Pay and cost of living in Boulder County, CO
Across the 1 occupations we cover in Boulder County, CO, the middle median salary is $164,560 a year. Pay runs from $164,560 for Software Developers up to $164,560 for Software Developers, a spread of $0. Wages come from the Boulder, CO survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Boulder County, CO has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,735 a month and a two-bedroom $2,033. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $27,694 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $116,829 a year, and every one of the 1 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Boulder County, CO
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Boulder County, CO, set beside the Colorado and national medians.
Median household income in Boulder County, CO is $103,994, 9% above the Colorado median of $95,470 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($20,820) equals 20.0% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $164,560, is 58% above household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Boulder County, CO pay a median of $3,998 a year in real estate taxes, 54% above the Colorado median of $2,602. With a median home value of $756,300, 40% above the Colorado median of $539,400, the ratio of the two medians is 0.53% a year.
Renters in Boulder County, CO pay a median gross rent of $1,966 a month in the Census survey, 12% above the Colorado median of $1,761. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $1,735; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Boulder County, CO who travel to a workplace spend an average of 22.3 minutes each way, 12% below the Colorado average of 25.2. 31.2% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.