Wages by Occupation in Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 50,170 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $48,050 for all occupations combined. 263 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	290	$78,650	$83,510	5.84	0.63
Administrative Services Managers	50	$92,050	$100,000	1.09	0.64
Agricultural Inspectors	30	$49,630	$48,880	0.60	6.45
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	60	$77,310	$76,860	1.17	1.32
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	140	$33,100	$34,860	2.69	1.05
Animal Caretakers	70	$34,390	$37,330	1.36	0.79
Architectural and Civil Drafters	40	$81,370	$75,860	0.72	1.08
Architectural and Engineering Managers	50	$173,140	$174,370	1.00	0.71
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	280	$30,690	$33,440	5.55	8.46
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	40	$54,990	$55,700	0.79	0.83
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	240	$48,150	$55,600	4.74	1.05
Bakers	90	$37,530	$39,720	1.70	1.12
Bartenders	370	$35,950	$40,260	7.28	1.50
Billing and Posting Clerks	170	$48,680	$51,260	3.40	1.31
Biological Scientists, All Other	70	$81,330	$79,510	1.36	3.77
Biological Technicians	80	$48,420	$50,470	1.64	3.65
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	630	$46,660	$49,660	12.46	1.41
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	110	$60,650	$62,140	2.25	1.21
Bus Drivers, School	160	$58,170	$54,560	3.15	1.21
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	330	$67,200	$74,550	6.62	0.95
Butchers and Meat Cutters	80	$47,100	$46,990	1.65	1.88
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	110	$64,080	$66,200	2.15	0.68
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$73,180	$72,090	1.18	1.61
Carpenters	380	$53,460	$57,770	7.62	1.77
Cashiers	1,380	$34,300	$34,710	27.49	1.38
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	40	$61,510	$63,870	0.89	0.67
Chefs and Head Cooks	70	$64,990	$68,220	1.31	1.02
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	270	$60,910	$65,950	5.35	2.12
Childcare Workers	180	$36,190	$35,800	3.50	1.05
Civil Engineers	120	$96,900	$96,840	2.47	1.05
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	90	$36,070	$37,260	1.88	0.77
Clergy	140	$59,990	$70,410	2.89	7.86
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	70	$83,910	$80,700	1.38	0.64
Coaches and Scouts	60	$48,400	$56,720	1.13	0.70
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$51,670	$52,150	1.46	1.43
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	80	$45,760	$50,040	1.61	2.32
Community Health Workers	130	$49,820	$53,740	2.56	6.45
Compliance Officers	90	$75,000	$79,130	1.74	0.65
Computer and Information Systems Managers	90	$131,390	$149,080	1.81	0.42
Computer Network Support Specialists	80	$75,070	$71,110	1.69	1.80
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	50	$45,850	$45,700	1.09	1.00
Computer Occupations, All Other	40	$89,420	$86,640	0.85	0.30
Computer Systems Analysts	—	$95,460	$107,760	—	—
Computer User Support Specialists	150	$57,310	$60,830	2.96	0.64
Conservation Scientists	60	$73,010	$83,640	1.27	7.62
Construction and Building Inspectors	30	$77,850	$77,940	0.63	0.66
Construction Laborers	410	$47,230	$50,560	8.22	1.17
Construction Managers	110	$123,220	$122,430	2.22	0.91
Cooks, Fast Food	140	$35,230	$36,190	2.85	0.69
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	290	$38,090	$40,140	5.83	2.06
Cooks, Restaurant	650	$38,740	$41,110	12.95	1.43
Correctional Officers and Jailers	110	$65,870	$68,920	2.11	0.86
Cost Estimators	70	$75,370	$84,070	1.43	0.99
Counter and Rental Clerks	170	$41,830	$48,070	3.43	1.33
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	130	$55,990	$57,870	2.63	2.28
Customer Service Representatives	350	$39,860	$41,240	6.92	0.41
Data Entry Keyers	50	$30,620	$35,370	1.03	1.27
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	50	$44,170	$47,800	1.07	2.57
Dental Assistants	150	$50,040	$52,190	3.05	1.22
Dental Hygienists	110	$104,860	$112,200	2.22	1.55
Dentists, General	50	$154,890	$185,630	1.07	1.34
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	30	$106,300	$108,850	0.68	1.17
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	120	$34,290	$35,060	2.46	0.70
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	40	$44,060	$45,350	0.81	5.71
Dishwashers	210	$34,480	$34,420	4.12	1.34
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	60	$45,960	$53,290	1.12	0.86
Driver/Sales Workers	110	$34,490	$40,640	2.19	0.83
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	180	$125,210	$121,210	3.66	1.73
