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Protective Service Workers, All Other salary in Colorado

The median protective service workers, all other in Colorado earns $44,340 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,988 a month.

10th percentile
$36,640
25th percentile
$38,250
Median percentile
$44,340
75th percentile
$56,090
90th percentile
$68,230

Based on 4,640 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

$35,856 take-home a year
Gross pay$44,340
Federal income tax−$3,141
Social Security + Medicare−$3,392
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$1,951
Monthly take-home$2,988
Every two weeks$1,379

Does it go far here?

$43,027Median pay in Colorado is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
59%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 protective service workers, all other salaries · Take-home pay in Colorado