Wages by Occupation in Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 161,570 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $45,930 for all occupations combined. 379 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	840	$74,690	$79,400	5.17	0.55
Administrative Services Managers	250	$91,190	$98,690	1.52	0.90
Advertising Sales Agents	50	$44,180	$49,510	0.33	0.56
Agricultural Equipment Operators	140	$46,160	$45,770	0.84	4.58
Agricultural Inspectors	30	$52,420	$56,720	0.21	2.22
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	30	$30,550	$30,270	0.20	2.45
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	190	$24,330	$25,950	1.18	0.46
Animal Caretakers	270	$28,320	$29,770	1.68	0.98
Architectural and Civil Drafters	40	$59,940	$58,260	0.24	0.36
Architectural and Engineering Managers	140	$135,200	$144,320	0.87	0.61
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	130	$77,380	$94,660	0.78	1.29
Athletic Trainers	40	$60,350	$62,800	0.23	1.17
Audio and Video Technicians	50	$48,420	$49,690	0.30	0.68
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	110	$34,830	$33,260	0.68	1.03
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	240	$46,280	$47,360	1.47	1.53
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	830	$45,870	$47,600	5.14	1.14
Bakers	180	$35,280	$34,650	1.10	0.73
Bartenders	540	$21,590	$25,100	3.36	0.69
Bill and Account Collectors	140	$41,400	$41,200	0.84	0.83
Billing and Posting Clerks	300	$44,220	$45,850	1.86	0.71
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$82,990	$101,090	0.38	1.18
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,510	$46,110	$46,770	9.34	1.06
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	40	$73,690	$67,780	0.28	0.81
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	510	$58,590	$59,530	3.13	1.68
Bus Drivers, School	1,280	$47,590	$49,170	7.94	3.06
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	70	$48,190	$49,940	0.45	0.44
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	210	$75,510	$73,220	1.29	0.18
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$91,840	$111,940	0.51	0.97
Butchers and Meat Cutters	140	$46,200	$44,480	0.89	1.02
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	420	$64,120	$71,670	2.62	0.83
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	350	$45,230	$41,090	2.16	4.35
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	50	$48,010	$54,790	0.34	0.83
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$57,850	$60,060	0.24	0.33
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	70	$60,620	$60,500	0.41	0.58
Carpenters	420	$60,320	$61,150	2.62	0.61
Cashiers	4,600	$28,040	$28,490	28.47	1.43
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	200	$52,940	$54,210	1.22	0.92
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	200	$46,470	$46,280	1.21	1.35
Chemical Plant and System Operators	30	$47,920	$57,230	0.20	1.88
Chemical Technicians	50	$64,410	$63,700	0.28	0.76
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$82,240	$113,120	0.28	2.21
Chemists	40	$67,220	$75,880	0.26	0.49
Chief Executives	70	$198,350	$278,340	0.44	0.33
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	400	$50,230	$51,170	2.47	0.98
Childcare Workers	320	$29,750	$29,750	1.95	0.58
Chiropractors	30	$90,310	$95,070	0.19	0.76
Civil Engineers	80	$81,010	$91,360	0.51	0.21
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	60	$79,580	$80,480	0.40	0.19
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	590	$45,120	$42,520	3.68	1.50
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	40	$45,150	$41,150	0.27	2.80
Clergy	60	$58,290	$56,980	0.39	1.06
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	70	$80,580	$87,240	0.41	0.84
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	150	$62,550	$61,270	0.94	0.44
Coaches and Scouts	390	$44,980	$52,170	2.43	1.52
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	490	$45,760	$47,490	3.05	2.98
Community Health Workers	40	$45,380	$45,640	0.23	0.57
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	40	$75,140	$75,340	0.24	0.33
Compliance Officers	160	$64,650	$72,980	0.96	0.36
Computer and Information Systems Managers	160	$135,050	$148,120	1.01	0.24
Computer Network Architects	40	$138,750	$129,280	0.27	0.23
Computer Network Support Specialists	180	$66,190	$72,070	1.11	1.18
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	680	$48,350	$52,100	4.20	3.85
