Physician Assistants · SOC 29-1071
Physician Assistants Salary in the Colorado
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Colorado
Figures describe the state of Colorado as a whole.
Physician Assistants in the Colorado earned a median of $134,540 per year ($64.68 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $104,590 at the 10th percentile to $174,090 at the 90th. BLS estimates 3,270 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Physician Assistants in the Colorado earn more than $134,540 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $124,100 and $156,400.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $104,590 | $124,100 | $134,540 | $156,400 | $174,090 |
| Hourly | $50.28 | $59.66 | $64.68 | $75.19 | $83.70 |
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
- Colorado$134,540 median for Colorado; middle half earns $124,100 to $156,400
- United Statesnational$135,880 median for United States; middle half earns $120,670 to $163,980
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Colorado
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for physician assistants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Coloradothis page$134,540 median for Colorado; middle half earns $124,100 to $156,400
- $136,540 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $122,180 to $165,950
- $135,640 median for Pueblo metro area; middle half earns $127,360 to $155,070
- $135,200 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $122,850 to $148,240
- $134,550 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $112,580 to $142,020
- $134,540 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $127,920 to $161,790
- $134,260 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $122,950 to $154,590
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
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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.