Carpet Installers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,836
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$9,444
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,265
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
$51,280
Kept after tax
$41,836
Worth in national money
$41,265
State rank
21
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Colorado pays carpet installers around $51,280 at the midpoint, 21 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Carpet installers ranks 336 among 491 occupations Colorado publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $51,280, tax leaves $41,836, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $41,265 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $55,700, since top earners drag the number up.
- For carpet installers the Colorado median is $51,280, ranking 21 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 336 of 491 in Colorado places carpet installers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Colorado sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for carpet installers — median $51,280 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $41,836 retained, $41,265 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $55,700 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Carpet Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,800 |
| This salary | $51,280 |
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 | $41,836 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,383 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,379 |
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 | $49,354 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,087 |
| 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 $51,280. The published range is $46,260 up to $75,800, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $41,836 take-home in Colorado comes from $51,280. 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 336 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,265, the adjusted value of that $51,280 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 336 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for carpet installers in Colorado the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $46,260 to $75,800. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $41,836, from $51,280, 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 336 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $41,265 — the adjusted value of that $51,280 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 336 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $55,700, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $46,260 at the tenth percentile, $75,800 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Colorado run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $41,265 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $41,836 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $55,700. 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 ($46,260 to $75,800) 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 $41,265 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 $41,836 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.