Wages by Occupation in Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 172,720 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $45,290 for all occupations combined. 412 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	1,070	$70,670	$75,310	6.19	0.66
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	160	$59,700	$60,310	0.91	8.63
Administrative Services Managers	220	$104,990	$113,480	1.25	0.74
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	50	$40,450	$44,250	0.29	1.22
Advertising Sales Agents	70	$49,740	$48,880	0.38	0.65
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$75,200	$82,550	0.27	4.68
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	50	$61,420	$61,620	0.27	0.31
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	210	$22,660	$26,050	1.22	0.48
Animal Caretakers	510	$28,290	$30,940	2.95	1.72
Animal Control Workers	30	$35,840	$33,950	0.20	2.55
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	40	$77,290	$83,900	0.21	0.31
Architectural and Civil Drafters	—	$58,760	$61,010	—	—
Architectural and Engineering Managers	210	$131,170	$140,690	1.21	0.86
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	150	$76,460	$81,030	0.85	1.41
Athletic Trainers	40	$47,730	$53,560	0.26	1.32
Audio and Video Technicians	40	$44,350	$50,730	0.20	0.45
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	120	$28,880	$27,870	0.70	1.07
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	140	$42,240	$44,020	0.83	0.87
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	990	$39,020	$44,100	5.76	1.27
Bailiffs	—	$30,350	$32,760	—	—
Bakers	120	$29,510	$30,250	0.71	0.47
Bartenders	440	$25,690	$29,950	2.56	0.53
Bill and Account Collectors	40	$46,700	$47,100	0.23	0.22
Billing and Posting Clerks	370	$38,520	$41,210	2.15	0.83
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$81,500	$90,690	0.47	1.45
Biological Scientists, All Other	40	$63,130	$72,310	0.24	0.66
Biological Technicians	30	$65,350	$64,640	0.20	0.44
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,960	$43,740	$45,740	11.34	1.28
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	90	$59,970	$55,510	0.49	1.46
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	50	$35,240	$39,580	0.32	2.32
Budget Analysts	230	$68,260	$72,570	1.32	4.36
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	320	$49,100	$52,270	1.84	0.99
Bus Drivers, School	910	$41,140	$42,090	5.25	2.03
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	160	$34,490	$38,050	0.92	0.90
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	910	$73,830	$77,180	5.27	0.75
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	120	$105,880	$106,180	0.71	1.35
Butchers and Meat Cutters	150	$30,710	$32,510	0.88	1.01
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	500	$63,060	$66,810	2.88	0.91
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film	30	$54,690	$54,020	0.18	1.34
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	50	$108,550	$143,400	0.26	1.10
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	90	$60,760	$70,840	0.50	1.22
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	200	$59,930	$59,010	1.17	1.59
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	40	$61,330	$60,760	0.25	0.35
Carpenters	740	$48,300	$50,700	4.26	0.99
Cashiers	4,730	$28,050	$27,630	27.41	1.38
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	170	$48,290	$50,310	0.97	0.73
Chefs and Head Cooks	80	$52,290	$56,020	0.48	0.37
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	400	$63,500	$66,930	2.31	2.58
Chemical Technicians	70	$63,950	$66,870	0.41	1.10
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$77,290	$88,490	0.28	2.22
Chemists	110	$95,660	$92,150	0.64	1.21
Chief Executives	210	$152,300	$185,470	1.24	0.94
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,100	$59,100	$58,470	6.37	2.52
Childcare Workers	650	$27,860	$28,380	3.79	1.14
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	330	$60,550	$64,170	1.91	4.34
Civil Engineers	320	$96,480	$97,760	1.84	0.78
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	230	$65,010	$75,300	1.34	0.64
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	390	$28,520	$32,360	2.23	0.91
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	110	$35,360	$38,400	0.64	6.72
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	40	$88,520	$105,880	0.25	0.51
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	340	$54,320	$58,650	1.96	0.91
Coaches and Scouts	330	$31,920	$39,810	1.88	1.18
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	310	$47,170	$47,190	1.80	1.76
Commercial and Industrial Designers	30	$60,060	$61,790	0.17	0.81
Commercial Pilots	50	$84,780	$92,680	0.27	0.88
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$61,110	$66,040	0.34	1.81
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	60	$56,530	$56,470	0.32	0.47
