Wages by Occupation in North Missouri nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the North Missouri nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 106,300 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $42,760 for all occupations combined. 320 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	570	$65,650	$75,600	5.39	0.58
Administrative Services Managers	200	$44,600	$65,630	1.92	1.13
Advertising Sales Agents	50	$45,300	$57,360	0.51	0.87
Agricultural Equipment Operators	280	$46,550	$52,950	2.64	14.42
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	280	$28,900	$30,090	2.62	1.02
Animal Caretakers	120	$28,840	$31,840	1.13	0.66
Animal Control Workers	60	$33,290	$34,230	0.56	7.24
Architectural and Civil Drafters	30	$56,900	$62,510	0.28	0.43
Architectural and Engineering Managers	30	$134,750	$135,670	0.29	0.20
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	110	$61,260	$70,290	1.02	1.70
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	30	$38,130	$36,170	0.32	0.48
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	220	$49,510	$54,440	2.07	2.16
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	720	$41,520	$45,790	6.82	1.51
Bakers	170	$32,380	$33,580	1.61	1.06
Bartenders	390	$29,390	$36,540	3.64	0.75
Bill and Account Collectors	130	$37,530	$39,100	1.26	1.23
Billing and Posting Clerks	230	$43,920	$45,770	2.15	0.83
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$77,700	$92,970	0.67	2.09
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	780	$42,020	$43,770	7.36	0.83
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	50	$61,510	$61,350	0.47	1.38
Bridge and Lock Tenders	30	$72,910	$70,220	0.30	15.38
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	30	$46,720	$57,290	0.29	2.10
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	200	$51,180	$55,990	1.90	1.02
Bus Drivers, School	730	$45,970	$45,820	6.89	2.66
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	170	$67,200	$77,410	1.60	0.23
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$73,510	$95,480	0.44	0.84
Butchers and Meat Cutters	170	$34,440	$36,260	1.64	1.87
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	210	$59,380	$65,150	2.00	0.63
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	40	$45,760	$44,870	0.38	0.77
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$63,650	$63,720	0.39	0.53
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	220	$47,910	$50,860	2.04	2.85
Carpenters	450	$48,570	$56,460	4.25	0.99
Cashiers	3,950	$28,760	$30,540	37.19	1.87
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	240	$48,880	$55,340	2.27	1.71
Chief Executives	110	$104,240	$128,190	1.02	0.78
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	370	$50,920	$50,280	3.44	1.36
Childcare Workers	380	$28,800	$32,120	3.56	1.07
Civil Engineers	70	$82,800	$86,190	0.66	0.28
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	50	$86,260	$83,480	0.42	0.20
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	330	$34,670	$36,400	3.13	1.28
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	190	$61,020	$60,420	1.78	0.83
Coaches and Scouts	190	$47,280	$49,880	1.82	1.14
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	130	$46,780	$45,710	1.24	1.21
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$62,150	$73,730	0.36	1.90
Community Health Workers	40	$44,050	$45,440	0.36	0.90
Compliance Officers	170	$61,270	$65,060	1.56	0.58
Computer and Information Systems Managers	90	$104,130	$121,990	0.82	0.19
Computer Network Support Specialists	100	$57,290	$63,550	0.94	1.00
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	40	$48,060	$51,390	0.36	0.33
Computer Occupations, All Other	130	$76,980	$81,520	1.20	0.43
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$85,400	$88,530	0.35	1.55
Computer Systems Analysts	70	$86,920	$85,850	0.64	0.19
Computer User Support Specialists	250	$50,320	$54,430	2.37	0.51
Construction and Building Inspectors	50	$65,330	$64,120	0.51	0.54
Construction Laborers	620	$47,200	$52,880	5.83	0.83
Construction Managers	90	$100,590	$106,340	0.82	0.34
Cooks, Fast Food	2,030	$28,600	$29,860	19.08	4.63
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	880	$30,170	$32,530	8.27	2.91
Cooks, Restaurant	870	$29,700	$33,670	8.19	0.90
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,100	$42,620	$45,350	10.34	4.22
Cost Estimators	130	$67,760	$75,510	1.23	0.85
Counter and Rental Clerks	120	$36,450	$40,960	1.17	0.45
Couriers and Messengers	—	$31,460	$34,300	—	—
