Wages by Occupation in Dothan, AL

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Dothan, AL metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 60,720 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $38,170 for all occupations combined. 248 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

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

21.2% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±0.8), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 83.8 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 46.9; 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 6,281 residents (4.3% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±503; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 2.8% in 2025, with a labor force of about 69,155 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

19.1% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.5), 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	$28,410	$32,485
High school graduate	$35,188	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$41,739	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$54,496	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$72,388	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	30.0% (±2.7)	24.2%
High school graduate	18.8% (±1.5)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	11.8% (±1.0)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8% (±0.8)	4.5%

Unemployment rate by education, ages 25 to 64

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	8.9% (±2.5)	7.7%
High school graduate	5.7% (±1.1)	5.9%
Some college or associate's degree	3.5% (±0.6)	4.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0% (±0.7)	2.8%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	28.2%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	11.7%	10.0%
Business	23.2%	20.1%
Education	18.7%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	18.1%	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	610	$67,330	$76,010	10.11	1.08
Advertising Sales Agents	30	$37,770	$43,260	0.50	0.85
Agricultural Equipment Operators	80	$36,050	$38,290	1.29	7.05
Agricultural Inspectors	110	$31,450	$36,190	1.79	19.37
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	30	$61,060	$61,770	0.54	0.61
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	180	$20,800	$21,670	2.94	1.15
Animal Caretakers	150	$26,730	$31,050	2.42	1.41
Architectural and Civil Drafters	40	$49,260	$52,460	0.60	0.90
Architectural and Engineering Managers	50	$174,110	$161,720	0.83	0.59
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	90	$27,380	$28,590	1.43	2.18
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	70	$45,780	$48,350	1.18	1.22
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	300	$44,170	$46,590	4.99	1.10
Bakers	60	$31,440	$30,440	0.97	0.64
Bartenders	190	$27,420	$31,440	3.10	0.64
Bill and Account Collectors	60	$36,400	$37,420	1.03	1.01
Billing and Posting Clerks	160	$35,990	$37,040	2.62	1.01
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	560	$41,330	$42,280	9.30	1.05
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	270	$50,500	$53,030	4.51	2.42
Bus Drivers, School	310	$16,970	$17,170	5.16	1.99
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	30	$36,920	$39,560	0.52	0.51
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	40	$84,580	$89,050	0.62	0.09
Butchers and Meat Cutters	90	$36,690	$35,530	1.49	1.70
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	150	$59,450	$67,310	2.48	0.78
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	70	$37,410	$37,680	1.07	2.17
Cargo and Freight Agents	50	$58,610	$57,470	0.83	1.32
Carpenters	130	$42,800	$43,120	2.21	0.51
Cashiers	1,630	$27,040	$26,490	26.77	1.35
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	70	$43,810	$42,960	1.13	0.85
Chemical Technicians	30	$53,610	$75,180	0.56	1.51
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	140	$45,530	$49,040	2.27	0.90
Childcare Workers	140	$21,910	$23,780	2.39	0.72
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	30	$44,940	$53,460	0.50	1.13
Civil Engineers	80	$92,280	$98,640	1.40	0.59
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	200	$31,770	$32,850	3.38	1.38
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	240	$49,360	$52,020	3.90	1.82
Coaches and Scouts	60	$21,520	$31,060	0.92	0.58
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	130	$39,030	$41,480	2.18	2.13
Compliance Officers	60	$58,220	$64,630	1.00	0.37
Computer and Information Systems Managers	90	$125,160	$126,810	1.54	0.36
Computer Network Architects	60	$104,040	$113,610	1.03	0.89
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	70	$44,320	$45,060	1.08	0.99
Computer Systems Analysts	50	$82,230	$82,450	0.87	0.26
Computer User Support Specialists	110	$47,000	$50,400	1.78	0.39
