Electronics Engineers, Except Computer in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,197
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$33,813
26.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$91,927
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
$127,010
Kept after tax
$93,197
Worth in national money
$91,927
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $127,010, which ranks 14 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 2.47% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Colorado reports, this job comes in at 43 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $127,010, tax leaves $93,197, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $91,927 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $130,650, since top earners drag the number up.
- Colorado ranks 14 of 50 states publishing a median for electronics engineers, except computer, at $127,010 — about 2.47% 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.
- Electronics engineers, except computer ranks 43 of 491 occupations by median in Colorado, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Colorado sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for electronics engineers, except computer — median $127,010 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $93,197 retained, $91,927 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $130,650 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $127,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $191,140 |
| This salary | $127,010 |
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 | $93,197 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $98,077 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,002 |
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 | $119,925 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,582 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of electronics engineers, except computer in Colorado earn under $127,010 and half over. The published range runs $84,510 at the tenth percentile to $191,140 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $93,197 take-home in Colorado comes from $127,010. 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 43 of 491.
- Two cautions on $91,927, the adjusted value of that $127,010 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 43 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for electronics engineers, except computer in Colorado, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $84,510 to $191,140; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $93,197, from $127,010, 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 43 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 50 for it.
- This $91,927 adjusted figure, worked from $127,010, 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 43 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 43 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $84,510 at the bottom tenth to $191,140 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $91,927 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Colorado adds its own income tax on top — which is why $93,197 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($84,510) and the ninetieth ($191,140) 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 $91,927 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 $93,197 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.