurses........................................... 28.32 5.9 28.72 5.8 – – 7....................................................... 24.81 5.5 24.81 5.5 – – 8....................................................... 26.73 3.4 26.95 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 31.18 12.1 32.72 10.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.83 5.4 30.83 5.4 – – Pharmacists................................................. 38.37 9.1 38.37 9.1 – – 11........................................................ 40.88 4.1 40.88 4.1 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 20.55 3.7 20.55 3.7 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 48.59 3.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 33.89 6.7 – – – – Health specialities teachers................................ 59.99 16.2 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... $29.68 1.9 $21.03 9.7 $30.75 0.4 5....................................................... 16.73 3.6 – – – – 6....................................................... 18.01 21.8 18.27 22.1 – – 7....................................................... 29.13 .3 – – 29.17 .3 8....................................................... 33.24 2.0 – – 33.56 1.9 9....................................................... 31.50 2.8 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.75 2.7 – – 31.13 2.6 7....................................................... 28.99 1.1 – – 28.99 1.1 8....................................................... 33.31 .3 – – 33.31 .3 9....................................................... 31.77 1.4 – – – – Secondary school teachers................................... 31.06 2.8 – – 31.12 2.8 7....................................................... 30.16 1.2 – – 30.22 1.3 8....................................................... 32.61 5.0 – – 32.61 5.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 18.59 26.1 19.77 28.5 – – Substitute teachers......................................... 14.12 9.0 – – 14.12 9.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 21.62 14.5 18.23 6.8 – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.60 4.8 14.56 9.5 23.35 6.2 Social workers.............................................. 17.36 5.5 13.94 9.7 23.44 6.5 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 29.85 12.9 27.17 11.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 38.96 5.7 39.76 5.3 – – Designers................................................... 19.58 31.5 19.58 31.5 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 30.88 1.0 30.88 1.0 – – Athletes.................................................... 50.69 22.5 – – – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.69 22.5 – – – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 28.49 17.5 – – – – Technical....................................................... 24.29 7.5 24.44 8.6 23.29 8.3 3....................................................... 13.26 .3 13.26 .3 – – 4....................................................... 14.67 7.4 14.67 7.4 – – 5....................................................... 18.05 3.8 17.46 5.7 – – 6....................................................... 21.03 7.3 21.12 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 18.74 11.8 14.23 17.6 – – 8....................................................... 22.62 3.9 22.66 4.7 – – 9....................................................... 26.69 2.6 26.69 2.6 – – 11........................................................ 61.25 20.0 61.25 20.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.13 13.2 23.13 13.2 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.25 5.1 21.68 4.7 – – 3....................................................... 13.55 1.2 13.55 1.2 – – 8....................................................... 20.00 5.0 20.00 5.0 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.20 6.5 24.32 7.1 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.09 3.3 17.71 4.8 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.74 7.2 21.62 7.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 26.30 2.7 25.26 3.6 – – Computer programmers........................................ 33.81 4.1 33.88 4.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $33.11 3.7 $33.00 4.4 $33.63 5.4 5....................................................... 16.99 12.6 17.49 16.1 – – 6....................................................... 18.44 6.8 18.52 7.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.73 4.2 21.83 4.6 – – 8....................................................... 22.59 4.5 22.61 5.1 – – 9....................................................... 28.98 4.0 29.15 4.5 28.21 7.7 10........................................................ 33.39 8.0 – – 29.41 5.0 11........................................................ 41.43 7.3 43.52 10.0 36.85 3.2 12........................................................ 52.42 5.4 53.55 5.8 44.89 5.1 13........................................................ 56.06 4.4 60.07 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.61 9.1 32.61 9.1 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.00 3.3 38.64 3.7 40.71 7.0 7....................................................... 22.00 6.7 22.00 6.7 – – 8....................................................... 24.17 7.1 24.00 7.5 – – 9....................................................... 30.72 6.5 30.36 7.4 32.80 10.6 10........................................................ 36.61 8.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 43.28 7.3 46.05 9.3 37.40 2.4 12........................................................ 53.45 4.9 54.81 5.5 44.89 5.1 13........................................................ 56.08 4.3 60.14 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.36 9.9 37.36 9.9 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 39.43 8.5 – – 39.43 8.5 11........................................................ 35.96 3.9 – – 35.96 3.9 Financial managers.......................................... 42.05 11.0 41.59 11.7 – – Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 37.60 19.6 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 45.85 8.1 45.85 8.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.60 8.6 – – 33.86 10.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 33.94 13.6 32.94 15.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.28 3.3 37.33 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 34.30 7.0 34.30 7.0 – – 11........................................................ 41.72 7.5 41.72 7.5 – – 12........................................................ 50.62 4.0 50.62 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.44 17.7 27.44 17.7 – – Management related............................................ 25.43 6.8 25.61 8.0 24.57 10.5 5....................................................... 15.19 2.5 15.13 3.3 – – 7....................................................... 21.49 5.5 21.65 6.3 – – 8....................................................... 21.34 3.2 21.33 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 27.15 4.6 27.76 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 35.90 17.8 36.25 24.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.05 19.2 28.05 19.2 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 22.47 6.4 22.36 6.9 – – Other financial officers.................................... 28.14 13.2 28.13 14.4 – – Management analysts......................................... 30.59 9.1 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.95 6.3 21.72 10.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 20.99 8.1 20.99 8.1 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.25 11.0 25.86 12.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... $28.50 16.2 $28.50 16.2 – – Sales............................................................. 20.33 11.5 20.34 11.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.56 7.6 7.56 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 8.74 4.3 8.73 4.4 – – 3....................................................... 8.55 3.3 8.55 3.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.70 4.0 15.70 4.0 – – 5....................................................... 21.60 11.3 21.60 11.3 – – 6....................................................... 16.71 8.0 16.73 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.06 9.2 20.06 9.2 – – 8....................................................... 34.02 11.3 34.11 11.5 – – 9....................................................... 49.87 28.2 49.87 28.2 – – 11........................................................ 59.79 17.2 59.79 17.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.31 10.0 16.31 10.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 27.67 17.7 27.67 17.7 – – 8....................................................... 32.29 26.2 32.29 26.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 17.62 6.6 17.62 6.6 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. 38.80 7.7 38.80 7.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.37 25.0 13.37 25.0 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.17 8.3 10.18 8.3 – – 1....................................................... 7.57 8.0 7.57 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.00 4.4 9.00 4.4 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.85 1.6 14.60 1.7 $16.12 2.9 1....................................................... 8.82 12.9 8.78 13.7 – – 2....................................................... 10.83 5.8 11.02 7.7 10.21 2.1 3....................................................... 11.59 2.3 11.50 2.2 12.80 2.7 4....................................................... 14.45 2.3 14.04 2.8 15.99 2.3 5....................................................... 16.19 2.4 15.88 2.8 16.78 4.7 6....................................................... 15.76 2.8 15.61 3.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.12 7.7 21.36 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.33 7.9 16.36 8.1 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.32 5.2 18.95 5.8 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 21.33 6.0 – – – – Computer operators.......................................... 19.59 2.1 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.03 3.7 16.26 4.2 15.08 3.8 3....................................................... 12.14 7.7 12.36 9.9 – – 4....................................................... 15.89 3.9 15.64 5.1 – – 5....................................................... 14.77 5.0 – – 14.42 4.1 6....................................................... 15.57 6.9 15.57 6.9 – – 7....................................................... 19.58 5.5 19.57 5.8 – – Interviewers................................................ 12.32 1.3 12.32 1.3 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.53 3.6 11.52 4.0 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.29 4.6 12.29 4.6 – – Order clerks................................................ 17.34 22.0 17.34 22.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 15.80 6.2 – – 15.80 6.2 4....................................................... $15.80 6.2 – – $15.80 6.2 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.79 6.8 $14.58 8.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.54 4.0 15.56 4.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.75 3.9 14.46 4.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 19.03 8.0 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.75 13.9 11.75 13.9 – – Stock and inventory clerks.................................. 16.16 10.9 – – – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.42 10.4 13.36 10.3 – – 4....................................................... 15.23 6.2 14.84 5.7 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.94 5.5 13.56 7.5 14.88 2.4 3....................................................... 12.16 5.7 – – – – 4....................................................... 13.82 7.2 13.40 9.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.63 5.7 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.95 2.5 – – 9.95 2.6 2....................................................... 9.40 .1 – – 9.40 .1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 14.97 5.8 14.46 4.