Greeley, CO

Across all occupations in the Greeley, CO metropolitan area, the median wage is $55,070 a year ($26.48 an hour) and the mean $66,780, May 2025. That median is +8% against the US median of $50,980 and −8% against Colorado's $59,800. BLS counts 119,540 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is chief executives; the largest is fast food and counter workers.

All occupations: Greeley, CO vs Colorado and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Greeley, CO area, Colorado and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Greeley, CO	Hourly	$16.98	$20.45	$26.48	$36.73	$52.35	$32.11	119,540
Greeley, CO	Annual	$35,310	$42,530	$55,070	$76,410	$108,890	$66,780	119,540
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.

364 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 Greeley, CO

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Chief Executives	$210,700	$101.30	30
2	Marketing Managers	$190,410	$91.54	100
3	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$190,230	$91.46	30
4	Sales Managers in Colorado	$176,390	$84.80	280
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Colorado	$174,850	$84.06	180
6	Financial Managers in Colorado	$172,530	$82.95	270
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$170,640	$82.04	120
8	Purchasing Managers	$162,710	$78.23	50
9	Human Resources Managers	$161,390	$77.59	100
10	Public Relations Managers	$159,900	$76.88	30
11	Managers, All Other in Colorado	$159,890	$76.87	510
12	Dentists, General	$154,940	$74.49	90
13	Administrative Services Managers	$151,750	$72.96	50
14	Pharmacists	$148,850	$71.56	150
15	Aerospace Engineers	$140,780	$67.69	50
16	Industrial Production Managers	$139,990	$67.30	170
17	Sales Engineers	$138,420	$66.55	30
18	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$137,840	$66.27	60
19	Physician Assistants	$134,550	$64.69	140
20	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$134,350	$64.59	60

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 Greeley, CO

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Colorado	3,670	30.69	1.24	$33,030
2	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Colorado	2,700	22.62	1.71	$59,450
3	Retail Salespersons in Colorado	2,650	22.18	0.88	$36,670
4	Cashiers in Colorado	2,530	21.13	1.06	$35,760
5	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers in Colorado	1,970	16.50	3.16	$77,280
6	Stockers and Order Fillers in Colorado	1,670	14.01	0.77	$44,560
7	General and Operations Managers in Colorado	1,660	13.88	0.62	$123,100
8	Office Clerks, General in Colorado	1,570	13.17	0.83	$56,030
9	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	1,550	12.98	4.22	$60,690
10	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Colorado	1,460	12.23	0.44	$38,410
11	Construction Laborers in Colorado	1,430	11.98	1.70	$46,150
12	Registered Nurses in Colorado	1,390	11.63	0.54	$96,300
13	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Colorado	1,370	11.44	1.28	$60,160
14	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Colorado	1,360	11.37	1.86	$43,220
15	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Colorado	1,320	11.08	0.58	$44,980
16	Waiters and Waitresses in Colorado	1,300	10.89	0.75	$46,480
17	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Colorado	1,280	10.73	0.76	$38,510
18	Customer Service Representatives in Colorado	1,260	10.56	0.63	$45,310
19	Electricians in Colorado	1,240	10.36	2.13	$63,290
20	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,200	10.04	10.38	$48,200

Most concentrated occupations in Greeley, 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	Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	32.31	1,070	8.96	$51,650
2	Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	26.29	910	7.60	$48,540
3	Petroleum Engineers	21.42	300	2.49	$132,240
4	Plant and System Operators, All Other	10.56	110	0.96	$46,860
5	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	10.38	1,200	10.04	$48,200
6	Wellhead Pumpers	10.13	140	1.17	$61,510
7	Food Batchmakers	4.96	670	5.57	$49,710
8	Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	4.72	170	1.42	$41,680
9	Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	4.71	120	1.04	$60,070
10	Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	4.34	600	5.01	$49,020

Occupation groups in Greeley, CO

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$133,940	$149,810	5,730	47.90	0.67
Computer and Mathematical	$101,150	$113,460	2,350	19.69	0.58
Legal	$97,280	$121,440	500	4.22	0.50
Architecture and Engineering	$93,780	$104,830	2,010	16.78	1.00
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$86,860	$108,650	4,570	38.24	0.61
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$85,180	$95,180	1,050	8.81	0.93
Business and Financial Operations	$82,850	$92,110	7,590	63.53	0.94
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$62,560	$68,330	6,360	53.18	1.36
Educational Instruction and Library	$59,990	$61,630	7,270	60.79	1.04
Community and Social Service	$59,760	$64,850	1,890	15.83	0.92
Construction and Extraction	$58,870	$62,020	11,870	99.32	2.40
Protective Service	$57,200	$64,890	2,940	24.62	1.01
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$54,960	$62,680	1,040	8.66	0.66
Production	$50,390	$55,130	10,780	90.19	1.64
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$50,190	$48,500	560	4.72	1.69
Office and Administrative Support	$49,700	$53,590	11,760	98.38	0.86
Transportation and Material Moving	$49,230	$52,410	10,690	89.41	1.02
Sales and Related	$44,560	$59,310	10,450	87.42	1.01
Healthcare Support	$44,130	$45,230	3,680	30.76	0.61
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$43,080	$45,520	3,790	31.68	1.08
Personal Care and Service	$37,810	$43,740	2,660	22.27	1.06
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$35,960	$40,610	9,990	83.59	0.95

Every occupation in Colorado, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 364 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 Greeley, CO estimates (area 24540).

*: Wage 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 Greeley, 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.