Best jobs in Colorado
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Colorado, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Colorado (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Colorado pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$360,820 vs $352,220 · +2.4%
$416,000 vs $289,140 · +43.9%
$398,810 vs $328,730 · +21.3%
$385,410 vs $358,550 · +7.5%
$132,930 vs $132,300 · +0.5%
$356,250 vs $248,560 · +43.3%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 734 scored occupations — show all 734show top 25
#
Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
56
$79,810
+3.1%
43
124
$79,250
+0.3%
34
130
$135,000
+1.9%
33
160
$48,690
-1.6%
30
216
$65,380
+3.7%
26
272
$58,640
+6.3%
23
389
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$47,660
+4.6%
19
407
$60,840
+2.3%
18
552
$71,670
-13.6%
15
584
$53,780
-14.4%
14†
613
$49,100
+2.0%
13
631
$51,110
+1.2%
12
645
$50,790
-12.1%
12
648
$48,200
-3.8%
11
650
$49,590
-4.3%
11
655
$51,170
-13.7%
11
669
$51,280
-19.6%
11
696
$46,120
-12.0%
10
727
$37,540
-9.0%
8
Live jobs in Colorado
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.