Wages by Occupation in Kansas nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Kansas nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 374,010 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $44,710 for all occupations combined. 486 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	2,740	$74,560	$78,110	7.33	0.79
Administrative Services Managers	170	$98,820	$111,140	0.45	0.26
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	70	$47,600	$50,020	0.19	0.80
Advertising Sales Agents	180	$44,690	$49,730	0.48	0.82
Agricultural Equipment Operators	500	$45,350	$45,180	1.35	7.36
Agricultural Inspectors	120	$53,460	$56,260	0.33	3.59
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$50,350	$66,080	0.11	1.92
Agricultural Technicians	150	$47,200	$53,440	0.39	4.02
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	580	$82,720	$81,010	1.56	1.76
Aircraft Service Attendants	60	$45,960	$41,720	0.15	0.74
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers	120	$48,750	$52,020	0.33	1.52
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	950	$26,590	$30,420	2.54	0.99
Anesthesiologists	—	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	—	—
Animal Caretakers	490	$27,440	$30,170	1.31	0.76
Animal Control Workers	60	$38,800	$39,100	0.15	1.91
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	40	$74,000	$72,410	0.11	0.16
Architectural and Civil Drafters	50	$51,370	$50,460	0.14	0.21
Architectural and Engineering Managers	310	$153,830	$155,840	0.83	0.59
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	250	$58,700	$66,530	0.67	1.12
Athletic Trainers	130	$56,060	$56,960	0.34	1.75
Atmospheric and Space Scientists	30	$109,300	$103,580	0.08	1.27
Audiologists	30	$94,200	$88,900	0.09	1.00
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	530	$35,440	$33,800	1.42	2.16
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	420	$48,110	$50,720	1.12	1.17
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	2,000	$46,790	$48,610	5.34	1.18
Bailiffs	140	$69,390	$69,150	0.39	3.47
Bakers	280	$30,380	$32,080	0.74	0.49
Bartenders	1,360	$25,470	$27,880	3.63	0.75
Bill and Account Collectors	260	$45,420	$44,630	0.69	0.68
Billing and Posting Clerks	980	$43,720	$44,280	2.63	1.01
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$64,780	$68,880	0.28	0.86
Biological Scientists, All Other	180	$76,400	$79,690	0.47	1.30
Biological Technicians	70	$64,160	$59,170	0.19	0.42
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	4,420	$44,660	$43,650	11.82	1.34
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	220	$28,180	$32,960	0.58	4.23
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	950	$56,950	$58,540	2.54	1.36
Bus Drivers, School	1,820	$42,680	$44,210	4.85	1.87
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	200	$36,650	$36,020	0.54	0.52
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	950	$75,410	$82,100	2.54	0.36
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	180	$62,420	$82,180	0.49	0.92
Butchers and Meat Cutters	520	$35,790	$35,770	1.38	1.57
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	1,230	$62,410	$67,790	3.28	1.04
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	660	$42,240	$43,770	1.77	3.57
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	110	$69,440	$67,510	0.30	0.75
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	470	$58,230	$58,560	1.27	1.73
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	680	$53,420	$54,880	1.82	2.54
Cargo and Freight Agents	60	$41,000	$45,730	0.16	0.25
Carpenters	1,030	$49,510	$53,710	2.75	0.64
Cashiers	10,650	$28,370	$27,670	28.48	1.43
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	740	$49,020	$51,590	1.97	1.49
Chefs and Head Cooks	140	$45,670	$54,040	0.39	0.30
Chemical Engineers	50	$115,930	$123,670	0.14	1.03
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	700	$49,590	$54,860	1.88	2.10
Chemical Technicians	80	$54,510	$66,670	0.22	0.59
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$74,980	$72,470	0.12	0.94
Chemists	120	$70,960	$78,940	0.32	0.61
Chief Executives	650	$126,450	$153,210	1.74	1.32
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	760	$54,310	$55,350	2.02	0.80
Childcare Workers	1,670	$28,820	$28,890	4.47	1.34
