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Natural Sciences Managers · SOC 11-9121

Natural Sciences Managers 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$210,340
Median hourly wage$101.13

Natural Sciences Managers in the Boulder, CO metro area earned a median of $210,340 per year ($101.13 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $128,020 at the 10th percentile to $316,640 at the 90th. BLS estimates 310 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Natural Sciences Managers in the Boulder metro area earn more than $210,340 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $173,880 and $259,470.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$128,020$173,880$210,340$259,470$316,640
Hourly$61.55$83.59$101.13$124.75$152.23

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
    $210,340
  • Coloradostate (CO)
    $152,730
  • United Statesnational
    $167,220

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

The median here is +38% vs Colorado overall and +26% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$74,870$146,913$218,957$291,000Erie, PA — $74,870South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $74,990Williamsport, PA — $75,840Fort Wayne, IN — $77,720Tallahassee, FL — $79,460Port St. Lucie, FL — $80,320Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $81,970Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $82,770Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $83,200Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $87,310Toledo, OH — $88,750Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $92,260Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $92,980Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $94,990Waco, TX — $95,830Flint, MI — $95,990Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $97,460Springfield, MO — $97,470Fargo, ND-MN — $98,700Lafayette, LA — $99,140Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $99,660Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $99,690College Station-Bryan, TX — $99,780Iowa City, IA — $100,340Cedar Rapids, IA — $101,530Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $101,990Bangor, ME — $103,230Tulsa, OK — $105,060McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $105,370Lancaster, PA — $105,460Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $107,330Champaign-Urbana, IL — $107,630Naples-Marco Island, FL — $107,690El Paso, TX — $108,100Cheyenne, WY — $108,520Jacksonville, FL — $108,890Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $108,890Ogden, UT — $108,890Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $109,280Roanoke, VA — $109,480Green Bay, WI — $109,570Jackson, MS — $110,250Lubbock, TX — $111,510Urban Honolulu, HI — $111,940Midland, TX — $111,950Reading, PA — $112,040Flagstaff, AZ — $112,260York-Hanover, PA — $112,790Corpus Christi, TX — $112,840Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $113,370Duluth, MN-WI — $113,500Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $114,480Dover, DE — $114,800Fairbanks-College, AK — $115,410Alexandria, LA — $115,920Reno, NV — $116,380Ames, IA — $116,540Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $116,920San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $117,620Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $118,740Gainesville, FL — $119,410Helena, MT — $119,430Killeen-Temple, TX — $119,430Las Cruces, NM — $119,430Mobile, AL — $119,430Oklahoma City, OK — $119,430San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $119,430Twin Falls, ID — $119,430Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $119,700Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $120,000North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $120,040Springfield, IL — $122,390Lincoln, NE — $122,670Bozeman, MT — $122,930Columbia, SC — $122,930Missoula, MT — $122,930State College, PA — $122,930Tucson, AZ — $123,010Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $123,390Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $123,600Boise City, ID — $123,800Omaha, NE-IA — $124,470Logan, UT-ID — $124,530Charlottesville, VA — $124,800Idaho Falls, ID — $124,800Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $124,900Baton Rouge, LA — $125,000Columbia, MO — $126,440Richmond, VA — $126,610Eugene-Springfield, OR — $127,310Rochester, MN — $127,920Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $128,340Akron, OH — $128,390Medford, OR — $128,600Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $128,650La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $128,670Kansas City, MO-KS — $128,810Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $128,910Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $129,140Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $129,150Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $129,920New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $129,960Rapid City, SD — $129,960Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $130,010Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $130,010Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $130,160Syracuse, NY — $130,190Cleveland, OH — $130,470Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $130,640Huntsville, AL — $130,780Savannah, GA — $131,120Santa Fe, NM — $131,370Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $131,550Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $131,900Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $132,660Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $132,860Asheville, NC — $133,470Bismarck, ND — $133,470Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $133,620Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $133,790Anchorage, AK — $134,010Bellingham, WA — $134,220Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $134,800St. Joseph, MO-KS — $134,810Rochester, NY — $134,860Utica-Rome, NY — $135,600Bend, OR — $135,710Salem, OR — $136,150Madison, WI — $136,990Morgantown, WV — $136,990Columbus, OH — $138,110Birmingham, AL — $139,050Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $139,570Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $139,830Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $140,170Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $140,500Lexington Park, MD — $140,670Manhattan, KS — $140,850Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $141,080Knoxville, TN — $141,130Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $142,640Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $143,290Ann Arbor, MI — $144,200Corvallis, OR — $144,470Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $144,920Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $145,560Colorado Springs, CO — $148,240Winston-Salem, NC — $148,710Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $150,030Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $151,830Evansville, IN — $152,320Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $152,730Barnstable Town, MA — $154,080Greensboro-High Point, NC — $154,100Portland-South Portland, ME — $155,080Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $155,420Spartanburg, SC — $156,110Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $156,270Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $156,730Fresno, CA — $157,470Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $158,770St. Louis, MO-IL — $158,820Manchester-Nashua, NH — $160,040Modesto, CA — $160,070Bloomington, IN — $160,260Lexington-Fayette, KY — $161,450Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $162,690Burlington, NC — $163,020Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $164,300Springfield, MA — $165,000Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $165,200Fayetteville, NC — $165,260Salisbury, MD — $166,430Wilmington, NC — $166,910Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $167,040Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $168,850Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $169,060Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $169,370Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $170,010Vallejo, CA — $171,250Salinas, CA — $171,290Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $172,540Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $172,900Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $173,160Raleigh-Cary, NC — $173,510Grand Forks, ND-MN — $173,590Stockton-Lodi, CA — $174,860Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $175,400Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $176,740San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $178,530New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $180,460Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $182,230Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $183,540Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $193,340Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $196,930Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $202,380Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $203,150Bay City, MI — $204,120Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $204,250San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $207,200Boulder, CO — $210,340New Haven, CT — $210,670Midland, MI — $212,130Worcester, MA — $212,600Kennewick-Richland, WA — $215,860Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $217,480Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $220,120San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $225,230San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $263,810Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $291,000

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 10th-highest published median for this occupation among the 210 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 natural sciences managers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boulder metro areathis page
    $210,340
  • Fort Collins metro area
    $152,730
  • Colorado Springs metro area
    $148,240
  • Denver metro area
    $141,080

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:

General and Operations Managers$152,100Computer and Information Systems Managers$206,260Managers, All Other$179,090Sales Managers$200,970Financial Managers$192,970Architectural and Engineering Managers$203,420

Highest-paying metro areas for natural sciences managerss · 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.