Wages by Occupation in Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 95,890 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $47,230 for all occupations combined. 321 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	740	$67,680	$73,640	7.75	0.83
Administrative Services Managers	120	$102,450	$117,870	1.27	0.75
Advertising Sales Agents	50	$39,570	$53,090	0.48	0.81
Agricultural Equipment Operators	—	$48,020	$50,420	—	—
Agricultural Inspectors	80	$55,090	$56,580	0.83	8.92
Agricultural Technicians	30	$51,720	$51,150	0.35	3.64
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	100	$28,630	$30,570	1.09	0.43
Animal Caretakers	190	$35,730	$35,270	2.02	1.18
Architectural and Civil Drafters	70	$62,630	$63,670	0.69	1.03
Architectural and Engineering Managers	140	$132,400	$145,080	1.42	1.00
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	—	$75,910	$118,190	—	—
Athletic Trainers	30	$52,230	$54,440	0.34	1.75
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	100	$32,940	$32,990	1.09	1.67
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	160	$44,720	$44,870	1.64	1.71
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	450	$54,330	$53,640	4.74	1.05
Bakers	80	$30,150	$34,310	0.79	0.52
Bartenders	650	$28,080	$33,060	6.74	1.38
Billing and Posting Clerks	270	$44,450	$44,420	2.82	1.08
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,050	$44,360	$45,980	10.93	1.24
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	330	$60,510	$59,290	3.42	1.84
Bus Drivers, School	260	$46,130	$46,790	2.70	1.04
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	70	$74,990	$81,680	0.75	0.11
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	—	$84,320	$100,710	—	—
Butchers and Meat Cutters	210	$37,660	$38,840	2.16	2.46
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	270	$72,170	$78,460	2.80	0.89
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$99,300	$91,090	0.55	0.75
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	170	$64,300	$64,530	1.74	2.43
Carpenters	360	$49,240	$59,800	3.73	0.87
Cashiers	2,680	$29,540	$30,720	27.95	1.41
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	310	$48,000	$52,140	3.27	2.47
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	180	$61,690	$60,120	1.83	2.04
Chemical Technicians	40	$57,800	$60,490	0.37	1.01
Chief Executives	170	$163,570	$208,510	1.76	1.34
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	520	$47,000	$49,600	5.41	2.14
Childcare Workers	660	$29,560	$32,370	6.88	2.06
Chiropractors	50	$64,680	$66,880	0.56	2.21
Civil Engineers	60	$95,240	$99,900	0.67	0.28
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	70	$73,080	$78,650	0.74	0.36
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	510	$38,010	$39,110	5.30	2.16
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	50	$48,860	$51,240	0.56	5.87
Clergy	40	$50,900	$51,910	0.37	1.00
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	40	$86,590	$106,260	0.41	0.83
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	140	$68,060	$69,380	1.49	0.70
Coaches and Scouts	120	$50,600	$57,100	1.25	0.78
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	80	$47,520	$50,360	0.87	0.85
Compliance Officers	220	$65,830	$68,390	2.27	0.85
Computer and Information Systems Managers	110	$135,460	$142,430	1.10	0.25
Computer Network Support Specialists	50	$63,280	$68,550	0.52	0.55
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	100	$53,350	$54,490	1.07	0.98
Computer Occupations, All Other	80	$78,570	$76,560	0.86	0.31
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$87,130	$152,260	0.42	1.83
Computer Systems Analysts	60	$107,180	$103,630	0.59	0.18
Computer User Support Specialists	240	$59,820	$58,710	2.49	0.54
Construction Laborers	860	$46,790	$46,850	9.00	1.28
Construction Managers	230	$96,940	$100,080	2.38	0.98
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	260	$42,960	$43,140	2.73	18.52
Cooks, Fast Food	200	$29,820	$31,550	2.04	0.49
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	580	$35,920	$36,870	6.01	2.12
Cooks, Restaurant	360	$33,750	$34,080	3.74	0.41
Cooks, Short Order	140	$30,010	$31,360	1.41	1.58
Correctional Officers and Jailers	180	$54,070	$56,580	1.87	0.76
Cost Estimators	120	$68,640	$71,860	1.27	0.88
Counter and Rental Clerks	310	$30,710	$34,750	3.28	1.27
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	270	$49,030	$55,830	2.77	2.40
Crane and Tower Operators	100	$37,010	$43,830	1.04	3.76
Customer Service Representatives	750	$41,980	$44,080	7.78	0.47
