Wages by Occupation in Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 89,440 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $56,100 for all occupations combined. 335 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	1,020	$76,210	$81,320	11.43	1.23
Actuaries	30	$129,560	$149,000	0.34	1.98
Administrative Services Managers	150	$96,800	$103,260	1.69	1.00
Advertising Sales Agents	50	$52,600	$56,120	0.52	0.88
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	280	$34,510	$35,150	3.17	1.24
Animal Caretakers	120	$35,230	$35,930	1.32	0.77
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	100	$83,180	$86,820	1.11	1.62
Architectural and Civil Drafters	60	$61,540	$63,090	0.71	1.06
Architectural and Engineering Managers	90	$138,000	$141,830	1.00	0.70
Athletic Trainers	40	$60,790	$62,790	0.49	2.49
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	90	$49,990	$53,620	1.00	1.04
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	450	$48,800	$56,340	5.07	1.12
Baggage Porters and Bellhops	50	$35,930	$36,030	0.51	2.79
Bakers	190	$39,220	$40,070	2.12	1.40
Bartenders	700	$43,530	$50,490	7.84	1.61
Billing and Posting Clerks	270	$49,820	$52,030	2.98	1.15
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	930	$54,580	$56,890	10.37	1.17
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	40	$57,990	$61,030	0.46	1.35
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	140	$58,750	$63,760	1.53	0.82
Bus Drivers, School	390	$48,090	$50,750	4.32	1.67
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	700	$73,380	$78,840	7.81	1.12
Butchers and Meat Cutters	120	$45,880	$45,170	1.38	1.58
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	270	$57,190	$63,030	3.03	0.96
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	210	$57,620	$57,520	2.29	4.62
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$56,600	$61,970	0.94	1.28
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	90	$76,090	$71,900	0.97	1.35
Carpenters	1,210	$61,940	$61,480	13.52	3.14
Cashiers	2,190	$35,550	$34,770	24.54	1.23
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	80	$59,070	$63,070	0.89	0.67
Chefs and Head Cooks	190	$63,200	$66,540	2.07	1.61
Chief Executives	150	$160,480	$200,560	1.69	1.29
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	210	$68,310	$68,830	2.35	0.93
Childcare Workers	—	$38,560	$39,690	—	—
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	120	$74,750	$76,290	1.37	3.10
Civil Engineers	400	$95,570	$95,190	4.47	1.89
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	140	$81,850	$84,040	1.55	0.74
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	160	$37,680	$40,350	1.78	0.73
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	50	$73,470	$85,230	0.55	1.12
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	110	$80,410	$79,760	1.27	0.59
Coaches and Scouts	200	$60,930	$71,390	2.26	1.41
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$55,550	$56,190	0.53	0.52
Commercial and Industrial Designers	30	$75,790	$91,670	0.34	1.56
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	920	$54,630	$55,970	10.33	14.91
Community Health Workers	70	$51,770	$52,380	0.77	1.95
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	60	$72,130	$71,960	0.64	0.89
Compliance Officers	410	$80,800	$82,450	4.53	1.69
Computer and Information Systems Managers	310	$138,460	$142,190	3.50	0.81
Computer Network Architects	40	$103,540	$110,030	0.49	0.42
Computer Network Support Specialists	60	$70,280	$72,990	0.65	0.69
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	220	$50,710	$52,120	2.43	2.23
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	30	$70,860	$74,500	0.37	2.03
Computer Occupations, All Other	230	$92,890	$100,530	2.62	0.94
Computer Programmers	110	$81,220	$83,060	1.19	2.01
Computer Systems Analysts	180	$98,400	$98,130	1.96	0.59
Computer User Support Specialists	360	$60,970	$64,710	4.00	0.87
Concierges	40	$45,610	$42,640	0.50	1.58
Conservation Scientists	50	$70,080	$74,880	0.59	3.53
Construction Laborers	510	$47,920	$49,060	5.67	0.80
Construction Managers	240	$97,770	$105,910	2.63	1.08
Cooks, All Other	50	$37,910	$40,900	0.56	4.47
Cooks, Fast Food	140	$36,680	$36,110	1.55	0.38
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	470	$45,710	$45,170	5.29	1.86
Cooks, Restaurant	680	$45,990	$44,170	7.64	0.84
Cooks, Short Order	210	$38,830	$40,850	2.29	2.57
Correctional Officers and Jailers	160	$57,600	$58,750	1.80	0.74
Cost Estimators	90	$81,100	$83,370	1.01	0.70
Counselors, All Other	50	$51,890	$56,860	0.60	3.27
Counter and Rental Clerks	180	$47,880	$50,890	1.98	0.77
