Colorado Springs, CO Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Colorado Springs, CO - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Colorado Springs, CO moved from $51,410 in May 2024 to $52,710 in May 2025 (+2.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Colorado Springs, CO sits -0.6 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Colorado Springs, CO
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $46,230 here versus $35,230 nationally (+31.2%; 4,330metro-area jobs). Next is Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists at $90,210 locally versus $78,760 nationally (+14.5%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$46,230 in Colorado Springs, CO sits 31.2% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (4,330 published local jobs).
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists$90,210 in Colorado Springs, CO sits 14.5% above the national Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists median of $78,760 (2,680 published local jobs).
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$61,710 in Colorado Springs, CO sits 14.3% below the national Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $72,040 (2,760 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$120,770 in Colorado Springs, CO sits 14.2% above the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (4,580 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Colorado Springs, CO; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 17820 · Colorado Springs, CO $69K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #52/528
- RPP-MID 100.7
- OCC-MOST 485 occs
- TOP-LEAD Dermatologists · $399K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-INLINE -0.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Rochester, MN
- BOOK-FULL 465 rows · May 2025
Read with Rochester, MN (+$156 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Colorado Springs, CO
Employment scale inside Colorado Springs, CO's top-pay list
Managers, All Other and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Colorado Springs, CO's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 1,280 jobs · $149,120
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,050 jobs · $192,400
- 3. Aerospace Engineers 990 jobs · $151,980
- 4. Financial Managers 710 jobs · $172,680
- 5. Sales Managers 600 jobs · $177,780
- 6. Architectural and Engineering Managers 560 jobs · $183,400
- 7. Marketing Managers 430 jobs · $172,210
- 8. Family Medicine Physicians 290 jobs · $283,470
- 9. Dentists, General 280 jobs · $158,830
- 10. Human Resources Managers 250 jobs · $151,180
- 11. Physicians, All Other 230 jobs · $282,900
- 12. Operations Research Analysts 170 jobs · $140,590
- 13. Administrative Services Managers 160 jobs · $137,730
- 14. Pediatricians, General 80 jobs · $230,720
- 15. Training and Development Managers 80 jobs · $140,640
- 16. Chief Executives 70 jobs · $223,990
- 17. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 70 jobs · $190,230
- 18. Purchasing Managers 70 jobs · $141,400
Occupations Tracked
485
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$69,314
employment-weighted, 465 complete rows
Top Salary
$398,810
Dermatologists
Cost of Living
100.7
1% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Colorado Springs, CO
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dermatologists | $398,810 |
| 2 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $339,290 |
| 3 | Psychiatrists | $289,320 |
| 4 | Family Medicine Physicians | $283,470 |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $282,900 |
| 6 | Pediatricians, General | $230,720 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $223,990 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $192,400 |
| 9 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $190,230 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $183,400 |
| 11 | Sales Managers | $177,780 |
| 12 | Financial Managers | $172,680 |
| 13 | Marketing Managers | $172,210 |
| 14 | Commercial Pilots | $167,310 |
| 15 | Dentists, General | $158,830 |
| 16 | Physicists | $158,070 |
| 17 | Pharmacists | $154,050 |
| 18 | Aerospace Engineers | $151,980 |
| 19 | Human Resources Managers | $151,180 |
| 20 | Managers, All Other | $149,120 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $148,240 |
| 22 | Purchasing Managers | $141,400 |
| 23 | Training and Development Managers | $140,640 |
| 24 | Operations Research Analysts | $140,590 |
| 25 | Administrative Services Managers | $137,730 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Colorado Springs, CO
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Physical Therapist Aides | $31,520 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $32,030 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $32,180 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $32,570 |
| Gambling Dealers | $32,810 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $32,820 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,420 |
| Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers | $34,790 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $34,840 |
| Dishwashers | $35,030 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in CO
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside CO. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($69,314 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Colorado Springs, CO wage figures in a real decision
- Dermatologists leads published medians in Colorado Springs, CO at $398,810/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Dermatologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $69,314 adjusts to about $68,827 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.7. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for CO before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.