Pediatricians, General in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$138,338
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$58,102
29.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$136,452
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
$196,440
Kept after tax
$138,338
Worth in national money
$136,452
State rank
34
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for pediatricians, general is on the low side in Colorado. The middle earner gets $196,440. That is 34 of 49 states, and about 6.47% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Within Colorado this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, pediatricians, general ranks 6 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $196,440, take-home of $138,338 is worth roughly $136,452 in national money. The average comes to $199,990, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For pediatricians, general, Colorado sits in the lower band at $196,440, ranking 34 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 6.47%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Ranked against every occupation Colorado publishes a median for, pediatricians, general sits 6 of 491 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for pediatricians, general, whose median is $196,440, the adjusted figure of $136,452 differs little from $138,338 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $199,990 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Pediatricians, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $107,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $196,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $284,190 |
| This salary | $196,440 |
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 | $138,338 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $146,273 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,073 |
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 | $185,796 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,925 |
| 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 pediatricians, general in Colorado earn under $196,440 and half over. The published range runs $107,990 at the tenth percentile to $284,190 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Colorado's $138,338, worked from $196,440. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 6 of 491.
- Two cautions on $136,452, the adjusted value of that $196,440 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 6 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for pediatricians, general in Colorado, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $107,990 to $284,190; 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.
- The Colorado take-home of $138,338, on $196,440 for work ranking 6 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 6 of 491 in the state.
- This $136,452 adjusted figure, worked from $196,440, 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 6 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 6 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $107,990 and the top tenth $284,190 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $136,452 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $138,338 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($107,990) and the ninetieth ($284,190) 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 $136,452 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 $138,338 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.