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Colorado Government Pay Charts Colorado General Schedule Payscales

3,365 federal employees †
$89,489 average yearly pay
+4% salary raise this year

Federal employees in Colorado are paid an adjusted base salary based on which of the three General Schedule localities that cover Colorado in which they work. Localities that cover parts of Colorado include Colorado Springs, Denver and Rest of U.S..

This table lists all of the major cities and military installations within Colorado where Federal employees work. Each city lists the GS Locality in which it is located, and the current Locality Adjustment applicable to that locality. Click on any city or locality to see the adjusted pay tables for that region.

City / Base Locality Type Federal Employee Count † GS Locality Name Locality Adjustment
Arvada   Civilian 11 Denver 29.05%
Buckley Air Force Base   Air Force 116 Denver 29.05%
Boulder   Civilian 197 Denver 29.05%
Centennial   Civilian 32 Denver 29.05%
Fort Carson   Army Unknown Colorado Springs 19.11%
Denver   Civilian 4,918 Denver 29.05%
Fort Collins   Civilian 1,395 Denver 29.05%
Lakewood   Civilian 6,152 Denver 29.05%
Pueblo Chemical Depot   Army 245 Colorado Springs 19.11%
Thornton   Civilian 13 Denver 29.05%
Westminster   Civilian 16 Denver 29.05%

Employee count includes only Non-DoD Employees in the GS Pay Scale. However, these rates apply to all General Schedule (GS) employees, including those in the Department of Defense (DoD).

Colorado Federal Employment Statistics

This section provides statistics on Federal government employees in Colorado, including most common occupations, agencies with the most local employees, and the average paygrade and salary rates of general schedule employees in the area. All data in this section is derived from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)'s most recent available listings of federal employees in Colorado.

Common Occupations in Colorado

Occupation Number Employed Avg. Salary Avg. Bonus
Contact Representative 536 $54,120.00 $42.00
Civil Engineering 430 $110,195.00 $420.00
General Business And Industry 393 $108,596.00 $597.00
Social Insurance Administration 220 $89,823.00 $372.00
Voucher Examining 214 $59,681.00 $86.00
Management And Program Analysis 198 $88,638.00 $398.00
Veterans Claims Examining 190 $89,977.00 $26.00
Social Work 179 $88,647.00 $12.00
Financial Administration And Program 168 $96,564.00 $810.00
Medical Support Assistance 159 $47,491.00 $43.00
Information Technology Management 138 $127,413.00 $466.00
General Health Science 114 $92,501.00 $132.00
Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant 113 $49,744.00 $97.00
General Physical Science 106 $119,161.00 $2,580.00
Geology 106 $109,806.00 $542.00
Miscellaneous Administration And Program 101 $75,577.00 $441.00

This table lists the top sixteen occupations held by the approximately 3,365 federal employees working in Colorado, Colorado, as well as average yearly compensation for Colorado based federal employees of that occupation.

Federal Agencies in Colorado

Agency Colorado Employees Avg. Salary Avg. Bonus
Veterans Health Administration 1,372 $69,479.00 $159.00
Office Of The Secretary Of The Interior 459 $109,914.00 $456.00
Bureau Of Reclamation 316 $119,537.00 $569.00
Internal Revenue Service 242 $54,686.00 $20.00
Social Security Administration 220 $89,823.00 $372.00
Veterans Benefits Administration 190 $89,977.00 $26.00
Office Of The Senior Coordinator For Rocky Mountains 135 $109,691.00 $1,540.00
Federal Highway Administration 114 $100,852.00 $271.00
Environmental Protection Agency 106 $119,161.00 $2,580.00
Geological Survey 106 $109,806.00 $542.00
Public Buildings Service 105 $110,331.00 $160.00

There are eleven Federal agencies with a significant workforce in Colorado. General Schedule employees at all of the agencies listed below will be paid according to the locality-adjusted GS payscale listed on this page.


Distribution of GS Employees in Colorado

There are approximately 3,365 federal employees on the General Schedule payscale located within Colorado. The average federal employee in Colorado earns $89,489 per year, and the average yearly bonus is $433.

Based on data provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the most common job title for federal employees based in Colorado is Contact Representative. The Federal agency with the largest number of employees in Colorado is the Veterans Health Administration, which has total of 1,372 employees in the area.

The bar graph to the left shows the distribution of employees in Colorado by paygrade, from GS-1 to GS-15. To learn more about how paygrades are determined and how they affect a federal employee's salary, see how to calculate GS Pay.

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