Elementary School Teacher salary in Denver, CO

Based on 174 certified H-1B filings in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Commerce City, Aurora, Lakewood, Parker, Edgewater.

Also listed as: Elementary Bilingual Teacher

Median salary$70,079
Middle 50%$57.7k–$84k
vs. national median+14%comparison median $61,479
Filings174FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $51,360 and $101,160.
PercentileSalary
10th$55,257
25th$57,666
50th (median)$70,079
75th$83,957
90th$90,555

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $65k $80k FY2020: median $65,643 (23 filings) FY2021: median $61,588 (31 filings) FY2022: median $61,985 (50 filings) FY2023: median $63,190 (47 filings) FY2024: median $68,246 (78 filings) FY2025: median $67,275 (89 filings) FY2026: median $74,349 (85 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 23 filings FY20 FY2021: 31 filings FY21 FY2022: 50 filings FY22 FY2023: 47 filings FY23 FY2024: 78 filings FY24 FY2025: 89 filings FY25 FY2026: 85 filings FY26 89
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$65,643$54,692$68,77323
FY2021$61,588$51,476$66,08631
FY2022$61,985$48,632$69,10050
FY2023$63,190$54,141$71,00047
FY2024$68,246$55,257$80,84978
FY2025$67,275$55,257$82,76989
FY2026$74,349$58,796$84,84185

Cost of living

Denver's median Elementary School Teacher salary of $70,079 is worth about $66,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Denver = 105.8).

Compared with all workers here

All Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in the Denver, CO area earned a median of $76,910 in May 2025 (12,030 employed). The H-1B median here is $70,079, 9% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Denver Public Schools District 1$73,874140
Adams County School District 14too few7
Jeffco Public Schools District R1too few5
Global Village Academy - Auroratoo few4
Global Village Academy - Douglas Countytoo few4
International School of Denvertoo few3
Jefferson County Public Schools District R1too few3
Denver Language Schooltoo few2
Global Village Academytoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 3
Mid-level · Level II too few 8
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.