Audiologists in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$76,985
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$25,285
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,936
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
$102,270
Kept after tax
$76,985
Worth in national money
$75,936
State rank
15
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Colorado pays audiologists a middle wage of $102,270, ranking 15 of 49 states and sitting about 6.78% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Colorado. It ranks 86 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $102,270, take-home of $76,985 is worth roughly $75,936 in national money. The average lands at $101,450, below the middle of the range.
- Colorado's median for audiologists is $102,270, about 6.78% above the national figure and 15 of 49 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, audiologists ranks 86 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.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for audiologists, whose median is $102,270, the adjusted figure of $75,936 differs little from $76,985 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $101,450 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $136,660 |
| This salary | $102,270 |
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 | $76,985 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,777 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,189 |
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 | $96,881 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,931 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Colorado earn less than $102,270. The published range is $65,660 up to $136,660, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $76,985 take-home in Colorado comes from $102,270. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 86 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $75,936, the adjusted value of that $102,270 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 86 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for audiologists in Colorado the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $65,660 to $136,660. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $76,985, from $102,270, assumes a single Colorado filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 86 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 15 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $75,936 — the adjusted value of that $102,270 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 86 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $65,660 at the bottom tenth to $136,660 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $75,936 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Colorado adds its own income tax on top — which is why $76,985 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 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 ($65,660 to $136,660) 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 $75,936 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 $76,985 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.