Wages by Occupation in Grants Pass, OR

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Grants Pass, OR metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 30,540 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $50,730 for all occupations combined. 159 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

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

19.7% 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 97.8 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 79.9; 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 2,964 residents (3.4% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±485; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 7.1% in 2025, with a labor force of about 35,319 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

16.7% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±3.2), 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	—	$32,485
High school graduate	$36,662	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$39,236	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$59,522	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$76,348	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	28.5% (±4.0)	24.2%
High school graduate	15.5% (±2.0)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	14.4% (±2.0)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0% (±2.4)	4.5%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	36.3%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	12.0%	10.0%
Business	16.9%	20.1%
Education	13.4%	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	130	$78,070	$82,820	4.18	0.45
Administrative Services Managers	40	$106,670	$115,120	1.41	0.83
Animal Caretakers	50	$35,670	$37,830	1.73	1.01
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	140	$31,900	$34,400	4.72	7.19
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	140	$54,330	$58,510	4.70	1.04
Bakers	60	$37,890	$38,950	1.87	1.23
Bartenders	160	$36,920	$43,900	5.13	1.05
Billing and Posting Clerks	90	$52,070	$52,470	3.02	1.16
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	370	$49,270	$51,470	11.96	1.35
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	40	$62,830	$65,240	1.39	0.74
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	110	$72,000	$78,330	3.58	0.51
Butchers and Meat Cutters	40	$49,800	$48,580	1.34	1.52
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	70	$61,000	$66,040	2.43	0.77
Carpenters	140	$57,160	$62,010	4.51	1.05
Cashiers	760	$34,080	$35,570	24.82	1.25
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	30	$60,220	$62,460	0.99	0.74
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	120	$68,960	$70,450	3.91	1.55
Childcare Workers	120	$37,150	$37,940	3.89	1.17
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	120	$36,260	$37,760	3.96	1.62
Clergy	90	$69,990	$66,130	2.88	7.82
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	80	$46,580	$47,940	2.73	2.68
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	50	$45,780	$52,960	1.55	2.23
Community Health Workers	40	$47,470	$53,070	1.25	3.15
Compliance Officers	50	$73,740	$79,300	1.75	0.65
Computer and Information Systems Managers	40	$167,860	$174,140	1.32	0.31
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	90	$44,880	$46,480	2.95	2.71
Computer Systems Analysts	40	$106,040	$108,160	1.44	0.43
Computer User Support Specialists	50	$57,910	$59,120	1.76	0.38
Construction Laborers	190	$49,240	$53,190	6.24	0.88
Construction Managers	—	$111,850	$123,520	—	—
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	120	$44,140	$44,430	3.96	1.40
Cooks, Restaurant	280	$39,110	$42,610	9.19	1.01
Cost Estimators	30	$64,870	$66,400	0.99	0.69
Counter and Rental Clerks	110	$38,480	$47,290	3.76	1.46
Customer Service Representatives	220	$45,490	$47,520	7.25	0.43
Dental Assistants	90	$58,180	$58,610	2.91	1.17
Dental Hygienists	60	$116,210	$115,400	2.00	1.40
Dentists, General	30	$213,240	$234,150	1.13	1.41
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	60	$35,320	$36,600	2.09	0.60
Dishwashers	100	$35,410	$35,370	3.38	1.10
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	40	$47,900	$49,030	1.44	1.11
Driver/Sales Workers	60	$32,830	$35,740	1.81	0.69
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	80	$128,380	$121,540	2.49	1.18
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	40	$49,170	$55,130	1.22	1.59
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	50	$42,130	$41,740	1.71	1.07
Electricians	60	$88,140	$87,530	2.06	0.42
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	290	$74,260	$72,060	9.60	1.08
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	40	$45,750	$50,800	1.33	1.34
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	60	$62,330	$68,470	2.00	0.68
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	60	$50,250	$55,290	2.02	0.97
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	50	$34,150	$37,090	1.49	0.87
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,240	$34,900	$35,730	40.67	1.64
Financial Managers	70	$139,230	$164,330	2.26	0.42
Firefighters	50	$45,180	$48,290	1.63	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	60	$81,120	$87,220	1.92	0.37
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	280	$46,260	$48,710	9.28	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	30	$52,000	$55,100	1.08	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	80	$82,160	$84,380	2.62	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	180	$69,590	$69,580	5.88	0.64
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	40	$60,310	$58,650	1.40	1.91
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	130	$69,020	$68,960	4.31	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	240	$48,750	$55,770	7.97	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	100	$50,820	$56,720	3.13	0.78
Food Preparation Workers	240	$35,430	$37,420	7.97	1.39
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	80	$34,730	$38,670	2.78	1.47
Food Service Managers	70	$61,700	$67,440	2.45	1.60
Forest and Conservation Technicians	60	$61,020	$62,140	1.93	9.86
General and Operations Managers	520	$84,700	$107,920	16.97	0.75
Healthcare Social Workers	50	$79,050	$77,740	1.51	1.25
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	80	$48,190	$54,910	2.49	0.94
