Wages by Occupation in Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 99,370 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $46,970 for all occupations combined. 331 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	680	$76,520	$83,930	6.84	0.73
Administrative Services Managers	30	$102,310	$103,290	0.33	0.19
Advertising Sales Agents	40	$48,570	$50,090	0.44	0.75
Agricultural Equipment Operators	220	$46,380	$48,520	2.19	11.92
Agricultural Inspectors	30	$61,820	$60,780	0.32	3.42
Agricultural Technicians	80	$49,750	$52,760	0.80	8.23
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	60	$36,090	$38,680	0.64	7.91
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	210	$25,830	$25,500	2.09	0.82
Animal Caretakers	130	$28,640	$31,940	1.30	0.76
Architectural and Civil Drafters	40	$59,230	$65,220	0.38	0.57
Architectural and Engineering Managers	50	$128,470	$136,470	0.54	0.38
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	150	$46,200	$53,760	1.53	1.59
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	600	$47,560	$51,980	6.04	1.33
Bakers	80	$34,320	$34,140	0.85	0.56
Bartenders	630	$21,150	$23,490	6.32	1.30
Billing and Posting Clerks	290	$45,210	$44,710	2.90	1.11
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,130	$46,680	$48,370	11.32	1.28
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	30	$77,280	$70,540	0.34	1.02
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	270	$56,990	$59,170	2.73	1.46
Bus Drivers, School	410	$44,970	$45,200	4.14	1.60
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	70	$35,720	$36,090	0.72	0.70
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	230	$67,990	$75,920	2.33	0.33
Butchers and Meat Cutters	360	$37,580	$38,290	3.65	4.16
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	310	$64,260	$69,380	3.14	0.99
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	190	$44,640	$46,660	1.95	3.93
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	40	$50,510	$62,790	0.38	0.93
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$63,750	$65,750	0.50	0.68
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	60	$64,270	$63,710	0.62	0.87
Carpenters	290	$52,000	$54,540	2.88	0.67
Cashiers	3,670	$27,850	$29,580	36.98	1.86
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	240	$56,190	$54,900	2.40	1.81
Chefs and Head Cooks	60	$44,510	$47,560	0.61	0.48
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	350	$56,570	$57,880	3.55	3.96
Chemical Plant and System Operators	90	$60,600	$58,930	0.91	8.49
Chemical Technicians	60	$56,980	$58,030	0.57	1.54
Chemists	60	$89,130	$102,850	0.65	1.22
Chief Executives	160	$193,140	$201,120	1.58	1.20
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	240	$53,290	$58,270	2.46	0.98
Childcare Workers	410	$27,460	$27,180	4.09	1.23
Chiropractors	80	$66,830	$64,370	0.81	3.19
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	50	$69,100	$72,450	0.49	1.12
Civil Engineers	100	$84,500	$93,980	0.97	0.41
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	260	$35,640	$37,310	2.57	1.05
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	60	$39,070	$44,510	0.63	6.67
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	180	$62,260	$60,160	1.80	0.84
Coaches and Scouts	230	$52,100	$62,120	2.35	1.47
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	320	$47,130	$47,930	3.25	3.18
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	40	$61,120	$64,160	0.36	0.50
Compliance Officers	130	$73,320	$77,580	1.34	0.50
Computer and Information Systems Managers	120	$116,480	$130,140	1.20	0.28
Computer Network Support Specialists	—	$58,730	$60,780	—	—
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	860	$58,540	$55,390	8.70	7.98
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	40	$55,340	$58,760	0.45	2.43
Computer Occupations, All Other	100	$73,290	$85,450	0.97	0.35
Computer Programmers	50	$88,050	$85,920	0.46	0.77
Computer Systems Analysts	90	$77,380	$79,970	0.94	0.28
Computer User Support Specialists	220	$55,600	$58,550	2.23	0.48
Conservation Scientists	70	$65,170	$70,340	0.74	4.42
Construction and Building Inspectors	50	$72,000	$68,880	0.48	0.50
Construction Laborers	1,120	$47,340	$49,530	11.29	1.60
Construction Managers	260	$99,660	$114,850	2.59	1.06
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	50	$82,180	$78,660	0.54	1.75
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	770	$35,140	$35,190	7.80	2.75
Cooks, Restaurant	640	$34,370	$34,410	6.42	0.71
Cooks, Short Order	120	$31,300	$31,940	1.25	1.40
Correctional Officers and Jailers	190	$49,700	$51,760	1.91	0.78
Cost Estimators	130	$72,270	$76,500	1.35	0.94
