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Barbers pay in Colorado Springs, CO and North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Barbers is $71,970 per year in Colorado Springs, CO. It is $55,890 per year in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL. Colorado Springs, CO is 28.8% above North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-5011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 70 wage and salary jobs in Colorado Springs, CO and 60 in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings