Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,522
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$8,078
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,010
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
$45,600
Kept after tax
$37,522
Worth in national money
$37,010
State rank
34
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Colorado pays this job a middle wage of $45,600, 34 of 48 states and about 3.9% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Colorado this is lower-paid work. Of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 418. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $45,600 the take-home is $37,522, which is worth about $37,010 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $45,300, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Colorado's $45,600 median for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers places it 34 of 48 states, about 3.9% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Colorado reports, coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers ranks 418 of 491, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Colorado's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers on its $45,600 median: $37,522 retained after tax becomes $37,010 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $45,300 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,890 |
| This salary | $45,600 |
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 | $37,522 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,820 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,938 |
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 | $43,985 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,553 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,600 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,970 and the ninetieth is $61,890 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,522 take-home in Colorado comes from $45,600. 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 418 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,010 uses one figure for the whole of Colorado. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 418.
- The Colorado median of $45,600 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,970 to $61,890. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $37,522, from $45,600, 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 418 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,010, worked from $45,600, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Colorado address, on work sitting at 418 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,970 at the bottom tenth to $61,890 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 $37,010 of national purchasing power.
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, $37,522 remains.
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 48 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 ($32,970 to $61,890) 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 $37,010 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 $37,522 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.