SOC 33-9011 · Protective Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Animal Control Workers 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 Animal Control Workers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $61,950. The 10th percentile is $52,240 and the 90th percentile is $74,230. Employment is 70.

Median annual wage

$61,950

10th percentile
$52,240
25th percentile
$56,120
Median
$61,950
75th percentile
$65,530
90th percentile
$74,230
Mean
$62,050

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Animal Control Workers, the published 10th percentile is $52,240 and the 90th percentile is $74,230. The difference is $21,990, which is 35.5% 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 $56,120 to the 75th at $65,530, covers $9,410.

The mean annual wage is $62,050, which sits above the median of $61,950. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO median is 35.7% higher than the national median of $45,660 for Animal Control Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,564, which is 28.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6% higher than the Colorado median of $58,470.

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 $61,950 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Animal Control Workers at $58,564 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 Animal Control Workers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Animal Control Workers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO (70 of 1,609,350). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.56 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Animal Control Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Animal Control Workers make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Animal Control Workers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $61,950. The 10th percentile is $52,240 and the 90th percentile is $74,230. Employment is 70.

How does that compare with the national median for Animal Control Workers?

The local median is 35.7% higher than the national median of $45,660.

What is Animal Control Workers 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 $61,950 is $58,564. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.