Commercial and Industrial Designers Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $91K, rent takes 36% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $2,044/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $1,700/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new commercial and industrial designers typically earn — is $40K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,383/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $91K locally vs. $84K nationally, a 8% difference.

Colorado pays $91K median vs. the U.S. average of $84K — that’s +8%.

The median is $90,590 a year, that works out to about $44 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $39,710, and experienced commercial and industrial designers can clear $137,320. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $5,677/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $2,044/month, which eats 36% of your paycheck. That's above the 30% rule of thumb, housing will be a stretch at the median salary, though you can manage with roommates or a smaller place.

Colorado has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median commercial and industrial designers salary is worth about $90,590 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.