Wages by Occupation in North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 114,970 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $39,930 for all occupations combined. 318 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	640	$75,660	$87,100	5.60	0.60
Administrative Services Managers	160	$96,450	$107,310	1.42	0.83
Agricultural Equipment Operators	30	$40,290	$43,020	0.29	1.60
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	90	$21,150	$24,830	0.80	0.31
Animal Caretakers	220	$29,890	$31,190	1.90	1.11
Architectural and Engineering Managers	50	$152,060	$157,670	0.47	0.33
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	200	$29,500	$30,040	1.74	2.65
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	130	$43,570	$46,590	1.14	1.18
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	760	$46,890	$50,590	6.61	1.46
Bakers	410	$39,580	$41,220	3.56	2.35
Bartenders	230	$24,940	$29,650	1.98	0.41
Bill and Account Collectors	50	$38,700	$41,700	0.46	0.45
Billing and Posting Clerks	160	$43,280	$43,130	1.40	0.54
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$81,570	$95,930	0.35	1.07
Biological Technicians	30	$47,890	$48,880	0.27	0.60
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,160	$44,610	$45,720	10.12	1.15
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	180	$57,170	$55,840	1.57	0.84
Butchers and Meat Cutters	150	$35,990	$35,230	1.33	1.51
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	330	$49,760	$56,790	2.84	0.90
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	130	$46,000	$43,910	1.10	2.21
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	110	$61,530	$60,830	0.97	1.32
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	160	$59,820	$58,720	1.40	1.96
Carpenters	320	$46,080	$47,450	2.80	0.65
Cashiers	3,320	$27,230	$27,020	28.85	1.45
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	80	$45,120	$45,350	0.72	0.54
Chefs and Head Cooks	110	$62,520	$64,270	0.93	0.72
Chemical Technicians	30	$46,000	$49,000	0.27	0.72
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	360	$61,500	$57,630	3.11	1.23
Childcare Workers	360	$27,930	$26,630	3.16	0.95
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	70	$62,330	$62,900	0.57	1.29
Civil Engineers	100	$91,340	$91,520	0.91	0.38
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	60	$86,260	$88,060	0.51	0.25
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	200	$31,770	$32,510	1.73	0.71
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	50	$99,070	$96,610	0.47	0.96
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	200	$60,430	$58,730	1.72	0.80
Coaches and Scouts	100	$38,810	$53,890	0.85	0.53
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	190	$43,320	$44,180	1.69	1.65
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	50	$51,550	$53,530	0.47	0.68
Compliance Officers	130	$53,100	$60,200	1.10	0.41
Computer and Information Systems Managers	150	$126,980	$139,380	1.31	0.30
Computer Network Architects	70	$106,760	$112,340	0.59	0.51
Computer Network Support Specialists	—	$62,700	$69,310	—	—
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	150	$42,620	$43,770	1.30	1.19
Computer Occupations, All Other	230	$75,520	$74,150	1.98	0.71
Computer Systems Analysts	100	$78,340	$80,480	0.90	0.27
Computer User Support Specialists	300	$47,150	$50,990	2.60	0.56
Construction and Building Inspectors	60	$51,820	$52,970	0.50	0.53
Construction Laborers	950	$40,140	$42,630	8.30	1.18
Construction Managers	170	$99,350	$105,830	1.49	0.61
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	40	$47,120	$48,130	0.34	1.11
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	670	$35,040	$33,650	5.86	2.07
Cooks, Restaurant	1,030	$34,910	$33,390	8.94	0.99
Correctional Officers and Jailers	160	$30,490	$34,960	1.40	0.57
Cost Estimators	130	$72,450	$72,450	1.17	0.81
Counselors, All Other	40	$51,900	$57,050	0.38	2.08
Counter and Rental Clerks	280	$35,700	$38,110	2.39	0.93
Couriers and Messengers	90	$37,330	$38,520	0.80	1.81
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	130	$38,290	$43,900	1.12	0.97
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	190	$38,520	$41,290	1.62	9.69
Customer Service Representatives	1,510	$38,780	$41,360	13.16	0.79
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$37,230	$37,320	0.62	2.14
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	410	$46,060	$43,890	3.55	3.22
Data Entry Keyers	80	$34,690	$37,990	0.69	0.84
