SOC 19-1013 · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations · May 2025
How much do Soil and Plant Scientists 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 Soil and Plant Scientists in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is $67,330. The 10th percentile is $52,420 and the 90th percentile is $289,660. Employment is 220.
Median annual wage
$67,330
- 10th percentile
- $52,420
- 25th percentile
- $52,420
- Median
- $67,330
- 75th percentile
- $103,160
- 90th percentile
- $289,660
- Mean
- $104,320
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Soil and Plant Scientists, the published 10th percentile is $52,420 and the 90th percentile is $289,660. The difference is $237,240, which is 352.4% 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 $52,420 to the 75th at $103,160, covers $50,740.
The mean annual wage is $104,320, which sits above the median of $67,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Fort Collins-Loveland, CO median is 14.6% lower than the national median of $78,850 for Soil and Plant Scientists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $66,579, which is 15.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 10.7% lower than the Colorado median of $75,430.
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 $67,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Soil and Plant Scientists at $66,579 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 Soil and Plant Scientists in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Soil and Plant Scientists accounts for 0.13% of wage-and-salary employment in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO (220 of 169,430). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (15,730 of 155,495,730). The local share is 12.84 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 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO · Soil and Plant Scientists 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 Soil and Plant Scientists make in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Soil and Plant Scientists in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is $67,330. The 10th percentile is $52,420 and the 90th percentile is $289,660. Employment is 220.
How does that compare with the national median for Soil and Plant Scientists?
The local median is 14.6% lower than the national median of $78,850.
What is Soil and Plant Scientists 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 $67,330 is $66,579. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.