Counter and Rental Clerks	90	$38,560	$38,810	0.89	0.35
Couriers and Messengers	30	$36,540	$36,330	0.32	0.72
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	320	$47,090	$48,470	3.23	2.79
Crane and Tower Operators	50	$69,570	$69,820	0.52	1.87
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	180	$49,880	$52,590	1.84	11.02
Customer Service Representatives	1,150	$42,860	$44,840	11.59	0.69
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	190	$48,860	$47,170	1.95	1.77
Data Entry Keyers	60	$43,860	$42,170	0.59	0.73
Data Scientists	70	$71,440	$88,420	0.66	0.39
Dental Assistants	240	$47,180	$49,440	2.39	0.96
Dental Hygienists	180	$81,680	$84,440	1.83	1.28
Dentists, General	100	$166,370	$190,290	0.99	1.24
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	60	$84,780	$87,900	0.59	1.02
Dietitians and Nutritionists	30	$75,220	$74,200	0.31	0.62
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	180	$26,530	$25,880	1.84	0.53
Dishwashers	160	$27,550	$26,670	1.59	0.52
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	70	$55,650	$58,290	0.67	0.52
Driver/Sales Workers	320	$51,420	$48,270	3.25	1.23
Editors	40	$46,710	$63,870	0.37	0.62
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	250	$104,490	$110,170	2.50	1.18
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	70	$44,780	$47,460	0.67	1.41
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$56,850	$57,550	0.33	0.84
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	40	$38,080	$41,320	0.44	0.58
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	250	$56,600	$57,920	2.52	1.11
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	60	$73,100	$73,680	0.64	1.52
Electrical Engineers	40	$104,170	$103,380	0.38	0.30
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	150	$94,520	$83,300	1.55	1.84
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	280	$48,510	$47,450	2.86	1.80
Electricians	530	$58,130	$58,990	5.33	1.09
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,570	$60,220	$58,510	15.79	1.77
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	40	$66,330	$59,160	0.38	0.38
Emergency Medical Technicians	150	$39,940	$42,340	1.52	1.31
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	40	$57,140	$58,930	0.37	1.52
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	50	$66,510	$73,300	0.53	0.92
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	90	$49,710	$51,200	0.93	4.18
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	170	$54,250	$57,050	1.67	0.56
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	90	$33,630	$36,130	0.94	0.45
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	100	$47,360	$50,820	1.05	2.68
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	60	$51,610	$50,220	0.64	7.70
Facilities Managers	130	$90,710	$96,550	1.26	1.26
Family Medicine Physicians	120	$207,450	$228,290	1.24	1.79
Farm and Home Management Educators	—	$48,200	$49,780	—	—
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	310	$58,780	$58,520	3.15	12.94
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	80	$37,590	$38,340	0.79	0.46
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	130	$31,200	$36,260	1.31	6.20
Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,190	$27,930	$27,890	22.03	0.89
Financial and Investment Analysts	40	$92,230	$92,580	0.43	0.18
Financial Managers	490	$116,000	$127,300	4.97	0.92
Firefighters	100	$53,320	$46,270	0.96	0.43
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	650	$72,280	$74,420	6.56	1.26
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	80	$40,900	$40,650	0.81	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	30	$64,620	$74,400	0.33	1.84
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	680	$37,880	$41,040	6.88	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	130	$47,730	$49,960	1.29	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	60	$57,270	$58,150	0.61	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	470	$75,550	$77,910	4.70	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	130	$75,470	$83,170	1.33	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	610	$57,940	$60,140	6.10	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	70	$80,040	$85,170	0.72	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	910	$66,960	$70,330	9.13	2.11
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	630	$43,310	$47,050	6.29	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	330	$60,950	$63,130	3.32	0.83
Floral Designers	40	$35,210	$35,750	0.43	1.63
Food Batchmakers	350	$47,880	$49,390	3.49	3.11
Food Preparation Workers	310	$29,020	$29,630	3.15	0.55
