Instructional Coordinators in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,723
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$18,437
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,854
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
$82,160
Kept after tax
$63,723
Worth in national money
$62,854
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for instructional coordinators is strong here. Colorado's middle earner gets $82,160, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 6.1% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Instructional coordinators ranks 132 among 491 occupations Colorado publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $82,160, take-home of $63,723 is worth roughly $62,854 in national money. The average comes to $84,350, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For instructional coordinators, Colorado sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $82,160, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 6.1% 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.
- Position 132 of 491 in Colorado places instructional coordinators 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 instructional coordinators, whose median is $82,160, the adjusted figure of $62,854 differs little from $63,723 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $84,350 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Instructional Coordinators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,960 |
| This salary | $82,160 |
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 | $63,723 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,630 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,712 |
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 | $78,028 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,890 |
| 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 instructional coordinators in Colorado earn under $82,160 and half over. The published range runs $56,210 at the tenth percentile to $107,960 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 $63,723, worked from $82,160. 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 132 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $62,854, the adjusted value of that $82,160 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 132 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for instructional coordinators in Colorado, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $56,210 to $107,960; 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 $63,723, on $82,160 for work ranking 132 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 132 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $62,854 — the adjusted value of that $82,160 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 132 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $56,210 and the top tenth $107,960, so most people doing this work in Colorado sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $62,854 rather than its face figure.
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 $63,723.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($56,210 to $107,960) 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 $62,854 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 $63,723 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.