SOC 51-9082 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Medical Appliance Technicians 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 Medical Appliance Technicians in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $55,720. The 10th percentile is $45,040 and the 90th percentile is $84,410. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$55,720

10th percentile
$45,040
25th percentile
$48,880
Median
$55,720
75th percentile
$74,500
90th percentile
$84,410
Mean
$61,890

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Medical Appliance Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $45,040 and the 90th percentile is $84,410. The difference is $39,370, which is 70.7% 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 $48,880 to the 75th at $74,500, covers $25,620.

The mean annual wage is $61,890, which sits above the median of $55,720. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO median is 16% higher than the national median of $48,030 for Medical Appliance Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,674, which is 9.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.4% lower than the Colorado median of $59,560.

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 $55,720 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Medical Appliance Technicians at $52,674 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 Medical Appliance Technicians in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Highest-paying jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Medical Appliance Technicians 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 Medical Appliance Technicians make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Medical Appliance Technicians in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $55,720. The 10th percentile is $45,040 and the 90th percentile is $84,410.

How does that compare with the national median for Medical Appliance Technicians?

The local median is 16% higher than the national median of $48,030.

What is Medical Appliance Technicians 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 $55,720 is $52,674. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.