Light Truck Drivers Salary in Colorado

The median for light truck drivers in Colorado is $48,410 a year, somewhat above the national $44,860 (+8%); the state ranks 5th of 51 states by median. That is 19% less than the median across all occupations in Colorado ($59,800). Colorado pays more than every neighbouring state: Utah, Arizona, Nebraska, Wyoming, Kansas, New Mexico and Oklahoma range from $39,840 in Oklahoma to $45,860 in Utah. Colorado employs 15,810 light truck drivers, 5.50 per 1,000 jobs, the 22nd largest count of any state. A location quotient of 0.87 is close to the national share.

Colorado vs the United States, May 2025

Light Truck Drivers: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in Colorado and nationally, May 2025
AreaBasisPercentile wageMeanEmploymentJobs per 1,000Location quotient
10th25thMedian75th90th
ColoradoHourly$17.90$20.76$23.28$26.94$39.53$25.1315,8105.500.87
Annual$37,230$43,190$48,410$56,040$82,220$52,270
United StatesHourly$14.81$17.92$21.57$25.15$38.61$23.45983,300––
Annual$30,800$37,270$44,860$52,310$80,310$48,770
$0$25k$50k$75k$100k10th10th: $37,230$37,23025th25th: $43,190$43,190MedianMedian: $48,410$48,41075th75th: $56,040$56,04090th90th: $82,220$82,220US median
Colorado annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.
Rank by median
5th of 51 states
Rank by employment
22nd of 51 states
Location quotient
0.87
Jobs per 1,000
5.50

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of Colorado's employment divided by its national share; 1.00 means the same share as the nation. Take-home pay at these wages: FastCalc's take-home pay calculator.

Metropolitan areas in Colorado

7 metropolitan areas and 3 nonmetropolitan areas touching Colorado publish a row for light truck drivers, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

AreaMedian hourlyMedian annual10th pct (annual)90th pct (annual)EmploymentJobs per 1,000Location quotient
Boulder, CO$24.03$49,990$37,500$65,8805302.770.44
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$23.73$49,360$39,610$82,2509,5005.900.93
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$22.84$47,510$35,850$83,6301,1006.471.02
Greeley, CO$22.25$46,280$34,500$60,0005704.800.76
Colorado Springs, CO$22.13$46,020$33,540$90,9801,6905.350.85
Pueblo, CO$21.18$44,050$33,510$50,4403505.630.89
Grand Junction, CO$21.14$43,960$32,590$57,4604406.611.04
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$22.85$47,520$37,090$62,6405704.270.68
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$22.75$47,320$35,090$60,7503404.810.76
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$22.43$46,640$35,320$63,3606005.570.88

Neighbouring states

StateMedian hourlyMedian annualEmploymentLocation quotient
Colorado$23.28$48,41015,8100.87
Arizona$21.70$45,14018,4000.90
Kansas$21.03$43,7309,1401.01
Nebraska$21.21$44,1204,2100.65
New Mexico$20.37$42,3604,2200.77
Oklahoma$19.15$39,84010,0200.93
Utah$22.05$45,8609,9300.90
Wyoming$21.05$43,7801,4500.81

See the national page for Light Truck Drivers (every state ranked) and the Colorado wage profile (every occupation in the state).

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Colorado estimates.

  • 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.