Wages by Occupation in Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 152,580 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $45,410 for all occupations combined. 405 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	1,150	$69,790	$78,660	7.56	0.81
Administrative Services Managers	180	$92,110	$103,360	1.17	0.69
Advertising Sales Agents	40	$42,240	$48,210	0.29	0.50
Agricultural Equipment Operators	130	$42,380	$43,260	0.87	4.73
Agricultural Inspectors	40	$73,650	$74,690	0.23	2.48
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	330	$27,660	$30,090	2.14	0.84
Animal Caretakers	140	$30,900	$32,830	0.94	0.55
Architectural and Civil Drafters	40	$45,180	$51,260	0.25	0.38
Architectural and Engineering Managers	220	$141,520	$150,870	1.43	1.01
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	170	$78,560	$81,360	1.09	1.81
Athletic Trainers	40	$53,730	$52,370	0.24	1.21
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	70	$30,880	$32,590	0.45	0.68
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	290	$47,820	$53,500	1.90	1.98
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	990	$48,030	$51,450	6.49	1.43
Bailiffs	80	$45,190	$45,870	0.54	4.86
Bakers	210	$31,140	$33,190	1.39	0.91
Bartenders	1,170	$34,700	$41,440	7.65	1.57
Bill and Account Collectors	40	$46,820	$49,040	0.29	0.28
Billing and Posting Clerks	330	$45,540	$45,580	2.14	0.83
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$99,230	$95,110	0.57	1.78
Biological Technicians	50	$44,950	$48,030	0.32	0.72
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,410	$46,440	$48,590	9.27	1.05
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	40	$30,860	$39,210	0.24	1.74
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	380	$58,450	$57,120	2.48	1.33
Bus Drivers, School	520	$45,560	$45,430	3.41	1.32
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	270	$39,960	$41,470	1.74	1.70
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	410	$76,310	$78,200	2.71	0.39
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	170	$107,420	$132,650	1.10	2.08
Butchers and Meat Cutters	250	$36,690	$37,830	1.64	1.86
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	450	$62,590	$67,850	2.97	0.94
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	30	$77,520	$70,670	0.20	0.50
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$53,140	$67,690	0.31	0.42
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	160	$75,520	$73,750	1.03	1.43
Carpenters	710	$56,920	$56,790	4.66	1.08
Cashiers	4,810	$28,100	$29,790	31.51	1.59
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	220	$56,170	$54,010	1.42	1.07
Chefs and Head Cooks	160	$48,260	$52,600	1.04	0.81
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	250	$47,160	$56,950	1.61	1.79
Chemical Technicians	60	$73,250	$70,290	0.42	1.15
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$101,030	$91,030	0.33	2.56
Chemists	160	$99,610	$107,210	1.06	1.99
Chief Executives	170	$157,020	$208,790	1.11	0.84
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	750	$62,770	$64,000	4.89	1.94
Childcare Workers	590	$29,590	$31,560	3.85	1.15
Chiropractors	60	$60,880	$66,540	0.39	1.54
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$46,180	$59,420	0.26	0.58
Civil Engineers	160	$82,890	$89,710	1.04	0.44
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	100	$80,730	$80,120	0.63	0.30
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	320	$34,680	$34,820	2.12	0.87
Clergy	40	$56,360	$53,140	0.24	0.66
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	50	$84,730	$98,500	0.35	0.72
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	350	$63,970	$60,150	2.28	1.07
Coaches and Scouts	540	$46,670	$57,710	3.53	2.20
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	250	$44,620	$46,290	1.63	1.59
Commercial and Industrial Designers	50	$62,020	$75,440	0.33	1.54
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$103,510	$106,400	0.66	3.50
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	110	$48,460	$51,490	0.74	1.07
Community Health Workers	80	$49,580	$53,670	0.49	1.24
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	30	$59,740	$67,040	0.22	0.30
Compliance Officers	210	$66,000	$68,470	1.40	0.52
Computer and Information Systems Managers	240	$135,580	$146,360	1.59	0.37
Computer Network Architects	50	$62,140	$74,650	0.35	0.31
Computer Network Support Specialists	60	$55,240	$63,170	0.39	0.41
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	320	$44,730	$46,590	2.07	1.90
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	50	$64,420	$67,320	0.36	1.95
Computer Occupations, All Other	100	$80,210	$90,260	0.65	0.23
Computer Programmers	50	$74,810	$76,830	0.34	0.57