Food Processing Workers, All Other	130	$40,180	$40,280	1.28	3.06
Food Science Technicians	40	$50,350	$52,050	0.44	4.69
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	490	$30,080	$30,330	4.88	2.58
Food Service Managers	110	$67,910	$69,740	1.09	0.71
Forest and Conservation Technicians	50	$51,630	$53,580	0.51	2.61
Fundraisers	50	$63,650	$63,860	0.46	0.64
Gas Plant Operators	50	$88,910	$81,590	0.46	3.97
General and Operations Managers	2,140	$80,960	$99,570	21.51	0.95
Graphic Designers	90	$48,110	$49,960	0.95	0.75
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	110	$45,980	$46,190	1.09	2.54
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	130	$35,170	$37,800	1.29	0.66
Health Education Specialists	40	$77,770	$73,410	0.39	0.92
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	150	$39,350	$43,050	1.52	1.29
Healthcare Social Workers	90	$63,010	$63,940	0.91	0.76
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	270	$57,120	$55,330	2.69	1.02
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,380	$52,230	$54,730	23.94	1.81
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	90	$35,840	$38,170	0.87	1.42
Helpers--Production Workers	110	$49,310	$46,540	1.06	1.00
Highway Maintenance Workers	530	$56,550	$55,550	5.29	5.31
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,950	$36,900	$38,250	19.59	0.71
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	110	$24,490	$29,940	1.06	0.38
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	60	$47,520	$45,540	0.59	1.02
Human Resources Managers	80	$115,670	$124,350	0.78	0.55
Human Resources Specialists	460	$62,850	$69,300	4.65	0.79
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	60	$54,450	$56,780	0.60	1.24
Industrial Engineers	220	$91,730	$93,660	2.17	0.92
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	540	$64,010	$65,670	5.46	1.93
Industrial Production Managers	320	$105,410	$112,830	3.18	2.01
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	510	$47,020	$49,050	5.16	1.04
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	510	$49,980	$53,920	5.11	1.33
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	80	$49,550	$51,380	0.77	0.68
Instructional Coordinators	180	$77,020	$71,750	1.84	1.26
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	—	$35,610	$40,360	—	—
Insurance Sales Agents	320	$63,650	$67,620	3.21	1.04
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	160	$37,470	$38,950	1.56	1.64
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,280	$35,670	$35,710	12.92	0.91
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	30	$45,470	$96,880	0.33	2.15
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	110	$61,870	$58,960	1.07	1.54
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	1,750	$43,470	$42,730	17.65	0.93
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	540	$36,650	$38,840	5.43	0.89
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	140	$30,510	$33,850	1.36	1.07
Lawyers	100	$79,180	$111,200	1.02	0.21
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	70	$45,070	$48,400	0.74	0.74
Legal Support Workers, All Other	50	$44,940	$52,740	0.52	1.74
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	160	$43,970	$48,310	1.57	1.82
Library Assistants, Clerical	220	$27,520	$27,600	2.17	3.95
Library Technicians	120	$32,450	$34,960	1.23	2.77
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	490	$61,670	$61,260	4.88	1.17
Light Truck Drivers	540	$40,160	$47,560	5.42	0.86
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	160	$48,740	$50,560	1.60	1.51
Loan Officers	230	$81,040	$91,030	2.36	1.34
Logisticians	80	$72,230	$76,410	0.83	0.52
Machinists	200	$52,610	$54,220	1.98	1.07
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	590	$31,350	$32,440	5.96	1.08
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	50	$27,500	$29,990	0.46	1.28
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,000	$49,990	$51,810	10.02	1.02
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	50	$63,030	$66,230	0.52	1.36
Management Analysts	90	$82,140	$87,970	0.94	0.16
Managers, All Other	140	$121,580	$125,770	1.44	0.36
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	370	$59,710	$63,390	3.74	0.65
Marketing Managers	70	$114,510	$128,880	0.67	0.26
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	180	$44,920	$42,120	1.83	1.95
Mechanical Drafters	30	$64,050	$64,090	0.35	1.35
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	30	$61,620	$60,950	0.32	1.39
Mechanical Engineers	140	$82,300	$86,640	1.45	0.76
Medical and Health Services Managers	640	$99,330	$109,870	6.43	1.67
Medical Assistants	370	$43,960	$42,830	3.77	0.72
