Wages by Occupation in Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 193,040 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $48,140 for all occupations combined. 421 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	1,340	$73,830	$77,060	6.92	0.74
Administrative Services Managers	240	$111,510	$130,970	1.24	0.73
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	90	$65,890	$70,870	0.49	2.05
Advertising Sales Agents	110	$49,520	$54,660	0.56	0.95
Agricultural Equipment Operators	150	$49,130	$49,240	0.80	4.35
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	80	$61,610	$63,020	0.41	0.46
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	450	$29,100	$31,630	2.35	0.92
Animal Caretakers	420	$34,600	$34,830	2.18	1.27
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	60	$98,280	$100,470	0.30	0.43
Architectural and Civil Drafters	100	$63,500	$63,750	0.50	0.75
Architectural and Engineering Managers	120	$144,330	$150,320	0.61	0.43
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$78,510	$78,700	0.29	0.49
Athletic Trainers	70	$64,480	$65,340	0.36	1.85
Audio and Video Technicians	40	$49,080	$51,340	0.23	0.50
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	150	$34,710	$35,340	0.77	1.17
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	260	$53,890	$55,790	1.35	1.40
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,000	$46,890	$50,180	5.21	1.15
Bakers	150	$37,160	$41,280	0.80	0.52
Bartenders	2,400	$26,070	$28,970	12.43	2.56
Bill and Account Collectors	90	$65,160	$62,280	0.46	0.45
Billing and Posting Clerks	420	$49,500	$51,790	2.19	0.84
Biological Scientists, All Other	40	$76,400	$79,160	0.18	0.50
Biological Technicians	40	$43,010	$48,540	0.18	0.41
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	2,050	$50,190	$52,220	10.63	1.20
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	30	$92,110	$87,550	0.18	0.52
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	90	$43,150	$44,650	0.48	3.52
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	450	$60,640	$63,660	2.34	1.26
Bus Drivers, School	1,040	$47,530	$47,220	5.40	2.09
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	200	$45,200	$48,030	1.06	1.03
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	660	$71,440	$73,710	3.41	0.49
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$80,130	$89,530	0.28	0.54
Butchers and Meat Cutters	200	$44,580	$43,120	1.02	1.17
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	590	$71,860	$71,450	3.07	0.97
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	230	$48,120	$48,590	1.17	2.37
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	30	$82,680	$82,080	0.16	0.40
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	130	$71,510	$76,280	0.68	0.93
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	120	$68,130	$65,890	0.62	0.86
Carpenters	1,240	$59,870	$59,650	6.44	1.49
Cashiers	6,150	$30,260	$31,650	31.86	1.60
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	320	$64,270	$65,600	1.64	1.24
Chefs and Head Cooks	70	$61,800	$63,380	0.38	0.30
Chemists	50	$72,460	$76,460	0.23	0.44
Chief Executives	330	$158,050	$218,600	1.72	1.31
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	700	$66,160	$68,750	3.63	1.44
Childcare Workers	550	$32,620	$32,710	2.84	0.85
Chiropractors	70	$74,320	$84,750	0.36	1.43
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	270	$78,690	$76,490	1.42	3.23
Civil Engineers	260	$94,910	$101,630	1.34	0.57
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	70	$76,400	$76,870	0.37	0.18
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	360	$36,940	$38,390	1.89	0.77
Clergy	60	$59,390	$58,430	0.31	0.85
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	350	$66,770	$68,700	1.80	0.84
Coaches and Scouts	220	$49,880	$54,210	1.15	0.72
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	360	$51,590	$52,170	1.89	1.85
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	50	$46,290	$46,830	0.25	1.49
Commercial Pilots	70	$97,900	$110,320	0.34	1.12
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	320	$46,650	$53,550	1.64	2.37
Community Health Workers	70	$42,750	$47,110	0.34	0.87
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	40	$75,060	$81,910	0.19	0.27
