Wages by Occupation in Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 145,960 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $47,020 for all occupations combined. 368 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	940	$76,540	$80,450	6.43	0.69
Administrative Services Managers	50	$105,280	$104,040	0.35	0.20
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	50	$49,820	$49,570	0.37	1.56
Advertising Sales Agents	90	$50,070	$54,200	0.65	1.10
Agricultural Equipment Operators	420	$48,160	$50,890	2.90	15.85
Agricultural Inspectors	60	$50,390	$56,030	0.43	4.60
Agricultural Technicians	230	$66,370	$62,960	1.57	16.13
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	100	$32,830	$34,020	0.70	8.65
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	360	$26,850	$26,750	2.49	0.97
Animal Caretakers	250	$29,440	$31,680	1.74	1.01
Architectural and Civil Drafters	60	$81,070	$78,120	0.42	0.64
Architectural and Engineering Managers	80	$136,710	$148,890	0.55	0.39
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$76,680	$113,750	0.32	0.54
Athletic Trainers	40	$59,240	$58,260	0.26	1.35
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	240	$43,030	$48,010	1.67	1.74
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	690	$48,740	$52,330	4.76	1.05
Bakers	200	$36,670	$35,880	1.38	0.91
Bartenders	880	$21,320	$23,910	6.00	1.23
Billing and Posting Clerks	270	$46,860	$46,830	1.85	0.71
Biological Scientists, All Other	40	$78,830	$85,860	0.24	0.68
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,620	$46,870	$48,760	11.07	1.25
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	480	$57,000	$56,800	3.30	1.77
Bus Drivers, School	570	$43,380	$43,640	3.91	1.51
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	70	$35,720	$36,140	0.45	0.44
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	290	$65,110	$76,010	1.98	0.28
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$77,090	$81,110	0.42	0.79
Butchers and Meat Cutters	760	$40,010	$38,550	5.17	5.90
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	490	$70,830	$73,040	3.39	1.07
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	120	$47,170	$48,790	0.80	1.61
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	170	$60,920	$65,180	1.14	1.55
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	100	$52,540	$52,770	0.67	0.94
Carpenters	530	$47,830	$51,330	3.62	0.84
Cashiers	4,990	$28,300	$29,250	34.21	1.72
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	290	$55,860	$55,460	2.00	1.51
Chefs and Head Cooks	150	$47,570	$48,270	1.05	0.82
Chemical Plant and System Operators	190	$60,720	$59,280	1.31	12.24
Chemical Technicians	40	$58,060	$59,050	0.30	0.81
Chief Executives	210	$182,650	$207,250	1.42	1.08
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	250	$52,270	$57,010	1.73	0.68
Childcare Workers	670	$27,200	$25,610	4.57	1.37
Chiropractors	60	$65,170	$64,850	0.43	1.70
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	80	$67,550	$67,110	0.57	1.28
Civil Engineers	140	$84,480	$99,220	0.98	0.42
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	120	$67,510	$73,440	0.81	0.39
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	310	$35,360	$35,500	2.10	0.86
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	50	$47,800	$49,680	0.36	3.75
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	40	$106,850	$121,190	0.26	0.54
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	240	$61,720	$61,670	1.62	0.76
Coaches and Scouts	400	$49,810	$52,250	2.75	1.72
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	490	$48,240	$48,610	3.38	3.31
Commercial Pilots	30	$94,580	$110,760	0.24	0.77
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$80,000	$70,220	0.23	1.21
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	80	$56,910	$60,990	0.58	0.80
Compliance Officers	210	$66,980	$70,090	1.46	0.54
Computer and Information Systems Managers	130	$124,370	$134,940	0.93	0.21
Computer Network Support Specialists	60	$61,340	$65,510	0.41	0.43
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	670	$47,960	$49,060	4.59	4.21
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	100	$56,330	$56,120	0.66	3.62
Computer Occupations, All Other	180	$100,170	$102,180	1.22	0.43
Computer Systems Analysts	110	$79,190	$85,850	0.75	0.22