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	60	$53,350	$52,220	0.64	2.22
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	270	$39,950	$44,830	2.82	2.56
Data Entry Keyers	100	$38,100	$38,250	1.01	1.24
Data Scientists	50	$78,420	$84,020	0.52	0.31
Database Administrators	40	$89,240	$94,160	0.42	0.94
Dental Assistants	180	$46,660	$45,250	1.88	0.75
Dental Hygienists	160	$91,460	$89,570	1.64	1.15
Dentists, General	50	$149,450	$171,880	0.50	0.63
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	40	$80,170	$83,340	0.40	0.68
Dietitians and Nutritionists	30	$73,560	$70,530	0.36	0.72
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	120	$28,580	$30,950	1.26	0.36
Dishwashers	160	$28,080	$29,530	1.70	0.55
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	130	$48,360	$55,320	1.35	1.03
Driver/Sales Workers	250	$34,530	$39,690	2.59	0.99
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	40	$45,070	$44,800	0.46	0.87
Editors	50	$41,560	$45,790	0.51	0.86
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	260	$103,340	$108,210	2.74	1.30
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	120	$85,990	$93,770	1.23	1.06
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	—	$79,260	$106,340	—	—
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	210	$60,220	$63,130	2.19	0.97
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	150	$62,120	$61,280	1.56	2.55
Electrical Engineers	80	$122,850	$119,850	0.88	0.69
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	190	$80,090	$81,070	1.97	2.33
Electricians	700	$52,850	$57,740	7.26	1.49
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	990	$62,240	$62,110	10.33	1.16
Emergency Medical Technicians	60	$45,940	$53,820	0.60	0.52
Emergency Medicine Physicians	40	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	0.37	1.75
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	—	$84,980	$122,860	—	—
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	30	$45,230	$70,730	0.32	1.32
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	60	$56,310	$53,930	0.59	2.65
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	160	$60,040	$70,370	1.64	0.55
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	140	$28,080	$32,340	1.50	0.72
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	130	$53,380	$50,880	1.31	3.36
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	270	$52,770	$52,240	2.80	7.40
Facilities Managers	120	$104,010	$107,320	1.21	1.21
Family Medicine Physicians	90	$336,380	$410,430	0.97	1.40
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	370	$51,770	$54,970	3.87	15.88
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	40	$44,330	$48,680	0.46	0.27
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	170	$39,630	$41,780	1.76	8.33
Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,660	$29,080	$30,530	27.69	1.12
File Clerks	70	$40,860	$43,040	0.71	1.51
Financial and Investment Analysts	40	$84,890	$95,030	0.39	0.17
Financial Managers	340	$126,080	$137,590	3.58	0.66
Firefighters	100	$62,010	$59,580	1.07	0.48
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	500	$67,810	$70,520	5.22	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	40	$42,950	$44,680	0.41	0.62
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	30	$89,920	$87,430	0.32	0.51
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	610	$39,050	$41,820	6.32	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	90	$48,420	$51,600	0.93	0.81
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	50	$50,090	$58,690	0.55	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	530	$76,290	$77,420	5.52	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	140	$78,990	$90,360	1.44	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	740	$59,680	$62,250	7.70	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	40	$50,960	$51,690	0.46	0.63
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	90	$84,370	$90,460	0.92	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,050	$69,640	$71,670	10.96	2.53
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	690	$43,800	$47,000	7.16	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	310	$59,770	$60,810	3.21	0.80
Floral Designers	50	$33,060	$34,050	0.56	2.13
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	40	$52,850	$50,060	0.43	3.32
Food Batchmakers	270	$45,280	$44,970	2.84	2.53
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	50	$43,310	$42,650	0.55	2.75
