How much do Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians make in Colorado Springs, CO?

Percentile spread

For Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $59,800 and the 90th percentile is $123,260. The difference is $63,460, which is 76.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $59,800 to the 75th at $104,590, covers $44,790.

The mean annual wage is $85,380, which sits above the median of $83,250. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Colorado Springs, CO median is 0.4% higher than the national median of $82,890 for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $82,666, which is 0.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.9% lower than the Colorado median of $98,990.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Colorado Springs, CO is 100.707, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $83,250 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians at $82,666 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians. Colorado Springs, CO ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 43 miles away, with a median of $123,350 and employment of 390. That median is 48.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $116,608, against $82,666 here.

Employment share

Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Colorado Springs, CO (40 of 316,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (11,280 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.74 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.