Medical Equipment Repairers	30	$58,460	$64,920	0.32	0.75
Medical Records Specialists	230	$46,450	$48,120	2.35	1.87
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	80	$103,860	$112,560	0.78	0.70
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	640	$39,460	$41,460	6.46	1.05
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	60	$51,750	$52,780	0.56	0.61
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	70	$46,830	$53,620	0.69	0.80
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	70	$40,320	$43,100	0.66	0.62
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	380	$58,840	$57,730	3.85	0.96
Millwrights	40	$57,720	$60,740	0.43	1.67
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	1,450	$47,910	$46,750	14.55	1.61
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	130	$51,880	$57,270	1.28	2.10
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	260	$64,020	$65,220	2.65	2.33
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	40	$45,850	$42,380	0.39	1.84
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	360	$44,740	$44,740	3.61	3.73
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	80	$62,680	$66,320	0.76	4.70
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	340	$49,820	$50,240	3.45	4.31
Natural Sciences Managers	40	$119,990	$130,210	0.38	0.55
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	150	$79,540	$87,930	1.52	0.75
New Accounts Clerks	120	$45,510	$45,520	1.18	4.99
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	60	$38,300	$40,350	0.57	2.25
Nurse Practitioners	180	$127,590	$134,710	1.82	0.88
Nursing Assistants	1,770	$39,020	$41,060	17.85	1.92
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	70	$93,140	$90,980	0.70	0.77
Occupational Therapists	90	$93,950	$91,020	0.91	0.87
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	120	$48,270	$46,210	1.16	0.94
Office Clerks, General	1,620	$41,600	$42,660	16.28	1.03
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	460	$58,430	$62,300	4.66	1.52
Opticians, Dispensing	60	$42,070	$42,560	0.60	1.26
Order Clerks	50	$51,550	$47,820	0.47	0.97
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	560	$44,040	$43,670	5.66	2.32
Packers and Packagers, Hand	220	$38,070	$38,890	2.22	0.62
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	80	$45,140	$48,100	0.85	0.59
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	140	$47,870	$49,370	1.42	0.56
Paramedics	100	$59,520	$59,300	1.05	1.62
Parking Attendants	40	$24,530	$25,950	0.44	0.49
Parts Salespersons	270	$45,690	$45,530	2.75	1.58
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	60	$61,810	$59,370	0.59	2.18
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	120	$53,200	$56,450	1.17	1.19
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	60	$46,710	$45,910	0.63	3.63
Pharmacists	180	$138,620	$139,980	1.78	0.86
Pharmacy Aides	60	$33,890	$34,330	0.57	2.23
Pharmacy Technicians	210	$42,880	$42,670	2.14	0.71
Phlebotomists	60	$37,280	$38,590	0.60	0.65
Physical Therapist Assistants	110	$61,400	$59,890	1.14	1.58
Physical Therapists	140	$95,710	$95,250	1.45	0.84
Physician Assistants	80	$130,140	$134,160	0.80	0.77
Physicians, All Other	60	$67,220	$147,440	0.59	0.27
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	190	$60,140	$60,630	1.86	0.62
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	440	$67,010	$69,780	4.40	1.02
Postal Service Clerks	140	$59,970	$58,220	1.36	2.87
Postal Service Mail Carriers	320	$57,800	$60,320	3.20	1.51
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$96,030	$94,040	0.37	4.19
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	—	$31,540	$46,350	—	—
Power Plant Operators	—	$94,010	$92,950	—	—
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	440	$34,710	$36,310	4.38	1.42
Printing Press Operators	190	$35,480	$37,980	1.89	2.04
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	40	$74,710	$73,510	0.45	0.79
Procurement Clerks	30	$49,280	$47,930	0.31	0.86
Producers and Directors	40	$59,500	$69,680	0.36	0.40
Production Workers, All Other	260	$47,160	$45,830	2.65	1.64
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	190	$56,630	$59,800	1.91	0.76
Project Management Specialists	260	$85,440	$111,160	2.57	0.37
Property Appraisers and Assessors	40	$64,050	$71,070	0.38	1.04
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	60	$46,400	$56,080	0.61	0.31
Psychiatric Aides	60	$48,830	$50,140	0.56	2.45
Public Relations Specialists	150	$51,050	$54,480	1.54	0.84
Public Safety Telecommunicators	70	$53,170	$52,970	0.69	1.04
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	170	$64,410	$69,320	1.70	1.15