Chiropractors	150	$46,640	$59,430	0.40	1.58
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	250	$46,800	$52,510	0.68	1.53
Civil Engineers	310	$97,120	$100,670	0.83	0.35
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	470	$74,970	$74,480	1.25	0.60
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	2,420	$41,770	$38,800	6.47	2.64
Clergy	80	$49,980	$52,590	0.22	0.60
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	80	$75,960	$73,090	0.22	0.46
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	890	$61,370	$61,640	2.37	1.11
Coaches and Scouts	1,270	$45,120	$46,900	3.39	2.12
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,050	$44,930	$45,140	2.80	2.74
Commercial and Industrial Designers	30	$57,990	$70,330	0.08	0.39
Commercial Pilots	90	$96,820	$97,390	0.23	0.74
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$51,920	$56,720	0.22	1.18
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	210	$44,790	$42,490	0.57	0.82
Community Health Workers	50	$46,130	$44,820	0.15	0.37
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	60	$72,910	$79,660	0.16	0.22
Compliance Officers	660	$61,110	$64,160	1.76	0.66
Computer and Information Systems Managers	430	$132,520	$142,030	1.16	0.27
Computer Network Architects	200	$78,410	$84,380	0.53	0.45
Computer Network Support Specialists	60	$47,840	$55,180	0.17	0.18
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	850	$47,640	$48,280	2.27	2.08
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	130	$62,630	$66,080	0.36	1.95
Computer Occupations, All Other	80	$82,680	$78,740	0.23	0.08
Computer Programmers	50	$83,500	$91,810	0.13	0.22
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$61,420	$74,220	0.20	0.86
Computer Systems Analysts	330	$80,050	$86,410	0.90	0.27
Computer User Support Specialists	1,200	$51,030	$52,320	3.21	0.70
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	80	$36,970	$40,550	0.20	0.49
Conservation Scientists	130	$73,920	$72,290	0.34	2.05
Construction and Building Inspectors	170	$58,860	$60,150	0.47	0.49
Construction Laborers	3,020	$43,530	$43,810	8.08	1.15
Construction Managers	400	$119,150	$120,400	1.08	0.44
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	130	$80,790	$76,780	0.35	1.14
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	650	$38,770	$42,300	1.73	11.76
Cooks, Fast Food	230	$27,150	$28,450	0.61	0.15
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	3,200	$30,190	$31,290	8.55	3.01
Cooks, Restaurant	2,670	$29,650	$31,380	7.14	0.79
Cooks, Short Order	—	$26,350	$27,300	—	—
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,410	$49,650	$50,210	3.78	1.54
Cost Estimators	410	$72,640	$77,240	1.10	0.76
Counter and Rental Clerks	510	$38,420	$45,290	1.37	0.53
Couriers and Messengers	90	$35,270	$35,530	0.23	0.53
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	40	$74,630	$63,020	0.10	1.20
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	580	$41,540	$43,940	1.54	1.33
Crane and Tower Operators	110	$82,270	$81,000	0.29	1.06
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$50,270	$59,580	0.12	1.43
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	70	$35,420	$34,580	0.19	0.32
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	230	$48,570	$52,390	0.63	3.74
Curators	50	$47,520	$45,950	0.13	1.65
Customer Service Representatives	4,890	$36,820	$40,070	13.08	0.78
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	400	$44,720	$44,410	1.08	3.73
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	530	$44,770	$44,540	1.42	1.29
Data Entry Keyers	220	$40,490	$39,370	0.60	0.74
Data Scientists	30	$96,910	$103,280	0.09	0.05
Dental Laboratory Technicians	120	$84,700	$68,830	0.31	1.39
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	230	$59,120	$67,290	0.61	0.83
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	120	$87,710	$87,970	0.32	0.55
Dietitians and Nutritionists	100	$65,440	$69,160	0.27	0.54
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	440	$23,760	$25,320	1.19	0.34
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	30	$53,260	$56,150	0.08	0.58
Dishwashers	640	$23,430	$25,720	1.72	0.56
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	370	$41,750	$47,860	1.00	0.76
Driver/Sales Workers	450	$37,560	$37,760	1.22	0.46