Compliance Officers	230	$77,390	$81,930	1.20	0.45
Computer and Information Systems Managers	280	$159,840	$157,410	1.46	0.34
Computer Network Architects	30	$116,760	$114,560	0.17	0.15
Computer Network Support Specialists	120	$74,540	$76,980	0.63	0.67
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	380	$50,930	$53,030	1.98	1.81
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	120	$68,010	$69,280	0.62	3.36
Computer Occupations, All Other	100	$96,720	$96,600	0.49	0.18
Computer Programmers	60	$80,680	$81,670	0.29	0.49
Computer Systems Analysts	120	$87,640	$92,060	0.62	0.19
Computer User Support Specialists	520	$60,590	$63,330	2.68	0.58
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	30	$51,520	$52,810	0.16	0.38
Conservation Scientists	120	$78,470	$77,690	0.64	3.83
Construction and Building Inspectors	100	$74,540	$78,580	0.52	0.55
Construction Laborers	2,380	$54,310	$57,630	12.32	1.75
Construction Managers	370	$118,250	$122,060	1.92	0.79
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	—	$81,560	$76,690	—	—
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	60	$39,400	$41,780	0.31	2.09
Cooks, Fast Food	290	$30,090	$30,710	1.51	0.37
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	750	$39,990	$41,460	3.90	1.37
Cooks, Restaurant	2,190	$36,140	$36,290	11.32	1.25
Correctional Officers and Jailers	510	$58,290	$59,920	2.63	1.08
Cost Estimators	200	$77,060	$80,410	1.04	0.72
Counselors, All Other	40	$78,010	$63,610	0.23	1.26
Counter and Rental Clerks	300	$46,850	$46,640	1.57	0.61
Couriers and Messengers	40	$39,070	$39,850	0.21	0.47
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	30	$75,090	$77,790	0.17	2.07
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	640	$56,410	$57,950	3.32	2.88
Credit Analysts	50	$76,130	$79,830	0.27	0.65
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	30	$49,160	$46,340	0.16	0.26
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$55,370	$59,130	0.36	2.18
Customer Service Representatives	2,800	$47,720	$48,970	14.51	0.87
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$60,290	$55,570	0.35	1.21
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	400	$48,100	$49,640	2.05	1.86
Data Entry Keyers	50	$41,630	$43,270	0.26	0.32
Data Scientists	40	$93,580	$100,790	0.23	0.14
Database Administrators	40	$103,110	$101,900	0.20	0.45
Dental Assistants	470	$60,080	$57,720	2.42	0.97
Dental Hygienists	400	$99,730	$96,490	2.06	1.44
Dentists, General	160	$203,220	$200,530	0.85	1.06
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	200	$73,420	$77,280	1.01	1.38
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	90	$100,570	$98,260	0.45	0.78
Dietitians and Nutritionists	70	$72,970	$72,020	0.37	0.74
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	380	$26,620	$28,080	1.96	0.56
Dishwashers	600	$29,320	$29,350	3.12	1.02
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	140	$50,340	$57,050	0.74	0.57
Driver/Sales Workers	510	$36,310	$39,150	2.65	1.01
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	120	$58,300	$58,060	0.62	1.16
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	70	$63,930	$64,730	0.34	2.75
Economists	30	$134,510	$117,380	0.16	1.40
Editors	90	$57,070	$59,430	0.48	0.82
Education Administrators, All Other	40	$84,110	$92,750	0.23	0.64
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	340	$102,250	$104,510	1.77	0.84
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	80	$101,040	$108,630	0.39	0.34
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	30	$50,930	$59,480	0.16	0.34
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$78,960	$84,070	0.29	0.75
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	—	$54,030	$64,130	—	—
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	220	$63,250	$62,500	1.14	0.50
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	110	$84,500	$85,060	0.59	0.97
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	50	$84,040	$79,960	0.28	0.67
Electrical Engineers	180	$97,350	$103,520	0.92	0.72
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	290	$104,400	$98,230	1.52	1.81
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	270	$47,070	$47,560	1.37	0.86