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	510	$40,210	$45,040	4.78	4.13
Credit Analysts	—	$66,210	$63,830	—	—
Customer Service Representatives	1,240	$36,060	$39,650	11.69	0.70
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	80	$51,260	$53,250	0.75	2.60
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	120	$47,560	$46,110	1.17	1.06
Data Entry Keyers	70	$35,260	$38,630	0.66	0.81
Data Scientists	50	$65,560	$72,420	0.45	0.27
Dental Assistants	200	$43,230	$42,770	1.91	0.77
Dental Hygienists	80	$84,190	$84,500	0.77	0.54
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	40	$49,710	$51,140	0.41	0.56
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	50	$97,270	$100,160	0.43	0.74
Dietitians and Nutritionists	70	$38,750	$48,790	0.68	1.36
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	240	$29,610	$32,260	2.26	0.65
Dishwashers	170	$29,340	$32,120	1.63	0.53
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	120	$51,990	$53,200	1.10	0.85
Driver/Sales Workers	210	$31,710	$38,380	1.96	0.75
Editors	50	$38,400	$48,060	0.42	0.72
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	410	$79,700	$87,830	3.90	1.85
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	150	$108,640	$122,670	1.45	1.25
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$62,500	$70,860	0.49	1.25
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	520	$48,780	$53,300	4.90	2.16
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	40	$65,320	$62,490	0.39	0.93
Electrical Engineers	40	$89,440	$98,800	0.34	0.27
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	390	$91,820	$83,100	3.68	4.36
Electricians	210	$58,010	$64,620	2.01	0.41
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,140	$47,330	$48,450	20.15	2.26
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	170	$38,900	$41,670	1.59	1.60
Emergency Management Directors	—	$37,440	$47,330	—	—
Emergency Medical Technicians	130	$40,110	$41,690	1.21	1.04
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$64,350	$70,640	0.90	2.44
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	200	$51,870	$55,160	1.84	0.62
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	150	$28,630	$34,150	1.37	0.66
Facilities Managers	50	$80,390	$90,720	0.51	0.51
Family Medicine Physicians	90	$354,610	$331,300	0.83	1.20
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	200	$50,210	$53,850	1.88	7.73
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	170	$41,790	$42,990	1.60	0.94
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	250	$31,120	$37,750	2.33	11.04
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,190	$28,600	$30,360	11.22	0.45
Financial Examiners	30	$53,390	$61,370	0.32	0.74
Financial Managers	220	$126,000	$133,470	2.05	0.38
Financial Specialists, All Other	60	$48,900	$58,110	0.52	0.61
Firefighters	410	$31,200	$37,170	3.82	1.72
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	370	$70,890	$73,120	3.46	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	220	$46,840	$48,750	2.04	5.95
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	50	$38,700	$41,500	0.52	0.78
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	40	$59,960	$58,530	0.36	1.98
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	—	$63,800	$63,480	—	—
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	850	$35,920	$40,340	8.04	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	70	$41,020	$44,980	0.70	0.61
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	130	$46,890	$49,000	1.20	1.42
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	420	$76,280	$79,100	3.92	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	90	$64,470	$77,490	0.81	0.58
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	690	$47,020	$55,390	6.53	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	50	$39,510	$48,340	0.50	0.69
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	210	$61,990	$69,060	1.98	1.99
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	850	$63,650	$67,220	7.97	1.84
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	970	$41,150	$44,970	9.10	1.26
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	330	$55,400	$57,740	3.09	0.77
Floral Designers	40	$29,810	$32,600	0.36	1.40
Food Batchmakers	210	$50,860	$49,280	1.98	1.77
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	100	$46,880	$45,740	0.97	4.81
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	40	$35,010	$37,340	0.34	0.62
Food Preparation Workers	680	$28,600	$32,010	6.43	1.12
Food Processing Workers, All Other	290	$57,190	$50,830	2.74	6.55
