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Title: Marketing Manager hourly rate in Colorado, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Marketing Manager pay in Colorado: median wage $90 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $130. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025.

CO · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Marketing Manager hourly rate in Colorado

The market median wage for a Marketing Manager in Colorado is **$89.76 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$130 an hour** on Deftridge, +8% against the United States rate.

**$130/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$89.76/hr** median wage

**$73-110** middle half of wages

**$2,820** a month at 5 hours a week

## Marketing Manager wage percentiles in Colorado

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $59.71 | $1,290 | $124,200 |
| 25th | $73.25 | $1,590 | $152,400 |
| Median | $89.76 | $1,950 | $186,700 |
| 75th | $109.77 | $2,380 | $228,300 |
| 90th | $142.38 | $3,090 | $296,200 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025; aged to October 2026; about 384,980 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Colorado in numbers

What sets Colorado apart for a Marketing Manager, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+10%** median wage against the United States median of $81.93

- **5th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **384,980** people employed in the role in this place

- **$89.76** median wage in the Boulder metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Marketing Manager in Colorado by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $130 | $2,820 |
| Manager | $155 | $3,360 |
| Director | $190 | $4,120 |

- Regular role **$130**

- One-off task **$150**

- Task bundle **$135**

- Expert hour **$170**

## Marketing Manager pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Marketing Manager, highest first; 8 of 51 places shown. By median wage Colorado ranks **5 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $105.45 | $155 |
| Massachusetts | $95.94 | $140 |
| New York | $91.19 | $130 |
| Rhode Island | $89.85 | $130 |
| Colorado | $89.76 | $130 |
| Virginia | $89.28 | $130 |
| District of Columbia | $88.19 | $130 |
| Washington | $84.85 | $125 |

## Metro areas in Colorado

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Boulder $89.76/hr median wage · range $73-110](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-manager/colorado/)

- [Colorado Springs $89.76/hr median wage · range $73-110](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-manager/colorado/)

- [Denver $89.63/hr median wage · range $74-110](https://deftridge.com/rates/marketing-manager/colorado/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

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