Dental Assistants	240	$44,330	$45,690	2.13	0.85
Dental Hygienists	200	$84,280	$86,010	1.76	1.23
Dentists, General	60	$206,000	$206,530	0.53	0.66
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	100	$70,520	$74,370	0.88	1.19
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	70	$76,110	$80,240	0.65	1.12
Dietitians and Nutritionists	50	$62,210	$63,560	0.41	0.82
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	270	$29,430	$28,190	2.39	0.68
Dishwashers	190	$28,440	$28,770	1.67	0.55
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	150	$41,130	$45,130	1.26	0.97
Driver/Sales Workers	380	$38,370	$37,910	3.28	1.25
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	290	$82,680	$86,070	2.56	1.21
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	80	$125,310	$151,300	0.71	0.61
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	—	$70,720	$67,040	—	—
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	50	$37,020	$43,990	0.40	0.52
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	280	$55,820	$57,350	2.41	1.06
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$71,080	$62,640	0.32	0.53
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	60	$45,570	$54,570	0.55	1.31
Electrical Engineers	40	$94,990	$98,890	0.38	0.30
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	220	$81,950	$81,780	1.92	2.28
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	80	$34,830	$45,820	0.69	0.43
Electricians	500	$53,030	$55,080	4.31	0.88
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,620	$52,400	$56,060	14.12	1.58
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	140	$47,030	$45,970	1.23	1.23
Emergency Medical Technicians	180	$37,100	$37,590	1.61	1.39
Engineers, All Other	140	$80,230	$86,630	1.20	1.21
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$71,850	$70,150	0.33	0.88
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	40	$67,100	$69,970	0.31	0.54
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	120	$55,660	$61,990	1.05	0.36
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	110	$45,270	$45,550	0.99	0.47
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	150	$47,900	$46,300	1.30	3.31
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	630	$35,980	$37,910	5.51	14.58
Facilities Managers	50	$91,230	$98,890	0.44	0.44
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	60	$45,300	$49,820	0.56	2.31
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	160	$30,250	$32,050	1.37	0.80
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	50	$32,950	$32,650	0.42	1.99
Fast Food and Counter Workers	4,060	$26,500	$26,280	35.31	1.42
File Clerks	50	$41,410	$43,490	0.46	0.98
Financial and Investment Analysts	40	$82,410	$86,150	0.34	0.15
Financial Managers	310	$124,290	$140,640	2.71	0.50
Financial Specialists, All Other	40	$55,680	$74,540	0.36	0.42
Firefighters	230	$38,590	$43,440	2.03	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	570	$62,360	$67,740	4.92	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	50	$35,440	$34,320	0.43	0.64
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	50	$60,100	$63,370	0.47	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,130	$37,440	$41,640	9.83	1.25
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	130	$40,050	$45,440	1.09	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	80	$56,780	$61,670	0.70	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	490	$76,230	$77,040	4.30	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	60	$73,710	$79,790	0.56	0.41
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,330	$59,610	$64,910	11.61	1.26
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	70	$37,930	$41,330	0.62	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	280	$74,770	$70,340	2.45	2.47
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	890	$60,080	$65,430	7.75	1.79
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,230	$43,900	$46,660	10.68	1.48
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	450	$55,460	$60,110	3.90	0.97
Floral Designers	70	$30,680	$32,750	0.60	2.30
Food Preparation Workers	720	$26,780	$27,890	6.26	1.09
Food Processing Workers, All Other	70	$42,630	$41,560	0.64	1.52
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	220	$30,110	$29,560	1.95	1.03
Food Service Managers	150	$59,270	$66,230	1.30	0.85
Forest and Conservation Workers	30	$40,320	$39,880	0.27	6.93
Fundraisers	50	$50,300	$53,950	0.43	0.61
Funeral Attendants	80	$27,620	$29,110	0.66	3.29
