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Industrial Production Managers pay in Colorado and Delaware
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Industrial Production Managers is $141,020 per year in Colorado. It is $153,000 per year in Delaware. Colorado is 7.8% below Delaware on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3051 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 1,730 wage and salary jobs in Colorado and 370 in Delaware. 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