Current direct-employer inventory

Colorado security clearance salaries and job market

Compare salary ranges disclosed on current cleared-job postings, see where hiring is moving, and understand which clearance requirements appear most often across Colorado employer sources.

Active openings

1050

565 first seen in 30 days

Salary disclosure

54%

569 listings show compensation

Median range midpoint

$132,000

569 annual ranges parsed

Active locations

20

Named Colorado workplaces

Secret, Top Secret, and TS/SCI salary ranges in Colorado

Compare annual ranges disclosed on current employer postings by the role's exact clearance requirement. These are posted ranges, not estimated pay or accepted offers.

ClearanceLowest listedMedian midpointHighest listed
Secret clearance salary in Colorado186 disclosed annual ranges · view current jobs$50,900$131,700$298,800
Top Secret clearance salary in Colorado101 disclosed annual ranges · view current jobs$57,000$156,000$300,500
TS/SCI clearance salary in Colorado282 disclosed annual ranges · view current jobs$47,614$130,961$298,800

Clearance demand

Share of current active listings and openings first seen in the last 30 days.

TS/SCI461 jobs · 44%

257 added in 30 days

Secret342 jobs · 33%

180 added in 30 days

Top Secret247 jobs · 24%

128 added in 30 days

Colorado cleared-job salary questions

How much do Colorado security-clearance jobs pay?

In the current inventory, 569 listings have a safely parsed annual range. Their median range midpoint is $132,000, with disclosed endpoints spanning $47,614 to $300,500. This snapshot changes as employer postings change.

Is this an average salary?

No. The midpoint is the median of posted annual-range midpoints, not an average wage, accepted offer, or compensation estimate. It does not include bonuses, equity, benefits, hourly pay, or ambiguous source text.

Do higher clearance requirements always pay more?

No. Posted pay also reflects role, seniority, specialty, employer, workplace, schedule, and other requirements. The clearance table describes this site's current listings and does not isolate the effect of clearance level.

Why do some listings have no salary?

Salary is optional in the publication policy. A job can remain useful when the employer source provides a title, Colorado workplace, clearance requirement, timing, and application URL but no interpretable compensation range.

Method: all figures use currently active, approved, direct-employer Colorado listings. “New” means first seen by Cleared Colorado in the stated window; it does not measure employer headcount or filled roles. Salary coverage includes source disclosure, while range statistics exclude hourly or ambiguous values.