Business Continuity Planners Salary in Boulder, CO

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Business Continuity Planners in Boulder, CO have a median annual salary of $94,040, with 3,610 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $60,720 at the 10th percentile to $168,010 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$94,040

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$45.21

Employment

3,610

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$60,720
10th
$64,280
25th
$94,040
Median
$126,800
75th
$168,010
90th

Local compared with national

Boulder, CO

$94,040

Median annual · 2025

United States

$83,050

Median annual · 2025

The Boulder, CO median is 13.2% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $10,990).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 4.1
  2. 2.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.1
  3. 3.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 4.1
  4. 4.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 4.1
  5. 5.Reading ComprehensionImportance 4.0
  6. 6.WritingImportance 4.0
  7. 7.SpeakingImportance 4.0
  8. 8.Active LearningImportance 4.0
  9. 9.Systems AnalysisImportance 4.0
  10. 10.Systems EvaluationImportance 4.0
  11. 11.CoordinationImportance 3.8
  12. 12.MonitoringImportance 3.6

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Job zone
4

Technology used

  • Actuate BIRT
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Atlassian Confluence
  • Atlassian JIRA
  • Business continuity software
  • CA Clarity PPM
  • Computer operating systems
  • COOP Systems myCOOP
  • EMC RSA Archer Business Continuity Management
  • Emergency notification system software
  • Enterprise backup systems
  • Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite
  • Local area network LAN software
  • Mentimeter
  • Microsoft Access

Common tasks

  • Develop emergency management plans for recovery decision making and communications, continuity of critical departmental processes, or temporary shut-down of non-critical departments to ensure continuity of operation and governance.
  • Test documented disaster recovery strategies and plans.
  • Develop disaster recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets, such as data centers.
  • Establish, maintain, or test call trees to ensure appropriate communication during disaster.
  • Identify opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives.
  • Maintain and update organization information technology applications and network systems blueprints.
  • Review existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans.
  • Analyze impact on, and risk to, essential business functions or information systems to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements.
  • Write reports to summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.
  • Create or administer training and awareness presentations or materials.

Related careers

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