Community Health Workers	120	$48,230	$47,310	0.69	1.74
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	110	$65,380	$65,120	0.65	0.90
Compliance Officers	670	$68,010	$65,890	3.88	1.45
Computer and Information Systems Managers	230	$130,510	$138,640	1.34	0.31
Computer Network Architects	190	$105,490	$107,020	1.07	0.93
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	150	$46,170	$43,740	0.86	0.79
Computer Occupations, All Other	110	$75,870	$80,910	0.64	0.23
Computer Programmers	110	$82,940	$89,620	0.63	1.06
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$102,540	$106,160	0.23	0.99
Computer Systems Analysts	740	$72,230	$81,720	4.30	1.29
Computer User Support Specialists	690	$52,940	$55,710	4.00	0.87
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	50	$46,320	$47,090	0.28	0.66
Conservation Scientists	50	$65,770	$74,390	0.28	1.66
Construction and Building Inspectors	150	$59,000	$60,580	0.88	0.94
Construction Laborers	1,440	$43,860	$43,770	8.36	1.19
Construction Managers	280	$84,690	$100,010	1.64	0.67
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	50	$44,780	$54,270	0.31	0.99
Cooks, Fast Food	2,540	$22,350	$23,810	14.70	3.56
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1,160	$29,920	$31,130	6.72	2.37
Cooks, Restaurant	1,010	$29,570	$31,310	5.82	0.64
Cooks, Short Order	50	$30,010	$31,550	0.30	0.34
Correctional Officers and Jailers	750	$39,120	$39,610	4.34	1.77
Cost Estimators	140	$75,790	$76,990	0.80	0.56
Counter and Rental Clerks	160	$36,230	$41,290	0.91	0.35
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	260	$43,000	$44,190	1.50	1.30
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$81,530	$79,720	0.18	2.10
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$35,010	$42,310	0.23	1.38
Curators	30	$50,890	$49,960	0.20	2.59
Customer Service Representatives	1,900	$37,200	$40,880	11.03	0.66
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	60	$43,560	$45,310	0.35	1.20
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,150	$39,190	$41,620	6.66	6.05
Data Entry Keyers	80	$38,940	$38,560	0.44	0.53
Data Scientists	140	$82,920	$96,840	0.81	0.48
Database Administrators	70	$78,200	$77,910	0.40	0.89
Dental Assistants	370	$43,130	$41,530	2.14	0.86
Dental Hygienists	120	$73,240	$73,160	0.68	0.47
Dentists, General	100	$103,720	$106,530	0.58	0.72
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	80	$64,590	$63,840	0.45	0.61
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	60	$83,270	$81,360	0.33	0.57
Dietetic Technicians	80	$24,350	$25,690	0.44	2.17
Dietitians and Nutritionists	90	$72,230	$68,090	0.54	1.08
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	240	$25,940	$24,650	1.39	0.40
Dishwashers	410	$27,600	$26,760	2.39	0.78
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	110	$45,240	$49,770	0.62	0.48
Driver/Sales Workers	440	$25,670	$31,250	2.54	0.97
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	70	$63,300	$61,200	0.43	0.80
Economists	40	$67,110	$71,400	0.25	2.16
Editors	40	$52,110	$65,590	0.22	0.37
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	530	$93,540	$91,100	3.07	1.46
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	170	$109,870	$123,390	0.99	0.85
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	80	$44,500	$46,320	0.48	1.01
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	130	$62,480	$67,270	0.78	1.99
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	210	$56,070	$55,790	1.20	1.57
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	630	$54,440	$59,040	3.66	1.61
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	170	$60,850	$65,800	1.01	1.65
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	70	$76,880	$71,080	0.41	0.99
Electrical Engineers	160	$96,110	$99,830	0.94	0.74
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	250	$78,110	$79,940	1.47	1.74
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	760	$47,220	$46,790	4.39	2.76
Electricians	840	$50,990	$57,420	4.85	1.00
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	60	$92,920	$93,450	0.34	0.55
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,010	$59,810	$55,430	11.63	1.30
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	170	$59,690	$59,490	0.96	0.97
Emergency Medical Technicians	400	$31,200	$35,000	2.33	2.01
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$99,310	$109,130	0.45	1.75
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	100	$38,560	$43,210	0.59	1.53
Engineers, All Other	30	$94,010	$99,010	0.19	0.20
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$62,900	$69,930	0.52	1.40
Environmental Engineers	60	$101,160	$102,840	0.36	1.46
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	50	$50,910	$59,420	0.28	1.25
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	450	$71,040	$68,700	2.63	4.58
