NC BL 03/00/2010 Table: Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO, Bulletin, July 2009 Table 1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours for selected worker and establishment characteristics, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Civilian Private industry State and local government workers workers workers Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All workers........................................................... $24.40 3.6 36.0 $23.85 4.1 36.0 $28.43 5.3 36.2 Worker characteristics(4)(5) Management, professional, and related............................... 36.19 4.9 38.8 36.58 5.8 39.1 34.44 6.2 37.4 Management, business, and financial............................... 40.17 8.6 41.5 39.72 9.6 41.7 42.97 17.7 40.2 Professional and related.......................................... 34.55 5.9 37.8 35.18 7.2 38.1 32.05 1.8 36.7 Service............................................................. 13.41 4.7 29.5 11.82 5.7 28.9 21.21 11.0 32.3 Sales and office.................................................... 17.88 3.2 35.7 17.86 3.3 35.7 18.10 2.4 36.3 Sales and related................................................. 18.96 7.8 33.1 18.97 7.8 33.2 – – – Office and administrative support................................. 17.26 2.2 37.3 17.18 2.4 37.4 18.15 2.4 36.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.55 4.4 39.3 21.38 4.8 39.3 23.27 5.0 38.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 19.39 2.5 38.9 19.00 2.6 38.8 24.88 1.1 40.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.83 5.6 39.9 25.21 6.2 40.1 22.14 10.5 38.2 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.59 5.6 36.2 16.49 5.8 36.1 18.72 5.9 38.2 Production........................................................ 15.48 4.3 38.9 15.48 4.3 38.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.49 8.6 34.3 17.38 9.4 34.0 18.72 5.9 38.2 Full time........................................................... 25.82 4.0 39.7 25.22 4.6 39.7 30.18 5.1 40.0 Part time........................................................... 12.33 4.8 20.1 12.11 5.4 20.1 13.94 7.3 20.3 Union............................................................... 27.03 3.9 36.0 23.72 5.9 34.7 31.16 6.1 37.6 Nonunion............................................................ 24.15 4.0 36.0 23.85 4.3 36.1 27.11 7.8 35.6 Time................................................................ 24.40 3.9 35.8 23.79 4.5 35.8 28.43 5.3 36.2 Incentive........................................................... 24.43 9.1 38.4 24.43 9.1 38.4 – – – Establishment characteristics Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) 23.93 5.1 39.5 (6) (6) (6) Service providing................................................... (6) (6) (6) – – – (6) (6) (6) 1-99 workers........................................................ 22.31 4.0 35.6 21.97 3.7 35.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 24.26 11.0 35.5 24.28 11.4 35.7 23.63 11.1 31.8 500 workers or more................................................. 28.48 2.8 37.4 29.09 4.3 37.8 27.58 2.1 36.7 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 6 Estimates for goods-producing and service-providing industries are published for private industry only. Industries are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. Table 2. Civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.40 3.6 $25.82 4.0 $12.33 4.8 Management occupations.............................................. 45.57 9.3 45.54 9.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 29.06 4.4 29.06 4.4 – – Level 10.................................................. 47.56 17.1 47.56 17.1 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.81 5.7 41.69 5.8 – – Level 13.................................................. 65.31 12.5 65.31 12.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.37 11.7 46.37 11.7 – – General and operations managers................................... 51.07 12.3 51.07 12.3 – – Level 11.................................................. 47.38 9.5 47.38 9.5 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.86 17.2 46.86 17.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.43 24.3 46.43 24.3 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 45.41 24.3 45.41 24.3 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 60.83 3.7 60.83 3.7 – – Financial managers................................................ 42.34 12.8 42.34 12.8 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 37.48 8.8 37.48 8.8 – – Construction managers............................................. 38.53 12.3 38.53 12.3 – – Education administrators.......................................... 30.23 8.0 30.23 8.0 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 59.23 8.4 59.23 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 63.76 4.3 63.76 4.3 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 37.19 27.7 37.19 27.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.94 5.6 30.11 5.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.61 3.6 24.71 4.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.89 6.8 27.89 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.35 8.4 36.35 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.23 12.1 29.60 12.3 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.39 5.0 27.39 5.0 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.40 9.9 28.40 9.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 35.47 12.1 35.50 12.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.79 3.9 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.87 21.8 40.87 21.8 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.24 4.3 37.26 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.21 4.6 20.21 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.39 6.0 27.39 6.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.77 8.8 32.77 8.8 – – Level 10.................................................. 37.52 7.7 37.77 8.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.37 4.8 41.37 4.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 49.69 6.3 49.69 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.28 7.4 43.28 7.4 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 45.68 7.6 45.68 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.75 1.3 37.75 1.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.46 10.3 47.46 10.3 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.97 9.2 38.97 9.2 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.31 6.2 48.31 6.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.08 1.0 38.08 1.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.91 7.5 50.91 7.5 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 27.17 11.6 27.17 11.6 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.01 9.5 41.01 9.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.21 5.7 45.21 5.7 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 28.96 9.0 28.96 9.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.73 2.4 35.91 2.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.80 3.1 24.80 3.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.19 4.5 26.19 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.15 4.4 36.15 4.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.69 6.2 40.69 6.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.84 8.2 41.84 8.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 39.49 5.6 39.49 5.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.80 5.0 30.80 5.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.32 3.5 46.32 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.79 3.6 45.79 3.6 – – Civil engineers................................................. 39.06 12.0 39.06 12.0 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 43.02 12.9 43.02 12.9 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 33.97 3.0 33.97 3.0 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.69 2.2 28.69 2.2 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.91 3.8 30.89 3.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 31.63 5.6 31.63 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.81 5.4 26.81 5.4 – – Physical scientists............................................... 37.31 4.2 37.31 4.2 – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 37.75 3.2 37.75 3.2 – – Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 23.70 13.1 23.70 13.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.56 13.6 20.76 13.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 18.86 9.9 18.86 9.9 – – Counselors........................................................ 25.51 21.7 25.51 21.7 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.59 11.3 16.81 11.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.04 4.8 37.09 4.6 16.23 8.3 Level 4 .................................................. 14.25 5.8 14.85 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 22.80 18.2 25.44 26.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.73 .9 38.78 1.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.59 11.6 54.79 4.4 – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 47.86 6.9 48.05 6.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 54.57 4.7 54.79 4.4 – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 40.89 15.7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.95 5.3 35.98 5.4 16.94 17.4 Level 7 .................................................. 25.27 25.5 25.44 26.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.97 .7 39.04 .8 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.27 4.2 37.50 1.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 35.62 4.1 36.54 7.1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.82 .5 38.92 .4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.91 4.7 37.46 .8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.68 .1 38.78 .0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.81 5.9 37.81 5.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.36 3.5 39.37 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.96 2.3 39.97 2.3 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.68 2.8 39.69 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.36 1.1 40.37 1.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.54 5.8 13.97 3.7 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.62 4.2 14.25 .7 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.87 6.4 24.26 6.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 28.55 5.2 28.42 5.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.83 9.7 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.64 17.5 39.64 19.3 32.19 4.3 Level 5 .................................................. 20.00 10.5 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.33 2.8 31.67 3.7 30.37 4.5 Level 9 .................................................. 36.18 9.8 36.77 13.5 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.99 4.6 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 50.22 7.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.52 6.2 36.07 8.0 33.43 7.0 Level 8 .................................................. 30.82 2.4 30.83 3.4 30.78 4.3 Level 9 .................................................. 36.67 9.6 37.69 14.1 – – Therapists........................................................ 30.12 6.5 29.50 7.9 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.37 10.1 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.56 .9 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.18 2.7 16.29 2.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.08 3.3 13.12 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.76 4.0 13.87 4.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.44 2.9 15.49 2.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.53 2.1 13.58 2.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.25 4.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.59 4.7 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.53 2.1 13.58 2.3 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.25 4.5 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.59 4.7 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.65 5.8 17.68 5.9 – – Dental assistants............................................... 18.55 13.6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 25.36 15.4 27.33 12.2 17.87 23.3 Level 3 .................................................. 13.07 6.3 – – 13.07 6.3 Level 6 .................................................. 23.41 7.6 23.41 7.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.86 2.8 27.86 2.8 – – Police officers................................................... 29.14 5.6 29.14 5.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 29.14 5.6 29.14 5.6 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 21.47 16.1 – – – – Security guards................................................. 21.47 16.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.22 6.3 9.95 9.0 8.42 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.54 16.8 8.22 18.7 8.87 14.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.19 2.5 – – 8.09 1.6 Level 3 .................................................. 8.53 4.6 8.38 6.3 8.76 4.0 Level 4 .................................................. 11.47 3.7 11.63 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.38 2.4 14.38 2.4 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.69 2.1 12.70 5.9 9.55 10.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.41 1.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.28 5.5 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.06 2.9 13.11 3.0 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.54 5.8 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.29 2.8 – – 4.74 7.2 Level 3 .................................................. 4.02 .6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.28 2.8 – – 4.76 8.0 Level 3 .................................................. 4.02 .6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.58 1.3 9.37 8.4 8.18 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.15 1.1 – – 8.15 1.5 Level 3 .................................................. 9.16 7.2 – – 8.21 3.4 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.54 1.6 9.30 9.5 8.17 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.13 1.1 – – 8.12 1.3 Level 3 .................................................. 9.07 7.0 – – 8.21 3.4 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 11.71 16.0 – – 11.98 19.5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.47 9.6 11.61 10.3 8.64 5.8 Level 1 .................................................. 9.69 4.7 9.79 5.8 8.46 7.0 Level 3 .................................................. 12.05 2.9 12.06 3.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.88 8.8 10.99 9.3 8.69 6.0 Level 1 .................................................. 9.58 4.4 9.66 5.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.17 2.9 12.18 3.0 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.72 5.7 12.11 5.9 8.69 6.0 Level 1 .................................................. 10.34 4.1 10.70 4.0 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.16 1.7 9.16 1.7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.90 14.2 – – 10.57 7.7 Level 1 .................................................. 7.69 3.3 – – 8.07 2.9 Level 3 .................................................. 11.30 3.9 – – 11.20 4.4 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 15.13 5.4 – – 14.33 1.7 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.96 7.8 21.52 9.5 9.23 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.04 10.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.49 9.1 – – 8.82 2.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.98 4.6 11.34 4.4 9.88 6.9 Level 4 .................................................. 16.69 3.2 16.83 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.71 6.0 21.71 6.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.28 8.4 31.28 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.72 28.9 25.46 28.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.83 7.1 14.44 4.1 9.16 4.5 Level 1 .................................................. 9.04 10.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.85 17.0 – – 8.87 4.3 Level 3 .................................................. 10.95 6.0 11.43 5.8 9.32 5.6 Level 4 .................................................. 17.42 8.2 17.67 8.7 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.49 1.7 12.90 7.5 9.61 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.30 6.1 – – 9.09 4.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.99 5.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 11.49 1.7 12.90 7.5 9.61 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.30 6.1 – – 9.09 4.0 Level 3 .................................................. 11.99 5.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.76 10.7 15.45 1.4 8.96 7.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.26 25.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.26 6.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.53 15.4 18.95 16.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.19 4.5 32.19 4.5 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 26.62 3.8 26.62 3.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.26 2.2 17.59 2.6 13.25 8.7 Level 2 .................................................. 12.28 8.9 13.62 6.6 9.39 8.1 Level 3 .................................................. 13.58 2.8 13.85 3.9 12.27 4.4 Level 4 .................................................. 15.28 2.9 15.25 3.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.12 2.0 18.13 1.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.00 1.9 21.00 1.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.87 4.8 25.87 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.98 6.4 19.21 7.3 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.09 4.5 24.09 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.02 8.3 22.02 8.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.10 5.3 16.14 5.3 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.64 2.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.32 5.4 15.32 5.