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Clergy · SOC 21-2011

Clergy Salary in the Boulder Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boulder, CO metro area

Figures describe the Boulder, CO metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boulder city limits.

Median annual wage$68,800
Median hourly wage$33.08

Clergy in the Boulder, CO metro area earned a median of $68,800 per year ($33.08 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $57,600 at the 10th percentile to $80,750 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Clergy in the Boulder metro area earn more than $68,800 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $64,340 and $79,170.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$57,600$64,340$68,800$79,170$80,750
Hourly$27.69$30.94$33.08$38.06$38.82

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boulder metro areathis metro area
    $68,800
  • Coloradostate (CO)
    $63,700
  • United Statesnational
    $60,810

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +8% vs Colorado overall and +13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$29,580$47,737$65,893$84,050San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $29,580Wheeling, WV-OH — $37,390Johnstown, PA — $41,760Lynchburg, VA — $43,990Erie, PA — $44,040Ocala, FL — $44,280Midland, MI — $45,450Port St. Lucie, FL — $45,570Lafayette, LA — $45,760Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $46,400Abilene, TX — $47,380Tallahassee, FL — $47,580Syracuse, NY — $48,770Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $49,160Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $49,330Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $49,410Flint, MI — $49,460Glens Falls, NY — $49,800Mobile, AL — $49,850York-Hanover, PA — $50,200Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $50,330Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $50,410Charleston, WV — $50,520Lebanon, PA — $50,560Tyler, TX — $50,800Altoona, PA — $50,830Montgomery, AL — $50,860Hattiesburg, MS — $51,670Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $51,670Binghamton, NY — $51,990Springfield, IL — $52,070Springfield, MO — $52,130Topeka, KS — $52,170Birmingham, AL — $52,190Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $52,420Bloomington, IL — $52,650Roanoke, VA — $53,130Johnson City, TN — $53,390Macon-Bibb County, GA — $53,540Traverse City, MI — $53,640Savannah, GA — $53,650Duluth, MN-WI — $53,770Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $53,870Ann Arbor, MI — $54,000New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $54,140South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $54,350Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $54,360Huntsville, AL — $54,550North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $54,840Jackson, MI — $54,870Wichita, KS — $54,870Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $55,070Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $55,110Columbia, MO — $55,280Greenville, NC — $55,280Kingston, NY — $55,380Fayetteville, NC — $55,540McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $55,950Saginaw, MI — $55,970Peoria, IL — $56,080Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $56,240Gainesville, FL — $56,270Jacksonville, FL — $56,330Spartanburg, SC — $56,400La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $56,420El Paso, TX — $56,450Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $56,760Baton Rouge, LA — $56,810Bay City, MI — $56,810Greensboro-High Point, NC — $56,970Jackson, MS — $57,110Knoxville, TN — $57,140Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $57,160Wilmington, NC — $57,190Columbus, GA-AL — $57,210Cedar Rapids, IA — $57,320Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $57,430Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $57,710Pittsburgh, PA — $57,720Lincoln, NE — $57,790Morgantown, WV — $57,810Lubbock, TX — $57,820Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $57,850Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $57,900Columbia, SC — $57,990Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $58,050Omaha, NE-IA — $58,170Corpus Christi, TX — $58,210Toledo, OH — $58,260Anchorage, AK — $58,280Evansville, IN — $58,430Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $58,470Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $58,610Ithaca, NY — $58,750Raleigh-Cary, NC — $58,770Youngstown-Warren, OH — $58,780Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $58,820Kansas City, MO-KS — $58,850Reading, PA — $58,950Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $59,000Tulsa, OK — $59,000Chattanooga, TN-GA — $59,040Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $59,120Great Falls, MT — $59,130Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $59,200Cleveland, OH — $59,210Lexington-Fayette, KY — $59,220Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $59,240Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $59,510Athens-Clarke County, GA — $59,530Lancaster, PA — $59,530Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $59,570Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $59,610Colorado Springs, CO — $59,620Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $59,630Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $59,650Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $59,700Rochester, NY — $59,710College Station-Bryan, TX — $59,740Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $59,780Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $59,800Canton-Massillon, OH — $59,810Bend, OR — $59,850San Angelo, TX — $59,870Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $59,890Amarillo, TX — $59,910Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $60,040Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $60,170Richmond, VA — $60,190Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $60,230St. Louis, MO-IL — $60,290Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $60,340Fort Wayne, IN — $60,360Killeen-Temple, TX — $60,380Utica-Rome, NY — $60,460Eugene-Springfield, OR — $60,520Urban Honolulu, HI — $60,540Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $60,690Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $60,720Missoula, MT — $60,730Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $60,760Asheville, NC — $60,790Akron, OH — $60,810Columbus, OH — $60,820Madison, WI — $60,900Oklahoma City, OK — $60,910Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $60,970Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $61,010Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $61,030Winston-Salem, NC — $61,160Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $61,170Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $61,390Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $61,410Rockford, IL — $61,510Helena, MT — $61,520Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $61,630Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $61,640Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $61,640Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $61,730Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $61,820Green Bay, WI — $61,820Medford, OR — $61,860New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $61,860Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $61,970Charlottesville, VA — $62,370Tucson, AZ — $62,400Albany, OR — $62,540Champaign-Urbana, IL — $62,540San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $62,610Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,670Fargo, ND-MN — $62,730San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $62,760Elmira, NY — $62,780Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $63,000Boise City, ID — $63,040Naples-Marco Island, FL — $63,070Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $63,190Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $63,430Rochester, MN — $63,430Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $64,060Visalia, CA — $64,240Redding, CA — $64,640Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $65,150New Haven, CT — $65,290Modesto, CA — $65,360Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $65,670Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $65,710Portland-South Portland, ME — $65,790St. Cloud, MN — $66,280Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $67,640Boulder, CO — $68,800Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $69,280Springfield, MA — $69,900Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $69,940Grants Pass, OR — $69,990Albuquerque, NM — $70,160Waco, TX — $70,300Billings, MT — $70,660Corvallis, OR — $71,130Fresno, CA — $71,130Worcester, MA — $72,300Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $73,160Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $73,770Salinas, CA — $73,770San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $74,580Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $74,800Stockton-Lodi, CA — $75,020Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $76,720Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $77,030Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $77,050Kennewick-Richland, WA — $77,420San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $77,450San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $77,510Salem, OR — $78,220Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $78,330Vallejo, CA — $79,590Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $80,760Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $81,280Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $81,750Bozeman, MT — $81,770Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $84,050

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boulder metro area has the 31st-highest published median for this occupation among the 221 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Colorado

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for clergy, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boulder metro areathis page
    $68,800
  • Fort Collins metro area
    $69,940
  • Denver metro area
    $63,190
  • Colorado Springs metro area
    $59,620

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors$75,020Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other$56,780Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors$75,030Child, Family, and School Social Workers$64,660Social and Human Service Assistants$52,830Healthcare Social Workers$77,820

Highest-paying metro areas for clergys · Highest-paying occupations in Boulder Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.