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	70	$48,310	$42,950	0.18	0.33
Editors	90	$53,780	$56,480	0.23	0.39
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	880	$86,390	$91,190	2.35	1.11
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	480	$82,710	$97,040	1.27	1.10
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	130	$53,590	$60,810	0.35	0.75
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	240	$57,870	$70,120	0.64	1.64
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	60	$62,590	$58,330	0.15	0.20
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	1,040	$50,610	$54,230	2.78	1.23
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	100	$73,920	$75,290	0.27	0.43
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	70	$71,100	$80,700	0.19	0.46
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	70	$96,480	$96,280	0.19	1.42
Electrical Engineers	350	$98,630	$101,740	0.93	0.72
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	650	$101,190	$88,490	1.73	2.06
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	620	$39,590	$42,680	1.67	1.05
Electricians	1,620	$60,040	$64,520	4.34	0.89
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	90	$94,620	$94,130	0.25	0.39
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	4,870	$49,570	$52,940	13.02	1.46
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	90	$40,810	$45,080	0.25	0.25
Embalmers	60	$63,160	$59,430	0.16	6.40
Emergency Management Directors	70	$60,300	$64,660	0.18	2.03
Emergency Medical Technicians	810	$33,270	$34,930	2.16	1.86
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$73,700	$84,920	0.09	0.35
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	40	$69,240	$68,780	0.10	0.25
Engineers, All Other	—	$68,990	$81,470	—	—
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	180	$56,190	$58,880	0.48	1.30
Environmental Engineers	50	$84,980	$114,110	0.13	0.54
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	90	$52,020	$53,090	0.25	1.11
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	60	$83,710	$85,860	0.16	0.28
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	70	$46,310	$48,190	0.20	0.89
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	510	$60,000	$63,230	1.38	0.47
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	620	$30,740	$34,580	1.66	0.80
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	320	$48,510	$46,630	0.87	2.22
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	180	$48,310	$51,120	0.48	5.80
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	400	$44,290	$45,080	1.06	2.82
Facilities Managers	180	$117,270	$121,840	0.49	0.48
Family Medicine Physicians	70	$207,500	$210,620	0.19	0.28
Farm and Home Management Educators	—	$44,170	$44,680	—	—
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	1,380	$52,040	$53,360	3.69	15.14
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	310	$39,300	$39,230	0.84	0.49
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	750	$37,860	$39,560	2.00	9.49
Fast Food and Counter Workers	12,330	$26,220	$25,130	32.96	1.33
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	130	$46,540	$42,640	0.35	3.41
File Clerks	110	$37,880	$39,600	0.28	0.59
Financial and Investment Analysts	140	$78,530	$80,560	0.38	0.16
Financial Examiners	100	$79,950	$84,970	0.26	0.58
Financial Managers	980	$132,190	$146,090	2.62	0.48
Financial Specialists, All Other	300	$45,490	$48,030	0.79	0.93
Firefighters	1,110	$37,810	$40,530	2.98	1.34
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	2,350	$65,030	$73,210	6.27	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	530	$69,780	$69,370	1.41	4.11
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	330	$64,990	$56,230	0.88	1.32
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	120	$58,670	$55,540	0.31	1.74
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	—	$63,590	$64,910	—	—
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	2,890	$36,710	$40,450	7.73	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	400	$45,620	$49,500	1.06	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	250	$59,810	$59,900	0.67	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	2,250	$74,110	$78,730	6.01	1.51
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	210	$69,540	$78,590	0.56	0.41
