Travel Agents in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,853
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$10,717
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,228
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
$56,570
Kept after tax
$45,853
Worth in national money
$45,228
State rank
10
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Colorado pays travel agents a middle wage of $56,570, ranking 10 of 49 states and sitting about 12.78% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Colorado reports figures for, this is number 305.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $56,570, take-home of $45,853 is worth roughly $45,228 in national money. The average comes to $59,200, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Colorado's median for travel agents is $56,570, about 12.78% above the national figure and 10 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Colorado's occupational distribution, travel agents sits at 305 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.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for travel agents, whose median is $56,570, the adjusted figure of $45,228 differs little from $45,853 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $59,200 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Travel Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,660 |
| This salary | $56,570 |
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 | $45,853 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,634 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,791 |
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 | $54,354 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,584 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,570 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $42,930 and the ninetieth is $80,660 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $45,853 take-home in Colorado comes from $56,570. 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 305 of 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Colorado, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,228, the adjusted value of that $56,570 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 305 of 491 in the state.
- The Colorado median of $56,570 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $42,930 to $80,660. 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 $45,853, from $56,570, 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 305 of 491 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Colorado, so $45,228 — the adjusted value of that $56,570 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 305 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 $59,200, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $42,930 and the top tenth $80,660, so most people doing this work in Colorado sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $45,228 rather than its face figure.
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 $45,853.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $59,200. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,930 to $80,660) 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 $45,228 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 $45,853 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.