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	370	$57,560	$60,040	2.14	0.72
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	90	$39,870	$40,000	0.50	0.24
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	170	$54,200	$57,350	1.00	30.40
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	190	$46,470	$44,370	1.09	2.80
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	190	$34,930	$36,830	1.08	2.85
Facilities Managers	100	$94,960	$106,730	0.60	0.59
Family Medicine Physicians	100	$215,940	$224,640	0.58	0.83
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	60	$44,200	$45,130	0.37	1.53
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	60	$29,320	$29,640	0.35	0.21
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	60	$36,320	$36,300	0.33	1.58
Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,720	$22,740	$24,560	21.54	0.87
File Clerks	40	$28,230	$33,360	0.24	0.51
Financial and Investment Analysts	100	$80,700	$89,350	0.56	0.24
Financial Examiners	40	$65,820	$71,510	0.25	0.57
Financial Managers	550	$109,990	$121,460	3.17	0.58
Financial Specialists, All Other	190	$53,690	$57,680	1.08	1.27
Firefighters	410	$34,870	$35,590	2.38	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	990	$64,420	$67,380	5.73	1.10
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	60	$61,300	$62,880	0.32	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	120	$39,720	$45,180	0.68	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	40	$49,150	$55,900	0.20	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	50	$59,640	$62,620	0.27	0.43
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,960	$31,200	$34,920	11.33	1.44
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	200	$42,550	$45,790	1.16	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	120	$52,590	$54,090	0.68	0.81
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	970	$71,460	$76,010	5.63	1.42
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	90	$68,360	$76,410	0.54	0.39
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,620	$63,550	$66,110	9.36	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	70	$35,620	$41,190	0.38	0.52
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	170	$76,510	$87,010	1.00	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,610	$66,780	$73,160	9.35	2.16
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,700	$36,920	$42,550	9.84	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	50	$57,830	$56,090	0.29	0.56
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	610	$56,730	$59,370	3.52	0.88
Floral Designers	40	$30,860	$31,800	0.22	0.85
Food Batchmakers	260	$49,560	$44,640	1.50	1.34
Food Preparation Workers	1,140	$24,960	$26,420	6.61	1.15
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	160	$29,990	$30,990	0.91	0.48
Food Service Managers	110	$65,990	$67,930	0.64	0.42
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	—	$66,080	$76,820	—	—
Forest and Conservation Technicians	80	$37,590	$42,900	0.48	2.46
Foresters	30	$56,190	$60,570	0.19	2.85
Fundraisers	100	$62,600	$69,610	0.56	0.78
Funeral Attendants	60	$23,580	$26,330	0.38	1.87
Funeral Home Managers	70	$45,920	$57,890	0.38	4.29
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	40	$73,050	$64,470	0.25	2.77
General and Operations Managers	4,610	$74,060	$89,280	26.70	1.19
General Internal Medicine Physicians	40	$165,500	$218,070	0.25	0.58
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	30	$73,830	$67,850	0.19	1.27
Glaziers	40	$46,250	$47,080	0.24	0.64
Graphic Designers	130	$49,070	$51,250	0.73	0.58
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	130	$49,630	$52,530	0.76	1.76
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	190	$27,310	$33,460	1.10	0.56
Health Education Specialists	90	$60,360	$64,040	0.50	1.19
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	80	$49,560	$59,110	0.47	1.94
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	160	$75,230	$110,220	0.94	0.66
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	120	$47,410	$52,790	0.68	0.58
Healthcare Social Workers	140	$59,110	$60,790	0.82	0.68
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	80	$47,090	$47,750	0.43	4.83
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	440	$52,220	$55,160	2.54	0.96
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,910	$49,610	$53,380	11.05	0.83
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	100	$33,310	$34,220	0.59	0.97
Helpers--Production Workers	120	$39,530	$39,020	0.72	0.68
Highway Maintenance Workers	460	$39,350	$40,500	2.63	2.64
History Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$71,620	$76,400	0.20	1.65
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,410	$36,660	$36,730	13.93	0.50
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	370	$23,500	$24,630	2.15	0.77
