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Title: Privacy & GDPR Counsel hourly rate in Colorado | Deftridge
Summary: Privacy & GDPR Counsel pay in Colorado: median wage $83 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $135. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025.

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

# Privacy & GDPR Counsel hourly rate in Colorado

The market median wage for a Privacy & GDPR Counsel in Colorado is **$82.78 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$135 an hour** on Deftridge, +4% against the United States rate.

**$135/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$82.78/hr** median wage

**$53-115** middle half of wages

**$2,930** a month at 5 hours a week

## Privacy & GDPR Counsel 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 | $40.94 | $890 | $85,200 |
| 25th | $52.77 | $1,140 | $109,800 |
| Median | $82.78 | $1,790 | $172,200 |
| 75th | $114.90 | $2,490 | $239,000 |
| 90th | $165.53 | $3,590 | $344,300 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025; aged to October 2026; about 747,750 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Colorado in numbers

What sets Colorado apart for a Privacy & GDPR Counsel, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+6%** median wage against the United States median of $78.43

- **6th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **747,750** people employed in the role in this place

- **$82.78** 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 Privacy & GDPR Counsel 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 | $135 | $2,930 |
| Manager | $165 | $3,580 |
| Director | $200 | $4,330 |

- Regular role **$120**

- One-off task **$135**

- Task bundle **$125**

## Privacy & GDPR Counsel pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Privacy & GDPR Counsel, highest first; 9 of 51 places shown. By median wage Colorado ranks **6 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $119.84 | $200 |
| District of Columbia | $103.07 | $170 |
| New York | $95.86 | $160 |
| Delaware | $92.77 | $155 |
| Massachusetts | $91.36 | $150 |
| Colorado | $82.78 | $135 |
| Illinois | $81.54 | $135 |
| Virginia | $81.46 | $135 |
| Nevada | $80.30 | $130 |

## Metro areas in Colorado

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

- [Boulder $82.78/hr median wage · range $53-115](https://deftridge.com/rates/privacy-counsel/colorado/)

- [Colorado Springs $82.78/hr median wage · range $53-115](https://deftridge.com/rates/privacy-counsel/colorado/)

- [Denver $82.78/hr median wage · range $53-115](https://deftridge.com/rates/privacy-counsel/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.

[Privacy & GDPR Counsel rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/privacy-counsel/) · [Privacy & GDPR Counsel jobs in Colorado](https://deftridge.com/jobs/privacy-counsel/colorado/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