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.95 5.8 16.95 5.8 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.23 3.8 21.23 3.8 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.34 6.7 16.42 6.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 16.97 7.0 16.97 7.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.39 4.3 21.39 4.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.42 6.0 16.74 8.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.63 7.3 13.17 2.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.33 5.8 13.33 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.51 6.6 17.51 6.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.27 3.2 14.45 3.3 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 22.33 6.4 22.33 6.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.44 8.3 14.46 2.3 9.52 14.1 Level 3 .................................................. 14.72 3.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.37 3.6 21.55 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.53 7.6 15.53 7.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.93 10.0 19.93 10.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.31 2.3 23.31 2.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.05 4.1 26.05 4.1 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.77 3.1 24.37 3.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.31 5.0 26.31 5.0 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 20.18 5.7 20.33 5.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.99 7.9 17.94 8.1 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.19 11.6 19.19 11.6 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.07 6.6 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 14.07 6.6 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.25 2.7 16.55 3.0 15.20 5.6 Level 3 .................................................. 14.17 3.0 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.75 3.0 15.96 3.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.86 5.3 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.39 2.5 19.31 2.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.99 7.5 13.99 7.5 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.34 10.8 20.04 10.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.75 8.5 23.75 8.5 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.01 4.8 29.01 4.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 28.46 4.4 28.46 4.4 – – Construction laborers............................................. 14.43 2.7 14.43 2.7 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.67 6.6 23.43 7.8 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 24.59 12.2 24.36 13.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.83 5.6 25.15 5.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.33 7.0 18.33 7.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 27.55 8.8 28.55 8.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.49 3.5 27.49 3.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.75 11.2 30.75 11.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.30 5.7 36.30 5.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.03 9.9 21.38 9.7 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.02 15.3 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.15 11.5 20.55 11.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.48 4.3 15.74 4.2 11.41 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 10.18 4.8 10.22 4.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.22 4.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.55 4.3 14.13 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.56 5.2 13.56 5.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.02 8.1 17.02 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.80 2.8 21.80 2.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.49 4.5 19.49 4.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.76 8.2 13.83 8.8 – – Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.18 10.7 12.18 10.7 – – Printers.......................................................... 16.75 14.2 17.34 13.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.94 10.9 12.09 11.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.49 8.6 18.53 8.9 10.16 10.2 Level 1 .................................................. 9.51 9.1 10.59 7.3 7.88 13.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.74 3.4 12.74 3.9 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.59 4.2 16.92 4.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.67 2.8 19.67 2.8 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.43 6.0 16.81 3.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.45 12.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.68 5.3 15.79 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.43 5.6 21.43 5.6 – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 10.19 25.1 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.04 9.0 19.04 9.0 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.55 11.2 15.68 11.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.58 2.4 13.58 2.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.02 4.7 16.06 6.4 10.33 4.4 Level 1 .................................................. 10.59 12.1 11.46 14.8 9.14 10.6 Level 2 .................................................. 12.63 4.3 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 17.36 5.2 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.43 16.9 – – 10.53 12.4 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.36 13.0 – – – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 3. Private industry workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $23.85 4.1 $25.22 4.6 $12.11 5.4 Management occupations.............................................. 45.83 10.6 45.79 10.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.28 3.9 30.28 3.9 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.95 6.0 40.81 6.1 – – Level 13.................................................. 69.29 12.7 69.29 12.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.12 13.3 50.12 13.3 – – General and operations managers................................... 49.31 15.0 49.31 15.0 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.86 17.2 46.86 17.2 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 46.43 24.3 46.43 24.3 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 45.41 24.3 45.41 24.3 – – Financial managers................................................ 42.34 12.8 42.34 12.8 – – Construction managers............................................. 38.53 12.3 38.53 12.3 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 59.23 8.4 59.23 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 63.76 4.3 63.76 4.3 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 37.19 27.7 37.19 27.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.93 5.0 29.00 4.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.69 4.1 24.71 4.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 27.89 6.8 27.89 6.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 34.70 7.7 34.70 7.7 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.23 12.1 29.60 12.3 – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.39 5.0 27.39 5.0 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.43 7.4 31.46 7.4 – – Level 7 .................................................. 23.79 3.9 – – – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.29 4.3 37.30 4.3 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.21 4.6 20.21 4.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.34 6.4 27.34 6.4 – – Level 9 .................................................. 32.77 8.8 32.77 8.8 – – Level 10.................................................. 37.52 7.7 37.77 8.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 41.37 4.8 41.37 4.8 – – Level 12.................................................. 49.69 6.3 49.69 6.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 43.28 7.4 43.28 7.4 – – Computer software engineers....................................... 45.68 7.6 45.68 7.6 – – Level 9 .................................................. 37.75 1.3 37.75 1.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 47.46 10.3 47.46 10.3 – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.97 9.2 38.97 9.2 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.31 6.2 48.31 6.2 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.08 1.0 38.08 1.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 50.91 7.5 50.91 7.5 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 27.17 11.6 27.17 11.6 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.36 9.8 41.36 9.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.21 5.7 45.21 5.7 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 28.96 9.0 28.96 9.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.80 2.4 35.98 2.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 24.80 3.1 24.80 3.1 – – Level 8 .................................................. 26.19 4.5 26.19 4.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 36.15 4.4 36.15 4.4 – – Level 11.................................................. 40.43 6.6 40.43 6.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.84 8.2 41.84 8.2 – – Engineers......................................................... 39.40 5.8 39.40 5.8 – – Level 9 .................................................. 30.80 5.0 30.80 5.0 – – Level 11.................................................. 46.52 3.8 46.52 3.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 45.79 3.6 45.79 3.6 – – Civil engineers................................................. 38.68 12.5 38.68 12.5 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 43.02 12.9 43.02 12.9 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 33.97 3.0 33.97 3.0 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.69 2.2 28.69 2.2 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.45 3.3 34.45 3.3 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 16.69 9.7 16.85 9.6 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 31.70 20.1 32.50 19.3 – – Level 7 .................................................. 16.52 28.7 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 42.19 12.2 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.64 25.4 20.41 25.4 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.87 7.9 24.73 7.7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.79 18.8 39.81 20.8 32.42 4.4 Level 5 .................................................. 20.00 10.5 – – – – Level 8 .................................................. 31.04 2.6 30.98 3.5 31.21 3.5 Level 9 .................................................. 36.53 11.2 37.37 16.2 – – Level 11.................................................. 52.99 4.6 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 50.22 7.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.49 7.4 35.96 10.0 33.96 7.5 Level 8 .................................................. 30.34 .6 29.79 1.4 31.99 1.6 Level 9 .................................................. 37.75 9.5 39.43 14.8 – – Therapists........................................................ 28.25 8.2 26.68 6.2 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.37 10.1 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.56 .9 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.21 2.8 16.31 3.0 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.08 3.3 13.12 3.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.47 3.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.44 2.9 15.49 2.3 – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.38 1.8 13.42 1.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.25 4.5 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.38 1.8 13.42 1.9 – – Level 2 .................................................. 13.25 4.5 – – – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.69 5.8 17.68 5.9 – – Dental assistants............................................... 18.55 13.6 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.21 6.3 9.93 9.1 8.41 2.9 Level 1 .................................................. 8.54 16.8 8.22 18.7 8.87 14.7 Level 2 .................................................. 8.13 2.2 – – 8.07 1.6 Level 3 .................................................. 8.52 4.6 8.38 6.3 8.75 4.0 Level 4 .................................................. 11.47 3.7 11.63 4.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.38 2.4 14.38 2.4 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.69 2.1 12.70 5.9 9.55 10.5 Level 3 .................................................. 11.41 1.6 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 12.28 5.5 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.06 2.9 13.11 3.0 – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.54 5.8 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.29 2.8 – – 4.74 7.2 Level 3 .................................................. 4.02 .6 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.28 2.8 – – 4.76 8.0 Level 3 .................................................. 4.02 .6 – – – – Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.53 1.2 9.27 8.3 8.16 2.0 Level 2 .................................................. 8.05 .8 – – 8.13 1.6 Level 3 .................................................. 9.15 7.3 – – 8.18 3.3 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.48 1.5 9.19 9.4 8.14 1.9 Level 2 .................................................. 8.03 .7 – – 8.10 1.4 Level 3 .................................................. 9.05 7.0 – – 8.18 3.3 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 11.71 16.0 – – 11.98 19.5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.43 8.2 10.52 8.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.63 4.8 9.70 5.9 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.38 9.0 10.46 9.3 – – Level 1 .................................................. 9.48 4.3 9.55 5.1 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.70 4.6 11.06 5.0 – – Level 1 .................................................. 10.30 5.1 10.69 5.3 – – Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.16 1.7 9.16 1.7 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 18.47 13.0 – – 10.19 9.0 Level 1 .................................................. 7.53 3.3 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.16 3.3 – – 11.16 3.3 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.97 7.8 21.52 9.5 9.24 3.3 Level 1 .................................................. 9.04 10.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.50 9.2 – – 8.83 2.1 Level 3 .................................................. 10.98 4.6 11.34 4.4 9.88 6.9 Level 4 .................................................. 16.69 3.2 16.83 3.3 – – Level 5 .................................................. 21.71 6.0 21.71 6.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 31.28 8.4 31.28 8.4 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 23.72 28.9 25.46 28.6 – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.84 7.1 14.44 4.1 9.17 4.6 Level 1 .................................................. 9.04 10.4 – – – – Level 2 .................................................. 9.87 17.2 – – 8.89 4.4 Level 3 .................................................. 10.95 6.0 11.43 5.8 9.32 5.6 Level 4 .................................................. 17.42 8.2 17.67 8.7 – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.51 1.7 12.90 7.5 9.63 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.34 6.4 – – 9.12 4.4 Level 3 .................................................. 11.99 5.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 11.51 1.7 12.90 7.5 9.63 1.4 Level 2 .................................................. 9.34 6.4 – – 9.12 4.4 Level 3 .................................................. 11.99 5.8 – – – – Retail salespersons............................................. 13.76 10.7 15.45 1.4 8.96 7.2 Level 2 .................................................. 10.26 25.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.26 6.5 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 18.53 15.4 18.95 16.8 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.19 4.5 32.19 4.5 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 26.62 3.8 26.62 3.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.18 2.4 17.50 2.8 13.31 9.7 Level 2 .................................................. 12.28 8.9 13.62 6.6 9.39 8.1 Level 3 .................................................. 13.58 3.1 13.80 4.1 12.34 4.7 Level 4 .................................................. 15.24 3.1 15.19 3.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.85 1.9 17.85 1.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.15 2.1 21.15 2.1 – – Level 7 .................................................. 25.87 4.8 25.87 4.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 18.79 6.7 19.00 7.7 – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.09 4.5 24.09 4.5 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.02 8.3 22.02 8.3 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.06 5.4 16.10 5.4 – – Level 3 .................................................. 11.64 2.4 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.32 5.4 15.32 5.4 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.00 5.9 17.00 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.21 4.1 21.21 4.1 – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.27 6.9 16.35 6.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.05 7.1 17.05 7.1 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.42 6.0 16.74 8.6 – – Level 3 .................................................. 12.63 7.3 13.17 2.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.33 5.8 13.33 5.8 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.51 6.6 17.51 6.6 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.27 3.2 14.45 3.3 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.44 8.3 14.46 2.3 9.52 14.1 Level 3 .................................................. 