Wages by Occupation in Barnstable Town, MA

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Barnstable Town, MA metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 94,110 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $56,360 for all occupations combined. 288 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Barnstable Town, MA area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

48.2% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.3), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 98.4 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 90.0; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 10,797 residents (4.8% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±919; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 5.2% in 2025, with a labor force of about 119,357 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

45.9% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±3.5), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$39,569	$32,485
High school graduate	$45,629	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$48,550	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$67,633	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$85,191	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	19.9% (±4.1)	24.2%
High school graduate	10.5% (±1.4)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	9.2% (±1.2)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1% (±0.6)	4.5%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	34.9%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	9.5%	10.0%
Business	16.4%	20.1%
Education	12.9%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	26.3%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	760	$96,110	$103,840	8.05	0.86
Administrative Services Managers	170	$96,390	$105,770	1.79	1.05
Advertising Sales Agents	50	$76,350	$73,290	0.53	0.90
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	50	$81,900	$91,360	0.51	0.58
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	280	$35,280	$36,260	2.96	1.16
Animal Caretakers	250	$43,540	$45,910	2.64	1.54
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	180	$120,460	$123,020	1.93	2.81
Architectural and Civil Drafters	80	$67,250	$73,360	0.82	1.23
Architectural and Engineering Managers	50	$182,350	$197,080	0.58	0.41
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	100	$35,790	$41,830	1.08	1.65
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	80	$59,260	$62,150	0.90	0.94
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	430	$60,650	$62,100	4.60	1.01
Bakers	230	$38,340	$41,690	2.39	1.57
Bartenders	890	$43,530	$48,450	9.48	1.95
Billing and Posting Clerks	150	$56,370	$56,250	1.59	0.61
Biological Scientists, All Other	60	$108,850	$117,090	0.61	1.69
Biological Technicians	110	$61,150	$65,850	1.21	2.71
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	990	$60,680	$60,190	10.51	1.19
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	140	$70,770	$71,790	1.44	0.77
Bus Drivers, School	170	$60,270	$60,910	1.76	0.68
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	330	$81,750	$87,270	3.47	0.50
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$100,160	$95,660	0.65	1.22
Butchers and Meat Cutters	50	$50,290	$51,820	0.55	0.63
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	220	$75,310	$76,800	2.32	0.73
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	50	$63,270	$65,770	0.49	0.98
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	—	$83,390	$99,570	—	—
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$78,520	$78,370	0.89	1.21
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	120	$97,100	$91,480	1.24	1.73
Carpenters	1,280	$70,580	$72,370	13.56	3.15
Cashiers	2,650	$36,640	$37,420	28.11	1.41
Chefs and Head Cooks	260	$67,700	$73,060	2.77	2.15
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	230	$75,570	$76,490	2.48	0.98
Childcare Workers	270	$43,480	$42,580	2.88	0.86
Civil Engineers	80	$96,680	$113,420	0.83	0.35
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	40	$100,480	$92,010	0.39	0.19
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	150	$38,790	$41,630	1.59	0.65
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	70	$80,420	$96,480	0.72	1.47
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	170	$81,890	$86,370	1.82	0.85