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	90	$52,470	$60,600	0.56	3.06
Computer Occupations, All Other	60	$63,250	$80,220	0.37	0.13
Computer Programmers	30	$108,350	$107,110	0.20	0.33
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$100,330	$101,500	0.39	1.70
Computer Systems Analysts	170	$80,520	$89,110	1.04	0.31
Computer User Support Specialists	440	$49,430	$55,470	2.73	0.59
Construction and Building Inspectors	70	$59,430	$61,010	0.43	0.45
Construction Laborers	1,200	$46,880	$48,630	7.45	1.06
Construction Managers	130	$99,100	$103,500	0.80	0.33
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	40	$57,670	$62,780	0.24	0.76
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	50	$47,700	$48,330	0.31	2.08
Cooks, Fast Food	500	$28,440	$27,680	3.10	0.75
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	720	$34,880	$34,520	4.46	1.57
Cooks, Restaurant	1,360	$28,830	$30,860	8.42	0.93
Cooks, Short Order	—	$29,730	$31,190	—	—
Correctional Officers and Jailers	980	$47,430	$48,100	6.04	2.47
Cost Estimators	190	$66,590	$66,390	1.20	0.83
Counter and Rental Clerks	300	$35,220	$36,570	1.86	0.72
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	60	$46,990	$51,950	0.38	4.56
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	200	$39,950	$41,610	1.23	1.06
Crane and Tower Operators	140	$39,560	$50,870	0.84	3.06
Credit Analysts	40	$60,640	$65,970	0.24	0.58
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	60	$34,020	$37,590	0.36	0.59
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$47,700	$47,230	0.58	3.47
Customer Service Representatives	1,660	$40,610	$43,100	10.30	0.62
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	30	$44,020	$48,120	0.20	5.23
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	320	$45,370	$48,820	1.96	6.76
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	930	$52,230	$54,360	5.77	5.24
Data Entry Keyers	80	$43,010	$42,600	0.49	0.59
Data Scientists	60	$71,660	$78,300	0.36	0.21
Dental Assistants	260	$48,360	$49,490	1.60	0.64
Dental Hygienists	200	$84,270	$85,230	1.25	0.87
Dentists, General	100	$171,570	$186,680	0.59	0.74
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	100	$56,920	$60,780	0.65	0.88
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	60	$81,220	$83,880	0.38	0.65
Dietetic Technicians	70	$32,740	$31,470	0.42	2.05
Dietitians and Nutritionists	60	$68,820	$65,540	0.35	0.70
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	370	$29,510	$28,080	2.31	0.66
Dishwashers	330	$28,390	$27,870	2.06	0.67
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	220	$55,680	$53,190	1.36	1.04
Driver/Sales Workers	490	$29,360	$36,360	3.03	1.15
Editors	50	$49,310	$56,920	0.30	0.50
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	490	$93,940	$95,180	3.05	1.44
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	370	$127,100	$134,480	2.28	1.97
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$74,780	$70,620	0.45	1.14
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	360	$59,980	$60,110	2.22	0.98
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	60	$64,770	$63,770	0.35	0.57
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	90	$66,010	$67,980	0.55	1.31
Electrical Engineers	150	$101,930	$101,550	0.90	0.71
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	190	$101,390	$92,130	1.18	1.40
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	400	$37,610	$39,060	2.45	1.54
Electricians	880	$66,070	$67,380	5.44	1.12
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,950	$59,520	$58,360	12.07	1.35
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	160	$42,310	$42,930	0.96	0.97
Emergency Medical Technicians	380	$40,850	$41,520	2.37	2.04
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	—	$34,360	$41,240	—	—
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$103,590	$112,950	0.29	1.14
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$77,150	$99,190	0.51	1.38
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	50	$48,240	$51,420	0.30	1.35
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	50	$65,170	$77,520	0.28	0.50
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	110	$58,100	$61,290	0.69	3.13
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	190	$52,600	$58,780	1.20	0.41
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	170	$30,460	$31,400	1.07	0.51
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	440	$48,820	$47,630	2.70	6.90
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	170	$45,890	$45,760	1.05	2.77
