Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,643
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$8,117
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,130
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
$45,760
Kept after tax
$37,643
Worth in national money
$37,130
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for landscaping and groundskeeping workers. The middle earner takes $45,760, which ranks 9 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 16.88% above the national middle.
- Within Colorado this is lower-paid work. Of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, landscaping and groundskeeping workers ranks 415. 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 $45,760, take-home of $37,643 is worth roughly $37,130 in national money. The average comes to $46,840, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Colorado ranks 9 of 51 states publishing a median for landscaping and groundskeeping workers, at $45,760 — about 16.88% 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.
- Against every occupation Colorado reports, landscaping and groundskeeping workers ranks 415 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 landscaping and groundskeeping workers, whose median is $45,760, the adjusted figure of $37,130 differs little from $37,643 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $46,840 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,200 |
| This salary | $45,760 |
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 | $37,643 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,948 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,950 |
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 | $44,136 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,568 |
| 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 landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Colorado earn under $45,760 and half over. The published range runs $36,280 at the tenth percentile to $60,200 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Colorado the take-home figure of $37,643, from $45,760, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 415 of 491 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,130, the adjusted value of that $45,760 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 415 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Colorado, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,280 to $60,200; 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.
- Take-home for Colorado is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,643 from $45,760. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 415 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $37,130 — the adjusted value of that $45,760 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 415 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,280 and the top tenth $60,200, so most people doing this work in Colorado sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $37,130 of national purchasing power.
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 $37,643 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 ($36,280 to $60,200) 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 $37,130 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 $37,643 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.