Computer User Support Specialists	300	$56,450	$57,560	2.06	0.45
Conservation Scientists	80	$74,990	$73,650	0.55	3.28
Construction and Building Inspectors	60	$64,380	$68,240	0.43	0.46
Construction Laborers	1,450	$46,890	$48,160	9.91	1.40
Construction Managers	230	$83,150	$94,540	1.57	0.64
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	80	$86,160	$80,490	0.55	1.78
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	280	$62,670	$59,690	1.95	13.20
Cooks, Fast Food	800	$25,480	$26,660	5.50	1.33
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1,240	$35,320	$35,190	8.47	2.99
Cooks, Restaurant	980	$31,300	$33,220	6.74	0.74
Cooks, Short Order	100	$32,680	$33,180	0.72	0.80
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	150	$82,670	$76,050	1.03	23.24
Correctional Officers and Jailers	370	$52,960	$56,370	2.55	1.04
Cost Estimators	110	$81,120	$84,030	0.78	0.54
Counter and Rental Clerks	90	$42,440	$43,720	0.60	0.23
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	400	$46,970	$49,220	2.72	2.35
Crane and Tower Operators	60	$70,720	$67,640	0.38	1.38
Credit Analysts	50	$66,660	$79,770	0.33	0.80
Credit Counselors	40	$46,670	$50,080	0.27	1.50
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	170	$51,020	$53,790	1.18	7.04
Customer Service Representatives	1,490	$42,700	$44,770	10.21	0.61
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	60	$51,920	$54,650	0.40	1.37
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	230	$49,060	$48,560	1.60	1.45
Data Entry Keyers	90	$43,710	$45,860	0.65	0.80
Data Scientists	70	$75,500	$83,860	0.46	0.27
Dental Assistants	250	$45,750	$48,780	1.69	0.68
Dental Hygienists	190	$82,670	$85,370	1.33	0.93
Dentists, General	90	$158,180	$158,240	0.64	0.80
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	60	$84,260	$83,590	0.40	0.69
Dietetic Technicians	40	$35,050	$34,920	0.25	1.22
Dietitians and Nutritionists	50	$79,540	$81,370	0.35	0.71
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	280	$21,980	$24,340	1.95	0.56
Dishwashers	250	$27,590	$26,200	1.73	0.56
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	100	$49,800	$48,690	0.69	0.53
Driver/Sales Workers	510	$48,620	$46,840	3.46	1.32
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	350	$102,920	$107,780	2.37	1.12
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	220	$80,700	$92,290	1.48	1.28
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	100	$45,170	$47,860	0.66	1.39
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$64,580	$67,890	0.52	1.33
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	120	$30,550	$33,680	0.85	1.12
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	280	$50,440	$53,480	1.93	0.85
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	50	$75,390	$74,820	0.38	0.61
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	80	$84,130	$86,560	0.55	1.32
Electrical Engineers	80	$110,740	$109,250	0.53	0.41
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	240	$91,000	$90,310	1.66	1.97
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	240	$46,710	$48,480	1.64	1.03
Electricians	1,270	$60,270	$61,340	8.71	1.79
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,030	$60,510	$58,840	13.90	1.56
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	40	$53,620	$56,730	0.28	0.28
Emergency Medical Technicians	170	$38,430	$41,810	1.15	0.99
Engineers, All Other	50	$92,540	$91,270	0.37	0.37
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$73,720	$69,980	0.21	0.55
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	50	$62,970	$63,420	0.34	1.40
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	40	$73,120	$72,010	0.29	0.50
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	110	$61,000	$56,410	0.73	3.28
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	250	$55,440	$60,450	1.70	0.57
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	140	$30,120	$33,950	0.94	0.45
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	60	$38,990	$41,610	0.40	1.02
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	30	$49,550	$52,050	0.22	0.57
Facilities Managers	250	$90,360	$99,310	1.68	1.67
Family Medicine Physicians	110	$239,560	$244,180	0.74	1.07
Farm and Home Management Educators	80	$45,010	$49,940	0.57	10.78
