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Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Colorado

The median criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary in Colorado earns $122,050 a year, 59% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,443 a month.

10th percentile
$45,050
25th percentile
$71,330
Median percentile
$122,050
75th percentile
$148,710
90th percentile
$148,710

Based on 370 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

$89,317 take-home a year
Gross pay$122,050
Federal income tax−$18,026
Social Security + Medicare−$9,337
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$5,370
Monthly take-home$7,443
Every two weeks$3,435

Does it go far here?

$118,435Median pay in Colorado is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
24%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 criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary salaries · Take-home pay in Colorado