Coaches and Scouts	80	$52,880	$71,380	0.87	0.54
Community Health Workers	50	$56,170	$60,230	0.57	1.44
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	50	$80,900	$89,640	0.54	0.75
Compliance Officers	150	$79,290	$87,570	1.54	0.58
Computer and Information Systems Managers	170	$177,300	$189,400	1.81	0.42
Computer Network Architects	50	$118,870	$127,070	0.53	0.46
Computer Occupations, All Other	110	$109,090	$113,120	1.15	0.41
Computer Systems Analysts	160	$104,150	$108,600	1.74	0.52
Computer User Support Specialists	210	$62,770	$67,830	2.23	0.48
Concierges	—	$37,560	$44,590	—	—
Conservation Scientists	60	$82,090	$88,040	0.66	3.94
Construction and Building Inspectors	140	$79,450	$82,170	1.47	1.56
Construction Laborers	750	$60,040	$63,070	8.00	1.13
Construction Managers	200	$140,080	$152,740	2.13	0.87
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	50	$98,690	$91,700	0.56	1.81
Cooks, Fast Food	—	$39,340	$40,400	—	—
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	170	$49,720	$52,850	1.76	0.62
Cooks, Restaurant	1,760	$46,930	$46,830	18.73	2.07
Cooks, Short Order	190	$45,690	$44,010	2.00	2.24
Correctional Officers and Jailers	180	$84,610	$80,630	1.86	0.76
Cost Estimators	130	$78,660	$89,030	1.38	0.96
Counter and Rental Clerks	230	$45,250	$48,470	2.45	0.95
Couriers and Messengers	40	$39,290	$42,640	0.41	0.94
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	170	$63,250	$64,510	1.83	1.58
Customer Service Representatives	1,310	$47,880	$50,560	13.91	0.83
Data Scientists	70	$129,530	$132,900	0.71	0.42
Dental Assistants	240	$58,080	$56,510	2.57	1.03
Dental Hygienists	190	$101,820	$102,240	2.00	1.39
Dentists, General	90	$200,470	$238,130	0.92	1.14
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	40	$100,680	$106,290	0.42	0.57
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	100	$108,020	$109,320	1.10	1.90
Dietitians and Nutritionists	60	$88,320	$90,390	0.68	1.36
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	560	$37,980	$40,910	5.99	1.72
Dishwashers	700	$37,030	$39,280	7.42	2.42
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	120	$60,890	$59,180	1.30	1.00
Driver/Sales Workers	200	$47,000	$49,020	2.13	0.81
Editors	50	$60,680	$71,450	0.51	0.87
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	290	$129,050	$131,700	3.06	1.45
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	90	$105,810	$117,480	0.91	0.79
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	40	$74,080	$73,320	0.40	0.83
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	40	$67,440	$65,430	0.40	0.52
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	250	$80,820	$86,440	2.63	1.16
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	100	$77,130	$84,260	1.03	1.68
Electrical Engineers	60	$121,530	$126,280	0.61	0.48
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	90	$48,900	$52,770	0.99	0.62
Electricians	470	$78,570	$78,550	4.98	1.02
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	810	$100,320	$91,190	8.65	0.97
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	40	$72,370	$64,710	0.41	0.41
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	—	$98,400	$104,840	—	—
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	40	$96,730	$96,790	0.41	1.69
Environmental Engineers	40	$107,270	$114,540	0.44	1.78
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	100	$96,630	$96,220	1.04	1.81
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	310	$79,810	$82,450	3.30	1.12
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	230	$62,400	$74,780	2.44	1.17
Facilities Managers	160	$113,760	$124,720	1.74	1.73
Family Medicine Physicians	40	$279,160	$281,180	0.38	0.55
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	40	$35,400	$41,070	0.45	0.26
Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,950	$36,100	$36,640	31.33	1.26
Financial and Investment Analysts	90	$121,530	$120,900	0.94	0.40
Financial Managers	320	$156,010	$165,530	3.43	0.63
Financial Specialists, All Other	30	$74,270	$82,300	0.34	0.40
Firefighters	490	$74,870	$73,310	5.15	2.32
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	690	$82,370	$90,340	7.32	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	140	$55,180	$60,910	1.50	2.26
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	—	$58,510	$65,390	—	—
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	90	$95,410	$104,510	0.93	1.45
