Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,347
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$8,023
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,838
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
$45,370
Kept after tax
$37,347
Worth in national money
$36,838
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $45,370, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 12.75% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in Colorado, this one sits low: 423 of 491 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $45,370 the take-home is $37,347, which is worth about $36,838 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $45,860, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Colorado ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand, at $45,370 — about 12.75% 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.
- Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand occupies position 423 of 491 in Colorado's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Colorado's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand on its $45,370 median: $37,347 retained after tax becomes $36,838 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $45,860 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,180 |
| This salary | $45,370 |
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 | $37,347 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,635 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,920 |
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 | $43,767 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,532 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,370 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,730 and the ninetieth is $57,180 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,347 take-home in Colorado comes from $45,370. 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 423 of 491.
- Two cautions on $36,838, the adjusted value of that $45,370 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 423 of 491 locally.
- The Colorado median of $45,370 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,730 to $57,180. 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 $37,347, from $45,370, 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 423 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 51 for it.
- This $36,838 adjusted figure, worked from $45,370, 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 423 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 423 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,730 and the top tenth $57,180, 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 $36,838 rather than its face figure.
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, $37,347 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,730 to $57,180) 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 $36,838 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 $37,347 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.