Electricians	1,140	$74,250	$72,690	5.93	1.22
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians	130	$58,500	$56,580	0.69	6.89
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,720	$62,710	$65,920	14.07	1.58
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	530	$62,870	$63,000	2.73	2.74
Emergency Medical Technicians	600	$45,340	$46,530	3.09	2.66
Emergency Medicine Physicians	40	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	0.22	1.06
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$78,710	$80,750	0.25	0.66
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	40	$84,120	$86,610	0.22	0.92
Environmental Engineers	90	$107,120	$114,390	0.47	1.89
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	50	$78,340	$72,830	0.27	1.22
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	170	$82,800	$80,660	0.88	1.54
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	280	$73,600	$75,820	1.46	0.49
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	250	$36,920	$44,180	1.32	0.64
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$54,610	$53,220	0.45	1.19
Facilities Managers	180	$96,200	$101,310	0.95	0.95
Family Medicine Physicians	100	$218,170	$275,440	0.53	0.77
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	210	$59,330	$57,810	1.11	4.55
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	120	$43,330	$41,330	0.64	0.37
Fast Food and Counter Workers	4,380	$29,480	$31,060	22.70	0.92
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	70	$46,910	$45,290	0.36	3.48
Financial and Investment Analysts	70	$83,030	$88,100	0.38	0.16
Financial Examiners	30	$109,990	$107,080	0.16	0.38
Financial Managers	580	$129,290	$142,370	2.99	0.55
Firefighters	260	$40,890	$43,580	1.35	0.60
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,080	$82,530	$86,710	5.57	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	60	$77,670	$83,340	0.33	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	140	$45,040	$44,080	0.72	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	40	$75,280	$70,650	0.19	0.30
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,620	$44,150	$44,420	8.39	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers	160	$50,160	$50,800	0.84	5.04
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	210	$47,430	$49,330	1.10	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	340	$62,280	$57,810	1.76	2.09
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	700	$81,710	$84,170	3.62	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	60	$65,660	$73,040	0.31	0.22
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,510	$66,180	$69,900	7.83	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	120	$45,800	$47,220	0.60	0.81
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	320	$94,490	$91,480	1.67	1.68
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,030	$73,510	$74,620	5.35	1.24
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	40	$50,740	$57,710	0.18	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,870	$46,840	$49,930	9.70	1.34
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	70	$48,280	$54,020	0.34	0.64
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	660	$62,630	$66,650	3.41	0.85
Floral Designers	60	$35,500	$35,610	0.31	1.20
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	70	$49,350	$51,740	0.34	2.59
Food Batchmakers	600	$45,360	$44,480	3.09	2.75
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	570	$47,130	$47,660	2.94	14.66
Food Preparation Workers	1,750	$34,640	$33,760	9.05	1.58
Food Processing Workers, All Other	210	$44,990	$45,360	1.09	2.60
Food Science Technicians	40	$49,650	$52,160	0.22	2.38
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	850	$35,790	$36,630	4.39	2.32
Food Service Managers	40	$78,590	$77,930	0.22	0.14
Forest and Conservation Technicians	130	$55,910	$59,270	0.65	3.34
Foresters	80	$73,690	$77,100	0.40	5.96
Fundraisers	130	$65,840	$68,430	0.67	0.94
Funeral Attendants	70	$41,600	$40,190	0.34	1.71
Funeral Home Managers	90	$77,810	$87,250	0.48	5.32
Furniture Finishers	40	$44,120	$44,580	0.22	2.36
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners	90	$31,970	$35,460	0.48	8.40