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	60	$84,780	$101,860	1.18	1.01
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	30	$59,350	$58,340	0.69	1.45
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	140	$37,130	$42,950	2.69	3.53
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	100	$61,860	$69,710	1.95	0.86
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	30	$98,260	$114,570	0.68	1.63
Electrical Engineers	50	$126,170	$126,280	1.05	0.82
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	150	$128,140	$123,570	2.96	3.51
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	50	$46,420	$47,030	0.91	0.57
Electricians	180	$79,820	$86,680	3.53	0.72
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	30	$107,000	$123,620	0.68	1.09
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	510	$74,170	$70,120	10.22	1.14
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	40	$53,090	$50,940	0.76	0.76
Emergency Medical Technicians	50	$49,710	$51,310	0.99	0.85
Emergency Medicine Physicians	30	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	0.64	3.05
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	50	$69,990	$72,490	0.98	4.01
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	30	$89,160	$89,360	0.64	1.11
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	110	$69,990	$71,930	2.12	0.72
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	110	$55,850	$54,900	2.11	1.02
Facilities Managers	30	$95,560	$108,460	0.68	0.68
Family Medicine Physicians	40	$279,460	$252,740	0.84	1.22
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	40	$53,290	$57,730	0.87	3.57
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	260	$32,400	$34,620	5.09	2.98
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,850	$33,170	$33,950	36.90	1.49
Financial Managers	140	$133,550	$150,330	2.72	0.50
Firefighters	220	$49,910	$59,660	4.45	2.00
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	190	$78,160	$87,660	3.74	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	30	$50,640	$49,930	0.61	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	50	$108,360	$101,220	0.90	1.42
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	510	$44,570	$47,020	10.26	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	80	$48,330	$52,680	1.56	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	30	$66,260	$67,620	0.65	0.78
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	210	$80,270	$84,620	4.10	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	30	$62,920	$74,490	0.68	0.49
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	360	$66,520	$68,660	7.08	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	40	$49,640	$51,950	0.83	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	70	$102,380	$101,430	1.49	1.50
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	240	$61,190	$66,480	4.80	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	460	$47,250	$53,640	9.10	1.26
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	190	$55,210	$59,680	3.88	0.97
Food Batchmakers	60	$35,060	$37,030	1.28	1.14
Food Preparation Workers	380	$35,100	$36,020	7.54	1.31
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	90	$33,210	$36,250	1.70	0.90
Food Service Managers	130	$59,440	$69,010	2.53	1.65
Forest and Conservation Technicians	410	$53,290	$59,260	8.08	41.32
Foresters	40	$73,920	$76,320	0.86	12.81
Fundraisers	40	$55,830	$59,840	0.80	1.12
General and Operations Managers	860	$90,220	$107,110	17.09	0.76
Graphic Designers	40	$58,990	$61,340	0.80	0.63
Health Education Specialists	30	$66,700	$70,600	0.63	1.50
Healthcare Social Workers	50	$81,140	$81,620	1.08	0.90
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	100	$46,850	$46,040	2.00	2.83
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	80	$58,400	$61,910	1.62	0.62
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	600	$58,900	$61,110	11.94	0.90
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	40	$38,370	$40,630	0.81	1.33
Helpers--Production Workers	80	$44,610	$43,660	1.54	1.45
Highway Maintenance Workers	190	$68,590	$65,620	3.85	3.87
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	900	$38,310	$39,430	18.04	0.65
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	150	$37,370	$38,130	2.91	1.04
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	230	$35,620	$36,600	4.63	2.76
Human Resources Managers	40	$120,740	$131,210	0.74	0.52
Human Resources Specialists	190	$69,240	$71,770	3.70	0.63
Industrial Engineers	30	$100,970	$105,830	0.60	0.25
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	240	$65,260	$75,090	4.82	1.71
