Cybersecurity salary in Colorado
Measured from live job postings in Colorado that disclose pay - real advertised ranges from company career pages, updated daily. Not a survey.
Median
$137,250
25th percentile
$97,500
75th percentile
$167,500
Disclosed postings
12
Across all US states we track, the disclosed median is $191,250 - Colorado runs 28% below it.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the average cybersecurity salary in Colorado?
- Measured from 12 live job postings in Colorado that disclose pay, the median cybersecurity salary is $137,250, with the middle half of roles falling between $97,500 and $167,500. These are real advertised ranges from company career pages, not survey estimates.
- How does Colorado cybersecurity pay compare to the rest of the US?
- Colorado's disclosed median runs about 28% below the median across all US states we track ($191,250). Remote roles complicate the picture: many pay to a national band regardless of where you sit.
- Which cybersecurity jobs pay the most in Colorado?
- Per-role samples inside one state are usually too small to publish honestly, but the national pattern holds everywhere: security engineering, cloud security, and AppSec lead individual-contributor pay, with CISO and security leadership above them. See the US salary leaderboard for role-by-role bands.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- From live cybersecurity job postings we aggregate hourly across 240+ security companies, keeping only postings that disclose a salary range and pass plausibility checks. Only ~14% of security postings publish pay, so the sample skews toward larger, transparency-friendly employers.