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	3,170	$60,410	$64,500	8.47	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	50	$48,230	$48,570	0.14	0.20
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	750	$63,520	$70,070	2.01	2.02
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	3,260	$71,150	$72,350	8.73	2.01
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	40	$76,920	$62,400	0.11	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2,780	$44,960	$47,100	7.43	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	110	$59,580	$68,370	0.29	0.56
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	2,170	$61,810	$63,840	5.79	1.44
Fish and Game Wardens	60	$60,380	$63,700	0.16	4.32
Floral Designers	140	$28,590	$28,450	0.38	1.47
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	170	$44,550	$45,010	0.46	3.54
Food Batchmakers	1,590	$42,770	$43,440	4.25	3.79
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	590	$47,050	$45,450	1.58	7.87
Food Preparation Workers	2,340	$28,640	$29,070	6.26	1.09
Food Processing Workers, All Other	460	$46,390	$44,540	1.23	2.95
Food Scientists and Technologists	100	$94,360	$92,700	0.26	3.10
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	200	$24,460	$26,150	0.53	0.28
Food Service Managers	260	$65,190	$69,380	0.70	0.46
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$65,640	$73,570	0.09	0.70
Fundraisers	210	$61,380	$64,730	0.56	0.79
Fundraising Managers	30	$103,090	$121,380	0.09	0.34
Funeral Attendants	150	$29,430	$29,490	0.41	2.05
Funeral Home Managers	40	$61,890	$76,270	0.11	1.20
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	50	$50,330	$52,130	0.15	1.60
Furniture Finishers	—	$39,310	$39,370	—	—
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators	50	$107,730	$107,960	0.13	5.72
Gas Plant Operators	250	$80,010	$82,450	0.67	5.79
General and Operations Managers	5,550	$81,790	$102,160	14.85	0.66
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	40	$81,350	$85,870	0.10	0.66
Glaziers	80	$47,020	$50,410	0.22	0.59
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	140	$27,890	$36,160	0.38	2.37
Graphic Designers	310	$43,040	$47,450	0.83	0.65
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	320	$44,410	$43,070	0.84	1.96
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	370	$29,120	$34,710	0.98	0.50
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	90	$52,580	$48,430	0.24	0.73
Health Education Specialists	100	$56,190	$56,920	0.28	0.65
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	280	$50,970	$58,680	0.76	3.10
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	280	$61,130	$82,640	0.76	0.53
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	130	$47,470	$51,530	0.34	0.29
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	40	$30,980	$40,860	0.10	0.45
Healthcare Social Workers	330	$56,180	$56,540	0.87	0.72
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	840	$50,410	$55,310	2.25	0.85
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	8,100	$51,070	$57,630	21.67	1.63
Helpers--Electricians	180	$38,330	$42,370	0.48	1.18
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	200	$34,400	$32,560	0.54	0.87
Helpers--Production Workers	330	$39,280	$40,160	0.88	0.82
Highway Maintenance Workers	1,200	$45,670	$43,650	3.22	3.23
History Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$62,110	$71,910	0.12	1.02
Home Appliance Repairers	100	$39,210	$38,410	0.28	1.36
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	7,430	$30,530	$32,150	19.86	0.72
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	910	$26,040	$25,760	2.43	0.87
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	690	$29,040	$28,200	1.85	1.10
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	130	$44,110	$44,430	0.34	0.59
Human Resources Managers	230	$117,850	$126,530	0.61	0.43
Human Resources Specialists	1,320	$61,010	$68,580	3.54	0.60
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	190	$61,920	$60,660	0.52	1.07
Industrial Engineers	730	$83,540	$92,350	1.95	0.83
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	2,760	$59,850	$63,240	7.37	2.61
Industrial Production Managers	920	$120,180	$123,610	2.45	1.55
