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Education Administrators, Postsecondary salary in Colorado

The median education administrators, postsecondary in Colorado earns $118,440 a year, 13% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $7,245 a month.

10th percentile
$80,740
25th percentile
$86,490
Median percentile
$118,440
75th percentile
$171,380
90th percentile
$239,370

Based on 1,770 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

$86,941 take-home a year
Gross pay$118,440
Federal income tax−$17,227
Social Security + Medicare−$9,061
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$5,211
Monthly take-home$7,245
Every two weeks$3,344

Does it go far here?

$114,932Median 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

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