Category Lead Salary in Denver, Colorado

How much does a Category Lead make in Denver, CO?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Category Lead in Denver, CO is $285,876. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $253,923 to $341,418, with most professionals earning between $224,832 and $391,986.

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Develop a culture of curiosity and insights by developing field facings insights training, improving quality of insights provided by the field and category team, increase strategic impact and influence of the insights provided to the marketing team, breakdown silos and improve access of information across teams, and drive decision making by prioritizing the right information.

January 02, 2023

Drives Strategic Supply Agreement (SSA) and Master Supply Agreements (MSA) content and structure including, but not limited to, legal terms and conditions, transportation INCO terms, payment terms, SOX compliance and import/export.

January 26, 2023

Negotiates and maintains supplier agreements that provide the maximum total cost of ownership benefit through price, product quality protection, limitation of financial and supply risk, and optimization of supply chain requirements .

February 14, 2023

Build and maintain relationships throughout J&J that results in dynamic interactive dialogue on a broad range of perspectives and information critical to the development of optimal approaches and solutions.

February 15, 2023

Understand the technical requirements of our infrastructure ISVs and work closely with the internal development team to guide the direction of our product offerings.

February 21, 2023

Support global partners by providing market insight for shared markets, leveraging global suppliers to drive efficiencies and innovation, and collaborating on best practices.

February 23, 2023

Provide thought-leadership and mentorship to your team on overall account planning, partnership creation and resource request business cases.

March 07, 2023

Execute sourcing events by developing and launching RFI/RFPs, developing a negotiation strategy, negotiating with potential suppliers and executing contracts.

March 12, 2023

Demonstrate a strong intellectual curiosity by identifying and evaluating new financial risk management tools that provide predictable pricing and maintain strong correlations to underlying markets.

March 31, 2023

Lead continuous improvement initiatives and cross functional Value Analysis / Value Engineering projects internally and externally maintaining a pipeline of projects and so the project implementation can be aligned with the overall product plan and technology road map.

April 07, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Category Lead in Denver, CO

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

253923

341418

285876

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

305979

476156

380288

What is the average salary for Category Lead in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Category Lead in Denver, CO. The base salary for Category Lead ranges from $253,923 to $341,418 with the average base salary of $285,876. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $305,979 to $476,156 with the average total cash compensation of $380,288.

View Average Salary for Category Lead as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$285,876	$253,923 - $341,418
Bonus	$94,412	$52,056 - $134,738
Total Pay	$380,288	$305,979 - $476,156

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Category Lead Salary Near Denver, CO

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Denver, CO
CITY, STATE Westminster, CO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $253,923 - $341,418	COMPARE TO Denver, CO 0%
CITY, STATE Aurora, CO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $253,749 - $341,183	COMPARE TO Denver, CO
CITY, STATE Arvada, CO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $253,923 - $341,418	COMPARE TO Denver, CO 0%
CITY, STATE Broomfield, CO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $256,912 - $345,436	COMPARE TO Denver, CO
CITY, STATE Castle Rock, CO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $249,515 - $335,490	COMPARE TO Denver, CO
CITY, STATE Boulder, CO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $261,395 - $351,464	COMPARE TO Denver, CO

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About Denver, Colorado

Denver is in the center of the Front Range Urban Corridor, between the Rocky Mountains to the west and the High Plains to the east. Denver's topography consists of plains in the city center with hilly areas to the north, west and south. According to the United States Census Bureau the city has a total area of 155 square miles (401 km2), of which 153 square miles (396 km2) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) (1.1%) is water. The City and County of Denver is surrounded by only three other counties: Adams County to the north and east, Arapahoe County to the south and east, and Jefferson County...

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