Wages by Occupation in Dover, DE

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Dover, DE metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 68,080 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $46,690 for all occupations combined. 255 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

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

27.5% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.4), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 97.5 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 95.9; 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 14,675 residents (8.1% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±1,039; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 5.3% in 2025, with a labor force of about 85,684 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

28.4% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±2.8), 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	$40,217	$32,485
High school graduate	$40,739	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$46,802	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$53,831	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$76,163	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	23.8% (±3.8)	24.2%
High school graduate	9.2% (±1.5)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	10.6% (±1.6)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7% (±0.8)	4.5%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	29.2%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	11.3%	10.0%
Business	22.1%	20.1%
Education	15.9%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	21.5%	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	710	$72,730	$78,450	10.42	1.12
Administrative Services Managers	50	$118,620	$121,510	0.80	0.47
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	80	$80,390	$79,650	1.23	1.39
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	150	$31,200	$32,040	2.17	0.85
Animal Caretakers	240	$31,200	$33,550	3.45	2.01
Architectural and Civil Drafters	50	$70,840	$67,520	0.70	1.05
Architectural and Engineering Managers	70	$159,330	$167,340	0.96	0.68
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	60	$33,280	$34,800	0.84	1.29
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	60	$47,370	$50,080	0.94	0.98
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	320	$48,800	$53,020	4.64	1.02
Bakers	30	$37,980	$39,500	0.51	0.33
Bartenders	290	$35,210	$40,520	4.20	0.86
Bill and Account Collectors	170	$40,720	$44,440	2.52	2.47
Billing and Posting Clerks	210	$51,720	$48,550	3.15	1.21
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	600	$45,520	$47,160	8.88	1.01
Budget Analysts	90	$79,790	$80,390	1.38	4.55
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	120	$61,820	$64,850	1.83	0.98
Bus Drivers, School	330	$37,620	$43,580	4.85	1.87
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	220	$86,900	$88,810	3.17	0.45
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$78,140	$93,360	0.86	1.63
Butchers and Meat Cutters	40	$43,470	$47,510	0.56	0.64
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	160	$72,650	$80,760	2.35	0.74
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$62,400	$61,760	1.54	2.10
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	120	$76,880	$73,630	1.73	2.41
Carpenters	270	$52,140	$57,460	3.96	0.92
Cashiers	2,010	$31,720	$32,920	29.52	1.49
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	30	$52,570	$57,690	0.48	0.36
Chefs and Head Cooks	80	$59,990	$63,050	1.12	0.87
Chemists	40	$79,300	$85,320	0.60	1.12
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	170	$51,690	$53,430	2.48	0.98
Childcare Workers	90	$31,200	$34,220	1.34	0.40
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	180	$62,120	$57,610	2.69	6.11
Civil Engineers	270	$99,640	$101,530	3.98	1.68
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	80	$89,610	$91,690	1.17	0.56
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	230	$34,540	$35,060	3.44	1.40
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	30	$111,300	$100,330	0.50	1.03
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	40	$58,310	$62,800	0.60	0.28
Coaches and Scouts	70	$61,690	$69,320	1.00	0.63
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	50	$43,300	$44,030	0.68	4.00
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	70	$56,000	$56,850	1.04	1.50
Compliance Officers	300	$62,450	$70,760	4.45	1.66
Computer and Information Systems Managers	200	$169,420	$198,480	2.92	0.68
Computer Network Support Specialists	60	$53,940	$55,990	0.93	0.98
Computer Occupations, All Other	60	$86,050	$94,130	0.88	0.31
Computer Programmers	40	$72,110	$80,490	0.52	0.88
Computer Systems Analysts	250	$101,270	$101,820	3.69	1.10
Computer User Support Specialists	230	$65,080	$64,260	3.31	0.72
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	30	$45,080	$49,420	0.50	1.19
