First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,110
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$18,120
22.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,249
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
$81,230
Kept after tax
$63,110
Worth in national money
$62,249
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Colorado is 21 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $81,230. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 139 among 491 occupations Colorado publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $81,230, take-home of $63,110 is worth roughly $62,249 in national money. The average comes to $87,220, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Colorado ranks 21 of 51 for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers at $81,230. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 139 of 491 in Colorado places first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for first-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers, whose median is $81,230, the adjusted figure of $62,249 differs little from $63,110 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $87,220 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $122,770 |
| This salary | $81,230 |
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 | $63,110 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,975 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,644 |
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 | $77,156 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,796 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $81,230 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $59,740 and the ninetieth is $122,770 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Colorado's $63,110, worked from $81,230. 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 139 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $62,249 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 139.
- The Colorado median of $81,230 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $59,740 to $122,770. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Colorado take-home of $63,110, on $81,230 for work ranking 139 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 139 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $62,249, worked from $81,230, 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 139 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 $87,220, 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 $59,740 and the top tenth $122,770 — 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 $62,249 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Colorado's own levy, $63,110 remains.
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 $87,220. 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 ($59,740) and the ninetieth ($122,770) 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 $62,249 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 $63,110 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.