Stockers and Order Fillers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,053
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$7,297
17.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,575
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
$42,350
Kept after tax
$35,053
Worth in national money
$34,575
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for stockers and order fillers is strong here. Colorado's middle earner gets $42,350, putting the state 4 of 51 — about 13.45% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Colorado this is lower-paid work. Of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, stockers and order fillers ranks 445. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $42,350, take-home of $35,053 is worth roughly $34,575 in national money. The average comes to $43,450, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For stockers and order fillers, Colorado sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $42,350, ranking 4 of 51 and running about 13.45% 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.
- Against every occupation Colorado reports, stockers and order fillers ranks 445 of 491, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for stockers and order fillers, whose median is $42,350, the adjusted figure of $34,575 differs little from $35,053 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $43,450 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Stockers and Order Fillers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,820 |
| This salary | $42,350 |
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 | $35,053 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,208 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,685 |
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 | $40,913 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,248 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $42,350 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,720 and the ninetieth is $49,820 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $35,053 take-home in Colorado comes from $42,350. 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 445 of 491.
- Two cautions on $34,575, the adjusted value of that $42,350 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 445 of 491 locally.
- The Colorado median of $42,350 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,720 to $49,820. 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 $35,053, from $42,350, 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 445 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- This $34,575 adjusted figure, worked from $42,350, 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 445 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 445 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,720 at the bottom tenth to $49,820 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $34,575 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, $35,053 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 ($35,720 to $49,820) 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 $34,575 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 $35,053 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.