Office Clerks, General Salary in Colorado

Office Clerks, General in Colorado earn a median $53,550 a year, +19% against the national median of $45,010; they and rank 2nd of 51 states by median. That is 10% less than the median across all occupations in Colorado ($59,800). Colorado pays more than every neighbouring state: Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Kansas range from $32,370 in Kansas to $46,420 in Arizona. Colorado employs 31,770 office clerks, general, 11.1 per 1,000 jobs, the 25th largest count of any state. A location quotient of 0.70 means it is less common in Colorado than nationally.

Colorado vs the United States, May 2025

Office Clerks, General: 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	$18.34	$22.28	$25.75	$31.30	$37.95	$27.35	31,770	11.06	0.70
Colorado	Annual	$38,160	$46,340	$53,550	$65,100	$78,930	$56,890	31,770	11.06	0.70
United States	Hourly	$14.57	$17.48	$21.64	$26.11	$31.10	$22.32	2,464,940	–	–
United States	Annual	$30,310	$36,350	$45,010	$54,300	$64,680	$46,420	2,464,940	–	–

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: 2nd of 51 states
Rank by employment: 25th of 51 states
Location quotient: 0.70
Jobs per 1,000: 11.06

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 office clerks, general, 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	$28.77	$59,840	$41,010	$83,510	1,510	7.84	0.49
Greeley, CO	$26.94	$56,030	$38,420	$74,710	1,570	13.17	0.83
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$26.90	$55,960	$37,450	$75,480	2,030	12.00	0.76
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$25.96	$53,990	$40,760	$79,040	16,320	10.14	0.64
Grand Junction, CO	$24.85	$51,680	$35,910	$72,270	890	13.24	0.84
Pueblo, CO	$24.36	$50,670	$35,460	$77,590	660	10.67	0.67
Colorado Springs, CO	$23.97	$49,860	$36,620	$77,330	4,110	13.01	0.82
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	$26.40	$54,900	$37,300	$79,620	1,610	14.86	0.94
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	$25.44	$52,920	$38,100	$85,220	1,970	14.92	0.94
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	$23.68	$49,260	$34,070	$74,070	850	12.18	0.77

Neighbouring states

State	Median hourly	Median annual	Employment	Location quotient
Colorado	$25.75	$53,550	31,770	0.70
Arizona	$22.32	$46,420	52,710	1.03
Kansas	$15.56	$32,370	2,130	0.09
Nebraska	$18.18	$37,820	10,000	0.62
New Mexico	$17.85	$37,130	11,880	0.86
Oklahoma	$17.90	$37,240	31,870	1.18
Utah	$21.18	$44,060	36,470	1.33
Wyoming	$20.60	$42,840	6,670	1.50

See the national page for Office Clerks, General (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.