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Dental Assistants salary in Colorado

The median dental assistants in Colorado earns $48,340 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,241 a month.

10th percentile
$38,500
25th percentile
$45,520
Median percentile
$48,340
75th percentile
$58,340
90th percentile
$60,540

Based on 8,360 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

$38,894 take-home a year
Gross pay$48,340
Federal income tax−$3,621
Social Security + Medicare−$3,698
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$2,127
Monthly take-home$3,241
Every two weeks$1,496

Does it go far here?

$46,908Median pay in Colorado is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
54%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 dental assistants salaries · Take-home pay in Colorado