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	50	$35,830	$41,580	0.75	1.77
Construction and Building Inspectors	40	$61,300	$60,220	0.66	0.70
Construction Laborers	600	$32,000	$33,580	9.89	1.40
Construction Managers	180	$79,320	$91,750	3.02	1.23
Cooks, Fast Food	820	$26,020	$25,930	13.51	3.28
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	180	$27,860	$26,790	2.94	1.04
Cooks, Restaurant	560	$29,710	$31,120	9.26	1.02
Cooks, Short Order	—	$21,250	$24,440	—	—
Correctional Officers and Jailers	100	$45,900	$41,680	1.63	0.67
Cost Estimators	80	$61,400	$64,890	1.36	0.94
Counter and Rental Clerks	230	$32,010	$35,870	3.82	1.48
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	80	$36,830	$38,850	1.36	1.18
Customer Service Representatives	840	$36,180	$38,310	13.79	0.83
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	150	$37,590	$38,780	2.54	2.30
Dental Assistants	140	$36,820	$38,870	2.25	0.90
Dental Hygienists	100	$58,310	$56,700	1.62	1.13
Dental Laboratory Technicians	50	$47,390	$43,480	0.75	3.39
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	70	$62,620	$64,630	1.11	1.91
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	110	$21,600	$21,570	1.84	0.53
Dishwashers	110	$27,560	$26,840	1.80	0.59
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	40	$45,810	$49,220	0.69	0.53
Driver/Sales Workers	160	$40,940	$41,020	2.66	1.01
Education Administrators, All Other	—	$83,590	$78,260	—	—
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	90	$97,800	$95,800	1.47	0.70
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	30	$36,450	$44,110	0.54	1.15
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	100	$59,070	$59,110	1.63	0.72
Electrical Engineers	70	$99,290	$100,210	1.13	0.88
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	90	$75,640	$75,260	1.43	1.70
Electricians	280	$47,630	$56,960	4.58	0.94
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	—	$60,950	$58,280	—	—
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	70	$55,040	$53,150	1.11	1.12
Emergency Medical Technicians	100	$32,920	$33,720	1.64	1.41
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	50	$58,740	$62,570	0.78	0.26
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	40	$31,620	$36,590	0.71	0.34
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	40	$47,490	$50,040	0.72	2.95
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	70	$32,970	$34,150	1.20	0.70
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,200	$22,360	$23,250	19.71	0.80
Financial and Investment Analysts	30	$79,180	$97,070	0.54	0.23
Financial Managers	140	$124,810	$138,710	2.28	0.42
Firefighters	270	$36,610	$40,810	4.45	2.00
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	330	$60,410	$63,440	5.50	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	100	$39,580	$45,940	1.60	2.42
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	30	$58,540	$61,890	0.55	3.04
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	60	$59,060	$71,230	0.99	1.55
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	600	$35,570	$38,480	9.87	1.25
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	70	$40,060	$41,180	1.17	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	40	$47,310	$49,150	0.61	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	400	$65,670	$74,690	6.55	1.65
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	70	$75,210	$77,000	1.09	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	580	$56,650	$58,840	9.54	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	30	$36,300	$46,010	0.57	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	40	$64,020	$80,880	0.61	0.61
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	430	$61,350	$67,420	7.12	1.64
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	990	$43,410	$46,320	16.23	2.25
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	420	$60,770	$62,090	6.97	1.74
Food Batchmakers	90	$44,680	$41,450	1.41	1.25
Food Preparation Workers	650	$26,580	$26,450	10.75	1.87
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	180	$26,000	$26,070	3.00	1.59
Food Service Managers	150	$61,640	$73,610	2.53	1.65
General and Operations Managers	840	$96,840	$115,570	13.85	0.61
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	80	$35,600	$33,810	1.26	7.80
Graphic Designers	40	$48,130	$49,690	0.60	0.47
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	90	$28,150	$31,900	1.56	0.79
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	50	$42,820	$44,560	0.80	0.68
Healthcare Social Workers	60	$60,000	$58,400	0.99	0.82
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	250	$46,210	$47,650	4.13	1.57
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,640	$61,900	$59,910	27.06	2.04
Helpers--Electricians	70	$35,740	$35,600	1.17	2.86
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	50	$30,500	$33,200	0.86	1.40