Facilities Managers	220	$103,690	$105,970	1.39	1.38
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	160	$58,060	$57,540	1.00	4.10
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	90	$37,440	$39,720	0.53	0.31
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	110	$27,520	$29,990	0.66	3.13
Fast Food and Counter Workers	5,170	$27,870	$27,320	32.01	1.29
File Clerks	70	$38,100	$39,950	0.45	0.95
Financial and Investment Analysts	70	$78,720	$80,920	0.45	0.19
Financial Managers	350	$129,280	$144,530	2.16	0.40
Firefighters	450	$57,320	$56,140	2.79	1.26
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	630	$74,490	$77,080	3.90	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	150	$59,910	$64,460	0.93	2.69
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	50	$44,220	$46,530	0.31	0.47
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	60	$77,330	$70,290	0.38	0.59
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,460	$39,060	$42,940	9.04	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	130	$49,340	$52,520	0.78	0.68
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	90	$62,970	$59,980	0.59	0.70
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	630	$78,880	$81,190	3.93	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	100	$77,310	$80,910	0.62	0.45
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,020	$66,040	$70,010	6.32	0.68
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	60	$43,900	$49,410	0.39	0.52
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	80	$76,640	$79,760	0.48	0.48
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,750	$67,650	$71,280	10.85	2.50
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,310	$45,030	$47,410	8.10	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	40	$63,910	$65,370	0.22	0.43
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	640	$62,540	$65,550	3.96	0.99
Floral Designers	70	$37,250	$37,170	0.41	1.56
Food Batchmakers	1,180	$36,790	$42,250	7.33	6.53
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	60	$47,150	$45,860	0.39	1.94
Food Preparation Workers	870	$28,290	$29,880	5.38	0.94
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	200	$29,970	$30,660	1.23	0.65
Food Service Managers	180	$63,710	$67,790	1.12	0.73
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$79,670	$101,230	0.38	3.00
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	190	$49,900	$48,920	1.15	13.93
Fundraisers	120	$76,340	$79,260	0.75	1.05
Funeral Attendants	120	$30,930	$33,960	0.75	3.73
General and Operations Managers	2,110	$98,440	$117,570	13.09	0.58
General Internal Medicine Physicians	90	$459,790	$362,320	0.57	1.32
Graphic Designers	130	$49,500	$54,380	0.79	0.62
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	370	$45,410	$45,790	2.32	5.38
Health Education Specialists	50	$47,380	$57,440	0.34	0.80
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	50	$41,910	$50,160	0.30	1.22
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$96,470	$113,340	0.44	0.31
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	70	$45,820	$53,180	0.42	0.36
Healthcare Social Workers	140	$61,350	$63,360	0.88	0.73
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	40	$51,420	$54,540	0.25	0.36
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$49,650	$47,630	0.23	2.57
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	370	$53,030	$55,960	2.31	0.88
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,530	$57,050	$57,460	21.86	1.65
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	80	$33,020	$32,110	0.47	0.76
Helpers--Production Workers	260	$45,800	$44,250	1.60	1.50
Highway Maintenance Workers	370	$48,340	$47,360	2.29	2.29
History Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$79,990	$98,470	0.20	1.68
Home Appliance Repairers	50	$51,190	$48,510	0.33	1.58
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,780	$32,960	$32,990	17.22	0.62
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	390	$23,570	$25,720	2.43	0.87
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	210	$30,990	$32,000	1.32	0.78
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	80	$46,330	$48,230	0.47	0.81
Human Resources Managers	110	$120,540	$129,940	0.69	0.48
Human Resources Specialists	670	$61,520	$66,990	4.13	0.70
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	110	$60,130	$60,970	0.65	1.34
Industrial Engineers	500	$94,700	$95,250	3.10	1.32
