Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Colorado

862 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Colorado for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Computer Hardware Engineers	$156,080	2,660	View salary detail
Pharmacists	$156,030	4,560	View salary detail
Database Architects	$154,560	1,950	View salary detail
Data Warehousing Specialists	$154,560	1,950	View salary detail
Water Resource Specialists	$152,730	1,640	View salary detail
Clinical Research Coordinators	$152,730	1,640	View salary detail
Natural Sciences Managers	$152,730	1,640	View salary detail
Optometrists	$152,000	880	View salary detail
Podiatrists	$142,620	150	View salary detail
Biofuels Production Managers	$141,020	1,730	View salary detail
Hydroelectric Production Managers	$141,020	1,730	View salary detail
Geothermal Production Managers	$141,020	1,730	View salary detail
Quality Control Systems Managers	$141,020	1,730	View salary detail
Biomass Power Plant Managers	$141,020	1,730	View salary detail
Industrial Production Managers	$141,020	1,730	View salary detail
Sales Engineers	$139,990	2,800	View salary detail
Training and Development Managers	$139,980	850	View salary detail
Commercial Pilots	$139,680	1,240	View salary detail
Computer Occupations, All Other	$139,580	11,800	View salary detail
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians	$139,580	11,800	View salary detail
Penetration Testers	$139,580	11,800	View salary detail
Document Management Specialists	$139,580	11,800	View salary detail
Information Security Engineers	$139,580	11,800	View salary detail
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	$139,580	11,800	View salary detail
Information Technology Project Managers	$139,580	11,800	View salary detail
Web Administrators	$139,580	11,800	View salary detail
Digital Forensics Analysts	$139,580	11,800	View salary detail
Blockchain Engineers	$139,580	11,800	View salary detail
Computer Network Architects	$139,230	16,380	View salary detail
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists	$139,230	16,380	View salary detail
Software Developers	$138,390	43,320	View salary detail
Nurse Midwives	$137,610	180	View salary detail
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$136,930	7,800	View salary detail
Information Security Analysts	$135,220	5,700	View salary detail
Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors	$135,000	4,150	View salary detail
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$135,000	4,150	View salary detail
Medical and Health Services Managers	$134,910	8,400	View salary detail
Physician Assistants	$134,540	3,270	View salary detail
Anesthesiologist Assistants	$134,540	3,270	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists	$134,440	710	View salary detail
Physical Scientists, All Other	$134,440	710	View salary detail
Computer and Information Research Scientists	$133,160	400	View salary detail
Nurse Practitioners	$132,930	4,270	View salary detail
Supply Chain Managers	$132,610	2,310	View salary detail
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$132,610	2,310	View salary detail
Robotics Engineers	$132,590	2,540	View salary detail
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar	$132,590	2,540	View salary detail
Photonics Engineers	$132,590	2,540	View salary detail
Solar Energy Systems Engineers	$132,590	2,540	View salary detail
Engineers, All Other	$132,590	2,540	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.