Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Cashiers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Cashiers publishes $34,410 here versus $32,880 nationally (+4.7%; 2,400metro-area jobs).
- Cashiers$34,410 in Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area sits 4.7% above the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,400 published local jobs).
Cashiers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 0800001 · Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $58K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #260/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 285 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $309K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Bloomington, IN
- BOOK-MOST 279 rows · May 2025
Read with Bloomington, IN ($3 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Eastern and Southern Colora…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Managers, All Other and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 240 jobs · $121,650
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 240 jobs · $110,690
- 3. Lawyers 210 jobs · $133,280
- 4. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 200 jobs · $105,560
- 5. Construction Managers 170 jobs · $105,890
- 6. Financial Managers 160 jobs · $145,970
- 7. Physical Therapists 140 jobs · $106,600
- 8. Pharmacists 130 jobs · $146,640
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 130 jobs · $131,450
- 10. Software Developers 100 jobs · $127,550
- 11. Civil Engineers 100 jobs · $104,980
- 12. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $168,080
- 13. Physician Assistants 80 jobs · $133,810
- 14. Chief Executives 80 jobs · $113,440
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 70 jobs · $308,970
- 16. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $158,660
- 17. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 60 jobs · $128,580
- 18. Computer Network Architects 60 jobs · $122,200
Occupations Tracked
285
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,162
employment-weighted, 279 complete rows
Top Salary
$308,970
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Managers, All Other | $121,650 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $110,690 |
| 3 | Lawyers | $133,280 |
| 4 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $105,560 |
| 5 | Construction Managers | $105,890 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $145,970 |
| 7 | Physical Therapists | $106,600 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $146,640 |
| 9 | Nurse Practitioners | $131,450 |
| 10 | Software Developers | $127,550 |
| 11 | Civil Engineers | $104,980 |
| 12 | Sales Managers | $168,080 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $133,810 |
| 14 | Chief Executives | $113,440 |
| 15 | Family Medicine Physicians | $308,970 |
| 16 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $158,660 |
| 17 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $128,580 |
| 18 | Computer Network Architects | $122,200 |
| 19 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $108,090 |
| 20 | Management Analysts | $107,790 |
| 21 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $190,230 |
| 22 | Industrial Production Managers | $115,790 |
| 23 | Dentists, General | $169,680 |
| 24 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $144,470 |
| 25 | Marketing Managers | $157,410 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians | $30,800 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $31,700 |
| Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials | $32,360 |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | $32,940 |
| Dishwashers | $33,360 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $33,390 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $33,440 |
| School Bus Monitors | $33,540 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $33,600 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $33,820 |
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 ($58,162 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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