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HIGHLIGHTS OF FORT COLLINS - LOVELAND, CO
NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY OCTOBER 2009 (PDF)
Workers in the Fort Collins-Loveland metropolitan area earned an average of $20.79 per hour in October 2009, according to new survey results from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman noted that wage data were reported for workers in a wide range of occupational groups, including average hourly earnings of $15.98 for office and administrative support occupations and $15.25 for transportation and material moving occupations. Another occupational group, food preparation and serving related, had a mean hourly wage rate of $9.05. The NCS data available for the Fort Collins-Loveland area include earnings for 19 major occupational groups with additional detail for selected occupations within those groups. (See table 1.)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks, part of the office and administrative support occupational group, earned $15.59 per hour and tellers, $12.16. Within the transportation and material moving occupational group, hand laborers and freight, stock, and material movers averaged, $11.04 per hour. Restaurant cooks, an occupation within the food preparation and serving related group, registered an average hourly rate of $11.55, and combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food, earned $7.86 per hour. (See table 1.)
Broad coverage of selected occupational characteristics is available from the NCS for the local area. Full-time workers averaged $22.79 per hour while their part-time counterparts earned $12.01. Union workers earned $28.60 and non-union workers, $20.53. Workers in establishments with 1-99 workers averaged $17.48 per hour, those in establishments with 100-499 workers earned $18.78, and those in establishments with 500 or more employees earned $30.39.
The occupational wage data available from the NCS may be used by businesses for establishing pay plans, making decisions concerning plant relocation, and in collective bargaining negotiations. Individuals may use such data to help choose potential careers. NCS results also include the work level and respective earnings for occupations determined by a point factor leveling process. The four occupational leveling factors are: knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. Details on the NCS are available at www.bls.gov/ncs/.
The NCS data reported here covered 201 establishments with one or more workers in private industry and State and local governments. Agricultural establishments, private households, the self-employed, and the Federal Government were excluded from the survey. This sample of establishments represented 118,300 workers in the Fort Collins-Loveland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) which is comprised of Larimer County in Colorado.
Survey Availability
Complete survey results are contained in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO National Compensation Survey October 2009 which is available on the Internet in both text and PDF formats at www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm.
For personal assistance or further information on the National Compensation Survey, as well as other Bureau data, contact the Mountain-Plains Information Office by calling 816-285-7000 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT.
| Occupation(3) | Total | Full-time workers | Part-time workers | |||
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| Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) | Mean | Relative error(4) (percent) | |
All workers |
$20.79 | 2.6 | $22.79 | 2.6 | $12.01 | 5.3 |
Management occupations |
39.43 | 5.6 | 39.53 | 5.7 | -- | -- |
Financial managers |
41.00 | 10.5 | 41.00 | 10.5 | -- | -- |
Business and financial operations occupations |
27.00 | 9.5 | 27.00 | 9.5 | -- | -- |
Computer and mathematical science occupations |
36.59 | 1.0 | 36.59 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
Computer software engineers |
39.65 | 3.2 | 39.65 | 3.2 | -- | -- |
Architecture and engineering occupations |
35.53 | 10.9 | 35.53 | 10.9 | -- | -- |
Engineers |
37.46 | 6.1 | 37.46 | 6.1 | -- | -- |
Community and social services occupations |
22.70 | 6.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Education, training, and library occupations |
30.71 | 15.5 | 32.09 | 16.8 | -- | -- |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations |
22.54 | 8.8 | 23.64 | 9.4 | -- | -- |
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations |
28.14 | 10.7 | 28.56 | 20.1 | -- | -- |
Therapists |
28.55 | 19.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Healthcare support occupations |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations |
13.49 | 4.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Protective service occupations |
26.61 | 8.5 | 27.61 | 7.9 | -- | -- |
Food preparation and serving related occupations |
9.05 | 3.7 | 10.53 | 7.9 | 7.20 | 2.2 |
First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers |
13.51 | 8.4 | 13.51 | 8.4 | -- | -- |
Cooks |
10.77 | 7.0 | -- | -- | 9.24 | 1.9 |
Cooks, restaurant |
11.55 | 6.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Food service, tipped |
6.76 | 17.7 | 8.21 | 23.5 | 4.75 | 1.9 |
Waiters and waitresses |
5.38 | 14.6 | 6.32 | 16.6 | 4.16 | 3.5 |
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers |
6.45 | 15.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Fast food and counter workers |
8.13 | 2.2 | -- | -- | 8.05 | 2.2 |
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food |
7.86 | 2.5 | -- | -- | 7.69 | 2.4 |
Dishwashers |
8.73 | 5.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations |
12.92 | 11.8 | 13.21 | 12.4 | -- | -- |
Building cleaning workers |
11.81 | 7.2 | 12.19 | 6.4 | -- | -- |
Personal care and service occupations |
-- | -- | 12.92 | 8.4 | -- | -- |
Sales and related occupations |
14.19 | 15.3 | 17.63 | 10.0 | 9.23 | 7.5 |
Retail sales workers |
12.67 | 17.3 | 15.75 | 7.7 | 9.43 | 9.6 |
Cashiers, all workers |
10.80 | 18.4 | -- | -- | 9.85 | 14.0 |
Cashiers |
10.80 | 18.4 | -- | -- | 9.85 | 14.0 |
Counter and rental clerks and parts salespersons |
12.86 | 15.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Retail salespersons |
13.73 | 28.8 | 18.64 | 5.6 | 9.29 | 9.6 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
15.98 | 3.8 | 16.49 | 3.8 | 11.04 | 6.6 |
Financial clerks |
14.61 | 6.0 | 15.09 | 5.6 | -- | -- |
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks |
15.59 | 6.6 | 16.05 | 4.9 | -- | -- |
Tellers |
12.16 | 0.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Customer service representatives |
13.79 | 11.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Secretaries and administrative assistants |
16.04 | 7.3 | 16.12 | 8.0 | -- | -- |
Office clerks, general |
17.74 | 4.8 | 17.89 | 4.9 | -- | -- |
Construction and extraction occupations |
19.71 | 5.4 | 19.78 | 5.8 | -- | -- |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
23.39 | 6.1 | 26.21 | 8.1 | -- | -- |
Automotive technicians and repairers |
25.55 | 13.3 | 25.55 | 13.3 | -- | -- |
Production occupations |
17.46 | 6.6 | 18.18 | 5.7 | 13.20 | 9.6 |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
15.25 | 6.4 | 16.45 | 6.9 | 9.62 | 4.5 |
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers |
16.41 | 5.1 | 17.02 | 4.8 | -- | -- |
Laborers and material movers, hand |
10.83 | 2.8 | 11.44 | 3.8 | 9.56 | 7.9 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
11.04 | 0.9 | 11.44 | 3.8 | -- | -- |
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NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. |
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Last Modified Date: June 9, 2010