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	400	$53,410	$55,010	4.51	3.90
Crane and Tower Operators	70	$65,660	$74,760	0.80	2.91
Credit Analysts	30	$71,220	$75,850	0.34	0.82
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	50	$45,410	$45,560	0.56	0.93
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$62,910	$60,700	0.77	4.58
Customer Service Representatives	730	$48,320	$50,090	8.21	0.49
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$57,120	$59,130	0.54	1.87
Data Entry Keyers	40	$44,480	$47,020	0.45	0.55
Data Scientists	60	$109,850	$108,300	0.71	0.42
Database Administrators	30	$87,320	$89,230	0.37	0.81
Dental Assistants	160	$47,350	$51,980	1.83	0.74
Dental Hygienists	140	$97,470	$98,740	1.60	1.12
Dentists, General	80	$199,440	$209,800	0.92	1.14
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	80	$103,540	$100,420	0.91	1.24
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	—	$103,730	$101,760	—	—
Dietitians and Nutritionists	50	$74,720	$75,620	0.54	1.09
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	—	$35,570	$37,840	—	—
Dishwashers	420	$35,770	$35,360	4.68	1.52
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	70	$53,040	$53,100	0.74	0.57
Drafters, All Other	40	$74,000	$72,080	0.41	4.44
Driver/Sales Workers	130	$43,780	$44,640	1.48	0.56
Editors	60	$63,980	$68,820	0.71	1.21
Education Administrators, All Other	80	$97,260	$111,230	0.90	2.54
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	350	$103,430	$104,050	3.93	1.86
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	60	$61,760	$68,610	0.65	1.38
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	70	$45,350	$46,820	0.81	1.06
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	320	$67,400	$67,080	3.55	1.56
Electrical Engineers	130	$104,190	$117,640	1.49	1.17
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	130	$55,420	$52,510	1.49	0.94
Electricians	460	$61,270	$70,940	5.20	1.07
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	30	$86,180	$96,380	0.35	0.57
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,300	$62,790	$65,150	14.54	1.63
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	170	$60,110	$60,420	1.95	1.96
Emergency Medical Technicians	370	$43,810	$45,270	4.16	3.58
Engineers, All Other	—	$101,240	$110,000	—	—
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	100	$85,610	$93,870	1.10	4.49
Environmental Engineers	50	$84,490	$89,770	0.52	2.09
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	280	$70,200	$75,960	3.12	5.44
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	70	$59,140	$55,970	0.78	3.52
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	280	$69,980	$72,330	3.08	1.04
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	180	$54,850	$56,560	2.05	0.99
Facilities Managers	180	$84,200	$87,490	2.00	2.00
Family Medicine Physicians	80	$222,970	$232,310	0.88	1.27
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	50	$60,150	$55,840	0.60	2.45
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	40	$38,880	$40,500	0.43	0.25
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,850	$35,150	$36,920	20.67	0.83
Financial and Investment Analysts	80	$95,980	$110,220	0.85	0.37
Financial Examiners	70	$78,890	$84,790	0.78	1.79
Financial Managers	570	$121,560	$137,470	6.35	1.17
Financial Specialists, All Other	50	$62,180	$79,340	0.55	0.65
Firefighters	—	$44,040	$46,560	—	—
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	300	$81,120	$85,920	3.35	0.64
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	100	$51,510	$54,930	1.15	1.73
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	630	$49,070	$51,710	7.06	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	140	$59,460	$59,900	1.57	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	60	$66,810	$68,690	0.68	0.81
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	200	$79,880	$86,170	2.20	0.55
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	40	$82,460	$100,360	0.43	0.31
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	660	$69,110	$70,230	7.36	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	70	$59,360	$58,900	0.73	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	80	$98,680	$98,490	0.89	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	300	$72,200	$71,130	3.35	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	780	$53,590	$55,200	8.68	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	250	$57,690	$58,840	2.78	0.69
Fish and Game Wardens	40	$73,690	$72,290	0.40	10.84
Food Batchmakers	310	$49,630	$51,000	3.50	3.12
