Colorado state government salary

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Colorado Salaries
Total state expenditures:
$39.1 billion[1] (2024 estimate)

This page describes the compensation for state government officeholders in Colorado.

Legislator salaries

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[2]
SalaryPer diem
$43,977/year for legislators whose terms began in 2023. $41,449/year for legislators whose terms began in 2021.For legislators residing within 50 miles of the capitol: $45/day. For legislators living more than 50 miles from the capitol: $237/day.

State executive salaries

See also: Compensation of state executive officers
Office and current official Salary

Governor of Colorado Jared Polis

$90,000

Lieutenant Governor of Colorado Dianne Primavera

$164,009

Attorney General of Colorado Phil Weiser

$118,000

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold

$102,000

Colorado Executive Director of Labor and Employment Joe Barela

$207,900

Colorado Executive Director of Human Services Michelle Barnes

Colorado Executive Director of Health Care Policy and Financing Kim Bimestefer

Colorado Public Utilities Commission Eric Blank

$153,966

Colorado State Board of Education District 4 Kristi Burton Brown

University of Colorado Board of Regents District 7 Nolbert Chavez

Colorado Adjutant General of Military and Veterans Affairs Laura Clellan

Colorado Commissioner of Insurance Michael Conway

$175,960

Colorado Commissioner of Education Susana Cordova

$300,684

Colorado Executive Director of Local Affairs Maria De Cambra

Colorado State Board of Education District 5 Steve Durham

Colorado State Board of Education District 1 Lisa Escarcega

Colorado State Board of Education District 7 Karla Esser

Colorado State Board of Education District 2 Kathy Gebhardt

Colorado Executive Director of Personnel and Administration Tony Gherardini

Colorado Executive Director of Natural Resources Dan Gibbs

$207,900

Colorado Public Utilities Commission Megan Gilman

$153,966

Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg

$177,852

Colorado Deputy Executive Director of Corrections Matthew Hansen

Colorado Executive Director of Public Safety Stan Hilkey

University of Colorado Board of Regents At-large District Elliott Hood

Colorado Executive Director of Revenue Heidi Humphreys

Colorado Executive Director of Public Health and Environment Jill Hunsaker Ryan

University of Colorado Board of Regents District 1 Wanda James

Colorado Controller Robert Jaros

$169,428

Colorado Executive Director of Transportation Shoshana Lew

Colorado State Board of Education District 6 Rebecca McClellan

University of Colorado Board of Regents District 4 Frank McNulty

University of Colorado Board of Regents District 5 Ken Montera

Colorado State Board of Education District 8 Yazmin Navarro

Colorado Executive Director of Higher Education Angie Paccione

Colorado Public Utilities Commission Tom Plant

$153,966

Colorado State Board of Education At Large Kathy Plomer

University of Colorado Board of Regents District 2 Callie Rennison

Colorado Executive Director of Early Childhood Lisa Roy

Colorado Executive Director of Regulatory Agencies Patty Salazar

University of Colorado Board of Regents District 3 Ray Scott

University of Colorado Board of Regents District 6 Ilana Spiegel

University of Colorado Board of Regents District 8 Mark VanDriel

Colorado State Board of Education District 3 Sherri Wright

Colorado Treasurer Dave Young

$93,360


Judicial salaries

See also: Colorado court salaries and budgets
State court salary information
Supreme Court salary Court of Appeals salary
Associates: $215,904[3] Associates: $207,351[4]

State profile

Demographic data for Colorado
 ColoradoU.S.
Total population:5,448,819316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):103,6423,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:84.2%73.6%
Black/African American:4%12.6%
Asian:2.9%5.1%
Native American:0.9%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.1%0.2%
Two or more:3.5%3%
Hispanic/Latino:21.1%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:90.7%86.7%
College graduation rate:38.1%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$60,629$53,889
Persons below poverty level:13.5%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Colorado.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Colorado

Colorado voted for the Democratic candidate in five out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, four are located in Colorado, accounting for 1.94 percent of the total pivot counties.[5]

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Colorado had three Retained Pivot Counties and one Boomerang Pivot County, accounting for 1.66 and 4.00 percent of all Retained and Boomerang Pivot Counties, respectively.

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Footnotes

  1. National Association of State Budget Officers, "2024 State Expenditure Report," accessed December 18, 2024
  2. National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  3. The salary of the chief justice may be higher than an associate justice.
  4. The salary of the chief judge may be higher than an associate judge.
  5. The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.