Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,778
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$35,832
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$95,459
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
$132,610
Kept after tax
$96,778
Worth in national money
$95,459
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Colorado's middle earner gets $132,610, putting the state 3 of 51 — about 23.67% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Colorado. It ranks 35 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $132,610, take-home of $96,778 is worth roughly $95,459 in national money. The average comes to $140,330, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For transportation, storage, and distribution managers, Colorado sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $132,610, ranking 3 of 51 and running about 23.67% 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.
- Within Colorado, transportation, storage, and distribution managers ranks 35 of 491 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for transportation, storage, and distribution managers, whose median is $132,610, the adjusted figure of $95,459 differs little from $96,778 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $140,330 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $132,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $213,580 |
| This salary | $132,610 |
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 | $96,778 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,905 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,408 |
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 | $125,110 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,303 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $132,610 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $80,160 and the ninetieth is $213,580 — 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 $96,778, worked from $132,610. 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 35 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $95,459, the adjusted value of that $132,610 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 35 of 491 in the state.
- The Colorado median of $132,610 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $80,160 to $213,580. 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 $96,778, on $132,610 for work ranking 35 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 35 of 491 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $95,459 — the adjusted value of that $132,610 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 35 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 $140,330, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $80,160 and the top tenth $213,580 — 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 $95,459 — 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, $96,778 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $140,330. 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 ($80,160) and the ninetieth ($213,580) 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 $95,459 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 $96,778 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.
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.