Helpers--Production Workers	280	$34,320	$32,230	4.56	4.28
Highway Maintenance Workers	90	$38,030	$37,810	1.53	1.54
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	890	$27,160	$28,080	14.68	0.53
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	160	$23,570	$25,430	2.65	0.95
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	130	$26,970	$26,560	2.18	1.30
Human Resources Managers	40	$109,990	$125,680	0.65	0.45
Human Resources Specialists	230	$59,810	$66,470	3.71	0.63
Industrial Engineers	60	$94,090	$91,160	0.99	0.42
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	260	$51,600	$56,330	4.25	1.50
Industrial Production Managers	90	$102,100	$116,590	1.51	0.95
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	380	$37,140	$37,720	6.18	1.24
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	300	$36,440	$37,250	4.87	1.27
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	40	$38,010	$45,090	0.65	0.58
Instructional Coordinators	40	$75,420	$75,570	0.65	0.45
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	30	$37,680	$37,230	0.53	0.39
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	200	$31,180	$31,140	3.34	3.51
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	740	$28,290	$28,780	12.15	0.86
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	30	$48,930	$66,720	0.50	3.25
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	1,260	$35,960	$35,480	20.68	1.09
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	300	$33,280	$32,190	4.88	0.80
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	100	$25,980	$26,800	1.64	1.29
Lawyers	140	$129,990	$133,050	2.29	0.47
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	90	$36,310	$40,730	1.47	1.46
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	70	$63,040	$56,260	1.13	1.31
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	540	$47,820	$47,430	8.88	2.13
Light Truck Drivers	540	$36,400	$42,310	8.87	1.40
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	80	$39,710	$40,060	1.37	1.30
Loan Officers	150	$66,230	$83,070	2.45	1.39
Logging Equipment Operators	40	$37,610	$41,880	0.70	5.17
Logisticians	50	$63,490	$71,130	0.84	0.52
Machinists	90	$50,740	$52,170	1.52	0.83
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	290	$25,710	$25,940	4.72	0.85
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	430	$39,340	$42,020	7.07	0.72
Management Analysts	30	$100,950	$105,460	0.53	0.09
Manicurists and Pedicurists	40	$34,890	$34,550	0.73	0.74
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	170	$47,790	$56,540	2.73	0.47
Marketing Managers	30	$99,440	$113,620	0.50	0.20
Mechanical Engineers	40	$93,750	$96,210	0.73	0.38
Medical and Health Services Managers	370	$86,450	$98,260	6.10	1.59
Medical Assistants	560	$35,000	$34,540	9.29	1.77
Medical Equipment Preparers	90	$30,270	$29,780	1.56	3.13
Medical Records Specialists	110	$39,630	$41,220	1.74	1.39
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	690	$35,560	$37,120	11.34	1.83
Medical Transcriptionists	40	$39,130	$40,340	0.63	2.37
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	180	$46,400	$45,940	2.99	2.82
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	210	$58,750	$58,950	3.39	0.85
Millwrights	60	$50,630	$51,280	0.92	3.54
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	740	$34,560	$34,240	12.25	1.36
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	30	$37,770	$39,780	0.54	0.88
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	80	$61,060	$59,270	1.39	1.22
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	60	$34,230	$34,550	1.00	1.03
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	70	$48,160	$44,080	1.12	1.40
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	130	$75,460	$79,460	2.22	1.10
Nurse Anesthetists	90	$187,980	$198,950	1.47	4.41
Nurse Practitioners	260	$105,730	$112,950	4.25	2.05
Nursing Assistants	930	$29,830	$29,800	15.27	1.64
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	50	$77,350	$84,020	0.76	0.84
Occupational Therapists	60	$89,380	$94,450	0.97	0.93
Office Clerks, General	420	$27,180	$29,170	6.89	0.43
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	200	$47,120	$48,950	3.28	1.07
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	110	$35,550	$35,260	1.83	4.01
Opticians, Dispensing	90	$34,420	$34,440	1.47	3.11
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	90	$36,260	$36,400	1.50	0.61
Packers and Packagers, Hand	210	$29,650	$31,310	3.46	0.96
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	70	$43,910	$43,140	1.16	0.80
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	120	$47,260	$49,360	1.97	0.78
Paramedics	100	$39,180	$42,920	1.61	2.49
Parking Attendants	50	$26,260	$24,470	0.79	0.89
Parts Salespersons	270	$31,010	$35,170	4.48	2.58
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	40	$38,550	$41,480	0.73	0.74
