Financial Examiners in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,231
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$24,379
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,206
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
$99,610
Kept after tax
$75,231
Worth in national money
$74,206
State rank
12
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for financial examiners. The middle earner takes $99,610, which ranks 12 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 5.79% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Colorado reports, financial examiners comes in at 97 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $99,610, take-home of $75,231 is worth roughly $74,206 in national money. The average comes to $105,650, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Colorado ranks 12 of 49 states publishing a median for financial examiners, at $99,610 — about 5.79% 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.
- Financial examiners ranks 97 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 financial examiners, whose median is $99,610, the adjusted figure of $74,206 differs little from $75,231 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $105,650 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Financial Examiners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $169,400 |
| This salary | $99,610 |
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 | $75,231 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,906 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,994 |
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 | $94,387 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,661 |
| 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 financial examiners in Colorado earn under $99,610 and half over. The published range runs $64,770 at the tenth percentile to $169,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Colorado the take-home figure of $75,231, from $99,610, 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 97 of 491 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $74,206, the adjusted value of that $99,610 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 97 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for financial examiners in Colorado, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,770 to $169,400; 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.
- Take-home for Colorado is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $75,231 from $99,610. 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 97 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $74,206 — the adjusted value of that $99,610 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 97 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 $105,650, 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 $64,770 at the bottom tenth to $169,400 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $74,206 of national purchasing power.
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 $75,231 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 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $105,650. 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 ($64,770) and the ninetieth ($169,400) 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 $74,206 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 $75,231 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.