Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO moved from $53,620 in May 2024 to $55,310 in May 2025 (+3.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Fort Collins-Loveland, CO sits +0.1 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $47,360 here versus $35,230 nationally (+34.4%; 2,740metro-area jobs). Next is Office Clerks, General at $55,960 locally versus $45,010 nationally (+24.3%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$47,360 in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO sits 34.4% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,740 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$55,960 in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO sits 24.3% above the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,030 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$34,850 in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO sits 11.7% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (5,770 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$35,980 in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO sits 9.4% above the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (3,670 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Fort Collins-Loveland, CO; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 22660 · Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $69K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #57/528
- RPP-MID 101.1
- OCC-MOST 422 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $298K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-INLINE +0.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Fairbanks-Colleg…
- BOOK-FULL 378 rows · May 2025
Read with Fairbanks-College, AK (+$21 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 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
Employment scale inside Fort Collins-Loveland, CO's top-pay list
Managers, All Other and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Fort Collins-Loveland, CO's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 560 jobs · $166,610
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 490 jobs · $195,190
- 3. Computer Hardware Engineers 490 jobs · $168,990
- 4. Financial Managers 450 jobs · $175,890
- 5. Sales Managers 400 jobs · $198,550
- 6. Architectural and Engineering Managers 330 jobs · $175,380
- 7. Marketing Managers 250 jobs · $189,690
- 8. Natural Sciences Managers 250 jobs · $152,730
- 9. Human Resources Managers 170 jobs · $156,820
- 10. Family Medicine Physicians 150 jobs · $231,750
- 11. Industrial Production Managers 130 jobs · $136,570
- 12. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 120 jobs · $144,910
- 13. Physicians, All Other 110 jobs · $298,320
- 14. Administrative Services Managers 100 jobs · $146,600
- 15. Optometrists 80 jobs · $163,240
- 16. Sales Engineers 80 jobs · $151,450
- 17. Purchasing Managers 70 jobs · $171,280
- 18. Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 70 jobs · $138,460
Occupations Tracked
422
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$68,793
employment-weighted, 378 complete rows
Top Salary
$298,320
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
101.1
1% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $298,320 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $231,750 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $198,550 |
| 4 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $195,190 |
| 5 | Marketing Managers | $189,690 |
| 6 | Dentists, General | $180,210 |
| 7 | Financial Managers | $175,890 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $175,380 |
| 9 | Purchasing Managers | $171,280 |
| 10 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $168,990 |
| 11 | Managers, All Other | $166,610 |
| 12 | Optometrists | $163,240 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $156,820 |
| 14 | Natural Sciences Managers | $152,730 |
| 15 | Sales Engineers | $151,450 |
| 16 | Pharmacists | $149,410 |
| 17 | Administrative Services Managers | $146,600 |
| 18 | Commercial Pilots | $145,210 |
| 19 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $144,910 |
| 20 | Fundraising Managers | $143,780 |
| 21 | Psychologists, All Other | $139,530 |
| 22 | Chemical Engineers | $139,220 |
| 23 | Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | $138,460 |
| 24 | Industrial Production Managers | $136,570 |
| 25 | Public Relations Managers | $134,390 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $30,800 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $32,630 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $33,920 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $34,580 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $34,730 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,850 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $34,890 |
| Floral Designers | $35,030 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $35,050 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $35,230 |
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 ($68,793 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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