Wages by Occupation in South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 172,150 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $42,150 for all occupations combined. 365 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	810	$70,620	$73,730	4.68	0.50
Administrative Services Managers	170	$119,170	$125,210	1.01	0.59
Advertising Sales Agents	40	$39,700	$40,640	0.23	0.40
Agricultural Equipment Operators	50	$40,150	$51,400	0.29	1.60
Agricultural Technicians	50	$60,380	$59,300	0.29	2.96
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	210	$23,540	$26,360	1.24	0.48
Animal Caretakers	300	$28,440	$30,640	1.73	1.01
Animal Control Workers	40	$35,360	$36,870	0.22	2.81
Architectural and Civil Drafters	40	$58,760	$57,910	0.25	0.37
Architectural and Engineering Managers	100	$134,310	$138,990	0.57	0.40
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$59,980	$57,680	0.38	0.64
Athletic Trainers	50	$52,790	$56,480	0.31	1.58
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	150	$28,870	$27,650	0.89	1.36
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	150	$43,140	$44,040	0.85	0.89
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,030	$37,930	$43,310	6.00	1.32
Bailiffs	160	$29,790	$31,160	0.92	8.26
Bakers	110	$27,870	$29,420	0.67	0.44
Bartenders	340	$24,100	$28,460	1.99	0.41
Bill and Account Collectors	170	$48,040	$46,570	0.98	0.96
Billing and Posting Clerks	410	$38,430	$41,190	2.40	0.92
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$60,900	$67,960	0.34	1.05
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	2,080	$41,360	$43,990	12.10	1.37
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	130	$50,430	$53,000	0.78	2.30
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	410	$47,240	$48,960	2.41	1.29
Bus Drivers, School	910	$38,710	$40,160	5.29	2.04
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	240	$65,170	$71,200	1.41	0.20
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$75,850	$73,110	0.54	1.03
Butchers and Meat Cutters	170	$30,530	$30,960	0.98	1.11
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	400	$58,660	$61,790	2.35	0.74
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	100	$38,580	$39,380	0.57	1.14
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	40	$56,250	$67,630	0.24	0.59
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	150	$61,390	$58,490	0.88	1.19
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	40	$56,640	$57,470	0.24	0.33
Carpenters	590	$47,770	$49,920	3.45	0.80
Cashiers	4,610	$27,500	$26,760	26.79	1.35
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	120	$47,340	$46,030	0.70	0.53
Chefs and Head Cooks	80	$51,050	$56,860	0.49	0.38
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	140	$49,020	$48,350	0.82	0.91
Chief Executives	120	$159,260	$205,650	0.72	0.55
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,090	$56,420	$56,630	6.34	2.51
Childcare Workers	430	$26,510	$26,940	2.51	0.75
Chiropractors	50	$70,210	$62,860	0.27	1.05
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	220	$59,710	$61,000	1.29	2.93
Civil Engineers	100	$94,520	$90,640	0.60	0.25
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	110	$80,160	$77,280	0.65	0.31
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	520	$33,890	$34,470	3.05	1.25
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	70	$123,400	$127,840	0.42	0.87
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	410	$62,210	$60,340	2.39	1.12
Coaches and Scouts	330	$36,110	$41,770	1.89	1.18
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	260	$34,360	$38,420	1.52	1.49
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	40	$42,150	$40,580	0.23	1.35
Commercial Pilots	40	$87,140	$94,200	0.22	0.71
Community Health Workers	120	$47,430	$44,700	0.69	1.75
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	30	$40,160	$47,720	0.20	0.27
Compliance Officers	290	$60,640	$61,330	1.69	0.63
Computer and Information Systems Managers	160	$128,010	$138,410	0.92	0.21
Computer Network Architects	50	$102,040	$107,840	0.31	0.27
Computer Network Support Specialists	80	$68,570	$68,280	0.45	0.48
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	110	$44,900	$46,520	0.65	0.60
Computer Occupations, All Other	50	$61,600	$71,720	0.27	0.10
Computer Programmers	—	$91,590	$97,060	—	—
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$85,470	$79,480	0.18	0.78
