Wages by Occupation in High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 111,260 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $47,420 for all occupations combined. 349 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	650	$75,580	$83,350	5.85	0.63
Administrative Services Managers	70	$90,270	$93,670	0.66	0.39
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	450	$28,170	$31,780	4.09	1.60
Animal Caretakers	280	$52,000	$46,780	2.52	1.47
Anthropologists and Archeologists	30	$77,890	$78,420	0.29	4.98
Architectural and Civil Drafters	90	$59,820	$64,090	0.85	1.28
Architectural and Engineering Managers	110	$147,100	$183,460	0.96	0.68
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	170	$66,600	$71,860	1.50	2.50
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	40	$33,160	$32,240	0.38	0.58
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	80	$48,290	$45,630	0.70	0.73
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	700	$45,380	$48,750	6.28	1.38
Bakers	190	$34,360	$33,460	1.69	1.11
Bartenders	240	$29,150	$38,220	2.11	0.43
Bill and Account Collectors	90	$37,660	$38,970	0.80	0.78
Billing and Posting Clerks	230	$45,900	$46,370	2.03	0.78
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$63,860	$69,190	0.37	1.14
Biological Scientists, All Other	110	$88,610	$84,580	1.02	2.85
Biological Technicians	40	$44,950	$47,670	0.39	0.86
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	850	$45,080	$46,910	7.68	0.87
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	40	$50,550	$51,710	0.34	1.00
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	320	$60,890	$61,440	2.88	1.55
Bus Drivers, School	—	$55,040	$58,550	—	—
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	—	$47,150	$48,380	—	—
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	500	$78,640	$84,330	4.46	0.64
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$97,410	$99,530	0.36	0.68
Butchers and Meat Cutters	110	$35,940	$39,110	0.99	1.13
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	140	$65,170	$69,100	1.22	0.39
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	130	$45,860	$45,970	1.16	2.33
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	260	$60,060	$56,590	2.30	3.13
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	60	$73,590	$72,380	0.51	0.71
Carpenters	960	$51,230	$54,690	8.66	2.01
Cashiers	2,350	$29,030	$30,480	21.08	1.06
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	390	$48,500	$53,060	3.50	2.64
Chefs and Head Cooks	130	$71,430	$63,210	1.21	0.94
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	110	$55,660	$57,340	1.03	1.15
Chemical Technicians	40	$60,060	$64,190	0.33	0.90
Chemists	30	$103,330	$111,130	0.30	0.57
Chief Executives	210	$156,330	$183,680	1.85	1.41
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	270	$40,400	$46,760	2.42	0.96
Childcare Workers	320	$30,810	$32,800	2.84	0.85
Chiropractors	30	$53,510	$69,070	0.28	1.11
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	50	$72,150	$71,100	0.46	1.03
Civil Engineers	290	$93,220	$100,320	2.58	1.09
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	90	$77,650	$78,300	0.80	0.38
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	240	$34,790	$33,990	2.13	0.87
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	60	$75,920	$87,340	0.57	1.17
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	200	$62,470	$64,460	1.77	0.83
Coaches and Scouts	160	$48,140	$53,790	1.46	0.91
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$45,090	$45,370	0.84	0.82
Commercial Pilots	40	$95,730	$109,910	0.36	1.17
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$60,430	$73,050	0.27	1.45
Community Health Workers	40	$42,430	$46,870	0.35	0.89
Compliance Officers	170	$66,390	$70,520	1.50	0.56
Computer and Information Systems Managers	110	$124,260	$137,200	0.95	0.22
Computer Network Support Specialists	40	$65,550	$66,860	0.40	0.43
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	100	$36,080	$41,210	0.90	0.83
Computer Occupations, All Other	250	$92,940	$80,930	2.23	0.80
Computer Programmers	30	$99,820	$93,540	0.28	0.47
Computer Systems Analysts	40	$107,920	$101,260	0.38	0.11
Computer User Support Specialists	260	$59,280	$64,100	2.30	0.50
Conservation Scientists	120	$78,850	$79,020	1.04	6.25
Construction and Building Inspectors	90	$72,550	$71,490	0.79	0.83
Construction Laborers	1,620	$45,490	$45,630	14.60	2.07
Construction Managers	610	$100,440	$111,990	5.50	2.25
Continuous Mining Machine Operators	470	$71,280	$68,540	4.19	46.55
Cooks, Fast Food	450	$29,070	$31,010	4.00	0.97
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	630	$38,740	$39,670	5.67	2.00
Cooks, Restaurant	1,090	$35,890	$36,670	9.78	1.08
Correctional Officers and Jailers	570	$67,290	$69,120	5.14	2.10
Cost Estimators	160	$81,200	$89,730	1.42	0.98
Counter and Rental Clerks	230	$35,980	$37,960	2.09	0.81