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	330	$27,410	$27,830	1.90	1.13
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	80	$46,060	$47,780	0.48	0.82
Human Resources Managers	140	$100,540	$115,080	0.83	0.59
Human Resources Specialists	880	$63,900	$66,560	5.10	0.87
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	200	$65,100	$68,320	1.14	2.35
Industrial Engineers	600	$95,960	$96,590	3.46	1.47
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,200	$65,560	$65,430	6.92	2.45
Industrial Production Managers	610	$107,940	$123,690	3.56	2.25
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	830	$45,360	$45,550	4.78	0.96
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	80	$42,800	$45,080	0.48	0.56
Information Security Analysts	180	$65,840	$84,760	1.05	0.86
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,280	$44,510	$46,270	7.42	1.93
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	90	$55,140	$52,270	0.54	0.47
Instructional Coordinators	600	$66,150	$69,600	3.49	2.38
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	50	$52,950	$54,550	0.27	0.19
Insurance Sales Agents	270	$45,630	$49,570	1.57	0.51
Interpreters and Translators	60	$68,150	$66,230	0.32	0.96
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	30	$39,620	$41,180	0.19	0.20
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,560	$29,590	$32,540	14.84	1.04
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	50	$141,750	$127,390	0.27	1.72
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	280	$56,320	$54,530	1.59	2.28
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,500	$36,480	$37,930	20.24	1.07
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	730	$34,320	$35,080	4.20	0.69
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	170	$26,260	$26,400	0.98	0.77
Lawyers	620	$96,130	$104,350	3.60	0.74
Legal Support Workers, All Other	—	$80,270	$85,260	—	—
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	230	$66,110	$62,800	1.36	1.58
Library Assistants, Clerical	50	$27,120	$29,480	0.29	0.53
Library Technicians	50	$36,420	$38,280	0.30	0.69
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	980	$59,360	$58,320	5.69	1.36
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	40	$80,750	$83,410	0.21	0.45
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	40	$22,950	$22,680	0.26	0.25
Light Truck Drivers	810	$35,420	$40,890	4.69	0.74
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	230	$45,960	$45,080	1.35	1.28
Loan Officers	360	$62,180	$70,500	2.08	1.18
Lodging Managers	50	$50,090	$51,930	0.29	1.05
Logisticians	220	$75,320	$76,800	1.27	0.79
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	70	$39,530	$38,730	0.43	1.60
Machinists	390	$48,550	$49,420	2.26	1.23
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	40	$77,010	$77,190	0.26	0.92
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	940	$28,270	$28,760	5.42	0.98
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	50	$42,260	$42,350	0.26	0.74
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,860	$43,960	$45,960	10.75	1.09
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	310	$59,430	$56,670	1.78	4.61
Management Analysts	530	$97,470	$96,120	3.06	0.53
Managers, All Other	—	$96,590	$100,120	—	—
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	370	$57,380	$60,560	2.17	0.38
Marketing Managers	80	$107,710	$115,600	0.46	0.18
Massage Therapists	40	$50,530	$56,430	0.22	0.34
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$65,140	$72,940	0.47	1.53
Mechanical Drafters	30	$64,470	$69,530	0.18	0.69
Mechanical Engineers	460	$98,940	$103,060	2.64	1.38
Medical and Health Services Managers	830	$97,140	$108,450	4.83	1.26
Medical Assistants	1,220	$38,240	$39,650	7.05	1.34
Medical Equipment Repairers	60	$59,020	$59,280	0.32	0.76
Medical Records Specialists	340	$45,040	$47,550	2.00	1.59
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	50	$79,900	$144,940	0.27	0.24
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	2,110	$36,720	$38,510	12.24	1.98
Medical Transcriptionists	50	$34,560	$34,910	0.27	1.02
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	80	$47,060	$45,030	0.45	0.49
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	110	$37,580	$45,080	0.63	0.74
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	110	$34,920	$40,950	0.64	0.60
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	120	$49,220	$53,990	0.70	6.49
Meter Readers, Utilities	100	$37,940	$42,540	0.56	4.48
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	970	$59,070	$55,570	5.62	1.41
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	30	$36,170	$40,560	0.18	2.31
Millwrights	190	$79,100	$71,550	1.11	4.27
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	3,950	$41,470	$43,390	22.89	2.53
