SALARY · BUS AND TRUCK MECHANICS AND DIESEL ENGINE SPECIALISTS · COLORADO

Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists salary in Colorado

If Colorado is on your shortlist, start here. The median annual pay for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists was $70,480. That one figure will not decide a move on its own, but it sets the range for everything else, from housing to how much you can save.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$70,480

$34 per hour at the median · That is $8,710 (14.1 percent) above the national median of $61,770 for this occupation.

$71,010Mean annual salary
$34Mean hourly wage
$4,600People employed in this job in Colorado

Salary range

25th: $59,300Median: $70,48075th: $79,780
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$59,300
Median (50th percentile)$70,480
75th percentile$79,780
Mean$71,010

The middle half of workers earned from $59,300 to $79,780 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$56,020 a year
$4,668 a month
Federal tax $6,676 · FICA $5,392 · State tax $2,393

Caveat: the Colorado worksheet was retrieved via a reproduction, not a direct tax.colorado.gov page, and TABOR refunds are excluded.

The Denver occupational privilege tax is a flat dollar charge and is not in this figure.

Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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