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	980	$50,860	$56,270	10.45	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	190	$60,440	$58,260	2.00	1.74
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	200	$62,920	$68,360	2.15	2.55
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	430	$83,260	$88,100	4.59	1.16
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	120	$101,700	$106,200	1.26	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,020	$71,390	$73,800	10.88	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	50	$56,220	$56,940	0.51	0.69
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	160	$124,420	$120,670	1.70	1.71
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	180	$80,960	$86,350	1.87	0.43
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	910	$53,890	$59,240	9.70	1.34
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	290	$63,390	$69,450	3.08	0.77
Floral Designers	50	$45,670	$45,910	0.51	1.94
Food Preparation Workers	670	$38,660	$40,990	7.14	1.24
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	140	$37,070	$40,520	1.50	0.80
Food Service Managers	180	$89,090	$90,550	1.91	1.24
Fundraisers	140	$78,890	$81,720	1.44	2.02
General and Operations Managers	3,210	$100,590	$120,530	34.16	1.52
General Internal Medicine Physicians	40	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	0.42	0.98
Graphic Designers	60	$76,140	$77,340	0.63	0.49
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	370	$46,520	$54,480	3.96	2.01
Health Education Specialists	30	$56,690	$68,160	0.33	0.78
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$78,610	$86,410	0.67	0.47
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	70	$59,880	$70,730	0.79	0.67
Healthcare Social Workers	180	$78,160	$76,020	1.92	1.59
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	460	$73,330	$72,950	4.86	1.85
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	840	$62,740	$63,160	8.89	0.67
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	90	$37,620	$42,610	0.91	1.49
Highway Maintenance Workers	40	$58,460	$57,110	0.47	0.48
Home Appliance Repairers	40	$85,260	$84,580	0.40	1.95
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,300	$42,520	$42,470	24.43	0.88
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	680	$34,870	$36,190	7.23	2.60
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	530	$37,850	$40,850	5.60	3.33
Human Resources Managers	80	$136,260	$151,040	0.85	0.60
Human Resources Specialists	400	$76,020	$85,590	4.20	0.72
Industrial Engineers	60	$115,860	$115,970	0.69	0.29
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	70	$75,420	$72,880	0.71	0.25
Industrial Production Managers	40	$125,730	$136,950	0.41	0.26
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	130	$32,900	$39,350	1.38	1.59
Information Security Analysts	50	$103,900	$119,390	0.48	0.39
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	70	$59,730	$58,930	0.70	0.18
Instructional Coordinators	80	$95,320	$90,190	0.82	0.56
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	50	$49,070	$53,500	0.57	2.00
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	70	$63,190	$60,560	0.71	0.52
Insurance Sales Agents	180	$79,520	$103,830	1.96	0.64
Interior Designers	90	$67,660	$75,050	0.91	1.98
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	80	$66,320	$57,730	0.90	0.94
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,370	$44,820	$46,320	14.53	1.02
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	40	$52,000	$59,170	0.42	2.94
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	80	$95,540	$87,300	0.90	1.29
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	890	$46,860	$47,860	9.47	0.50
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	2,210	$49,010	$50,970	23.44	3.83
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	150	$38,820	$39,080	1.59	1.25
Lawyers	250	$122,640	$135,000	2.70	0.56
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	180	$66,940	$72,930	1.87	2.17
Library Assistants, Clerical	110	$39,520	$43,160	1.21	2.20
Library Technicians	70	$46,860	$49,660	0.76	1.72
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	370	$81,250	$82,220	3.88	0.93
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	50	$37,710	$39,840	0.53	0.52
Light Truck Drivers	540	$49,480	$54,780	5.71	0.90
