Colorado · BLS May 2025

Insurance Sales Agent Salary in Colorado

Also called insurance agent. SOC 41-3021.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 9,530 insurance sales agents working in Colorado. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.

Median pay · Colorado

$68,730A year, or $33.04 an hour.
Take-home a month$4,572After federal, state and FICA tax at 20.2%
Worth at national prices$66,694Prices here sit at 103.1 against 100
Against the nation10.4% aboveNational median $62,280
What insurance sales agents earn in Colorado, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid$42,450$20.41
25th percentile$49,360$23.73
MedianHalf earn more, half less$68,730$33.04
75th percentile$100,600$48.36
90th percentileMost experienced and senior$158,690$76.29
MeanThe average, pulled up by the top$85,540$41.12
How we got this
  1. Median wage in ColoradoBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of insurance sales agents earned more than this, half less.$68,730
  2. Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$33.04
  3. Take-home after federal, state and FICA tax$4,572 a month at an effective rate of 20.2%.$54,866 a year
  4. Worth at national average pricesPrices in Colorado sit at 103.1 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$66,694
  5. Against the national medianThe national median is $62,280.10.4% above
  6. Jobs countedA concentration of 1.08 against the nation's 1.00.9,530
What we assumed
  • Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
  • OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
  • Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
  • Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details

Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1

What lands in the bank

A $68,730 salary in Colorado, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.

  • Federal income tax. $6,291 a year.
  • State income tax. $2,316 a year.
  • Social Security and Medicare. $5,258 a year.
  • Left over. $54,866 a year, $4,572 a month, an effective rate of 20.2%.

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What $68,730 is worth in Colorado

Prices in Colorado sit at 103.1 against a national average of 100, so $68,730 earned here buys what $66,694 buys at national average prices.

  • Rents. 127.4 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
  • Against local households. The median household in Colorado takes in $95,470, so this occupation's median is 0.72 times that, on one income.
  • How common the job is here. 8% more concentrated in Colorado than in the country as a whole.

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Common questions

Insurance Sales Agent pay in Colorado, answered

How much does an insurance sales agent make in Colorado?

The median wage for insurance sales agents in Colorado is $68,730 a year, or $33.04 an hour.

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.

What is the take-home pay for an insurance sales agent in Colorado?

On the median wage of $68,730, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $54,866 a year, or roughly $4,572 a month.

That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 20.2%.

Colorado takes $2,316 of it in state income tax.

Do insurance sales agents earn more in Colorado than in the rest of the country?

Yes. The median in Colorado is 10.4% above the national median of $62,280.

Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Colorado sit at 103.1 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.

Is $68,730 a good salary in Colorado?

It is 0.72 times the median household income of $95,470. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.

Prices in Colorado run at 103.1 against a national average of 100, with rents at 127.4, so $68,730 here buys about what $66,694 buys at national average prices.

What do the highest-paid insurance sales agents earn in Colorado?

The top tenth earn $158,690 a year or more, against $42,450 at the bottom tenth.

Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Colorado someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.

How many insurance sales agents are there in Colorado?

The survey counted 9,530 of these jobs in Colorado for May 2025.

That makes the occupation 8% more concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

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