Gambling Service Workers, All Other	420	$29,830	$34,120	2.16	23.75
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators	50	$38,830	$40,510	0.28	4.52
General and Operations Managers	4,820	$78,530	$95,380	24.98	1.11
General Internal Medicine Physicians	30	$331,200	$332,320	0.17	0.39
Graphic Designers	240	$49,890	$53,480	1.23	0.96
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	110	$48,120	$51,990	0.56	1.31
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	190	$35,570	$39,340	0.98	0.50
Health Education Specialists	80	$66,580	$66,810	0.41	0.96
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	90	$87,940	$85,900	0.48	1.97
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$73,580	$87,490	0.21	0.15
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	60	$49,580	$60,530	0.31	0.27
Healthcare Social Workers	130	$72,250	$69,920	0.66	0.54
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	160	$38,490	$42,000	0.83	1.18
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	410	$70,720	$68,410	2.14	0.81
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,230	$58,780	$59,120	16.71	1.26
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	110	$43,700	$41,580	0.57	0.93
Helpers--Production Workers	150	$43,410	$43,620	0.77	0.72
Highway Maintenance Workers	770	$61,610	$59,850	3.98	3.99
Home Appliance Repairers	60	$59,660	$58,020	0.33	1.59
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	5,950	$37,240	$37,950	30.82	1.11
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	320	$26,520	$28,320	1.68	0.61
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	650	$34,480	$33,750	3.34	1.99
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	140	$50,800	$52,220	0.70	1.21
Human Resources Managers	140	$119,970	$133,110	0.74	0.52
Human Resources Specialists	630	$72,750	$76,310	3.24	0.55
Hydrologists	30	$97,860	$93,400	0.17	4.55
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	180	$63,910	$63,420	0.94	1.94
Industrial Engineers	540	$86,760	$93,400	2.81	1.19
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	410	$62,090	$64,450	2.15	0.76
Industrial Production Managers	320	$103,740	$114,590	1.64	1.04
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	340	$46,780	$48,690	1.78	0.36
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	70	$49,440	$49,850	0.36	0.41
Information Security Analysts	30	$117,960	$124,560	0.17	0.14
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	700	$50,820	$54,280	3.62	0.94
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	220	$72,220	$67,500	1.12	0.99
Instructional Coordinators	110	$78,200	$79,470	0.55	0.38
Insurance Sales Agents	540	$61,050	$71,120	2.79	0.91
Interior Designers	—	$76,800	$78,890	—	—
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	130	$42,850	$43,640	0.67	0.70
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,890	$38,400	$40,160	14.96	1.05
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	290	$61,470	$64,520	1.52	2.17
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,280	$44,800	$44,030	16.98	0.89
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,800	$41,600	$44,010	9.33	1.52
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	260	$33,280	$33,900	1.35	1.06
Lawyers	400	$128,330	$133,340	2.07	0.43
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	100	$59,000	$60,830	0.52	0.52
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	200	$54,950	$59,120	1.02	1.19
Library Assistants, Clerical	220	$31,240	$34,470	1.13	2.06
Library Technicians	—	$34,340	$37,690	—	—
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,510	$61,260	$60,880	7.80	1.87
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	140	$30,570	$31,910	0.74	0.73
Light Truck Drivers	1,150	$46,120	$51,200	5.97	0.94
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	280	$49,590	$50,470	1.43	1.35
Loan Officers	450	$84,070	$97,260	2.31	1.31
Lodging Managers	50	$64,560	$75,240	0.25	0.90
Logging Equipment Operators	90	$58,810	$53,540	0.45	3.34
Logisticians	100	$72,820	$78,340	0.51	0.32
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	50	$45,730	$44,260	0.27	0.99
Machinists	950	$54,960	$56,380	4.91	2.66
