First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,418
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$10,262
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,812
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
$54,680
Kept after tax
$44,418
Worth in national money
$43,812
State rank
28
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 $54,680, ranking 28 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Colorado reports figures for, this is number 313.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $54,680, tax leaves $44,418, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $43,812 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $59,220, since top earners drag the number up.
- Colorado occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of security workers: a median of $54,680, ranking 28 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.
- In Colorado's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of security workers sits at 313 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Colorado sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for first-line supervisors of security workers — median $54,680 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $44,418 retained, $43,812 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $59,220 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,830 |
| This salary | $54,680 |
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 | $44,418 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,115 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,644 |
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 | $52,567 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,407 |
| 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 security workers in Colorado earn under $54,680 and half over. The published range runs $42,890 at the tenth percentile to $89,830 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $44,418 take-home in Colorado comes from $54,680. 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 313 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,812 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 313.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of security workers in Colorado, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,890 to $89,830; 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 $44,418, from $54,680, 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 313 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,812, worked from $54,680, 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 313 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 $59,220, 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 $42,890 at the bottom tenth to $89,830 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 $43,812 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 $44,418 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $59,220. 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 ($42,890) and the ninetieth ($89,830) 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 $43,812 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 $44,418 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.