IT Manager Salary in Colorado (2026)
The average IT Manager in Colorado earns around $185,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $130,313/year ($10,859/month).
Take-Home Pay Breakdown
| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
Annual Take-Home Pay | $130,313 |
Monthly Take-Home Pay | $10,859 |
Biweekly Take-Home Pay | $5,012 |
Hourly Take-Home Pay based on 2,080 hrs/year | $63/hr |
Federal Tax | $33,134 |
State Tax | $7,432 |
FICA Taxes | $14,122 |
Effective Tax Rate total taxes ÷ gross salary | 29.56% |
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Not all IT Managers earn the same — not even close
Colorado's IT management market is anchored by UCHealth IT (Denver-area ~30K employees, academic medical center IT), Lockheed Martin Space Systems Denver (the country's largest space technology employer, ~14K Denver-area employees including substantial cleared IT), DaVita HQ Denver (Fortune 500 dialysis, ~25K global employees), Ball Aerospace Boulder, Charter Communications HQ Denver-area, Western Union Englewood, plus the substantial Front Range data center cluster build-out. Aurora + Boulder + Colorado Springs round out the regional IT employer mix.
CIO / SVP IT (Fortune 500)
$345,000–$695,000+ TC
DaVita CIO · UCHealth CIO · Charter Communications senior IT · executive comp + equity
VP IT / IT Director (Cleared)
$245,000–$395,000
Cleared VP at Lockheed Martin Space + Ball Aerospace + Northrop Grumman CO · TS/SCI + clearance premium
VP IT / IT Director (Commercial)
$215,000–$355,000
DaVita VP IT · UCHealth IT director · Charter senior · Western Union IT director
Senior IT Manager (Infrastructure / Cloud)
$135,000–$195,000
Most common senior IT band · Front Range data center cluster · cloud architecture leadership
Senior IT Manager (Security / CISO Track)
$145,000–$215,000
CISO track at DaVita HIPAA · UCHealth · Charter Comm · cleared CISO at Lockheed Space premium
Senior IT Manager (Cleared Aerospace)
$155,000–$235,000
Lockheed Space + Ball Aerospace + Northrop Grumman · classified IT specialty · TS/SCI premium
Senior IT Manager (Application Dev)
$130,000–$190,000
Application + product development at DaVita, Charter, Western Union, UCHealth
IT Manager (Mid-Level, 5-8 yrs)
$100,000–$148,000
Functional IT management at mid-cap CO firms · transitioning to senior IT band
Senior IT Manager (Healthcare)
$125,000–$185,000
UCHealth Anschutz IT · Children's Colorado · HealthONE · HIPAA + Epic specialty
Senior IT Manager (Defense / Cleared)
$155,000–$235,000
Lockheed Space Systems Denver IT · Ball Aerospace · Northrop · cleared work · TS clearance premium
Worth knowing: Lockheed Martin Space Systems Denver is the structural depth feature most national IT-management surveys understate for CO. Lockheed Space (Fortune 100 defense, ~14K Denver-area employees, the country's largest space technology employer by employee count) operates substantial classified IT + space systems engineering + satellite operations IT at the Waterton Canyon + Deer Creek campuses (south of Denver). Senior cleared IT managers at Lockheed Space + Ball Aerospace Boulder + Northrop Grumman + Raytheon Aurora routinely clear $185-295K TC with TS/SCI clearance premium. DaVita HQ Denver (Fortune 500 dialysis, ~25K global employees) operates substantial HIPAA-compliant healthcare IT. UCHealth IT (the University of Colorado-affiliated health system, ~30K employees including the Anschutz Medical Campus Aurora flagship) anchors academic medical center IT leadership. The Front Range data center cluster (Microsoft Sherman/Castle Rock, Google Pueblo, AWS expanding) drives mission-critical data center IT leadership. CO's 4.25% flat tax (post-HB22-1015 phase-down) plus TABOR refunds returning $400-1,200 in good years plus 0.55% effective property tax creates an unusually favorable senior-IT tax structure. No state estate tax. The combined effective at $185K senior IT manager comp in CO is 4.25% with TABOR rebate offset — substantially better than peer-state IL or NM.
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