Sales and Related Workers, All Other in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,967
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$11,703
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,300
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
$60,670
Kept after tax
$48,967
Worth in national money
$48,300
State rank
7
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Colorado's middle earner gets $60,670, putting the state 7 of 48 — about 25.66% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Colorado reports figures for, this is number 272.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $60,670, tax leaves $48,967, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $48,300 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $68,940, since top earners drag the number up.
- For sales and related workers, all other, Colorado sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $60,670, ranking 7 of 48 and running about 25.66% 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.
- In Colorado's occupational distribution, sales and related workers, all other sits at 272 of 491 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Colorado sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for sales and related workers, all other — median $60,670 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $48,967 retained, $48,300 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $68,940 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Sales and Related Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,940 |
| This salary | $60,670 |
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 | $48,967 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,928 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,109 |
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 | $58,229 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,970 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,670 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,110 and the ninetieth is $103,940 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Colorado's $48,967, worked from $60,670. 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 272 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $48,300, the adjusted value of that $60,670 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 272 of 491 in the state.
- The Colorado median of $60,670 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,110 to $103,940. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Colorado take-home of $48,967, on $60,670 for work ranking 272 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 272 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $48,300 — the adjusted value of that $60,670 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 272 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 $68,940, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $39,110 at the bottom tenth to $103,940 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $48,300 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Colorado then takes its own share, leaving $48,967.
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 $68,940. 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 ($39,110) and the ninetieth ($103,940) 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 $48,300 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 $48,967 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.