Wages by Occupation in Kokomo, IN

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Kokomo, IN metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 35,500 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $48,980 for all occupations combined. 157 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

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

20.8% 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 89.6 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 59.3; 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 3,856 residents (4.8% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±454; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 6.2% in 2025, with a labor force of about 36,118 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

22.7% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±3.6), 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	$30,846	$32,485
High school graduate	$36,239	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$47,804	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$63,007	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$70,659	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	31.1% (±5.6)	24.2%
High school graduate	11.0% (±1.6)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	9.8% (±1.6)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7% (±1.3)	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	15.5%	10.0%
Business	15.7%	20.1%
Education	19.2%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	20.4%	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	170	$77,520	$84,240	4.82	0.52
Animal Caretakers	50	$28,750	$31,370	1.43	0.83
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	50	$36,050	$35,000	1.34	2.04
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	30	$51,970	$60,150	0.96	1.00
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	200	$48,580	$53,000	5.54	1.22
Bakers	40	$34,640	$35,510	1.05	0.69
Bartenders	180	$23,060	$27,160	5.21	1.07
Billing and Posting Clerks	110	$45,890	$46,120	2.97	1.14
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	280	$45,990	$47,990	7.89	0.89
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	60	$56,690	$59,020	1.83	0.98
Bus Drivers, School	150	$42,920	$41,750	4.29	1.65
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	50	$53,740	$65,250	1.44	0.21
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	80	$70,140	$76,600	2.23	0.70
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$59,530	$63,170	1.47	2.00
Carpenters	120	$61,000	$66,080	3.35	0.78
Cashiers	980	$29,570	$29,640	27.62	1.39
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	100	$48,730	$51,130	2.68	1.06
Childcare Workers	120	$29,930	$29,970	3.37	1.01
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	90	$30,140	$32,920	2.55	1.04
Computer Network Support Specialists	40	$78,690	$76,090	1.13	1.20
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	40	$44,320	$48,550	1.25	1.15
Computer User Support Specialists	70	$47,600	$50,070	2.00	0.43
Construction Laborers	210	$48,210	$52,000	5.86	0.83
Construction Managers	40	$127,930	$127,400	1.04	0.42
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	120	$36,290	$35,340	3.40	1.20
Cooks, Restaurant	370	$35,300	$34,190	10.41	1.15
Cooks, Short Order	30	$28,670	$27,850	0.94	1.05
Cost Estimators	40	$76,490	$78,220	1.11	0.77
Counter and Rental Clerks	90	$37,650	$39,150	2.44	0.95
Customer Service Representatives	340	$38,380	$41,860	9.53	0.57
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	30	$44,080	$50,140	0.87	0.79
Dental Assistants	140	$48,360	$49,150	3.82	1.53
Dental Hygienists	80	$94,230	$91,470	2.27	1.58
Dentists, General	40	$174,240	$201,760	1.09	1.36
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	120	$28,190	$28,170	3.33	0.95
Dishwashers	110	$29,430	$29,780	3.14	1.02
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	40	$51,200	$56,190	1.00	0.76
Driver/Sales Workers	130	$30,540	$35,410	3.60	1.37
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	80	$96,730	$99,420	2.13	1.01
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	70	$49,660	$54,600	1.84	0.81
Electrical Engineers	210	$106,550	$119,350	6.02	4.71
Electricians	730	$91,290	$84,460	20.47	4.20
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	300	$61,180	$60,510	8.57	0.96
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	40	$44,180	$43,910	1.10	1.10
Emergency Medical Technicians	40	$41,670	$42,370	1.16	1.00
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	30	$56,870	$58,860	0.90	0.30
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	40	$35,090	$39,020	1.26	0.61
Facilities Managers	30	$131,390	$117,020	0.91	0.90
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,540	$29,130	$29,620	43.26	1.75
Financial and Investment Analysts	40	$81,040	$81,550	1.04	0.45
Financial Managers	100	$115,140	$138,370	2.85	0.53
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	150	$95,680	$90,860	4.12	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	320	$46,550	$48,080	9.04	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	40	$51,560	$56,040	1.08	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	230	$97,500	$87,270	6.52	1.64
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	160	$62,010	$68,800	4.64	0.50
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	40	$79,500	$83,720	1.12	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	260	$83,500	$79,290	7.23	1.67
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	300	$47,970	$50,890	8.52	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	120	$61,120	$67,410	3.30	0.82
Food Preparation Workers	230	$30,160	$31,710	6.49	1.13
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	80	$32,860	$31,080	2.21	1.17
Food Service Managers	50	$72,250	$72,060	1.29	0.84
General and Operations Managers	450	$97,930	$117,180	12.76	0.57
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	90	$30,320	$38,930	2.66	1.35
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$96,340	$117,900	1.01	0.71
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	170	$64,800	$70,510	4.82	1.83
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	390	$58,370	$59,010	10.88	0.82
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	710	$35,650	$34,270	20.08	0.73
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	160	$27,150	$28,020	4.45	1.60
