Family Medicine Physicians in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$182,421
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$83,139
31.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$179,934
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
$265,560
Kept after tax
$182,421
Worth in national money
$179,934
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Colorado pays family medicine physicians around $265,560 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Colorado this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, family medicine physicians ranks 3 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $265,560, tax leaves $182,421, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $179,934 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $249,500.
- For family medicine physicians the Colorado median is $265,560, ranking 19 of 51 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Colorado publishes a median for, family medicine physicians sits 3 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Colorado sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for family medicine physicians — median $265,560 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $182,421 retained, $179,934 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $249,500 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Family Medicine Physicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $265,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $365,820 |
| This salary | $265,560 |
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 | $182,421 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $193,397 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$19,085 |
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 | $248,841 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$28,250 |
| 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 $265,560. The published range is $75,120 up to $365,820, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Colorado the take-home figure of $182,421, from $265,560, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 3 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $179,934, the adjusted value of that $265,560 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 3 of 491 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for family medicine physicians in Colorado the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $75,120 to $365,820. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Colorado is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $182,421 from $265,560. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 3 of 491 locally.
- This $179,934 adjusted figure, worked from $265,560, 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 3 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 3 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 $249,500 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $75,120 and the top tenth $365,820 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $179,934 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 $182,421.
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 $249,500. 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 ($75,120) and the ninetieth ($365,820) 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 $179,934 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 $182,421 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.