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	530	$60,400	$61,870	3.61	14.82
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	60	$73,190	$89,890	0.42	10.02
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	230	$38,150	$38,590	1.56	0.92
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	540	$30,750	$36,810	3.70	17.55
Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,080	$27,100	$27,140	21.07	0.85
Financial and Investment Analysts	40	$91,390	$89,080	0.25	0.11
Financial Examiners	50	$58,280	$64,150	0.32	0.73
Financial Managers	680	$113,290	$134,130	4.68	0.87
Firefighters	210	$33,190	$41,380	1.46	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,010	$73,520	$74,180	6.95	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	110	$42,760	$41,580	0.72	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	90	$58,540	$61,650	0.63	3.49
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	30	$57,130	$59,940	0.22	0.35
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	930	$37,760	$41,730	6.37	0.81
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	200	$47,360	$50,820	1.36	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	190	$61,150	$61,740	1.32	1.57
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	640	$77,640	$80,480	4.40	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	160	$80,610	$86,560	1.08	0.78
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	790	$62,540	$64,920	5.39	0.58
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	50	$37,080	$37,060	0.35	0.47
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	70	$81,010	$85,070	0.47	0.48
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,400	$74,340	$72,070	9.59	2.21
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	790	$45,720	$49,860	5.42	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	680	$60,840	$65,330	4.64	1.16
Floral Designers	60	$35,200	$36,350	0.39	1.48
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	80	$47,180	$47,760	0.55	4.21
Food Batchmakers	920	$49,450	$51,550	6.32	5.63
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	70	$45,950	$44,610	0.48	2.38
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	40	$34,650	$34,830	0.28	0.51
Food Preparation Workers	470	$29,010	$29,620	3.25	0.57
Food Science Technicians	60	$51,540	$55,830	0.38	4.05
Food Scientists and Technologists	70	$68,960	$77,850	0.51	6.10
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	500	$29,410	$29,590	3.40	1.80
Food Service Managers	—	$52,140	$63,690	—	—
Forest and Conservation Technicians	60	$48,650	$50,050	0.43	2.22
Fundraisers	60	$60,250	$64,250	0.39	0.54
Gas Plant Operators	50	$87,640	$79,020	0.37	3.16
General and Operations Managers	3,050	$81,400	$96,400	20.88	0.93
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	40	$41,460	$43,650	0.26	1.62
Graphic Designers	140	$45,610	$48,370	0.95	0.75
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	90	$46,110	$49,240	0.59	1.38
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	220	$37,890	$43,190	1.49	0.76
Health Education Specialists	30	$77,980	$71,730	0.22	0.52
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$76,700	$87,400	0.60	0.42
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	70	$45,940	$49,570	0.47	0.40
Healthcare Social Workers	160	$63,050	$64,130	1.10	0.92
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	370	$61,820	$60,700	2.53	0.96
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	5,110	$54,080	$55,640	35.02	2.64
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	150	$37,500	$39,130	1.01	1.64
Helpers--Production Workers	530	$45,610	$47,550	3.64	3.42
Highway Maintenance Workers	660	$59,690	$58,850	4.53	4.55
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,890	$35,740	$36,840	12.93	0.47
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	320	$29,530	$29,650	2.17	1.29
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	50	$46,760	$47,800	0.36	0.62
Human Resources Managers	90	$120,330	$128,120	0.59	0.42
Human Resources Specialists	590	$63,250	$71,180	4.01	0.68
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	80	$63,090	$64,300	0.52	1.06
Industrial Engineers	330	$92,730	$96,530	2.26	0.96
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	720	$62,000	$63,730	4.96	1.75
