Procurement Clerks in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,820
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$10,390
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,209
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
$55,210
Kept after tax
$44,820
Worth in national money
$44,209
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for procurement clerks is strong here. Colorado's middle earner gets $55,210, putting the state 7 of 51 — about 9.15% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Procurement clerks ranks 310 among 491 occupations Colorado publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $55,210, take-home of $44,820 is worth roughly $44,209 in national money. The average comes to $55,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For procurement clerks, Colorado sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $55,210, ranking 7 of 51 and running about 9.15% 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 310 of 491 in Colorado places procurement clerks 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.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for procurement clerks, whose median is $55,210, the adjusted figure of $44,209 differs little from $44,820 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $55,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Procurement Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,100 |
| This salary | $55,210 |
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 | $44,820 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $46,541 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,685 |
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 | $53,068 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,456 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $55,210 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,270 and the ninetieth is $71,100 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $44,820 take-home in Colorado comes from $55,210. 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 310 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,209, the adjusted value of that $55,210 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 310 of 491 in the state.
- The Colorado median of $55,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,270 to $71,100. 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 $44,820, from $55,210, 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 310 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $44,209 — the adjusted value of that $55,210 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 310 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $39,270 and the top tenth $71,100, so most people doing this work in Colorado sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $44,209 — 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, $44,820 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,270 to $71,100) 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 $44,209 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 $44,820 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.