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,230	$63,700	$66,770	7.61	2.69
Industrial Production Managers	600	$108,350	$121,300	3.71	2.34
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,950	$46,320	$51,070	12.07	2.42
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	90	$51,420	$51,250	0.53	0.61
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,530	$47,740	$49,030	9.47	2.46
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	60	$45,480	$52,320	0.35	0.31
Instructional Coordinators	90	$73,910	$75,140	0.57	0.39
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	120	$49,130	$52,020	0.75	0.54
Insurance Sales Agents	420	$61,260	$83,670	2.57	0.83
Insurance Underwriters	110	$63,090	$65,530	0.69	1.01
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	200	$39,450	$40,460	1.21	1.27
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,470	$35,080	$35,340	15.28	1.07
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	60	$183,000	$159,170	0.38	2.47
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	120	$56,360	$57,390	0.74	1.05
Labor Relations Specialists	130	$76,340	$71,090	0.78	1.87
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	4,800	$38,200	$41,810	29.73	1.57
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	840	$36,010	$36,300	5.20	0.85
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	150	$29,800	$31,400	0.90	0.71
Lawyers	280	$100,580	$118,420	1.72	0.35
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	100	$37,620	$39,870	0.61	0.60
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	120	$49,850	$53,120	0.73	0.85
Library Assistants, Clerical	140	$25,710	$27,690	0.87	1.59
Library Technicians	60	$32,020	$32,810	0.37	0.83
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,160	$63,680	$64,040	7.20	1.73
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	30	$63,730	$63,110	0.20	0.42
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	110	$26,700	$25,750	0.65	0.65
Light Truck Drivers	760	$39,610	$42,080	4.68	0.74
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	140	$46,790	$46,360	0.85	0.80
Loan Officers	220	$76,860	$81,370	1.37	0.77
Logisticians	90	$82,080	$90,130	0.55	0.34
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	320	$37,400	$41,670	1.96	7.18
Machinists	540	$51,300	$52,760	3.36	1.82
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	30	$89,640	$86,870	0.20	0.73
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	600	$30,260	$31,740	3.73	0.67
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	40	$36,420	$35,930	0.28	0.78
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,000	$51,100	$53,730	12.41	1.26
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	120	$44,230	$46,500	0.75	1.93
Management Analysts	200	$88,100	$92,880	1.24	0.22
Managers, All Other	140	$73,990	$87,790	0.88	0.22
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	410	$60,010	$67,770	2.56	0.44
Marketing Managers	50	$122,100	$136,860	0.32	0.13
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$78,120	$87,080	0.32	1.04
Mechanical Drafters	90	$64,600	$65,590	0.53	2.07
Mechanical Engineers	280	$93,660	$92,830	1.73	0.90
Medical and Health Services Managers	530	$96,650	$107,590	3.29	0.86
Medical Assistants	1,210	$40,680	$42,000	7.49	1.42
Medical Equipment Preparers	50	$33,040	$37,180	0.32	0.64
Medical Records Specialists	300	$47,030	$49,280	1.89	1.51
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	40	$76,370	$76,800	0.23	0.20
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	750	$39,570	$42,540	4.61	0.75
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	60	$44,470	$47,820	0.35	0.38
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	120	$46,500	$55,410	0.77	0.90
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	50	$36,510	$45,010	0.32	0.30
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	110	$46,460	$46,890	0.67	6.17
Meter Readers, Utilities	40	$63,150	$60,080	0.25	1.99
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	630	$58,060	$59,400	3.89	0.98
Millwrights	80	$66,290	$69,800	0.49	1.90
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	7,000	$46,620	$48,460	43.34	4.80
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	440	$45,980	$46,360	2.75	4.50
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	120	$57,290	$59,310	0.76	0.67
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	130	$66,340	$59,690	0.80	3.73