Industrial Production Managers	500	$104,210	$111,120	3.41	2.15
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	890	$47,950	$50,740	6.09	1.22
Information Security Analysts	30	$115,600	$119,060	0.23	0.19
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	700	$50,590	$53,070	4.78	1.24
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	130	$45,830	$46,970	0.91	0.80
Instructional Coordinators	250	$71,930	$70,580	1.74	1.19
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	40	$42,210	$46,590	0.26	0.90
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	60	$50,400	$52,270	0.42	0.30
Insurance Sales Agents	500	$48,640	$67,200	3.43	1.11
Insurance Underwriters	60	$79,810	$76,210	0.39	0.57
Interior Designers	30	$52,140	$61,970	0.21	0.46
Interpreters and Translators	50	$47,880	$50,230	0.37	1.11
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	180	$38,870	$40,020	1.22	1.28
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,350	$35,420	$37,460	16.12	1.13
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	50	$45,470	$98,680	0.32	2.04
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	90	$53,740	$55,950	0.64	0.91
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,110	$43,160	$42,940	21.30	1.12
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,170	$36,570	$37,430	8.04	1.31
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	160	$34,440	$34,860	1.10	0.86
Lawyers	160	$98,130	$114,720	1.09	0.22
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	90	$46,420	$47,350	0.65	0.65
Legal Support Workers, All Other	70	$43,990	$49,610	0.49	1.62
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	240	$44,150	$47,450	1.64	1.90
Library Assistants, Clerical	250	$28,240	$29,450	1.68	3.05
Library Technicians	230	$31,040	$33,780	1.58	3.58
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	690	$63,720	$64,840	4.75	1.14
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	140	$21,570	$23,510	0.94	0.93
Light Truck Drivers	550	$39,500	$45,590	3.77	0.60
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	240	$49,270	$51,280	1.63	1.53
Loan Officers	420	$77,230	$91,800	2.86	1.62
Logisticians	230	$68,730	$75,590	1.55	0.96
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	60	$46,730	$44,090	0.43	1.57
Machinists	270	$50,160	$51,990	1.86	1.01
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	910	$31,780	$32,980	6.21	1.12
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	30	$26,020	$30,110	0.23	0.66
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,730	$54,310	$54,020	11.85	1.20
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	120	$64,760	$62,770	0.84	2.19
Management Analysts	150	$73,220	$81,360	1.00	0.17
Managers, All Other	230	$131,210	$137,170	1.60	0.40
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	530	$56,920	$63,270	3.61	0.62
Marketing Managers	90	$130,280	$133,740	0.65	0.26
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$66,550	$73,040	0.24	0.77
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	840	$42,770	$42,810	5.75	6.14
Mechanical Drafters	60	$63,330	$62,670	0.44	1.73
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$60,050	$61,510	0.30	1.30
Mechanical Engineers	280	$81,670	$88,490	1.93	1.01
Medical and Health Services Managers	500	$101,860	$110,960	3.43	0.89
Medical Assistants	410	$42,200	$42,800	2.80	0.53
Medical Records Specialists	180	$47,630	$49,570	1.21	0.97
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	120	$104,020	$112,040	0.80	0.72
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	840	$39,300	$42,110	5.75	0.93
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	70	$49,940	$54,260	0.45	0.49
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	70	$47,270	$59,990	0.47	0.55
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	80	$37,740	$40,530	0.54	0.51
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	650	$49,450	$56,020	4.44	1.11
Millwrights	120	$62,220	$62,360	0.85	3.27
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	2,850	$48,920	$48,990	19.50	2.16
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	380	$54,450	$55,570	2.57	4.21
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	230	$62,450	$61,400	1.60	1.41
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	330	$40,360	$43,610	2.29	2.36
