Wages by Occupation in Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 52,600 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $59,590 for all occupations combined. 250 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

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

30.2% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.1), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 102.4 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 108.2; 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 4,717 residents (3.7% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±456; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 4.7% in 2025, with a labor force of about 59,515 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

25.9% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±2.5), 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	$35,955	$32,485
High school graduate	$50,197	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$50,808	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$75,870	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$94,429	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	19.6% (±3.6)	24.2%
High school graduate	11.9% (±1.5)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	9.9% (±1.1)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.6% (±0.7)	4.5%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	39.0%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	10.0%	10.0%
Business	13.6%	20.1%
Education	12.8%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	24.6%	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	400	$92,920	$98,260	7.68	0.82
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	130	$36,500	$38,890	2.39	0.94
Animal Caretakers	110	$38,410	$43,660	2.10	1.23
Architectural and Civil Drafters	60	$61,860	$69,320	1.09	1.63
Architectural and Engineering Managers	90	$164,690	$189,140	1.65	1.16
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	90	$40,410	$42,330	1.72	2.62
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	40	$58,750	$67,230	0.74	0.77
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	280	$55,270	$62,850	5.29	1.17
Bakers	110	$44,220	$45,210	2.17	1.43
Bartenders	270	$56,640	$59,070	5.21	1.07
Billing and Posting Clerks	200	$57,490	$55,960	3.73	1.44
Biological Technicians	40	$50,320	$51,900	0.81	1.81
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	560	$59,020	$60,730	10.68	1.21
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	170	$77,460	$76,170	3.27	1.76
Bus Drivers, School	200	$72,070	$68,110	3.76	1.45
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	280	$82,200	$93,730	5.26	0.75
Butchers and Meat Cutters	60	$50,720	$50,740	1.09	1.25
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	190	$75,040	$79,370	3.68	1.16
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	50	$57,110	$55,570	0.92	1.85
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	40	$113,850	$112,410	0.69	2.90
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	110	$75,420	$82,100	2.08	2.83
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	90	$99,950	$102,280	1.64	2.28
Carpenters	540	$69,710	$77,330	10.35	2.40
Cashiers	1,270	$37,960	$40,770	24.10	1.21
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	50	$89,100	$85,530	0.99	0.75
Chemists	40	$81,680	$85,560	0.82	1.55
Chief Executives	30	$207,100	$262,550	0.63	0.48
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	170	$76,270	$75,390	3.30	1.31
Childcare Workers	60	$40,150	$41,760	1.05	0.31
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	50	$80,450	$82,580	0.92	2.09
Civil Engineers	150	$101,300	$109,410	2.93	1.24
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	210	$39,960	$41,970	3.99	1.63
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	110	$63,220	$76,940	2.14	1.00
Coaches and Scouts	140	$45,330	$52,890	2.69	1.68
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	100	$60,820	$59,580	1.93	1.89
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	80	$59,060	$64,320	1.57	2.26
Community Health Workers	50	$60,090	$63,460	1.01	2.54
Compliance Officers	130	$84,090	$86,960	2.39	0.89
Computer and Information Systems Managers	90	$172,460	$193,530	1.68	0.39
Computer Occupations, All Other	50	$107,310	$108,070	0.98	0.35
Computer Systems Analysts	140	$107,850	$111,370	2.57	0.77
Computer User Support Specialists	240	$68,250	$70,070	4.58	0.99
Conservation Scientists	40	$78,460	$78,800	0.67	3.99
Construction and Building Inspectors	60	$97,610	$93,150	1.21	1.28
Construction Laborers	400	$58,220	$61,260	7.65	1.08
Construction Managers	110	$159,860	$163,350	2.13	0.87
Cooks, Fast Food	170	$37,850	$39,020	3.25	0.79
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	240	$51,620	$51,930	4.56	1.61
Cooks, Restaurant	590	$46,450	$46,240	11.15	1.23