Industrial Production Managers	80	$100,960	$114,560	1.53	0.97
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	220	$46,490	$45,950	4.39	0.88
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	90	$45,090	$43,590	1.78	2.05
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	100	$47,780	$50,880	2.06	0.53
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	50	$48,360	$52,980	1.05	0.93
Instructional Coordinators	80	$82,010	$84,750	1.51	1.03
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	50	$36,410	$39,720	0.93	0.67
Insurance Sales Agents	120	$60,480	$71,930	2.34	0.76
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	50	$45,330	$46,600	1.02	1.07
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	680	$37,630	$39,290	13.46	0.95
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	60	$67,110	$69,120	1.16	1.65
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	700	$36,340	$36,750	13.96	0.74
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	300	$44,040	$43,050	6.00	0.98
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	60	$35,740	$36,560	1.29	1.02
Lawyers	100	$103,990	$116,220	1.97	0.41
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	40	$59,790	$64,340	0.90	1.04
Library Assistants, Clerical	60	$32,170	$34,670	1.14	2.07
Library Technicians	40	$47,010	$47,590	0.76	1.71
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	100	$77,400	$77,720	1.90	0.46
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	70	$36,540	$36,690	1.49	1.47
Light Truck Drivers	190	$43,150	$45,890	3.84	0.61
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	40	$48,990	$48,480	0.75	0.71
Loan Officers	60	$88,560	$97,700	1.29	0.73
Lodging Managers	60	$62,660	$65,970	1.16	4.22
Logging Equipment Operators	90	$57,220	$56,810	1.87	13.79
Logisticians	30	$78,850	$78,690	0.66	0.41
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	100	$42,430	$44,230	1.97	7.24
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	490	$35,660	$36,450	9.78	1.77
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	610	$50,260	$51,480	12.06	1.23
Management Analysts	110	$86,640	$104,740	2.15	0.37
Managers, All Other	150	$106,550	$123,870	3.03	0.76
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	170	$66,710	$74,290	3.36	0.58
Marketing Managers	60	$152,430	$165,290	1.11	0.44
Massage Therapists	30	$85,670	$84,050	0.67	1.05
Mechanical Engineers	60	$124,800	$127,940	1.29	0.67
Medical and Health Services Managers	150	$125,330	$148,050	2.95	0.77
Medical Assistants	430	$48,150	$49,730	8.52	1.62
Medical Equipment Preparers	50	$40,210	$43,780	1.05	2.11
Medical Records Specialists	110	$55,140	$61,570	2.22	1.77
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	570	$47,040	$48,120	11.33	1.83
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	50	$62,620	$65,070	0.97	1.13
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	40	$40,870	$42,400	0.79	0.75
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	240	$74,760	$73,200	4.80	1.20
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	170	$45,570	$45,780	3.44	0.38
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	110	$70,870	$72,030	2.21	1.95
Natural Sciences Managers	40	$115,920	$123,570	0.80	1.15
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	100	$99,110	$94,850	1.92	0.95
New Accounts Clerks	70	$46,790	$46,110	1.31	5.54
Nurse Practitioners	110	$140,150	$143,380	2.20	1.06
Nursing Assistants	440	$47,100	$48,300	8.76	0.94
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	40	$80,010	$81,250	0.87	0.96
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	70	$41,600	$44,310	1.48	1.20
Office Clerks, General	750	$47,370	$47,920	14.92	0.94
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	240	$66,760	$72,500	4.76	1.55
Operations Research Analysts	40	$77,840	$81,410	0.75	1.08
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	—	$36,670	$42,300	—	—
Opticians, Dispensing	40	$44,390	$45,080	0.72	1.52
Order Clerks	30	$48,200	$49,150	0.63	1.30
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	160	$38,050	$39,820	3.17	1.30
Packers and Packagers, Hand	380	$33,920	$34,440	7.67	2.13
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	100	$47,470	$54,230	1.90	1.31
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	70	$61,160	$65,400	1.42	0.56
Parts Salespersons	140	$41,150	$45,250	2.71	1.56
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	80	$56,740	$55,430	1.62	1.64
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	530	$41,600	$41,340	10.53	27.09
Pharmacists	90	$164,810	$154,980	1.81	0.87
Pharmacy Technicians	150	$49,800	$52,740	3.01	0.99
