Occupational employment / Greeley, CO

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Greeley, CO" are below, ordered by total employment.

Occupation Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
All Occupations 79,610 $18.45 $38,390
Office and administrative support occupations 12,710 $15.04 $31,290
Construction and extraction occupations 8,720 $19.07 $39,670
Production occupations 7,880 $15.22 $31,670
Sales and related occupations 7,290 $16.53 $34,380
Food preparation and serving related occupations 6,490 $9.41 $19,580
Transportation and material moving occupations 6,060 $15.88 $33,020
Education, training, and library occupations 5,680 $19.66 $40,890
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 3,330 $19.53 $40,620
Business and financial operations occupations 3,150 $26.01 $54,110
Management occupations 3,060 $41.67 $86,680
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 2,950 $30.23 $62,880
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 2,440 $11.93 $24,820
Retail salespersons 1,930 $14.47 $30,110
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer 1,900 $20.81 $43,290
Customer service representatives 1,760 $13.27 $27,610
Cashiers 1,740 $9.57 $19,890
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 1,730 $8.43 $17,530
Healthcare support occupations 1,700 $13.22 $27,500
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive 1,680 $14.03 $29,190
Protective service occupations 1,500 $20.37 $42,370
Waiters and waitresses 1,480 $8.28 $17,220
General and operations managers 1,340 $40.23 $83,690
Community and social services occupations 1,270 $18.09 $37,630
Personal care and service occupations 1,270 $11.46 $23,840
Stock clerks and order fillers 1,230 $12.85 $26,730
Construction laborers 1,160 $14.52 $30,210
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,160 $11.44 $23,800
Architecture and engineering occupations 1,090 $33.13 $68,910
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 1,080 $15.04 $31,280
Registered nurses 1,070 $31.09 $64,660
Roustabouts, oil and gas 1,060 $14.56 $30,280
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 1,020 $27.38 $56,950
Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,000 Not available $44,170
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers 990 $28.93 $60,160
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 960 $11.43 $23,770
Computer and mathematical occupations 900 $31.59 $65,710
Office clerks, general 890 $12.73 $26,480
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 870 $19.12 $39,770
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants 830 $21.43 $44,570
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 800 $12.32 $25,630
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 770 $11.80 $24,530
Teacher assistants 760 Not available $21,080
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators 740 $21.45 $44,620
Cooks, restaurant 730 $10.13 $21,070
Carpenters 670 $19.88 $41,350
Maintenance and repair workers, general 660 $15.08 $31,370
Life, physical, and social science occupations 640 Not available Not available
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 600 Not available $42,510
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 600 Not available $43,850
Accountants and auditors 590 $29.00 $60,310
Business operations specialists, all other 590 $26.16 $54,410
Food preparation workers 590 $9.00 $18,720
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 560 $16.09 $33,470
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 540 $19.50 $40,560
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 540 $21.33 $44,370
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 530 $19.73 $41,030
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 530 $22.29 $46,350
Industrial truck and tractor operators 510 $14.54 $30,250
Receptionists and information clerks 500 $11.29 $23,490
Counter and rental clerks 490 $10.46 $21,750
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 490 $17.70 $36,820
Cement masons and concrete finishers 480 $16.92 $35,190
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 480 $27.30 $56,770
Tellers 480 $11.51 $23,950
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers 440 $25.25 $52,520
Electricians 420 $16.79 $34,930
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 410 $14.19 $29,510
Team assemblers 400 $13.87 $28,860
Truck drivers, light or delivery services 380 $16.81 $34,970
Industrial machinery mechanics 370 $21.83 $45,400
Helpers--production workers 350 $11.44 $23,790
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 350 $9.55 $19,860
Social and human service assistants 350 $11.34 $23,590
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators 340 $14.55 $30,260
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 340 $13.72 $28,550
Packers and packagers, hand 330 $9.72 $20,220
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 320 $13.53 $28,140
Legal occupations 320 $30.55 $63,540
Preschool teachers, except special education 320 $11.17 $23,230
Construction managers 310 $39.49 $82,140
Court, municipal, and license clerks 290 $15.10 $31,410
Home health aides 290 $10.63 $22,110
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers 280 $14.39 $29,930
Security guards 280 $10.69 $22,230
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers 260 $29.71 $61,800
Medical assistants 260 $14.59 $30,340
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 250 $9.69 $20,160
Cost estimators 250 $27.12 $56,400
Machinists 250 $18.86 $39,240
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment 240 $10.72 $22,290
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks 240 $18.52 $38,520
Brickmasons and blockmasons 230 $21.67 $45,070
Bus drivers, school 230 $13.27 $27,600
Postal service mail carriers 230 Not available Not available
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists 220 $19.44 $40,430
Computer support specialists 220 $22.05 $45,870
Roofers 220 $15.22 $31,650
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 210 $7.98 $16,610
Medical and health services managers 210 $45.98 $95,640