Cost Estimators	130	$80,100	$91,530	2.38	1.65
Counter and Rental Clerks	200	$43,440	$47,210	3.74	1.45
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	120	$62,730	$63,520	2.31	2.00
Crane and Tower Operators	70	$116,840	$108,550	1.29	4.69
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	40	$62,880	$62,800	0.79	1.29
Customer Service Representatives	400	$49,160	$51,710	7.63	0.46
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	30	$57,290	$54,920	0.61	0.55
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	50	$36,660	$39,600	1.02	2.46
Dental Assistants	230	$49,530	$54,120	4.29	1.72
Dental Hygienists	130	$127,470	$124,010	2.41	1.68
Dentists, General	50	$212,000	$232,410	0.90	1.13
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	70	$107,340	$90,200	1.24	2.14
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	80	$37,420	$40,550	1.52	0.43
Dishwashers	190	$37,710	$40,190	3.61	1.18
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	60	$57,510	$62,400	1.20	0.92
Driver/Sales Workers	100	$43,510	$47,950	1.95	0.74
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	70	$67,730	$70,770	1.40	2.61
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	120	$170,970	$164,920	2.23	1.06
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	40	$83,600	$84,070	0.77	1.62
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	90	$96,780	$93,990	1.76	0.78
Electrical Engineers	100	$96,270	$105,770	1.85	1.45
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	40	$60,130	$57,790	0.84	0.53
Electricians	740	$104,510	$103,040	14.07	2.89
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	500	$100,730	$106,760	9.60	1.07
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	70	$67,280	$64,230	1.28	1.29
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	30	$57,960	$70,580	0.57	1.48
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	70	$89,220	$91,800	1.30	2.27
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	230	$78,670	$77,880	4.43	1.50
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	120	$39,870	$50,300	2.32	1.12
Facilities Managers	40	$133,620	$142,030	0.69	0.69
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	50	$63,750	$67,090	1.01	4.13
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	200	$38,410	$41,220	3.82	2.24
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	70	$42,370	$48,150	1.39	6.58
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,580	$36,890	$39,230	30.11	1.21
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	70	$56,850	$57,340	1.31	12.63
Financial Managers	150	$162,080	$173,410	2.82	0.52
Firefighters	180	$81,100	$79,750	3.33	1.50
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	560	$130,790	$126,600	10.66	2.04
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	40	$65,390	$72,080	0.69	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	80	$114,810	$110,120	1.61	2.53
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	300	$55,690	$59,880	5.73	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	40	$60,160	$62,580	0.70	0.61
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	70	$56,260	$62,470	1.34	1.60
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	280	$94,530	$99,260	5.28	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	50	$82,820	$88,240	0.97	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	490	$76,200	$80,520	9.29	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	70	$127,390	$128,320	1.39	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	550	$79,630	$82,810	10.47	2.42
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	480	$57,620	$61,070	9.13	1.27
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	210	$68,710	$70,770	4.02	1.00
Food Batchmakers	70	$41,720	$44,230	1.28	1.14
Food Preparation Workers	280	$37,740	$41,420	5.37	0.93
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	150	$36,520	$38,730	2.92	1.54
Forest and Conservation Technicians	60	$58,930	$64,770	1.06	5.44
Foresters	50	$74,710	$80,090	0.97	14.45
Fundraisers	50	$72,250	$76,870	0.90	1.26
General and Operations Managers	710	$126,680	$145,510	13.55	0.60
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$50,300	$52,060	0.69	1.61
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	30	$57,840	$58,800	0.61	1.83
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	40	$50,480	$55,940	0.72	2.93
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	40	$63,500	$73,650	0.79	0.67
Healthcare Social Workers	110	$81,610	$78,040	2.02	1.67
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	40	$64,310	$66,240	0.79	1.11
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	150	$77,010	$77,400	2.92	1.11
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	670	$62,240	$65,910	12.78	0.96
Helpers--Production Workers	40	$43,340	$42,490	0.82	0.77
