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Title: Onboarding Designer hourly rate in Colorado | Deftridge
Summary: Onboarding Designer pay in Colorado: median wage $43 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $70. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025.

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

# Onboarding Designer hourly rate in Colorado

The market median wage for an Onboarding Designer in Colorado is **$42.58 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$70 an hour** on Deftridge, +8% against the United States rate.

**$70/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$42.58/hr** median wage

**$29-55** middle half of wages

**$1,520** a month at 5 hours a week

## Onboarding Designer 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 | $21.05 | $460 | $43,800 |
| 25th | $28.52 | $620 | $59,300 |
| Median | $42.58 | $920 | $88,600 |
| 75th | $55.32 | $1,200 | $115,100 |
| 90th | $65.70 | $1,420 | $136,700 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025; aged to October 2026; about 436,610 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Colorado in numbers

What sets Colorado apart for an Onboarding Designer, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+9%** median wage against the United States median of $38.92

- **14th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **436,610** people employed in the role in this place

- **$44.38** median wage in the Denver metro area, the highest here

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

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Onboarding Designer 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 | $70 | $1,520 |
| Manager | $85 | $1,840 |

- One-off task **$70**

- Task bundle **$65**

## Onboarding Designer pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Onboarding Designer, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Colorado ranks **14 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| District of Columbia | $51.64 | $85 |
| Wyoming | $51.02 | $85 |
| California | $50.29 | $85 |
| New Hampshire | $43.86 | $70 |
| Massachusetts | $42.68 | $70 |
| New Jersey | $42.65 | $70 |
| Colorado | $42.58 | $70 |
| Minnesota | $42.50 | $70 |
| Maryland | $41.41 | $70 |
| Maine | $41.21 | $70 |

## Metro areas in Colorado

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

- [Denver $44.38/hr median wage · range $30-58](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/colorado/)

- [Boulder $42.58/hr median wage · range $29-55](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/colorado/)

- [Colorado Springs $42.58/hr median wage · range $29-55](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/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.

[Onboarding Designer rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/onboarding-designer/) · [Onboarding Designer jobs in Colorado](https://deftridge.com/jobs/onboarding-designer/colorado/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
