Marketing Managers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$128,830
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$53,900
29.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$127,074
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
$182,730
Kept after tax
$128,830
Worth in national money
$127,074
State rank
4
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for marketing managers. The middle earner takes $182,730, which ranks 4 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 9.56% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Colorado. It ranks 8 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $182,730, take-home of $128,830 is worth roughly $127,074 in national money. The average comes to $196,210, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Colorado ranks 4 of 48 states publishing a median for marketing managers, at $182,730 — about 9.56% 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.
- Within Colorado, marketing managers ranks 8 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for marketing managers, whose median is $182,730, the adjusted figure of $127,074 differs little from $128,830 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $196,210 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Marketing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $121,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $182,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $289,870 |
| This salary | $182,730 |
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 | $128,830 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $136,162 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,046 |
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 | $172,003 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,548 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $182,730 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $121,560 and the ninetieth is $289,870 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $128,830 take-home in Colorado comes from $182,730. 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 8 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $127,074, the adjusted value of that $182,730 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 8 of 491 in the state.
- The Colorado median of $182,730 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $121,560 to $289,870. 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 $128,830, from $182,730, 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 8 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $127,074 — the adjusted value of that $182,730 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 8 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $196,210, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $121,560 and the top tenth $289,870 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $127,074 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 $128,830 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $196,210. 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 ($121,560) and the ninetieth ($289,870) 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 $127,074 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 $128,830 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.