Colorado · SOC 17-0000 · Annual, 2025
Architecture and engineering occupations in Colorado
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 17-0000 in Colorado, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 72,600 people in Colorado worked in architecture and engineering occupations (SOC 17-0000), with an average annual wage of $126,290.
Employment in architecture and engineering occupations in Colorado grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.5× as concentrated in Colorado as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.50). The average wage in this occupation group is 50.4% above the all-occupations average in Colorado. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Colorado are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 72,600Employment, 2025
- $126,290Mean annual wage
- 2.5%Share of Colorado jobs
- 1.50Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 55,000; 2005 56,500; 2006 58,100; 2007 59,400; 2008 60,400; 2009 56,800; 2010 55,100; 2011 56,000; 2012 57,100; 2013 58,300; 2014 59,900; 2015 61,100; 2016 61,300; 2017 62,100; 2018 65,000; 2019 68,500; 2020 69,100; 2021 69,800; 2022 71,400; 2023 72,400; 2024 72,700; 2025 72,600.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72,589 | $126,294 | 0.2% |
| 2024 | 72,724 | $120,309 | 0.5% |
| 2023 | 72,392 | $116,259 | 1.4% |
| 2022 | 71,392 | $113,658 | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 69,776 | $110,860 | 1.0% |
| 2020 | 69,072 | $106,858 | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 68,454 | $103,674 | 5.3% |
| 2018 | 65,001 | $99,376 | 4.6% |
| 2017 | 62,142 | $99,303 | 1.4% |
| 2016 | 61,308 | $95,096 | 0.4% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
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Architecture and engineering occupations in Colorado, quarterly, at full depth
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