Bill and Account Collectors in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,932
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$9,158
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,374
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
$50,090
Kept after tax
$40,932
Worth in national money
$40,374
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for bill and account collectors is strong here. Colorado's middle earner gets $50,090, putting the state 11 of 51 — about 6.51% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in Colorado, this sits in the middle: 353 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $50,090, tax leaves $40,932, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $40,374 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $51,900, since top earners drag the number up.
- For bill and account collectors, Colorado sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $50,090, ranking 11 of 51 and running about 6.51% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Bill and account collectors ranks 353 of 491 occupations in Colorado by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Colorado sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for bill and account collectors — median $50,090 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $40,932 retained, $40,374 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $51,900 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Bill and Account Collectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,930 |
| This salary | $50,090 |
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 | $40,932 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,427 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,287 |
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 | $48,229 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,975 |
| 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 $50,090. The published range is $37,380 up to $66,930, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Colorado the take-home figure of $40,932, from $50,090, 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 353 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 $40,374, the adjusted value of that $50,090 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 353 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for bill and account collectors in Colorado the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,380 to $66,930. 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 $40,932 from $50,090. 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 353 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $40,374 — the adjusted value of that $50,090 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 353 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 $51,900, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,380 and the top tenth $66,930, so most people doing this work in Colorado sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $40,374 rather than its face figure.
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 $40,932.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $51,900. 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 ($37,380 to $66,930) 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 $40,374 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 $40,932 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.