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	40	$89,840	$90,650	0.19	0.68
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,650	$34,920	$35,810	8.54	1.54
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	40	$35,530	$37,470	0.18	0.52
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,420	$52,190	$54,660	12.53	1.27
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	50	$63,960	$64,960	0.27	0.71
Management Analysts	350	$81,580	$100,230	1.80	0.31
Managers, All Other	100	$121,060	$123,810	0.51	0.13
Manicurists and Pedicurists	130	$37,290	$38,850	0.65	0.66
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	590	$64,300	$72,170	3.08	0.53
Marketing Managers	170	$129,930	$146,140	0.89	0.35
Marriage and Family Therapists	230	$70,670	$68,700	1.21	2.81
Massage Therapists	60	$30,400	$38,930	0.32	0.50
Material Moving Workers, All Other	40	$50,890	$52,050	0.23	1.52
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$81,550	$85,390	0.17	0.57
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	400	$38,710	$40,460	2.08	2.22
Mechanical Drafters	60	$63,730	$64,400	0.31	1.22
Mechanical Engineers	370	$84,150	$92,570	1.93	1.01
Medical and Health Services Managers	780	$106,920	$116,820	4.02	1.05
Medical Assistants	560	$46,330	$45,280	2.91	0.55
Medical Equipment Preparers	90	$45,030	$45,120	0.45	0.89
Medical Equipment Repairers	30	$62,730	$71,710	0.18	0.42
Medical Records Specialists	200	$58,090	$56,810	1.04	0.83
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	60	$83,460	$82,950	0.28	0.26
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	740	$46,590	$47,740	3.83	0.62
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	140	$49,110	$50,420	0.74	0.81
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	200	$71,990	$71,590	1.03	1.21
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	120	$37,630	$42,790	0.62	0.59
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	490	$60,420	$62,210	2.51	0.63
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	4,080	$44,310	$46,580	21.11	2.34
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$58,690	$56,210	0.47	0.78
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	210	$71,940	$69,740	1.09	0.96
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	150	$47,560	$49,570	0.77	0.79
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	70	$46,070	$52,860	0.36	2.24
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	80	$31,270	$34,100	0.43	1.43
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	110	$59,190	$57,090	0.57	3.80
Motorcycle Mechanics	60	$50,590	$52,770	0.32	3.67
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	80	$44,950	$44,610	0.41	0.51
Natural Sciences Managers	50	$115,210	$117,550	0.24	0.34
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	170	$96,170	$96,740	0.86	0.43
New Accounts Clerks	140	$46,580	$48,410	0.71	3.01
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	50	$35,420	$35,880	0.26	1.03
Nurse Anesthetists	110	$278,670	$277,670	0.58	1.75
Nurse Practitioners	280	$131,110	$140,610	1.46	0.70
Nursing Assistants	3,130	$45,690	$43,950	16.23	1.74
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$79,080	$80,810	0.41	0.81
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	160	$82,370	$85,150	0.85	0.94
Occupational Therapists	210	$87,350	$90,440	1.08	1.03
Occupational Therapy Assistants	80	$62,240	$61,510	0.40	1.21
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	380	$49,200	$49,580	1.94	1.57
Office Clerks, General	3,810	$46,280	$47,080	19.73	1.24
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	920	$68,930	$72,260	4.75	1.54
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	70	$57,550	$53,430	0.37	0.82
Opticians, Dispensing	140	$45,850	$49,290	0.72	1.53
Optometrists	60	$129,590	$138,470	0.29	1.07
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	50	$51,140	$50,300	0.27	1.17
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	610	$43,140	$42,490	3.16	1.30
Packers and Packagers, Hand	1,390	$46,950	$44,870	7.18	2.00
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	240	$45,700	$51,190	1.26	0.87
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	250	$61,470	$62,020	1.31	0.52
Paramedics	240	$75,670	$69,430	1.24	1.92