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,670	$47,210	$47,050	4.46	0.89
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	240	$37,840	$36,890	0.65	0.75
Information Security Analysts	130	$95,890	$100,830	0.36	0.29
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	2,940	$48,270	$49,690	7.86	2.05
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	220	$46,580	$50,390	0.58	0.52
Instructional Coordinators	340	$61,720	$65,170	0.92	0.63
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	50	$39,240	$40,640	0.13	0.09
Insurance Sales Agents	1,300	$45,300	$63,470	3.48	1.13
Insurance Underwriters	—	$59,180	$75,260	—	—
Interior Designers	40	$46,810	$53,480	0.12	0.25
Interpreters and Translators	100	$38,220	$42,660	0.27	0.80
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	830	$36,230	$37,650	2.23	2.34
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	5,530	$32,080	$33,520	14.79	1.04
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	190	$81,430	$105,490	0.50	3.22
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	400	$49,000	$51,740	1.06	1.51
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	5,560	$39,170	$40,710	14.85	0.78
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	2,370	$37,150	$37,920	6.35	1.04
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$44,790	$45,970	0.11	1.03
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	670	$27,890	$29,360	1.80	1.42
Lawyers	750	$77,260	$92,570	2.00	0.41
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	320	$35,230	$37,540	0.85	0.84
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	460	$52,570	$52,990	1.23	1.43
Library Assistants, Clerical	560	$28,580	$27,280	1.50	2.72
Library Technicians	—	$36,780	$37,150	—	—
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2,540	$59,780	$58,950	6.78	1.63
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	510	$24,670	$22,970	1.37	1.35
Light Truck Drivers	2,000	$38,200	$41,700	5.34	0.84
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	710	$45,150	$45,880	1.90	1.79
Loan Officers	1,220	$80,650	$93,570	3.25	1.84
Lodging Managers	120	$60,590	$63,150	0.32	1.17
Logisticians	300	$74,200	$76,900	0.80	0.50
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	300	$47,930	$49,660	0.81	3.00
Machinists	1,150	$49,810	$53,120	3.08	1.67
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	90	$78,940	$76,270	0.23	0.82
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,590	$27,750	$28,960	6.93	1.25
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	80	$36,400	$34,200	0.22	0.62
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	3,710	$45,240	$46,500	9.91	1.01
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	320	$57,440	$58,010	0.86	2.23
Management Analysts	420	$60,790	$73,150	1.11	0.19
Managers, All Other	450	$93,420	$104,090	1.20	0.30
Manicurists and Pedicurists	60	$30,440	$32,330	0.16	0.17
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	1,160	$63,280	$68,180	3.11	0.54
Marketing Managers	170	$136,550	$145,710	0.46	0.18
Massage Therapists	90	$46,550	$57,240	0.23	0.36
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	150	$58,750	$64,540	0.40	1.29
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	4,550	$48,080	$47,240	12.17	12.99
Mechanical Door Repairers	90	$44,240	$44,520	0.24	1.40
Mechanical Drafters	150	$51,510	$56,760	0.40	1.56
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	120	$48,560	$55,070	0.33	1.40
Mechanical Engineers	770	$82,350	$87,620	2.07	1.08
Medical and Health Services Managers	1,170	$99,280	$105,570	3.14	0.82
Medical Assistants	1,370	$37,050	$38,640	3.67	0.70
Medical Equipment Preparers	100	$37,780	$41,280	0.27	0.55
Medical Equipment Repairers	150	$43,420	$46,970	0.40	0.93
Medical Records Specialists	580	$43,660	$47,170	1.55	1.24
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	30	$98,470	$121,790	0.09	0.08
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1,430	$38,150	$39,370	3.82	0.62
Medical Transcriptionists	60	$37,490	$37,750	0.16	0.61
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	140	$38,370	$42,400	0.36	0.40
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	—	$49,000	$55,190	—	—
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	330	$35,380	$35,520	0.89	0.84