Personal Financial Advisors	50	$120,430	$181,450	0.78	0.45
Pest Control Workers	90	$38,410	$40,300	1.48	2.25
Pharmacists	160	$131,230	$131,490	2.62	1.26
Pharmacy Technicians	260	$38,830	$40,060	4.25	1.40
Phlebotomists	80	$35,730	$35,070	1.24	1.34
Physical Therapist Aides	40	$25,360	$26,830	0.62	2.00
Physical Therapist Assistants	130	$56,150	$57,820	2.06	2.85
Physical Therapists	120	$95,460	$107,240	1.93	1.12
Physician Assistants	40	$103,890	$117,910	0.73	0.70
Physicians, All Other	220	$363,120	$330,960	3.57	1.62
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	130	$49,070	$51,550	2.21	0.74
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	430	$59,210	$56,840	7.01	1.63
Postal Service Clerks	40	$60,790	$60,440	0.66	1.39
Postal Service Mail Carriers	180	$59,010	$60,050	3.00	1.42
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	240	$27,700	$30,290	3.99	1.29
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	30	$64,140	$65,710	0.53	0.92
Producers and Directors	30	$46,080	$60,030	0.50	0.54
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	70	$43,840	$54,790	1.16	0.46
Project Management Specialists	60	$135,260	$121,010	0.96	0.14
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	60	$49,360	$57,610	1.02	0.51
Psychiatric Technicians	140	$34,930	$35,980	2.33	2.31
Public Relations Specialists	30	$59,290	$65,700	0.56	0.31
Public Safety Telecommunicators	70	$40,450	$40,930	1.15	1.74
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	160	$52,230	$55,360	2.70	1.82
Radiologists	—	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	—	—
Receptionists and Information Clerks	400	$30,060	$30,720	6.66	1.14
Recreation Workers	190	$28,740	$29,530	3.06	1.44
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	120	$39,350	$41,720	2.05	2.17
Registered Nurses	1,940	$67,430	$70,540	31.94	1.47
Residential Advisors	60	$28,160	$27,230	1.00	1.84
Respiratory Therapists	100	$61,290	$59,300	1.71	1.90
Retail Salespersons	2,360	$28,770	$32,380	38.89	1.55
Sales Managers	120	$101,950	$116,270	1.98	0.48
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	280	$54,940	$60,690	4.59	0.57
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	700	$59,240	$66,890	11.53	1.45
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	40	$86,080	$97,420	0.71	0.39
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	550	$61,190	$62,120	9.01	1.31
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,190	$39,500	$40,990	19.53	1.78
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	160	$45,970	$61,530	2.64	0.84
Security Guards	650	$30,720	$35,120	10.73	1.30
Self-Enrichment Teachers	60	$36,330	$41,740	1.00	0.47
Sewing Machine Operators	190	$30,320	$31,740	3.20	4.74
Sheet Metal Workers	30	$45,700	$46,600	0.56	0.72
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	230	$35,000	$37,040	3.82	0.73
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	50	$28,460	$29,930	0.76	0.48
Social and Community Service Managers	50	$63,940	$69,360	0.76	0.57
Social and Human Service Assistants	120	$24,020	$25,730	1.96	0.70
Software Developers	160	$115,580	$116,830	2.55	0.24
Speech-Language Pathologists	70	$69,870	$81,320	1.13	0.96
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,330	$33,910	$34,040	21.93	1.20
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	80	$38,620	$39,850	1.40	4.15
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	150	$48,580	$49,780	2.46	0.78
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	100	$28,410	$27,040	1.71	0.51
Surgical Technologists	140	$47,100	$44,390	2.31	3.05
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	40	$44,600	$44,160	0.64	1.72
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	50	$59,610	$60,510	0.88	2.41
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	240	$23,300	$24,300	4.03	0.44
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	60	$58,800	$59,290	1.06	1.17
Tellers	210	$36,750	$36,670	3.44	1.62
Training and Development Specialists	120	$120,020	$95,320	1.93	0.65
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	40	$116,340	$131,430	0.71	0.50
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	50	$30,210	$32,240	0.76	0.91
Waiters and Waitresses	960	$24,520	$25,460	15.79	1.08
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	90	$49,040	$48,590	1.56	1.89
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	40	$41,130	$39,960	0.58	1.70
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	310	$45,210	$46,100	5.16	1.93

Colleges in this area

2 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
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	778
Fortis College-Dothan	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	177

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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