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$127,320	$121,050	0.66	2.87
Computer Systems Analysts	160	$92,350	$92,930	1.07	0.32
Computer User Support Specialists	480	$56,060	$56,960	3.14	0.68
Conservation Scientists	60	$61,360	$73,830	0.40	2.36
Construction and Building Inspectors	100	$67,990	$62,540	0.63	0.67
Construction Laborers	1,400	$47,690	$48,960	9.19	1.30
Construction Managers	330	$92,800	$104,500	2.19	0.90
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	90	$96,900	$90,730	0.60	1.93
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	70	$42,090	$47,950	0.46	3.12
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	720	$35,800	$35,480	4.72	1.66
Cooks, Restaurant	1,580	$35,360	$34,820	10.34	1.14
Cooks, Short Order	110	$33,960	$33,820	0.72	0.81
Correctional Officers and Jailers	700	$61,210	$60,030	4.59	1.88
Cost Estimators	190	$68,850	$71,700	1.24	0.86
Counter and Rental Clerks	510	$37,330	$41,170	3.32	1.29
Couriers and Messengers	30	$35,350	$37,550	0.21	0.47
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	440	$46,920	$47,790	2.90	2.51
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	150	$33,230	$34,020	0.97	1.60
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$39,640	$42,760	0.23	1.41
Customer Service Representatives	1,790	$40,250	$42,710	11.70	0.70
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	110	$50,220	$49,070	0.70	2.42
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	680	$38,980	$41,560	4.47	4.06
Data Entry Keyers	70	$39,100	$39,780	0.44	0.54
Data Scientists	120	$77,920	$86,120	0.77	0.46
Database Administrators	30	$80,120	$92,820	0.21	0.46
Dental Assistants	270	$45,520	$45,260	1.79	0.72
Dental Hygienists	300	$76,050	$78,210	1.94	1.36
Dentists, General	70	$201,410	$195,240	0.47	0.58
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	50	$78,490	$83,150	0.33	0.45
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	110	$80,040	$78,120	0.73	1.26
Dietetic Technicians	260	$36,270	$35,560	1.68	8.27
Dietitians and Nutritionists	100	$66,010	$64,110	0.66	1.32
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	310	$29,790	$32,360	2.05	0.59
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	30	$43,180	$49,410	0.20	1.40
Dishwashers	440	$27,680	$29,720	2.86	0.93
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	160	$47,720	$52,430	1.04	0.80
Driver/Sales Workers	520	$36,230	$38,150	3.41	1.30
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	70	$71,400	$66,470	0.47	3.77
Editors	30	$51,850	$53,160	0.22	0.37
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	510	$100,300	$104,280	3.31	1.57
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	330	$99,940	$125,150	2.17	1.87
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	80	$55,210	$53,800	0.53	1.11
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$76,200	$77,880	0.55	1.41
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	290	$51,680	$55,710	1.89	2.48
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	440	$58,720	$62,130	2.86	1.26
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$71,030	$74,610	0.23	0.38
Electrical Engineers	210	$100,080	$106,590	1.38	1.08
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	280	$107,110	$105,040	1.82	2.16
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	150	$37,540	$41,300	0.99	0.63
Electricians	1,010	$61,010	$64,890	6.62	1.36
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,880	$62,610	$65,400	12.29	1.38
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	240	$70,660	$63,680	1.58	1.59
Emergency Medical Technicians	260	$37,190	$39,190	1.68	1.45
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	180	$36,260	$41,180	1.16	5.30
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	130	$100,590	$106,960	0.87	3.37
Engineers, All Other	60	$93,560	$98,260	0.39	0.40
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$88,350	$88,030	0.52	1.39
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	70	$65,640	$71,460	0.49	2.00
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	70	$62,150	$68,920	0.47	0.83
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	50	$48,340	$53,700	0.35	1.58
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	430	$47,790	$53,830	2.82	0.95
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	100	$37,790	$43,040	0.66	0.32
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	80	$50,500	$49,130	0.52	1.33
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	250	$38,340	$42,070	1.67	4.40
Facilities Managers	180	$88,140	$97,090	1.21	1.20
Family Medicine Physicians	100	$236,450	$260,190	0.65	0.94
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	260	$49,020	$53,660	1.68	6.91
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	220	$35,450	$35,800	1.41	0.83
Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,760	$27,640	$28,770	24.66	0.99
File Clerks	70	$40,630	$43,880	0.43	0.90
Financial and Investment Analysts	90	$78,470	$88,990	0.59	0.25
Financial Managers	550	$116,340	$130,610	3.60	0.66
Firefighters	240	$38,940	$42,740	1.54	0.69
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	730	$74,780	$79,630	4.79	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	100	$75,730	$73,730	0.64	1.87
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	90	$44,580	$46,610	0.60	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	40	$53,690	$58,650	0.26	1.47
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	100	$51,380	$57,950	0.66	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,320	$36,420	$39,920	8.68	1.10
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	180	$52,840	$51,620	1.21	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	270	$74,840	$66,330	1.77	2.11
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	700	$73,190	$75,440	4.58	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	90	$79,220	$88,090	0.62	0.45
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,060	$57,700	$62,820	6.93	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	40	$51,110	$55,310	0.28	0.38
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	90	$80,400	$81,090	0.59	0.59
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,090	$68,530	$70,940	7.12	1.64
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,500	$43,920	$45,620	9.83	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	60	$59,200	$58,310	0.41	0.78
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	420	$56,360	$60,200	2.75	0.69
Fish and Game Wardens	30	$87,460	$82,830	0.20	5.47
Food Batchmakers	280	$41,880	$44,660	1.85	1.65
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	40	$43,880	$53,920	0.26	1.28
Food Preparation Workers	540	$28,440	$30,120	3.51	0.61
Food Processing Workers, All Other	40	$39,120	$40,270	0.25	0.61
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	160	$31,610	$32,300	1.03	0.55
Food Service Managers	420	$52,000	$55,060	2.74	1.78
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$79,910	$81,810	0.34	2.66
Forest and Conservation Technicians	—	$45,760	$49,580	—	—
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	100	$48,100	$52,130	0.68	8.22
Fundraisers	100	$62,620	$66,200	0.68	0.95
Fundraising Managers	40	$102,200	$110,500	0.25	0.99
Funeral Attendants	80	$37,080	$40,070	0.52	2.61
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	40	$62,470	$60,390	0.23	2.54
Furniture Finishers	30	$40,000	$40,260	0.23	2.46
General and Operations Managers	2,940	$78,740	$99,960	19.25	0.85
Glaziers	90	$51,230	$54,640	0.56	1.49
Graphic Designers	120	$47,870	$49,400	0.81	0.64
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	70	$47,890	$49,010	0.46	6.82
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	180	$43,370	$45,290	1.15	2.68
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	170	$34,460	$44,610	1.09	0.55
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	110	$46,710	$51,160	0.71	2.13
Health Education Specialists	60	$61,260	$59,350	0.39	0.93
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	190	$86,090	$126,230	1.22	0.86
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	230	$42,200	$47,440	1.48	1.26
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	30	$59,740	$72,310	0.20	0.88
Healthcare Social Workers	140	$63,180	$64,470	0.93	0.77
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	30	$40,690	$44,740	0.20	0.29
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	50	$47,110	$50,420	0.34	3.81
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	450	$52,220	$56,060	2.94	1.12
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,680	$54,090	$54,110	17.53	1.32
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	80	$37,650	$37,410	0.51	0.83
Helpers--Production Workers	140	$39,310	$40,580	0.90	0.84
Highway Maintenance Workers	310	$53,440	$50,470	2.02	2.02
Home Appliance Repairers	30	$51,410	$51,980	0.21	1.01
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,680	$35,040	$35,110	24.13	0.87
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	390	$27,420	$29,920	2.57	0.92
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	260	$30,120	$32,970	1.73	1.03
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	50	$47,030	$47,200	0.30	0.51
Human Resources Managers	130	$125,720	$133,100	0.88	0.62
Human Resources Specialists	570	$64,250	$69,590	3.74	0.64
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	110	$59,640	$60,740	0.74	1.52
Industrial Engineers	560	$84,290	$90,340	3.64	1.55
