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How much do Athletes and Sports Competitors make in Colorado Springs, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Athletes and Sports Competitors in Colorado Springs, CO is $56,890. The 10th percentile is $30,800 and the 90th percentile is $262,060. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$56,890

10th percentile
$30,800
25th percentile
$32,880
Median
$56,890
75th percentile
$107,980
90th percentile
$262,060
Mean
$555,730

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly wages are not published.

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Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Athletes and Sports Competitors, the published 10th percentile is $30,800 and the 90th percentile is $262,060. The difference is $231,260, which is 406.5% 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 $32,880 to the 75th at $107,980, covers $75,100.

The mean annual wage is $555,730, which sits above the median of $56,890. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.

National and state comparison

The Colorado Springs, CO median is 14.7% lower than the national median of $66,710 for Athletes and Sports Competitors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $56,491, which is 15.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

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 $56,890 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Athletes and Sports Competitors at $56,491 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 Athletes and Sports Competitors in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Athletes and Sports Competitors 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 (15,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.31 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 Athletes and Sports Competitors make in Colorado Springs, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Athletes and Sports Competitors in Colorado Springs, CO is $56,890. The 10th percentile is $30,800 and the 90th percentile is $262,060. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Athletes and Sports Competitors?

The local median is 14.7% lower than the national median of $66,710.

What is Athletes and Sports Competitors pay in Colorado Springs, CO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Colorado Springs, CO is 100.707, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $56,890 is $56,491. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.