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	40	$43,690	$44,290	0.11	1.03
Meter Readers, Utilities	30	$49,870	$51,380	0.09	0.68
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,670	$55,440	$55,780	4.47	1.12
Millwrights	260	$49,590	$55,790	0.70	2.71
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	4,940	$43,000	$42,770	13.21	1.46
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers	40	$56,000	$57,350	0.12	0.64
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	410	$46,460	$46,600	1.10	1.80
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	410	$55,700	$56,920	1.08	0.95
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	230	$46,770	$47,960	0.61	2.86
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	660	$38,500	$41,390	1.76	1.82
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	80	$58,490	$57,380	0.21	1.33
Museum Technicians and Conservators	30	$33,240	$39,140	0.08	1.05
Natural Sciences Managers	40	$129,960	$137,270	0.09	0.13
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	820	$76,230	$81,380	2.20	1.09
New Accounts Clerks	290	$38,820	$42,840	0.76	3.22
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	110	$46,230	$45,740	0.29	1.17
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	70	$65,110	$73,000	0.19	1.72
Nurse Anesthetists	80	$229,230	$222,010	0.23	0.68
Nurse Practitioners	800	$126,110	$129,710	2.13	1.02
Nursing Assistants	8,200	$36,820	$37,260	21.93	2.35
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	180	$65,150	$71,920	0.49	0.97
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	470	$80,260	$86,880	1.25	1.38
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	180	$58,120	$59,440	0.47	2.38
Occupational Therapists	270	$99,600	$97,460	0.72	0.69
Occupational Therapy Assistants	140	$64,120	$65,560	0.38	1.16
Office Clerks, General	540	$22,200	$27,510	1.45	0.09
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	80	$36,350	$38,330	0.21	1.29
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	3,110	$48,200	$51,070	8.31	2.70
Operations Research Analysts	60	$88,600	$86,220	0.15	0.22
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	120	$37,490	$39,640	0.31	0.68
Opticians, Dispensing	190	$37,580	$40,250	0.51	1.08
Optometrists	140	$126,150	$141,880	0.37	1.33
Order Clerks	70	$42,710	$45,100	0.18	0.36
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	—	$43,870	$42,500	—	—
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	4,090	$44,890	$43,780	10.94	4.49
Packers and Packagers, Hand	1,120	$36,630	$35,410	3.00	0.83
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	190	$40,660	$42,380	0.52	0.36
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$36,610	$38,480	0.24	0.38
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	280	$47,400	$49,150	0.75	0.30
Paramedics	320	$45,710	$49,420	0.87	1.34
Parts Salespersons	1,510	$34,630	$37,360	4.02	2.32
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	110	$46,790	$48,540	0.30	1.10
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	270	$53,550	$54,510	0.72	0.73
Personal Financial Advisors	450	$79,460	$149,690	1.19	0.69
Pest Control Workers	170	$38,530	$39,200	0.46	0.70
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	240	$49,570	$48,800	0.64	3.66
Petroleum Engineers	40	$118,650	$112,670	0.09	0.81
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	520	$101,880	$98,590	1.39	6.53
Pharmacists	830	$138,040	$133,940	2.22	1.07
Pharmacy Aides	130	$29,650	$30,390	0.34	1.34
Pharmacy Technicians	1,190	$39,440	$40,030	3.18	1.05
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$75,210	$73,000	0.18	1.38
Phlebotomists	240	$36,550	$37,630	0.65	0.70
Photographers	30	$35,770	$39,800	0.09	0.26
Physical Therapist Aides	100	$28,090	$32,660	0.26	0.85
Physical Therapist Assistants	390	$64,540	$66,570	1.04	1.43
Physical Therapists	500	$99,550	$98,460	1.34	0.78
Physician Assistants	260	$129,820	$135,100	0.69	0.66
Physicians, All Other	760	$337,760	$322,160	2.04	0.93
Pipelayers	120	$45,160	$48,140	0.31	1.48
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	100	$45,960	$44,410	0.27	1.28
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	830	$57,470	$62,010	2.21	0.74
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,970	$48,790	$51,730	5.27	1.22
