SOC 53-7064 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Packers and Packagers, Hand make in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Packers and Packagers, Hand in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is $39,350. The 10th percentile is $34,100 and the 90th percentile is $52,670. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$39,350

10th percentile
$34,100
25th percentile
$36,110
Median
$39,350
75th percentile
$44,470
90th percentile
$52,670
Mean
$41,310

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Packers and Packagers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $34,100 and the 90th percentile is $52,670. The difference is $18,570, which is 47.2% 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 $36,110 to the 75th at $44,470, covers $8,360.

The mean annual wage is $41,310, which sits above the median of $39,350. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Fort Collins-Loveland, CO median is 8.5% higher than the national median of $36,280 for Packers and Packagers, Hand. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,911, which is 7.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.4% lower than the Colorado median of $40,730.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is 101.128, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $39,350 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Packers and Packagers, Hand at $38,911 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Packers and Packagers, Hand. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO ranks 4th of 9 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).).

  • Boulder, CO is 39 miles away, with a median of $40,490 and employment of 250. That median is 2.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,488, against $38,911 here.
  • Greeley, CO is 58 miles away, with a median of $48,780 and employment of 200. That median is 24% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,694, against $38,911 here.
  • Cheyenne, WY is 61 miles away, with a median of $34,720. That median is 11.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,983, against $38,911 here.

Highest-paying jobs in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO · Packers and Packagers, Hand 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 Packers and Packagers, Hand make in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Packers and Packagers, Hand in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is $39,350. The 10th percentile is $34,100 and the 90th percentile is $52,670.

How does that compare with the national median for Packers and Packagers, Hand?

The local median is 8.5% higher than the national median of $36,280.

What is Packers and Packagers, Hand pay in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is 101.128, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $39,350 is $38,911. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Fort Collins-Loveland, CO compare with nearby metros for Packers and Packagers, Hand?

Boulder, CO is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 39 miles away, at $40,490. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO ranks 4th of 9 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.