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Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary salary in Colorado

The median nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary in Colorado earns $82,530 a year, 3% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,272 a month.

10th percentile
$39,850
25th percentile
$65,820
Median percentile
$82,530
75th percentile
$104,660
90th percentile
$127,800

Based on 1,350 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

$63,259 take-home a year
Gross pay$82,530
Federal income tax−$9,327
Social Security + Medicare−$6,314
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$3,631
Monthly take-home$5,272
Every two weeks$2,433

Does it go far here?

$80,086Median pay in Colorado is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
33%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 nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary salaries · Take-home pay in Colorado