Floral Designers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,355
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$8,025
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,845
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
$45,380
Kept after tax
$37,355
Worth in national money
$36,845
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for floral designers is strong here. Colorado's middle earner gets $45,380, putting the state 5 of 51 — about 21.47% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Colorado this is lower-paid work. Of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, floral designers ranks 421. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $45,380, take-home of $37,355 is worth roughly $36,845 in national money. The average comes to $45,660, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For floral designers, Colorado sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $45,380, ranking 5 of 51 and running about 21.47% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Against every occupation Colorado reports, floral designers ranks 421 of 491, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for floral designers, whose median is $45,380, the adjusted figure of $36,845 differs little from $37,355 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $45,660 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Floral Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,030 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $56,180 |
| This salary | $45,380 |
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 | $37,355 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,643 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,921 |
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 | $43,777 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,533 |
| 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 floral designers in Colorado earn under $45,380 and half over. The published range runs $35,030 at the tenth percentile to $56,180 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Colorado's $37,355, worked from $45,380. 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 421 of 491.
- Two cautions on $36,845, the adjusted value of that $45,380 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 421 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for floral designers in Colorado, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,030 to $56,180; 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.
- The Colorado take-home of $37,355, on $45,380 for work ranking 421 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 421 of 491 in the state.
- This $36,845 adjusted figure, worked from $45,380, 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 421 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 421 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,030 at the bottom tenth to $56,180 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Colorado run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $36,845 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $37,355 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,030 to $56,180) 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 $36,845 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 $37,355 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.