Highway Maintenance Workers	80	$65,120	$66,660	1.51	1.52
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,200	$42,690	$43,070	22.73	0.82
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	130	$38,650	$40,570	2.51	1.49
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	30	$57,220	$56,900	0.58	1.01
Human Resources Managers	40	$151,170	$157,970	0.77	0.54
Human Resources Specialists	230	$78,800	$84,220	4.46	0.76
Industrial Engineers	100	$121,360	$115,420	1.92	0.82
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	240	$78,800	$81,010	4.48	1.58
Industrial Production Managers	80	$143,990	$154,080	1.47	0.93
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	220	$49,940	$53,580	4.21	0.85
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	40	$48,730	$53,360	0.78	0.90
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	180	$68,060	$72,490	3.34	0.87
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	60	$59,040	$60,820	1.08	0.95
Instructional Coordinators	70	$124,090	$104,940	1.38	0.94
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	90	$62,710	$70,390	1.75	6.14
Insurance Sales Agents	110	$59,800	$72,350	2.03	0.66
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	110	$48,350	$50,970	2.17	2.28
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	650	$44,860	$47,510	12.31	0.87
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	90	$97,830	$100,150	1.71	2.44
Labor Relations Specialists	50	$79,110	$91,360	0.87	2.10
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	800	$45,960	$46,280	15.15	0.80
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	500	$45,020	$46,650	9.49	1.55
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	50	$38,060	$38,500	1.02	0.80
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	40	$85,730	$89,500	0.69	0.80
Library Assistants, Clerical	60	$47,780	$50,410	1.13	2.06
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	120	$83,940	$83,360	2.29	0.55
Light Truck Drivers	440	$47,780	$56,640	8.34	1.32
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	100	$52,630	$58,570	1.88	1.77
Loan Officers	80	$84,060	$95,220	1.59	0.90
Logging Equipment Operators	30	$71,620	$71,260	0.66	4.89
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	50	$45,960	$51,630	0.99	3.64
Machinists	140	$66,280	$66,860	2.68	1.45
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	310	$38,020	$40,310	5.95	1.08
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	560	$60,150	$61,640	10.57	1.07
Management Analysts	80	$96,380	$102,090	1.48	0.26
Managers, All Other	100	$143,630	$147,780	1.90	0.48
Manicurists and Pedicurists	50	$46,620	$44,670	0.97	0.99
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	200	$68,710	$78,900	3.76	0.65
Marketing Managers	40	$155,520	$171,380	0.80	0.31
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	300	$38,770	$42,240	5.62	5.99
Mechanical Drafters	30	$66,020	$68,610	0.60	2.34
Medical and Health Services Managers	100	$141,030	$166,590	1.94	0.50
Medical Assistants	210	$61,870	$57,140	4.01	0.76
Medical Equipment Preparers	40	$49,070	$48,650	0.68	1.37
Medical Records Specialists	100	$63,360	$70,730	1.99	1.58
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	180	$50,740	$53,200	3.51	0.57
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	50	$61,270	$63,780	0.99	1.08
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	80	$68,850	$68,610	1.49	1.74
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	160	$106,920	$106,790	3.02	0.76
Millwrights	70	$80,080	$78,130	1.27	4.88
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	400	$48,940	$52,590	7.68	0.85
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$49,520	$51,640	0.99	1.62
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	60	$76,680	$82,700	1.19	1.05
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	70	$62,880	$66,280	1.31	8.76
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	90	$100,120	$102,200	1.71	0.85
Nurse Practitioners	60	$141,790	$153,080	1.19	0.57
Nursing Assistants	500	$49,020	$49,880	9.44	1.01
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	60	$101,060	$104,860	1.22	1.34
Occupational Therapists	50	$102,680	$102,630	0.96	0.92
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	30	$48,450	$47,660	0.57	0.46
Office Clerks, General	720	$50,170	$53,030	13.62	0.86
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	180	$85,390	$93,960	3.41	1.11
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	50	$49,780	$49,610	1.03	2.25
Opticians, Dispensing	50	$50,490	$53,110	0.95	2.02
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	190	$49,590	$47,450	3.61	1.48
Packers and Packagers, Hand	180	$39,820	$42,170	3.45	0.96
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	150	$57,990	$58,400	2.77	1.92
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	80	$61,450	$62,290	1.51	0.60