Postal Service Clerks	510	$57,430	$55,110	1.37	2.89
Postal Service Mail Carriers	1,180	$55,540	$58,980	3.16	1.49
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	120	$91,860	$93,140	0.33	3.67
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	710	$56,730	$59,850	1.90	1.98
Power Plant Operators	200	$65,530	$75,840	0.52	2.77
Prepress Technicians and Workers	70	$34,960	$38,520	0.19	1.23
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	490	$48,970	$48,400	1.31	0.42
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	150	$33,800	$34,710	0.39	1.82
Printing Press Operators	600	$36,560	$37,300	1.61	1.73
Private Detectives and Investigators	50	$39,060	$44,380	0.14	0.63
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	280	$61,840	$58,570	0.75	1.30
Procurement Clerks	90	$42,340	$42,990	0.25	0.70
Producers and Directors	50	$49,790	$53,740	0.14	0.15
Production Workers, All Other	200	$34,460	$36,890	0.52	0.32
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	1,030	$52,090	$55,970	2.74	1.09
Project Management Specialists	810	$97,010	$103,330	2.17	0.32
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	40	$54,890	$48,020	0.10	3.36
Property Appraisers and Assessors	270	$47,250	$52,370	0.72	1.96
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	380	$47,580	$62,850	1.03	0.51
Protective Service Workers, All Other	80	$36,780	$39,080	0.20	0.39
Psychiatric Technicians	460	$44,650	$43,610	1.22	1.21
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$61,190	$75,300	0.24	0.90
Public Relations Managers	40	$123,040	$123,530	0.10	0.21
Public Relations Specialists	410	$55,780	$59,270	1.09	0.60
Public Safety Telecommunicators	820	$38,230	$41,190	2.20	3.34
Purchasing Managers	160	$126,380	$140,970	0.41	0.77
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	640	$67,940	$71,230	1.72	1.16
Real Estate Sales Agents	—	$37,470	$50,330	—	—
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,700	$34,820	$34,850	4.54	0.77
Recreation Workers	660	$29,020	$29,240	1.77	0.83
Recreational Therapists	280	$37,690	$41,830	0.75	7.80
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	420	$44,130	$41,060	1.13	1.20
Registered Nurses	7,630	$78,730	$77,640	20.40	0.94
Rehabilitation Counselors	560	$36,340	$38,220	1.49	2.45
Residential Advisors	160	$35,920	$38,410	0.42	0.77
Respiratory Therapists	370	$77,860	$74,900	1.00	1.11
Retail Salespersons	8,090	$29,390	$33,010	21.64	0.86
Rock Splitters, Quarry	30	$37,790	$40,860	0.09	4.17
Roofers	170	$41,930	$44,930	0.46	0.53
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas	70	$61,410	$65,830	0.20	2.44
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	420	$44,190	$50,400	1.13	3.92
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	—	$15,550	$33,040	—	—
Sales Engineers	30	$86,420	$87,620	0.09	0.27
Sales Managers	840	$136,910	$153,320	2.25	0.55
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	1,650	$52,830	$65,750	4.42	0.55
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	2,790	$62,790	$72,670	7.46	0.94
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	330	$122,230	$128,410	0.89	0.49
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	50	$34,620	$36,760	0.14	0.53
School Bus Monitors	190	$29,070	$28,920	0.52	1.02
School Psychologists	160	$67,650	$70,430	0.42	1.03
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	3,980	$50,860	$54,160	10.63	1.55
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	9,830	$38,290	$40,600	26.28	2.39
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	360	$56,620	$65,600	0.98	0.31
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	80	$59,730	$57,540	0.21	0.38
Security Guards	1,060	$35,600	$42,680	2.84	0.34
Self-Enrichment Teachers	90	$31,200	$37,950	0.24	0.11
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	200	$47,030	$51,320	0.53	1.36
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	50	$47,480	$45,560	0.14	0.72
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	290	$46,230	$48,730	0.79	2.83
Sewing Machine Operators	120	$30,130	$33,380	0.32	0.47
Sheet Metal Workers	210	$56,820	$61,850	0.56	0.72
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1,810	$43,880	$44,350	4.83	0.92
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	750	$33,530	$33,120	2.00	1.25