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.67 5.3 13.56 5.7 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.55 4.0 15.22 4.4 18.94 4.6 1....................................................... 8.93 3.8 8.93 3.8 – – 2....................................................... 11.00 3.9 10.96 4.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.26 3.9 13.26 4.1 13.13 3.6 4....................................................... 14.33 4.4 14.06 5.0 16.48 2.8 5....................................................... 15.33 4.6 14.94 5.5 17.23 3.0 6....................................................... 19.24 7.1 18.84 8.8 20.96 4.9 7....................................................... 21.51 3.7 21.60 4.2 21.07 6.0 8....................................................... 24.40 6.4 24.70 9.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.84 6.7 27.66 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.62 10.0 20.62 10.0 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.81 4.7 19.61 5.2 21.50 1.6 3....................................................... 12.25 10.7 12.25 10.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.48 5.6 12.48 5.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.84 4.6 15.42 5.6 – – 6....................................................... 19.89 6.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.68 4.2 21.63 4.6 22.13 3.7 8....................................................... 25.20 5.8 26.15 5.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.80 7.2 26.52 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.39 7.2 23.39 7.2 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 28.33 7.2 28.32 7.8 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.77 3.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.20 3.6 – – – – Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 21.40 5.0 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.83 5.4 21.33 6.6 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.01 24.8 13.01 24.8 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 13.86 2.1 13.86 2.1 – – 7....................................................... $16.91 2.3 $16.91 2.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.95 7.3 12.95 7.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.38 4.6 8.38 4.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.69 1.3 11.69 1.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.98 3.9 10.98 3.9 – – 4....................................................... 12.39 3.3 12.39 3.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.24 6.9 15.24 6.9 – – 6....................................................... 16.86 2.4 16.86 2.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.19 3.5 19.19 3.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.90 14.5 12.90 14.5 – – 1....................................................... 8.24 10.2 8.24 10.2 – – Assemblers.................................................. 11.99 9.3 11.99 9.3 – – 4....................................................... 12.93 .0 12.93 .0 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.37 3.9 14.37 3.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.38 11.4 14.98 13.6 $17.58 2.1 2....................................................... 10.85 8.4 10.76 8.7 – – 3....................................................... 12.63 7.7 12.58 8.3 13.29 7.9 4....................................................... 16.54 5.3 16.62 6.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.88 3.7 15.81 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 21.95 8.0 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.45 7.0 15.45 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.14 9.4 13.14 9.4 – – 4....................................................... 17.77 8.3 17.77 8.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.04 4.4 16.04 4.4 – – Bus drivers................................................. 15.52 2.0 – – 15.54 2.1 3....................................................... 13.29 7.9 – – 13.29 7.9 Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators....................... 16.50 7.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.37 3.7 12.37 3.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.63 5.1 11.34 5.3 16.52 2.1 1....................................................... 8.95 5.2 8.96 5.3 – – 2....................................................... 11.12 6.5 11.12 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 15.48 6.0 15.74 6.7 – – 4....................................................... 13.96 10.3 13.65 11.5 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.58 12.6 – – 17.69 8.5 Construction laborers....................................... 9.79 9.4 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 9.97 5.1 9.97 5.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.30 6.1 8.30 6.1 – – 4....................................................... 13.11 7.8 13.11 7.8 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 14.29 8.7 14.31 8.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.92 10.6 10.92 10.6 – – Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners...................... 11.56 14.0 – – – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.45 6.2 9.45 6.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.40 3.7 8.40 3.7 – – 2....................................................... $10.62 1.9 $10.62 1.9 – – Service............................................................. 12.68 5.3 10.57 4.6 $18.57 7.4 1....................................................... 8.50 4.2 8.04 2.9 11.51 3.3 2....................................................... 10.90 6.0 10.95 6.5 10.50 11.0 3....................................................... 9.59 11.7 8.77 13.7 12.44 7.1 4....................................................... 13.99 7.7 13.93 10.0 14.19 3.7 5....................................................... 13.87 6.9 13.19 5.0 – – 6....................................................... 22.38 6.6 22.15 18.6 – – 7....................................................... 21.70 6.1 – – 22.17 6.4 9....................................................... 27.40 6.1 – – 27.40 6.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.69 18.9 12.69 18.9 – – Protective service............................................ 23.59 5.0 – – 23.70 5.4 7....................................................... 22.17 6.4 – – 22.17 6.4 9....................................................... 27.40 6.1 – – 27.40 6.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 27.05 4.1 – – 27.05 4.1 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 22.07 6.1 – – 22.07 6.1 Protective service, n.e.c................................... 13.62 22.5 – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.06 5.8 9.05 6.1 9.40 1.9 1....................................................... 7.98 4.7 7.96 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 10.17 5.1 10.30 5.4 – – 3....................................................... 6.97 24.4 6.92 25.0 – – 4....................................................... 9.40 7.8 9.40 7.8 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.63 30.7 5.63 30.7 – – 1....................................................... 6.33 19.5 6.33 19.5 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 4.81 38.4 4.81 38.4 – – Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants............................. 8.04 1.4 8.04 1.4 – – Other food service........................................... 10.26 4.7 10.33 5.1 9.40 1.9 1....................................................... 8.65 7.2 8.65 7.4 – – 2....................................................... 10.23 5.8 10.39 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.39 9.1 10.45 9.4 – – 4....................................................... 9.40 7.8 9.40 7.8 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.65 22.9 11.65 22.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.37 9.7 11.37 9.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.20 7.5 10.25 7.9 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.68 5.9 8.53 7.5 9.41 2.1 1....................................................... 8.56 7.8 8.55 8.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.14 4.7 – – – – Health service................................................ 12.49 3.4 12.06 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 12.06 5.9 12.06 5.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.52 6.3 11.82 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 13.36 7.4 12.11 2.4 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.32 6.9 12.15 7.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.23 4.5 12.04 4.9 – – 2....................................................... 12.13 6.5 12.13 6.5 – – 3....................................................... 12.52 6.3 11.82 5.2 – – 4....................................................... $12.14 2.5 $12.14 2.5 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.66 4.0 9.78 3.9 $12.28 2.0 1....................................................... 9.70 10.3 8.14 2.0 – – 3....................................................... 11.15 4.9 10.31 6.5 12.17 3.0 4....................................................... 13.39 16.1 13.39 16.1 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.10 1.0 8.10 1.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.37 6.0 10.61 9.7 12.28 2.0 1....................................................... 10.95 6.8 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.35 6.1 10.60 9.5 12.17 3.0 4....................................................... 14.56 14.6 14.56 14.6 – – Personal service.............................................. 13.20 14.0 13.47 17.1 12.14 10.7 3....................................................... 8.84 14.4 8.01 13.0 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 12.15 13.4 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $22.45 2.1 $21.46 2.7 $27.26 0.8 All excluding sales............................................... 22.39 2.0 21.28 2.6 27.27 .8 White collar........................................................ 26.06 2.4 25.04 3.1 30.74 1.7 1....................................................... 8.18 13.1 8.18 13.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.24 6.2 10.16 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 11.50 1.6 11.36 1.6 – – 4....................................................... 14.93 2.2 14.70 2.6 16.17 3.0 5....................................................... 17.01 3.6 17.07 4.5 16.81 3.5 6....................................................... 17.53 3.1 17.44 3.2 18.84 4.2 7....................................................... 23.12 1.9 21.12 3.0 26.77 1.8 8....................................................... 26.49 2.1 25.42 2.7 29.36 3.6 9....................................................... 31.83 6.3 32.09 8.1 30.96 2.8 10........................................................ 32.50 2.9 33.28 4.4 31.19 2.8 11........................................................ 42.74 4.8 44.77 5.8 37.07 6.6 12........................................................ 44.46 5.6 46.15 5.4 34.47 20.6 13........................................................ 57.60 2.5 58.58 2.4 – – 14........................................................ 65.72 13.3 54.15 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.09 10.3 26.14 10.4 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 26.46 2.3 25.37 2.9 30.76 1.8 2....................................................... 11.05 7.3 10.98 7.7 – – 3....................................................... 11.74 2.3 11.60 2.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.61 2.0 14.22 2.5 16.17 3.0 5....................................................... 15.94 2.5 15.62 3.0 16.81 3.5 6....................................................... 17.64 3.6 17.54 3.8 19.05 2.9 7....................................................... 23.33 1.6 21.24 2.9 26.77 1.8 8....................................................... 25.57 2.3 23.94 3.4 29.35 3.7 9....................................................... 30.01 2.3 29.68 3.0 30.96 2.8 10........................................................ 32.71 3.0 33.70 4.5 31.26 2.9 11........................................................ 40.70 4.4 42.22 5.2 37.07 6.6 12........................................................ 44.46 5.6 46.15 5.4 34.47 20.6 13........................................................ 