Computer User Support Specialists in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,956
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$14,944
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,180
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
$71,900
Kept after tax
$56,956
Worth in national money
$56,180
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $71,900, which ranks 6 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 16.23% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Colorado, this sits in the middle: 194 of 491 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $71,900, take-home of $56,956 is worth roughly $56,180 in national money. The average comes to $77,230, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Colorado ranks 6 of 51 states publishing a median for computer user support specialists, at $71,900 — about 16.23% 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.
- Computer user support specialists ranks 194 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.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for computer user support specialists, whose median is $71,900, the adjusted figure of $56,180 differs little from $56,956 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $77,230 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Computer User Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $71,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $116,850 |
| This salary | $71,900 |
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 | $56,956 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,412 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,959 |
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 | $68,410 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,669 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $71,900 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,590 and the ninetieth is $116,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Colorado's $56,956, worked from $71,900. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 194 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,180 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 194.
- The Colorado median of $71,900 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,590 to $116,850. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Colorado take-home of $56,956, on $71,900 for work ranking 194 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 194 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,180, worked from $71,900, 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 194 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $77,230 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $48,590, the highest tenth $116,850, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $56,180 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, $56,956 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 $77,230. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($48,590) and the ninetieth ($116,850) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $56,180 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 $56,956 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.