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	610	$42,220	$42,660	3.76	3.89
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	60	$59,240	$59,600	0.34	2.14
Motorcycle Mechanics	30	$45,330	$44,070	0.20	2.31
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	620	$43,860	$42,720	3.81	4.75
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	220	$83,550	$83,120	1.34	0.66
Nurse Practitioners	380	$130,240	$127,640	2.35	1.13
Nursing Assistants	2,230	$37,880	$40,110	13.80	1.48
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	200	$78,020	$86,880	1.21	1.34
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	110	$58,660	$60,770	0.65	3.31
Occupational Therapists	140	$97,360	$98,450	0.87	0.84
Occupational Therapy Assistants	70	$65,770	$63,340	0.44	1.32
Office Clerks, General	3,520	$39,110	$42,180	21.81	1.38
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	550	$60,030	$62,790	3.38	1.10
Opticians, Dispensing	130	$36,810	$40,190	0.78	1.65
Optometrists	50	$127,060	$126,000	0.30	1.09
Order Clerks	60	$47,790	$46,020	0.37	0.77
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	110	$47,580	$46,940	0.65	2.81
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	1,120	$46,880	$48,680	6.93	2.84
Packers and Packagers, Hand	630	$43,590	$41,240	3.91	1.09
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	110	$48,260	$48,730	0.67	0.47
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	320	$47,610	$48,890	1.97	3.19
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	90	$47,170	$48,820	0.54	0.21
Paramedics	340	$58,330	$55,820	2.09	3.23
Parking Attendants	30	$28,630	$30,990	0.21	0.24
Parts Salespersons	400	$37,140	$39,230	2.47	1.42
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	50	$46,130	$51,260	0.29	1.07
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	140	$46,810	$50,160	0.89	0.91
Pest Control Workers	50	$38,200	$44,590	0.29	0.44
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	80	$47,600	$49,820	0.51	2.92
Pharmacists	220	$144,510	$139,110	1.38	0.67
Pharmacy Technicians	530	$40,510	$43,140	3.29	1.08
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$76,960	$95,170	0.46	3.51
Phlebotomists	110	$39,190	$39,110	0.68	0.74
Physical Therapist Aides	40	$28,450	$32,960	0.28	0.90
Physical Therapist Assistants	130	$62,700	$64,510	0.79	1.10
Physical Therapists	210	$97,960	$98,660	1.32	0.77
Physician Assistants	50	$128,040	$143,960	0.32	0.31
Physicians, All Other	110	$250,050	$266,670	0.67	0.30
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	350	$63,850	$66,040	2.14	0.71
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	940	$58,470	$62,640	5.85	1.36
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$84,830	$104,920	0.20	1.83
Postal Service Clerks	170	$59,970	$58,490	1.05	2.21
Postal Service Mail Carriers	510	$57,700	$60,450	3.17	1.50
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$98,740	$100,600	0.22	2.44
Pourers and Casters, Metal	30	$44,790	$44,830	0.21	7.35
Prepress Technicians and Workers	60	$46,660	$47,690	0.37	2.39
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	200	$36,000	$38,010	1.24	0.40
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	90	$38,730	$40,260	0.53	2.48
Printing Press Operators	290	$45,670	$45,770	1.78	1.92
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	170	$61,620	$60,980	1.05	1.82
Procurement Clerks	50	$44,240	$45,040	0.29	0.81
Production Workers, All Other	130	$48,870	$46,880	0.79	0.49
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	460	$59,860	$60,610	2.86	1.14
Project Management Specialists	370	$75,700	$82,330	2.30	0.34
Property Appraisers and Assessors	80	$47,050	$52,120	0.52	1.42
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	170	$58,460	$61,950	1.06	0.53
Psychiatric Aides	210	$46,380	$44,700	1.29	5.66
Psychiatric Technicians	580	$38,520	$39,800	3.57	3.53
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$90,100	$99,480	0.34	1.26
Public Relations Specialists	130	$60,500	$63,150	0.79	0.43
Public Safety Telecommunicators	200	$46,110	$46,810	1.23	1.87
Purchasing Managers	50	$125,180	$136,780	0.29	0.54
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	250	$74,210	$73,290	1.55	1.05
Receptionists and Information Clerks	830	$34,100	$33,980	5.15	0.88
Recreation Workers	380	$29,700	$32,480	2.35	1.10
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	80	$62,200	$58,260	0.48	4.26
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	230	$50,040	$50,350	1.40	1.48
