SOC 47-2231 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025

How much do Solar Photovoltaic Installers 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 Solar Photovoltaic Installers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $53,140. The 10th percentile is $45,930 and the 90th percentile is $80,800. Employment is 280.

Median annual wage

$53,140

10th percentile
$45,930
25th percentile
$49,210
Median
$53,140
75th percentile
$57,030
90th percentile
$80,800
Mean
$56,040

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Solar Photovoltaic Installers, the published 10th percentile is $45,930 and the 90th percentile is $80,800. The difference is $34,870, which is 65.6% 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 $49,210 to the 75th at $57,030, covers $7,820.

The mean annual wage is $56,040, which sits above the median of $53,140. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO median is about the same as the national median of $53,140 for Solar Photovoltaic Installers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,235, which is 5.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.9% higher than the Colorado median of $49,730.

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 $53,140 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Solar Photovoltaic Installers at $50,235 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Solar Photovoltaic Installers. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO ranks 1st of 2 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).).

  • Grand Junction, CO is 193 miles away, with a median of $47,620 and employment of 50. That median is 10.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,876, against $50,235 here.

Employment share

Solar Photovoltaic Installers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO (280 of 1,609,350). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,350 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.86 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 · Solar Photovoltaic Installers 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 Solar Photovoltaic Installers make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Solar Photovoltaic Installers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is $53,140. The 10th percentile is $45,930 and the 90th percentile is $80,800. Employment is 280.

How does that compare with the national median for Solar Photovoltaic Installers?

The local median is about the same as the national median of $53,140.

What is Solar Photovoltaic Installers 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 $53,140 is $50,235. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO compare with nearby metros for Solar Photovoltaic Installers?

Grand Junction, CO is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 193 miles away, at $47,620. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.