57.60 2.5 58.58 2.4 – – 14........................................................ 65.72 13.3 54.15 5.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.05 9.9 27.11 9.9 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.17 2.9 29.70 3.8 35.66 1.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.89 2.8 31.27 4.0 37.17 1.9 5....................................................... 13.51 7.6 13.51 7.6 – – 6....................................................... 18.83 9.4 18.51 10.3 – – 7....................................................... 26.60 3.3 22.03 5.8 29.32 1.9 8....................................................... 28.03 3.0 25.27 5.4 32.49 1.9 9....................................................... 30.92 2.9 30.54 4.5 31.74 1.8 10........................................................ 33.06 4.0 33.11 4.5 – – 11........................................................ 38.01 4.1 38.32 2.2 – – 12........................................................ 38.32 6.1 40.27 1.8 – – 13........................................................ 55.85 2.8 53.86 2.0 – – 14........................................................ $66.44 14.1 $52.16 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.03 6.6 32.13 6.6 – – Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 35.96 4.8 36.04 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 30.17 4.2 30.29 4.4 – – 10........................................................ 34.64 5.7 34.79 6.3 – – 11........................................................ 38.65 3.0 38.65 3.0 – – 12........................................................ 37.72 2.6 37.72 2.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 33.83 16.5 33.83 16.5 – – Civil engineers............................................. 36.95 3.2 37.34 2.6 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 38.71 4.6 38.71 4.6 – – Mechanical engineers........................................ 37.89 5.7 37.89 5.7 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 32.16 5.1 32.20 5.3 – – 8....................................................... 24.05 7.3 23.71 8.1 – – 9....................................................... 31.63 6.9 31.62 7.4 – – 11........................................................ 37.03 4.5 38.06 5.0 – – 12........................................................ 42.56 3.9 42.56 3.9 – – 13........................................................ 54.00 .4 54.00 .4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.32 9.9 30.32 9.9 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 33.04 3.5 33.13 3.6 – – 9....................................................... 32.32 7.2 32.34 7.6 – – 11........................................................ 36.66 4.3 37.96 5.2 – – 12........................................................ 42.56 3.9 42.56 3.9 – – 13........................................................ 54.00 .4 54.00 .4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.59 8.5 31.59 8.5 – – Operations and systems researchers and analysts............. 26.63 10.1 26.63 10.1 – – Natural scientists............................................ 35.97 14.7 – – – – Health related................................................ 30.45 2.3 30.64 2.3 – – 7....................................................... 27.03 12.2 27.03 12.2 – – 8....................................................... 26.55 4.1 26.81 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 33.85 9.5 33.95 9.4 – – 11........................................................ 40.45 5.8 40.45 5.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.15 15.3 35.15 15.3 – – Registered nurses........................................... 29.18 6.3 29.39 6.2 – – 8....................................................... 26.67 4.1 26.94 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 33.99 10.6 34.11 10.5 – – Pharmacists................................................. 41.94 2.8 41.94 2.8 – – Respiratory therapists...................................... 20.51 3.9 20.51 3.9 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 49.03 4.0 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.43 2.0 20.98 10.0 $31.61 0.1 7....................................................... 29.85 .4 – – 29.89 .4 8....................................................... 33.16 2.3 – – 33.48 2.2 9....................................................... 31.51 2.8 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 30.88 2.2 – – 31.26 2.0 7....................................................... 29.35 .0 – – 29.35 .0 8....................................................... 33.06 .4 – – 33.06 .4 9....................................................... 31.77 1.4 29.95 6.9 – – Secondary school teachers................................... $31.19 2.5 – – $31.26 2.6 7....................................................... 30.16 1.2 – – 30.22 1.3 8....................................................... 32.74 5.6 – – 32.74 5.6 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 20.09 29.4 $20.09 29.4 – – Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... 21.86 15.0 – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 17.82 4.8 14.49 10.7 23.48 6.1 Social workers.............................................. 17.46 4.8 14.12 9.4 23.60 6.3 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 30.02 13.4 27.12 12.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 40.14 5.3 40.14 5.3 – – Designers................................................... 19.58 31.5 19.58 31.5 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 30.97 1.3 30.97 1.3 – – Professional, n.e.c......................................... 28.49 17.5 – – – – Technical....................................................... 24.39 7.6 24.55 8.8 23.34 8.3 3....................................................... 13.30 .1 13.30 .1 – – 4....................................................... 14.98 8.1 14.98 8.1 – – 5....................................................... 18.05 3.8 17.46 5.7 – – 6....................................................... 21.06 7.4 21.12 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 18.74 11.8 14.23 17.6 – – 8....................................................... 22.59 3.9 22.62 4.8 – – 9....................................................... 26.69 2.6 26.69 2.6 – – 11........................................................ 61.25 20.0 61.25 20.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.13 13.2 23.13 13.2 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 21.31 5.2 21.76 4.6 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.58 6.7 24.58 6.7 – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 18.10 3.3 17.71 4.8 – – Electrical and electronic technicians....................... 21.74 7.2 21.62 7.4 – – Engineering technicians, n.e.c.............................. 26.30 2.7 25.26 3.6 – – Computer programmers........................................ 33.81 4.1 33.88 4.2 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.30 3.7 33.21 4.3 33.71 5.4 5....................................................... 17.21 12.8 17.81 16.3 – – 6....................................................... 18.44 6.8 18.52 7.7 – – 7....................................................... 21.73 4.3 21.83 4.6 – – 8....................................................... 22.82 4.6 22.88 5.1 – – 9....................................................... 28.99 4.1 29.13 4.6 28.37 8.2 10........................................................ 33.39 8.0 – – 29.41 5.0 11........................................................ 41.43 7.3 43.52 10.0 36.85 3.2 12........................................................ 52.42 5.4 53.55 5.8 44.89 5.1 13........................................................ 56.06 4.4 60.07 6.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.61 9.1 32.61 9.1 – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 39.25 3.4 38.94 3.8 40.71 7.0 7....................................................... 22.00 6.7 22.00 6.7 – – 8....................................................... 24.80 7.5 24.62 7.8 – – 9....................................................... $30.70 6.6 $30.33 7.6 $32.80 10.6 10........................................................ 36.61 8.0 – – – – 11........................................................ 43.28 7.3 46.05 9.3 37.40 2.4 12........................................................ 53.45 4.9 54.81 5.5 44.89 5.1 13........................................................ 56.08 4.3 60.14 6.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 37.36 9.9 37.36 9.9 – – Administrators and officials, public administration......... 39.43 8.5 – – 39.43 8.5 11........................................................ 35.96 3.9 – – 35.96 3.9 Financial managers.......................................... 42.05 11.0 41.59 11.7 – – Personnel and labor relations managers...................... 37.60 19.6 – – – – Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations...... 47.72 7.1 47.72 7.1 – – Administrators, education and related fields................ 33.60 8.6 – – 33.86 10.5 Managers, medicine and health............................... 34.09 14.3 33.03 16.6 – – Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 37.28 3.3 37.33 3.3 – – 9....................................................... 34.30 7.0 34.30 7.0 – – 11........................................................ 41.72 7.5 41.72 7.5 – – 12........................................................ 50.62 4.0 50.62 4.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.44 17.7 27.44 17.7 – – Management related............................................ 25.53 6.8 25.74 7.9 24.55 10.8 5....................................................... 15.35 1.9 15.35 2.5 – – 7....................................................... 21.49 5.5 21.65 6.3 – – 8....................................................... 21.43 3.2 21.43 3.8 – – 9....................................................... 27.19 4.7 27.76 5.6 – – 11........................................................ 35.90 17.8 36.25 24.1 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.05 19.2 28.05 19.2 – – Accountants and auditors.................................... 22.47 6.5 22.36 6.9 – – Other financial officers.................................... 28.49 12.8 28.51 14.0 – – Management analysts......................................... 30.59 9.1 – – – – Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists........ 22.80 6.6 21.72 10.2 – – Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c......................... 20.99 8.1 20.99 8.1 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 25.25 11.0 25.86 12.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 28.50 16.2 28.50 16.2 – – Sales............................................................. 23.11 11.7 23.10 11.8 – – 3....................................................... 9.09 5.2 9.09 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 16.10 4.2 16.10 4.2 – – 5....................................................... 21.60 11.3 21.60 11.3 – – 6....................................................... 16.71 8.0 16.73 8.4 – – 7....................................................... 20.06 9.2 20.06 9.2 – – 8....................................................... 34.02 11.3 34.11 11.5 – – 9....................................................... 49.87 28.2 49.87 28.2 – – 11........................................................ 59.79 17.2 59.79 17.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.31 10.0 16.31 10.0 – – Supervisors, sales.......................................... 27.67 17.7 27.67 17.7 – – 8....................................................... 32.29 26.2 32.29 26.2 – – Sales, other business services.............................. 18.03 6.7 18.03 6.7 – – Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale. $38.80 7.7 $38.80 7.7 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 16.07 23.9 16.07 23.9 – – Cashiers.................................................... 10.92 9.1 10.92 9.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.32 4.7 9.32 4.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.12 1.7 14.79 1.7 $16.94 3.5 2....................................................... 11.10 7.7 11.03 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 11.69 2.3 11.54 2.