Registered Nurses	2,610	$84,670	$86,020	16.18	0.74
Rehabilitation Counselors	120	$45,860	$46,230	0.74	1.22
Residential Advisors	100	$37,980	$39,660	0.62	1.13
Respiratory Therapists	90	$79,230	$79,910	0.54	0.60
Retail Salespersons	3,700	$31,070	$34,150	22.87	0.91
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	140	$39,960	$43,270	0.87	5.37
Roofers	130	$57,880	$58,960	0.81	0.93
Sales Managers	280	$114,860	$128,130	1.72	0.42
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	530	$59,520	$68,500	3.31	0.41
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,320	$72,040	$80,110	8.17	1.03
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	40	$95,280	$98,870	0.26	0.14
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	70	$40,690	$41,910	0.43	1.63
School Bus Monitors	170	$34,340	$33,800	1.06	2.11
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,520	$60,080	$63,100	9.41	1.37
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,030	$38,150	$40,770	6.38	0.58
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	280	$61,480	$90,190	1.75	0.56
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	50	$49,100	$53,590	0.29	0.52
Security Guards	640	$37,210	$40,050	3.94	0.48
Self-Enrichment Teachers	110	$31,940	$35,670	0.67	0.32
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	100	$48,710	$50,450	0.63	1.62
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	50	$45,850	$47,640	0.29	1.50
Sewing Machine Operators	180	$41,740	$40,800	1.09	1.61
Sheet Metal Workers	160	$81,150	$70,680	0.99	1.28
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1,620	$46,710	$47,520	10.05	1.91
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	130	$33,350	$33,740	0.80	0.50
Skincare Specialists	50	$47,910	$45,730	0.33	0.71
Social and Community Service Managers	150	$61,850	$71,610	0.93	0.69
Social and Human Service Assistants	730	$39,150	$40,140	4.51	1.60
Software Developers	150	$114,280	$120,210	0.95	0.09
Soil and Plant Scientists	40	$77,600	$83,910	0.26	2.52
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	230	$58,010	$58,110	1.40	0.83
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	50	$57,620	$59,850	0.33	0.54
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	180	$58,550	$58,930	1.12	1.07
Speech-Language Pathologists	170	$84,290	$90,750	1.04	0.89
Stockers and Order Fillers	4,530	$36,240	$41,600	28.04	1.54
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	110	$58,390	$60,350	0.68	1.54
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	480	$54,250	$57,230	3.00	0.95
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	570	$36,220	$39,620	3.54	1.05
Surgical Technologists	120	$65,220	$63,410	0.71	0.94
Surveyors	40	$70,720	$70,540	0.25	0.77
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	30	$37,110	$37,510	0.20	0.93
Tax Preparers	70	$38,320	$45,210	0.46	0.93
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,820	$31,730	$33,060	11.24	1.23
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	220	$27,710	$31,260	1.34	1.27
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	110	$59,500	$59,080	0.69	0.76
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	70	$57,990	$57,190	0.45	0.72
Tellers	630	$37,740	$40,450	3.92	1.85
Tire Repairers and Changers	100	$34,790	$35,770	0.64	0.91
Tool and Die Makers	400	$73,050	$71,000	2.49	6.79
Training and Development Specialists	350	$57,990	$60,450	2.18	0.74
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	150	$95,380	$106,300	0.95	0.67
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	110	$46,990	$46,530	0.68	1.92
Tutors	60	$40,020	$41,380	0.34	0.31
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	70	$23,800	$26,830	0.42	0.54
Veterinarians	80	$120,860	$123,710	0.48	0.89
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	130	$43,150	$43,880	0.80	0.96
Waiters and Waitresses	2,070	$28,140	$30,100	12.81	0.88
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	260	$48,340	$51,310	1.58	1.92
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	230	$56,510	$52,920	1.40	4.08
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,000	$49,290	$53,090	6.20	2.32
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	220	$38,760	$42,230	1.38	6.77
Wind Turbine Service Technicians	40	$64,750	$69,570	0.22	3.39
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	160	$38,390	$42,300	1.00	2.54

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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