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Average Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other Salary in Boulder, CO

Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other in Boulder, CO earn a median annual salary of $31,490, which is -32.8% compared to the national median. There are 190 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Boulder, CO (metro area).

$31,490
Boulder, CO median annual wage
$15/hour median
-32.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $46,860
190
Local employment
1.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
11.02
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$31,490
25th
$31,490
Median
$31,490
75th
$48,610
90th
$51,520

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Boulder, CO, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
105.2%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$29,933
Goods: 96.1%
Services: 82.7%
Rents: 157.0%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $80,080 Compare 30
Cleveland, OH $71,800 Compare 40
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $71,050 Compare 60
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $62,570 Compare 120
St. Louis, MO-IL $60,040 Compare 90
Kansas City, MO-KS $59,610 Compare 40

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Boulder, CO

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Surgeons, All Other $465,940 1.55
Physicians, All Other $453,460 0.25
Family Medicine Physicians $297,070 1.70
Chief Executives $216,400 0.43
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $211,600 7.71
Natural Sciences Managers $210,340 2.31
Computer And Information Systems Managers $206,260 1.47
Architectural And Engineering Managers $203,420 2.49

Boulder, CO has salary data for 425 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Surgeons, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other in Boulder, CO

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other are projected to change by +2.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,900 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.