Computer Systems Analysts	240	$95,260	$96,770	1.38	0.41
Computer User Support Specialists	510	$49,580	$56,020	2.95	0.64
Construction and Building Inspectors	80	$59,000	$64,940	0.46	0.48
Construction Laborers	1,080	$44,250	$43,630	6.29	0.89
Construction Managers	170	$82,560	$95,590	0.98	0.40
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	30	$59,280	$56,760	0.19	0.60
Cooks, Fast Food	2,000	$23,440	$24,400	11.62	2.82
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1,470	$28,950	$29,680	8.52	3.00
Cooks, Restaurant	900	$29,460	$31,000	5.23	0.58
Cooks, Short Order	50	$31,840	$31,640	0.28	0.32
Correctional Officers and Jailers	930	$36,540	$43,260	5.40	2.21
Cost Estimators	110	$71,000	$75,200	0.65	0.45
Counter and Rental Clerks	180	$36,230	$40,770	1.07	0.42
Couriers and Messengers	40	$36,240	$34,530	0.24	0.55
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	290	$42,040	$42,400	1.71	1.48
Crane and Tower Operators	30	$67,680	$68,380	0.19	0.68
Customer Service Representatives	3,510	$36,890	$37,950	20.36	1.22
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	610	$39,320	$40,990	3.56	3.23
Data Entry Keyers	330	$32,950	$34,410	1.92	2.34
Data Scientists	60	$82,820	$99,540	0.34	0.20
Dental Assistants	430	$43,880	$43,170	2.53	1.01
Dental Hygienists	160	$64,700	$66,800	0.91	0.64
Dental Laboratory Technicians	50	$43,150	$43,950	0.28	1.27
Dentists, General	90	$130,000	$164,110	0.52	0.65
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	90	$61,500	$68,610	0.55	0.75
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	90	$80,050	$80,130	0.52	0.90
Dietitians and Nutritionists	70	$61,110	$58,800	0.41	0.82
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	190	$25,940	$24,890	1.09	0.31
Dishwashers	270	$27,460	$26,780	1.57	0.51
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	150	$44,230	$49,520	0.84	0.65
Driver/Sales Workers	690	$29,070	$32,970	3.98	1.51
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	580	$89,410	$88,390	3.38	1.60
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	100	$99,620	$118,830	0.60	0.51
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	90	$42,390	$44,220	0.53	1.11
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$53,260	$55,110	0.26	0.65
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	180	$39,390	$42,730	1.06	1.39
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	560	$58,720	$56,210	3.27	1.44
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	50	$56,190	$61,250	0.30	0.73
Electrical Engineers	70	$112,260	$103,020	0.38	0.30
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	240	$79,210	$77,060	1.37	1.62
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	130	$41,990	$46,530	0.77	0.49
Electricians	580	$56,500	$55,700	3.39	0.70
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	40	$93,950	$94,250	0.22	0.35
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,160	$58,600	$54,370	12.53	1.40
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	80	$55,380	$57,650	0.47	0.47
Emergency Medical Technicians	360	$34,200	$35,370	2.08	1.79
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	620	$42,700	$43,570	3.63	16.59
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$60,720	$58,760	0.29	0.79
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	60	$71,040	$69,000	0.37	0.64
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	160	$63,070	$67,010	0.91	0.31
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	80	$46,980	$45,470	0.49	0.24
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	100	$46,800	$45,890	0.57	1.46
Facilities Managers	70	$85,570	$93,540	0.43	0.43
Family Medicine Physicians	150	$181,120	$202,390	0.85	1.24
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	150	$46,890	$48,520	0.90	3.68
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	70	$49,990	$44,170	0.42	1.98
Fast Food and Counter Workers	3,770	$22,320	$23,960	21.89	0.88
Financial and Investment Analysts	70	$82,850	$87,550	0.42	0.18
Financial Examiners	60	$71,190	$67,170	0.36	0.84
Financial Managers	370	$114,300	$129,610	2.15	0.40
Firefighters	330	$28,060	$30,410	1.89	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	630	$66,910	$69,250	3.64	0.70
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	80	$50,090	$61,470	0.47	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	60	$36,400	$41,300	0.36	0.55