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	210	$48,680	$52,430	1.90	1.64
Crane and Tower Operators	—	$35,870	$53,320	—	—
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	100	$30,960	$32,360	0.94	1.54
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$49,650	$68,900	0.60	3.57
Customer Service Representatives	1,140	$40,160	$42,320	10.27	0.62
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$45,810	$46,040	0.36	1.24
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	30	$42,950	$43,830	0.28	0.26
Data Entry Keyers	—	$37,640	$31,940	—	—
Data Scientists	70	$82,290	$88,150	0.65	0.38
Dental Assistants	440	$36,650	$38,890	3.99	1.60
Dental Hygienists	240	$86,120	$86,850	2.15	1.50
Dentists, General	70	$181,540	$190,640	0.66	0.82
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	60	$55,710	$62,160	0.53	7.71
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	40	$73,400	$75,390	0.39	0.53
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	40	$100,100	$96,730	0.32	0.55
Dietetic Technicians	30	$40,340	$36,970	0.31	1.53
Dietitians and Nutritionists	80	$64,730	$68,770	0.73	1.47
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	390	$27,040	$28,690	3.48	1.00
Dishwashers	400	$28,110	$28,610	3.61	1.18
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	—	$51,830	$54,000	—	—
Driver/Sales Workers	400	$21,220	$28,570	3.59	1.36
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	90	$46,030	$47,580	0.84	1.57
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	40	$57,920	$58,450	0.40	3.17
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	300	$112,060	$116,300	2.73	1.29
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	190	$82,540	$96,200	1.69	1.46
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$58,280	$65,000	0.36	0.92
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	40	$48,910	$48,420	0.37	0.48
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	540	$61,780	$65,260	4.84	2.13
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	50	$118,430	$109,270	0.49	0.80
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	50	$114,240	$110,660	0.44	3.30
Electrical Engineers	60	$118,760	$121,830	0.58	0.46
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	160	$98,580	$94,440	1.47	1.74
Electricians	810	$62,500	$67,540	7.24	1.49
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,680	$75,170	$69,940	15.07	1.69
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	290	$48,010	$47,670	2.57	2.58
Emergency Medical Technicians	350	$38,800	$37,720	3.11	2.68
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	40	$96,640	$87,040	0.37	0.96
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$66,370	$76,690	0.78	2.10
Environmental Engineers	40	$103,210	$104,670	0.36	1.48
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	40	$77,400	$79,000	0.40	0.70
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	70	$62,040	$62,060	0.61	2.74
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	230	$55,420	$63,130	2.11	0.71
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	260	$34,680	$42,500	2.36	1.14
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	60	$71,850	$61,780	0.55	1.39
Facilities Managers	130	$96,100	$98,470	1.18	1.18
Family Medicine Physicians	80	$280,390	$263,170	0.70	1.01
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	50	$49,760	$52,260	0.41	1.70
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	190	$36,170	$35,490	1.72	1.01
Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,450	$27,860	$27,850	30.99	1.25
Financial and Investment Analysts	50	$81,040	$88,260	0.49	0.21
Financial Managers	340	$128,860	$135,180	3.08	0.57
Financial Specialists, All Other	80	$74,810	$79,020	0.71	0.83
Firefighters	290	$44,990	$42,560	2.59	1.17
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,310	$77,020	$83,020	11.80	2.26
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	90	$102,830	$101,300	0.78	2.28
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	150	$43,810	$46,660	1.35	2.04
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	60	$47,330	$59,700	0.58	3.22
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	70	$88,690	$80,990	0.59	0.93
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,040	$38,310	$43,000	9.32	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	250	$50,240	$52,830	2.24	1.95
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	130	$54,770	$59,950	1.17	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	710	$77,910	$84,190	6.38	1.61
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	40	$54,600	$69,480	0.35	0.25
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,030	$61,220	$67,300	9.24	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	60	$38,640	$49,120	0.52	0.70
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	160	$94,240	$94,950	1.40	1.41
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	490	$74,270	$81,290	4.42	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	60	$67,200	$61,590	0.51	3.80