Funeral Home Managers	40	$76,880	$80,930	0.32	3.55
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	30	$43,760	$44,250	0.29	3.12
General and Operations Managers	1,890	$83,200	$106,840	16.46	0.73
Glaziers	70	$37,770	$38,640	0.57	1.53
Graphic Designers	70	$48,800	$51,950	0.62	0.48
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	70	$38,620	$38,440	0.65	1.51
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	230	$103,470	$113,730	1.97	1.38
Healthcare Social Workers	210	$59,740	$60,260	1.80	1.49
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	370	$47,240	$48,830	3.26	1.24
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,910	$50,670	$55,040	16.62	1.25
Helpers--Electricians	90	$37,140	$38,700	0.79	1.93
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	110	$36,120	$36,810	0.94	1.53
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	40	$42,720	$41,310	0.39	1.35
Helpers--Production Workers	160	$37,350	$36,700	1.39	1.30
Highway Maintenance Workers	220	$38,570	$42,850	1.89	1.90
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,830	$29,700	$30,690	24.66	0.89
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	150	$28,510	$28,590	1.33	0.79
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	100	$47,840	$46,670	0.91	1.57
Human Resources Managers	60	$109,220	$118,230	0.56	0.40
Human Resources Specialists	570	$60,710	$66,080	4.92	0.84
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	190	$82,430	$70,200	1.62	3.33
Industrial Engineers	240	$84,680	$92,540	2.13	0.91
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	470	$55,270	$56,520	4.11	1.45
Industrial Production Managers	210	$103,460	$116,690	1.80	1.13
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	720	$36,860	$38,540	6.25	1.25
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	790	$40,940	$45,610	6.90	1.80
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	100	$45,640	$50,240	0.90	0.79
Instructional Coordinators	90	$64,400	$66,540	0.80	0.54
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	30	$36,220	$39,960	0.28	1.00
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	60	$44,560	$44,030	0.56	0.41
Insurance Sales Agents	210	$53,050	$60,150	1.84	0.60
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,270	$30,780	$32,330	11.04	0.78
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	30	$201,700	$165,880	0.26	1.69
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	150	$51,550	$54,590	1.34	1.91
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	2,700	$35,570	$36,050	23.46	1.24
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	530	$35,540	$35,560	4.60	0.75
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	200	$32,210	$30,880	1.76	1.38
Lawyers	140	$117,390	$134,160	1.20	0.25
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	110	$35,930	$41,130	0.92	0.91
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	130	$61,340	$58,110	1.16	1.35
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,430	$59,610	$55,130	12.48	2.99
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	110	$27,390	$26,400	1.00	0.99
Light Truck Drivers	1,020	$34,980	$41,680	8.85	1.40
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	140	$43,210	$45,850	1.21	1.14
Loan Officers	330	$69,240	$75,930	2.83	1.61
Logging Equipment Operators	60	$45,820	$44,620	0.51	3.76
Logisticians	50	$72,120	$73,780	0.42	0.26
Machinists	630	$43,190	$46,800	5.45	2.95
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	750	$28,770	$29,300	6.53	1.18
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,290	$43,410	$44,000	11.25	1.14
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	40	$62,450	$58,270	0.33	0.87
Management Analysts	110	$84,490	$95,630	0.97	0.17
Managers, All Other	540	$60,290	$77,500	4.72	1.18
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	240	$62,750	$68,460	2.07	0.36
Marketing Managers	120	$126,810	$135,600	1.04	0.41
Marriage and Family Therapists	70	$51,640	$45,050	0.58	1.34
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	120	$38,100	$34,920	1.08	1.15
Mechanical Engineers	70	$83,830	$91,790	0.60	0.31
Medical and Health Services Managers	380	$101,380	$112,400	3.29	0.86
Medical Assistants	590	$36,810	$37,880	5.09	0.97
Medical Records Specialists	120	$48,870	$51,510	1.00	0.80
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1,720	$37,230	$40,360	14.96	2.42
Medical Transcriptionists	50	$39,620	$41,660	0.40	1.50
