Radiation Therapists in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,778
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$27,242
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,676
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
$108,020
Kept after tax
$80,778
Worth in national money
$79,676
State rank
11
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for radiation therapists is strong here. Colorado's middle earner gets $108,020, putting the state 11 of 46 — about 2.57% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Colorado this is well-paid work. Of 491 occupations with published figures in the state, radiation therapists ranks 69 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $108,020 the take-home is $80,778, which is worth about $79,676 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $110,640, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For radiation therapists, Colorado sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $108,020, ranking 11 of 46 and running about 2.57% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Colorado publishes a median for, radiation therapists sits 69 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.
- Colorado's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for radiation therapists on its $108,020 median: $80,778 retained after tax becomes $79,676 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $110,640 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Radiation Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $90,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $108,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,750 |
| This salary | $108,020 |
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 | $80,778 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,822 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,611 |
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 | $102,271 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,514 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Colorado earn less than $108,020. The published range is $90,970 up to $130,750, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Colorado's $80,778, worked from $108,020. 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 69 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $79,676 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 69.
- Reported values are medians; for radiation therapists in Colorado the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $90,970 to $130,750. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Colorado take-home of $80,778, on $108,020 for work ranking 69 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 69 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $79,676, worked from $108,020, 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 69 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $90,970 at the bottom tenth to $130,750 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $79,676 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 $80,778 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 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 ($90,970 to $130,750) 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 $79,676 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 $80,778 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.