Construction and Building Inspectors	120	$67,890	$68,890	1.83	1.94
Construction Laborers	400	$45,810	$47,600	5.94	0.84
Construction Managers	50	$115,810	$123,140	0.78	0.32
Cooks, Fast Food	140	$31,200	$33,760	2.00	0.48
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	520	$41,370	$41,290	7.66	2.70
Cooks, Restaurant	590	$35,570	$36,570	8.61	0.95
Cost Estimators	70	$72,930	$72,360	1.08	0.75
Counter and Rental Clerks	160	$36,770	$39,820	2.36	0.91
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	350	$44,600	$44,620	5.12	4.43
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	90	$33,670	$36,710	1.31	2.16
Customer Service Representatives	1,000	$42,120	$44,130	14.63	0.88
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	—	$41,640	$45,500	—	—
Data Entry Keyers	80	$37,600	$41,720	1.17	1.44
Database Administrators	50	$83,080	$81,790	0.73	1.63
Dental Assistants	190	$45,700	$45,280	2.79	1.12
Dental Hygienists	130	$96,730	$97,020	1.91	1.33
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	180	$31,200	$33,320	2.58	0.74
Dishwashers	180	$31,200	$32,560	2.62	0.85
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	90	$52,140	$49,930	1.26	0.97
Driver/Sales Workers	150	$31,200	$31,930	2.26	0.86
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	60	$43,540	$47,890	0.91	1.70
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	290	$127,650	$128,130	4.22	2.00
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	70	$113,470	$121,210	0.97	0.83
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	40	$57,280	$60,120	0.65	1.38
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	30	$53,190	$57,110	0.48	0.63
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	350	$74,620	$69,050	5.15	2.27
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	60	$80,750	$76,540	0.86	2.06
Electrical Engineers	60	$122,410	$114,610	0.81	0.63
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	40	$98,590	$98,070	0.64	0.76
Electricians	340	$60,750	$61,840	4.96	1.02
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	580	$75,080	$69,660	8.48	0.95
Emergency Medical Technicians	160	$45,060	$45,160	2.35	2.02
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$60,850	$59,710	0.59	7.53
Environmental Engineers	50	$95,720	$94,840	0.74	3.01
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	150	$59,370	$63,250	2.20	3.84
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	170	$68,420	$67,670	2.52	0.85
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	130	$37,350	$43,910	1.89	0.91
Family Medicine Physicians	130	$233,980	$232,160	1.84	2.66
Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,090	$31,200	$33,120	30.67	1.24
File Clerks	90	$39,940	$42,550	1.31	2.77
Financial and Investment Analysts	—	$91,130	$100,650	—	—
Financial Managers	170	$159,540	$183,440	2.50	0.46
Financial Risk Specialists	40	$122,930	$116,010	0.62	1.52
Financial Specialists, All Other	40	$81,470	$78,500	0.57	0.68
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	290	$77,660	$80,450	4.29	0.82
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	40	$57,940	$56,210	0.60	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	580	$46,720	$49,070	8.47	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	150	$42,940	$45,750	2.25	1.96
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	30	$75,000	$71,240	0.50	0.59
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	290	$80,540	$83,680	4.21	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	80	$88,290	$88,360	1.23	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	750	$67,210	$69,370	10.96	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	30	$42,810	$42,900	0.44	0.60
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	200	$75,720	$76,960	2.93	0.68
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	660	$50,320	$53,420	9.75	1.35
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	40	$50,180	$55,970	0.53	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	290	$61,850	$64,630	4.19	1.05
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	—	$31,200	$32,390	—	—
Food Preparation Workers	300	$34,560	$35,510	4.38	0.76
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	100	$31,200	$32,240	1.50	0.80
Food Service Managers	110	$68,140	$71,120	1.62	1.06
Fundraisers	30	$79,400	$77,470	0.46	0.64
General and Operations Managers	650	$119,990	$130,910	9.56	0.42
Graphic Designers	40	$49,490	$54,360	0.62	0.49
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	170	$31,200	$39,840	2.48	1.26
Healthcare Social Workers	140	$58,470	$63,490	2.02	1.67
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	180	$59,810	$59,160	2.61	0.99
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,440	$54,150	$53,900	21.17	1.60
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	60	$39,310	$42,870	0.82	1.33
Helpers--Production Workers	60	$36,340	$40,630	0.91	0.85