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.59 2.1 14.16 2.6 16.17 3.0 5....................................................... 16.27 2.4 15.99 2.9 16.78 4.7 6....................................................... 15.81 2.8 15.66 3.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.12 7.7 21.36 8.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 16.40 8.2 16.43 8.4 – – Supervisors, general office................................. 20.32 5.2 18.95 5.8 – – Supervisors, financial records processing................... 21.33 6.0 – – – – Computer operators.......................................... 19.59 2.1 – – – – Secretaries................................................. 16.15 3.7 16.36 4.3 15.28 4.4 3....................................................... 12.49 10.2 12.38 11.5 – – 4....................................................... 15.99 3.7 15.76 5.0 – – 5....................................................... 14.77 5.0 – – 14.42 4.1 6....................................................... 15.73 7.5 15.73 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 19.58 5.5 19.57 5.8 – – Receptionists............................................... 11.74 3.4 11.65 3.5 – – Information clerks, n.e.c................................... 12.28 4.7 12.28 4.7 – – Order clerks................................................ 19.41 20.2 19.41 20.2 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 14.79 6.8 14.58 8.8 – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 15.54 4.0 15.56 4.9 – – 4....................................................... 14.75 3.9 14.46 4.3 – – Dispatchers................................................. 19.03 8.0 – – – – Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks...................... 11.75 14.0 11.75 14.0 – – Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............... 13.50 10.8 13.43 10.7 – – 4....................................................... 15.23 6.2 14.84 5.7 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.18 5.4 13.82 7.5 15.04 2.9 4....................................................... 13.76 7.4 13.40 9.0 – – 5....................................................... 15.63 5.7 – – – – Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.18 5.5 14.68 4.3 – – 4....................................................... 14.02 5.4 13.91 6.0 – – Blue collar......................................................... 15.92 4.0 15.58 4.4 19.32 4.4 1....................................................... 9.05 4.5 9.05 4.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.07 4.0 11.03 4.1 – – 3....................................................... 13.32 4.1 13.29 4.2 – – 4....................................................... 14.66 4.2 14.40 4.8 17.02 1.1 5....................................................... 15.33 4.7 14.93 5.5 17.23 3.0 6....................................................... 19.24 7.1 18.84 8.8 20.96 4.9 7....................................................... 21.51 3.7 21.60 4.2 21.07 6.0 8....................................................... $24.40 6.4 $24.70 9.3 – – 9....................................................... 27.84 6.7 27.66 6.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.74 9.8 20.74 9.8 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.03 4.7 19.85 5.2 $21.50 1.6 3....................................................... 12.25 10.7 12.25 10.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.83 4.6 12.83 4.6 – – 5....................................................... 15.84 4.6 15.42 5.6 – – 6....................................................... 19.89 6.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.68 4.2 21.63 4.6 22.13 3.7 8....................................................... 25.20 5.8 26.15 5.1 – – 9....................................................... 26.80 7.2 26.52 7.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.68 6.4 23.68 6.4 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 28.33 7.2 28.32 7.8 – – Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics................. 19.77 3.8 – – – – 7....................................................... 20.20 3.6 – – – – Heavy equipment mechanics................................... 21.40 5.0 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 20.83 5.4 21.33 6.6 – – Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers.............. 13.01 24.8 13.01 24.8 – – Butchers and meat cutters................................... 13.86 2.1 13.86 2.1 – – 7....................................................... 16.91 2.3 16.91 2.3 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.05 7.4 13.05 7.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.43 4.4 8.43 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 11.72 1.2 11.72 1.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.87 3.7 10.87 3.7 – – 4....................................................... 12.74 1.5 12.74 1.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.24 6.9 15.24 6.9 – – 6....................................................... 16.86 2.4 16.86 2.4 – – 7....................................................... 19.19 3.5 19.19 3.5 – – Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c...................... 12.98 14.4 12.98 14.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 12.00 9.6 12.00 9.6 – – 4....................................................... 12.93 .0 12.93 .0 – – Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............... 14.37 3.9 14.37 3.9 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.51 11.7 15.09 13.7 18.08 3.3 2....................................................... 10.99 8.6 10.90 8.9 – – 3....................................................... 12.62 8.3 12.54 8.6 – – 4....................................................... 16.68 5.6 16.62 6.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.88 3.7 15.81 4.6 – – 7....................................................... 21.95 8.0 – – – – Truck drivers............................................... 15.45 7.0 15.45 7.0 – – 3....................................................... 13.10 9.7 13.10 9.7 – – 4....................................................... 17.77 8.3 17.77 8.3 – – 5....................................................... 16.04 4.4 16.04 4.4 – – Bus drivers................................................. 16.11 2.8 – – 16.15 2.9 Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators....................... $16.50 7.8 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 12.37 3.7 $12.37 3.7 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.13 6.1 11.80 6.3 $16.94 2.5 1....................................................... 9.18 7.6 9.18 7.6 – – 2....................................................... 11.13 7.4 11.13 7.4 – – 3....................................................... 15.66 6.2 15.83 6.8 – – 4....................................................... 14.19 10.2 13.88 11.5 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 14.87 13.5 – – – – Construction laborers....................................... 9.79 9.4 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 11.24 6.2 11.24 6.2 – – Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................ 15.01 11.5 15.06 11.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.87 13.2 10.87 13.2 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.55 8.7 9.55 8.7 – – Service............................................................. 13.69 6.0 11.15 4.7 19.35 7.7 1....................................................... 9.25 5.7 8.65 3.9 – – 2....................................................... 11.24 7.4 11.15 8.1 – – 3....................................................... 9.83 12.1 8.86 14.8 12.52 7.0 4....................................................... 14.52 8.2 14.64 11.2 14.19 3.7 5....................................................... 13.87 6.9 13.19 5.0 – – 6....................................................... 22.70 6.1 23.23 18.0 – – 7....................................................... 21.70 6.1 – – 22.17 6.4 9....................................................... 27.40 6.1 – – 27.40 6.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 12.69 18.9 12.69 18.9 – – Protective service............................................ 23.86 5.5 – – 23.92 6.0 7....................................................... 22.17 6.4 – – 22.17 6.4 9....................................................... 27.40 6.1 – – 27.40 6.1 Police and detectives, public service....................... 27.05 4.1 – – 27.05 4.1 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers...... 22.07 6.1 – – 22.07 6.1 Food service.................................................. 9.09 3.2 9.09 3.2 – – 1....................................................... 8.79 4.0 8.79 4.0 – – 2....................................................... 9.01 4.4 9.01 4.4 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.68 33.5 5.68 33.5 – – Other food service........................................... 10.47 8.7 10.49 8.8 – – 1....................................................... 8.95 4.4 8.95 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 8.52 3.4 8.52 3.4 – – 3....................................................... 10.33 10.6 10.39 10.9 – – Supervisors, food preparation and service................... 11.82 25.3 11.82 25.3 – – Cooks....................................................... 11.37 9.7 11.37 9.7 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 9.97 5.9 10.02 6.3 – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.72 4.1 8.72 4.1 – – 1....................................................... 8.74 4.4 8.74 4.4 – – Health service................................................ 12.56 3.3 12.11 4.4 – – 2....................................................... 12.07 6.0 12.07 6.0 – – 3....................................................... 12.70 5.7 11.99 4.5 – – 4....................................................... $13.57 7.9 $12.20 3.0 – – Health aides, except nursing................................ 12.31 7.1 12.14 7.5 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 12.31 4.4 12.10 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 12.14 6.6 12.14 6.6 – – 3....................................................... 12.70 5.7 11.99 4.5 – – 4....................................................... 12.25 3.3 12.25 3.3 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 10.93 3.0 10.04 2.6 $12.28 2.0 1....................................................... 9.70 10.3 8.14 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 11.71 9.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.16 5.1 10.22 7.0 12.17 3.0 4....................................................... 14.56 14.6 14.56 14.6 – – Maids and housemen.......................................... 8.10 1.0 8.10 1.0 – – Janitors and cleaners....................................... 11.79 5.3 11.25 10.5 12.28 2.0 1....................................................... 10.95 6.8 – – – – 2....................................................... 12.59 9.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.38 6.4 10.54 10.8 12.17 3.0 4....................................................... 14.56 14.6 14.56 14.6 – – Personal service.............................................. 17.43 13.6 – – 12.41 9.5 Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 12.29 13.5 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $12.15 4.1 $11.43 4.0 $16.26 7.0 All excluding sales............................................... 13.02 3.8 12.25 3.3 16.39 7.5 White collar........................................................ 14.50 6.5 13.53 6.9 18.51 6.5 1....................................................... 7.85 3.3 7.76 3.1 – – 2....................................................... 8.87 4.4 8.55 5.8 9.64 2.2 3....................................................... 9.88 6.1 9.86 6.7 10.16 3.7 4....................................................... 12.72 3.3 12.71 3.7 12.81 4.1 5....................................................... 14.51 5.1 13.65 4.6 – – 6....................................................... 13.25 17.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.07 4.8 22.43 6.