14.72 3.5 – – – – Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.52 4.0 21.73 4.0 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.48 8.6 15.48 8.6 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.40 12.6 20.40 12.6 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.47 2.8 23.47 2.8 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.05 4.1 26.05 4.1 – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.14 3.1 24.85 2.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 26.31 5.0 26.31 5.0 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 20.18 5.7 20.33 5.3 – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.91 9.3 17.85 9.4 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.07 6.6 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 14.07 6.6 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.28 2.6 16.42 3.5 – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.72 3.8 – – – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.00 2.6 18.92 2.6 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.72 7.2 13.72 7.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 20.41 11.7 20.09 11.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 22.57 8.2 22.57 8.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 29.01 4.8 29.01 4.8 – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 27.81 3.3 27.81 3.3 – – Construction laborers............................................. 14.43 2.7 14.43 2.7 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.67 6.6 23.43 7.8 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 24.59 12.2 24.36 13.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.21 6.2 25.36 6.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 18.13 8.1 18.13 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 29.32 8.2 29.32 8.2 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.29 4.5 27.29 4.5 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.75 11.2 30.75 11.2 – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.81 6.0 36.81 6.0 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 19.46 15.1 20.58 16.1 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.48 4.3 15.74 4.2 11.41 2.0 Level 1 .................................................. 10.18 4.8 10.22 4.5 – – Level 2 .................................................. 12.22 4.6 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 13.55 4.3 14.13 4.1 – – Level 4 .................................................. 13.56 5.2 13.56 5.2 – – Level 5 .................................................. 17.02 8.1 17.02 8.1 – – Level 6 .................................................. 21.80 2.8 21.80 2.8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 19.49 4.5 19.49 4.5 – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.76 8.2 13.83 8.8 – – Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.18 10.7 12.18 10.7 – – Printers.......................................................... 16.75 14.2 17.34 13.8 – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.94 10.9 12.09 11.3 – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.38 9.4 18.48 9.7 9.71 9.7 Level 1 .................................................. 9.51 9.1 10.59 7.3 7.88 13.1 Level 2 .................................................. 12.56 3.5 12.54 4.0 – – Level 3 .................................................. 16.25 4.6 16.59 4.9 – – Level 4 .................................................. 19.40 2.5 19.40 2.5 – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.05 6.1 16.46 2.5 – – Level 1 .................................................. 8.45 12.0 – – – – Level 3 .................................................. 15.68 5.3 15.79 5.2 – – Level 4 .................................................. 21.07 6.6 21.07 6.6 – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 10.19 25.1 – – – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.55 11.2 15.68 11.7 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.58 2.4 13.58 2.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 14.99 4.8 16.05 6.7 10.33 4.4 Level 1 .................................................. 10.59 12.1 11.46 14.8 9.14 10.6 Level 2 .................................................. 12.14 3.1 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 17.36 5.2 – – – – Level 1 .................................................. 12.43 16.9 – – 10.53 12.4 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.36 13.0 – – – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 4. State and local government workers: Mean hourly earnings(1) for full-time and part-time workers(2) by work levels(3), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $28.43 5.3 $30.18 5.1 $13.94 7.3 Management occupations.............................................. 44.18 17.6 44.18 17.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 35.14 15.6 35.14 15.6 – – Education administrators.......................................... 32.12 4.2 32.12 4.2 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 39.27 22.8 42.09 23.0 – – Level 9 .................................................. 42.09 23.0 42.09 23.0 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.59 6.2 26.51 6.0 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 26.11 5.8 26.11 5.8 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 26.76 16.1 26.76 16.1 – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.94 2.3 38.36 1.3 15.19 3.5 Level 4 .................................................. 14.85 3.9 14.85 3.9 – – Level 7 .................................................. 28.40 8.1 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.98 .7 39.05 .8 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 42.91 13.1 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 52.35 8.9 52.54 8.7 – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.78 3.1 38.36 1.0 – – Level 7 .................................................. 36.60 3.5 – – – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.25 .3 39.32 .4 – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.39 4.4 37.82 .5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.82 .5 38.92 .4 – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 34.01 4.9 37.77 .1 – – Level 9 .................................................. 38.68 .1 38.78 .0 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.36 3.5 39.37 3.5 – – Level 9 .................................................. 39.96 2.3 39.97 2.3 – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.68 2.8 39.69 2.7 – – Level 9 .................................................. 40.36 1.1 40.37 1.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 14.40 2.8 14.40 2.8 – – Level 4 .................................................. 14.25 .7 14.25 .7 – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 36.72 5.8 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 26.06 18.1 28.07 13.0 – – Level 6 .................................................. 23.41 7.6 23.41 7.6 – – Level 7 .................................................. 27.86 2.8 27.86 2.8 – – Police officers................................................... 29.14 5.6 29.14 5.6 – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 29.14 5.6 29.14 5.6 – – Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.69 9.7 15.92 10.0 – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.57 12.6 13.72 12.9 – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.57 12.6 13.72 12.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 11.18 11.3 – – 11.07 12.3 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 14.33 1.7 – – 14.33 1.7 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.15 2.4 18.68 2.9 12.63 3.3 Level 3 .................................................. 13.62 2.3 – – – – Level 4 .................................................. 15.78 2.8 15.94 2.0 – – Level 5 .................................................. 19.73 6.4 19.90 5.9 – – Level 6 .................................................. 20.06 1.0 20.06 1.0 – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.19 6.0 16.82 5.4 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.88 1.1 24.88 1.1 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 22.14 10.5 23.44 8.3 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.53 14.4 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.53 14.4 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.72 5.9 19.00 6.0 – – 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. See appendix A for more information. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 5. Combined work levels(1) for civilian workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for full-time and part-time workers(3), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Total Full-time workers Part-time workers Occupation(4) and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All workers........................................................... $24.40 3.6 $25.82 4.0 $12.33 4.8 Management occupations.............................................. 45.57 9.3 45.54 9.4 – – Group II.................................................. 24.46 12.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.43 5.4 – – – – Group IV.................................................. 87.21 17.5 – – – – General and operations managers................................... 51.07 12.3 51.07 12.3 – – Group III................................................. 47.38 9.5 47.38 9.5 – – Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.86 17.2 46.86 17.2 – – Marketing managers.............................................. 45.41 24.3 45.41 24.3 – – Computer and information systems managers......................... 60.83 3.7 60.83 3.7 – – Financial managers................................................ 42.34 12.8 42.34 12.8 – – Group III................................................. 37.19 2.9 37.19 2.9 – – Human resources managers.......................................... 37.48 8.8 37.48 8.8 – – Construction managers............................................. 38.53 12.3 38.53 12.3 – – Group III................................................. 38.53 12.3 38.53 12.3 – – Education administrators.......................................... 30.23 8.0 30.23 8.0 – – Engineering managers.............................................. 59.23 8.4 59.23 8.4 – – Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 37.19 27.7 37.19 27.7 – – Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.94 5.6 30.11 5.5 – – Group II.................................................. 24.19 4.9 – – – – Group III................................................. 35.16 6.8 – – – – Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.39 5.0 27.39 5.0 – – Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.40 9.9 28.40 9.9 – – Accountants and auditors.......................................... 35.47 12.1 35.50 12.1 – – Group II.................................................. 26.03 3.8 26.08 3.8 – – Group III................................................. 39.06 17.5 39.06 17.5 – – Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.24 4.3 37.26 4.3 – – Group II.................................................. 24.30 4.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.36 3.7 – – – – Computer software engineers....................................... 45.68 7.6 45.68 7.6 – – Group III................................................. 43.75 2.8 – – – – Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.97 9.2 38.97 9.2 – – Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.31 6.2 48.31 6.2 – – Group III................................................. 43.08 4.2 43.08 4.2 – – Computer support specialists...................................... 27.17 11.6 27.17 11.6 – – Group II.................................................. 21.48 3.3 21.48 3.3 – – Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.01 9.5 41.01 9.5 – – Group III................................................. 38.85 14.5 38.85 14.5 – – Network and computer systems administrators....................... 28.96 9.0 28.96 9.0 – – Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.73 2.4 35.91 2.0 – – Group II.................................................. 25.44 1.0 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.27 1.8 – – – – Engineers......................................................... 39.49 5.6 39.49 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 27.66 8.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 40.25 4.2 – – – – Civil engineers................................................. 39.06 12.0 39.06 12.0 – – Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 43.02 12.9 43.02 12.9 – – Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 33.97 3.0 33.97 3.0 – – Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.69 2.2 28.69 2.2 – – Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.91 3.8 30.89 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 23.92 6.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.54 3.9 – – – – Physical scientists............................................... 37.31 4.2 37.31 4.2 – – Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 37.75 3.2 37.75 3.2 – – Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 23.70 13.1 23.70 13.1 – – Community and social services occupations........................... 20.56 13.6 20.76 13.6 – – Group II.................................................. 18.36 12.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 27.65 20.8 – – – – Counselors........................................................ 25.51 21.7 25.51 21.7 – – Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.59 11.3 16.81 11.6 – – Group II.................................................. 16.59 11.3 – – – – Education, training, and library occupations........................ 35.04 4.8 37.09 4.6 16.23 8.3 Group I................................................... 14.02 7.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.00 11.7 – – – – Group III................................................. 39.20 2.5 – – – – Postsecondary teachers............................................ 47.86 6.9 48.05 6.7 – – Group III................................................. 39.95 11.0 – – – – Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 40.89 15.7 – – – – Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 33.95 5.3 35.98 5.4 16.94 17.4 Group II.................................................. 29.83 13.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.97 .7 – – – – Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 34.27 4.2 37.50 1.0 – – Group II.................................................. 34.69 1.4 – – – – Group III................................................. 38.82 .5 – – – – Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 33.91 4.7 37.46 .8 – – Group II.................................................. 34.63 3.2 34.99 2.4 – – Group III................................................. 38.68 .1 38.78 .0 – – Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.81 5.9 37.81 5.9 – – Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.36 3.5 39.37 3.5 – – Group III................................................. 39.96 2.3 – – – – Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.68 2.8 39.69 2.7 – – Group III................................................. 40.36 1.1 40.37 1.1 – – Teacher assistants................................................ 13.54 5.8 13.97 3.7 – – Group I................................................... 13.54 5.8 13.97 3.7 – – Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 23.87 6.4 24.26 6.7 – – Group II.................................................. 21.29 8.2 – – – – Group III................................................. 28.75 4.8 – – – – Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 38.64 17.5 39.64 19.3 32.19 4.3 Group II.................................................. 26.62 5.8 – – – – Group III................................................. 47.82 18.0 – – – – Pharmacists....................................................... 50.22 7.1 – – – – Registered nurses................................................. 35.52 6.2 36.07 8.0 33.43 7.0 Group II.................................................. 30.97 2.4 30.83 3.4 31.36 4.6 Group III................................................. 36.77 8.5 37.65 12.6 – – Therapists........................................................ 30.12 6.5 29.50 7.9 – – Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 16.37 10.1 – – – – Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 22.56 .9 – – – – Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.18 2.7 16.29 2.9 – – Group I................................................... 13.98 2.7 – – – – Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.53 2.1 13.58 2.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.58 2.3 – – – – Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.53 2.1 13.58 2.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.58 2.3 13.64 2.5 – – Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.65 5.8 17.68 5.9 – – Group I................................................... 14.67 5.0 – – – – Dental assistants............................................... 18.55 13.6 – – – – Protective service occupations...................................... 25.36 15.4 27.33 12.2 17.87 23.3 Group I................................................... 13.07 6.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.96 6.8 – – – – Police officers................................................... 29.14 5.6 29.14 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 29.14 5.6 – – – – Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 29.14 5.6 29.14 5.6 – – Group II.................................................. 29.14 5.6 29.14 5.6 – – Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 21.47 16.1 – – – – Security guards................................................. 21.47 16.1 – – – – Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.22 6.3 9.95 9.0 8.42 2.9 Group I................................................... 8.65 3.5 – – – – Group II.................................................. 14.90 3.7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.38 2.4 14.38 2.4 – – Cooks............................................................. 