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	790	$45,950	$48,940	7.14	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	440	$63,970	$70,080	3.91	0.98
Floral Designers	90	$29,340	$31,700	0.82	3.15
Food Batchmakers	140	$43,910	$45,140	1.23	1.09
Food Preparation Workers	820	$31,930	$34,560	7.39	1.29
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	120	$29,810	$32,360	1.11	0.59
Food Service Managers	200	$63,560	$69,450	1.83	1.20
Forest and Conservation Technicians	540	$47,940	$53,230	4.87	24.91
Fundraisers	40	$50,090	$61,550	0.32	0.45
Gas Plant Operators	—	$84,850	$90,870	—	—
General and Operations Managers	2,580	$82,850	$104,460	23.22	1.03
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	50	$60,390	$70,320	0.41	9.05
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	80	$88,610	$97,100	0.73	4.81
Graphic Designers	110	$49,490	$53,130	0.96	0.75
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	60	$29,680	$32,130	0.57	0.29
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	50	$54,810	$56,110	0.41	1.23
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$57,650	$54,900	0.70	0.49
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	70	$50,680	$57,710	0.66	0.56
Healthcare Social Workers	70	$80,370	$78,750	0.59	0.49
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	30	$45,600	$44,860	0.28	0.40
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	180	$46,200	$49,260	1.65	0.63
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,040	$59,380	$60,510	27.34	2.06
Helpers--Electricians	40	$41,480	$42,940	0.40	0.96
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	50	$37,320	$38,960	0.45	0.73
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	90	$42,030	$40,110	0.81	2.86
Helpers--Production Workers	50	$38,710	$38,260	0.48	0.46
Highway Maintenance Workers	410	$60,890	$57,940	3.67	3.68
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,220	$34,390	$35,370	10.92	0.39
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	410	$28,220	$28,920	3.67	1.32
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	1,060	$36,560	$36,680	9.52	5.66
Human Resources Managers	80	$124,510	$133,970	0.73	0.52
Human Resources Specialists	330	$64,680	$69,930	2.96	0.50
Industrial Engineers	90	$112,540	$109,910	0.79	0.34
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	820	$69,370	$71,660	7.36	2.60
Industrial Production Managers	160	$119,610	$116,350	1.40	0.89
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	200	$52,090	$52,190	1.80	0.36
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	100	$49,830	$49,970	0.86	0.99
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	240	$49,350	$56,330	2.12	0.55
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	160	$57,520	$58,460	1.45	1.28
Instructional Coordinators	370	$74,150	$71,370	3.33	2.27
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	60	$43,710	$44,700	0.54	0.39
Insurance Sales Agents	210	$46,690	$54,900	1.87	0.61
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	120	$35,880	$34,760	1.11	1.17
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,600	$36,060	$37,680	14.42	1.01
Judicial Law Clerks	60	$49,690	$54,560	0.53	6.20
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	1,480	$38,990	$41,280	13.31	0.70
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	600	$39,100	$40,840	5.42	0.88
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	180	$36,910	$36,530	1.64	1.29
Lawyers	170	$102,650	$130,240	1.51	0.31
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	140	$46,770	$49,650	1.26	1.47
Library Assistants, Clerical	120	$27,510	$29,070	1.12	2.03
Library Technicians	40	$48,230	$43,750	0.35	0.80
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	180	$57,080	$57,380	1.63	0.39
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	—	$26,630	$27,800	—	—
Light Truck Drivers	550	$41,690	$42,630	4.96	0.78
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	100	$46,230	$47,210	0.90	0.85
Loan Officers	200	$59,550	$69,790	1.82	1.03
Lodging Managers	170	$61,030	$77,990	1.55	5.67
Logisticians	50	$78,680	$79,730	0.48	0.30
Machinists	260	$50,180	$53,760	2.38	1.29
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,760	$35,970	$36,000	15.79	2.85
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,700	$48,050	$50,610	15.32	1.56
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	100	$76,090	$73,340	0.93	2.41
Management Analysts	170	$66,130	$77,810	1.49	0.26
Managers, All Other	400	$116,010	$123,010	3.60	0.90
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	380	$58,230	$62,480	3.42	0.59
Marketing Managers	150	$130,660	$135,050	1.32	0.52
Marriage and Family Therapists	80	$83,200	$93,560	0.71	1.66
Massage Therapists	70	$44,340	$52,340	0.59	0.93
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$67,360	$78,980	0.48	1.57
