Aircraft Service Attendants in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,686
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$7,814
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,186
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
$44,500
Kept after tax
$36,686
Worth in national money
$36,186
State rank
15
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Colorado pays aircraft service attendants a middle wage of $44,500, ranking 15 of 46 states and sitting about 10.01% above the national middle.
- Against 491 occupations Colorado publishes, aircraft service attendants lands at 431. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $44,500, tax leaves $36,686, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $36,186 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $44,230.
- Colorado's median for aircraft service attendants is $44,500, about 10.01% above the national figure and 15 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Colorado, this work ranks 431 of 491 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Colorado sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for aircraft service attendants — median $44,500 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $36,686 retained, $36,186 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $44,230 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,590 |
| This salary | $44,500 |
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 | $36,686 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,936 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,853 |
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 | $42,945 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,450 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of aircraft service attendants in Colorado earn under $44,500 and half over. The published range runs $33,500 at the tenth percentile to $56,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Colorado the take-home figure of $36,686, from $44,500, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 431 of 491 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,186, the adjusted value of that $44,500 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 431 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for aircraft service attendants in Colorado, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,500 to $56,590; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Colorado is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,686 from $44,500. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 431 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $36,186 — the adjusted value of that $44,500 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 431 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,500 and the top tenth $56,590, so most people doing this work in Colorado sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,186 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Colorado then takes its own share, leaving $36,686.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,500 to $56,590) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Colorado rather than a national figure.
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 $36,186 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 $36,686 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.