Financial and Investment Analysts in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,027
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$25,823
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,964
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
$103,850
Kept after tax
$78,027
Worth in national money
$76,964
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Colorado pays this job a middle wage of $103,850, ranking 11 of 51 states and sitting about 1.08% above the national middle.
- Within Colorado this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 81 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $103,850, take-home of $78,027 is worth roughly $76,964 in national money. The average comes to $116,590, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Colorado's median for financial and investment analysts is $103,850, about 1.08% above the national figure and 11 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Colorado publishes a median for, financial and investment analysts sits 81 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.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for financial and investment analysts, whose median is $103,850, the adjusted figure of $76,964 differs little from $78,027 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $116,590 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial and Investment Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $171,570 |
| This salary | $103,850 |
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 | $78,027 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,888 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,305 |
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 | $98,362 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,091 |
| 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 $103,850. The published range is $71,590 up to $171,570, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Colorado's $78,027, worked from $103,850. 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 81 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $76,964 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 81.
- Reported values are medians; for financial and investment analysts in Colorado the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $71,590 to $171,570. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Colorado take-home of $78,027, on $103,850 for work ranking 81 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 81 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $76,964, worked from $103,850, 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 81 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $116,590, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $71,590 and the top tenth $171,570 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $76,964 of national purchasing power.
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 $78,027.
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 $116,590. 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 ($71,590) and the ninetieth ($171,570) 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 $76,964 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 $78,027 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.