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Hiring difficulty · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary hiring difficulty in Denver, CO

Denver, CO scores 1.6 out of 10 for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary, in the standard band of the public market difficulty score. This occupation is a larger share of jobs in Denver than it is nationwide. The location quotient is 2.93 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Metro median pay for this occupation is $168,720 a year, above the Colorado median of $136,930 and above the U.S. median of $107,310 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In Colorado, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 3.3%, below the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 35.4 days, shorter than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). OEWS counts 6,710 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Denver. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. On healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations, Denver sits at rank 23 in this set of 80 metros.

Public market difficulty score
1.6
Standard

Average of three ranked components, shown to one decimal. How this score is built

Key numbers

Metro median pay
$168,720
Colorado $136,930 · U.S. $107,310. BLS OEWS, May 2025, annual wage.
Local 75th percentile
$360,240
Colorado $218,230 · U.S. $210,370. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Statewide hiring pace
35.4 days
All industries, Colorado, December 2025. U.S. pace 37.8 days that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Levels: 100 thousand openings and 86 thousand hires.
Statewide openings rate
3.3%
All industries, Colorado, December 2025. U.S. rate 4.0% that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Statewide figure, for every industry in the state.
Healthcare workplaces in the metro (all provider types)
Not shown
No count for Denver. The CMS NPPES extract (retrieved September 28, 2026) was queried in Oklahoma and Texas cities only. Where a count is shown, it covers all provider types in the metro and is the same for every role.

JOLTS on this page is a statewide, all-industry figure. It is the same number for every role in Colorado. It is a December 2025 print, matched to the U.S. total-nonfarm print for that month.

Annual pay

Metro employment 6,710 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location quotient 2.93. Metro area: Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO.

PercentileMetroCOU.S.
25th$129,660$103,260$75,690
Median$168,720$136,930$107,310
75th$360,240$218,230$210,370

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Unpublished cells stay blank here.

Score components

ComponentInputScoreReading
Local supply2.930.0Location quotient, BLS OEWS, May 2025. Lower quotient, higher component. Ranked among the 1,953 published pages.
Statewide openings rate3.3%0.9Total nonfarm, all industries, Colorado, December 2025. Higher rate, higher component. Ranked among 51 states and DC.
Statewide hiring pace35.4 days4.0Openings ÷ hires × 365.25 ÷ 12, from 100 thousand openings and 86 thousand hires. Higher days, higher component.

Shown score 1.6 is the average, rounded half up to one decimal. Full method