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.25 5.0 24.40 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 24.90 7.2 26.73 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.38 17.7 21.10 18.3 – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 17.92 4.6 17.57 5.4 18.74 7.2 2....................................................... 9.88 2.0 10.81 3.9 9.66 2.5 3....................................................... 11.11 5.9 11.26 7.0 10.16 3.7 4....................................................... 11.94 2.8 11.73 2.6 12.81 4.1 5....................................................... 14.51 5.1 13.65 4.6 – – 6....................................................... 13.25 17.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.07 4.8 22.43 6.8 – – 8....................................................... 25.25 5.0 24.40 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 24.90 7.2 26.73 8.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 20.38 17.7 21.10 18.3 – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.85 3.9 23.54 4.8 24.40 5.9 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.22 3.5 24.07 4.2 24.47 5.9 5....................................................... 15.57 6.6 – – – – 7....................................................... 22.07 4.8 – – – – 8....................................................... 27.26 3.4 26.24 4.0 – – 9....................................................... 24.53 7.3 26.28 8.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.92 12.7 25.73 10.3 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... – – – – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 27.28 4.8 26.13 3.5 – – 8....................................................... 26.60 .9 26.60 .9 – – 9....................................................... 25.45 11.6 – – – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.48 4.1 26.28 3.6 – – 8....................................................... 27.03 2.0 27.03 2.0 – – 9....................................................... 24.39 10.9 – – – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 20.67 7.1 21.71 13.8 20.57 7.6 5....................................................... 16.56 4.1 – – – – Elementary school teachers.................................. 28.91 8.3 – – – – Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 13.37 11.3 – – – – Substitute teachers......................................... 14.12 9.0 – – 14.12 9.0 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... $25.35 19.0 – – – – Technical....................................................... 15.47 13.1 $15.32 14.4 – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 20.77 11.7 – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.77 6.1 8.78 6.2 – – 1....................................................... 7.56 1.9 7.56 2.0 – – 2....................................................... 8.32 6.2 8.31 6.3 – – 3....................................................... 8.19 3.5 8.19 3.5 – – 4....................................................... 13.59 4.0 13.59 4.0 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 9.20 13.2 9.20 13.2 – – Cashiers.................................................... 8.82 9.1 8.84 9.4 – – 1....................................................... 7.58 2.1 7.58 2.2 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 11.32 3.0 11.75 4.5 $10.13 2.1 2....................................................... 9.88 2.0 10.81 3.9 9.66 2.5 3....................................................... 11.10 6.3 11.27 7.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.95 3.1 11.72 2.9 12.81 4.1 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.30 9.7 14.30 9.7 – – Secretaries................................................. 13.11 9.4 13.86 10.0 – – General office clerks....................................... 11.70 4.8 11.15 3.9 – – Teachers' aides............................................. 9.47 .3 – – 9.47 .3 2....................................................... 9.40 .1 – – 9.40 .1 Blue collar......................................................... 9.92 3.8 9.59 3.0 13.17 9.4 1....................................................... 8.47 4.8 8.48 4.8 – – 2....................................................... 9.74 9.7 9.71 9.9 – – 3....................................................... 11.90 5.9 – – 10.97 7.3 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... – – – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.53 17.2 – – 13.81 5.0 3....................................................... 12.89 6.7 – – – – Bus drivers................................................. 13.81 5.0 – – 13.81 5.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 9.20 3.2 9.23 3.3 – – 1....................................................... 8.53 4.6 8.54 4.6 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.11 5.4 8.11 5.4 – – 1....................................................... $7.75 4.5 $7.75 4.5 – – Laborers, except construction, n.e.c........................ 9.01 13.4 9.01 13.4 – – Service............................................................. 8.96 8.6 8.92 9.6 $9.30 2.9 1....................................................... 7.17 5.2 7.12 5.5 8.30 5.8 2....................................................... 10.30 7.8 10.51 8.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.53 12.7 8.48 13.1 – – 4....................................................... 11.00 5.5 11.00 5.5 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.02 11.8 8.96 13.8 9.43 2.1 1....................................................... 7.13 6.0 7.06 6.2 – – 2....................................................... 10.79 5.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 7.88 27.9 7.85 28.5 – – Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... 5.52 26.4 5.52 26.4 – – Waiters and waitresses...................................... 5.55 36.8 5.55 36.8 – – Other food service........................................... 9.95 3.3 10.05 3.5 9.43 2.1 1....................................................... 8.32 12.1 8.29 12.9 – – 2....................................................... 10.86 5.7 – – – – Food preparation, n.e.c..................................... 8.64 9.0 8.29 13.4 9.41 2.1 1....................................................... 8.35 13.1 – – – – Health service................................................ 11.22 2.8 11.22 2.8 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.15 2.8 11.15 2.8 – – Cleaning and building service................................. – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 8.11 9.6 8.09 9.9 – – 3....................................................... 7.92 12.3 7.87 12.5 – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on 10 factors, including knowledge, complexity, work environment, etc. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendixes C and D for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $22.45 $12.15 $21.20 $21.63 $21.15 $30.23 All excluding sales............................................. 22.39 13.02 21.64 21.69 21.60 26.26 White collar........................................................ 26.06 14.50 25.52 25.20 24.82 31.64 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 26.46 17.92 27.49 25.85 25.95 29.26 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 31.17 23.85 31.38 30.67 31.02 – Professional specialty.......................................... 32.89 24.22 29.68 32.83 32.63 – Technical....................................................... 24.39 15.47 40.87 22.12 24.40 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.30 20.77 – 33.11 32.60 46.72 Sales............................................................. 23.11 8.77 15.05 21.03 14.67 32.50 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.12 11.32 16.72 14.68 14.67 – Blue collar......................................................... 15.92 9.92 18.22 14.15 15.47 18.78 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 20.03 – 20.33 19.41 19.69 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 13.05 – 12.89 12.97 12.95 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.51 11.53 20.32 12.91 15.42 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 12.13 9.20 14.14 10.57 11.63 – Service............................................................. 13.69 8.96 16.31 12.29 12.52 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.1 4.1 2.5 2.1 1.9 12.9 All excluding sales............................................. 2.0 3.8 2.0 1.9 1.8 25.4 White collar........................................................ 2.4 6.5 4.6 2.3 2.0 12.7 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.3 4.6 4.7 2.1 2.0 27.4 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.9 3.9 4.0 3.0 2.7 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.8 3.5 3.1 2.7 2.6 – Technical....................................................... 7.6 13.1 25.6 7.7 7.6 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 3.7 11.7 – 3.8 4.1 25.9 Sales............................................................. 11.7 6.1 .8 12.4 7.8 13.3 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.7 3.0 5.6 1.6 2.1 – Blue collar......................................................... 4.0 3.8 6.1 4.2 3.9 14.4 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 4.7 – 5.8 4.8 4.9 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.4 – 6.0 9.5 7.3 – Transportation and material moving................................ 11.7 17.2 10.5 8.0 11.5 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 6.1 3.2 5.8 5.1 5.1 – Service............................................................. 6.0 8.6 11.8 4.6 5.0 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $20.57 $22.60 $29.59 $19.93 $22.96 $20.04 $21.39 $15.11 - $22.13 All excluding sales............................................. 20.60 22.33 29.59 19.44 22.74 20.10 21.57 14.31 - 22.17 White collar........................................................ 24.23 30.59 31.32 28.04 30.90 23.05 24.01 17.47 - 25.19 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.01 30.64 31.32 26.79 31.14 23.82 24.74 18.39 - 25.38 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.42 34.00 – – 34.82 28.35 38.22 20.10 - 28.21 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.87 36.51 – – 37.49 29.50 30.65 21.60 - 30.05 Technical....................................................... 24.44 24.10 – – 23.78 24.51 43.31 – - 21.51 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.00 33.81 40.05 33.78 33.05 32.69 39.62 29.26 - 33.62 Sales............................................................. 20.34 29.95 – – 28.01 19.64 18.62 16.85 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.60 16.62 – – 16.27 14.39 13.95 14.81 - 14.00 Blue collar......................................................... 15.22 14.97 – 16.76 14.09 15.40 18.28 13.89 - 13.96 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.61 17.82 – 19.45 16.06 21.66 25.46 19.70 - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.95 13.75 – – 13.75 10.13 – 9.74 - 8.40 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.98 14.44 – – 13.37 15.06 17.23 13.33 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.34 10.73 – – 11.41 11.59 15.70 9.53 - 10.16 Service............................................................. 10.57 11.67 – – 11.67 10.55 – 9.15 - 10.62 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.5 4.9 12.0 9.0 5.9 2.7 6.9 3.7 - 2.4 All excluding sales............................................. 2.3 4.9 12.0 7.0 6.0 2.5 7.9 3.2 - 2.7 White collar........................................................ 2.8 3.2 9.6 9.0 3.5 3.1 12.1 4.6 - 2.5 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.6 2.8 9.6 6.8 2.8 2.9 14.3 3.3 - 2.6 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.6 5.0 – – 4.4 3.8 15.3 19.6 - 4.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.0 4.6 – – 3.7 4.4 3.2 33.4 - 4.5 Technical....................................................... 8.6 1.5 – – 1.6 10.5 28.6 – - 11.4 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.4 4.9 26.7 2.8 5.9 5.8 8.4 5.6 - 4.4 Sales............................................................. 11.6 12.6 – – 15.1 12.8 10.4 10.6 - – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.7 3.8 – – 5.2 1.7 6.8 1.4 - 2.2 Blue collar......................................................... 4.4 2.9 – .6 5.0 7.3 17.4 4.2 - 11.