Parking Attendants	60	$35,290	$36,000	0.30	0.34
Parts Salespersons	610	$39,520	$43,360	3.17	1.82
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	90	$65,370	$71,710	0.48	1.79
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	160	$57,530	$56,340	0.81	0.82
Personal Financial Advisors	150	$81,050	$116,800	0.79	0.46
Pest Control Workers	40	$57,770	$52,870	0.21	0.31
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	140	$48,770	$49,310	0.73	4.18
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	60	$101,320	$106,540	0.32	1.48
Pharmacists	470	$145,500	$142,770	2.44	1.18
Pharmacy Aides	70	$34,370	$34,110	0.35	1.39
Pharmacy Technicians	570	$46,450	$48,450	2.94	0.97
Phlebotomists	140	$39,660	$41,220	0.70	0.76
Physical Therapist Assistants	100	$65,000	$64,360	0.54	0.74
Physical Therapists	350	$101,380	$98,990	1.79	1.04
Physician Assistants	140	$143,070	$151,050	0.74	0.71
Physicians, All Other	180	$386,090	$328,280	0.92	0.42
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$45,280	$46,680	0.19	0.89
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	710	$67,530	$72,850	3.68	1.23
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	970	$78,120	$76,790	5.04	1.17
Postal Service Clerks	210	$59,970	$58,820	1.10	2.33
Postal Service Mail Carriers	560	$58,540	$60,350	2.90	1.37
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	70	$90,400	$88,140	0.34	3.79
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	70	$77,800	$79,590	0.38	0.40
Power Plant Operators	120	$93,540	$92,170	0.63	3.33
Prepress Technicians and Workers	60	$36,460	$43,220	0.31	2.00
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	540	$43,830	$45,980	2.77	0.90
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	110	$36,880	$41,640	0.58	2.74
Printing Press Operators	260	$45,390	$47,260	1.33	1.43
Private Detectives and Investigators	50	$57,880	$59,410	0.27	1.16
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	160	$84,910	$84,770	0.85	1.48
Procurement Clerks	130	$57,240	$54,930	0.65	1.82
Production Workers, All Other	150	$45,530	$44,130	0.77	0.48
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	520	$60,830	$60,700	2.69	1.07
Project Management Specialists	560	$88,000	$91,350	2.91	0.42
Property Appraisers and Assessors	200	$72,580	$75,820	1.04	2.83
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	140	$61,970	$65,300	0.72	0.36
Protective Service Workers, All Other	40	$35,870	$40,950	0.23	0.44
Psychiatric Technicians	170	$39,920	$43,790	0.89	0.88
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$80,040	$80,510	0.17	0.65
Public Relations Managers	30	$101,300	$111,390	0.17	0.34
Public Relations Specialists	290	$56,410	$59,220	1.52	0.84
Public Safety Telecommunicators	140	$61,660	$61,350	0.74	1.13
Purchasing Managers	60	$118,970	$127,710	0.29	0.53
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	380	$81,000	$80,400	1.97	1.33
Real Estate Sales Agents	100	$46,410	$62,120	0.53	0.42
Receptionists and Information Clerks	700	$39,570	$39,890	3.61	0.62
Recreation Workers	670	$36,190	$37,970	3.47	1.63
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	70	$55,770	$53,330	0.37	3.33
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	240	$49,670	$53,670	1.24	1.31
Registered Nurses	4,650	$97,280	$94,420	24.11	1.11
Rehabilitation Counselors	310	$44,160	$49,710	1.62	2.66
Residential Advisors	250	$47,730	$47,920	1.31	2.41
Respiratory Therapists	70	$90,380	$87,700	0.36	0.40
Retail Salespersons	4,990	$35,220	$37,130	25.84	1.03
Roofers	80	$49,060	$58,540	0.43	0.49
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	50	$38,350	$44,340	0.24	0.39
Sales Engineers	30	$95,790	$101,650	0.16	0.47
Sales Managers	430	$122,910	$128,940	2.23	0.54
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	690	$59,630	$65,240	3.56	0.44
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,520	$69,010	$78,650	7.89	0.99
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	60	$94,970	$93,280	0.31	0.17
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	80	$50,630	$50,440	0.40	1.52
School Bus Monitors	30	$33,030	$34,830	0.16	0.32
School Psychologists	60	$83,740	$82,100	0.29	0.70
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,260	$64,170	$74,760	6.53	0.95
