|
|
State
|
Metro
|
Occupation
|
Total
Employed
|
Average
Annual Salary
|
Average
Hourly Wage
|
Median
Annual Salary
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Mechanical drafters
|
980
|
$41,650
|
$20.03
|
$38,290
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Aerospace engineering and operations technicians
|
500
|
$55,030
|
$26.45
|
$54,640
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Civil engineering technicians
|
1,570
|
$38,790
|
$18.65
|
$38,710
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
|
3,630
|
$42,460
|
$20.41
|
$42,490
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Electro-mechanical technicians
|
340
|
$42,900
|
$20.63
|
$42,400
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Environmental engineering technicians
|
500
|
$40,360
|
$19.40
|
$36,330
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Industrial engineering technicians
|
990
|
$46,570
|
$22.39
|
$42,910
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Mechanical engineering technicians
|
700
|
$43,030
|
$20.69
|
$43,670
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Surveying and mapping technicians
|
1,110
|
$37,630
|
$18.09
|
$37,970
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Life, physical, and social science occupations
|
25,380
|
$52,920
|
$25.44
|
$47,780
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Agricultural and food scientists
|
330
|
$55,350
|
$26.61
|
$51,970
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Microbiologists
|
**
|
$64,650
|
$31.08
|
$65,310
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Zoologists and wildlife biologists
|
480
|
$54,870
|
$26.38
|
$53,380
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Conservation scientists
|
460
|
$52,510
|
$25.24
|
$51,070
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Foresters
|
200
|
$53,880
|
$25.90
|
$51,990
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Physicists
|
330
|
$92,320
|
$44.38
|
$90,070
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Chemists
|
1,370
|
$61,270
|
$29.46
|
$56,420
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Materials scientists
|
**
|
$89,120
|
$42.85
|
$90,110
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
|
1,400
|
$57,410
|
$27.60
|
$55,450
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
|
1,360
|
$74,030
|
$35.59
|
$71,320
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Hydrologists
|
460
|
$68,800
|
$33.08
|
$66,330
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Economists
|
**
|
$72,960
|
$35.07
|
$73,440
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Market research analysts
|
2,510
|
$66,400
|
$31.92
|
$61,210
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
|
1,620
|
$53,770
|
$25.85
|
$52,750
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Urban and regional planners
|
900
|
$50,880
|
$24.46
|
$49,980
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Anthropologists and archeologists
|
150
|
$42,320
|
$20.35
|
$38,470
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Agricultural and food science technicians
|
100
|
$31,480
|
$15.13
|
$27,840
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Biological technicians
|
**
|
$33,890
|
$16.30
|
$31,860
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Chemical technicians
|
1,110
|
$37,300
|
$17.93
|
$36,170
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Geological and petroleum technicians
|
440
|
$38,530
|
$18.52
|
$36,970
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health
|
450
|
$40,980
|
$19.70
|
$38,040
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Forensic science technicians
|
190
|
$44,510
|
$21.40
|
$44,840
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Forest and conservation technicians
|
**
|
$27,780
|
$13.36
|
$25,900
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Community and social services occupations
|
22,510
|
$36,930
|
$17.75
|
$33,980
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
|
1,420
|
$28,560
|
$13.73
|
$27,050
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Educational, vocational, and school counselors
|
2,810
|
$46,180
|
$22.20
|
$44,880
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Mental health counselors
|
2,010
|
$33,670
|
$16.19
|
$29,910
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Rehabilitation counselors
|
1,380
|
$30,560
|
$14.69
|
$26,860
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Child, family, and school social workers
|
3,720
|
$39,050
|
$18.77
|
$37,890
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Medical and public health social workers
|
1,300
|
$40,470
|
$19.46
|
$40,240
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Mental health and substance abuse social workers
|
960
|
$38,150
|
$18.34
|
$34,370
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Health educators
|
810
|
$37,880
|
$18.21
|
$33,560
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists
|
1,570
|
$51,130
|
$24.58
|
$52,220
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Social and human service assistants
|
2,940
|
$26,820
|
$12.89
|
$25,720
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Clergy
|
320
|
$37,250
|
$17.91
|
$34,190
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Directors, religious activities and education
|
180
|
$36,400
|
$17.50
|
$34,770
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Legal occupations
|
14,090
|
$73,010
|
$35.10
|
$59,800
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Lawyers
|
7,600
|
$95,520
|
$45.92
|
$85,380
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators
|
110
|
$51,630
|
$24.82
|
$47,720
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
|
290
|
$87,810
|
$42.22
|
$86,290
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Paralegals and legal assistants
|
3,250
|
$42,770
|
$20.56
|
$41,180
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Court reporters
|
480
|
$53,090
|
$25.52
|
$48,030
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Law clerks
|
270
|
$37,110
|
$17.84
|
$36,830
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
|
**
|
$47,560
|
$22.87
|
$35,940
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Education, training, and library occupations
|
118,900
|
$40,330
|
$19.39
|
$35,660
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Business teachers, postsecondary
|
970
|
$61,170
|
*
|
$53,660
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Computer science teachers, postsecondary
|
500
|
$52,940
|
*
|
$45,720
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary
|
460
|
$52,410
|
*
|
$45,830
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Engineering teachers, postsecondary
|
260
|
$76,890
|
*
|
$71,670
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary
|
50
|
$47,140
|
*
|
$41,680
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Biological science teachers, postsecondary
|
760
|
$72,210
|
*
|
$61,790
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary
|
220
|
$60,500
|
*
|
$54,510
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Physics teachers, postsecondary
|
150
|
$64,590
|
*
|
$59,620
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary
|
110
|
$60,930
|
*
|
$56,390
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary
|
**
|
$58,970
|
*
|
$53,330
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Economics teachers, postsecondary
|
160
|
$62,930
|
*
|
$59,140
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Geography teachers, postsecondary
|
70
|
$57,960
|
*
|
$53,890
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Political science teachers, postsecondary
|
170
|
$61,670
|
*
|
$56,580
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Psychology teachers, postsecondary
|
410
|
$56,430
|
*
|
$51,700
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Sociology teachers, postsecondary
|
210
|
$55,850
|
*
|
$52,770
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary
|
620
|
$53,070
|
*
|
$50,970
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Education teachers, postsecondary
|
720
|
$49,770
|
*
|
$46,990
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Library science teachers, postsecondary
|
90
|
$53,410
|
*
|
$51,560
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary
|
190
|
$75,780
|
*
|
$55,680
|
|
|
CO
|
Colorado
|
Social work teachers, postsecondary
|
**
|
$57,910
|
*
|
$55,570
|