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	140	$41,750	$43,130	0.79	1.29
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	190	$53,420	$57,400	1.10	0.97
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	360	$46,070	$49,680	2.06	2.13
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	60	$34,580	$38,300	0.35	2.20
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	70	$24,230	$35,650	0.38	1.25
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	670	$47,250	$47,930	3.86	4.81
Natural Sciences Managers	60	$86,560	$90,770	0.32	0.46
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	320	$78,550	$81,120	1.88	0.93
Nurse Anesthetists	—	$221,580	$238,610	—	—
Nurse Practitioners	500	$120,010	$122,360	2.91	1.40
Nursing Assistants	2,100	$37,380	$37,830	12.14	1.30
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	160	$65,170	$72,330	0.91	1.81
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	300	$74,770	$79,590	1.74	1.92
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	60	$64,910	$67,900	0.35	1.80
Occupational Therapists	170	$97,170	$93,740	0.99	0.95
Occupational Therapy Assistants	30	$65,220	$63,020	0.19	0.59
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	50	$38,190	$41,960	0.32	0.26
Office Clerks, General	2,680	$36,850	$37,410	15.50	0.98
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	940	$51,420	$55,180	5.42	1.76
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	70	$35,470	$35,760	0.41	0.90
Opticians, Dispensing	80	$51,520	$49,700	0.47	1.00
Optometrists	30	$114,110	$129,180	0.19	0.69
Order Clerks	70	$38,730	$37,810	0.43	0.89
Orderlies	40	$30,800	$35,040	0.24	0.71
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	50	$41,600	$40,730	0.30	1.31
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	630	$43,890	$42,950	3.67	1.51
Packers and Packagers, Hand	320	$30,810	$34,540	1.88	0.52
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	140	$51,200	$51,300	0.80	0.55
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	480	$54,950	$57,910	2.80	4.53
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	280	$49,610	$50,330	1.60	0.63
Paramedics	170	$45,720	$50,080	1.00	1.54
Parking Attendants	70	$29,270	$29,810	0.40	0.46
Parts Salespersons	370	$34,380	$35,580	2.13	1.23
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	180	$49,990	$50,820	1.07	1.09
Personal Financial Advisors	60	$43,440	$62,350	0.34	0.20
Pest Control Workers	80	$38,480	$41,070	0.45	0.69
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	30	$37,550	$40,680	0.17	1.00
Pharmacists	360	$133,080	$133,360	2.08	1.00
Pharmacy Technicians	730	$36,760	$40,100	4.22	1.39
Phlebotomists	120	$38,860	$39,920	0.67	0.72
Physical Therapist Assistants	320	$65,560	$59,100	1.84	2.54
Physical Therapists	280	$101,190	$98,600	1.60	0.93
Physician Assistants	120	$106,760	$110,500	0.71	0.69
Physicians, All Other	180	$315,840	$322,580	1.05	0.48
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$82,400	$82,210	0.20	2.41
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	70	$36,670	$35,140	0.40	1.93
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	450	$59,740	$64,290	2.60	0.87
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	890	$57,500	$56,500	5.15	1.19
Postal Service Clerks	140	$63,650	$61,490	0.79	1.66
Postal Service Mail Carriers	530	$57,700	$60,270	3.07	1.45
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$100,730	$100,870	0.21	2.35
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	240	$80,500	$85,060	1.42	1.47
Power Plant Operators	160	$93,400	$90,150	0.93	4.92
Prepress Technicians and Workers	—	$53,150	$47,010	—	—
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	770	$29,540	$34,770	4.45	1.44
Printing Press Operators	150	$43,600	$43,320	0.84	0.91
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	110	$59,610	$58,900	0.62	1.09
Procurement Clerks	80	$53,290	$51,230	0.46	1.27
Producers and Directors	60	$55,330	$59,490	0.35	0.38
Production Workers, All Other	260	$36,460	$42,370	1.52	0.94
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	490	$59,260	$61,080	2.85	1.13
Project Management Specialists	960	$76,260	$86,380	5.57	0.81
Property Appraisers and Assessors	30	$58,850	$58,760	0.19	0.52
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	140	$47,480	$52,460	0.83	0.41
Protective Service Workers, All Other	40	$53,800	$52,200	0.24	0.45
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	120	$84,230	$88,540	0.67	2.50
Public Relations Managers	40	$105,890	$130,380	0.23	0.49
Public Relations Specialists	260	$53,760	$65,940	1.51	0.83
Public Safety Telecommunicators	190	$45,160	$43,750	1.12	1.70
Purchasing Managers	70	$112,710	$118,450	0.41	0.75
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	250	$67,790	$68,910	1.43	0.96
Real Estate Sales Agents	130	$59,990	$86,380	0.78	0.63