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	170	$58,980	$58,940	5.50	0.41
Highway Maintenance Workers	40	$55,060	$57,170	1.17	1.18
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	4,640	$53,120	$51,080	151.82	5.48
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	100	$40,890	$41,740	3.14	1.13
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	80	$35,660	$37,290	2.58	1.53
Human Resources Specialists	100	$65,520	$70,280	3.15	0.54
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	60	$63,790	$62,650	2.11	0.75
Industrial Production Managers	50	$99,620	$104,350	1.60	1.01
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	50	$50,750	$51,000	1.73	0.35
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	50	$47,260	$45,560	1.61	1.86
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	80	$49,440	$48,880	2.59	0.67
Insurance Sales Agents	100	$55,830	$67,180	3.40	1.10
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	350	$42,070	$42,800	11.61	0.82
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	240	$37,780	$39,500	7.96	0.42
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	180	$45,130	$44,270	5.87	0.96
Lawyers	40	$104,520	$130,820	1.43	0.29
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	120	$82,410	$83,820	3.89	0.93
Light Truck Drivers	90	$47,580	$53,480	2.79	0.44
Loan Officers	50	$94,220	$104,370	1.67	0.94
Machinists	50	$47,870	$50,840	1.66	0.90
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	220	$37,000	$38,030	7.27	1.31
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	220	$48,790	$52,280	7.10	0.72
Management Analysts	40	$98,110	$111,260	1.29	0.22
Managers, All Other	40	$124,190	$125,120	1.42	0.35
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	70	$65,590	$73,780	2.43	0.42
Massage Therapists	40	$94,610	$85,520	1.19	1.87
Medical and Health Services Managers	100	$130,400	$155,820	3.14	0.82
Medical Assistants	220	$48,610	$50,160	7.25	1.38
Medical Equipment Preparers	30	$50,280	$50,920	1.04	2.10
Medical Records Specialists	30	$54,970	$61,050	1.10	0.88
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	300	$49,430	$50,580	9.85	1.59
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	40	$64,130	$67,790	1.16	1.36
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	190	$46,460	$46,230	6.35	0.70
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	80	$36,610	$39,530	2.69	2.78
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	40	$94,420	$94,850	1.23	0.61
New Accounts Clerks	30	$49,080	$49,300	1.00	4.24
Nurse Practitioners	50	$148,160	$147,620	1.79	0.86
Nursing Assistants	420	$49,770	$52,720	13.75	1.48
Office Clerks, General	390	$48,680	$50,470	12.84	0.81
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	90	$63,920	$68,200	2.90	0.94
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	30	$50,020	$51,100	1.11	2.42
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	70	$43,370	$43,400	2.44	1.00
Packers and Packagers, Hand	80	$31,400	$33,040	2.47	0.69
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	80	$47,530	$49,890	2.48	1.71
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	30	$57,380	$61,560	1.11	0.44
Parts Salespersons	70	$38,990	$44,960	2.45	1.41
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	40	$58,270	$60,300	1.35	1.37
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	510	$41,600	$42,060	16.77	43.15
Pharmacists	50	$142,090	$146,480	1.53	0.74
Pharmacy Technicians	80	$51,700	$52,910	2.75	0.91
Physical Therapists	60	$106,550	$105,010	2.02	1.18
Physician Assistants	30	$152,350	$165,750	1.02	0.98
Physicians, All Other	40	$460,430	$385,830	1.42	0.64
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	90	$75,850	$80,090	2.82	0.65
Postal Service Mail Carriers	80	$57,700	$59,120	2.75	1.30
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	100	$45,020	$49,120	3.26	1.06
Production Workers, All Other	50	$48,480	$48,710	1.56	0.97
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	30	$49,090	$53,710	1.08	0.43
Project Management Specialists	90	$95,640	$104,350	3.09	0.45
Protective Service Workers, All Other	90	$60,900	$61,310	2.85	5.43
Receptionists and Information Clerks	200	$39,460	$41,340	6.39	1.09
Recreation Workers	70	$36,530	$41,660	2.45	1.15
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	30	$49,410	$55,100	1.03	9.20
Registered Nurses	540	$106,710	$114,640	17.78	0.82
Retail Salespersons	740	$36,940	$41,950	24.26	0.97
Roofers	40	$51,400	$59,130	1.18	1.35
Sales Managers	50	$126,900	$137,000	1.52	0.37
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	90	$52,830	$65,220	3.08	0.38
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	160	$66,780	$75,230	5.31	0.67
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	150	$82,490	$79,770	4.78	0.70
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	260	$47,340	$48,520	8.43	0.77
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	30	$62,270	$113,030	1.10	0.35
Security Guards	120	$37,030	$42,080	4.07	0.49
Self-Enrichment Teachers	90	$45,710	$46,820	2.79	1.31
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	170	$45,590	$46,750	5.50	1.05
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	110	$37,830	$38,340	3.70	2.32
Social and Community Service Managers	70	$80,480	$92,990	2.21	1.64
Social and Human Service Assistants	160	$50,650	$52,370	5.11	1.82
Social Workers, All Other	70	$73,740	$71,660	2.30	5.67
Software Developers	80	$130,120	$135,760	2.71	0.25
Stockers and Order Fillers	670	$36,500	$38,860	22.02	1.21
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	140	$73,550	$72,160	4.47	1.41
Tax Preparers	40	$39,560	$50,260	1.20	2.44
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	560	$38,140	$40,560	18.32	2.01
Tellers	80	$44,500	$43,510	2.54	1.20
Training and Development Specialists	50	$71,040	$78,940	1.59	0.54
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	60	$38,310	$41,790	1.80	2.22
Waiters and Waitresses	330	$48,950	$51,770	10.80	0.74
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	100	$51,330	$54,530	3.33	1.24

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
Phagans Grants Pass College of Beauty	Private for-profit	2-year	43
Rogue Community College	Public	2-year	4,009

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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