Medical and Health Services Managers	290	$107,220	$121,800	2.63	0.68
Medical Assistants	530	$39,810	$43,070	4.74	0.90
Medical Records Specialists	100	$48,420	$49,240	0.86	0.68
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	290	$39,960	$41,090	2.64	0.43
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	100	$52,000	$58,490	0.87	0.94
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	—	$42,040	$47,850	—	—
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	50	$38,000	$38,890	0.41	0.38
Meter Readers, Utilities	—	$38,430	$50,300	—	—
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	570	$78,730	$79,310	5.15	1.29
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	50	$116,650	$119,860	0.49	12.62
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	640	$39,130	$42,000	5.78	0.64
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$47,250	$50,420	0.49	0.80
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	260	$62,930	$66,890	2.35	2.07
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	60	$47,740	$51,840	0.51	0.53
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	30	$64,770	$63,110	0.30	1.85
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	110	$44,260	$43,890	0.98	1.23
Natural Sciences Managers	70	$109,300	$114,220	0.61	0.87
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	80	$83,670	$85,340	0.68	0.34
Nurse Practitioners	110	$129,250	$133,780	1.00	0.48
Nursing Assistants	770	$38,130	$39,310	6.91	0.74
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$73,680	$74,020	0.40	0.81
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	140	$91,560	$93,140	1.27	1.40
Occupational Therapists	40	$92,610	$88,760	0.33	0.32
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	90	$55,130	$58,640	0.81	0.65
Office Clerks, General	2,360	$42,430	$43,640	21.20	1.34
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	1,110	$59,900	$60,220	9.99	3.25
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	60	$34,260	$34,890	0.51	1.12
Opticians, Dispensing	70	$40,720	$40,050	0.66	1.39
Optometrists	30	$81,710	$97,300	0.29	1.06
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	30	$50,840	$50,960	0.27	1.16
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	280	$45,170	$44,520	2.56	1.05
Packers and Packagers, Hand	540	$36,590	$37,080	4.88	1.35
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	90	$38,070	$43,040	0.85	0.59
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	90	$55,690	$65,370	0.81	0.32
Paramedics	50	$59,140	$58,880	0.46	0.71
Parts Salespersons	280	$41,430	$42,140	2.51	1.44
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	80	$54,110	$56,710	0.69	0.70
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	40	$40,420	$45,190	0.35	0.90
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	50	$41,600	$44,050	0.48	2.79
Petroleum Engineers	120	$172,840	$186,730	1.12	9.66
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	30	$83,460	$74,730	0.28	1.31
Pharmacists	180	$141,180	$141,180	1.60	0.77
Pharmacy Technicians	330	$46,920	$46,080	2.99	0.99
Phlebotomists	—	$40,420	$41,260	—	—
Physical Therapist Aides	50	$27,480	$29,680	0.43	1.40
Physical Therapist Assistants	70	$59,640	$58,120	0.66	0.91
Physical Therapists	90	$86,900	$91,330	0.80	0.46
Physician Assistants	80	$139,740	$134,800	0.69	0.66
Physicians, All Other	60	$255,160	$258,420	0.58	0.26
Plant and System Operators, All Other	90	$77,670	$72,810	0.82	9.04
Plasterers and Stucco Masons	40	$51,900	$51,150	0.34	2.75
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	320	$58,620	$57,220	2.85	0.95
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	580	$65,190	$67,640	5.25	1.22
Postal Service Clerks	140	$60,530	$60,340	1.27	2.67
Postal Service Mail Carriers	170	$54,430	$57,820	1.55	0.74
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$90,710	$88,660	0.38	4.25
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	160	$68,910	$75,110	1.41	1.47
Power Plant Operators	210	$97,900	$99,360	1.87	9.92
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	240	$35,210	$38,530	2.17	0.71
Printing Press Operators	70	$42,150	$47,350	0.63	0.68
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	110	$84,200	$80,970	1.00	1.74
Producers and Directors	30	$63,040	$74,600	0.31	0.34
Production Workers, All Other	140	$51,950	$53,340	1.30	0.80
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	70	$60,040	$63,320	0.65	0.26
Project Management Specialists	740	$92,550	$93,310	6.66	0.97
Property Appraisers and Assessors	110	$53,020	$57,350	1.02	2.78
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	90	$59,580	$67,940	0.85	0.42
Protective Service Workers, All Other	140	$49,940	$51,760	1.30	2.49
Psychiatric Technicians	60	$36,210	$41,040	0.56	0.55
Public Relations Specialists	80	$54,690	$64,620	0.73	0.40
Public Safety Telecommunicators	110	$61,440	$60,470	0.98	1.49
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	50	$55,120	$62,910	0.46	7.32
