Bakers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,762
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$6,888
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,302
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
$40,650
Kept after tax
$33,762
Worth in national money
$33,302
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for bakers. The middle earner takes $40,650, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 9.39% above the national middle.
- Against 491 occupations Colorado publishes, bakers lands at 453. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $40,650, tax leaves $33,762, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $33,302 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $43,240, since top earners drag the number up.
- Colorado ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for bakers, at $40,650 — about 9.39% 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, this work ranks 453 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 bakers — median $40,650 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $33,762 retained, $33,302 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $43,240 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Bakers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,570 |
| This salary | $40,650 |
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 | $33,762 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,842 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,553 |
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 | $39,306 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,088 |
| 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 $40,650. The published range is $32,820 up to $56,570, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Colorado the take-home figure of $33,762, from $40,650, 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 453 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $33,302, the adjusted value of that $40,650 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Colorado. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 453 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for bakers in Colorado the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,820 to $56,570. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Colorado is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $33,762 from $40,650. 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 453 of 491 locally.
- This $33,302 adjusted figure, worked from $40,650, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 453 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 453 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $43,240, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,820 at the tenth percentile, $56,570 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Colorado costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $33,302 rather than its face figure.
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, $33,762 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $43,240. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,820 to $56,570) 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 $33,302 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 $33,762 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.