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	100	$62,590	$63,120	0.69	4.25
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	40	$49,060	$51,640	0.28	1.84
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	570	$46,860	$48,430	3.93	4.90
Natural Sciences Managers	50	$130,510	$138,270	0.31	0.45
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	180	$81,940	$83,730	1.24	0.62
New Accounts Clerks	180	$44,680	$43,050	1.21	5.11
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	60	$38,330	$40,630	0.44	1.74
Nurse Anesthetists	50	$124,470	$188,150	0.31	0.94
Nurse Practitioners	270	$128,530	$134,420	1.84	0.88
Nursing Assistants	3,070	$39,070	$41,340	21.00	2.25
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$57,930	$63,740	0.54	1.08
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	110	$82,010	$85,910	0.74	0.82
Occupational Therapists	120	$100,120	$94,580	0.79	0.75
Occupational Therapy Assistants	30	$65,290	$64,290	0.22	0.67
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	90	$38,370	$37,650	0.61	0.49
Office Clerks, General	2,410	$41,720	$43,730	16.52	1.04
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	580	$57,400	$57,540	3.99	1.30
Opticians, Dispensing	80	$42,610	$41,970	0.58	1.23
Optometrists	60	$119,490	$116,390	0.40	1.44
Order Clerks	50	$46,120	$49,520	0.36	0.75
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	60	$45,080	$46,790	0.43	1.87
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	820	$45,590	$44,930	5.63	2.31
Packers and Packagers, Hand	480	$38,570	$40,600	3.29	0.91
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	50	$45,570	$46,990	0.37	0.26
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	190	$49,730	$51,330	1.30	0.52
Paramedics	120	$56,030	$55,970	0.85	1.32
Parking Attendants	60	$30,220	$30,450	0.40	0.46
Parts Salespersons	450	$45,560	$46,560	3.08	1.77
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	120	$52,990	$55,080	0.84	0.85
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	—	$38,220	$38,890	—	—
Personal Financial Advisors	—	$76,290	$119,440	—	—
Pharmacists	240	$134,590	$137,190	1.62	0.78
Pharmacy Aides	100	$29,430	$31,170	0.65	2.56
Pharmacy Technicians	330	$43,570	$43,590	2.25	0.74
Physical Therapist Aides	50	$36,770	$34,900	0.33	1.08
Physical Therapist Assistants	110	$62,420	$60,890	0.78	1.08
Physical Therapists	200	$101,770	$99,440	1.40	0.82
Physician Assistants	70	$129,930	$136,520	0.51	0.49
Physicians, All Other	40	$278,630	$254,400	0.29	0.13
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	360	$58,800	$63,840	2.49	0.83
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	470	$71,350	$72,240	3.24	0.75
Postal Service Clerks	230	$59,970	$56,850	1.55	3.28
Postal Service Mail Carriers	440	$55,810	$59,240	2.99	1.42
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	60	$89,770	$90,240	0.38	4.24
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	150	$76,480	$80,000	1.06	1.10
Power Plant Operators	40	$76,500	$81,950	0.25	1.32
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	470	$32,980	$35,710	3.22	1.04
Printing Press Operators	150	$38,470	$40,340	1.04	1.12
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	60	$67,720	$72,590	0.40	0.70
Procurement Clerks	60	$44,980	$46,080	0.42	1.17
Producers and Directors	50	$58,550	$58,090	0.34	0.37
Production Workers, All Other	280	$49,240	$45,510	1.92	1.19
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	380	$59,580	$60,490	2.59	1.03
Project Management Specialists	340	$81,210	$122,170	2.34	0.34
Property Appraisers and Assessors	40	$71,040	$72,890	0.28	0.75
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	110	$49,190	$55,750	0.73	0.36
Psychiatric Technicians	40	$37,310	$40,080	0.26	0.26
Public Relations Specialists	200	$51,650	$60,330	1.35	0.74
Public Safety Telecommunicators	130	$53,940	$53,410	0.91	1.38
Purchasing Managers	60	$114,830	$133,050	0.44	0.80
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	230	$67,210	$66,950	1.59	1.07
Real Estate Brokers	30	$53,050	$56,300	0.22	0.74
Real Estate Sales Agents	30	$49,990	$63,300	0.24	0.19
Receptionists and Information Clerks	450	$36,900	$37,710	3.09	0.53
Recreation Workers	340	$35,760	$35,260	2.32	1.09
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	120	$50,370	$52,500	0.80	7.10
