Packers and Packagers, Hand · SOC 53-7064
Packers and Packagers, Hand Salary in the Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Packers and Packagers, Hand in the Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $38,550 per year ($18.54 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,820 at the 10th percentile to $47,620 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Packers and Packagers, Hand in the Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area earn more than $38,550 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,540 and $42,740.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $33,820 | $35,540 | $38,550 | $42,740 | $47,620 |
| Hourly | $16.26 | $17.09 | $18.54 | $20.55 | $22.90 |
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.
How this area compares
- Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$38,550 median for Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $35,540 to $42,740
- Coloradostate$40,730 median for Colorado; middle half earns $37,850 to $46,580
- United Statesnational$36,280 median for United States; middle half earns $32,220 to $43,060
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −5% vs Colorado overall and +6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Colorado
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for packers and packagers, hand, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan areathis page$38,550 median for Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $35,540 to $42,740
- $48,780 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $42,540 to $50,310
- $41,350 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $38,640 to $46,580
- $40,490 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $37,440 to $46,170
- $39,350 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $36,110 to $44,470
- $37,700 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $35,640 to $42,670
- $36,400 median for Grand Junction metro area; middle half earns $31,120 to $39,520
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for packers and packagers, hands · Highest-paying occupations in Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area
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.