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,070	$32,130	$33,460	30.47	1.10
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	180	$31,200	$32,230	2.69	0.97
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	140	$31,200	$33,160	2.06	1.23
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	60	$49,900	$49,280	0.83	1.43
Human Resources Managers	110	$97,870	$115,050	1.55	1.09
Human Resources Specialists	450	$66,920	$71,270	6.56	1.12
Industrial Engineers	70	$106,180	$106,050	1.03	0.44
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	220	$67,320	$64,620	3.23	1.14
Industrial Production Managers	50	$127,720	$130,230	0.74	0.47
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	500	$46,210	$46,630	7.32	1.47
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	80	$56,870	$56,280	1.10	1.27
Information Security Analysts	60	$92,100	$110,750	0.84	0.68
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	170	$45,520	$52,960	2.49	0.65
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	50	$47,560	$49,380	0.69	0.61
Instructional Coordinators	200	$78,210	$78,130	2.96	2.02
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	60	$47,070	$49,870	0.90	0.65
Insurance Sales Agents	160	$59,980	$62,020	2.28	0.74
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,310	$35,320	$37,130	19.24	1.35
Labor Relations Specialists	80	$93,090	$96,380	1.13	2.71
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	860	$36,180	$37,060	12.66	0.67
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	550	$36,480	$37,900	8.12	1.33
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	150	$32,170	$32,880	2.16	1.69
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	50	$57,130	$55,990	0.78	0.78
Legal Support Workers, All Other	30	$65,560	$74,650	0.50	1.66
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	70	$75,880	$74,640	1.00	1.16
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	300	$62,140	$62,210	4.43	1.06
Light Truck Drivers	550	$39,780	$46,010	8.13	1.29
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	70	$49,040	$47,000	1.09	1.03
Loan Officers	160	$58,540	$72,200	2.34	1.32
Logisticians	70	$77,790	$86,420	0.98	0.61
Machinists	30	$51,230	$56,100	0.46	0.25
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	290	$31,340	$32,490	4.27	0.77
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	410	$45,920	$49,820	6.04	0.61
Management Analysts	460	$77,180	$87,370	6.73	1.17
Managers, All Other	110	$147,500	$146,660	1.59	0.40
Manicurists and Pedicurists	70	$31,200	$34,030	1.01	1.03
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	180	$65,520	$73,540	2.62	0.45
Marketing Managers	50	$182,640	$177,170	0.78	0.31
Marriage and Family Therapists	90	$69,450	$72,180	1.34	3.12
Mechanical Engineers	80	$100,900	$95,840	1.22	0.64
Medical and Health Services Managers	230	$114,610	$139,360	3.39	0.88
Medical Assistants	450	$41,000	$41,890	6.60	1.26
Medical Equipment Repairers	40	$57,410	$60,690	0.61	1.45
Medical Records Specialists	110	$53,920	$54,070	1.68	1.34
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	30	$88,370	$88,880	0.44	0.40
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	560	$38,860	$41,710	8.26	1.34
Medical Transcriptionists	—	$31,200	$35,140	—	—
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	110	$58,670	$55,380	1.56	1.83
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	60	$38,740	$40,520	0.91	0.85
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	520	$61,100	$67,760	7.68	1.93
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	400	$47,650	$45,920	5.88	0.65
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	100	$65,040	$66,400	1.42	1.25
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	50	$31,200	$38,960	0.77	2.55
Natural Sciences Managers	50	$114,800	$131,250	0.69	0.98
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	150	$77,440	$84,430	2.24	1.11
New Accounts Clerks	30	$46,530	$46,250	0.45	1.90
Nurse Practitioners	190	$122,930	$127,710	2.80	1.35
Nursing Assistants	890	$39,600	$40,490	13.11	1.41
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	110	$62,950	$71,520	1.60	1.77
Occupational Therapists	80	$95,610	$97,410	1.17	1.12
Occupational Therapy Assistants	60	$75,440	$72,050	0.87	2.64
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	120	$40,670	$44,350	1.76	1.42
Office Clerks, General	1,390	$37,850	$40,610	20.38	1.29
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	190	$48,860	$54,560	2.77	0.90
Optometrists	30	$165,660	$155,270	0.45	1.64
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	310	$36,800	$41,240	4.62	1.90
Packers and Packagers, Hand	—	$35,440	$40,230	—	—
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	30	$50,490	$48,910	0.47	0.33
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	220	$58,830	$60,910	3.25	1.29
Parts Salespersons	220	$37,450	$40,370	3.17	1.83
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	40	$51,290	$52,410	0.61	0.62
