Web and Digital Interface Designers in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,771
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$23,109
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,779
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
$95,880
Kept after tax
$72,771
Worth in national money
$71,779
State rank
16
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Colorado is 16 of 46 states for this job, with a middle wage of $95,880. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 491 occupations Colorado reports, this job comes in at 107 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Colorado costs about what the country costs, so from $95,880, take-home of $72,771 is worth roughly $71,779 in national money. The average comes to $107,680, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Colorado ranks 16 of 46 for web and digital interface designers at $95,880. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Web and digital interface designers ranks 107 of 491 occupations by median in Colorado, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Price parity in Colorado is near the national base, so for web and digital interface designers, whose median is $95,880, the adjusted figure of $71,779 differs little from $72,771 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $107,680 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Web and Digital Interface Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,620 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $169,050 |
| This salary | $95,880 |
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 | $72,771 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,282 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,720 |
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 | $90,890 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,282 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of web and digital interface designers in Colorado earn under $95,880 and half over. The published range runs $60,620 at the tenth percentile to $169,050 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Colorado's $72,771, worked from $95,880. 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 107 of 491.
- Two cautions on $71,779, the adjusted value of that $95,880 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 107 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for web and digital interface designers in Colorado, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,620 to $169,050; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Colorado take-home of $72,771, on $95,880 for work ranking 107 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 107 of 491 in the state.
- This $71,779 adjusted figure, worked from $95,880, 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 107 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 107 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $107,680 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $60,620, the highest tenth $169,050, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $71,779 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $72,771.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 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 $107,680. 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 ($60,620) and the ninetieth ($169,050) 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 $71,779 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 $72,771 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.