Food Preparation Workers	470	$36,490	$38,990	5.26	0.92
Food Processing Workers, All Other	60	$48,400	$44,940	0.65	1.55
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	220	$37,220	$38,310	2.51	1.33
Food Service Managers	160	$78,710	$84,330	1.82	1.19
Foresters	30	$72,450	$75,030	0.36	5.33
Fundraisers	140	$74,800	$76,170	1.61	2.26
Fundraising Managers	70	$121,380	$138,670	0.81	3.26
General and Operations Managers	2,520	$95,600	$116,140	28.22	1.25
Graphic Designers	120	$59,250	$65,690	1.34	1.05
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	40	$56,610	$57,270	0.41	6.12
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$48,820	$49,400	0.42	0.97
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other	50	$39,940	$44,470	0.56	6.35
Health Education Specialists	100	$67,910	$72,650	1.08	2.55
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$94,300	$112,230	0.45	0.32
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	100	$56,780	$61,710	1.15	0.98
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	30	$67,900	$69,120	0.38	1.68
Healthcare Social Workers	50	$81,400	$80,100	0.56	0.47
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	70	$45,980	$45,870	0.78	1.10
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	280	$60,690	$62,030	3.17	1.20
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,180	$60,530	$61,250	13.21	1.00
Helpers--Carpenters	70	$50,600	$50,620	0.78	5.62
Helpers--Electricians	50	$37,260	$43,640	0.60	1.46
Helpers--Production Workers	110	$38,590	$45,930	1.25	1.18
Highway Maintenance Workers	510	$58,400	$56,770	5.67	5.69
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,110	$43,060	$42,290	12.46	0.45
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	290	$32,240	$36,250	3.22	1.16
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	200	$44,940	$42,300	2.26	1.35
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	60	$49,690	$51,930	0.62	1.07
Human Resources Managers	120	$116,870	$128,130	1.31	0.92
Human Resources Specialists	360	$74,770	$77,640	3.97	0.68
Industrial Engineers	60	$97,170	$104,870	0.63	0.27
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	210	$62,240	$63,250	2.31	0.82
Industrial Production Managers	130	$105,640	$118,030	1.42	0.90
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	240	$47,320	$49,740	2.70	0.54
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	100	$50,970	$51,910	1.12	1.29
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	210	$45,840	$45,560	2.34	0.61
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	150	$50,260	$53,450	1.65	1.45
Instructional Coordinators	300	$77,130	$82,980	3.33	2.28
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	30	$57,600	$58,490	0.38	1.32
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	190	$49,180	$51,370	2.14	1.55
Insurance Sales Agents	250	$63,200	$78,230	2.77	0.90
Insurance Underwriters	—	$77,990	$77,490	—	—
Interior Designers	40	$62,400	$65,470	0.40	0.88
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	—	$48,260	$48,300	—	—
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,510	$42,890	$42,860	16.87	1.19
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	70	$62,120	$67,440	0.79	1.13
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	740	$38,090	$38,770	8.27	0.44
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	890	$47,980	$46,260	9.98	1.63
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	110	$37,490	$38,450	1.23	0.97
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	210	$63,320	$63,130	2.35	2.73
Library Assistants, Clerical	90	$30,690	$33,610	1.04	1.88
Library Technicians	30	$50,340	$49,820	0.35	0.79
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	270	$70,620	$68,680	3.02	0.72
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	100	$35,990	$36,120	1.09	1.08
Light Truck Drivers	530	$43,240	$45,290	5.93	0.94
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	100	$48,650	$50,340	1.15	1.09
Loan Officers	110	$96,450	$106,370	1.24	0.70
Lodging Managers	70	$81,120	$85,320	0.75	2.73
Logisticians	60	$83,470	$81,790	0.68	0.42
Machinists	—	$57,480	$56,810	—	—
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	610	$37,970	$38,960	6.86	1.24
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	30	$47,160	$47,830	0.34	0.96
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	800	$54,330	$55,350	8.98	0.91
Management Analysts	270	$89,300	$97,070	2.99	0.52
Managers, All Other	260	$108,910	$117,030	2.94	0.73
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	230	$76,920	$79,350	2.54	0.44
Marketing Managers	—	$154,820	$153,690	—	—