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	850	$59,180	$60,350	5.60	1.98
Industrial Production Managers	480	$105,820	$114,060	3.16	2.00
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	760	$42,190	$43,230	4.96	1.00
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	50	$45,760	$46,770	0.33	0.38
Information Security Analysts	40	$96,000	$96,350	0.26	0.21
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	910	$43,490	$45,090	5.96	1.55
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	160	$43,710	$45,550	1.08	0.95
Instructional Coordinators	150	$77,330	$82,810	1.00	0.69
Insurance Sales Agents	550	$59,330	$62,100	3.61	1.17
Insurance Underwriters	40	$59,520	$65,550	0.23	0.34
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	160	$39,640	$44,500	1.03	1.08
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,330	$35,410	$36,290	15.25	1.07
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	50	$73,250	$95,390	0.30	1.94
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	60	$56,900	$59,760	0.42	0.60
Labor Relations Specialists	60	$77,740	$79,220	0.41	0.98
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	2,050	$37,790	$39,380	13.46	0.71
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,280	$36,540	$38,100	8.37	1.37
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$47,500	$51,810	0.27	2.51
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	180	$34,920	$34,140	1.18	0.93
Lawyers	220	$97,300	$113,720	1.46	0.30
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	110	$44,280	$46,310	0.72	0.71
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	180	$53,360	$56,300	1.20	1.39
Library Assistants, Clerical	210	$29,870	$31,890	1.40	2.54
Library Technicians	—	$32,690	$35,300	—	—
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	490	$63,350	$65,480	3.24	0.78
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	130	$35,400	$39,410	0.87	0.86
Light Truck Drivers	820	$37,310	$40,490	5.38	0.85
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	160	$47,260	$47,770	1.06	1.00
Loan Officers	240	$74,130	$81,830	1.55	0.88
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants	50	$35,170	$33,510	0.31	3.13
Lodging Managers	50	$58,770	$63,310	0.36	1.30
Logging Equipment Operators	130	$47,190	$49,640	0.83	6.10
Logisticians	150	$72,300	$78,370	0.96	0.60
Machinists	1,250	$44,580	$47,510	8.22	4.45
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	40	$82,400	$82,760	0.25	0.90
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	960	$34,730	$33,450	6.29	1.14
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	40	$25,960	$31,350	0.25	0.69
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,650	$44,730	$46,450	10.84	1.10
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	70	$53,640	$54,330	0.44	1.13
Management Analysts	130	$79,750	$89,390	0.85	0.15
Managers, All Other	190	$98,660	$111,620	1.22	0.30
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	490	$55,500	$64,700	3.20	0.55
Marketing Managers	110	$115,440	$123,920	0.69	0.27
Massage Therapists	40	$50,420	$54,280	0.23	0.37
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$100,750	$91,240	0.60	1.96
Mechanical Drafters	70	$57,740	$63,410	0.46	1.78
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	70	$61,670	$64,840	0.44	1.89
Mechanical Engineers	470	$92,400	$91,970	3.11	1.63
Medical and Health Services Managers	510	$99,110	$112,690	3.32	0.86
Medical Assistants	1,060	$41,380	$41,360	6.92	1.32
Medical Equipment Preparers	50	$42,680	$43,210	0.33	0.66
Medical Equipment Repairers	50	$56,400	$67,530	0.35	0.82
Medical Records Specialists	150	$47,220	$50,240	1.00	0.80
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	940	$39,520	$41,050	6.14	0.99
Medical Transcriptionists	70	$41,990	$40,950	0.45	1.67
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	100	$50,120	$53,470	0.63	0.69
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	140	$66,250	$66,180	0.92	1.08
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	120	$36,130	$38,540	0.81	0.76
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	550	$61,880	$63,810	3.58	0.90
Millwrights	60	$55,990	$61,860	0.40	1.53
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	2,630	$39,090	$41,960	17.23	1.91
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	60	$46,700	$46,380	0.41	0.67
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	110	$56,000	$56,920	0.70	0.62
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	60	$42,150	$41,690	0.41	1.91
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	360	$39,240	$42,740	2.38	2.46
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	40	$45,800	$53,850	0.29	1.81
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	90	$48,900	$50,310	0.60	4.05