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	70	$60,230	$56,960	0.69	0.66
Loan Officers	110	$96,080	$110,380	1.20	0.68
Lodging Managers	60	$97,390	$99,460	0.62	2.28
Logisticians	50	$92,810	$95,530	0.55	0.34
Machinists	30	$77,650	$77,800	0.37	0.20
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	950	$38,750	$43,620	10.14	1.83
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,050	$57,610	$57,420	11.15	1.13
Management Analysts	140	$132,140	$133,040	1.50	0.26
Managers, All Other	100	$139,190	$152,830	1.05	0.26
Manicurists and Pedicurists	110	$35,100	$38,940	1.20	1.22
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	440	$79,150	$89,040	4.64	0.80
Marketing Managers	90	$157,490	$167,370	0.94	0.37
Massage Therapists	50	$52,560	$56,970	0.52	0.82
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$81,760	$90,300	0.40	1.30
Mechanical Engineers	70	$110,200	$117,680	0.73	0.38
Medical and Health Services Managers	480	$126,920	$142,220	5.11	1.33
Medical Assistants	380	$49,900	$52,010	4.08	0.77
Medical Equipment Preparers	40	$61,160	$59,140	0.39	0.78
Medical Records Specialists	60	$58,720	$61,490	0.59	0.47
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	560	$51,940	$54,690	5.96	0.96
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	100	$62,470	$69,450	1.05	1.15
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	170	$62,990	$68,490	1.79	2.09
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	90	$50,530	$49,150	0.93	0.88
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	480	$99,600	$91,270	5.08	1.27
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	40	$48,460	$49,610	0.43	0.05
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	40	$79,270	$80,180	0.39	0.34
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	180	$75,420	$73,500	1.92	12.84
Motorboat Operators	60	$45,160	$62,720	0.64	39.94
Museum Technicians and Conservators	30	$55,490	$56,260	0.34	4.29
Natural Sciences Managers	90	$154,080	$172,800	0.91	1.30
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	110	$103,680	$116,100	1.16	0.57
Nurse Practitioners	210	$139,840	$150,360	2.24	1.08
Nursing Assistants	1,030	$48,520	$49,530	10.91	1.17
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	50	$86,660	$95,700	0.50	0.55
Occupational Therapists	170	$102,900	$104,220	1.77	1.69
Occupational Therapy Assistants	50	$75,170	$72,630	0.51	1.55
Office Clerks, General	1,760	$49,700	$51,840	18.68	1.18
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	400	$72,920	$77,000	4.25	1.38
Opticians, Dispensing	60	$69,530	$67,620	0.60	1.28
Optometrists	30	$154,290	$156,380	0.34	1.22
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	60	$49,500	$55,640	0.68	2.93
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	50	$44,490	$44,450	0.49	0.20
Packers and Packagers, Hand	210	$36,520	$38,550	2.21	0.61
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	250	$50,670	$56,400	2.62	1.81
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	190	$64,310	$68,830	1.99	0.79
Paramedics	70	$73,570	$77,260	0.80	1.23
Parking Attendants	110	$37,010	$38,130	1.17	1.32
Parts Salespersons	170	$42,490	$47,340	1.85	1.07
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	60	$63,910	$67,460	0.67	0.68
Pest Control Workers	120	$46,160	$50,660	1.27	1.93
Pharmacists	200	$150,850	$144,360	2.14	1.03
Pharmacy Technicians	260	$47,280	$50,580	2.72	0.90
Phlebotomists	70	$53,500	$56,740	0.72	0.78
Physical Therapist Assistants	90	$79,790	$80,200	0.95	1.31
Physical Therapists	190	$108,110	$109,940	1.97	1.14
Physician Assistants	100	$162,330	$158,730	1.10	1.06
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	640	$76,270	$76,690	6.77	2.26
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	530	$80,210	$84,280	5.62	1.30
Postal Service Clerks	150	$62,610	$63,530	1.59	3.36
Postal Service Mail Carriers	290	$57,820	$60,890	3.05	1.44
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	50	$93,110	$93,060	0.51	5.74
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	270	$47,190	$51,880	2.87	0.93
Producers and Directors	60	$63,780	$73,560	0.68	0.74
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	90	$58,680	$61,360	0.94	0.37
Project Management Specialists	240	$102,980	$109,590	2.54	0.37
Property Appraisers and Assessors	40	$84,360	$88,200	0.43	1.18
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	180	$80,280	$98,030	1.92	0.96