Marriage and Family Therapists	—	$62,790	$68,450	—	—
Mechanical Engineers	80	$94,790	$105,170	0.87	0.46
Medical and Health Services Managers	270	$111,680	$126,790	3.07	0.80
Medical Assistants	260	$47,250	$47,070	2.94	0.56
Medical Equipment Preparers	40	$47,530	$49,890	0.44	0.89
Medical Records Specialists	—	$49,530	$54,260	—	—
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	650	$46,740	$46,760	7.30	1.18
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	130	$75,800	$71,440	1.40	1.52
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	60	$76,290	$77,750	0.68	0.79
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	510	$64,000	$68,800	5.65	1.42
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	450	$43,360	$44,300	5.05	0.56
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers	40	$47,970	$51,120	0.41	2.25
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$51,470	$51,450	0.55	0.90
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	100	$62,150	$65,940	1.14	1.00
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	70	$58,900	$54,870	0.82	3.84
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	30	$29,260	$32,560	0.36	1.19
Natural Sciences Managers	90	$108,910	$119,650	1.05	1.50
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	160	$85,790	$88,120	1.83	0.91
New Accounts Clerks	70	$47,910	$49,280	0.77	3.25
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	30	$41,220	$45,400	0.35	1.39
Nurse Practitioners	210	$134,350	$139,530	2.36	1.14
Nursing Assistants	760	$46,240	$44,610	8.49	0.91
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	40	$84,180	$87,190	0.43	0.48
Occupational Therapists	80	$84,520	$88,200	0.90	0.86
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	30	$46,800	$53,510	0.34	0.28
Office Clerks, General	1,460	$48,100	$49,510	16.38	1.03
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	30	$52,030	$54,080	0.36	2.20
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	480	$59,020	$59,840	5.40	1.76
Operations Research Analysts	40	$81,740	$90,530	0.47	0.67
Optometrists	30	$137,290	$143,940	0.34	1.22
Order Clerks	—	$49,020	$50,660	—	—
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	40	$45,760	$47,450	0.48	2.09
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	220	$48,440	$46,530	2.44	1.00
Packers and Packagers, Hand	190	$38,530	$38,080	2.16	0.60
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	160	$50,440	$54,340	1.82	1.25
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	160	$65,700	$69,830	1.84	0.73
Paramedics	90	$60,080	$57,570	0.96	1.48
Parts Salespersons	240	$43,200	$44,430	2.66	1.53
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	60	$56,960	$57,130	0.70	0.71
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	40	$36,090	$36,140	0.50	1.29
Personal Financial Advisors	130	$125,090	$139,220	1.40	0.82
Pharmacists	120	$131,320	$136,110	1.38	0.67
Pharmacy Technicians	170	$48,230	$47,400	1.93	0.64
Phlebotomists	30	$41,430	$43,700	0.36	0.39
Physical Therapist Assistants	30	$68,230	$67,620	0.34	0.48
Physical Therapists	180	$94,520	$94,620	2.01	1.17
Physician Assistants	90	$136,080	$145,310	1.03	0.99
Physicians, All Other	60	$306,410	$275,390	0.67	0.30
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	260	$60,960	$67,630	2.90	0.97
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	320	$68,910	$70,860	3.61	0.84
Postal Service Clerks	170	$59,970	$60,050	1.87	3.94
Postal Service Mail Carriers	230	$57,470	$60,750	2.56	1.21
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	50	$88,900	$88,430	0.50	5.67
Power Plant Operators	50	$60,420	$72,280	0.55	2.90
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	270	$56,570	$52,820	3.07	1.00
Printing Press Operators	40	$46,460	$49,960	0.40	0.43
Producers and Directors	80	$66,520	$73,630	0.89	0.97
Production Workers, All Other	100	$46,800	$48,510	1.15	0.71
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	90	$57,350	$58,450	1.04	0.42
Project Management Specialists	460	$70,200	$85,080	5.20	0.76
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	150	$60,840	$73,700	1.67	0.83
Psychiatric Technicians	240	$45,520	$49,190	2.72	2.70
Public Relations Managers	90	$134,970	$139,030	0.96	2.00
Public Relations Specialists	450	$70,260	$73,160	5.09	2.79
Public Safety Telecommunicators	70	$51,270	$55,260	0.73	1.10
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	110	$86,550	$88,810	1.21	0.82
Receptionists and Information Clerks	270	$39,200	$39,770	3.02	0.52
Recreation Workers	190	$39,110	$42,010	2.15	1.01
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	50	$50,540	$52,890	0.58	0.61
