Critical & Intensive Care nurse pay in Colorado
$103,766median posted offer#3 of 13 states for Critical & Intensive Care
Critical & Intensive Care nurses in Colorado are being offered a median $103,766 a year across 7 live postings that state pay — 4% above the national Critical & Intensive Care median of $99,398. Updated September 10, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Critical & Intensive Care in Colorado?
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Other specialties in Colorado
- Nurse Practitioner 9 postings$130k
- Cardiac 6 postings$119k
- Wound Care 6 postings$109k
- Healthcare Management Occupations 5 postings$109k
- Administrative & Consulting Nurses 9 postings$107k
- PCU 6 postings$106k
- PACU 11 postings$103k
- Perioperative 11 postings$103k
Or see all nurse pay in Colorado (837 postings), or Critical & Intensive Care pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesSee open nursing roles in ColoradoEvery posting behind these numbers is a live job you can open and apply to.
- Offer in hand?Run it through the offer reality calculatorTurn it into a full-year number, see what it's worth where you'd live, and compare offers side by side.
- 3-minute PULSEFind the work that brings out your bestPay is one axis. Your pace, decision style, connection, scope, and energy rhythm shape the rest.
- CommunityAsk nurses what they really take homeDifferentials, ratios, and the offer nobody posts. Bring your number and compare notes.
Want the craft behind the numbers — differentials, negotiating, travel packages? Read the pay & salary guides.
Questions nurses ask
- How much do Critical & Intensive Care nurses make in Colorado?
- Across 7 live Critical & Intensive Care postings in Colorado that state pay, the median offer is $103,766 a year. The middle half runs $97,349–$104,000, and the top 10% start at $106,080.
- Is Colorado a good state for Critical & Intensive Care nurses?
- On posted pay, Colorado ranks #3 of 13 states for Critical & Intensive Care. The median there is 4% above the national Critical & Intensive Care median of $99,398. Pay is one axis — shift, ratios, and cost of living decide whether the job is worth it.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- Midpoint of stated salary ranges on live nursing job postings; values outside $20,000–$800,000/yr treated as parse artifacts and excluded; groups under 5 postings suppressed. Headline figures blend every employment type; `employmentTypes` splits the same postings into staff, travel, PRN and agency bands, each annualized on the posting's own stated terms (weekly travel rates at 52 weeks), so a rate is only ever ranked against its own band. Community-reported figures are anonymous, unverified, and reported separately.