Teachers and instructors, all other 210 Not available $42,700
Civil engineers 200 $32.88 $68,390
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators 200 $25.52 $53,090
Industrial engineers 200 $35.56 $73,970
Sales representatives, services, all other 200 $22.63 $47,080
Child care workers 190 $9.73 $20,250
Dishwashers 190 $8.26 $17,180
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 190 Not available $75,050
Medical secretaries 190 $15.19 $31,600
Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance 180 $18.52 $38,510
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 180 $20.32 $42,270
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 180 $9.59 $19,940
Painters, construction and maintenance 180 $15.64 $32,530
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters 170 $13.11 $27,260
Child, family, and school social workers 170 $20.95 $43,570
Drywall and ceiling tile installers 170 $18.60 $38,690
All other information and record clerks 160 $16.25 $33,800
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 160 $21.43 $44,570
Managers, all other 160 $45.04 $93,680
Bartenders 150 $8.77 $18,240
Bill and account collectors 150 $17.89 $37,200
Dental assistants 150 $16.15 $33,580
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 150 $14.18 $29,490
Library technicians 150 $13.54 $28,170
Pipelayers 150 $18.92 $39,350
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 150 Not available Not available
Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 140 $13.80 $28,700
Insurance sales agents 140 $20.97 $43,610
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 140 Not available $40,080
Lawyers 140 $38.06 $79,170
Personal care and service workers, all other 140 $11.55 $24,020
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 140 $29.90 $62,200
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 130 $8.81 $18,320
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 130 $9.23 $19,200
Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters 130 $13.29 $27,640
Librarians 130 $28.90 $60,120
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines 130 $17.86 $37,150
Nonfarm animal caretakers 130 $9.75 $20,280
Parts salespersons 130 $16.63 $34,590
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 130 $27.18 $56,530
Recreation workers 130 $13.60 $28,280
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 130 Not available $43,840
Structural metal fabricators and fitters 130 $14.85 $30,890
Computer software engineers, applications 120 $39.73 $82,630
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 120 $15.07 $31,340
Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment 120 $25.89 $53,850
Highway maintenance workers 120 $18.48 $38,440
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 120 $9.33 $19,400
Network systems and data communications analysts 120 $24.04 $50,000
Pharmacy technicians 120 $14.21 $29,550
Telecommunications line installers and repairers 120 $16.72 $34,790
Training and development specialists 120 $21.84 $45,430
Community and social service specialists, all other 110 $19.33 $40,210
Construction and building inspectors 110 $22.80 $47,430
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 110 $23.05 $47,940
Food servers, nonrestaurant 110 $10.46 $21,760
Medical and public health social workers 110 $21.14 $43,980
Pharmacists 110 $56.18 $116,850
Production, planning, and expediting clerks 110 $21.39 $44,480
Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators 110 $22.18 $46,130
Coaches and scouts 100 Not available $29,060
File clerks 100 $14.64 $30,450
Financial managers 100 $53.49 $111,250
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks 100 $9.94 $20,670
Loan officers 100 $27.41 $57,020
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 100 $16.75 $34,840
Network and computer systems administrators 100 $31.84 $66,220
Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators 100 $19.50 $40,550
Physical therapists 100 $30.70 $63,850
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders 90 $14.76 $30,690
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 90 $28.49 $59,260
Computer programmers 90 $40.08 $83,370
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 90 $23.14 $48,130
Interviewers, except eligibility and loan 90 $14.29 $29,720
Paralegals and legal assistants 90 $19.49 $40,550
Printing machine operators 90 $17.69 $36,800
Protective service workers, all other 90 $10.97 $22,820
Speech-language pathologists 90 $30.51 $63,460
Veterinary technologists and technicians 90 $12.62 $26,240
Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping 90 $13.69 $28,470
Automotive body and related repairers 80 $24.20 $50,330
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 80 $8.35 $17,360
Family and general practitioners 80 $60.44 $125,710
Financial specialists, all other 80 $20.80 $43,260
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers 80 $9.79 $20,360
Management analysts 80 $33.03 $68,690
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic 80 $12.93 $26,890
Occupational therapists 80 $27.74 $57,690
Self-enrichment education teachers 80 $19.81 $41,210
Agricultural inspectors 70 $21.08 $43,840
Butchers and meat cutters 70 $12.93 $26,900
Computer software engineers, systems software 70 $43.67 $90,830
Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks 70 $14.89 $30,970
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 70 $28.20 $58,650
Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators 70 $14.00 $29,130
Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders 70 $20.05 $41,710
Farm equipment mechanics 70 $18.48 $38,440
Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals 70 $11.49 $23,890
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 70 $39.23 $81,590
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 70 $27.15 $56,470
Industrial production managers 70 $38.24 $79,530
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other 70 $15.12 $31,450
Mechanical engineers 70 $37.52 $78,030
Payroll and timekeeping clerks 70 $17.40 $36,190
Sales and related workers, all other 70 $16.67 $34,680