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	40	$30,080	$31,980	1.18	0.70
Human Resources Specialists	130	$66,200	$72,510	3.58	0.61
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$73,650	$76,130	1.01	2.07
Industrial Engineers	100	$106,570	$113,060	2.88	1.22
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	240	$91,470	$79,900	6.73	2.38
Industrial Production Managers	110	$121,790	$116,190	3.06	1.93
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	80	$40,840	$43,570	2.20	0.44
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	130	$45,720	$51,810	3.75	0.98
Insurance Sales Agents	70	$59,500	$71,310	1.95	0.63
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	50	$39,100	$42,720	1.37	1.43
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	530	$36,400	$37,700	15.06	1.06
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	550	$39,040	$41,540	15.53	0.82
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	230	$37,490	$38,000	6.56	1.07
Lawyers	60	$104,320	$132,480	1.57	0.32
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	40	$45,860	$44,370	1.00	0.99
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	30	$60,400	$55,290	0.89	1.04
Library Assistants, Clerical	50	$29,640	$32,660	1.28	2.32
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	140	$67,240	$66,490	4.06	0.97
Light Truck Drivers	280	$50,790	$57,430	7.75	1.23
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	40	$46,560	$47,080	1.09	1.03
Loan Officers	60	$60,780	$72,490	1.68	0.95
Machinists	60	$45,200	$47,320	1.57	0.85
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	110	$33,780	$33,520	3.10	0.56
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	280	$48,400	$51,540	7.86	0.80
Managers, All Other	40	$46,990	$62,300	1.19	0.30
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	70	$62,450	$65,830	2.08	0.36
Massage Therapists	40	$57,060	$54,350	1.02	1.61
Mechanical Engineers	300	$105,410	$113,720	8.54	4.47
Medical and Health Services Managers	110	$96,710	$108,080	2.98	0.78
Medical Assistants	170	$44,700	$43,900	4.87	0.93
Medical Records Specialists	50	$49,160	$58,210	1.39	1.11
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	230	$43,890	$43,710	6.50	1.05
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	40	$37,250	$42,450	1.11	1.04
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	160	$60,960	$60,400	4.52	1.13
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	230	$38,930	$41,350	6.34	0.70
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	40	$90,040	$80,110	1.04	0.91
Nurse Practitioners	50	$126,220	$122,030	1.33	0.64
Nursing Assistants	460	$38,250	$39,270	12.86	1.38
Occupational Therapists	40	$92,320	$91,600	1.04	0.99
Office Clerks, General	600	$41,820	$44,010	16.89	1.07
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	100	$82,270	$77,140	2.83	0.92
Opticians, Dispensing	50	$38,390	$40,040	1.27	2.69
Packers and Packagers, Hand	50	$32,270	$34,460	1.53	0.43
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	50	$57,960	$59,890	1.30	0.52
Parts Salespersons	90	$35,980	$40,780	2.49	1.44
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	40	$52,140	$55,990	1.01	1.03
Personal Financial Advisors	80	$97,430	$140,760	2.19	1.28
Pharmacists	60	$151,730	$141,790	1.78	0.86
Pharmacy Technicians	110	$39,400	$43,040	3.01	0.99
Physical Therapists	60	$98,350	$100,600	1.67	0.97
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	400	$91,470	$84,240	11.28	3.77
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	140	$72,300	$70,200	3.95	0.92
Postal Service Mail Carriers	100	$59,880	$61,740	2.93	1.39
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	50	$39,400	$40,720	1.42	0.46
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	70	$61,500	$61,330	1.97	0.79
Project Management Specialists	70	$110,920	$112,390	1.96	0.29
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	30	$62,160	$69,360	0.94	0.47
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	70	$79,330	$80,790	1.83	1.24
Receptionists and Information Clerks	200	$35,040	$36,220	5.54	0.95
Recreation Workers	110	$28,320	$29,870	3.16	1.48
Registered Nurses	740	$83,370	$87,650	20.77	0.96
Retail Salespersons	1,290	$31,580	$34,410	36.38	1.45
Sales Managers	70	$119,110	$129,330	1.91	0.47
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	170	$53,660	$61,670	4.83	0.60
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	210	$70,620	$87,590	5.77	0.73
School Bus Monitors	30	$24,150	$27,790	0.93	1.85
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	190	$60,320	$61,200	5.46	0.80
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	200	$44,220	$43,580	5.71	0.52
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	60	$77,190	$90,050	1.73	0.55
Security Guards	110	$44,080	$47,230	3.06	0.37
Self-Enrichment Teachers	60	$38,520	$39,740	1.67	0.78
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	170	$43,690	$45,350	4.88	0.93
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	40	$31,300	$32,240	1.06	0.66
Social and Community Service Managers	40	$64,470	$71,080	1.18	0.88
Social and Human Service Assistants	190	$37,690	$40,720	5.28	1.88
Software Developers	60	$132,390	$128,620	1.62	0.15
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	30	$56,060	$59,430	0.86	0.81
Stockers and Order Fillers	600	$33,050	$34,430	17.02	0.93
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	30	$46,380	$44,640	0.94	2.80
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	170	$59,040	$62,820	4.67	1.48
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	120	$37,220	$42,740	3.47	1.03
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	300	$30,440	$32,020	8.31	0.91
Tellers	100	$38,470	$40,700	2.76	1.30
Training and Development Specialists	40	$61,680	$64,430	1.16	0.39
Waiters and Waitresses	690	$28,420	$30,420	19.36	1.33
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	40	$66,230	$69,110	1.02	1.23
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	110	$49,860	$57,270	3.22	1.20

Colleges in this area

3 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
Indiana University-Kokomo	Public	4-year or above	2,921
Ross Medical Education Center-Kokomo	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	75
Summit Salon Academy-Kokomo	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	98

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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