Glaziers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,236
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$12,104
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$49,551
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
$62,340
Kept after tax
$50,236
Worth in national money
$49,551
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for glaziers. The middle earner takes $62,340, which ranks 12 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 9.22% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Glaziers ranks 253 among 491 occupations Colorado publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $62,340, take-home of $50,236 is worth roughly $49,551 in national money. The average comes to $64,630, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Colorado ranks 12 of 50 states publishing a median for glaziers, at $62,340 — about 9.22% 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.
- Position 253 of 491 in Colorado places glaziers 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 glaziers, whose median is $62,340, the adjusted figure of $49,551 differs little from $50,236 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $64,630 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Glaziers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,770 |
| This salary | $62,340 |
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 | $50,236 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,270 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,239 |
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 | $59,808 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,127 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $62,340 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,290 and the ninetieth is $80,770 — 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 $50,236, worked from $62,340. 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 253 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $49,551 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 253.
- The Colorado median of $62,340 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,290 to $80,770. 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 $50,236, on $62,340 for work ranking 253 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 253 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $49,551, worked from $62,340, 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 253 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 $64,630, 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 $47,290 at the bottom tenth to $80,770 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 $49,551 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $50,236 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $64,630. 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 ($47,290 to $80,770) 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 $49,551 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 $50,236 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.