Sales managers 70 $55.86 $116,190
Chemists 60 $22.79 $47,390
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 60 $29.47 $61,290
Computer systems analysts 60 $38.27 $79,600
Crossing guards 60 $11.21 $23,310
Data entry keyers 60 $14.49 $30,140
Engineering managers 60 $64.47 $134,090
Financial analysts 60 $38.95 $81,010
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 60 $17.16 $35,700
Furniture finishers 60 $13.98 $29,070
Loan interviewers and clerks 60 $15.41 $32,050
Machine feeders and offbearers 60 $14.44 $30,030
Motor vehicle operators, all other 60 $10.78 $22,420
Physician assistants 60 $27.41 $57,000
Postal service clerks 60 Not available Not available
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood 60 $12.38 $25,760
Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners 60 $19.42 $40,380
Sheet metal workers 60 $18.35 $38,170
Special education teachers, secondary school 60 Not available $45,510
Surveyors 60 $24.86 $51,700
Switchboard operators, including answering service 60 $12.01 $24,980
Administrative services managers 50 $41.96 $87,270
Chief executives 50 $69.24 $144,030
Computer and information systems managers 50 $47.86 $99,540
Detectives and criminal investigators 50 $27.90 $58,020
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand 50 $22.89 $47,600
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 50 $20.45 $42,540
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 50 $25.82 $53,710
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping 50 $16.56 $34,440
Interpreters and translators 50 $18.59 $38,670
Library assistants, clerical 50 $15.31 $31,850
Medical records and health information technicians 50 $15.72 $32,700
Order clerks 50 $13.54 $28,160
Petroleum engineers 50 $50.61 $105,270
Physicians and surgeons, all other 50 $88.77 $184,640
Special education teachers, middle school 50 Not available $46,860
Veterinarians 50 $30.96 $64,400
Advertising sales agents 40 $19.88 $41,360
Architectural and civil drafters 40 $21.76 $45,260
Bakers 40 $11.21 $23,330
Bindery workers 40 $14.03 $29,190
Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers 40 $16.63 $34,600
Cooks, short order 40 $9.60 $19,970
Electrical power-line installers and repairers 40 $24.87 $51,730
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 40 $19.69 $40,950
Floral designers 40 $10.45 $21,740
Health educators 40 $23.64 $49,160
Healthcare support workers, all other 40 $19.12 $39,760
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers 40 $15.17 $31,550
Meter readers, utilities 40 $16.41 $34,140
Opticians, dispensing 40 $15.13 $31,470
Painters, transportation equipment 40 $27.04 $56,240
Property, real estate, and community association managers 40 $29.74 $61,850
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products 40 $25.09 $52,180
Refuse and recyclable material collectors 40 $13.26 $27,570
Social and community service managers 40 $26.25 $54,610
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 40 $42.94 $89,320
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 40 Not available $45,750
Aircraft mechanics and service technicians 30 $18.62 $38,740
Civil engineering technicians 30 $20.62 $42,880
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 30 $16.56 $34,440
Electronics engineers, except computer 30 $44.43 $92,410
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 30 $28.22 $58,690
Industrial engineering technicians 30 $21.26 $44,210
Medical equipment repairers 30 $23.61 $49,110
Medical transcriptionists 30 $17.15 $35,680
Occupational health and safety specialists 30 $26.28 $54,660
Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators 30 Not available Not available
Postmasters and mail superintendents 30 $26.82 $55,780
Procurement clerks 30 $16.33 $33,960
Amusement and recreation attendants Not available $10.48 $21,800
Assemblers and fabricators, all other Not available $10.68 $22,220
Biological technicians Not available $19.90 $41,400
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators Not available $17.58 $36,580
Clergy Not available $18.60 $38,700
Cooks, fast food Not available $8.05 $16,740
Dental hygienists Not available $35.61 $74,070
Driver/sales workers Not available $8.82 $18,350
Editors Not available $14.04 $29,210
Electrical engineers Not available $37.75 $78,510
Eligibility interviewers, government programs Not available $17.00 $35,350
Fire fighters Not available $24.08 $50,080
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers Not available $30.46 $63,360
Glaziers Not available $17.78 $36,980
Graphic designers Not available $13.56 $28,210
Grinding and polishing workers, hand Not available $11.75 $24,450
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Not available $19.27 $40,080
Helpers--extraction workers Not available $15.88 $33,040
Home appliance repairers Not available $15.59 $32,430
Legal support workers, all other Not available $16.50 $34,330
Maintenance workers, machinery Not available $14.85 $30,900
Market research analysts Not available $34.65 $72,070
Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Not available $12.78 $26,590
Mental health counselors Not available $19.48 $40,530
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers Not available $14.97 $31,130
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders Not available $15.90 $33,060
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic Not available $14.26 $29,660
New accounts clerks Not available $12.54 $26,080
Personal and home care aides Not available $10.82 $22,510
Production workers, all other Not available $12.59 $26,190
Public relations specialists Not available $26.35 $54,800
Real estate sales agents Not available $16.02 $33,330
Rehabilitation counselors Not available $16.95 $35,260
Rotary drill operators, oil and gas Not available $28.16 $58,570
Slaughterers and meat packers Not available $11.72 $24,380
Structural iron and steel workers Not available $17.11 $35,590
Telemarketers Not available $10.23 $21,290
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Not available $14.49 $30,150
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