Colorado state government salary

Colorado Salaries

Total state expenditures: $39.1 billion (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
Salary	Per 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: $221,302	Associates: $212,535

State profile

Demographic data for Colorado
	Colorado	U.S.
Total population:	5,448,819	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	103,642	3,531,905
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.

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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External links

• 2023 salary table from the Council of State Governments
• 2024 salary table from the National Conference of State Legislatures
• 2025 salary table from the National Center for State Courts