11.69 2.1 12.70 5.9 9.55 10.5 Group I................................................... 11.05 3.7 – – – – Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.06 2.9 13.11 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 12.68 5.1 – – – – Cooks, restaurant............................................... 11.54 5.8 – – – – Group I................................................... 11.54 5.8 – – – – Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.29 2.8 – – 4.74 7.2 Group I................................................... 4.29 2.8 – – – – Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.28 2.8 – – 4.76 8.0 Group I................................................... 4.28 2.8 – – 4.76 8.0 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.58 1.3 9.37 8.4 8.18 2.0 Group I................................................... 8.58 1.3 – – – – Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 8.54 1.6 9.30 9.5 8.17 1.9 Group I................................................... 8.54 1.6 9.30 9.5 8.17 1.9 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 11.71 16.0 – – 11.98 19.5 Group I................................................... 11.71 16.0 – – 11.98 19.5 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.47 9.6 11.61 10.3 8.64 5.8 Group I................................................... 10.70 7.9 – – – – Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.88 8.8 10.99 9.3 8.69 6.0 Group I................................................... 10.67 8.5 – – – – Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.72 5.7 12.11 5.9 8.69 6.0 Group I................................................... 11.12 3.8 11.45 3.9 8.69 6.0 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.16 1.7 9.16 1.7 – – Group I................................................... 9.22 1.9 9.22 1.9 – – Personal care and service occupations............................... 16.90 14.2 – – 10.57 7.7 Group I................................................... 10.61 9.0 – – – – Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 15.13 5.4 – – 14.33 1.7 Sales and related occupations....................................... 18.96 7.8 21.52 9.5 9.23 3.3 Group I................................................... 12.01 7.2 – – – – Group II.................................................. 28.46 10.5 – – – – Retail sales workers.............................................. 12.83 7.1 14.44 4.1 9.16 4.5 Group I................................................... 12.12 10.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.86 3.9 – – – – Cashiers, all workers........................................... 11.49 1.7 12.90 7.5 9.61 1.4 Group I................................................... 11.42 1.8 – – – – Cashiers...................................................... 11.49 1.7 12.90 7.5 9.61 1.4 Group I................................................... 11.42 1.8 12.88 8.5 9.50 1.3 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.76 10.7 15.45 1.4 8.96 7.2 Group I................................................... 12.92 17.1 14.90 4.7 8.77 5.8 Group II.................................................. 18.29 2.5 18.29 2.5 – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.19 4.5 32.19 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 29.98 7.5 – – – – Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 26.62 3.8 26.62 3.8 – – Group II.................................................. 26.62 3.8 26.62 3.8 – – Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.26 2.2 17.59 2.6 13.25 8.7 Group I................................................... 14.23 2.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 20.59 2.6 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.09 4.5 24.09 4.5 – – Group II.................................................. 22.72 7.1 22.72 7.1 – – Financial clerks.................................................. 16.10 5.3 16.14 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 14.04 5.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.69 6.0 – – – – Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.34 6.7 16.42 6.6 – – Group I................................................... 13.40 4.7 13.47 4.6 – – Group II.................................................. 19.10 6.3 19.10 6.3 – – Customer service representatives.................................. 16.42 6.0 16.74 8.6 – – Group I................................................... 12.93 2.5 13.18 3.1 – – Group II.................................................. 21.17 12.0 21.17 12.0 – – Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.27 3.2 14.45 3.3 – – Group I................................................... 13.59 2.6 13.72 2.6 – – Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 22.33 6.4 22.33 6.4 – – Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 13.44 8.3 14.46 2.3 9.52 14.1 Group I................................................... 13.45 8.5 14.51 2.0 9.52 14.1 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.37 3.6 21.55 3.5 – – Group I................................................... 15.36 5.4 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.35 3.2 – – – – Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 23.77 3.1 24.37 3.0 – – Group II.................................................. 24.85 2.9 24.85 2.9 – – Medical secretaries............................................. 20.18 5.7 20.33 5.3 – – Group I................................................... 16.50 6.3 – – – – Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.99 7.9 17.94 8.1 – – Group II.................................................. 19.79 8.9 19.79 8.9 – – Data entry and information processing workers..................... 14.07 6.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.34 7.1 – – – – Data entry keyers............................................... 14.07 6.6 – – – – Group I................................................... 14.34 7.1 – – – – Office clerks, general............................................ 16.25 2.7 16.55 3.0 15.20 5.6 Group I................................................... 15.21 2.7 15.58 2.8 13.60 5.4 Group II.................................................. 18.39 3.0 18.46 3.0 – – Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.39 2.5 19.31 2.5 – – Group I................................................... 13.74 5.1 – – – – Group II.................................................. 23.66 .7 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 28.46 4.4 28.46 4.4 – – Group II.................................................. 26.61 11.7 26.61 11.7 – – Construction laborers............................................. 14.43 2.7 14.43 2.7 – – Group I................................................... 14.11 5.8 14.11 5.8 – – Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.67 6.6 23.43 7.8 – – Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 24.59 12.2 24.36 13.5 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.83 5.6 25.15 5.4 – – Group I................................................... 16.59 6.3 – – – – Group II.................................................. 24.38 6.0 – – – – First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.30 5.7 36.30 5.7 – – Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.03 9.9 21.38 9.7 – – Group II.................................................. 20.55 9.9 – – – – Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 19.15 11.5 20.55 11.4 – – Group II.................................................. 19.68 11.5 20.55 11.4 – – Production occupations.............................................. 15.48 4.3 15.74 4.2 11.41 2.0 Group I................................................... 12.34 3.8 – – – – Group II.................................................. 18.94 9.2 – – – – Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.76 8.2 13.83 8.8 – – Group I................................................... 13.07 11.9 – – – – Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.18 10.7 12.18 10.7 – – Printers.......................................................... 16.75 14.2 17.34 13.8 – – Group II.................................................. 18.89 13.4 – – – – Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 11.94 10.9 12.09 11.3 – – Group I................................................... 10.22 4.0 – – – – Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 17.49 8.6 18.53 8.9 10.16 10.2 Group I................................................... 14.90 3.4 – – – – Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.43 6.0 16.81 3.0 – – Group I................................................... 15.10 6.7 – – – – Driver/sales workers............................................ 10.19 25.1 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.19 25.1 – – – – Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.04 9.0 19.04 9.0 – – Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.55 11.2 15.68 11.7 – – Group I................................................... 15.23 11.7 15.34 12.3 – – Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.58 2.4 13.58 2.4 – – Group I................................................... 13.58 2.4 13.58 2.4 – – Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 15.02 4.7 16.06 6.4 10.33 4.4 Group I................................................... 15.02 4.7 – – – – Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 17.36 5.2 – – – – Group I................................................... 17.36 5.2 – – – – Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 10.36 13.0 – – – – Group I................................................... 10.36 13.0 – – – – 1 Combined work levels simplify the presentation of work levels by combining levels 1 through 15 into four broad groups. Group I combines levels 1-4, group II combines levels 5-8, group III combines levels 9-12, and group IV combines levels 13-15. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. Table 6. Civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.74 $13.46 $19.82 $30.64 $44.56 Management occupations.............................................. 25.28 30.77 40.83 53.58 70.31 General and operations managers................................... 31.88 36.06 49.27 55.29 87.50 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 21.64 26.15 47.45 61.85 70.31 Marketing managers.............................................. 21.64 24.51 41.33 70.31 70.46 Computer and information systems managers......................... 27.68 48.73 67.73 76.91 89.99 Financial managers................................................ 30.77 31.29 42.44 45.03 65.50 Human resources managers.......................................... 30.19 30.19 36.90 40.83 42.91 Construction managers............................................. 27.36 32.70 36.40 40.86 53.58 Education administrators.......................................... 13.68 17.47 36.05 39.11 47.08 Engineering managers.............................................. 40.22 48.08 60.77 65.51 76.73 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 16.88 27.58 27.97 43.34 58.06 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.97 22.66 27.03 33.76 43.08 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 22.59 23.08 27.35 31.16 31.79 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.62 21.62 26.56 31.62 38.33 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.10 27.50 28.90 42.09 69.71 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.97 27.89 35.04 45.10 55.82 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.49 34.28 44.51 51.28 68.02 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 31.49 31.49 37.02 45.10 53.03 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.22 36.96 50.00 57.55 68.56 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.00 19.05 20.97 27.61 63.22 Computer systems analysts......................................... 26.50 32.74 42.91 51.49 54.20 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 20.00 27.89 28.06 29.21 39.00 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.13 26.14 32.04 42.21 56.57 Engineers......................................................... 25.48 30.60 35.84 49.52 57.32 Civil engineers................................................. 29.33 30.72 32.02 47.48 59.31 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 27.56 31.89 44.42 52.57 55.56 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 24.04 27.56 31.64 41.90 46.08 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.13 24.46 28.06 31.44 36.06 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 20.52 20.52 28.44 38.94 49.59 Physical scientists............................................... 24.04 30.64 37.79 45.29 50.77 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 22.63 33.37 38.81 45.29 50.77 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 11.00 20.23 25.63 28.03 29.81 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.40 13.86 18.92 23.10 30.14 Counselors........................................................ 13.26 17.95 20.75 31.59 46.43 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.40 12.55 14.68 19.42 22.52 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.69 24.17 33.47 45.67 55.13 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.58 29.32 41.36 61.23 78.03 Miscellaneous postsecondary teachers............................ 25.58 26.39 33.32 48.46 70.94 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 11.69 26.26 34.28 43.46 50.73 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 11.69 26.66 34.56 43.13 50.72 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 11.69 26.66 34.33 42.88 50.28 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.87 30.45 37.13 45.99 52.82 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.87 30.78 39.43 47.60 53.27 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.03 31.27 39.43 47.62 53.39 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.04 10.72 13.34 16.23 18.99 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.73 20.59 22.06 27.64 32.93 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.24 21.23 30.68 42.06 81.56 Pharmacists....................................................... 49.93 49.93 50.38 56.43 57.21 Registered nurses................................................. 26.03 29.22 34.52 41.09 49.74 Therapists........................................................ 20.74 27.58 28.87 35.00 35.00 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.18 13.53 16.23 19.63 19.63 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.89 20.72 22.70 24.82 25.75 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.24 13.00 15.44 18.52 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.00 12.50 13.66 14.25 15.97 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.00 12.50 13.66 14.25 15.97 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.50 15.00 18.43 19.50 21.00 Dental assistants............................................... 12.50 15.00 19.00 19.50 25.50 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.89 18.99 23.54 29.13 38.02 Police officers................................................... 22.18 24.48 29.18 33.25 35.19 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.18 24.48 29.18 33.25 35.19 Security guards and gaming surveillance officers.................. 8.50 19.81 19.81 27.87 27.87 Security guards................................................. 8.50 19.81 19.81 27.87 27.87 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.26 7.50 9.00 11.00 13.75 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.78 13.46 13.46 14.44 19.77 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 10.00 11.56 13.66 15.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.76 11.91 12.40 14.68 15.29 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.00 10.50 11.15 12.50 14.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.00 4.00 4.25 4.26 4.26 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.26 4.26 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.30 7.50 8.00 9.15 10.25 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.30 7.50 8.00 9.10 10.13 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.00 9.53 10.00 12.48 15.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 8.50 10.30 12.73 15.50 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 8.50 10.08 12.00 14.37 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 9.51 10.00 10.33 12.74 14.37 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.25 8.50 8.50 9.25 10.99 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.28 8.00 11.00 19.96 32.30 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.00 13.52 15.44 17.31 17.31 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.87 15.00 23.90 34.67 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.75 9.00 10.74 15.27 20.96 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.35 10.54 15.57 16.60 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.35 10.54 15.57 16.60 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.70 9.87 11.78 15.39 25.42 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 18.95 19.75 30.41 39.83 44.85 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 18.95 18.95 19.75 26.33 50.48 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.60 13.52 16.17 20.11 23.94 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.55 21.06 22.62 28.77 29.96 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.12 12.93 15.87 18.32 21.72 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.03 12.93 15.45 20.46 22.81 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.00 12.95 14.24 19.24 23.21 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.00 13.06 14.26 14.98 17.85 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.86 19.55 19.62 27.19 29.31 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.50 11.03 13.92 16.26 16.90 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.62 17.67 21.42 24.54 28.77 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.00 20.11 22.94 26.44 29.81 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.62 18.41 20.03 23.33 24.54 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.25 13.90 16.75 20.53 25.24 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.71 11.71 14.21 15.63 18.04 Data entry keyers............................................... 