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Title: Tax Preparation Support hourly rate in Colorado | Deftridge
Summary: Tax Preparation Support pay in Colorado: median wage $61 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $100. The rate is on every task, before you apply.

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

# Tax Preparation Support hourly rate in Colorado

The market median wage for a Tax Preparation Support in Colorado is **$60.96 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$100 an hour** on Deftridge, +11% against the United States rate.

**$100/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$60.96/hr** median wage

**$42-73** middle half of wages

**$2,170** a month at 5 hours a week

## Tax Preparation Support 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 | $36.79 | $800 | $76,500 |
| 25th | $42.23 | $920 | $87,800 |
| Median | $60.96 | $1,320 | $126,800 |
| 75th | $73.25 | $1,590 | $152,400 |
| 90th | $95.36 | $2,070 | $198,300 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025; aged to October 2026; about 73,570 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Colorado in numbers

What sets Colorado apart for a Tax Preparation Support, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+14%** median wage against the United States median of $53.45

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

- **73,570** people employed in the role in this place

- **$63.41** 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 Tax Preparation Support 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | $85 | $1,840 |
| Senior | $100 | $2,170 |
| Manager | $120 | $2,600 |

- One-off task **$100**

- Task bundle **$90**

## Tax Preparation Support pay across United States

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

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $90.88 | $150 |
| Alaska | $84.73 | $140 |
| New York | $81.15 | $135 |
| Virginia | $62.56 | $105 |
| Rhode Island | $61.71 | $100 |
| Massachusetts | $61.38 | $100 |
| Colorado | $60.96 | $100 |
| Idaho | $59.97 | $100 |
| Vermont | $59.69 | $100 |
| New Jersey | $56.53 | $95 |

## Metro areas in Colorado

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

- [Denver $63.41/hr median wage · range $44-78](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/colorado/)

- [Boulder $60.96/hr median wage · range $42-73](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/colorado/)

- [Colorado Springs $60.96/hr median wage · range $42-73](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/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.

[Tax Preparation Support rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/tax-preparation-support/) · [Tax Preparation Support jobs in Colorado](https://deftridge.com/jobs/tax-preparation-support/colorado/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