Receptionists and Information Clerks	740	$29,680	$31,860	4.26	0.73
Recreation Workers	290	$30,720	$31,360	1.69	0.79
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	200	$36,130	$38,040	1.16	1.23
Registered Nurses	3,210	$78,280	$82,970	18.59	0.86
Rehabilitation Counselors	40	$50,440	$50,220	0.25	0.40
Residential Advisors	70	$39,460	$41,810	0.41	0.75
Respiratory Therapists	210	$63,690	$67,540	1.20	1.34
Retail Salespersons	4,010	$28,820	$32,040	23.22	0.93
Sales Managers	350	$115,440	$129,320	2.04	0.50
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	620	$50,320	$62,000	3.60	0.45
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	980	$60,160	$72,160	5.69	0.71
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	200	$77,520	$84,520	1.15	0.63
School Psychologists	70	$68,730	$76,100	0.38	0.93
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,340	$60,260	$58,280	7.77	1.13
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2,630	$44,720	$45,010	15.24	1.39
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	390	$60,340	$84,540	2.25	0.72
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	50	$59,870	$56,300	0.28	0.51
Security Guards	660	$35,980	$40,660	3.82	0.46
Self-Enrichment Teachers	150	$47,060	$47,200	0.84	0.40
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	250	$50,180	$54,100	1.44	3.71
Sewing Machine Operators	180	$24,030	$26,910	1.07	1.58
Sheet Metal Workers	160	$57,310	$61,630	0.92	1.19
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1,410	$40,600	$42,200	8.17	1.55
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	350	$33,080	$33,110	2.04	1.28
Social and Community Service Managers	330	$78,840	$78,100	1.93	1.43
Social and Human Service Assistants	420	$37,540	$40,890	2.45	0.87
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other	120	$66,000	$72,820	0.68	6.38
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	60	$69,030	$72,680	0.35	1.46
Social Workers, All Other	40	$50,540	$66,510	0.23	0.56
Software Developers	600	$105,470	$113,110	3.47	0.32
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	420	$57,760	$55,350	2.42	1.44
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	200	$51,470	$54,630	1.18	1.93
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	270	$56,870	$55,700	1.56	1.48
Speech-Language Pathologists	300	$78,170	$83,340	1.72	1.46
Stockers and Order Fillers	3,550	$35,800	$35,160	20.57	1.13
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	110	$69,850	$72,350	0.66	1.50
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	590	$48,040	$52,750	3.41	1.08
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	70	$38,690	$41,170	0.38	0.11
Surgical Technologists	100	$57,220	$56,930	0.58	0.76
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	60	$46,780	$49,710	0.37	0.99
Surveyors	60	$52,660	$57,030	0.32	0.98
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	30	$30,550	$33,740	0.18	0.84
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	260	$56,770	$55,440	1.50	4.12
Tax Preparers	100	$31,450	$40,680	0.57	1.16
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	250	$61,980	$57,930	1.44	1.97
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,840	$29,250	$30,980	10.66	1.17
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	90	$48,310	$49,920	0.50	0.48
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	230	$57,920	$62,060	1.35	1.49
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	80	$57,750	$57,990	0.47	0.75
Tellers	640	$35,730	$34,660	3.71	1.75
Tire Repairers and Changers	90	$36,240	$36,260	0.53	0.75
Tool and Die Makers	210	$61,830	$60,940	1.19	3.26
Tour and Travel Guides	110	$33,620	$34,700	0.61	1.77
Training and Development Managers	30	$102,940	$109,280	0.17	0.56
Training and Development Specialists	560	$58,200	$57,760	3.22	1.09
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	120	$98,870	$111,840	0.68	0.48
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	90	$22,400	$22,590	0.51	0.65
Veterinarians	110	$96,220	$96,260	0.63	1.17
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	190	$29,970	$31,450	1.07	1.32
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	120	$37,080	$36,650	0.71	0.85
Waiters and Waitresses	1,880	$27,030	$31,590	10.86	0.74
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	350	$45,130	$46,850	2.04	2.47
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	40	$43,310	$44,050	0.22	0.64
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	630	$46,920	$49,220	3.67	1.37
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	120	$62,550	$55,830	0.69	3.41
Writers and Authors	60	$40,760	$46,930	0.35	1.12
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	50	$65,510	$66,010	0.30	2.58

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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