Receptionists and Information Clerks	300	$38,250	$37,840	2.97	0.51
Recreation Workers	190	$34,500	$33,600	1.87	0.88
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	110	$49,100	$49,040	1.13	1.19
Registered Nurses	2,250	$77,600	$77,700	22.61	1.04
Rehabilitation Counselors	130	$37,180	$42,000	1.27	2.08
Residential Advisors	30	$36,600	$39,240	0.30	0.56
Respiratory Therapists	40	$65,260	$73,580	0.39	0.43
Retail Salespersons	2,500	$30,020	$33,440	25.12	1.00
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	70	$34,980	$40,940	0.67	1.12
Sales Managers	150	$134,010	$141,710	1.49	0.36
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	260	$50,920	$64,270	2.63	0.33
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,130	$65,510	$75,360	11.35	1.43
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	110	$78,470	$95,140	1.13	0.61
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	50	$46,950	$46,140	0.51	1.93
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,060	$61,030	$60,650	10.68	1.56
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,030	$41,700	$43,050	10.35	0.94
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	120	$49,990	$82,470	1.21	0.38
Security Guards	340	$34,630	$38,940	3.46	0.42
Self-Enrichment Teachers	50	$34,260	$34,240	0.55	0.26
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	130	$51,960	$52,290	1.26	3.26
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	50	$55,130	$54,290	0.46	2.32
Sewing Machine Operators	30	$33,400	$34,630	0.34	0.50
Sheet Metal Workers	50	$56,620	$54,120	0.51	0.67
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	510	$47,250	$48,280	5.09	0.97
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	60	$29,500	$31,420	0.61	0.38
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	450	$43,800	$42,590	4.51	10.03
Social and Community Service Managers	160	$64,550	$71,710	1.57	1.17
Social and Human Service Assistants	300	$40,790	$43,740	3.00	1.07
Software Developers	140	$103,990	$109,520	1.44	0.13
Soil and Plant Scientists	40	$75,680	$82,390	0.36	3.55
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	210	$58,690	$56,780	2.16	1.29
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	60	$60,550	$62,630	0.56	0.91
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	—	$63,140	$59,690	—	—
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	100	$63,540	$63,320	1.02	0.97
Speech-Language Pathologists	130	$81,590	$84,020	1.26	1.07
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,190	$34,040	$34,270	11.93	0.65
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	50	$47,270	$47,720	0.48	1.43
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	150	$63,630	$65,630	1.55	0.49
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	320	$35,960	$36,570	3.27	0.97
Surgical Technologists	50	$57,190	$57,770	0.49	0.65
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	40	$53,680	$51,340	0.44	6.42
Tax Preparers	50	$45,950	$54,120	0.50	1.02
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,070	$30,420	$30,790	20.84	2.28
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	90	$66,540	$64,730	0.93	1.02
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	40	$66,020	$70,770	0.45	0.71
Tellers	470	$37,090	$38,970	4.69	2.22
Tire Repairers and Changers	70	$36,520	$39,680	0.72	1.04
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	30	$46,260	$42,570	0.34	1.10
Tool and Die Makers	100	$57,420	$59,790	1.05	2.87
Tour and Travel Guides	40	$21,940	$27,160	0.35	1.02
Training and Development Specialists	160	$53,710	$64,400	1.60	0.54
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	80	$90,100	$95,330	0.83	0.58
Tutors	40	$44,810	$40,880	0.40	0.35
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	30	$21,750	$22,190	0.32	0.40
Veterinarians	90	$107,580	$112,690	0.86	1.59
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	110	$31,540	$34,310	1.13	1.39
Waiters and Waitresses	1,270	$20,990	$25,190	12.78	0.88
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	270	$56,380	$56,470	2.74	3.32
Web and Digital Interface Designers	80	$47,340	$51,020	0.77	1.06
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	40	$45,020	$45,650	0.44	1.29
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,130	$51,060	$53,550	11.39	4.25
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	110	$53,370	$54,420	1.14	5.59
Wind Turbine Service Technicians	90	$76,310	$77,390	0.95	14.77
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	150	$48,800	$48,390	1.54	3.89

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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