Food Preparation Workers	540	$32,640	$33,410	5.59	0.97
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	360	$30,960	$32,630	3.79	2.00
Food Service Managers	100	$59,590	$62,040	1.00	0.65
Fundraisers	60	$70,030	$71,600	0.67	0.94
Funeral Attendants	40	$32,720	$31,680	0.44	2.19
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners	50	$29,600	$30,200	0.56	9.63
Gas Plant Operators	30	$89,070	$88,590	0.31	2.71
General and Operations Managers	2,190	$78,420	$96,060	22.87	1.02
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	30	$39,570	$46,400	0.34	2.11
Graphic Designers	60	$45,940	$48,450	0.66	0.52
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	120	$31,480	$39,220	1.23	0.62
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$45,210	$94,270	0.41	0.29
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	60	$45,210	$50,030	0.61	0.52
Healthcare Social Workers	100	$59,580	$57,940	1.08	0.89
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	290	$60,400	$59,470	3.00	1.14
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,110	$53,140	$56,840	22.05	1.66
Highway Maintenance Workers	550	$49,840	$51,850	5.77	5.79
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,090	$36,050	$35,460	11.40	0.41
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	160	$28,080	$30,160	1.62	0.58
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	110	$30,330	$32,600	1.20	0.71
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	40	$47,550	$46,680	0.46	0.79
Human Resources Managers	90	$114,730	$122,600	0.97	0.68
Human Resources Specialists	450	$61,760	$65,850	4.74	0.81
Industrial Engineers	170	$87,140	$94,700	1.75	0.74
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	600	$63,720	$62,960	6.21	2.20
Industrial Production Managers	360	$106,520	$119,720	3.72	2.35
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	730	$47,150	$46,470	7.58	1.52
Information Security Analysts	40	$95,350	$99,530	0.47	0.38
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	740	$50,030	$52,590	7.70	2.00
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	50	$46,540	$48,700	0.51	0.45
Instructional Coordinators	90	$74,820	$77,090	0.96	0.66
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	60	$45,830	$46,330	0.65	0.47
Insurance Sales Agents	550	$59,990	$74,010	5.74	1.86
Interpreters and Translators	50	$48,320	$51,980	0.51	1.51
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	130	$41,730	$42,000	1.33	1.40
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,090	$36,630	$37,900	11.32	0.80
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	140	$61,680	$62,750	1.49	2.13
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	1,610	$44,420	$43,670	16.78	0.88
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	590	$37,680	$38,990	6.19	1.01
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$46,070	$49,270	0.40	3.73
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	160	$33,210	$34,240	1.66	1.30
Lawyers	150	$96,490	$108,880	1.60	0.33
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	90	$45,820	$46,060	0.93	0.93
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	220	$45,120	$51,640	2.24	2.61
Library Assistants, Clerical	60	$28,080	$28,870	0.60	1.09
Library Technicians	90	$33,760	$35,680	0.96	2.16
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	570	$62,420	$64,290	5.98	1.43
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	230	$29,090	$30,710	2.43	2.40
Light Truck Drivers	290	$45,410	$47,360	3.03	0.48
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	70	$48,890	$49,830	0.71	0.67
Loan Officers	310	$90,570	$88,390	3.23	1.83
Logisticians	50	$74,840	$75,520	0.51	0.32
Machinists	430	$45,260	$48,960	4.52	2.45
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	730	$33,740	$34,290	7.56	1.37
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,220	$48,820	$49,200	12.68	1.29
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	110	$57,630	$56,910	1.12	2.91
Management Analysts	60	$75,710	$88,340	0.60	0.10
Managers, All Other	140	$99,470	$107,020	1.50	0.38
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	160	$51,650	$56,480	1.67	0.29
Marketing Managers	50	$101,320	$112,780	0.53	0.21
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$83,560	$106,920	0.55	1.79
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	1,570	$50,600	$48,350	16.37	17.47
Mechanical Door Repairers	40	$51,500	$52,810	0.41	2.33
Mechanical Drafters	200	$59,510	$57,990	2.11	8.20
