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Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Across the 20 of this group's 21 occupations with published Colorado employment, 135,990 Coloradans work in computer and mathematical occupations (one more occupation has no published Colorado estimate, so the true total is somewhat higher). Weighted by those published jobs, the group's mean exposure score is 54.3 of 100, and 68.1% of the jobs are in occupations where most or a large minority of tasks overlap with AI capabilities assessed in 2023.

Software Developers; Computer User Support Specialists; Computer Network Architects — the largest of this group's 21 occupations in Colorado.

Every statewide figure on this page is computed directly on published BLS OEWS Colorado state data — a different basis from the county estimates elsewhere on this site, which model occupation mixes from industry mix. The one county table below is labeled accordingly.

Published CO employment
135,990 across 20 of 21 occupations · OEWS 2025
Employment-weighted mean score
54.3 0–100 scale · published statewide data only
High + substantial share
68.1% of the group's published jobs · score ≥ 45 of 100
CO median wages
$71,900–$154,560 range across the 20 occupations with published medians · annual, 2025

Plate I

Tier mix within the group

How this group's 21 occupations — and its 135,990 published Colorado jobs — split across the four task-overlap tiers (cuts at 60/45/30 on the 0–100 score scale).

Occupations and published Colorado employment by tier. Suppressed occupations count in the occupation column but carry no employment.
Tier Occupations Published CO jobs Share of published jobs
high overlap 10 31,270 23.0%
substantial overlap 10 61,400 45.2%
some overlap 1 43,320 31.9%
little overlap 0 0 0.0%

Plate II

The ten largest occupations in this group

Ranked by published Colorado employment (OEWS 2025); occupations without a published Colorado estimate cannot be ranked and are on the full occupation list.
Occupation Tier Score CO jobs CO median wage
Software Developers some overlap 44.7 43,320 $138,390
Computer User Support Specialists high overlap 66.7 16,740 $71,900
Computer Network Architects substantial overlap 54.3 16,380 $139,230
Computer Occupations, All Other substantial overlap 59.7 11,800 $139,580
Network and Computer Systems Administrators substantial overlap 51.4 8,360 $103,370
Data Scientists substantial overlap 58.2 6,280 $117,400
Computer Systems Analysts substantial overlap 55.3 6,230 $127,750
Information Security Analysts substantial overlap 54.3 5,700 $135,220
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers high overlap 61.4 5,110 $123,690
Computer Network Support Specialists substantial overlap 53.8 4,530 $82,750

Plate III

Where this work concentrates

The six counties where this group is the largest share of local jobs. These county figures are estimates — modeled from each county's industry mix, not published counts (how county estimates are built) — and a share of a small county's job base can rank above a metro county's much larger absolute employment.

Estimated share of each county's jobs in this group, with the estimated job count.
County Est. share of county jobs Est. group jobs Data quality
Broomfield 8.9% 3,630 Partially imputed estimate
Boulder 7.9% 15,184 Full
Douglas 5.7% 8,574 Full
Denver 5.5% 30,922 Full
Arapahoe 5.2% 17,798 Full
Crowley 4.9% 55 Heavily imputed estimate