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	410	$28,920	$30,770	3.85	2.04
Food Service Managers	40	$63,250	$64,590	0.34	0.22
Forest and Conservation Technicians	50	$32,550	$41,180	0.47	2.40
Fundraisers	30	$47,870	$56,490	0.32	0.45
Funeral Attendants	50	$39,770	$40,780	0.45	2.24
Funeral Home Managers	40	$73,360	$70,240	0.38	4.23
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	40	$55,360	$53,510	0.38	4.12
General and Operations Managers	3,760	$67,430	$82,100	35.35	1.57
Graphic Designers	60	$44,210	$47,970	0.60	0.47
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$46,970	$48,260	0.42	0.97
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	80	$28,930	$36,760	0.80	0.41
Health Education Specialists	50	$50,640	$60,210	0.46	1.10
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	130	$96,360	$127,350	1.26	0.89
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	210	$43,210	$44,240	1.96	1.67
Healthcare Social Workers	110	$47,210	$51,360	1.06	0.88
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	130	$49,710	$53,250	1.26	0.48
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,790	$47,890	$51,280	16.88	1.27
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	30	$37,950	$40,310	0.32	0.52
Helpers--Production Workers	220	$41,260	$41,680	2.03	1.90
Highway Maintenance Workers	820	$44,220	$45,860	7.72	7.75
Home Appliance Repairers	40	$37,600	$42,570	0.33	1.60
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,140	$34,690	$35,490	29.55	1.07
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	160	$28,600	$29,710	1.47	0.53
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	130	$31,050	$34,960	1.22	0.72
Human Resources Managers	50	$99,760	$120,130	0.48	0.34
Human Resources Specialists	310	$62,130	$66,410	2.90	0.49
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	50	$51,840	$52,560	0.46	0.94
Industrial Engineers	150	$91,110	$93,960	1.42	0.60
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	340	$62,520	$63,420	3.16	1.12
Industrial Production Managers	140	$104,420	$116,080	1.33	0.84
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	350	$41,200	$41,990	3.30	0.66
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	60	$46,350	$51,390	0.55	0.63
Information Security Analysts	30	$89,140	$85,190	0.31	0.25
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	490	$48,220	$48,260	4.60	1.20
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	50	$52,000	$54,040	0.50	0.44
Instructional Coordinators	80	$58,220	$59,220	0.71	0.49
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	—	$38,930	$37,930	—	—
Insurance Sales Agents	480	$48,660	$59,840	4.54	1.47
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	120	$37,240	$39,140	1.11	1.17
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,360	$34,380	$35,020	12.83	0.90
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	90	$46,710	$47,300	0.80	1.14
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	1,710	$36,540	$38,410	16.10	0.85
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	810	$35,280	$36,420	7.59	1.24
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	160	$30,210	$32,380	1.47	1.15
Lawyers	150	$84,640	$114,380	1.44	0.30
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	80	$37,280	$39,100	0.72	0.71
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	230	$46,730	$47,510	2.18	2.53
Library Assistants, Clerical	230	$35,600	$34,410	2.19	3.98
Library Technicians	60	$36,100	$35,650	0.52	1.18
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,000	$59,300	$57,650	9.40	2.25
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	—	$28,600	$29,370	—	—
Light Truck Drivers	530	$38,590	$44,070	4.95	0.78
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	240	$41,230	$43,270	2.27	2.14
Loan Officers	380	$76,980	$79,550	3.53	2.00
Logisticians	60	$79,600	$77,430	0.53	0.33
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	90	$42,820	$42,950	0.82	3.03
Machinists	270	$47,480	$50,420	2.58	1.40
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	30	$85,070	$82,910	0.30	1.07
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	550	$29,300	$31,200	5.20	0.94
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,180	$45,240	$48,190	11.14	1.13
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	150	$60,760	$63,020	1.45	3.76
Management Analysts	80	$78,940	$99,470	0.79	0.14
Managers, All Other	170	$78,850	$94,490	1.55	0.39
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	190	$56,130	$62,200	1.77	0.31
Marketing Managers	50	$99,600	$111,330	0.50	0.20