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	150	$79,570	$78,620	1.31	0.88
Real Estate Sales Agents	230	$46,410	$53,890	2.04	1.64
Receptionists and Information Clerks	780	$36,660	$35,860	6.98	1.19
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$66,240	$73,030	0.44	5.42
Recreation Workers	410	$36,440	$38,840	3.73	1.75
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	100	$47,470	$51,530	0.92	0.97
Registered Nurses	1,440	$81,630	$87,070	12.90	0.59
Rehabilitation Counselors	60	$46,700	$49,660	0.53	0.87
Residential Advisors	100	$36,870	$40,390	0.89	1.64
Retail Salespersons	3,170	$31,910	$34,640	28.52	1.14
Roofers	40	$46,350	$48,010	0.40	0.46
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas	80	$74,660	$74,860	0.74	9.20
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	630	$48,260	$49,910	5.64	19.49
Sales Managers	250	$119,980	$130,880	2.23	0.54
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	380	$62,680	$78,680	3.42	0.42
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	540	$58,990	$69,980	4.82	0.61
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	30	$41,740	$43,560	0.27	1.04
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	920	$76,680	$77,530	8.26	1.21
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,350	$43,400	$44,960	12.15	1.11
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	80	$63,890	$77,390	0.69	0.22
Security Guards	210	$40,960	$42,610	1.89	0.23
Self-Enrichment Teachers	180	$34,700	$41,060	1.61	0.76
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$46,750	$46,040	0.77	1.99
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	30	$56,420	$53,420	0.30	1.50
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	930	$55,810	$58,020	8.34	30.07
Sheet Metal Workers	80	$46,450	$50,090	0.75	0.97
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	340	$42,840	$45,360	3.08	0.59
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	130	$38,000	$38,200	1.15	0.72
Skincare Specialists	40	$37,230	$43,820	0.35	0.75
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	50	$44,030	$43,480	0.44	0.97
Social and Community Service Managers	170	$79,460	$80,550	1.50	1.12
Social and Human Service Assistants	760	$35,730	$40,580	6.79	2.41
Social Workers, All Other	—	$64,560	$65,750	—	—
Software Developers	230	$109,170	$118,610	2.07	0.19
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	200	$54,580	$60,910	1.80	1.07
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	70	$78,430	$78,390	0.67	1.10
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	100	$56,500	$62,670	0.94	0.89
Speech-Language Pathologists	90	$81,910	$78,280	0.84	0.71
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,710	$34,660	$35,750	15.39	0.84
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	120	$50,760	$52,630	1.09	2.48
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	90	$50,810	$54,410	0.77	2.28
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	360	$73,220	$75,080	3.27	1.03
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	150	$30,340	$39,050	1.33	0.39
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	40	$48,690	$57,320	0.39	1.03
Surveyors	90	$70,890	$70,970	0.84	2.56
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	40	$60,160	$65,330	0.32	0.43
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,350	$37,390	$39,670	21.09	2.31
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	220	$59,760	$60,670	1.96	2.17
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	110	$60,090	$59,360	0.99	1.57
Tellers	310	$38,060	$39,720	2.80	1.32
Tile and Stone Setters	40	$43,720	$43,740	0.32	1.40
Tire Repairers and Changers	160	$36,720	$36,410	1.41	2.02
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	80	$57,840	$59,270	0.69	2.19
Tour and Travel Guides	440	$43,310	$44,980	3.95	11.48
Training and Development Specialists	190	$55,550	$61,610	1.71	0.58
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	160	$98,030	$104,550	1.42	1.00
Tutors	100	$36,150	$43,300	0.88	0.78
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	120	$37,500	$41,080	1.04	10.23
Urban and Regional Planners	30	$58,830	$68,750	0.28	0.97
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	80	$22,260	$22,390	0.75	0.96
Veterinarians	50	$125,360	$133,660	0.47	0.88
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	40	$37,800	$39,350	0.37	0.45
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	120	$42,570	$44,590	1.05	1.26
Waiters and Waitresses	1,690	$29,800	$36,110	15.23	1.04
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	220	$60,220	$65,450	1.98	2.39
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	430	$59,790	$61,540	3.86	1.44
Wellhead Pumpers	110	$59,970	$64,190	1.02	8.81
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	140	$70,240	$72,470	1.26	10.80

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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