Salary for Colorado

Power Plant Operators

Average Salary: $103,334
Median Salary: $105,655
10th Percentile: $72,765
25th Percentile: $87,351
75th Percentile: $118,745
90th Percentile: $125,840

Data sourced from 500 total jobs

In the U.S.

Location	Average	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile
U.S.	$97,856	$57,200	$78,276	$102,366	$115,192	$131,868

Colorado Metro Areas

Location	Average	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile
Colorado Springs, CO	$87,901	$72,765	$84,700	$84,700	$90,310	$100,870
Fort Collins, CO	$107,349	$61,446	$91,069	$91,069	$113,069	$161,788
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	$108,251	$69,003	$88,583	$116,204	$127,380	$130,295
Greeley, CO	$103,620	$69,080	$82,159	$115,159	$123,629	$124,212

Colorado Non-metro Areas

Location	Average	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile
Eastern and Southern Colorado	$100,419	$77,660	$92,169	$92,169	$116,952	$119,603

U.S Apprenticeships for this trade

TRI-STATE G&T JATC CRAIG

Registered Date: 09-22-2005

Address

P.O. BOX 1307 - CRAIG, CO 81626

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and TechniciansChemical TechniciansOperating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsComputer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine RepairersElectrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and RelayIndustrial Machinery MechanicsMachinistsWelders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersPower Distributors and DispatchersPower Plant OperatorsSeparating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES

Registered Date: 09-21-1987

Address

701 North Circle Drive - COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80907

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and TechniciansPlumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersElectric Motor, Power Tool, and Related RepairersElectrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and RelayControl and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorIndustrial Machinery MechanicsElectrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersPower Distributors and DispatchersPower Plant Operators

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