Colorado cleared-job guide
How to find security clearance jobs in Colorado
Use employer-stated clearance timing, actual workplaces, current market evidence, and direct source links to focus your search without handing personal documents to another job board.
Reviewed July 12, 2026. Inventory below updates with approved employer sources; latest source observation Jul 13, 2026.
Current Colorado market snapshot
These are current-site inventory signals, not estimates of the entire Colorado labor market.
Active Colorado jobs
1050
Eligible direct-employer listings
Employers hiring
14
With at least one current listing
Named workplaces
20
Cities, installations, and campuses
Salary disclosure
54%
Current median parsed range: $132,000
1. Start with the clearance wording
“Active required” means the posting expects the stated clearance to be current before the role begins. “May be obtainable” means the employer describes a possible path to the required clearance; it is not a promise of sponsorship, an interim decision, or final eligibility.
Individuals cannot initiate a personnel security clearance by themselves. The employing organization determines whether a position requires classified access and, when appropriate, starts the process. Confirm every role's exact requirements with the employer.
Understand Secret, Top Secret, and TS/SCI →Official references: DCSA clearance FAQ and USAJOBS clearance-search guidance.
How the security clearance process starts →2. Search the workplace, not just “Colorado”
A statewide label can hide a difficult commute. Cleared Colorado only publishes jobs with at least one named Colorado workplace, then groups them by the city, installation, or campus stated by the employer.
3. Verify the direct employer source
Use an employer's own career site as the final authority for responsibilities, qualifications, application steps, and closing status. Local summaries are useful for comparison, but they should never replace the source posting.
4. Compare more than the job title
Check the required clearance level, timing, polygraph language, named workplace, work mode, salary disclosure, and freshness together. A familiar title can represent a very different opportunity when any one of those details changes.
Review Colorado security clearance salaries →5. Save the search you actually want
If the right combination is not available today, save the keyword, workplace, clearance, polygraph, employer, or freshness filters. Alerts are accountless and send only when a newly eligible job matches.
Create a Colorado job alert