Facilities Managers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,320
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$32,190
26.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,088
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
$122,510
Kept after tax
$90,320
Worth in national money
$89,088
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for facilities managers. The middle earner takes $122,510, which ranks 6 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 14.86% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Colorado reports, facilities managers comes in at 51 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $122,510, take-home of $90,320 is worth roughly $89,088 in national money. The average comes to $131,060, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Colorado ranks 6 of 51 states publishing a median for facilities managers, at $122,510 — about 14.86% 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.
- Facilities managers ranks 51 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.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for facilities managers, whose median is $122,510, the adjusted figure of $89,088 differs little from $90,320 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $131,060 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Facilities Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $122,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $195,360 |
| This salary | $122,510 |
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 | $90,320 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $95,002 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,675 |
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 | $115,834 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,003 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $122,510 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $79,030 and the ninetieth is $195,360 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $90,320 take-home in Colorado comes from $122,510. 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 51 of 491.
- Two cautions on $89,088, the adjusted value of that $122,510 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 51 of 491 locally.
- The Colorado median of $122,510 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $79,030 to $195,360. 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 $90,320, from $122,510, 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 51 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 51 for it.
- This $89,088 adjusted figure, worked from $122,510, 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 51 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 51 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 $131,060, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $79,030 at the bottom tenth to $195,360 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 $89,088 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 $90,320.
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 $131,060. 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 ($79,030) and the ninetieth ($195,360) 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 $89,088 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 $90,320 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.