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.2 7.6 – 17.0 3.7 4.7 2.9 5.5 - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.3 7.3 – – 7.3 14.1 – 12.2 - 6.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.6 10.4 – – 16.1 15.6 28.3 5.5 - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.3 8.1 – – 7.0 6.4 5.6 5.1 - 1.1 Service............................................................. 4.6 9.5 – – 9.5 4.7 – 6.5 - 5.1 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $20.57 $17.47 $21.55 $19.79 $23.72 All excluding sales............................................. 20.60 16.62 21.73 19.68 24.04 White collar........................................................ 24.23 22.24 24.72 23.28 26.29 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 25.01 22.68 25.45 23.91 26.89 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.42 29.07 29.46 28.55 30.07 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.87 31.82 30.76 29.19 32.03 Technical....................................................... 24.44 23.99 24.54 23.17 24.89 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 33.00 30.86 33.37 31.70 35.63 Sales............................................................. 20.34 21.36 19.68 20.56 16.53 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.60 14.25 14.69 14.02 15.52 Blue collar......................................................... 15.22 13.70 15.87 14.44 17.94 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 19.61 17.58 20.35 19.91 20.81 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 12.95 12.58 13.09 13.95 12.33 Transportation and material moving................................ 14.98 14.29 15.30 12.52 24.77 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 11.34 9.85 12.15 10.55 14.81 Service............................................................. 10.57 8.90 11.52 10.85 12.93 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 2.5 6.5 2.6 3.2 4.2 All excluding sales............................................. 2.3 2.5 2.6 3.2 4.0 White collar........................................................ 2.8 8.1 3.0 3.1 5.2 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 2.6 4.7 2.9 2.8 4.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 3.6 3.9 4.1 4.0 5.1 Professional specialty.......................................... 4.0 4.9 4.6 5.8 4.5 Technical....................................................... 8.6 2.6 10.5 14.3 12.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 4.4 9.0 4.2 6.1 7.2 Sales............................................................. 11.6 23.8 12.2 14.8 7.0 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 1.7 5.8 2.0 2.8 5.0 Blue collar......................................................... 4.4 6.9 6.6 6.0 7.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 5.2 8.8 4.3 6.5 5.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 7.3 15.2 5.9 7.1 5.6 Transportation and material moving................................ 13.6 8.1 20.7 12.7 10.8 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 5.3 6.1 5.2 2.7 8.7 Service............................................................. 4.6 5.7 5.7 7.2 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. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $11.87 $17.73 $26.73 $38.53 All excluding sales........................... 9.50 12.00 18.05 27.07 38.53 White collar.................................... 10.77 14.61 20.74 31.73 44.48 White collar excluding sales................ 11.45 15.39 22.12 32.81 44.67 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.01 20.96 27.84 36.93 47.56 Professional specialty...................... 18.11 22.75 29.87 38.88 49.24 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.89 28.62 35.00 41.54 49.28 Civil engineers......................... 22.75 33.00 35.72 43.50 47.24 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 29.14 33.36 37.21 42.54 51.51 Mechanical engineers.................... 25.96 30.14 36.50 43.27 54.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 17.74 20.77 30.96 39.42 50.44 Computer systems analysts and scientists 17.31 23.17 32.21 40.76 50.48 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 20.74 20.74 20.74 32.71 39.03 Natural scientists........................ 22.00 25.07 28.41 47.09 49.60 Health related............................ 19.96 23.48 28.25 32.88 39.46 Registered nurses....................... 20.80 24.25 28.04 32.13 36.35 Pharmacists............................. 15.36 38.88 41.29 43.37 44.51 Respiratory therapists.................. 16.98 18.54 20.70 22.00 25.15 Teachers, college and university.......... 22.66 28.72 40.27 64.43 88.35 Health specialities teachers............ 29.90 37.23 60.10 72.10 91.42 Teachers, except college and university... 19.26 22.61 28.26 36.08 42.91 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.44 23.16 29.24 36.89 43.10 Secondary school teachers............... 21.69 24.17 30.43 36.40 41.82 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 9.75 9.75 17.00 22.31 31.66 Substitute teachers..................... 10.00 10.00 13.57 18.96 18.96 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners...... 12.21 18.71 19.00 19.81 46.21 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.00 12.56 17.36 21.60 25.60 Social workers.......................... 10.00 12.56 16.68 21.43 26.11 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 11.37 18.43 27.98 36.04 50.26 Designers............................... 10.54 11.37 16.83 29.72 35.63 Editors and reporters................... 27.25 27.43 28.17 32.73 42.30 Athletes................................ 12.77 28.85 28.85 84.13 105.77 Professional, n.e.c..................... 16.98 20.68 29.80 36.47 37.55 Technical................................... 13.00 16.83 22.10 26.74 32.81 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.33 14.75 20.75 25.28 32.81 Radiological technicians................ 12.99 22.98 24.16 28.19 33.48 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.52 17.17 18.81 18.81 20.65 Electrical and electronic technicians... 11.59 18.95 23.56 25.30 25.75 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 19.35 23.53 26.36 30.60 32.69 Computer programmers.................... 25.00 29.86 32.93 35.35 55.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.08 20.72 28.88 40.87 57.69 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.38 27.02 36.05 51.26 61.59 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... $29.43 $34.00 $36.30 $41.39 $53.92 Financial managers...................... 24.23 29.14 40.37 55.31 62.77 Personnel and labor relations managers.. 16.34 21.40 47.74 53.43 53.43 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 20.38 20.87 41.77 65.67 69.23 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 18.44 27.30 31.82 42.86 45.28 Managers, medicine and health........... 18.97 28.51 31.58 36.05 43.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.85 27.00 34.62 49.49 56.80 Management related........................ 15.83 18.51 22.50 29.23 35.50 Accountants and auditors................ 15.83 19.07 20.96 25.24 30.38 Other financial officers................ 14.71 18.08 22.12 31.25 43.28 Management analysts..................... 20.78 26.45 32.40 36.41 37.55 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 18.50 19.95 21.63 26.26 28.61 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 17.47 19.33 19.59 26.73 27.50 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.87 18.54 24.04 31.75 37.89 Sales......................................... 7.50 9.02 15.50 20.74 38.53 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.92 16.44 20.30 46.71 47.30 Sales, other business services.......... 11.00 14.42 17.55 20.74 22.97 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 15.20 20.19 26.35 48.72 77.07 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.50 8.15 10.50 13.40 23.70 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.50 8.92 12.85 15.66 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 11.29 14.05 17.31 20.53 Supervisors, general office............. 15.56 18.74 20.00 22.45 24.55 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 15.05 20.16 22.42 22.58 24.12 Computer operators...................... 18.40 18.54 20.25 20.25 20.25 Secretaries............................. 11.85 13.38 15.87 18.12 20.51 Interviewers............................ 10.65 11.65 12.38 12.74 13.80 Receptionists........................... 9.50 10.00 11.50 13.09 13.75 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.50 10.72 12.08 13.35 15.48 Order clerks............................ 10.11 12.00 14.42 16.22 36.59 Library clerks.......................... 11.75 14.08 17.07 17.93 18.14 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.50 12.90 14.05 15.50 18.29 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.97 13.50 15.09 16.93 18.40 Dispatchers............................. 13.57 16.08 19.09 22.62 22.62 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.00 8.24 10.84 15.34 17.35 Stock and inventory clerks.............. 10.78 15.34 15.36 20.48 20.94 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.00 11.00 11.24 16.01 18.27 General office clerks................... 10.00 11.10 13.04 16.29 18.81 Teachers' aides......................... 8.08 8.93 9.57 10.90 11.50 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.25 12.00 13.25 17.20 21.47 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 10.31 14.20 19.45 24.70 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $10.90 $15.27 $19.45 $24.67 $27.72 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 20.26 28.34 30.44 30.77 31.97 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 16.50 19.45 19.45 19.45 23.86 Heavy equipment mechanics............... 17.05 19.16 20.90 23.93 23.93 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.68 17.90 19.32 23.26 27.72 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 8.95 9.33 11.02 15.19 21.22 Butchers and meat cutters............... 9.45 10.90 11.85 17.50 17.78 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.66 9.95 12.25 15.45 19.71 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.00 9.50 11.50 17.00 19.71 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 9.00 12.15 13.42 15.15 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 10.29 11.27 12.98 17.11 20.74 Transportation and material moving............ 9.50 11.00 14.20 18.05 23.80 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 11.96 15.20 17.94 23.80 Bus drivers............................. 12.76 13.69 15.32 18.05 18.05 Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators... 12.69 14.00 16.87 19.16 19.35 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.50 11.00 12.85 14.20 14.21 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 8.80 10.15 13.50 19.07 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 10.78 10.78 12.56 17.74 21.50 Construction laborers................... 6.50 7.00 9.00 12.00 14.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.16 7.30 9.83 11.00 13.50 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.00 13.50 20.24 20.67 Vehicle washers and equipment cleaners.. 8.00 8.00 11.47 14.70 17.10 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.50 7.76 8.87 10.50 12.22 Service......................................... 7.00 8.25 10.62 14.42 24.51 Protective service........................ 14.41 19.64 24.57 28.01 31.00 Police and detectives, public service... 21.14 24.50 27.87 29.57 31.85 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 16.31 18.57 22.72 25.75 27.05 Protective service, n.e.c............... 8.36 8.38 11.01 19.57 19.57 Food service.............................. 3.50 7.00 8.50 10.20 13.40 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 4.49 8.25 11.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 3.50 8.12 9.36 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 6.00 8.25 11.00 11.55 Other food service....................... 7.00 7.50 9.00 11.00 14.42 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 7.50 7.50 10.20 15.57 17.52 Cooks................................... 7.75 9.00 11.50 14.12 14.42 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.39 8.43 9.50 13.04 13.04 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.00 7.75 8.87 9.75 10.00 Health service............................ $9.67 $10.70 $12.37 $14.08 $15.95 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.44 10.00 11.94 15.39 16.53 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.71 10.70 12.03 13.78 15.04 Cleaning and building service............. 