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Title: Red-Teamer hourly rate in Colorado, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Red-Teamer pay in Colorado: median wage $76 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $95. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025.

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

# Red-Teamer hourly rate in Colorado

The market median wage for a Red-Teamer in Colorado is **$76.16 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$95 an hour** on Deftridge, +6% against the United States rate.

**$95/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$76.16/hr** median wage

**$61-95** middle half of wages

**$2,060** a month at 5 hours a week

## Red-Teamer 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 | $49.32 | $1,070 | $102,600 |
| 25th | $60.92 | $1,320 | $126,700 |
| Median | $76.16 | $1,650 | $158,400 |
| 75th | $95.36 | $2,070 | $198,300 |
| 90th | $117.52 | $2,550 | $244,400 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025; aged to October 2026; about 179,430 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Colorado in numbers

What sets Colorado apart for a Red-Teamer, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+5%** median wage against the United States median of $72.77

- **11th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **179,430** people employed in the role in this place

- **$76.98** 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 a Red-Teamer 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 | $95 | $2,060 |
| Manager | $115 | $2,490 |

- AI expert review **$95**

## Red-Teamer pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Red-Teamer, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Colorado ranks **11 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $95.30 | $120 |
| Washington | $82.23 | $105 |
| Delaware | $80.51 | $100 |
| Texas | $77.60 | $95 |
| District of Columbia | $76.74 | $95 |
| Virginia | $76.37 | $95 |
| Colorado | $76.16 | $95 |
| Hawaii | $75.54 | $95 |
| Arizona | $75.27 | $95 |
| South Carolina | $75.02 | $95 |

## Metro areas in Colorado

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

- [Denver $76.98/hr median wage · range $61-96](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/colorado/)

- [Boulder $76.16/hr median wage · range $61-95](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/colorado/)

- [Colorado Springs $76.16/hr median wage · range $61-95](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/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.

[Red-Teamer rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/red-teamer/) · [Red-Teamer jobs in Colorado](https://deftridge.com/jobs/red-teamer/colorado/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