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	50	$46,580	$43,340	0.41	0.44
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	100	$43,890	$43,520	0.89	1.04
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	130	$35,400	$37,030	1.16	1.09
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	40	$45,920	$42,840	0.35	3.29
Meter Readers, Utilities	100	$37,900	$38,590	0.83	6.63
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	660	$56,990	$56,050	5.75	1.44
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	120	$29,570	$31,170	1.09	13.56
Millwrights	40	$63,120	$60,510	0.33	1.26
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	2,800	$38,090	$39,140	24.32	2.69
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$48,300	$48,650	0.64	1.04
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	100	$57,370	$59,670	0.85	0.75
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	50	$45,190	$42,210	0.44	2.06
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	280	$38,900	$39,750	2.44	2.52
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	40	$45,830	$47,680	0.31	1.93
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	80	$29,230	$30,410	0.67	2.22
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$36,580	$45,200	0.38	0.47
New Accounts Clerks	—	$49,770	$49,650	—	—
Nurse Practitioners	370	$107,000	$106,990	3.26	1.57
Nursing Assistants	1,100	$36,430	$35,840	9.58	1.03
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$75,380	$82,710	0.39	0.78
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	60	$83,140	$81,840	0.52	0.57
Occupational Therapists	130	$97,390	$94,460	1.16	1.11
Occupational Therapy Assistants	70	$62,570	$63,160	0.64	1.93
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	190	$39,580	$37,210	1.68	1.35
Office Clerks, General	1,710	$35,420	$37,130	14.83	0.94
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	420	$48,700	$50,200	3.62	1.18
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	90	$35,710	$36,390	0.74	1.62
Opticians, Dispensing	80	$48,940	$51,850	0.71	1.51
Optometrists	30	$156,580	$132,220	0.27	0.98
Order Clerks	90	$36,550	$36,720	0.78	1.61
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	80	$45,740	$44,620	0.69	2.96
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	310	$36,640	$37,080	2.70	1.11
Packers and Packagers, Hand	460	$34,250	$33,140	4.03	1.12
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	60	$37,640	$40,250	0.54	0.37
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$33,750	$35,040	0.60	0.98
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	130	$50,720	$52,010	1.16	0.46
Paramedics	140	$44,220	$43,670	1.22	1.89
Parts Salespersons	260	$35,270	$36,750	2.30	1.32
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	60	$37,440	$39,870	0.55	2.05
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	90	$49,280	$47,950	0.78	0.79
Personal Financial Advisors	60	$87,470	$120,490	0.48	0.28
Pest Control Workers	90	$37,620	$41,080	0.80	1.21
Pharmacists	280	$130,280	$127,380	2.43	1.17
Pharmacy Technicians	540	$37,510	$41,450	4.67	1.54
Phlebotomists	220	$36,060	$37,300	1.93	2.09
Physical Therapist Assistants	240	$62,190	$62,430	2.08	2.87
Physical Therapists	250	$105,050	$106,150	2.14	1.24
Physician Assistants	100	$121,360	$114,490	0.89	0.85
Physicians, All Other	100	$225,000	$287,870	0.89	0.40
Pipelayers	30	$40,280	$42,240	0.28	1.29
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	270	$49,070	$53,040	2.34	0.78
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	670	$46,040	$52,260	5.81	1.35
Postal Service Clerks	100	$63,650	$62,010	0.85	1.80
Postal Service Mail Carriers	480	$57,470	$59,270	4.19	1.98
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	110	$62,610	$76,140	0.94	0.98
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	180	$36,170	$40,060	1.57	0.51
Printing Press Operators	100	$37,420	$38,610	0.86	0.93
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	70	$59,100	$60,410	0.63	1.10
Procurement Clerks	60	$43,330	$43,450	0.49	1.37
Production Workers, All Other	1,230	$38,410	$40,170	10.68	6.60
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	290	$47,370	$49,840	2.55	1.02
Project Management Specialists	410	$78,470	$86,890	3.55	0.52
Property Appraisers and Assessors	50	$50,920	$59,350	0.44	1.20
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	60	$49,060	$65,210	0.51	0.25
Psychiatric Technicians	100	$31,220	$35,860	0.83	0.83
Public Relations Specialists	60	$47,310	$48,780	0.48	0.26
