Tile and Stone Setters in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,704
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$10,986
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,067
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
$57,690
Kept after tax
$46,704
Worth in national money
$46,067
State rank
18
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado sits in the middle of the pack for tile and stone setters. The median is $57,690, ranking 18 of 47 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tile and stone setters ranks 296 among 491 occupations Colorado publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $57,690 the take-home is $46,704, which is worth about $46,067 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $56,180, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Colorado occupies the middle band for tile and stone setters: a median of $57,690, ranking 18 of 47. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 296 of 491 in Colorado places tile and stone setters 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.
- Colorado's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for tile and stone setters on its $57,690 median: $46,704 retained after tax becomes $46,067 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $56,180 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,200 |
| This salary | $57,690 |
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 | $46,704 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,534 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,878 |
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 | $55,413 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,690 |
| 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 $57,690. The published range is $35,040 up to $83,200, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $46,704 take-home in Colorado comes from $57,690. 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 296 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $46,067, the adjusted value of that $57,690 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 296 of 491 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for tile and stone setters in Colorado the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,040 to $83,200. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $46,704, from $57,690, 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 296 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $46,067 — the adjusted value of that $57,690 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 296 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 $35,040 and the top tenth $83,200 — 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 $46,067 — 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, $46,704 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,040) and the ninetieth ($83,200) 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 $46,067 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 $46,704 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.