What work pays in Boulder, CO

5% pricier than the US average
·CO·
192k jobs
Figures from US Bureau of Labor StatisticsOccupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and BEA price parities
Price level 105
192,390 working
CO
27 occupations reported
and more...

The best-paid work here

Adjusted for what things cost locally, Physicians, All Other is the best-paid occupation in Boulder, CO: $453,460 on paper, worth $431,045 once the local price level is taken into account.

What this place does more than anywhere else

Occupations concentrated here relative to the country as a whole.

Pay by occupation

OccupationHourlyAnnualWorth locally
Physicians, All Other$218.01/hr$453,460$431,045
Computer and Information Systems Managers$99.16/hr$206,260$196,064
Sales Managers$96.62/hr$200,970$191,036
Marketing Managers$95.95/hr$199,570$189,705
Financial Managers$92.77/hr$192,970$183,431
Managers, All Other$86.10/hr$179,090$170,237
Human Resources Managers$81.25/hr$169,000$160,646
Software Developers$79.11/hr$164,560$156,425
Pharmacists$78.96/hr$164,240$156,121
Industrial Production Managers$77.90/hr$162,040$154,030
General and Operations Managers$73.13/hr$152,100$144,581
Computer Occupations, All Other$70.96/hr$147,590$140,294
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers$68.40/hr$142,270$135,237
Nurse Practitioners$66.74/hr$138,820$131,958
Medical and Health Services Managers$66.42/hr$138,150$131,321
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryNot published$136,330$129,591
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products$65.47/hr$136,180$129,448
Data Scientists$64.44/hr$134,040$127,414
Computer Systems Analysts$63.82/hr$132,750$126,188
Management Analysts$63.21/hr$131,470$124,971
Dental Hygienists$62.50/hr$130,000$123,574
Construction Managers$60.79/hr$126,450$120,199
Mechanical Engineers$59.79/hr$124,360$118,212
Project Management Specialists$58.67/hr$122,040$116,007
Industrial Engineers$56.33/hr$117,160$111,368
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$52.79/hr$109,790$104,363
Financial and Investment Analysts$51.96/hr$108,080$102,737

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Location

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Elsewhere in Colorado

The same state income tax, a different price level. Each figure is the local cost of living against a national average of 100.

All work and pay in Colorado

Photograph by Johannes Plenio.