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	60	$67,870	$71,100	0.62	2.65
Mechanical Engineers	110	$80,220	$86,510	1.20	0.63
Medical and Health Services Managers	340	$108,060	$129,520	3.54	0.92
Medical Assistants	200	$44,160	$44,400	2.04	0.39
Medical Records Specialists	160	$49,610	$52,730	1.64	1.31
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	330	$45,140	$45,720	3.46	0.56
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	140	$43,890	$45,790	1.50	1.76
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	350	$65,430	$65,930	3.67	0.92
Millwrights	80	$59,930	$59,490	0.84	3.26
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	1,110	$48,850	$48,500	11.62	1.29
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	180	$46,540	$47,260	1.84	3.02
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	100	$61,950	$61,600	1.00	0.88
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	30	$45,080	$55,500	0.34	2.07
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	90	$34,730	$51,170	0.90	3.00
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	260	$48,530	$49,230	2.69	3.35
Natural Sciences Managers	30	$80,900	$97,480	0.34	0.49
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	70	$75,330	$81,320	0.70	0.35
New Accounts Clerks	170	$47,330	$47,220	1.78	7.53
Nurse Practitioners	190	$131,460	$139,330	1.98	0.95
Nursing Assistants	1,920	$40,660	$42,170	20.00	2.15
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	—	$98,470	$110,050	—	—
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	70	$82,030	$81,190	0.70	0.77
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	30	$53,380	$59,200	0.33	1.68
Occupational Therapists	110	$99,280	$97,490	1.11	1.07
Office Clerks, General	1,040	$37,980	$39,020	10.82	0.68
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	440	$52,270	$55,190	4.59	1.49
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	50	$40,560	$42,470	0.57	1.25
Opticians, Dispensing	100	$40,370	$41,770	1.02	2.15
Optometrists	40	$125,050	$137,720	0.38	1.37
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	50	$46,440	$45,240	0.49	2.13
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	770	$44,410	$44,220	8.06	3.31
Packers and Packagers, Hand	430	$45,910	$42,810	4.52	1.26
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	110	$45,780	$44,170	1.19	0.82
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	70	$56,040	$55,300	0.69	0.27
Paramedics	50	$60,640	$65,770	0.57	0.88
Parts Salespersons	330	$45,100	$43,640	3.43	1.97
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	80	$55,950	$56,400	0.87	0.88
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	110	$48,080	$47,630	1.19	6.86
Pharmacists	210	$132,360	$134,260	2.19	1.06
Pharmacy Aides	80	$28,990	$31,950	0.81	3.20
Pharmacy Technicians	230	$45,390	$44,640	2.38	0.78
Phlebotomists	50	$44,780	$44,100	0.49	0.54
Physical Therapist Assistants	120	$62,860	$62,220	1.21	1.67
Physical Therapists	170	$99,040	$97,150	1.75	1.02
Physician Assistants	100	$135,620	$132,910	1.07	1.03
Physicians, All Other	40	$285,950	$309,800	0.39	0.18
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	90	$46,280	$44,300	0.95	4.54
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	240	$56,590	$59,150	2.51	0.84
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	400	$66,010	$66,270	4.18	0.97
Postal Service Clerks	120	$61,050	$59,360	1.28	2.71
Postal Service Mail Carriers	290	$57,020	$59,340	3.07	1.45
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$92,100	$92,880	0.41	4.58
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	40	$66,130	$71,130	0.41	0.43
Power Distributors and Dispatchers	—	$97,680	$90,070	—	—
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	190	$61,610	$59,210	1.99	0.65
Printing Press Operators	130	$36,960	$40,550	1.32	1.42
Procurement Clerks	80	$48,110	$50,320	0.81	2.24
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	210	$55,670	$58,040	2.17	0.86
Project Management Specialists	150	$81,640	$85,950	1.54	0.23
Property Appraisers and Assessors	70	$64,530	$67,300	0.73	1.99
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	50	$51,840	$63,490	0.49	0.24
Psychiatric Technicians	240	$62,000	$59,630	2.52	2.50
Public Relations Specialists	70	$52,970	$62,790	0.74	0.40
Public Safety Telecommunicators	170	$48,170	$49,800	1.75	2.65
Purchasing Managers	40	$106,600	$117,910	0.46	0.85
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	160	$76,460	$76,770	1.71	1.15
Real Estate Sales Agents	60	$58,640	$63,040	0.63	0.51
