SOC 53-2022 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Airfield Operations Specialists make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Airfield Operations Specialists in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $81,740. The 10th percentile is $64,140 and the 90th percentile is $95,680. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$81,740

10th percentile
$64,140
25th percentile
$66,670
Median
$81,740
75th percentile
$85,810
90th percentile
$95,680
Mean
$79,660

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Airfield Operations Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $64,140 and the 90th percentile is $95,680. The difference is $31,540, which is 38.6% 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 $66,670 to the 75th at $85,810, covers $19,140.

The mean annual wage is $79,660, which sits below the median of $81,740. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO median is 43.8% higher than the national median of $56,850 for Airfield Operations Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $77,272, which is 35.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.5% higher than the Colorado median of $77,500.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $81,740 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Airfield Operations Specialists at $77,272 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Airfield Operations Specialists in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Airfield Operations Specialists accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO (40 of 1,609,350). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (15,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.25 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Airfield Operations Specialists make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Airfield Operations Specialists in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $81,740. The 10th percentile is $64,140 and the 90th percentile is $95,680. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Airfield Operations Specialists?

The local median is 43.8% higher than the national median of $56,850.

What is Airfield Operations Specialists pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 105.782, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $81,740 is $77,272. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.