7.50 8.25 9.95 11.95 14.77 Maids and housemen...................... 7.25 7.25 7.88 8.50 9.64 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.00 9.00 10.62 12.89 15.84 Personal service.......................... 7.00 7.50 10.13 14.53 29.73 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 7.69 8.60 11.94 13.43 15.71 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.50 $11.12 $16.50 $25.50 $37.18 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 11.45 16.94 26.10 37.12 White collar.................................... 10.29 13.79 20.00 30.14 43.13 White collar excluding sales................ 11.09 14.82 20.74 31.57 43.27 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.12 20.39 27.07 35.68 45.15 Professional specialty...................... 17.21 21.54 28.85 37.67 47.18 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.89 28.70 35.00 41.54 50.18 Civil engineers......................... 22.75 33.00 36.50 43.50 47.41 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 29.14 33.36 37.21 42.54 51.51 Mechanical engineers.................... 25.96 30.14 36.50 43.27 54.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 17.60 20.74 30.73 40.04 50.48 Computer systems analysts and scientists 17.00 22.60 31.97 41.53 50.48 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 20.74 20.74 20.74 32.71 39.03 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 20.30 23.86 28.40 32.88 39.31 Registered nurses....................... 21.25 24.84 28.40 32.22 38.43 Pharmacists............................. 15.36 38.88 41.29 43.37 44.51 Respiratory therapists.................. 16.98 18.54 20.70 22.00 25.15 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 10.50 15.41 20.92 24.60 30.77 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 9.75 10.50 19.78 28.44 35.39 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 11.50 18.00 19.00 19.00 19.81 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 9.75 12.00 12.98 17.60 20.72 Social workers.......................... 9.75 10.50 12.98 16.09 20.64 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 11.37 16.83 27.43 31.46 42.30 Designers............................... 10.54 11.37 16.83 29.72 35.63 Editors and reporters................... 27.25 27.43 28.17 32.73 42.30 Technical................................... 12.64 15.72 22.87 26.65 32.81 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.00 13.94 20.88 32.81 32.81 Radiological technicians................ 12.99 22.98 24.16 28.19 33.48 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.28 15.12 17.86 19.24 22.10 Electrical and electronic technicians... 11.59 18.95 23.03 25.30 25.37 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 19.47 25.96 26.36 26.65 28.09 Computer programmers.................... 25.00 29.86 32.93 35.35 55.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.02 20.38 28.51 40.86 61.59 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 19.23 24.56 34.90 51.44 64.54 Financial managers...................... 24.23 28.50 39.43 53.05 62.77 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... 20.38 20.87 41.77 65.67 69.23 Managers, medicine and health........... 18.27 26.16 28.51 36.05 36.05 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... $17.85 $27.00 $34.62 $49.69 $56.88 Management related........................ 15.75 18.50 21.63 29.23 35.50 Accountants and auditors................ 15.83 19.07 20.43 25.00 32.45 Other financial officers................ 14.71 17.69 21.33 31.43 66.04 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 18.50 18.99 20.20 21.63 28.61 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 17.47 19.33 19.59 26.73 27.50 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.87 18.33 25.19 31.75 40.35 Sales......................................... 7.50 9.03 15.50 20.74 38.85 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.92 16.44 20.30 46.71 47.30 Sales, other business services.......... 11.00 14.42 17.55 20.74 22.97 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 15.20 20.19 26.35 48.72 77.07 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.50 8.15 10.50 13.40 23.70 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.50 8.92 12.85 15.66 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.00 11.07 13.68 16.75 20.25 Supervisors, general office............. 14.99 15.84 20.00 20.00 21.86 Secretaries............................. 11.85 13.38 16.00 18.72 21.15 Interviewers............................ 10.65 11.65 12.38 12.74 13.80 Receptionists........................... 9.60 10.00 11.50 12.85 13.75 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.50 10.72 12.08 13.35 15.48 Order clerks............................ 10.11 12.00 14.42 16.22 36.59 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.50 12.70 14.00 15.50 19.00 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.97 13.22 15.09 16.93 19.35 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.00 8.24 10.84 15.34 17.35 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.00 11.00 11.23 15.67 18.21 General office clerks................... 10.00 11.00 12.54 15.89 18.81 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.50 12.00 13.20 16.20 18.51 Blue collar..................................... 8.36 10.00 13.50 19.45 25.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.90 14.50 19.45 25.00 27.72 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 20.26 27.50 30.44 30.77 31.97 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.65 18.58 19.44 27.72 27.72 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... 8.95 9.33 11.02 15.19 21.22 Butchers and meat cutters............... 9.45 10.90 11.85 17.50 17.78 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.66 9.95 12.25 15.45 19.71 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.00 9.50 11.50 17.00 19.71 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 9.00 12.15 13.42 15.15 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 10.29 11.27 12.98 17.11 20.74 Transportation and material moving............ $9.00 $10.50 $13.30 $17.22 $23.80 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 11.96 15.20 17.94 23.80 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.50 11.00 12.85 14.20 14.21 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.25 8.50 10.00 12.84 17.35 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.16 7.30 9.83 11.00 13.50 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.00 13.30 20.25 20.69 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.50 7.76 8.87 10.50 12.22 Service......................................... 6.50 7.53 9.75 12.50 14.97 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 3.50 7.00 8.40 10.25 13.46 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 4.49 8.25 11.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 3.50 8.12 9.36 Waiters'/Waitresses' assistants......... 2.13 6.00 8.25 11.00 11.55 Other food service....................... 6.75 7.50 9.00 11.50 14.42 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 7.50 7.50 10.20 15.57 17.52 Cooks................................... 7.75 9.00 11.50 14.12 14.42 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.30 8.43 9.79 13.04 13.27 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.75 7.50 8.75 9.75 10.00 Health service............................ 9.56 10.50 11.94 13.39 14.97 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.44 10.00 11.94 15.39 16.17 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.71 10.62 11.89 13.29 14.68 Cleaning and building service............. 7.25 7.80 9.00 10.25 13.31 Maids and housemen...................... 7.25 7.25 7.88 8.50 9.64 Janitors and cleaners................... 7.50 8.00 9.48 11.42 16.67 Personal service.......................... 6.75 7.25 9.50 16.79 33.29 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $12.55 $16.53 $22.89 $32.40 $44.68 All excluding sales........................... 12.61 16.53 22.89 32.54 44.74 White collar.................................... 14.31 18.75 26.08 36.28 48.21 White collar excluding sales................ 14.33 18.81 26.08 36.30 48.21 Professional specialty and technical.......... 19.99 23.31 31.22 40.63 54.25 Professional specialty...................... 20.96 24.23 32.40 41.92 56.55 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 15.31 20.83 24.47 34.28 58.63 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 20.96 23.38 29.65 37.56 43.53 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.17 23.54 29.72 37.69 43.53 Secondary school teachers............... 21.70 24.19 30.43 36.46 41.85 Substitute teachers..................... 10.00 10.00 13.57 18.96 18.96 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 18.28 20.10 22.54 26.01 34.83 Social workers.......................... 18.24 19.74 22.49 26.49 34.83 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 17.61 18.81 20.75 29.10 32.69 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 18.06 25.57 32.56 41.39 53.43 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 28.83 33.73 39.51 50.71 53.43 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 29.43 34.00 36.30 41.39 53.92 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 18.44 27.30 32.56 41.82 46.22 Management related........................ 16.59 19.49 25.31 28.89 35.00 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.61 13.19 15.74 18.54 21.95 Secretaries............................. 11.77 13.62 15.38 16.66 17.84 Library clerks.......................... 11.75 14.08 17.07 17.93 18.14 General office clerks................... 11.26 12.69 15.01 16.34 19.22 Teachers' aides......................... 8.08 8.93 9.57 10.90 11.50 Blue collar..................................... 13.69 15.86 18.33 21.90 23.93 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 16.40 18.33 20.77 23.93 26.93 Transportation and material moving............ 13.43 14.87 17.92 19.32 22.65 Bus drivers............................. $12.76 $13.69 $15.32 $18.05 $18.05 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 13.01 14.04 16.80 19.07 21.50 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 13.01 16.44 17.74 21.50 21.50 Service......................................... 9.66 11.51 16.53 24.57 29.10 Protective service........................ 14.41 20.23 24.57 27.87 29.57 Police and detectives, public service... 21.14 24.50 27.87 29.57 31.85 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 16.31 18.57 22.72 25.75 27.05 Food service.............................. 8.05 8.84 9.13 9.74 11.43 Other food service....................... 8.05 8.84 9.13 9.74 11.43 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 8.45 8.90 9.13 9.74 11.43 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $9.87 $10.61 $11.66 $13.93 $15.42 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.87 10.61 11.66 13.93 15.42 Personal service.......................... 7.71 9.65 11.04 14.53 17.39 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.93 $12.84 $18.54 $27.50 $39.42 All excluding sales........................... 10.00 12.87 18.81 27.78 39.18 White collar.................................... 11.25 15.36 21.33 32.69 45.59 White collar excluding sales................ 11.84 15.72 22.60 33.13 45.29 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.62 21.15 28.13 37.37 48.08 Professional specialty...................... 18.45 23.12 30.35 39.11 49.61 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 23.89 28.62 35.00 41.54 49.28 Civil engineers......................... 22.75 33.00 35.72 43.50 47.24 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 29.14 33.36 37.21 42.54 51.51 Mechanical engineers.................... 25.96 30.14 36.50 43.27 54.00 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 18.00 21.01 30.99 39.54 50.48 Computer systems analysts and scientists 17.74 23.17 32.34 40.99 50.48 Operations and systems researchers and analysts............................. 20.74 20.74 20.74 32.71 39.03 Natural scientists........................ 23.08 25.17 37.09 48.21 50.25 Health related............................ 20.61 24.00 28.40 33.98 41.46 Registered nurses....................... 21.41 24.93 28.46 32.85 39.11 Pharmacists............................. 37.49 39.46 41.75 44.51 47.66 Respiratory therapists.................. 