11.71 11.71 14.21 15.63 18.04 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.00 14.50 16.17 17.50 20.25 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.15 13.27 18.00 23.00 30.12 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 18.00 20.80 27.73 34.10 41.92 Construction laborers............................................. 12.00 12.16 12.24 16.00 16.00 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.00 13.71 22.19 30.66 36.50 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 13.71 17.00 22.19 30.66 36.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.95 18.38 26.00 31.00 34.62 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 20.50 32.01 34.62 44.30 44.30 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.33 13.95 21.40 26.26 27.78 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.33 13.95 18.38 23.29 27.51 Production occupations.............................................. 9.88 12.00 14.44 18.35 23.35 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.43 10.60 15.33 15.33 16.28 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 9.80 10.05 10.90 12.84 13.60 Printers.......................................................... 12.00 13.59 14.13 19.13 20.38 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.28 10.00 11.00 12.68 17.45 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 11.03 15.00 19.99 22.42 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 8.00 10.00 15.78 19.25 21.33 Driver/sales workers............................................ 5.85 5.85 9.00 10.46 20.39 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.78 16.85 17.64 21.33 23.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 12.60 14.50 17.50 28.52 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.50 11.82 13.75 15.00 15.45 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.94 10.13 12.60 21.10 22.41 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.84 11.23 21.04 21.22 22.45 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.30 7.30 11.03 12.60 12.60 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 7. Private industry workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $9.40 $13.00 $19.00 $29.81 $43.27 Management occupations.............................................. 27.50 30.77 40.83 53.58 72.10 General and operations managers................................... 31.88 33.22 49.27 52.88 87.50 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 21.64 26.15 47.45 61.85 70.31 Marketing managers.............................................. 21.64 24.51 41.33 70.31 70.46 Financial managers................................................ 30.77 31.29 42.44 45.03 65.50 Construction managers............................................. 27.36 32.70 36.40 40.86 53.58 Engineering managers.............................................. 40.22 48.08 60.77 65.51 76.73 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 16.88 27.58 27.97 43.34 58.06 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.97 22.59 26.94 32.21 42.24 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 22.59 23.08 27.35 31.16 31.79 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.10 27.50 28.09 35.20 47.77 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.97 27.89 35.04 45.67 55.82 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.49 34.28 44.51 51.28 68.02 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 31.49 31.49 37.02 45.10 53.03 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.22 36.96 50.00 57.55 68.56 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.00 19.05 20.97 27.61 63.22 Computer systems analysts......................................... 28.37 34.82 42.91 51.73 54.32 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 20.00 27.89 28.06 29.21 39.00 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.13 26.48 32.04 42.21 56.57 Engineers......................................................... 25.48 30.48 35.84 49.52 57.37 Civil engineers................................................. 29.33 29.33 31.50 48.08 60.00 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 27.56 31.89 44.42 52.57 55.56 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 24.04 27.56 31.64 41.90 46.08 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.13 24.46 28.06 31.44 36.06 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 21.66 24.99 33.37 41.54 49.59 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.40 12.93 14.60 18.92 24.15 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.50 14.42 27.56 41.61 49.36 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.58 26.39 38.46 48.90 62.94 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 11.50 11.50 14.99 28.85 33.16 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.73 20.83 22.62 31.44 33.53 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.15 20.74 30.32 42.06 82.61 Pharmacists....................................................... 49.93 49.93 50.38 56.43 57.21 Registered nurses................................................. 26.37 29.34 33.50 41.09 49.74 Therapists........................................................ 20.74 26.61 28.87 31.80 35.00 Health diagnosing and treating practitioner support technicians... 12.18 13.53 16.23 19.63 19.63 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................. 19.89 20.72 22.70 24.82 25.75 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.24 12.95 15.44 18.52 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.00 12.50 13.52 13.97 15.50 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.00 12.50 13.52 13.97 15.50 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.50 15.00 18.43 19.50 21.00 Dental assistants............................................... 12.50 15.00 19.00 19.50 25.50 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.26 7.50 9.00 11.00 13.87 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.78 13.46 13.46 14.44 19.77 Cooks............................................................. 8.00 10.00 11.56 13.66 15.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.76 11.91 12.40 14.68 15.29 Cooks, restaurant............................................... 10.00 10.50 11.15 12.50 14.00 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.00 4.00 4.25 4.26 4.26 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.26 4.26 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.30 7.50 8.00 9.10 10.13 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.30 7.50 8.00 9.00 10.00 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.00 9.53 10.00 12.48 15.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 8.50 10.00 11.67 14.16 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 8.50 10.00 11.57 14.00 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 8.51 10.00 10.30 11.46 12.97 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.25 8.50 8.50 9.25 10.99 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.28 8.00 11.50 24.00 35.37 Sales and related occupations....................................... 8.00 9.87 15.00 23.90 34.67 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.75 9.00 10.76 15.27 20.96 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.00 8.38 10.54 15.57 16.66 Cashiers...................................................... 8.00 8.38 10.54 15.57 16.66 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.70 9.87 11.78 15.39 25.42 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 18.95 19.75 30.41 39.83 44.85 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 18.95 18.95 19.75 26.33 50.48 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 11.40 13.50 16.15 19.71 24.03 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.55 21.06 22.62 28.77 29.96 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.12 12.87 15.87 18.32 21.58 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.03 12.93 15.45 20.46 22.81 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.00 12.95 14.24 19.24 23.21 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 12.00 13.06 14.26 14.98 17.85 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 8.50 11.03 13.92 16.26 16.90 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.56 17.04 22.05 24.54 28.77 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 18.00 21.42 23.55 26.69 29.81 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.62 18.41 20.03 23.33 24.54 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.25 13.90 15.71 18.92 25.24 Data entry and information processing workers..................... 11.71 11.71 14.21 15.63 18.04 Data entry keyers............................................... 11.71 11.71 14.21 15.63 18.04 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.50 14.55 16.17 17.20 19.37 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.00 13.00 17.64 22.19 29.71 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 18.00 18.67 27.00 32.65 41.92 Construction laborers............................................. 12.00 12.16 12.24 16.00 16.00 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.00 13.71 22.19 30.66 36.50 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 13.71 17.00 22.19 30.66 36.50 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.37 18.50 26.43 31.00 34.62 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 20.50 34.62 38.75 44.30 44.30 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.00 13.95 17.40 26.26 27.78 Production occupations.............................................. 9.88 12.00 14.44 18.35 23.35 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.43 10.60 15.33 15.33 16.28 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 9.80 10.05 10.90 12.84 13.60 Printers.......................................................... 12.00 13.59 14.13 19.13 20.38 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.28 10.00 11.00 12.68 17.45 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 9.00 10.75 14.45 19.99 22.40 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 7.28 10.00 15.50 18.41 21.33 Driver/sales workers............................................ 5.85 5.85 9.00 10.46 20.39 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 12.60 14.50 17.50 28.52 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.50 11.82 13.75 15.00 15.45 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 8.61 10.00 12.60 21.10 22.41 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.......... 9.84 11.23 21.04 21.22 22.45 Packers and packagers, hand..................................... 7.30 7.30 11.03 12.60 12.60 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 8. State and local government workers: Hourly wage percentiles(1), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Occupation(2) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $13.34 $17.79 $23.54 $36.24 $50.98 Management occupations.............................................. 19.20 29.56 40.36 52.45 67.73 Education administrators.......................................... 16.48 19.38 37.55 39.11 47.83 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 23.87 24.36 33.66 69.71 69.71 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 20.19 20.52 20.73 31.46 40.49 Community and social services occupations........................... 17.77 19.82 21.83 30.50 44.94 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 11.69 24.91 34.80 46.15 56.40 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 28.01 31.28 52.02 63.89 84.88 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 19.94 27.64 36.09 44.94 51.57 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 11.69 26.71 34.89 43.49 50.73 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 11.69 26.46 34.66 43.25 50.72 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.87 30.78 39.43 47.60 53.27 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.03 31.27 39.43 47.62 53.39 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.93 11.89 14.06 17.38 18.99 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 25.81 28.07 37.02 42.61 49.25 Protective service occupations...................................... 16.89 18.88 23.79 32.39 39.72 Police officers................................................... 22.18 24.48 29.18 33.25 35.19 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.18 24.48 29.18 33.25 35.19 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.00 11.12 13.64 20.41 23.41 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.00 10.08 12.55 14.15 23.41 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 10.08 12.55 14.15 23.41 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.28 7.50 9.76 13.70 16.70 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.00 13.38 15.00 16.70 17.19 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 13.50 14.94 17.56 21.21 23.43 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.69 13.56 15.87 18.38 20.78 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.51 21.27 23.61 26.78 34.10 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 13.50 17.59 23.05 26.58 31.38 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 11.33 14.76 22.45 25.34 28.47 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 11.33 14.76 22.45 25.34 28.47 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 15.49 16.50 18.46 19.85 23.91 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 9. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Full-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $11.00 $14.57 $21.00 $31.49 $46.11 Management occupations.............................................. 25.28 30.77 40.83 53.58 70.46 General and operations managers................................... 31.88 36.06 49.27 55.29 87.50 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 21.64 26.15 47.45 61.85 70.31 Marketing managers.............................................. 21.64 24.51 41.33 70.31 70.46 Computer and information systems managers......................... 27.68 48.73 67.73 76.91 89.99 Financial managers................................................ 30.77 31.29 42.44 45.03 65.50 Human resources managers.......................................... 30.19 30.19 36.90 40.83 42.91 Construction managers............................................. 27.36 32.70 36.40 40.86 53.58 Education administrators.......................................... 13.68 17.47 36.05 39.11 47.08 Engineering managers.............................................. 40.22 48.08 60.77 65.51 76.73 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 16.88 27.58 27.97 43.34 58.06 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 18.97 22.66 27.35 33.76 43.08 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 22.59 23.08 27.35 31.16 31.79 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 21.62 21.62 26.56 31.62 38.33 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 24.10 27.50 28.90 42.09 69.71 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 20.97 27.89 35.04 45.31 55.82 Computer software engineers....................................... 31.49 34.28 44.51 51.28 68.02 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 31.49 31.49 37.02 45.10 53.03 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 30.22 36.96 50.00 57.55 68.56 Computer support specialists...................................... 18.00 19.05 20.97 27.61 63.22 Computer systems analysts......................................... 26.50 32.74 42.91 51.49 54.20 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 20.00 27.89 28.06 29.21 39.00 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 21.35 26.48 32.34 42.75 56.57 Engineers......................................................... 25.48 30.60 35.84 49.52 57.32 Civil engineers................................................. 29.33 30.72 32.02 47.48 59.31 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 27.56 31.89 44.42 52.57 55.56 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 24.04 27.56 31.64 41.90 46.08 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 21.13 24.46 28.06 31.44 36.06 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 20.52 20.52 28.37 38.94 49.59 Physical scientists............................................... 24.04 30.64 37.79 45.29 50.77 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 22.63 33.37 38.81 45.29 50.77 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 11.00 20.23 25.63 28.03 29.81 Community and social services occupations........................... 12.40 13.86 18.92 23.24 30.24 Counselors........................................................ 13.26 17.95 20.75 31.59 46.43 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 12.40 12.40 15.44 20.15 22.52 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 14.99 26.23 34.98 47.27 56.68 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 25.58 29.32 42.34 61.23 78.03 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 23.32 28.08 35.65 44.79 51.42 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 25.95 29.36 36.56 44.71 51.34 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 25.98 29.29 36.46 44.53 51.01 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 24.87 30.45 37.13 45.99 52.82 Secondary school teachers....................................... 24.87 30.78 39.43 47.60 53.27 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 25.03 31.27 39.43 47.62 53.39 Teacher assistants................................................ 9.98 11.06 13.46 16.66 18.99 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 16.73 20.69 22.06 27.64 32.93 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 16.15 20.74 30.32 46.15 85.83 Registered nurses................................................. 25.42 29.34 35.00 41.40 49.74 Therapists........................................................ 20.74 26.75 28.34 29.99 39.82 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 12.24 13.00 15.50 18.52 21.00 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 11.00 12.50 13.66 14.36 16.09 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 11.00 12.50 13.66 14.36 16.09 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 12.50 15.00 18.43 19.50 21.00 Protective service occupations...................................... 18.88 19.81 23.84 32.39 40.17 Police officers................................................... 