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	30	$34,780	$41,890	0.49	1.27
Personal Financial Advisors	70	$102,670	$138,420	0.95	0.56
Pest Control Workers	50	$44,650	$50,370	0.76	1.14
Pharmacists	90	$151,930	$148,290	1.39	0.67
Pharmacy Technicians	200	$44,910	$45,680	2.94	0.97
Physical Therapist Aides	60	$33,920	$34,110	0.83	2.67
Physical Therapist Assistants	70	$75,580	$67,660	1.05	1.45
Physical Therapists	180	$98,260	$106,280	2.59	1.51
Physician Assistants	60	$129,190	$138,410	0.84	0.81
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	90	$58,410	$64,870	1.36	0.45
Postal Service Clerks	30	$64,830	$63,630	0.50	1.05
Postal Service Mail Carriers	190	$57,580	$59,670	2.85	1.35
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	190	$34,620	$34,580	2.82	0.92
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	60	$57,140	$59,540	0.95	0.38
Project Management Specialists	100	$109,940	$106,800	1.54	0.22
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	60	$61,410	$66,500	0.86	0.43
Public Relations Specialists	190	$76,740	$74,020	2.76	1.51
Public Safety Telecommunicators	50	$53,490	$56,670	0.76	1.15
Real Estate Sales Agents	100	$46,650	$68,770	1.45	1.16
Receptionists and Information Clerks	450	$36,570	$38,010	6.54	1.12
Recreation Workers	120	$33,970	$37,110	1.74	0.82
Registered Nurses	1,700	$91,620	$95,830	24.96	1.15
Rehabilitation Counselors	30	$52,110	$54,290	0.45	0.74
Residential Advisors	60	$44,680	$42,870	0.90	1.65
Respiratory Therapists	60	$84,410	$84,430	0.84	0.93
Retail Salespersons	1,820	$34,060	$36,140	26.72	1.07
Roofers	30	$58,310	$52,740	0.45	0.52
Sales Managers	110	$178,130	$174,310	1.65	0.40
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	240	$63,910	$72,660	3.58	0.44
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	340	$69,980	$76,330	4.99	0.63
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	70	$105,090	$107,140	0.96	0.52
School Bus Monitors	80	$36,410	$36,430	1.24	2.46
School Psychologists	50	$80,280	$85,890	0.75	1.82
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,050	$76,710	$69,440	15.46	2.26
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,170	$45,360	$46,840	17.16	1.56
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	160	$55,340	$73,330	2.29	0.73
Security Guards	240	$35,100	$39,380	3.52	0.43
Sheet Metal Workers	60	$61,460	$63,500	0.93	1.21
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	280	$38,700	$42,500	4.17	0.79
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	200	$35,150	$41,810	2.93	1.83
Social and Community Service Managers	140	$69,180	$75,500	2.10	1.56
Social and Human Service Assistants	170	$40,000	$41,520	2.44	0.87
Software Developers	250	$107,530	$121,730	3.67	0.34
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	30	$111,270	$110,410	0.47	0.39
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	210	$60,520	$67,490	3.02	1.80
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	50	$59,400	$56,070	0.74	3.92
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	240	$66,330	$67,770	3.50	3.32
Speech-Language Pathologists	120	$98,930	$100,080	1.76	1.49
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,330	$39,150	$38,990	19.51	1.07
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	220	$60,990	$62,220	3.22	1.02
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	180	$37,070	$38,130	2.63	0.78
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	50	$53,920	$58,050	0.69	1.84
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	40	$41,900	$38,360	0.62	2.83
Tax Preparers	40	$47,720	$48,880	0.58	1.19
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	920	$37,170	$39,610	13.45	1.47
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	100	$66,670	$68,570	1.52	1.68
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	40	$90,720	$80,200	0.55	0.87
Tellers	180	$39,000	$39,660	2.63	1.24
Tire Repairers and Changers	50	$44,740	$43,110	0.71	1.02
Training and Development Specialists	250	$74,330	$79,100	3.73	1.27
Tutors	50	$31,200	$35,030	0.70	0.62
Urban and Regional Planners	120	$66,550	$70,990	1.71	6.00
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	80	$44,920	$45,380	1.24	1.50
Waiters and Waitresses	970	$36,030	$41,400	14.25	0.98
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	80	$62,410	$64,390	1.23	1.49
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	90	$48,510	$54,560	1.29	0.48

Colleges in this area

5 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
All In The Wrist Barber Academy	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	21
Delaware State University	Public	4-year or above	5,327
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry	Public	4-year or above	13,337
Polytech Adult Education	Public	Less than 2-year	590
Wesley College			—

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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