Receptionists and Information Clerks	560	$38,320	$39,070	5.85	1.00
Recreation Workers	150	$37,550	$37,860	1.54	0.72
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	130	$48,110	$44,390	1.33	1.40
Registered Nurses	2,020	$80,640	$84,820	21.03	0.97
Residential Advisors	50	$30,620	$35,340	0.55	1.00
Respiratory Therapists	80	$82,080	$82,180	0.81	0.90
Retail Salespersons	1,940	$31,240	$35,040	20.23	0.81
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	100	$46,160	$45,240	1.04	6.40
Roofers	80	$43,730	$44,910	0.86	0.99
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	80	$48,520	$46,340	0.81	1.35
Sales Managers	160	$122,510	$131,230	1.65	0.40
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	210	$53,600	$63,370	2.14	0.27
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	890	$63,770	$74,380	9.31	1.17
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	180	$82,470	$86,120	1.86	1.02
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	80	$46,970	$49,670	0.80	3.05
School Psychologists	60	$79,910	$81,190	0.66	1.61
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,030	$62,780	$64,840	10.71	1.56
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,500	$43,950	$45,270	15.66	1.43
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	120	$97,240	$137,910	1.25	0.40
Security Guards	210	$42,200	$44,540	2.14	0.26
Self-Enrichment Teachers	140	$41,230	$42,890	1.46	0.68
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	180	$50,320	$48,610	1.84	4.77
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	60	$49,260	$56,260	0.58	2.97
Sewing Machine Operators	30	$35,580	$36,020	0.34	0.50
Sheet Metal Workers	30	$40,150	$44,680	0.32	0.42
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	550	$45,440	$45,710	5.72	1.09
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	170	$38,390	$38,470	1.80	1.13
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	1,620	$47,330	$48,450	16.88	37.53
Social and Community Service Managers	100	$66,160	$72,200	1.05	0.78
Social and Human Service Assistants	110	$36,700	$40,420	1.16	0.41
Software Developers	80	$99,930	$108,440	0.83	0.08
Soil and Plant Scientists	70	$69,030	$77,000	0.77	7.59
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	260	$62,130	$63,430	2.69	1.60
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	60	$71,030	$65,140	0.63	1.02
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	180	$64,300	$66,190	1.90	1.80
Speech-Language Pathologists	120	$81,290	$84,410	1.26	1.07
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	30	$67,780	$66,390	0.32	1.76
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,390	$37,450	$37,430	14.46	0.79
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	40	$62,420	$63,520	0.37	0.84
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	120	$48,800	$49,330	1.28	3.79
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	110	$72,320	$71,940	1.15	0.36
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	780	$41,210	$38,310	8.15	2.41
Surgical Technologists	50	$62,270	$60,420	0.48	0.64
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	40	$48,080	$50,320	0.41	1.10
Surveyors	60	$69,660	$74,350	0.59	1.81
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,860	$35,070	$34,120	19.36	2.12
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	140	$62,330	$62,930	1.46	1.62
Tellers	650	$37,260	$37,580	6.82	3.22
Tire Repairers and Changers	70	$36,850	$37,600	0.76	1.09
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	30	$47,960	$49,320	0.36	1.15
Training and Development Specialists	200	$63,330	$66,730	2.13	0.72
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	100	$85,340	$94,390	1.09	0.77
Tutors	110	$60,630	$60,580	1.18	1.04
Urban and Regional Planners	50	$59,490	$70,070	0.56	1.98
Veterinarians	90	$102,950	$123,970	0.94	1.74
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	80	$35,560	$34,410	0.80	0.99
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	90	$42,130	$42,090	0.96	1.16
Waiters and Waitresses	860	$28,610	$35,460	9.00	0.62
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	160	$61,660	$59,380	1.62	1.97
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	140	$49,730	$48,160	1.47	4.30
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,040	$50,260	$52,770	10.89	4.07
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	100	$51,630	$52,320	1.09	5.36

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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