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.
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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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.