Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

Across all occupations in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO metropolitan area, the median wage is $55,310 a year ($26.59 an hour) and the mean $70,620, May 2025. That median is +8% against the US median of $50,980 and −8% against Colorado's $59,800. BLS counts 169,430 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is fast food and counter workers.

All occupations: Fort Collins-Loveland, CO vs Colorado and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO area, Colorado and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	Hourly	$16.79	$19.24	$26.59	$39.43	$60.05	$33.95	169,430
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	Annual	$34,930	$40,010	$55,310	$82,010	$124,910	$70,620	169,430
Colorado	Hourly	$17.48	$21.00	$28.75	$44.82	$65.54	$37.11	2,873,900
Colorado	Annual	$36,350	$43,680	$59,800	$93,220	$136,330	$77,190	2,873,900
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

423 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Colorado. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$298,320	$143.42	110
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$231,750	$111.42	150
3	Sales Managers in Colorado	$198,550	$95.46	400
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Colorado	$195,190	$93.84	490
5	Marketing Managers	$189,690	$91.20	250
6	Dentists, General	$180,210	$86.64	**
7	Financial Managers in Colorado	$175,890	$84.56	450
8	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$175,380	$84.32	330
9	Purchasing Managers	$171,280	$82.35	70
10	Computer Hardware Engineers	$168,990	$81.24	490
11	Managers, All Other in Colorado	$166,610	$80.10	560
12	Optometrists	$163,240	$78.48	80
13	Human Resources Managers	$156,820	$75.39	170
14	Natural Sciences Managers	$152,730	$73.43	250
15	Sales Engineers	$151,450	$72.81	80
16	Pharmacists	$149,410	$71.83	**
17	Administrative Services Managers	$146,600	$70.48	100
18	Commercial Pilots	$145,210	*	30
19	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$144,910	$69.67	120
20	Fundraising Managers	$143,780	$69.12	50

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Colorado	5,770	34.03	1.37	$34,850
2	Retail Salespersons in Colorado	5,400	31.88	1.27	$36,640
3	Cashiers in Colorado	3,670	21.63	1.09	$35,980
4	Stockers and Order Fillers in Colorado	2,810	16.60	0.91	$40,280
5	Waiters and Waitresses in Colorado	2,740	16.19	1.11	$47,360
6	General and Operations Managers in Colorado	2,510	14.82	0.66	$105,770
7	Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Colorado	2,290	13.52	1.93	$84,840
8	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Colorado	2,230	13.16	0.48	$38,650
9	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Colorado	2,110	12.46	0.88	$37,890
10	Office Clerks, General in Colorado	2,030	12.00	0.76	$55,960
11	Cooks, Restaurant in Colorado	1,930	11.40	1.26	$38,370
12	Accountants and Auditors in Colorado	1,860	10.96	1.18	$89,340
13	Software Developers in Colorado	1,820	10.73	0.99	$133,990
14	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Colorado	1,800	10.63	1.47	$56,550
15	Customer Service Representatives in Colorado	1,770	10.47	0.63	$42,920
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Colorado	1,770	10.42	0.95	$47,130
17	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Colorado	1,760	10.37	1.17	$53,310
18	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Colorado	1,700	10.04	0.53	$41,400
19	Project Management Specialists in Colorado	1,630	9.63	1.40	$101,310
19	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Colorado	1,630	9.62	1.22	$47,150

Most concentrated occupations in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Conservation Scientists	23.08	650	3.85	$84,820
2	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	22.99	250	1.48	$110,960
3	Soil and Plant Scientists	12.98	220	1.31	$67,330
4	Microbiologists	9.50	200	1.16	*
5	Information and Record Clerks, All Other	7.61	1,120	6.60	$51,650
6	Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	7.22	140	0.84	$84,240
7	Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	6.32	100	0.58	$82,490
8	Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	6.06	230	1.35	$61,210
9	Computer Hardware Engineers	5.87	490	2.89	$168,990
10	Protective Service Workers, All Other	4.78	420	2.50	$42,690

Occupation groups in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$134,170	$149,970	8,530	50.36	0.70
Computer and Mathematical	$111,080	$119,550	5,550	32.78	0.97
Architecture and Engineering	$102,090	$111,940	4,700	27.76	1.65
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$94,100	$111,700	**	**	**
Business and Financial Operations	$84,150	$94,650	12,830	75.75	1.12
Legal	$81,970	$118,510	1,060	6.27	0.75
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$77,210	$86,610	4,370	25.80	2.72
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$62,470	$67,360	6,830	40.32	1.03
Educational Instruction and Library	$62,400	$70,740	10,190	60.14	1.03
Community and Social Service	$62,140	$68,790	3,620	21.34	1.24
Construction and Extraction	$60,070	$63,030	7,000	41.34	1.00
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$59,100	$69,090	2,040	12.03	0.91
Production	$50,020	$56,950	8,140	48.06	0.87
Office and Administrative Support	$48,780	$52,910	17,740	104.74	0.92
Protective Service	$48,150	$65,060	3,300	19.50	0.80
Transportation and Material Moving	$45,460	$48,790	10,850	64.05	0.73
Healthcare Support	$44,110	$45,850	**	**	**
Sales and Related	$43,580	$57,650	17,700	104.48	1.21
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$40,190	$46,040	300	1.78	0.63
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$39,700	$43,420	5,520	32.58	1.11
Personal Care and Service	$38,210	$45,370	4,870	28.75	1.37
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$36,810	$42,330	18,430	108.81	1.24

Every occupation in Colorado, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 423 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Fort Collins-Loveland, CO estimates (area 22660).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Fort Collins-Loveland, CO area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.