First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,096
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$11,744
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,427
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
$60,840
Kept after tax
$49,096
Worth in national money
$48,427
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $60,840, ranking 20 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 267 among 491 occupations Colorado publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $60,840 the take-home is $49,096, which is worth about $48,427 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $64,410, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Colorado occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers: a median of $60,840, ranking 20 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 267 of 491 in Colorado places first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping 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.
- Colorado's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers on its $60,840 median: $49,096 retained after tax becomes $48,427 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $64,410 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $86,690 |
| This salary | $60,840 |
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 | $49,096 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,065 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,122 |
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 | $58,390 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,986 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Colorado earn under $60,840 and half over. The published range runs $46,370 at the tenth percentile to $86,690 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $49,096 take-home in Colorado comes from $60,840. 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 267 of 491.
- Two cautions on $48,427, the adjusted value of that $60,840 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 267 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Colorado, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,370 to $86,690; 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.
- Retained pay of $49,096, from $60,840, 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 267 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 51 for it.
- This $48,427 adjusted figure, worked from $60,840, 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 267 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 267 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 $64,410, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $46,370 at the bottom tenth to $86,690 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $48,427 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 $49,096.
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 $64,410. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,370 to $86,690) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Colorado rather than a national figure.
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 $48,427 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 $49,096 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.