Administrative Services Managers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$112,376
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$44,624
28.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$110,844
Colorado costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Colorado — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$157,000
Kept after tax
$112,376
Worth in national money
$110,844
State rank
1
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $157,000, which ranks 1 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 37.56% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Colorado. It ranks 18 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $157,000, tax leaves $112,376, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $110,844 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $165,680, since top earners drag the number up.
- Colorado ranks 1 of 50 states publishing a median for administrative services managers, at $157,000 — about 37.56% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Colorado, administrative services managers ranks 18 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Colorado sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for administrative services managers — median $157,000 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $112,376 retained, $110,844 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $165,680 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Administrative Services Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $101,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $157,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $230,770 |
| This salary | $157,000 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Colorado | $112,376 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $118,576 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,179 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $147,930 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,893 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $157,000 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $101,480 and the ninetieth is $230,770 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Colorado's $112,376, worked from $157,000. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 18 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $110,844, the adjusted value of that $157,000 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 18 of 491 in the state.
- The Colorado median of $157,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $101,480 to $230,770. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Colorado take-home of $112,376, on $157,000 for work ranking 18 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 18 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $110,844 — the adjusted value of that $157,000 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 18 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $165,680 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $101,480, the highest tenth $230,770, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $110,844 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Colorado's own levy, $112,376 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Colorado is $165,680. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($101,480) and the ninetieth ($230,770) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Colorado's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $110,844 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $112,376 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Colorado income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.