Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $43,600 here versus $35,230 nationally (+23.8%; 3,780metro-area jobs). Next is First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers at $59,610 locally versus $48,520 nationally (+22.9%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$43,600 in Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area sits 23.8% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,780 published local jobs).
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$59,610 in Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area sits 22.9% above the national First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers median of $48,520 (2,070 published local jobs).
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$46,180 in Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area sits 18.0% above the national Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers median of $39,150 (2,180 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$40,870 in Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area sits 15.4% above the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (4,600 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 0800003 · Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $66K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #88/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 342 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $318K
- EMP-MIX Construction…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Rochester, NY
- BOOK-FULL 333 rows · May 2025
Read with Rochester, NY (+$2 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 Northwest Colorado nonmetro…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Construction Managers and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Construction Managers 920 jobs · $129,750
- 2. Managers, All Other 420 jobs · $138,390
- 3. Lawyers 380 jobs · $148,160
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 340 jobs · $144,630
- 5. Software Developers 290 jobs · $135,500
- 6. Financial Managers 240 jobs · $166,090
- 7. Sales Managers 240 jobs · $157,700
- 8. Family Medicine Physicians 190 jobs · $317,690
- 9. Pharmacists 170 jobs · $167,420
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 170 jobs · $139,930
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 160 jobs · $157,430
- 12. Physician Assistants 140 jobs · $144,290
- 13. Human Resources Managers 100 jobs · $145,960
- 14. Nurse Anesthetists 90 jobs · $236,180
- 15. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $154,850
- 16. Marketing Managers 80 jobs · $152,200
- 17. Chief Executives 70 jobs · $190,830
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 70 jobs · $161,640
Occupations Tracked
342
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$66,152
employment-weighted, 333 complete rows
Top Salary
$317,690
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in Northwest 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 | Construction Managers | $129,750 |
| 2 | Managers, All Other | $138,390 |
| 3 | Lawyers | $148,160 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $144,630 |
| 5 | Software Developers | $135,500 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $166,090 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $157,700 |
| 8 | Family Medicine Physicians | $317,690 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $167,420 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $139,930 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $157,430 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $144,290 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $145,960 |
| 14 | Nurse Anesthetists | $236,180 |
| 15 | Dentists, General | $154,850 |
| 16 | Marketing Managers | $152,200 |
| 17 | Chief Executives | $190,830 |
| 18 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $161,640 |
| 19 | Administrative Services Managers | $134,650 |
| 20 | Public Relations Managers | $145,690 |
| 21 | Petroleum Engineers | $146,850 |
| 22 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $129,300 |
| 23 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $190,230 |
| 24 | Commercial Pilots | $157,040 |
| 25 | Fundraising Managers | $128,670 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $30,800 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $32,480 |
| Aircraft Service Attendants | $33,500 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,870 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $35,450 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $35,730 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $36,110 |
| Animal Caretakers | $36,790 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $36,970 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $37,060 |
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 ($66,152 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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