16.98 18.50 19.91 22.00 25.54 Teachers, college and university.......... 23.76 28.88 40.72 64.91 88.35 Teachers, except college and university... 20.55 22.92 29.11 36.93 43.10 Elementary school teachers.............. 21.16 23.43 29.30 37.35 43.29 Secondary school teachers............... 22.08 24.20 30.61 36.46 41.85 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 9.75 9.75 19.78 30.77 35.39 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... 11.50 18.71 19.00 19.81 46.21 Social, recreation, and religious workers. 10.15 12.56 17.36 22.07 26.05 Social workers.......................... 10.15 12.56 16.68 21.74 26.24 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 11.37 18.43 27.98 36.57 52.32 Designers............................... 10.54 11.37 16.83 29.72 35.63 Editors and reporters................... 27.25 27.43 27.98 34.78 42.30 Professional, n.e.c..................... 16.98 20.68 29.80 36.47 37.55 Technical................................... 13.39 16.94 22.40 27.10 32.81 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 11.36 14.75 20.75 25.28 32.81 Radiological technicians................ 16.50 22.98 24.16 28.19 33.48 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.52 17.20 18.81 18.81 20.65 Electrical and electronic technicians... 11.59 18.95 23.56 25.30 25.75 Engineering technicians, n.e.c.......... 19.35 23.53 26.36 30.60 32.69 Computer programmers.................... 25.00 29.86 32.93 35.35 55.00 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.08 20.78 29.20 41.39 57.69 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 20.19 27.07 36.30 51.77 61.59 Administrators and officials, public administration....................... 29.43 34.00 36.30 41.39 53.92 Financial managers...................... 24.23 29.14 40.37 55.31 62.77 Personnel and labor relations managers.. 16.34 21.40 47.74 53.43 53.43 Managers, marketing, advertising, and public relations..................... $20.72 $22.31 $57.69 $65.67 $69.23 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 18.44 27.30 31.82 42.86 45.28 Managers, medicine and health........... 18.27 28.51 28.51 36.05 43.46 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 17.85 27.00 34.62 49.49 56.80 Management related........................ 15.87 18.51 22.61 29.57 35.66 Accountants and auditors................ 15.83 19.07 20.96 25.24 30.38 Other financial officers................ 14.86 18.17 23.08 31.41 43.28 Management analysts..................... 20.78 26.45 32.40 36.41 37.55 Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists.......................... 18.50 19.95 21.63 26.69 28.61 Purchasing agents and buyers, n.e.c..... 17.47 19.33 19.59 26.73 27.50 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.87 18.54 24.04 31.75 37.89 Sales......................................... 8.25 11.92 16.65 22.97 47.30 Supervisors, sales...................... 14.92 16.44 20.30 46.71 47.30 Sales, other business services.......... 12.91 14.77 17.55 20.74 22.97 Sales representatives, mining, manufacturing, and wholesale......... 15.20 20.19 26.35 48.72 77.07 Sales workers, other commodities........ 8.50 9.90 12.08 16.11 29.81 Cashiers................................ 7.50 8.00 9.50 15.66 15.66 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.06 11.53 14.46 17.50 20.69 Supervisors, general office............. 15.56 18.74 20.00 22.45 24.55 Supervisors, financial records processing........................... 15.05 20.16 22.42 22.58 24.12 Computer operators...................... 18.40 18.54 20.25 20.25 20.25 Secretaries............................. 11.85 13.47 15.92 18.12 20.51 Receptionists........................... 9.95 10.34 11.50 13.28 13.75 Information clerks, n.e.c............... 9.50 10.75 12.08 13.35 15.26 Order clerks............................ 12.50 13.68 15.34 19.08 36.59 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 11.50 12.90 14.05 15.50 18.29 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 11.97 13.50 15.09 16.93 18.40 Dispatchers............................. 13.57 16.08 19.09 22.62 22.62 Traffic, shipping and receiving clerks.. 8.00 8.24 10.84 15.34 17.35 Investigators and adjusters, except insurance............................ 11.00 11.00 11.28 16.03 18.38 General office clerks................... 10.69 11.49 13.32 16.39 19.11 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 11.50 12.24 13.58 17.57 21.95 Blue collar..................................... 8.85 10.70 14.49 19.71 25.00 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 11.15 15.65 19.45 25.00 27.72 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 20.26 28.34 30.44 30.77 31.97 Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics............................ 16.50 19.45 19.45 19.45 23.86 Heavy equipment mechanics............... 17.05 19.16 20.90 23.93 23.93 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 15.68 17.90 19.32 23.26 27.72 Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers........................... $8.95 $9.33 $11.02 $15.19 $21.22 Butchers and meat cutters............... 9.45 10.90 11.85 17.50 17.78 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 7.66 9.87 12.45 15.79 19.71 Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.. 7.15 9.50 11.50 17.01 19.71 Assemblers.............................. 8.50 8.85 12.10 13.42 15.15 Production inspectors, checkers and examiners............................ 10.29 11.27 12.98 17.11 20.74 Transportation and material moving............ 10.00 11.00 14.20 18.05 23.80 Truck drivers........................... 10.00 11.96 15.20 17.94 23.80 Bus drivers............................. 12.96 13.69 16.96 18.05 18.05 Grader, dozer, and scrapper operators... 12.69 14.00 16.87 19.16 19.35 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 10.50 11.00 12.85 14.20 14.21 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.50 9.46 10.78 14.15 20.24 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 10.78 10.78 12.56 17.74 21.50 Construction laborers................... 6.50 7.00 9.00 12.00 14.00 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 8.00 9.83 10.15 12.66 14.15 Freight, stock, and material handlers, n.e.c................................ 9.00 10.00 14.57 20.46 21.53 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 7.76 7.90 9.01 10.50 12.06 Service......................................... 7.50 9.00 11.77 16.17 24.70 Protective service........................ 15.53 19.91 24.57 28.14 31.00 Police and detectives, public service... 21.14 24.50 27.87 29.57 31.85 Sheriffs, bailiffs, and other law enforcement officers................. 16.31 18.57 22.72 25.75 27.05 Food service.............................. 3.50 7.50 8.62 11.50 14.21 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 3.50 8.32 10.38 Other food service....................... 7.50 8.00 9.50 13.04 14.42 Supervisors, food preparation and service.............................. 7.50 7.50 7.50 17.28 17.52 Cooks................................... 7.75 9.00 11.50 14.12 14.42 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 7.39 8.43 8.91 13.04 13.27 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 7.25 8.04 8.75 9.49 10.00 Health service............................ 9.67 10.70 12.50 14.16 16.17 Health aides, except nursing............ 8.44 10.00 11.94 15.39 16.53 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.71 10.80 12.31 13.79 15.05 Cleaning and building service............. $7.50 $8.50 $10.25 $12.40 $15.07 Maids and housemen...................... 7.25 7.25 7.88 8.50 9.64 Janitors and cleaners................... 8.55 9.65 11.28 13.26 16.53 Personal service.......................... 9.00 10.13 13.97 22.34 33.60 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 7.71 8.60 11.94 13.43 15.71 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $7.00 $7.50 $9.85 $12.94 $23.00 All excluding sales........................... 6.91 7.73 10.13 14.47 25.71 White collar.................................... 7.25 8.08 11.25 18.96 27.71 White collar excluding sales................ 9.00 11.00 15.00 24.25 30.00 Professional specialty and technical.......... 12.00 18.00 24.00 29.00 32.17 Professional specialty...................... 12.98 18.40 24.47 29.00 32.72 Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.40 22.00 26.95 30.00 34.28 Registered nurses....................... 18.40 22.00 26.75 29.00 31.16 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 10.00 13.57 18.96 25.11 33.69 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.28 22.61 26.81 33.69 39.29 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 7.00 7.75 15.00 17.00 18.94 Substitute teachers..................... 10.00 10.00 13.57 18.96 18.96 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 12.00 17.16 30.08 31.13 31.13 Technical................................... 11.15 12.00 12.00 17.63 24.09 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 12.29 19.13 20.38 20.38 31.58 Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 7.00 7.25 7.73 9.73 11.75 Sales workers, other commodities........ 7.25 7.50 8.18 9.83 12.32 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.00 7.50 9.73 15.36 Administrative support, including clerical.... 8.00 9.56 11.25 12.69 15.00 Secretaries............................. 7.91 10.32 12.50 14.52 19.75 General office clerks................... 9.00 9.56 10.00 14.57 16.64 Teachers' aides......................... 8.08 8.66 9.21 10.24 10.90 Blue collar..................................... 7.00 7.31 9.65 11.08 13.97 Precision production, craft, and repair....... - - - - - Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ 6.50 7.00 13.32 14.87 15.15 Bus drivers............................. 11.18 13.32 14.09 14.87 15.72 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 7.00 7.30 9.00 10.02 11.85 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 7.00 7.16 7.30 8.88 9.94 Laborers, except construction, n.e.c.... 5.75 7.00 7.50 9.75 15.36 Service......................................... $5.75 $7.00 $7.75 $10.00 $11.43 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.25 6.75 7.53 10.00 11.43 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... 2.13 2.13 5.50 8.20 11.00 Waiters and waitresses.................. 2.13 2.13 5.25 8.20 11.00 Other food service....................... 6.25 7.00 8.05 10.00 11.75 Food preparation, n.e.c................. 6.00 7.40 8.96 10.00 10.00 Health service............................ 10.00 10.24 10.85 12.14 13.01 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 10.00 10.24 10.84 12.12 13.01 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Personal service.......................... $6.30 $7.00 $7.50 $8.50 $11.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the workers receive the same as or more than the rate shown, and half receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the workers receive the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth receive 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, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO, June 2003 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 575,800 464,500 111,300 All excluding sales............................................. 521,300 410,600 110,800 White collar........................................................ 375,800 293,900 81,900 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 321,400 240,000 81,400 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 161,200 108,800 52,400 Professional specialty.......................................... 133,500 84,500 49,000 Technical....................................................... 27,700 24,200 3,500 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 57,600 47,200 10,400 Sales............................................................. 54,400 53,900 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 102,600 84,000 18,600 Blue collar......................................................... 122,000 110,600 11,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 38,200 34,200 4,000 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 20,600 20,600 – Transportation and material moving................................ 32,600 26,900 5,700 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 30,600 28,900 1,700 Service............................................................. 78,000 60,000 18,000 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.