# Counties in Colorado by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 64 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/colorado-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Denver County | 61,635.9 |
| 2 | Arapahoe County | 31,823.5 |
| 3 | El Paso County | 25,525.7 |
| 4 | Jefferson County | 20,909.8 |
| 5 | Boulder County | 19,874.8 |
| 6 | Adams County | 19,841.2 |
| 7 | Douglas County | 13,602.5 |
| 8 | Larimer County | 13,186.1 |
| 9 | Weld County | 8,515.9 |
| 10 | Broomfield County | 5,099.2 |
| 11 | Mesa County | 4,192.6 |
| 12 | Pueblo County | 3,833.4 |
| 13 | Eagle County | 2,538 |
| 14 | Garfield County | 1,937.1 |
| 15 | La Plata County | 1,808.7 |
| 16 | Pitkin County | 1,541.6 |
| 17 | Summit County | 1,416.7 |
| 18 | Routt County | 1,109.3 |
| 19 | Montrose County | 983.4 |
| 20 | Fremont County | 887.4 |
| 21 | Morgan County | 806.3 |
| 22 | Gunnison County | 579.2 |
| 23 | Chaffee County | 534.6 |
| 24 | Montezuma County | 481.7 |
| 25 | Teller County | 478.7 |
| 26 | Delta County | 476.8 |
| 27 | Grand County | 476.4 |
| 28 | Alamosa County | 449.7 |
| 29 | Logan County | 440.6 |
| 30 | San Miguel County | 394.9 |
| 31 | Gilpin County | 373.2 |
| 32 | Otero County | 337.2 |
| 33 | Elbert County | 335 |
| 34 | Moffat County | 298.3 |
| 35 | Archuleta County | 264.6 |
| 36 | Las Animas County | 248.2 |
| 37 | Rio Grande County | 247.9 |
| 38 | Clear Creek County | 238 |
| 39 | Yuma County | 233.2 |
| 40 | Prowers County | 230 |
| 41 | Park County | 192.2 |
| 42 | Rio Blanco County | 189.4 |
| 43 | Lake County | 185.9 |
| 44 | Kit Carson County | 158.4 |
| 45 | Lincoln County | 131.3 |
| 46 | Ouray County | 120.3 |
| 47 | Saguache County | 95.6 |
| 48 | Phillips County | 94.2 |
| 49 | Huerfano County | 92.4 |
| 50 | Conejos County | 78.9 |
| 51 | Bent County | 69.7 |
| 52 | Crowley County | 69.4 |
| 53 | Washington County | 65.4 |
| 54 | Baca County | 59.1 |
| 55 | Custer County | 51.8 |
| 56 | Cheyenne County | 48.7 |
| 57 | Costilla County | 44.7 |
| 58 | Sedgwick County | 39.4 |
| 59 | Kiowa County | 33.3 |
| 60 | Mineral County | 31.9 |
| 61 | Jackson County | 30.3 |
| 62 | Dolores County | 26.6 |
| 63 | San Juan County | 19.7 |
| 64 | Hinsdale County | 14.2 |