Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,605
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$9,055
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,052
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
$49,660
Kept after tax
$40,605
Worth in national money
$40,052
State rank
9
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,660, which ranks 9 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 8.14% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Colorado reports figures for, this is number 356.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $49,660 the take-home is $40,605, which is worth about $40,052 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $51,140, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Colorado ranks 9 of 50 states publishing a median for interviewers, except eligibility and loan, at $49,660 — about 8.14% 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.
- In Colorado's occupational distribution, interviewers, except eligibility and loan sits at 356 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.
- Colorado's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for interviewers, except eligibility and loan on its $49,660 median: $40,605 retained after tax becomes $40,052 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $51,140 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,390 |
| This salary | $49,660 |
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 | $40,605 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,082 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,254 |
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 | $47,822 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,935 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $49,660 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,520 and the ninetieth is $60,390 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $40,605 take-home in Colorado comes from $49,660. 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 356 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,052 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 356.
- The Colorado median of $49,660 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,520 to $60,390. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $40,605, from $49,660, 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 356 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,052, worked from $49,660, 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 356 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,520 at the bottom tenth to $60,390 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 $40,052 — 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, $40,605 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,520 to $60,390) 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 $40,052 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 $40,605 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.