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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How to use Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area at $317,690/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $66,152 across 333 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan area against the statewide occupation table for CO before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The local-area 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.