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Average Postmasters And Mail Superintendents Salary in Colorado

Postmasters And Mail Superintendents in Colorado earn a median annual salary of $89,480, which is -3.5% compared to the national median. There are 200 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Colorado (state).

$89,480
Colorado median annual wage
$43/hour median
-3.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $92,730
200
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.77
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$69,310
25th
$82,620
Median
$89,480
75th
$96,240
90th
$105,620

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 Colorado, 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
103.1%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$86,830
Goods: 98.7%
Services: 85.0%
Rents: 127.4%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Florida$98,990Compare360
Rhode Island$98,720Compare40
California$97,050Compare800
New Jersey$96,900Compare440
Tennessee$95,470Compare260
Kentucky$94,870Compare250

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 Colorado

Colorado has salary data for 742 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers.

Historical series

Trend for Postmasters And Mail Superintendents in Colorado

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Postmasters And Mail Superintendents are projected to change by -3.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 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.