What is the average weekly pay in Rio Grande County?

Across the 9 trades on this page, the middle one pays $835 a week. The highest pays $1,142 and the lowest $461.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the payroll that employers in Rio Grande County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.

Why is my trade not listed?

The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.

Rio Grande County · Colorado · United States

What trades pay in Rio Grande County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Rio Grande County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$835 Median weekly pay across these 9 trades. $1,142 — $461.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

Trade	Per week	vs 2023
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 3 businesses · 20 employees	$1,142$59,403 a year	+2.1%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 9 businesses · 41 employees	$929$48,321 a year	-8.1%down
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 13 businesses · 34 employees	$883$45,897 a year	+3.4%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 6 businesses · 12 employees	$881$45,834 a year	+41.9%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 13 businesses · 32 employees	$835$43,429 a year	+11.9%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 8 businesses · 37 employees	$685$35,627 a year	-17.3%down
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 3 businesses · 52 employees	$646$33,610 a year	+7.0%up
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 4 businesses · 127 employees	$579$30,090 a year	-3.7%down
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 16 businesses · 183 employees	$461$23,949 a year	-0.4%flat

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses1,120

Employees7,935

Annual payroll$313,214

Net movement of people+78People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Rio Grande County. Same trade, different pay.

Other flows - Different State264
Other flows - Same State147
Alamosa County144
Other flows - South112

Other counties in Colorado

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Rio Grande County?: Across the 9 trades on this page, the middle one pays $835 a week. The highest pays $1,142 and the lowest $461.
Where do these numbers come from?: From the payroll that employers in Rio Grande County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?: The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.