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	170	$48,460	$49,020	1.17	1.23
Registered Nurses	3,190	$79,460	$78,550	21.84	1.00
Rehabilitation Counselors	140	$44,810	$43,900	0.94	1.55
Residential Advisors	60	$34,430	$36,580	0.38	0.70
Respiratory Therapists	70	$79,510	$80,190	0.51	0.57
Retail Salespersons	3,060	$29,990	$33,900	20.95	0.84
Roofers	40	$48,250	$51,310	0.28	0.32
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	70	$33,790	$38,670	0.50	0.83
Sales Managers	190	$133,860	$152,250	1.31	0.32
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	390	$49,490	$63,010	2.67	0.33
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,780	$64,310	$71,950	12.20	1.53
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	130	$74,770	$100,440	0.87	0.47
School Psychologists	30	$75,920	$76,740	0.22	0.54
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,410	$59,810	$58,200	9.67	1.41
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,150	$39,810	$42,110	7.88	0.72
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	50	$77,600	$115,190	0.33	0.11
Security Guards	210	$36,650	$40,780	1.40	0.17
Self-Enrichment Teachers	200	$29,980	$37,580	1.40	0.65
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	170	$51,550	$52,520	1.18	3.06
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	60	$52,200	$53,630	0.39	1.99
Sewing Machine Operators	110	$35,950	$35,040	0.78	1.15
Sheet Metal Workers	130	$62,340	$62,280	0.90	1.17
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	850	$48,620	$50,710	5.83	1.11
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	130	$31,910	$31,830	0.89	0.55
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	1,300	$42,600	$41,180	8.89	19.76
Social and Community Service Managers	200	$65,940	$69,620	1.34	0.99
Social and Human Service Assistants	280	$40,080	$42,490	1.92	0.68
Software Developers	170	$107,610	$111,430	1.18	0.11
Soil and Plant Scientists	110	$78,880	$91,450	0.76	7.49
Special Education Teachers, All Other	80	$44,200	$55,230	0.54	2.47
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	220	$49,780	$55,560	1.52	0.91
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	130	$63,000	$65,280	0.90	0.85
Speech-Language Pathologists	100	$82,980	$82,440	0.70	0.59
Stockers and Order Fillers	2,270	$36,580	$41,910	15.55	0.85
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	80	$47,910	$51,100	0.56	1.66
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	230	$61,930	$69,940	1.55	0.49
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	900	$37,230	$38,550	6.16	1.83
Surgical Technologists	80	$51,760	$53,340	0.57	0.76
Surveyors	30	$76,760	$81,680	0.22	0.68
Tax Preparers	60	$50,210	$54,470	0.39	0.80
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	3,070	$30,380	$30,540	21.07	2.31
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	40	$34,570	$42,530	0.27	0.26
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	170	$62,940	$63,750	1.16	1.28
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	70	$59,650	$64,050	0.48	0.76
Tellers	610	$38,250	$40,710	4.19	1.98
Tire Repairers and Changers	90	$39,170	$40,780	0.61	0.88
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	70	$43,530	$42,940	0.47	1.51
Tool and Die Makers	50	$63,390	$66,000	0.37	1.02
Training and Development Specialists	290	$60,670	$66,590	2.00	0.68
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	170	$90,420	$101,920	1.20	0.84
Tutors	50	$35,200	$40,620	0.33	0.30
Veterinarians	110	$117,340	$113,550	0.76	1.41
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	130	$35,530	$36,510	0.92	1.13
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	140	$39,970	$42,850	0.98	1.18
Waiters and Waitresses	1,570	$20,470	$25,040	10.78	0.74
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	410	$59,830	$58,360	2.78	3.36
Web and Digital Interface Designers	30	$59,990	$62,700	0.23	0.31
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	60	$47,140	$47,330	0.42	1.22
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,420	$50,380	$51,810	9.70	3.62
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	160	$49,040	$49,530	1.07	5.25
Word Processors and Typists	50	$44,450	$43,210	0.31	1.38

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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