Phlebotomists	60	$44,660	$46,260	1.25	1.35
Physical Therapists	90	$110,490	$112,720	1.77	1.03
Physician Assistants	80	$134,320	$149,860	1.69	1.62
Physicians, All Other	90	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	1.74	0.79
Pipelayers	40	$61,720	$62,860	0.72	3.40
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	90	$78,580	$75,540	1.87	0.62
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	260	$77,750	$77,200	5.15	1.19
Postal Service Clerks	70	$57,820	$56,140	1.36	2.86
Postal Service Mail Carriers	110	$55,490	$58,350	2.25	1.07
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	240	$50,020	$55,880	4.80	4.98
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	270	$43,610	$43,460	5.43	1.76
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	40	$68,070	$74,860	0.86	1.49
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	30	$55,210	$59,930	0.62	0.25
Project Management Specialists	220	$99,280	$102,460	4.44	0.65
Protective Service Workers, All Other	70	$50,260	$55,320	1.34	2.55
Public Relations Specialists	70	$58,800	$62,670	1.31	0.72
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	80	$86,620	$90,620	1.56	1.05
Receptionists and Information Clerks	380	$37,440	$39,080	7.55	1.29
Recreation Workers	100	$35,270	$39,780	2.08	0.97
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	130	$59,960	$59,780	2.59	2.73
Registered Nurses	930	$123,350	$119,530	18.50	0.85
Rehabilitation Counselors	30	$44,820	$51,150	0.68	1.12
Respiratory Therapists	50	$99,800	$95,600	1.05	1.17
Retail Salespersons	1,170	$35,360	$38,240	23.40	0.93
Roofers	100	$49,440	$54,050	1.94	2.22
Sales Managers	80	$137,920	$148,150	1.62	0.40
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	170	$44,630	$62,330	3.45	0.43
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	240	$71,360	$81,390	4.72	0.59
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	30	$123,690	$135,590	0.62	0.34
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	110	$45,640	$45,430	2.17	8.24
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	270	$74,970	$70,020	5.41	0.79
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	640	$47,290	$48,980	12.74	1.16
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	60	$49,770	$80,280	1.22	0.39
Security Guards	180	$43,510	$42,610	3.52	0.43
Self-Enrichment Teachers	100	$45,060	$49,640	2.07	0.97
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	80	$50,090	$50,450	1.54	3.99
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	220	$42,880	$45,350	4.30	0.82
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	90	$36,090	$35,910	1.82	1.14
Social and Community Service Managers	100	$81,070	$89,070	2.01	1.49
Social and Human Service Assistants	370	$50,650	$52,090	7.46	2.65
Social Workers, All Other	120	$66,760	$67,240	2.38	5.87
Software Developers	160	$129,990	$136,840	3.28	0.30
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	70	$76,910	$74,700	1.47	0.87
Speech-Language Pathologists	30	$93,580	$90,350	0.69	0.58
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,080	$37,160	$39,360	21.57	1.18
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	260	$65,100	$69,290	5.09	1.61
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	110	$58,340	$54,670	2.28	0.68
Surgical Technologists	30	$80,730	$80,960	0.65	0.86
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	30	$60,750	$59,480	0.60	1.62
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	50	$74,710	$74,670	0.94	1.29
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	860	$36,960	$38,240	17.11	1.87
Tellers	70	$43,140	$41,880	1.47	0.69
Tire Repairers and Changers	120	$46,610	$43,830	2.34	3.36
Tour and Travel Guides	40	$43,790	$44,180	0.79	2.28
Training and Development Specialists	80	$58,950	$70,590	1.54	0.52
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	60	$97,270	$101,800	1.10	0.77
Tutors	40	$34,740	$45,780	0.73	0.65
Veterinarians	50	$98,250	$107,770	0.95	1.76
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	40	$47,470	$43,820	0.71	0.85
Waiters and Waitresses	760	$39,880	$46,590	15.13	1.04
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	90	$64,060	$64,860	1.79	2.16
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	60	$53,330	$56,720	1.22	0.46
Wind Turbine Service Technicians	30	$65,050	$65,660	0.67	10.43
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	110	$47,650	$47,790	2.20	5.57
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	90	$83,780	$82,650	1.76	15.14

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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