Paramedics	70	$109,620	$106,520	1.32	2.04
Parts Salespersons	160	$46,160	$48,630	2.99	1.72
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	50	$66,650	$67,140	0.86	0.88
Pharmacists	110	$159,320	$153,490	2.01	0.97
Pharmacy Technicians	140	$55,790	$57,020	2.66	0.88
Physical Therapist Assistants	50	$61,420	$64,640	0.93	1.28
Physical Therapists	80	$113,510	$112,710	1.59	0.93
Physicians, All Other	70	$271,750	$272,850	1.26	0.57
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	230	$77,540	$79,750	4.32	1.44
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	220	$100,480	$98,320	4.24	0.98
Postal Service Clerks	30	$59,730	$61,760	0.61	1.28
Postal Service Mail Carriers	120	$62,330	$63,380	2.36	1.11
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	180	$48,510	$52,350	3.34	1.08
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	120	$61,670	$69,380	2.33	0.93
Project Management Specialists	380	$108,980	$115,530	7.18	1.05
Protective Service Workers, All Other	50	$50,400	$56,970	0.97	1.85
Public Relations Specialists	50	$78,110	$87,260	0.90	0.49
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	100	$101,970	$94,880	1.92	1.30
Real Estate Sales Agents	40	$73,540	$75,770	0.72	0.58
Receptionists and Information Clerks	450	$45,060	$45,390	8.52	1.46
Recreation Workers	160	$43,380	$43,230	3.03	1.42
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	60	$65,270	$69,850	1.07	1.13
Registered Nurses	1,190	$106,730	$111,200	22.61	1.04
Rehabilitation Counselors	80	$63,480	$65,700	1.53	2.52
Residential Advisors	60	$44,260	$43,310	1.12	2.06
Retail Salespersons	1,730	$39,240	$44,690	32.96	1.31
Roofers	80	$61,410	$69,420	1.54	1.77
Sailors and Marine Oilers	110	$68,740	$68,270	2.09	10.27
Sales Managers	120	$159,020	$160,540	2.27	0.55
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	200	$76,100	$85,600	3.88	0.48
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	370	$78,620	$95,540	7.11	0.89
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	40	$93,320	$111,950	0.72	0.40
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	90	$49,310	$52,750	1.71	6.50
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	240	$121,190	$107,640	4.57	0.67
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	510	$56,980	$56,860	9.64	0.88
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	140	$61,540	$77,210	2.65	0.84
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	50	$62,890	$73,110	0.94	1.69
Security Guards	220	$46,090	$48,130	4.26	0.52
Self-Enrichment Teachers	170	$48,380	$53,870	3.17	1.48
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	40	$74,550	$69,450	0.72	3.66
Sheet Metal Workers	80	$61,330	$71,760	1.47	1.91
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	210	$47,400	$49,440	3.94	0.75
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	50	$44,130	$44,970	0.91	0.57
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	50	$45,090	$45,890	0.90	2.00
Social and Community Service Managers	60	$103,890	$110,040	1.23	0.92
Social and Human Service Assistants	150	$47,910	$52,620	2.79	0.99
Software Developers	270	$106,640	$121,700	5.20	0.48
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	60	$99,840	$103,830	1.11	0.66
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	60	$103,420	$105,910	1.08	1.02
Speech-Language Pathologists	80	$105,950	$108,340	1.55	1.31
Stockers and Order Fillers	900	$44,300	$44,800	17.06	0.94
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	50	$63,920	$65,660	0.94	2.80
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	250	$70,970	$75,320	4.77	1.51
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	290	$54,350	$55,370	5.54	1.64
Surgical Technologists	50	$81,470	$79,260	0.89	1.18
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	870	$57,950	$54,130	16.62	1.82
Tellers	150	$47,230	$48,120	2.79	1.32
Tire Repairers and Changers	30	$43,160	$50,210	0.57	0.82
Training and Development Specialists	90	$78,200	$81,740	1.65	0.56
Urban and Regional Planners	70	$95,640	$93,590	1.34	4.71
Veterinarians	40	$156,980	$168,820	0.80	1.48
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	80	$45,260	$47,830	1.59	1.96
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	40	$60,830	$62,660	0.72	0.87
Waiters and Waitresses	830	$53,060	$58,410	15.84	1.08
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	90	$87,310	$83,270	1.63	1.97
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	430	$62,800	$63,350	8.11	3.03
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	50	$76,600	$78,560	0.87	7.50

Colleges in this area

1 college 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
Skagit Valley College	Public	4-year or above	4,028

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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