Protective Service Workers, All Other	50	$56,330	$57,180	0.55	1.05
Public Relations Specialists	140	$76,690	$81,210	1.50	0.82
Public Safety Telecommunicators	130	$65,300	$67,740	1.39	2.10
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	150	$100,660	$95,190	1.63	1.10
Radiologists	—	$453,700	$431,390	—	—
Receptionists and Information Clerks	670	$45,820	$45,350	7.15	1.22
Recreation Workers	320	$39,430	$41,790	3.35	1.57
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	40	$50,990	$55,060	0.39	0.41
Registered Nurses	1,860	$103,380	$112,730	19.76	0.91
Rehabilitation Counselors	180	$48,420	$53,970	1.86	3.06
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	60	$47,480	$48,240	0.66	0.86
Residential Advisors	100	$59,140	$54,710	1.08	1.98
Retail Salespersons	3,650	$36,790	$41,020	38.79	1.55
Sailors and Marine Oilers	40	$61,510	$58,430	0.45	2.19
Sales Managers	180	$140,740	$155,300	1.94	0.47
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	570	$65,090	$78,060	6.03	0.75
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	480	$80,930	$90,280	5.07	0.64
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	100	$125,230	$120,820	1.07	0.59
School Bus Monitors	50	$40,160	$39,100	0.51	1.01
School Psychologists	90	$101,640	$111,470	0.95	2.30
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	750	$101,120	$93,700	7.92	1.16
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	990	$55,040	$56,210	10.54	0.96
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	260	$64,170	$85,960	2.81	0.89
Security Guards	300	$45,230	$47,690	3.18	0.39
Self-Enrichment Teachers	190	$50,820	$62,040	2.05	0.96
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	30	$55,240	$58,230	0.35	1.80
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	230	$46,860	$51,020	2.41	0.46
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	440	$41,700	$43,980	4.62	2.89
Skincare Specialists	60	$48,140	$51,950	0.62	1.32
Social and Community Service Managers	240	$80,860	$90,470	2.55	1.90
Social and Human Service Assistants	200	$47,990	$51,290	2.16	0.77
Software Developers	210	$133,690	$140,860	2.20	0.20
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	160	$81,250	$86,220	1.72	1.02
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	100	$91,630	$89,140	1.03	1.68
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	190	$79,140	$81,350	2.07	1.96
Speech-Language Pathologists	140	$102,800	$104,210	1.50	1.27
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,600	$38,100	$41,090	17.05	0.94
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	440	$61,880	$67,010	4.62	1.46
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	310	$37,390	$43,400	3.34	0.99
Surgical Technologists	50	$82,860	$78,640	0.50	0.67
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	40	$57,030	$54,840	0.40	1.80
Tax Preparers	60	$56,960	$55,120	0.65	1.31
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,130	$36,710	$41,560	11.97	1.31
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	60	$107,380	$100,890	0.58	0.93
Tellers	260	$46,910	$47,120	2.78	1.31
Tour and Travel Guides	110	$38,880	$42,770	1.15	3.35
Training and Development Specialists	220	$60,810	$70,800	2.35	0.80
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	80	$114,550	$111,500	0.90	0.63
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	240	$61,360	$67,220	2.54	7.17
Tutors	60	$68,080	$67,010	0.59	0.52
Urban and Regional Planners	50	$101,940	$101,570	0.49	1.71
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	80	$33,730	$35,660	0.90	1.15
Veterinarians	100	$164,060	$166,670	1.05	1.94
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	110	$39,170	$44,370	1.20	1.47
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	200	$49,940	$54,160	2.11	2.54
Waiters and Waitresses	2,970	$38,380	$45,760	31.53	2.16
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	140	$73,460	$71,060	1.47	1.78
Web Developers	30	$80,460	$81,160	0.36	0.79

Colleges in this area

3 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Cape Cod Community College	Public	2-year	3,260
Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Public	4-year or above	1,488
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School	Public	Less than 2-year	70

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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