22.18 24.48 29.18 33.25 35.19 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 22.18 24.48 29.18 33.25 35.19 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 4.00 7.35 10.00 13.31 14.50 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 11.78 13.46 13.46 14.44 19.77 Cooks............................................................. 10.25 11.15 12.20 15.00 15.00 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 10.76 11.56 13.36 14.68 15.29 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.35 7.50 9.18 10.00 12.69 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.28 7.44 9.10 10.00 12.69 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 8.50 8.51 10.30 12.92 16.00 Building cleaning workers......................................... 8.50 8.50 10.08 12.24 14.37 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 10.00 10.08 10.84 12.92 14.37 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 8.25 8.50 8.50 9.25 10.99 Sales and related occupations....................................... 9.87 11.87 17.58 26.33 35.38 Retail sales workers.............................................. 9.00 10.37 13.37 16.35 23.75 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 8.35 10.38 12.45 16.26 16.66 Cashiers...................................................... 8.35 10.38 12.45 16.26 16.66 Retail salespersons............................................. 9.87 10.37 14.00 17.58 25.43 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 18.95 19.75 30.41 39.83 44.85 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 18.95 18.95 19.75 26.33 50.48 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 12.03 13.85 16.39 20.53 24.25 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 17.55 21.06 22.62 28.77 29.96 Financial clerks.................................................. 11.12 12.93 16.00 18.32 21.72 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 12.03 12.97 15.70 20.46 22.81 Customer service representatives.................................. 11.33 12.95 14.24 19.24 23.39 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 13.06 13.06 14.98 14.98 17.37 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 17.86 19.55 19.62 27.19 29.31 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 10.57 13.52 14.50 16.65 16.90 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 14.56 17.07 22.05 24.54 28.77 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 17.73 21.79 23.55 26.69 29.81 Medical secretaries............................................. 14.62 18.41 20.03 23.33 24.54 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 13.25 13.90 16.62 19.82 25.24 Office clerks, general............................................ 13.50 14.64 16.17 17.50 20.25 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 11.15 13.27 18.00 23.00 29.29 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 18.00 20.80 27.73 34.10 41.92 Construction laborers............................................. 12.00 12.16 12.24 16.00 16.00 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 13.00 13.71 22.19 30.12 36.50 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 13.71 17.00 22.19 32.95 37.44 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 14.50 18.61 26.26 31.00 34.62 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 20.50 32.01 34.62 44.30 44.30 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 13.95 14.79 22.45 26.26 27.78 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 13.95 14.37 22.03 26.26 28.47 Production occupations.............................................. 9.88 12.50 14.44 18.72 23.49 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 9.43 9.88 15.33 15.33 16.28 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 9.80 10.05 10.90 12.84 13.60 Printers.......................................................... 13.59 13.59 14.78 20.38 30.23 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 7.28 10.00 11.50 12.68 17.45 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 10.00 12.05 16.00 20.39 22.46 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 9.87 13.38 16.85 20.44 23.00 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 15.78 16.85 17.64 21.33 23.00 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 9.00 12.60 14.75 17.50 28.52 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 10.50 11.82 13.75 15.00 15.45 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 9.21 11.00 15.37 21.13 22.43 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. Table 10. Part-time(1) civilian workers: Hourly wage percentiles(2), Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Part-time workers Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All workers........................................................... $7.28 $8.00 $9.60 $13.00 $22.86 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 10.00 11.69 11.69 12.93 36.09 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 11.69 11.69 11.69 11.69 35.57 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 21.97 27.76 32.00 36.17 42.06 Registered nurses................................................. 26.37 28.00 32.00 39.89 42.06 Protective service occupations...................................... 8.50 9.16 16.89 27.87 27.87 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 5.74 7.50 8.00 9.30 11.00 Cooks............................................................. 7.28 7.75 9.15 11.50 12.40 Food service, tipped.............................................. 4.25 4.25 4.26 4.26 6.13 Waiters and waitresses.......................................... 4.25 4.25 4.26 4.26 6.13 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 7.30 7.50 8.00 8.51 9.60 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 7.30 7.50 8.00 8.50 9.60 Food servers, nonrestaurant....................................... 8.00 10.00 11.00 14.00 15.00 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 7.50 7.50 8.00 10.30 10.30 Building cleaning workers......................................... 7.50 7.50 8.31 10.30 10.30 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 7.50 7.50 8.31 10.30 10.30 Personal care and service occupations............................... 7.40 8.00 9.25 11.50 15.44 Recreation and fitness workers.................................... 10.00 13.38 15.00 16.70 17.19 Sales and related occupations....................................... 7.28 7.75 8.50 10.00 11.99 Retail sales workers.............................................. 7.28 7.75 8.40 10.00 11.90 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 7.50 8.00 8.50 10.60 13.25 Cashiers...................................................... 7.50 8.00 8.50 10.60 13.25 Retail salespersons............................................. 7.28 7.28 8.82 9.95 11.65 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 8.33 10.75 12.71 15.19 18.04 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 7.50 7.50 8.60 11.03 14.00 Office clerks, general............................................ 12.58 14.50 14.92 17.39 19.00 Production occupations.............................................. 10.05 11.17 11.17 12.00 13.50 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 5.85 7.28 9.00 12.95 15.67 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 7.30 7.30 9.00 11.23 16.35 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 11. Full-time(1) civilian workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $25.82 $21.00 $1,026 $826 39.7 $52,497 $42,775 2,033 Management occupations.............................................. 45.54 40.83 1,931 1,697 42.4 99,833 87,820 2,192 General and operations managers................................... 51.07 49.27 2,251 2,045 44.1 117,039 106,344 2,292 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.86 47.45 1,920 1,898 41.0 99,854 98,700 2,131 Marketing managers.............................................. 45.41 41.33 1,876 1,653 41.3 97,529 85,971 2,148 Computer and information systems managers......................... 60.83 67.73 2,433 2,709 40.0 126,519 140,883 2,080 Financial managers................................................ 42.34 42.44 1,845 1,697 43.6 95,960 88,267 2,266 Human resources managers.......................................... 37.48 36.90 1,696 1,633 45.2 88,190 84,935 2,353 Construction managers............................................. 38.53 36.40 1,615 1,412 41.9 83,978 73,403 2,180 Education administrators.......................................... 30.23 36.05 1,223 1,413 40.5 59,348 63,988 1,963 Engineering managers.............................................. 59.23 60.77 2,476 2,521 41.8 128,757 131,082 2,174 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 37.19 27.97 1,487 1,119 40.0 77,348 58,178 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 30.11 27.35 1,211 1,081 40.2 62,981 56,222 2,092 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.39 27.35 1,125 1,175 41.1 58,483 61,090 2,135 Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists........ 28.40 26.56 1,174 1,063 41.3 61,026 55,253 2,148 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 35.50 28.90 1,441 1,222 40.6 74,912 63,561 2,110 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.26 35.04 1,499 1,455 40.2 77,937 75,643 2,092 Computer software engineers....................................... 45.68 44.51 1,827 1,780 40.0 95,015 92,570 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.97 37.02 1,559 1,481 40.0 81,051 77,000 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.31 50.00 1,932 2,000 40.0 100,477 104,008 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 27.17 20.97 1,087 839 40.0 56,518 43,616 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.01 42.91 1,694 1,717 41.3 88,087 89,259 2,148 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 28.96 28.06 1,159 1,122 40.0 60,243 58,356 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.91 32.34 1,403 1,282 39.1 72,962 66,652 2,032 Engineers......................................................... 39.49 35.84 1,580 1,433 40.0 82,135 74,537 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 39.06 32.02 1,562 1,281 40.0 81,237 66,602 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 43.02 44.42 1,721 1,777 40.0 89,481 92,394 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 33.97 31.64 1,359 1,266 40.0 70,665 65,820 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.69 28.06 1,148 1,122 40.0 59,685 58,361 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 30.89 28.37 1,235 1,135 40.0 63,455 58,427 2,054 Physical scientists............................................... 37.31 37.79 1,493 1,512 40.0 77,615 78,599 2,080 Environmental scientists and geoscientists...................... 37.75 38.81 1,510 1,552 40.0 78,513 80,716 2,080 Miscellaneous life, physical, and social science technicians...... 23.70 25.63 948 1,025 40.0 49,288 53,304 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 20.76 18.92 826 756 39.8 41,508 39,426 2,000 Counselors........................................................ 25.51 20.75 1,005 820 39.4 47,470 44,699 1,861 Miscellaneous community and social service specialists............ 16.81 15.44 672 618 40.0 34,960 32,115 2,080 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 37.09 34.98 1,469 1,399 39.6 57,368 54,415 1,547 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 48.05 42.34 2,063 1,956 42.9 86,058 72,669 1,791 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 35.98 35.65 1,402 1,397 39.0 53,442 53,124 1,485 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.50 36.56 1,459 1,422 38.9 54,085 53,058 1,442 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.46 36.46 1,460 1,422 39.0 54,097 53,058 1,444 Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 37.81 37.13 1,447 1,434 38.3 53,987 53,323 1,428 Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.37 39.43 1,534 1,539 39.0 57,297 57,566 1,455 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.69 39.43 1,548 1,562 39.0 57,857 58,359 1,458 Teacher assistants................................................ 13.97 13.46 490 475 35.1 18,462 18,331 1,322 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.26 22.06 971 882 40.0 49,630 45,883 2,045 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 39.64 30.32 1,525 1,180 38.5 77,889 59,530 1,965 Registered nurses................................................. 36.07 35.00 1,413 1,340 39.2 70,518 68,278 1,955 Therapists........................................................ 29.50 28.34 1,030 866 34.9 50,382 45,037 1,708 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.29 15.50 612 616 37.6 31,832 32,011 1,954 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.58 13.66 507 506 37.3 26,371 26,291 1,942 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.58 13.66 507 506 37.3 26,371 26,291 1,942 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.68 18.43 663 691 37.5 34,462 35,933 1,949 Protective service occupations...................................... 27.33 23.84 1,140 999 41.7 59,254 51,948 2,168 Police officers................................................... 29.14 29.18 1,166 1,167 40.0 60,610 60,694 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 29.14 29.18 1,166 1,167 40.0 60,610 60,694 2,080 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.95 10.00 376 388 37.8 19,453 20,183 1,955 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.38 13.46 623 550 43.3 32,373 28,600 2,251 Cooks............................................................. 12.70 12.20 508 488 40.0 26,413 25,376 2,080 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.11 13.36 524 534 40.0 27,272 27,789 2,080 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.37 9.18 320 285 34.2 16,402 14,040 1,751 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.30 9.10 314 275 33.8 16,077 13,806 1,729 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 11.61 10.30 462 412 39.8 23,972 21,337 2,064 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.99 10.08 438 400 39.8 22,751 20,800 2,069 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 12.11 10.84 482 423 39.8 25,052 21,971 2,069 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.16 8.50 364 340 39.7 18,927 17,680 2,067 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.52 17.58 872 703 40.5 45,325 36,566 2,106 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.44 13.37 585 535 40.5 30,442 27,799 2,108 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.90 12.45 514 440 39.8 26,708 22,901 2,070 Cashiers...................................................... 12.90 12.45 514 440 39.8 26,708 22,901 2,070 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.45 14.00 630 560 40.8 32,783 29,120 2,121 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.19 30.41 1,297 1,308 40.3 67,448 67,999 2,095 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 26.62 19.75 1,081 828 40.6 56,201 43,066 2,111 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.59 16.39 693 648 39.4 36,009 33,634 2,047 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.09 22.62 964 905 40.0 50,114 47,050 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.14 16.00 630 618 39.0 32,737 32,136 2,028 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.42 15.70 630 618 38.4 32,754 32,115 1,995 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.74 14.24 652 569 38.9 33,896 29,613 2,025 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.45 14.98 560 571 38.7 29,104 29,669 2,015 Production, planning, and expediting clerks....................... 22.33 19.62 920 782 41.2 47,833 40,660 2,142 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.46 14.50 578 580 40.0 30,077 30,160 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.55 22.05 854 882 39.6 44,109 45,864 2,047 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.37 23.55 971 942 39.8 50,467 48,984 2,070 Medical secretaries............................................. 20.33 20.03 788 789 38.8 40,960 41,042 2,015 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.94 16.62 715 665 39.8 36,404 32,677 2,029 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.55 16.17 660 647 39.9 34,284 33,634 2,071 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 19.31 18.00 765 720 39.6 39,788 37,440 2,060 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 28.46 27.73 1,206 1,154 42.4 62,711 60,000 2,204 Construction laborers............................................. 14.43 12.24 555 486 38.5 28,873 25,282 2,002 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.43 22.19 909 888 38.8 47,282 46,155 2,018 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 24.36 22.19 943 888 38.7 49,033 46,155 2,013 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.15 26.26 1,014 1,042 40.3 52,749 54,200 2,098 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.30 34.62 1,516 1,595 41.8 78,842 82,950 2,172 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 21.38 22.45 851 898 39.8 44,250 46,696 2,070 Maintenance and repair workers, general......................... 20.55 22.03 822 881 40.0 42,740 45,822 2,080 Production occupations.............................................. 15.74 14.44 626 578 39.8 32,553 30,039 2,068 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.83 15.33 553 613 40.0 28,759 31,886 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.18 10.90 487 436 40.0 25,336 22,672 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 17.34 14.78 670 591 38.7 34,864 30,742 2,011 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.09 11.50 484 460 40.0 25,146 23,920 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.53 16.00 708 663 38.2 36,692 34,320 1,981 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.81 16.85 676 666 40.2 35,143 34,620 2,091 Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer........................ 19.04 17.64 782 690 41.1 40,654 35,880 2,136 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.68 14.75 627 590 40.0 32,611 30,680 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.58 13.75 539 540 39.7 28,018 28,080 2,063 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 16.06 15.37 641 615 39.9 33,324 31,970 2,076 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 12. Full-time(1) private industry workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $25.22 $20.50 $1,001 $800 39.7 $51,934 $41,600 2,059 Management occupations.............................................. 