Nursing Assistants Salary in Colorado

The median for nursing assistants in Colorado is $47,380 a year, somewhat above the national $42,260 (+12%); the state ranks 7th of 51 states by median. That is 21% less than the median across all occupations in Colorado ($59,800). Colorado pays more than every neighbouring state: Arizona, Nebraska, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Kansas and Oklahoma range from $35,930 in Oklahoma to $44,780 in Arizona. Colorado employs 22,240 nursing assistants, 7.74 per 1,000 jobs, the 25th largest count of any state. A location quotient of 0.83 is close to the national share.

Colorado vs the United States, May 2025

Nursing Assistants: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in Colorado and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Colorado	Hourly	$18.60	$21.42	$22.78	$24.00	$26.96	$22.79	22,240	7.74	0.83
Colorado	Annual	$38,690	$44,550	$47,380	$49,920	$56,070	$47,400	22,240	7.74	0.83
United States	Hourly	$16.32	$17.91	$20.32	$22.70	$24.99	$20.53	1,448,910	–	–
United States	Annual	$33,940	$37,260	$42,260	$47,220	$51,980	$42,700	1,448,910	–	–

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: 7th of 51 states
Rank by employment: 25th of 51 states
Location quotient: 0.83
Jobs per 1,000: 7.74

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 nursing assistants, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

Area	Median hourly	Median annual	10th pct (annual)	90th pct (annual)	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Boulder, CO	$23.97	$49,860	$41,140	$57,080	1,030	5.37	0.58
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$23.61	$49,110	$41,910	$57,460	10,350	6.43	0.69
Greeley, CO	$22.44	$46,670	$38,240	$50,160	700	5.87	0.63
Colorado Springs, CO	$22.17	$46,120	$38,250	$48,360	4,910	15.53	1.67
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$22.10	$45,970	$38,140	$50,100	**	**	**
Pueblo, CO	$21.77	$45,270	$36,760	$50,670	920	14.94	1.60
Grand Junction, CO	$21.62	$44,980	$37,900	$48,110	710	10.57	1.13
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	$22.79	$47,390	$38,710	$55,550	670	6.19	0.66
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	$22.74	$47,310	$38,570	$56,540	550	4.14	0.44
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	$21.94	$45,640	$36,310	$49,540	840	11.96	1.28

Neighbouring states

State	Median hourly	Median annual	Employment	Location quotient
Colorado	$22.78	$47,380	22,240	0.83
Arizona	$21.53	$44,780	20,320	0.67
Kansas	$18.27	$38,010	24,610	1.84
Nebraska	$19.23	$40,000	16,450	1.72
New Mexico	$18.94	$39,390	4,750	0.59
Oklahoma	$17.27	$35,930	19,410	1.22
Utah	$19.15	$39,840	12,260	0.76
Wyoming	$18.83	$39,160	2,830	1.08

See the national page for Nursing Assistants (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.

**: 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.