Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO moved from $61,110 in May 2024 to $62,320 in May 2025 (+2.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO sits -1.1 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary publishes $168,720 here versus $107,310 nationally (+57.2%; 6,710metro-area jobs). Next is Firefighters at $87,980 locally versus $59,280 nationally (+48.4%).
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$168,720 in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO sits 57.2% above the national Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary median of $107,310 (6,710 published local jobs).
- Firefighters$87,980 in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO sits 48.4% above the national Firefighters median of $59,280 (3,010 published local jobs).
- Computer Occupations, All Other$160,520 in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO sits 37.7% above the national Computer Occupations, All Other median of $116,580 (7,850 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$142,330 in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO sits 34.6% above the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (22,940 published local jobs).
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 19740 · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $81K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #11/528
- RPP-ELEV 105.8
- OCC-MOST 644 occs
- TOP-LEAD Oral and Maxil… · $361K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE -1.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Lexington Park, MD
- BOOK-FULL 611 rows · May 2025
Read with Lexington Park, MD (+$1,546 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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
Employment scale inside Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO's top-pay list
Lawyers and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 11,860 jobs · $177,380
- 2. Managers, All Other 9,250 jobs · $175,980
- 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers 7,730 jobs · $203,340
- 4. Financial Managers 7,490 jobs · $193,400
- 5. Sales Managers 5,930 jobs · $181,580
- 6. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 5,600 jobs · $307,490
- 7. Marketing Managers 4,220 jobs · $182,470
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 2,860 jobs · $191,440
- 9. Human Resources Managers 2,540 jobs · $170,940
- 10. Physicians, All Other 1,170 jobs · $298,600
- 11. Family Medicine Physicians 1,080 jobs · $255,590
- 12. Purchasing Managers 980 jobs · $180,000
- 13. Petroleum Engineers 900 jobs · $174,580
- 14. Pediatricians, General 380 jobs · $173,950
- 15. Radiologists 340 jobs · $344,270
- 16. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 310 jobs · $198,790
- 17. General Internal Medicine Physicians 290 jobs · $299,990
- 18. Compensation and Benefits Managers 230 jobs · $168,850
Occupations Tracked
644
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$81,150
employment-weighted, 611 complete rows
Top Salary
$360,820
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
Cost of Living
105.8
6% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons | $360,820 |
| 2 | Neurologists | $356,250 |
| 3 | Radiologists | $344,270 |
| 4 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $307,490 |
| 5 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $299,990 |
| 6 | Physicians, All Other | $298,600 |
| 7 | Dermatologists | $273,320 |
| 8 | Psychiatrists | $263,030 |
| 9 | Family Medicine Physicians | $255,590 |
| 10 | Nurse Anesthetists | $216,700 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $203,340 |
| 12 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $198,790 |
| 13 | Financial Managers | $193,400 |
| 14 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $191,440 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $182,470 |
| 16 | Sales Managers | $181,580 |
| 17 | Purchasing Managers | $180,000 |
| 18 | Anesthesiologists | $179,190 |
| 19 | Lawyers | $177,380 |
| 20 | Managers, All Other | $175,980 |
| 21 | Petroleum Engineers | $174,580 |
| 22 | Public Relations Managers | $174,260 |
| 23 | Pediatricians, General | $173,950 |
| 24 | Human Resources Managers | $170,940 |
| 25 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $168,850 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $30,800 |
| Gambling Dealers | $30,800 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $35,590 |
| Crossing Guards and Flaggers | $35,620 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $35,770 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $36,240 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $36,340 |
| Forest and Conservation Workers | $36,370 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $36,530 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $36,620 |
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 ($81,150 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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