45.79 40.83 1,954 1,697 42.7 101,618 88,267 2,219 General and operations managers................................... 49.31 49.27 2,219 1,971 45.0 115,376 102,484 2,340 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.86 47.45 1,920 1,898 41.0 99,854 98,700 2,131 Marketing managers.............................................. 45.41 41.33 1,876 1,653 41.3 97,529 85,971 2,148 Financial managers................................................ 42.34 42.44 1,845 1,697 43.6 95,960 88,267 2,266 Construction managers............................................. 38.53 36.40 1,615 1,412 41.9 83,978 73,403 2,180 Engineering managers.............................................. 59.23 60.77 2,476 2,521 41.8 128,757 131,082 2,174 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 37.19 27.97 1,487 1,119 40.0 77,348 58,178 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.00 26.94 1,167 1,063 40.2 60,698 55,253 2,093 Buyers and purchasing agents...................................... 27.39 27.35 1,125 1,175 41.1 58,483 61,090 2,135 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 31.46 28.09 1,280 1,173 40.7 66,576 60,977 2,116 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 37.30 35.04 1,501 1,456 40.2 78,027 75,733 2,092 Computer software engineers....................................... 45.68 44.51 1,827 1,780 40.0 95,015 92,570 2,080 Computer software engineers, applications....................... 38.97 37.02 1,559 1,481 40.0 81,051 77,000 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.31 50.00 1,932 2,000 40.0 100,477 104,008 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 27.17 20.97 1,087 839 40.0 56,518 43,616 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 41.36 42.91 1,710 1,717 41.3 88,909 89,259 2,150 Network and computer systems administrators....................... 28.96 28.06 1,159 1,122 40.0 60,243 58,356 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 35.98 32.34 1,405 1,282 39.1 73,072 66,652 2,031 Engineers......................................................... 39.40 35.84 1,576 1,433 40.0 81,956 74,537 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 38.68 31.50 1,547 1,260 40.0 80,460 65,520 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 43.02 44.42 1,721 1,777 40.0 89,481 92,394 2,080 Electronics engineers, except computer........................ 33.97 31.64 1,359 1,266 40.0 70,665 65,820 2,080 Engineering technicians, except drafters.......................... 28.69 28.06 1,148 1,122 40.0 59,685 58,361 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 34.45 33.37 1,378 1,335 40.0 71,652 69,399 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 16.85 15.44 668 618 39.7 34,742 32,115 2,062 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 32.50 28.85 1,295 1,154 39.9 58,332 54,883 1,795 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 20.41 14.99 808 600 39.6 38,948 32,375 1,909 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 24.73 22.62 989 905 40.0 50,851 45,883 2,056 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 39.81 29.51 1,532 1,140 38.5 79,642 59,280 2,001 Registered nurses................................................. 35.96 33.50 1,414 1,324 39.3 73,545 68,848 2,045 Therapists........................................................ 26.68 28.34 916 866 34.3 47,641 45,037 1,785 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 16.31 15.50 614 618 37.6 31,910 32,136 1,957 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.42 13.55 503 500 37.5 26,130 26,000 1,947 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.42 13.55 503 500 37.5 26,130 26,000 1,947 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 17.68 18.43 663 691 37.5 34,462 35,933 1,949 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.93 10.00 376 393 37.9 19,547 20,455 1,968 First-line supervisors/managers, food preparation and serving workers.......................................................... 14.38 13.46 623 550 43.3 32,373 28,600 2,251 Cooks............................................................. 12.70 12.20 508 488 40.0 26,413 25,376 2,080 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.11 13.36 524 534 40.0 27,272 27,789 2,080 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 9.27 9.15 319 275 34.4 16,566 14,274 1,787 Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food........................................................... 9.19 9.00 312 270 34.0 16,236 14,040 1,766 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.52 10.00 418 400 39.8 21,664 20,800 2,060 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.46 10.00 416 400 39.8 21,632 20,800 2,067 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.06 10.30 439 412 39.7 22,805 21,420 2,062 Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................. 9.16 8.50 364 340 39.7 18,927 17,680 2,067 Sales and related occupations....................................... 21.52 17.58 872 703 40.5 45,325 36,566 2,106 Retail sales workers.............................................. 14.44 13.37 585 535 40.5 30,442 27,799 2,108 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 12.90 12.45 514 440 39.8 26,708 22,901 2,070 Cashiers...................................................... 12.90 12.45 514 440 39.8 26,708 22,901 2,070 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.45 14.00 630 560 40.8 32,783 29,120 2,121 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.19 30.41 1,297 1,308 40.3 67,448 67,999 2,095 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products.............................. 26.62 19.75 1,081 828 40.6 56,201 43,066 2,111 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 17.50 16.21 688 646 39.3 35,802 33,600 2,046 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.09 22.62 964 905 40.0 50,114 47,050 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.10 15.87 628 618 39.0 32,634 32,136 2,027 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 16.35 15.70 627 618 38.3 32,585 32,115 1,993 Customer service representatives.................................. 16.74 14.24 652 569 38.9 33,896 29,613 2,025 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.45 14.98 560 571 38.7 29,104 29,669 2,015 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.46 14.50 578 580 40.0 30,077 30,160 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.73 22.28 860 883 39.6 44,713 45,935 2,057 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.85 23.55 989 942 39.8 51,433 48,984 2,069 Medical secretaries............................................. 20.33 20.03 788 789 38.8 40,960 41,042 2,015 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.85 15.71 711 628 39.8 36,961 32,677 2,071 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.42 16.17 654 647 39.8 34,002 33,632 2,071 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 18.92 17.50 749 690 39.6 38,959 35,880 2,059 First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers............................................... 27.81 27.00 1,187 1,106 42.7 61,706 57,500 2,219 Construction laborers............................................. 14.43 12.24 555 486 38.5 28,873 25,282 2,002 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.43 22.19 909 888 38.8 47,282 46,155 2,018 Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters......................... 24.36 22.19 943 888 38.7 49,033 46,155 2,013 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 25.36 27.10 1,024 1,052 40.4 53,267 54,703 2,100 First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers........................................................ 36.81 38.75 1,545 1,601 42.0 80,323 83,231 2,182 Industrial machinery installation, repair, and maintenance workers 20.58 20.50 815 827 39.6 42,383 43,008 2,059 Production occupations.............................................. 15.74 14.44 626 578 39.8 32,553 30,039 2,068 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 13.83 15.33 553 613 40.0 28,759 31,886 2,080 Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers..... 12.18 10.90 487 436 40.0 25,336 22,672 2,080 Printers.......................................................... 17.34 14.78 670 591 38.7 34,864 30,742 2,011 Miscellaneous production workers.................................. 12.09 11.50 484 460 40.0 25,146 23,920 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 18.48 15.45 705 631 38.1 36,659 32,822 1,984 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 16.46 16.64 662 666 40.2 34,441 34,620 2,092 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 15.68 14.75 627 590 40.0 32,611 30,680 2,080 Industrial truck and tractor operators............................ 13.58 13.75 539 540 39.7 28,018 28,080 2,063 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 16.05 14.00 641 560 39.9 33,320 29,120 2,075 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 13. Full-time(1) State and local government workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $30.18 $24.78 $1,207 $984 40.0 $56,163 $48,433 1,861 Management occupations.............................................. 44.18 40.36 1,811 1,564 41.0 91,050 81,338 2,061 Education administrators.......................................... 32.12 37.55 1,302 1,502 40.5 62,657 69,086 1,951 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 42.09 36.53 1,684 1,461 40.0 87,557 75,982 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 26.51 20.67 1,060 827 40.0 53,657 44,741 2,024 Community and social services occupations........................... 26.76 21.83 1,070 873 40.0 51,128 45,408 1,911 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 38.36 36.57 1,517 1,458 39.5 57,145 53,323 1,490 Postsecondary teachers............................................ 52.54 52.02 2,391 2,449 45.5 97,792 90,591 1,861 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 38.36 37.95 1,491 1,473 38.9 55,107 54,544 1,437 Elementary and middle school teachers........................... 37.82 37.08 1,472 1,444 38.9 54,248 53,058 1,434 Elementary school teachers, except special education.......... 37.77 36.94 1,474 1,442 39.0 54,213 52,644 1,435 Secondary school teachers....................................... 39.37 39.43 1,534 1,539 39.0 57,297 57,566 1,455 Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education.................................................... 39.69 39.43 1,548 1,562 39.0 57,857 58,359 1,458 Teacher assistants................................................ 14.40 14.06 497 501 34.5 18,054 18,053 1,253 Protective service occupations...................................... 28.07 24.62 1,172 1,123 41.8 60,950 58,417 2,171 Police officers................................................... 29.14 29.18 1,166 1,167 40.0 60,610 60,694 2,080 Police and sheriff's patrol officers............................ 29.14 29.18 1,166 1,167 40.0 60,610 60,694 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 15.92 13.67 637 547 40.0 33,105 28,434 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 13.72 12.58 549 503 40.0 28,538 26,166 2,080 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 13.72 12.58 549 503 40.0 28,538 26,166 2,080 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.68 17.97 747 719 40.0 38,372 36,400 2,055 Office clerks, general............................................ 16.82 16.72 673 669 40.0 34,845 34,528 2,071 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 24.88 23.61 995 944 40.0 51,743 49,109 2,080 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 23.44 23.05 938 922 40.0 48,765 47,944 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 19.00 19.85 741 767 39.0 37,038 37,814 1,950 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 14. Size of establishment: Mean hourly earnings(1) of private industry establishments for major occupational groups, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 1-99 100-499 500 Occupational group(2) Total workers workers workers or more All workers.................................. $23.85 $21.97 $24.28 $29.09 Management, professional, and related...... 36.58 34.12 40.48 37.49 Management, business, and financial...... 39.72 35.81 47.53 39.72 Professional and related................. 35.18 33.32 37.07 36.71 Service.................................... 11.82 11.25 12.53 14.66 Sales and office........................... 17.86 19.00 15.20 18.99 Sales and related........................ 18.97 20.33 14.60 – Office and administrative support........ 17.18 17.75 15.49 18.53 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance............................... 21.38 21.44 20.18 25.31 Construction and extraction............. 19.00 20.11 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair.... 25.21 23.89 28.16 28.64 Production, transportation, and material moving.................................... 16.49 14.12 15.56 23.45 Production............................... 15.48 14.58 17.06 16.53 Transportation and material moving....... 17.38 13.66 14.11 27.12 B 1-99 100-499 500 Total workers workers workers or more Occupational group(2) Relative error(3) (percent) Relative error(3) (percent) All workers........................................................... 4.1 3.7 11.4 4.3 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.8 6.5 12.5 6.1 Management, business, and financial............................... 9.6 10.0 20.0 14.1 Professional and related.......................................... 7.2 8.4 16.5 5.3 Service............................................................. 5.7 8.7 3.8 4.2 Sales and office.................................................... 3.3 6.0 4.9 3.1 Sales and related................................................. 7.8 9.1 11.5 – Office and administrative support................................. 2.4 4.7 5.4 3.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.8 3.9 23.4 10.9 Construction and extraction...................................... 2.6 4.9 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.2 7.3 18.8 6.4 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.8 4.8 5.1 6.3 Production........................................................ 4.3 6.6 8.4 5.3 Transportation and material moving................................ 9.4 6.3 9.8 3.2 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 15. Establishments with fewer than 100 workers: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $23.54 $19.24 $939 $758 39.9 $48,780 $39,410 2,072 Management occupations.............................................. 38.99 35.29 1,678 1,612 43.0 87,276 83,800 2,238 Construction managers............................................. 39.79 40.86 1,685 1,639 42.4 87,643 85,232 2,203 Property, real estate, and community association managers......... 37.19 27.97 1,487 1,119 40.0 77,348 58,178 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 28.54 26.39 1,153 982 40.4 59,934 51,085 2,100 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 34.71 35.20 1,411 1,584 40.6 73,351 82,359 2,113 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 32.27 29.80 1,291 1,192 40.0 67,132 61,984 2,080 Computer support specialists...................................... 28.47 20.97 1,139 839 40.0 59,225 43,616 2,080 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 32.61 29.82 1,255 1,173 38.5 65,251 61,006 2,001 Engineers......................................................... 33.92 31.50 1,357 1,260 40.0 70,553 65,520 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 38.01 38.94 1,521 1,558 40.0 79,070 80,999 2,080 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 18.24 18.43 678 691 37.2 35,265 35,933 1,934 Miscellaneous healthcare support occupations...................... 18.44 18.43 683 691 37.1 35,533 35,933 1,927 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 9.28 9.53 347 349 37.4 18,046 18,156 1,945 Cooks............................................................. 12.43 12.00 497 480 40.0 25,864 24,960 2,080 Fast food and counter workers..................................... 8.80 8.95 296 266 33.6 15,378 13,806 1,748 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.42 9.25 417 370 40.0 21,678 19,240 2,080 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.33 9.25 413 370 40.0 21,479 19,240 2,080 Sales and related occupations....................................... 22.98 18.95 938 758 40.8 48,772 39,410 2,122 Retail sales workers.............................................. 15.01 13.50 618 540 41.2 32,123 28,080 2,140 Retail salespersons............................................. 15.99 14.57 661 600 41.4 34,395 31,200 2,152 Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing................ 32.68 34.67 1,318 1,387 40.3 68,538 72,120 2,098 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 18.30 16.50 722 655 39.5 37,540 34,050 2,052 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 24.18 22.00 967 880 40.0 50,294 45,760 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 16.36 16.00 632 635 38.6 32,870 33,008 2,009 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 17.30 16.39 651 618 37.6 33,850 32,136 1,956 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 23.68 23.55 926 894 39.1 48,129 46,467 2,033 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 20.00 18.00 787 700 39.3 40,907 36,400 2,045 Construction laborers............................................. 13.90 12.24 532 486 38.3 27,662 25,282 1,990 Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters............... 23.57 22.19 914 888 38.8 47,504 46,155 2,015 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 24.09 26.00 980 1,040 40.7 50,946 54,080 2,115 Production occupations.............................................. 14.88 14.44 595 578 40.0 30,948 30,039 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 14.34 13.67 575 540 40.1 29,917 28,080 2,086 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 15.49 15.78 624 631 40.3 32,448 32,822 2,095 Truck drivers, light or delivery services....................... 