Public Safety Telecommunicators	110	$43,820	$43,260	0.99	1.50
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	220	$61,370	$60,640	1.90	1.28
Real Estate Sales Agents	40	$36,700	$47,510	0.32	0.26
Receptionists and Information Clerks	380	$29,760	$31,480	3.30	0.56
Recreation Workers	120	$31,720	$32,710	1.07	0.50
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	50	$44,800	$42,410	0.47	0.50
Registered Nurses	2,410	$77,720	$77,160	21.00	0.97
Rehabilitation Counselors	60	$48,030	$46,360	0.49	0.80
Residential Advisors	60	$37,220	$36,360	0.49	0.90
Respiratory Therapists	80	$72,560	$69,430	0.72	0.80
Retail Salespersons	3,160	$29,740	$33,120	27.53	1.10
Roofers	140	$45,260	$43,130	1.22	1.40
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	30	$38,010	$45,720	0.26	0.44
Sales Managers	250	$116,340	$127,580	2.19	0.54
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	370	$44,880	$56,800	3.23	0.40
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	670	$56,460	$71,360	5.82	0.73
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	150	$80,000	$96,120	1.34	0.73
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	170	$36,240	$36,930	1.51	5.75
School Bus Monitors	40	$36,880	$30,100	0.35	0.70
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	830	$60,050	$58,590	7.20	1.05
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,350	$39,270	$41,490	11.71	1.07
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	180	$54,450	$70,260	1.54	0.49
Security Guards	460	$33,320	$35,730	4.03	0.49
Self-Enrichment Teachers	160	$47,940	$52,200	1.41	0.66
Sewing Machine Operators	390	$31,390	$30,780	3.35	4.97
Sheet Metal Workers	50	$48,540	$54,000	0.41	0.53
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	500	$39,210	$40,610	4.38	0.83
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	130	$31,200	$34,370	1.12	0.70
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	40	$32,470	$34,630	0.34	0.75
Social and Community Service Managers	70	$80,410	$81,160	0.64	0.47
Social and Human Service Assistants	210	$37,770	$38,040	1.86	0.66
Social Workers, All Other	40	$40,220	$43,960	0.37	0.92
Software Developers	200	$120,020	$118,520	1.71	0.16
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	190	$52,920	$56,510	1.61	0.96
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	70	$51,440	$56,320	0.64	1.05
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	130	$59,250	$59,000	1.10	1.04
Speech-Language Pathologists	130	$92,970	$87,770	1.17	0.99
Stockers and Order Fillers	3,090	$34,770	$34,880	26.90	1.48
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	50	$40,440	$43,480	0.40	1.20
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	310	$45,660	$47,380	2.67	0.85
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	810	$28,130	$28,460	7.07	2.10
Surgical Technologists	80	$59,620	$56,760	0.70	0.92
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	60	$45,860	$48,470	0.49	1.31
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,390	$30,100	$31,650	12.09	1.32
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	110	$73,640	$66,970	0.94	1.03
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	130	$57,980	$60,760	1.13	1.80
Tellers	570	$34,580	$35,640	4.96	2.34
Tire Repairers and Changers	90	$35,770	$35,530	0.78	1.12
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	50	$58,100	$56,780	0.39	1.26
Tool and Die Makers	210	$51,000	$57,600	1.82	4.97
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	140	$77,080	$87,310	1.19	0.83
Tutors	120	$33,280	$42,400	1.04	0.92
Upholsterers	90	$37,750	$36,650	0.81	6.26
Veterinarians	70	$123,910	$125,090	0.62	1.15
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	120	$35,490	$35,470	1.07	1.32
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	50	$37,570	$41,090	0.48	0.58
Waiters and Waitresses	1,640	$22,330	$26,110	14.24	0.98
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	180	$44,580	$44,830	1.56	1.89
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	640	$46,460	$46,180	5.60	2.09
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$45,550	$44,150	0.47	2.33
Woodworkers, All Other	80	$34,290	$32,200	0.68	19.25
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	110	$35,570	$36,570	1.00	2.53
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	30	$75,230	$80,840	0.26	2.24

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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