Management Analysts in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,621
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$26,129
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,549
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
$104,750
Kept after tax
$78,621
Worth in national money
$77,549
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for management analysts is strong here. Colorado's middle earner gets $104,750, putting the state 11 of 51 — about 2.84% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Colorado reports, management analysts comes in at 76 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $104,750, tax leaves $78,621, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $77,549 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $118,010, since top earners drag the number up.
- For management analysts, Colorado sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $104,750, ranking 11 of 51 and running about 2.84% 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.
- Management analysts ranks 76 of 491 occupations by median in Colorado, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Because Colorado sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for management analysts — median $104,750 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $78,621 retained, $77,549 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $118,010 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Management Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $204,240 |
| This salary | $104,750 |
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 | $78,621 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,522 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,371 |
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 | $99,205 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,182 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $104,750 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $41,050 and the ninetieth is $204,240 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Colorado the take-home figure of $78,621, from $104,750, 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 76 of 491 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,549 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 76.
- The Colorado median of $104,750 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $41,050 to $204,240. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Colorado is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $78,621 from $104,750. 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 76 of 491 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,549, worked from $104,750, 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 76 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $118,010 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $41,050 at the bottom tenth to $204,240 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $77,549 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $78,621 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.
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 $118,010. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($41,050) and the ninetieth ($204,240) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $77,549 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 $78,621 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.