13.76 14.50 551 580 40.0 28,629 30,160 2,080 Laborers and material movers, hand................................ 11.47 11.03 459 441 40.0 23,860 22,942 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 16. Establishments with 100 workers or more: Mean and median hourly, weekly, and annual earnings and mean weekly and annual hours for full-time(1) private industry workers, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Hourly earnings(3) Weekly earnings(4) Annual earnings(5) Occupation(2) Mean Mean Mean Median Mean Median weekly Mean Median annual hours hours All workers........................................................... $27.33 $21.58 $1,078 $849 39.5 $55,848 $44,198 2,044 Management occupations.............................................. 54.24 44.42 2,290 1,845 42.2 119,090 95,945 2,196 Marketing and sales managers...................................... 46.98 47.45 1,933 1,898 41.1 100,502 98,700 2,139 Marketing managers.............................................. 46.02 58.37 1,910 1,359 41.5 99,309 70,649 2,158 Financial managers................................................ 46.29 42.44 1,852 1,697 40.0 96,293 88,267 2,080 Engineering managers.............................................. 64.65 64.06 2,586 2,562 40.0 134,470 133,245 2,080 Business and financial operations occupations....................... 29.37 27.51 1,179 1,100 40.1 61,305 57,215 2,087 Accountants and auditors.......................................... 28.52 28.09 1,162 1,154 40.7 60,439 59,998 2,119 Computer and mathematical science occupations....................... 39.64 39.44 1,598 1,578 40.3 83,118 82,031 2,097 Computer software engineers....................................... 47.24 47.90 1,890 1,916 40.0 98,267 99,634 2,080 Computer software engineers, systems software................... 48.31 50.00 1,932 2,000 40.0 100,477 104,008 2,080 Computer systems analysts......................................... 39.30 42.91 1,646 1,717 41.9 85,615 89,259 2,179 Architecture and engineering occupations............................ 41.28 39.71 1,651 1,588 40.0 85,864 82,597 2,080 Engineers......................................................... 45.32 46.58 1,813 1,863 40.0 94,276 96,886 2,080 Civil engineers................................................. 44.61 45.82 1,784 1,833 40.0 92,793 95,306 2,080 Electrical and electronics engineers............................ 45.79 46.61 1,832 1,864 40.0 95,250 96,949 2,080 Life, physical, and social science occupations...................... 29.35 29.57 1,174 1,183 40.0 61,050 61,499 2,080 Community and social services occupations........................... 18.56 18.46 732 710 39.5 38,069 36,900 2,052 Education, training, and library occupations........................ 39.79 36.02 1,584 1,410 39.8 67,560 56,725 1,698 Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers......... 31.23 28.85 1,221 1,154 39.1 53,538 54,837 1,714 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......... 26.74 25.60 1,070 1,024 40.0 54,559 53,248 2,040 Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................... 39.62 30.32 1,566 1,199 39.5 81,447 62,371 2,056 Registered nurses................................................. 36.13 34.52 1,420 1,340 39.3 73,857 69,680 2,044 Healthcare support occupations...................................... 14.42 13.51 549 513 38.1 28,548 26,686 1,980 Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides....................... 13.39 13.45 499 493 37.3 25,967 25,643 1,940 Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants........................ 13.39 13.45 499 493 37.3 25,967 25,643 1,940 Food preparation and serving related occupations.................... 12.85 13.36 514 534 40.0 26,738 27,789 2,080 Cooks............................................................. 13.18 13.36 527 534 40.0 27,409 27,789 2,080 Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................ 13.18 13.36 527 534 40.0 27,409 27,789 2,080 Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations........... 10.75 10.94 422 423 39.2 21,630 21,674 2,012 Building cleaning workers......................................... 10.84 10.95 424 427 39.1 22,042 22,194 2,033 Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners... 11.52 11.35 452 454 39.2 23,478 23,587 2,038 Sales and related occupations....................................... 17.59 16.26 698 650 39.7 36,308 33,821 2,064 Retail sales workers.............................................. 13.42 12.45 530 475 39.5 27,538 24,690 2,052 Cashiers, all workers........................................... 13.23 12.50 526 498 39.8 27,358 25,896 2,068 Cashiers...................................................... 13.23 12.50 526 498 39.8 27,358 25,896 2,068 Retail salespersons............................................. 13.72 12.00 535 475 39.0 27,814 24,690 2,028 Office and administrative support occupations....................... 16.87 15.84 662 632 39.3 34,437 32,860 2,042 First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers.................................................. 23.98 23.66 959 946 40.0 49,874 49,213 2,080 Financial clerks.................................................. 15.36 15.16 614 606 40.0 31,952 31,533 2,080 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.................... 14.23 13.16 569 526 40.0 29,601 27,373 2,080 Customer service representatives.................................. 15.19 13.48 587 501 38.6 30,521 26,033 2,010 Receptionists and information clerks.............................. 14.12 14.98 536 591 38.0 27,882 30,741 1,975 Stock clerks and order fillers.................................... 14.74 16.26 590 650 40.0 30,669 33,821 2,080 Secretaries and administrative assistants......................... 21.04 21.42 836 857 39.7 43,481 44,560 2,066 Executive secretaries and administrative assistants............. 24.47 25.08 972 1,003 39.7 50,555 52,160 2,066 Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive............... 17.61 16.62 704 665 40.0 36,629 34,570 2,080 Office clerks, general............................................ 15.93 14.72 637 589 40.0 33,138 30,626 2,080 Construction and extraction occupations............................. 16.29 15.26 656 610 40.3 34,114 31,732 2,094 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations................... 28.32 28.05 1,126 1,052 39.8 58,542 54,703 2,067 Production occupations.............................................. 16.96 15.80 669 623 39.4 34,780 32,370 2,051 Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators.......................... 15.19 15.33 608 613 40.0 31,600 31,886 2,080 Transportation and material moving occupations...................... 23.31 19.99 841 842 36.1 43,721 43,763 1,876 Driver/sales workers and truck drivers............................ 20.85 20.39 834 816 40.0 43,378 42,420 2,080 1 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 3 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 4 Mean weekly earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. Median weekly earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 5 Mean annual earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. Median annual earnings designates position - one-half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately Table 17. Union(1) and nonunion workers: Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Union Nonunion Occupational group(3) Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers All workers........................................................... $27.03 $23.72 $31.16 $24.15 $23.85 $27.11 Management, professional, and related............................... 35.46 30.17 37.16 36.25 36.74 33.06 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 40.32 39.79 43.73 Professional and related.......................................... 35.84 30.52 37.49 34.39 35.34 28.09 Service............................................................. 24.01 – 25.55 12.63 11.71 19.16 Sales and office.................................................... 17.65 17.59 – 17.89 17.88 18.12 Sales and related................................................. – – – 19.14 19.15 – Office and administrative support................................. 18.56 18.73 – 17.17 17.10 18.19 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 30.04 31.18 – 20.52 20.33 22.71 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 18.58 18.12 24.88 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 27.83 – – 24.06 24.47 20.19 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 22.35 23.13 18.74 14.94 14.91 – Production........................................................ 17.35 17.35 – 15.24 15.24 – Transportation and material moving................................ 23.75 25.23 18.74 14.62 14.55 – Union Nonunion Private State and Private State and Civilian industry local Civilian industry local workers workers government workers workers government workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.9 5.9 6.1 4.0 4.3 7.8 Management, professional, and related............................... .8 4.9 .3 5.4 5.9 10.0 Management, business, and financial............................... – – – 8.6 9.6 17.8 Professional and related.......................................... 1.2 4.8 1.2 6.7 7.3 3.7 Service............................................................. 16.9 – 20.3 4.7 6.0 8.2 Sales and office.................................................... 4.2 4.8 – 3.3 3.4 2.5 Sales and related................................................. – – – 8.0 8.0 – Office and administrative support................................. 5.0 6.0 – 2.3 2.5 2.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 6.9 7.6 – 5.9 6.3 5.7 Construction and extraction...................................... – – – 4.5 4.6 1.1 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 1.9 – – 7.4 7.8 15.9 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 6.8 7.3 6.4 4.8 4.9 – Production........................................................ 4.3 4.3 – 4.5 4.5 – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.5 8.6 6.4 8.6 8.8 – 1 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 18. Time and incentive workers(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for major occupational groups, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Time Incentive Occupational group(3) Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers All workers........................................................... $24.40 $23.79 $24.43 $24.43 Management, professional, and related............................... 36.16 36.56 36.92 36.92 Management, business, and financial............................... 40.14 39.64 40.43 40.43 Professional and related.......................................... 34.66 35.33 – – Service............................................................. 13.40 11.80 – – Sales and office.................................................... 16.96 16.88 22.02 22.02 Sales and related................................................. 16.15 16.16 22.88 22.88 Office and administrative support................................. 17.23 17.15 17.86 17.86 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 21.36 21.15 23.24 23.24 Construction and extraction...................................... – 18.46 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 24.87 25.30 24.35 24.35 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 16.56 16.45 – – Production........................................................ 15.27 15.27 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 17.56 17.46 – – Time Incentive Civilian Private Civilian Private workers industry workers industry workers workers Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 3.9 4.5 9.1 9.1 Management, professional, and related............................... 5.1 6.1 11.9 11.9 Management, business, and financial............................... 9.4 10.7 12.0 12.0 Professional and related.......................................... 5.9 7.2 – – Service............................................................. 4.8 6.0 – – Sales and office.................................................... 3.4 3.6 14.5 14.5 Sales and related................................................. 14.2 14.2 17.8 17.8 Office and administrative support................................. 2.3 2.5 9.3 9.3 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 4.7 5.4 23.0 23.0 Construction and extraction...................................... – 8.7 – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 6.0 6.7 24.1 24.1 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 5.5 5.8 – – Production........................................................ 4.0 4.0 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 8.5 9.4 – – 1 Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary. Incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 19. Industry sector(1): Mean hourly earnings(2) for private industry workers by major occupational group, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Goods producing Service providing Occupational group(3) Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services All workers........................................................... $21.49 $26.14 – – – – $27.37 – – Management, professional, and related............................... 34.21 40.62 – – – – 35.39 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 33.28 37.21 – – – – 27.24 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 42.47 – – – – 36.08 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 14.69 – – Sales and office.................................................... 18.96 17.16 – – – – 18.51 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. 17.06 17.24 – – – – 18.06 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 19.13 – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 16.83 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 16.79 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – 17.01 – – – – – – – B Goods producing Service providing Trade, Profes- Education Leisure Construc- Manufac- transpor- Infor- Financial sional and and Other Occupational group(3) tion turing tation, mation activiti- and health hospital- services and es business services ity utilities services Relative error(4) (percent) Relative error(4) (percent) All workers........................................................... 1.8 8.5 – – – – 21.9 – – Management, professional, and related............................... 1.4 3.3 – – – – 23.5 – – Management, business, and financial............................... 6.2 4.6 – – – – 15.8 – – Professional and related.......................................... – 5.6 – – – – 22.9 – – Service............................................................. – – – – – – 2.3 – – Sales and office.................................................... 10.9 7.1 – – – – 5.0 – – Sales and related................................................. – – – – – – – – – Office and administrative support................................. 3.7 4.5 – – – – 3.1 – – Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 1.9 – – – – – – – – Construction and extraction...................................... – – – – – – – – – Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. – – – – – – – – – Production, transportation, and material moving..................... – 3.2 – – – – – – – Production........................................................ – 3.9 – – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – .1 – – – – – – – 1 Industry sectors are determined by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 2 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. See appendix A for more information. 3 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Private State and Occupational group(2) Civilian industry local workers workers government workers All workers........................................................... 1,274,700 1,100,400 174,300 Management, professional, and related............................... 461,900 359,300 102,500 Management, business, and financial............................... 120,900 103,100 17,800 Professional and related.......................................... 341,000 256,300 84,800 Service............................................................. 229,900 192,100 37,800 Sales and office.................................................... 355,700 336,500 19,100 Sales and related................................................. 138,500 137,800 – Office and administrative support................................. 217,200 198,800 18,400 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance.................... 101,600 92,400 9,100 Construction and extraction...................................... 58,400 54,800 3,700 Installation, maintenance, and repair............................. 41,500 36,100 5,400 Production, transportation, and material moving..................... 125,700 120,000 5,700 Production........................................................ 51,900 51,900 – Transportation and material moving................................ 73,800 68,100 5,700 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. 2 Workers are classified by occupation using the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See appendix B for more information. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Appendix table 2. Survey establishment response, Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA, July 2009 Private State and Establishments Total industry local government Total in sampling frame(1)............................................ 58,112 57,546 566 Total in sample....................................................... 516 478 38 Responding........................................................ 303 266 37 Refused or unable to provide data................................. 128 127 1 Out of business or not in survey scope............................ 85 85 0 1 The list of establishments from which the survey sample was selected (sampling frame) was developed from State unemployment insurance reports and is based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). For private industries, an establishment is usually a single physical location. For State and local governments, an establishment is defined as all locations of a government entity. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Compensation Survey. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.