How much do Transportation Security Screeners make in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

Percentile spread

For Transportation Security Screeners, the published 10th percentile is $58,530 and the 90th percentile is $78,690. The difference is $20,160, which is 28.2% 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 $58,530 to the 75th at $73,920, covers $15,390.

The mean annual wage is $69,540, which sits below the median of $71,530. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO median is 7.1% higher than the national median of $66,770 for Transportation Security Screeners. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,620, which is 1.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Colorado median of $71,530.

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 $71,530 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Transportation Security Screeners at $67,620 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Transportation Security Screeners. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO ranks 1st of 3 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).).

• Colorado Springs, CO is 43 miles away, with a median of $64,810 and employment of 90. That median is 9.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,355, against $67,620 here.
• Grand Junction, CO is 193 miles away, with a median of $63,130 and employment of 30. That median is 11.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,121, against $67,620 here.

Employment share

Transportation Security Screeners accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO (990 of 1,609,350). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (50,290 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.90 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.