Registered Nurses	1,840	$85,810	$91,390	20.59	0.95
Rehabilitation Counselors	70	$61,960	$66,270	0.80	1.31
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	40	$37,870	$38,580	0.40	0.52
Residential Advisors	90	$45,670	$47,890	0.98	1.79
Respiratory Therapists	60	$80,340	$83,590	0.69	0.77
Retail Salespersons	2,340	$37,480	$42,650	26.13	1.04
Roofers	60	$57,520	$54,620	0.70	0.80
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	50	$46,770	$61,350	0.59	0.98
Sales Managers	230	$157,360	$161,140	2.60	0.64
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	280	$76,610	$81,090	3.13	0.39
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	560	$80,000	$84,260	6.27	0.79
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	80	$103,560	$119,760	0.85	0.46
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	90	$45,560	$44,930	0.99	3.79
School Psychologists	50	$83,350	$85,580	0.52	1.26
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	860	$76,290	$70,760	9.65	1.41
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,140	$48,810	$50,570	12.77	1.16
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	50	$85,690	$107,950	0.51	0.16
Security Guards	170	$42,990	$46,270	1.90	0.23
Self-Enrichment Teachers	270	$53,190	$69,840	3.03	1.42
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	80	$57,690	$57,050	0.86	2.22
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	60	$39,780	$47,430	0.71	3.61
Sewing Machine Operators	110	$41,180	$39,060	1.21	1.80
Sheet Metal Workers	80	$52,640	$56,950	0.89	1.15
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	220	$48,460	$49,210	2.51	0.48
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	140	$40,880	$42,590	1.58	0.99
Social and Community Service Managers	450	$84,180	$89,140	5.08	3.77
Social and Human Service Assistants	710	$46,060	$47,110	8.00	2.84
Software Developers	—	$110,120	$127,040	—	—
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	40	$71,100	$79,860	0.42	0.35
Soil and Plant Scientists	—	$58,210	$62,790	—	—
Solar Photovoltaic Installers	—	$49,430	$55,610	—	—
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	290	$73,410	$70,010	3.22	1.92
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	170	$64,170	$69,050	1.88	3.07
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	30	$79,000	$76,070	0.37	1.93
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	220	$79,420	$75,260	2.41	2.29
Speech-Language Pathologists	160	$81,380	$83,770	1.75	1.48
Statisticians	—	$79,620	$81,630	—	—
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,460	$36,620	$37,740	16.33	0.90
Stonemasons	40	$65,650	$72,080	0.40	7.85
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	410	$61,060	$64,490	4.54	1.43
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	570	$38,150	$41,420	6.34	1.88
Surgical Technologists	30	$66,820	$70,300	0.35	0.47
Surveyors	—	$77,460	$70,580	—	—
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	100	$56,640	$60,280	1.07	2.95
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	70	$53,920	$55,350	0.78	1.07
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,780	$45,460	$42,980	19.91	2.18
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	80	$87,160	$79,010	0.87	0.96
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	130	$60,370	$60,450	1.44	2.28
Tellers	310	$43,390	$41,940	3.50	1.65
Tile and Stone Setters	60	$54,250	$55,280	0.65	2.83
Tour and Travel Guides	50	$55,850	$54,840	0.57	1.65
Training and Development Managers	—	$119,140	$128,200	—	—
Training and Development Specialists	210	$78,800	$83,350	2.39	0.81
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	100	$100,380	$109,310	1.13	0.79
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	140	$63,170	$63,200	1.55	4.38
Urban and Regional Planners	40	$79,620	$81,810	0.45	1.58
Veterinarians	80	$129,800	$140,710	0.89	1.65
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	100	$36,700	$37,850	1.07	1.32
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	120	$48,580	$50,140	1.35	1.63
Waiters and Waitresses	1,240	$60,110	$59,420	13.83	0.95
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	110	$62,080	$66,000	1.26	1.52
Web and Digital Interface Designers	—	$102,180	$115,320	—	—
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	110	$54,920	$55,210	1.22	0.45
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	110	$46,480	$47,120	1.26	3.18
Writers and Authors	40	$92,690	$101,520	0.43	1.40

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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