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	290	$46,400	$46,740	1.93	2.41
Natural Sciences Managers	50	$100,150	$147,700	0.30	0.43
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	170	$79,390	$85,750	1.13	0.56
New Accounts Clerks	40	$45,520	$44,940	0.25	1.06
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	40	$35,400	$47,680	0.28	1.13
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	30	$93,490	$89,820	0.20	1.81
Nurse Anesthetists	30	$267,440	$247,870	0.23	0.67
Nurse Practitioners	260	$121,170	$116,530	1.71	0.82
Nursing Assistants	2,300	$40,180	$40,990	15.09	1.62
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$77,700	$81,350	0.24	0.47
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	110	$75,980	$82,580	0.72	0.80
Occupational Therapists	150	$85,580	$88,830	0.99	0.95
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	140	$34,270	$45,230	0.95	0.76
Office Clerks, General	3,020	$42,360	$43,860	19.80	1.25
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	610	$58,290	$60,670	3.97	1.29
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	50	$38,740	$40,830	0.35	0.76
Opticians, Dispensing	120	$37,780	$39,310	0.78	1.65
Optometrists	70	$124,850	$128,300	0.43	1.57
Order Clerks	70	$38,370	$40,300	0.44	0.92
Orderlies	50	$38,620	$39,450	0.31	0.92
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	140	$45,180	$44,450	0.95	4.09
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	590	$41,600	$41,880	3.88	1.59
Packers and Packagers, Hand	530	$31,000	$32,930	3.50	0.97
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	130	$48,400	$51,720	0.85	0.59
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	110	$53,350	$59,500	0.75	0.30
Paramedics	190	$50,860	$52,030	1.24	1.91
Parking Attendants	90	$32,710	$33,320	0.59	0.67
Parts Salespersons	400	$44,520	$46,330	2.63	1.52
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	140	$48,090	$51,450	0.90	0.92
Personal Financial Advisors	90	$61,680	$92,630	0.56	0.33
Pharmacists	350	$132,280	$131,720	2.27	1.09
Pharmacy Aides	40	$33,890	$33,650	0.28	1.12
Pharmacy Technicians	640	$41,990	$42,220	4.18	1.38
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$102,700	$129,990	0.28	2.15
Phlebotomists	100	$36,900	$39,320	0.69	0.75
Physical Therapist Assistants	110	$59,530	$59,330	0.69	0.96
Physical Therapists	250	$99,770	$100,050	1.65	0.96
Physician Assistants	180	$128,340	$128,770	1.16	1.11
Physicians, All Other	90	$221,980	$222,410	0.56	0.25
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$101,410	$94,380	0.26	3.07
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	390	$59,890	$67,660	2.58	0.86
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	740	$61,170	$61,520	4.85	1.12
Postal Service Clerks	190	$62,130	$60,420	1.23	2.59
Postal Service Mail Carriers	680	$55,540	$58,980	4.42	2.09
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	60	$96,110	$96,560	0.42	4.72
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	90	$80,260	$88,320	0.56	0.58
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	430	$36,430	$39,190	2.79	0.91
Printing Press Operators	110	$38,810	$40,390	0.69	0.74
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	150	$72,130	$70,950	0.99	1.73
Procurement Clerks	50	$47,160	$47,530	0.30	0.83
Producers and Directors	50	$59,110	$60,020	0.34	0.37
Production Workers, All Other	450	$36,200	$40,100	2.96	1.83
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	250	$58,140	$59,890	1.66	0.66
Project Management Specialists	470	$84,830	$91,730	3.09	0.45
Property Appraisers and Assessors	110	$65,270	$65,910	0.70	1.90
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	110	$54,370	$65,920	0.74	0.37
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$98,830	$105,300	0.42	1.59
Public Relations Managers	50	$102,660	$105,650	0.33	0.69
Public Relations Specialists	210	$59,920	$61,560	1.40	0.77
Public Safety Telecommunicators	100	$45,710	$45,440	0.63	0.96
Purchasing Managers	70	$129,480	$130,150	0.44	0.80
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	270	$67,360	$69,160	1.78	1.20
Receptionists and Information Clerks	840	$36,720	$37,000	5.49	0.94
Recreation Workers	380	$34,270	$36,230	2.52	1.18
Recreational Therapists	40	$72,130	$63,640	0.26	2.70
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	100	$51,300	$51,710	0.66	0.70
Registered Nurses	3,030	$83,660	$86,920	19.86	0.91
Rehabilitation Counselors	120	$40,050	$50,740	0.78	1.27
Residential Advisors	50	$48,140	$46,410	0.34	0.62
Respiratory Therapists	180	$76,730	$75,250	1.21	1.34
Retail Salespersons	3,790	$33,880	$36,660	24.83	0.99
Roofers	110	$47,800	$52,330	0.69	0.79
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	60	$45,760	$49,050	0.42	1.47