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$73,250	$78,430	0.72	2.34
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	150	$37,260	$37,640	1.37	1.47
Mechanical Drafters	30	$58,970	$61,130	0.31	1.22
Mechanical Engineers	100	$79,530	$84,170	0.91	0.48
Medical and Health Services Managers	390	$92,890	$104,170	3.64	0.95
Medical Assistants	320	$37,840	$39,950	2.99	0.57
Medical Equipment Repairers	50	$45,920	$46,990	0.51	1.20
Medical Records Specialists	90	$46,380	$48,870	0.83	0.67
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	430	$37,960	$39,880	4.06	0.66
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	30	$52,220	$52,670	0.30	0.32
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	100	$48,900	$49,510	0.92	1.07
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	60	$34,500	$40,280	0.54	0.51
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	350	$47,060	$50,780	3.29	0.82
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	1,250	$45,020	$43,210	11.78	1.30
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers	70	$45,090	$45,040	0.70	3.81
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	250	$50,620	$51,280	2.32	3.81
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	120	$62,170	$63,550	1.09	0.96
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	250	$35,560	$41,090	2.31	2.39
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	40	$44,850	$50,790	0.37	2.31
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	390	$47,440	$45,770	3.71	4.64
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	100	$72,420	$80,340	0.96	0.47
New Accounts Clerks	30	$42,560	$42,880	0.31	1.31
Nurse Practitioners	210	$123,530	$121,010	1.93	0.93
Nursing Assistants	1,720	$35,980	$35,860	16.16	1.73
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$77,000	$77,220	0.36	0.73
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	140	$42,640	$62,380	1.32	1.47
Occupational Therapists	60	$97,390	$94,610	0.54	0.52
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	70	$42,620	$47,960	0.61	0.50
Office Clerks, General	2,450	$38,220	$41,650	23.06	1.45
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	30	$34,600	$39,930	0.32	1.95
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	520	$51,400	$60,300	4.87	1.58
Opticians, Dispensing	90	$36,640	$40,770	0.87	1.84
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	70	$47,860	$47,230	0.67	2.88
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	910	$46,990	$48,480	8.53	3.50
Packers and Packagers, Hand	180	$34,680	$34,590	1.71	0.47
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	60	$49,500	$61,740	0.56	0.39
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$33,340	$34,380	0.42	0.69
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	90	$43,780	$51,700	0.85	0.34
Paramedics	110	$51,580	$53,930	0.99	1.53
Parts Salespersons	270	$39,410	$40,500	2.56	1.48
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	100	$46,200	$49,790	0.94	0.96
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	80	$40,400	$42,630	0.78	4.48
Pharmacists	220	$135,200	$136,880	2.04	0.98
Pharmacy Technicians	520	$36,690	$38,700	4.85	1.60
Phlebotomists	70	$37,290	$38,270	0.64	0.69
Physical Therapist Assistants	90	$59,050	$62,610	0.88	1.21
Physical Therapists	120	$82,800	$88,310	1.13	0.66
Physicians, All Other	130	$276,670	$261,200	1.18	0.54
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	230	$62,940	$63,370	2.13	0.71
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	760	$45,070	$48,430	7.12	1.65
Postal Service Clerks	220	$56,740	$55,020	2.08	4.39
Postal Service Mail Carriers	580	$54,010	$58,370	5.47	2.59
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$94,220	$92,880	0.38	4.24
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	60	$61,820	$66,420	0.58	0.61
Power Plant Operators	—	$80,960	$81,780	—	—
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	110	$30,070	$35,550	1.05	0.34
Printing Press Operators	100	$39,040	$44,060	0.93	1.01
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	270	$46,840	$47,170	2.53	4.39
Production Workers, All Other	630	$35,420	$45,100	5.89	3.64
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	170	$51,350	$53,750	1.58	0.63
Project Management Specialists	260	$76,590	$81,450	2.44	0.36
Property Appraisers and Assessors	70	$53,870	$55,040	0.63	1.72
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	80	$43,570	$56,140	0.78	0.39
Psychiatric Technicians	70	$38,850	$39,400	0.64	0.64
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$62,820	$76,760	0.47	1.77
