High paying creative and media jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Every creative and media occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single creative and media job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO run 5.8% above the national average (2024), so a Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO salary is worth about 0.95× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO · Employed

1Technical Writers$103,360
Bachelor's degree
$71,460 – $165,880800
2Art Directors$99,990
Bachelor's degree
$73,930 – $160,330520
3Public Relations Specialists$82,930
Bachelor's degree
$56,720 – $149,9904,560
4Producers and Directors$80,590
Bachelor's degree
$47,990 – $133,4501,180
5Interior Designers$80,150
Bachelor's degree
$49,000 – $133,8101,500
6Editors$78,670
Bachelor's degree
$45,600 – $112,9701,090
7Broadcast Technicians$78,050
Associate's degree
$49,090 – $120,450700
8Graphic Designers$72,500
Bachelor's degree
$47,990 – $123,9002,590
9Writers and Authors$69,100
Bachelor's degree
$42,060 – $132,620860
10Audio and Video Technicians$57,970
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,230 – $84,220520
11Photographers$47,340
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,950 – $97,810620
12Coaches and Scouts$47,110
Bachelor's degree
$31,200 – $86,5702,140
13Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$44,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$37,020 – $57,1002,380

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianDenver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Technical WritersBachelor's degree	$103,360	$71,460 – $165,880	800
2	Art DirectorsBachelor's degree	$99,990	$73,930 – $160,330	520
3	Public Relations SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$82,930	$56,720 – $149,990	4,560
4	Producers and DirectorsBachelor's degree	$80,590	$47,990 – $133,450	1,180
5	Interior DesignersBachelor's degree	$80,150	$49,000 – $133,810	1,500
6	EditorsBachelor's degree	$78,670	$45,600 – $112,970	1,090
7	Broadcast TechniciansAssociate's degree	$78,050	$49,090 – $120,450	700
8	Graphic DesignersBachelor's degree	$72,500	$47,990 – $123,900	2,590
9	Writers and AuthorsBachelor's degree	$69,100	$42,060 – $132,620	860
10	Audio and Video TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,970	$44,230 – $84,220	520
11	PhotographersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,340	$37,950 – $97,810	620
12	Coaches and ScoutsBachelor's degree	$47,110	$31,200 – $86,570	2,140
13	Merchandise Displayers and Window TrimmersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$44,970	$37,020 – $57,100	2,380

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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