Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,491
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$9,969
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,898
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
$53,460
Kept after tax
$43,491
Worth in national money
$42,898
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Colorado's middle earner gets $53,460, putting the state 8 of 49 — about 17.06% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 321 among 491 occupations Colorado publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $53,460, tax leaves $43,491, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $42,898 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $52,530.
- For office and administrative support workers, all other, Colorado sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $53,460, ranking 8 of 49 and running about 17.06% 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.
- Position 321 of 491 in Colorado places office and administrative support workers, all other in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Colorado sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for office and administrative support workers, all other — median $53,460 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $43,491 retained, $42,898 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $52,530 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $67,080 |
| This salary | $53,460 |
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 | $43,491 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,135 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,549 |
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 | $51,414 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,292 |
| 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 office and administrative support workers, all other in Colorado earn under $53,460 and half over. The published range runs $37,430 at the tenth percentile to $67,080 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Colorado the take-home figure of $43,491, from $53,460, 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 321 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 $42,898, the adjusted value of that $53,460 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 321 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for office and administrative support workers, all other in Colorado, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,430 to $67,080; 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 $43,491 from $53,460. 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 321 of 491 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $42,898 — the adjusted value of that $53,460 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 321 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,430 at the tenth percentile, $67,080 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,898 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, $43,491 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 ($37,430 to $67,080) 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 $42,898 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 $43,491 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.