Management occupations · SOC 11-9199 · Colorado

Managers, all other in Colorado

Managers, all other in Colorado earned a median of $171,140 a year in May 2025, above the $141,900 national median for the occupation. Colorado employs 14,060 of them, 4.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the state. Most people entering the occupation nationally do so with a bachelor's degree.

Data snapshot: August 21, 2026

Median annual pay in Colorado

$171,140

Above the $141,900 national median for this occupation

Median hourly pay in Colorado

$82.28

Published separately by BLS, not calculated from the annual figure.

Middle half earn between

$135,790 – $215,440

The 25th to 75th percentile of everyone in the occupation in this state

Employed in Colorado

14,060

4.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the state

Concentration vs national

1.22×

more concentrated here than nationally

Pay rank

#4 of 51

Among the states and DC that released an estimate for this occupation

Typical entry education (U.S.)

Bachelor's degree

What managers, all other actually earn in Colorado

The full published wage distribution, not one averaged figure. Pay inside a single occupation varies more by experience, employer and setting than most salary pages admit.

10th percentile
$105,020
25th percentile
$135,790
Median
$171,140
75th percentile
$215,440
90th percentile
$280,950

How Colorado compares

  • Against the rest of the country. $171,140 in Colorado against $141,900 nationally for the same occupation, which puts Colorado 4th of the 51 jurisdictions that released an estimate. Neither figure is adjusted for cost of living, so a higher median does not by itself mean more money left over.
  • Against other work in Colorado. $171,140 against $59,800, the median across every occupation in the state — 186% above it.
  • How much of this work is here. The occupation is more concentrated here than nationally (1.22× the national share of employment), 14th of 50 for concentration. Concentration describes where the work is, not how easy it is to be hired.

Where managers, all other are paid most

The highest published medians for this occupation. Before reading it as a place to move, note that these are not cost-of-living adjusted and that the states paying most are often the ones where everything costs most.

How people get into this work

What the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports as typical for entry nationally. Typical is a measurement of the people already doing the work, not a rule: some enter with less and some with more.

Typical entry education

Bachelor's degree

Work experience needed

Less than 5 years

On-the-job training

None

Colorado licensing is not in these figures.

Many occupations, including most of health care, teaching, law, accountancy and the skilled trades, require a state licence, certification or registration before you can work. Colorado sets its own, and none of it is part of the federal dataset above, so CampusPin cannot tell you whether this occupation is licensed here. Check the Colorado licensing board before committing to a route, because where an occupation is licensed that requirement, not the typical credential, is the real gate.

What people study to get here, and where in Colorado

Fields the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk associates with this occupation, ordered by how many credentials U.S. colleges conferred in each — a measure of how many people take a route, never of how good it is. Studying any of these does not lead only here, and this occupation is entered from other fields too.

Business Administration331,781 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

28 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Psychology145,761 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

26 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Economics45,417 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

20 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Political Science44,642 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

20 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Sociology31,237 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

19 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

History30,780 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

22 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24see which ones, and what they cost.

Organizational Leadership15,442 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

9 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24see which ones, and what they cost.

Public Administration13,885 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

7 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24see which ones, and what they cost.

International Relations11,659 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

2 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Digital Media10,885 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

8 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24see which ones, and what they cost.

Anthropology10,710 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

13 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Entrepreneurship10,339 credentials conferred nationally, mostly certificates

9 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Criminology10,305 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

4 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Library and Information Science6,141 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

3 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Project Management4,662 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

6 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24see which ones, and what they cost.

Geographic Information Science3,577 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

8 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24see which ones, and what they cost.

Geography3,294 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

10 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Homeland Security2,860 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

3 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Forensic Psychology2,550 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

2 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Nonprofit Management2,454 credentials conferred nationally, mostly graduate degrees

6 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24see which ones, and what they cost.

Emergency Management2,445 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

4 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Criminal Justice2,146 credentials conferred nationally, mostly associate degrees

10 colleges in Colorado reported awarding credentials in this field in 2023-24.

Archaeology390 credentials conferred nationally, mostly bachelor's degrees

This lists colleges that reported conferring credentials in this field to the federal IPEDS completions collection, in both 2022-23 and 2023-24. It does not confirm that any of them is currently admitting students to the program, and a college can appear here after deciding to close it. Confirm with the institution before it affects where you apply.

Colleges in Colorado

Pay is one half of the decision. What it costs to get qualified is the other, and it is the half that varies most between two colleges in the same state.

Source & methodology

State wage and employment figures are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release. National median pay, projections and typical entry education are from the BLS Employment Projections programme (2024 wages). Both are public domain; credit BLS.

Wages are May 2025 estimates from the federal Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, which asks employers what they pay everyone currently working in the occupation — experienced and new alike. They are not starting salaries, not the earnings of recent graduates, and not adjusted for cost of living, which matters when comparing one state against another. Self-employed workers are not surveyed.

Suggested citation

CampusPin. (2026). Managers, all other in Colorado, pay and employment. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/careers/managers-all-other/in/colorado

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