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2,220	$48,880	$49,710	11.47	1.05
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	250	$77,740	$107,790	1.30	0.41
Security Guards	560	$36,730	$39,280	2.91	0.35
Self-Enrichment Teachers	580	$47,750	$48,850	3.02	1.42
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	130	$54,130	$52,650	0.66	1.69
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	60	$60,450	$55,830	0.29	1.47
Sewing Machine Operators	180	$37,990	$39,520	0.94	1.39
Sheet Metal Workers	110	$62,720	$70,000	0.57	0.74
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	980	$47,600	$48,970	5.07	0.97
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	530	$37,700	$40,130	2.76	1.73
Skincare Specialists	40	$44,670	$41,810	0.18	0.39
Social and Community Service Managers	390	$80,800	$90,730	2.01	1.49
Social and Human Service Assistants	790	$50,170	$51,020	4.12	1.46
Social Workers, All Other	700	$76,190	$77,140	3.64	9.00
Software Developers	550	$100,280	$111,530	2.86	0.26
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	60	$80,280	$88,740	0.31	0.26
Soil and Plant Scientists	50	$74,940	$81,890	0.26	2.59
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	470	$63,380	$65,890	2.46	1.47
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	140	$57,360	$59,810	0.72	1.17
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	140	$60,130	$62,640	0.75	3.94
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	350	$64,220	$67,170	1.81	1.71
Speech-Language Pathologists	220	$80,740	$83,290	1.17	0.99
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	100	$72,410	$71,030	0.53	2.93
Stockers and Order Fillers	3,230	$36,690	$38,500	16.73	0.92
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	60	$48,610	$50,420	0.29	0.87
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	420	$51,800	$54,730	2.15	0.68
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	310	$44,960	$51,520	1.61	0.48
Surgeons, All Other	—	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	—	—
Surgical Technologists	130	$70,880	$69,370	0.67	0.89
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	80	$71,140	$73,390	0.43	1.16
Surveyors	120	$79,580	$81,880	0.60	1.85
Tax Preparers	90	$47,230	$54,110	0.45	0.92
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	130	$61,550	$61,610	0.70	0.96
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	3,990	$38,630	$40,170	20.69	2.26
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	40	$59,530	$60,470	0.18	0.17
Technical Writers	40	$65,680	$74,490	0.19	0.64
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	250	$67,450	$64,210	1.29	1.42
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	210	$59,910	$60,660	1.06	1.69
Tellers	610	$38,750	$40,660	3.14	1.48
Tire Repairers and Changers	110	$40,960	$43,140	0.58	0.84
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	60	$51,530	$55,480	0.29	0.94
Tool and Die Makers	90	$67,530	$65,180	0.48	1.32
Tour and Travel Guides	—	$39,370	$40,270	—	—
Training and Development Specialists	330	$66,390	$69,980	1.69	0.57
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	190	$102,990	$110,570	0.97	0.69
Tutors	60	$47,420	$48,530	0.31	0.28
Urban and Regional Planners	60	$76,540	$80,360	0.29	1.03
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	40	$27,530	$28,330	0.21	0.26
Veterinarians	130	$122,970	$125,570	0.68	1.25
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	70	$37,140	$38,890	0.36	0.45
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	240	$48,760	$48,150	1.25	1.51
Waiters and Waitresses	3,090	$23,590	$28,470	16.01	1.10
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	250	$74,770	$71,150	1.31	1.59
Web Developers	—	$63,710	$68,740	—	—
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,010	$53,880	$54,440	5.25	1.96
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	140	$49,400	$53,230	0.73	3.59
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	110	$51,370	$52,100	0.55	1.39
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	150	$79,000	$77,130	0.77	6.64

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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