Skincare Specialists	30	$38,910	$38,800	0.09	0.18
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	1,910	$48,240	$48,010	5.12	11.38
Social and Community Service Managers	440	$77,100	$82,090	1.17	0.87
Social and Human Service Assistants	1,770	$40,810	$41,840	4.74	1.68
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other	80	$51,540	$55,920	0.22	2.05
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$64,690	$87,900	0.09	1.21
Software Developers	930	$99,620	$104,740	2.48	0.23
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	100	$93,690	$96,220	0.26	0.21
Soil and Plant Scientists	150	$77,670	$80,020	0.39	3.85
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	240	$50,670	$55,420	0.64	0.38
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	90	$50,870	$54,920	0.25	0.40
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	120	$50,710	$54,820	0.31	1.62
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	710	$60,610	$56,960	1.89	1.80
Speech-Language Pathologists	330	$80,820	$80,190	0.88	0.75
Stockers and Order Fillers	7,010	$33,990	$34,680	18.74	1.03
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	40	$55,100	$58,520	0.10	0.22
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	330	$49,230	$50,470	0.88	2.62
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	570	$59,400	$60,500	1.53	0.48
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	3,140	$31,570	$33,990	8.38	2.48
Surgical Assistants	40	$62,020	$68,900	0.10	0.68
Surgical Technologists	230	$48,880	$52,090	0.62	0.82
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	100	$49,760	$53,910	0.27	0.71
Surveyors	60	$78,380	$74,970	0.16	0.49
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	40	$34,960	$35,240	0.12	0.53
Tax Preparers	110	$35,440	$44,650	0.30	0.61
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	7,330	$28,510	$27,820	19.60	2.15
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	210	$27,630	$29,550	0.57	0.54
Technical Writers	90	$64,690	$63,070	0.24	0.81
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	420	$55,380	$56,520	1.12	1.24
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	90	$69,170	$68,740	0.25	0.40
Tellers	1,760	$36,220	$37,520	4.70	2.22
Tire Repairers and Changers	280	$34,340	$36,300	0.75	1.07
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	180	$62,990	$63,650	0.48	1.54
Tool and Die Makers	130	$57,400	$57,520	0.34	0.92
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	—	$54,050	$53,220	—	—
Tour and Travel Guides	120	$31,260	$35,560	0.33	0.96
Traffic Technicians	50	$44,860	$45,130	0.13	2.52
Training and Development Managers	30	$139,620	$136,270	0.09	0.30
Training and Development Specialists	1,240	$48,830	$59,670	3.30	1.12
Transportation Security Screeners	30	$63,130	$60,600	0.09	0.28
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	190	$100,340	$103,340	0.50	0.35
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	60	$48,100	$50,800	0.16	0.44
Tutors	230	$37,380	$37,040	0.60	0.54
Upholsterers	50	$44,150	$41,900	0.15	1.13
Urban and Regional Planners	—	$70,640	$75,630	—	—
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	200	$23,390	$31,940	0.54	0.69
Veterinarians	270	$98,920	$108,330	0.72	1.33
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	360	$33,280	$32,970	0.97	1.19
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	270	$37,310	$39,230	0.73	0.87
Waiters and Waitresses	4,590	$29,630	$33,180	12.27	0.84
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	730	$43,430	$45,560	1.96	2.37
Web Developers	50	$60,030	$72,310	0.12	0.27
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	350	$41,350	$42,520	0.93	2.72
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	3,160	$48,000	$50,600	8.45	3.16
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$50,160	$51,810	0.14	0.70
Wellhead Pumpers	550	$63,370	$67,290	1.48	12.81
Wind Turbine Service Technicians	270	$78,190	$71,590	0.71	11.07
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	160	$39,400	$41,290	0.43	1.10
Writers and Authors	30	$56,340	$49,590	0.09	0.28
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	110	$64,790	$65,540	0.29	2.50

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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