Public Relations Specialists	70	$61,280	$61,320	0.69	0.38
Public Safety Telecommunicators	110	$36,610	$40,480	1.07	1.63
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	190	$68,670	$70,370	1.81	1.22
Receptionists and Information Clerks	550	$33,710	$34,360	5.20	0.89
Recreation Workers	150	$35,760	$34,770	1.40	0.66
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	100	$38,470	$42,420	0.90	0.95
Registered Nurses	2,020	$78,230	$79,670	18.98	0.87
Rehabilitation Counselors	90	$36,810	$41,450	0.89	1.46
Residential Advisors	60	$37,800	$40,110	0.56	1.03
Respiratory Therapists	80	$73,420	$76,340	0.77	0.86
Retail Salespersons	2,410	$33,390	$35,670	22.69	0.91
Roofers	40	$47,600	$48,950	0.37	0.43
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	50	$34,290	$42,890	0.46	0.77
Sales Managers	140	$78,060	$96,510	1.33	0.32
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	280	$39,360	$50,560	2.62	0.32
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	590	$59,760	$68,770	5.56	0.70
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	70	$76,990	$83,110	0.65	0.36
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	80	$38,540	$39,970	0.79	3.00
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	2,140	$46,790	$50,600	20.17	2.94
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,360	$37,470	$39,370	12.76	1.16
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	260	$56,580	$75,290	2.49	0.79
Security Guards	250	$31,560	$36,270	2.35	0.28
Self-Enrichment Teachers	90	$44,750	$41,630	0.87	0.41
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$40,240	$43,860	0.83	2.14
Sewing Machine Operators	110	$31,450	$32,950	1.03	1.52
Sheet Metal Workers	100	$45,920	$52,730	0.98	1.27
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	440	$42,070	$43,070	4.09	0.78
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	170	$36,330	$36,080	1.55	0.97
Social and Community Service Managers	100	$64,600	$65,760	0.93	0.69
Social and Human Service Assistants	220	$39,020	$39,970	2.11	0.75
Software Developers	130	$97,860	$105,890	1.19	0.11
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	100	$44,370	$46,600	0.98	0.59
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	180	$46,920	$50,590	1.68	1.60
Speech-Language Pathologists	90	$68,270	$84,460	0.87	0.74
Stockers and Order Fillers	2,460	$34,230	$35,770	23.16	1.27
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	80	$44,350	$45,040	0.76	2.25
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	360	$65,240	$60,140	3.39	1.07
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	690	$29,620	$36,740	6.49	1.92
Surgical Technologists	50	$64,360	$60,070	0.43	0.56
Surveyors	30	$49,660	$57,140	0.31	0.95
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	30	$38,530	$36,030	0.29	1.33
Tax Preparers	60	$35,230	$48,330	0.55	1.12
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	70	$48,800	$50,290	0.66	0.91
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,300	$35,620	$36,640	12.19	1.33
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	40	$49,610	$46,350	0.39	0.37
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	80	$55,640	$58,020	0.76	0.83
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	80	$63,570	$65,830	0.78	1.23
Tellers	660	$34,270	$34,620	6.21	2.93
Tire Repairers and Changers	80	$36,390	$36,390	0.78	1.12
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	60	$39,190	$44,190	0.57	1.83
Tool and Die Makers	160	$39,560	$45,720	1.51	4.12
Training and Development Specialists	140	$47,490	$54,010	1.30	0.44
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	70	$86,860	$92,710	0.63	0.45
Tutors	60	$28,600	$33,760	0.54	0.48
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	30	$28,600	$34,520	0.30	2.96
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	80	$28,600	$30,290	0.80	1.02
Veterinarians	100	$99,020	$123,510	0.96	1.78
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	90	$38,020	$38,020	0.84	1.01
Waiters and Waitresses	1,130	$28,600	$34,260	10.66	0.73
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	380	$45,500	$47,520	3.57	4.32
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	70	$39,270	$41,580	0.64	1.86
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	670	$46,690	$47,310	6.32	2.36
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$48,560	$50,170	0.63	3.08

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.

Explore more: all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas · salary by state · careers