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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders salary in Colorado

The median coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders in Colorado earns $53,590 a year, 11% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,573 a month.

10th percentile
$39,150
25th percentile
$47,480
Median percentile
$53,590
75th percentile
$75,510
90th percentile
$101,670

Based on 1,470 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$42,882 take-home a year
Gross pay$53,590
Federal income tax−$4,251
Social Security + Medicare−$4,100
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$2,358
Monthly take-home$3,573
Every two weeks$1,649

Does it go far here?

$52,003Median pay in Colorado is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
49%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,761 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Colorado

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$344,270
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,490
Physicians, All Other$298,320
Family Medicine Physicians$265,560
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$199,420
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates$198,790
Pediatricians, General$196,440

All coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders salaries · Take-home pay in Colorado