SOC 43-9081 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Proofreaders and Copy Markers 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 Proofreaders and Copy Markers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $55,320. The 10th percentile is $44,960 and the 90th percentile is $58,670. Employment is 70.

Median annual wage

$55,320

10th percentile
$44,960
25th percentile
$44,960
Median
$55,320
75th percentile
$55,900
90th percentile
$58,670
Mean
$53,270

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Proofreaders and Copy Markers, the published 10th percentile is $44,960 and the 90th percentile is $58,670. The difference is $13,710, which is 24.8% 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 $44,960 to the 75th at $55,900, covers $10,940.

The mean annual wage is $53,270, which sits below the median of $55,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO median is 8.2% higher than the national median of $51,120 for Proofreaders and Copy Markers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,296, which is 2.3% higher 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 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 $55,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Proofreaders and Copy Markers at $52,296 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 Proofreaders and Copy Markers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Proofreaders and Copy Markers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO (70 of 1,609,350). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (4,580 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.48 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 · Proofreaders and Copy Markers 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 Proofreaders and Copy Markers make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Proofreaders and Copy Markers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $55,320. The 10th percentile is $44,960 and the 90th percentile is $58,670. Employment is 70.

How does that compare with the national median for Proofreaders and Copy Markers?

The local median is 8.2% higher than the national median of $51,120.

What is Proofreaders and Copy Markers 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 $55,320 is $52,296. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.