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	50	$47,460	$48,360	0.35	0.58
Sales Managers	490	$121,620	$128,980	3.20	0.78
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	440	$56,940	$63,720	2.88	0.36
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,150	$63,560	$75,240	7.57	0.95
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	200	$82,810	$102,650	1.34	0.73
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	110	$40,260	$41,790	0.71	2.70
School Psychologists	70	$79,550	$83,220	0.47	1.15
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,480	$64,390	$69,260	9.69	1.41
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,580	$40,180	$42,550	10.35	0.94
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	170	$57,710	$93,550	1.13	0.36
Security Guards	800	$38,170	$38,620	5.21	0.63
Self-Enrichment Teachers	170	$44,690	$49,060	1.09	0.51
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	100	$45,750	$48,840	0.64	1.66
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	50	$47,030	$47,830	0.31	1.56
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	50	$50,800	$52,730	0.31	1.13
Sewing Machine Operators	130	$40,650	$39,480	0.84	1.25
Sheet Metal Workers	130	$50,140	$59,010	0.85	1.10
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	930	$42,840	$44,860	6.11	1.16
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	110	$34,960	$35,640	0.72	0.45
Social and Community Service Managers	230	$88,320	$86,330	1.51	1.12
Social and Human Service Assistants	460	$41,360	$41,070	3.04	1.08
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$75,900	$99,150	0.21	2.65
Social Workers, All Other	50	$55,500	$63,170	0.30	0.73
Software Developers	370	$102,870	$110,720	2.41	0.22
Soil and Plant Scientists	30	$84,540	$89,570	0.20	2.03
Special Education Teachers, All Other	210	$81,600	$77,440	1.41	6.45
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	170	$73,520	$71,470	1.13	0.67
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	70	$74,790	$69,670	0.44	0.71
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	30	$69,450	$73,400	0.22	1.15
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	150	$74,560	$74,850	0.98	0.93
Speech-Language Pathologists	190	$82,580	$83,400	1.24	1.05
Stockers and Order Fillers	3,120	$32,210	$34,880	20.46	1.12
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	50	$70,860	$68,570	0.34	0.78
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	290	$62,710	$67,780	1.90	0.60
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	120	$40,530	$47,070	0.77	0.23
Surgical Technologists	130	$62,020	$61,350	0.82	1.09
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	60	$51,060	$57,270	0.38	1.00
Surveyors	80	$72,090	$77,310	0.54	1.66
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	110	$50,320	$54,030	0.69	1.90
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	60	$63,430	$63,940	0.41	0.56
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,240	$34,500	$34,470	14.71	1.61
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	200	$36,610	$38,060	1.30	1.24
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	140	$57,850	$57,010	0.94	1.04
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	140	$72,800	$66,900	0.92	1.47
Tellers	720	$36,470	$37,920	4.75	2.24
Tire Repairers and Changers	170	$36,700	$39,010	1.11	1.60
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	110	$49,330	$54,010	0.74	2.36
Tool and Die Makers	250	$57,470	$57,550	1.64	4.47
Tour and Travel Guides	40	$30,560	$40,600	0.23	0.67
Training and Development Specialists	170	$58,540	$65,100	1.11	0.38
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	330	$79,650	$87,860	2.19	1.54
Tutors	180	$28,510	$37,840	1.18	1.04
Upholsterers	40	$44,680	$46,260	0.23	1.78
Urban and Regional Planners	100	$69,370	$71,850	0.67	2.37
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	180	$30,160	$31,020	1.16	1.48
Veterinarians	90	$107,700	$113,580	0.60	1.12
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	170	$35,610	$35,330	1.14	1.40
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	140	$45,090	$45,200	0.91	1.09
Waiters and Waitresses	2,500	$36,840	$41,820	16.42	1.12
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	180	$54,320	$53,760	1.21	1.46
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	40	$34,780	$38,910	0.24	0.70
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,030	$48,060	$51,640	6.78	2.53
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	60	$46,310	$46,550	0.39	1.91
Wellhead Pumpers	40	$48,850	$63,960	0.24	2.10
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	130	$43,320	$43,650	0.84	2.12

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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