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	30	$66,290	$64,330	0.20	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	80	$41,470	$43,270	0.48	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,620	$30,360	$34,680	9.39	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	210	$38,100	$41,620	1.24	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	80	$50,070	$50,530	0.45	0.53
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	810	$68,620	$71,770	4.70	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	120	$66,920	$73,460	0.72	0.52
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,640	$53,000	$58,960	9.54	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	120	$60,750	$68,590	0.69	0.69
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,690	$61,720	$65,120	9.84	2.27
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2,070	$36,840	$42,330	12.04	1.67
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	80	$46,070	$51,020	0.44	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	760	$56,060	$58,520	4.41	1.10
Floral Designers	50	$21,310	$27,910	0.32	1.22
Food Batchmakers	550	$44,990	$41,980	3.22	2.87
Food Preparation Workers	1,210	$23,370	$25,700	7.02	1.22
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	170	$31,620	$32,380	0.98	0.52
Food Service Managers	110	$67,680	$74,280	0.66	0.43
Forest and Conservation Technicians	50	$44,950	$51,360	0.30	1.54
Fundraisers	60	$49,260	$58,610	0.37	0.52
Funeral Attendants	100	$27,870	$27,400	0.60	3.00
Funeral Home Managers	70	$45,150	$55,320	0.42	4.66
General and Operations Managers	3,730	$68,240	$87,090	21.67	0.96
General Internal Medicine Physicians	80	$374,680	$328,150	0.45	1.03
Glaziers	40	$56,800	$50,480	0.23	0.60
Graphic Designers	110	$41,780	$43,800	0.64	0.50
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	250	$46,670	$51,920	1.47	3.40
Health Education Specialists	50	$60,470	$61,860	0.27	0.63
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	120	$42,310	$48,870	0.72	2.94
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$72,070	$84,330	0.47	0.33
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	120	$44,650	$46,540	0.67	0.57
Healthcare Social Workers	150	$58,760	$58,680	0.88	0.73
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	50	$36,590	$44,550	0.28	0.40
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	30	$52,680	$54,590	0.20	2.25
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	410	$50,010	$54,770	2.35	0.89
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,970	$49,510	$53,270	17.22	1.30
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	80	$37,300	$39,820	0.48	0.78
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	60	$30,900	$34,370	0.32	1.14
Helpers--Production Workers	390	$41,590	$41,560	2.26	2.12
Highway Maintenance Workers	470	$36,980	$38,280	2.74	2.75
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	4,310	$37,350	$38,130	25.06	0.91
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	400	$23,570	$24,440	2.32	0.83
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	300	$26,700	$27,560	1.74	1.04
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	70	$46,170	$46,190	0.40	0.69
Human Resources Managers	110	$111,200	$114,960	0.67	0.47
Human Resources Specialists	700	$57,720	$63,170	4.07	0.69
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	200	$61,880	$63,150	1.18	2.43
Industrial Engineers	440	$88,270	$92,460	2.58	1.10
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,380	$63,730	$63,320	8.03	2.84
Industrial Production Managers	530	$104,010	$113,460	3.07	1.94
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,630	$50,610	$49,940	9.48	1.90
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	120	$37,270	$45,300	0.70	0.81
Information Security Analysts	60	$95,300	$96,780	0.37	0.30
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,440	$45,950	$46,690	8.39	2.18
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	60	$41,930	$46,700	0.35	0.30
Instructional Coordinators	310	$65,630	$65,200	1.78	1.22
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	120	$48,310	$46,820	0.67	0.49
Insurance Sales Agents	350	$56,930	$70,120	2.04	0.66
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	50	$40,620	$40,920	0.29	0.31
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,230	$29,600	$32,440	12.95	0.91
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	60	$141,750	$137,460	0.37	2.38
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	300	$56,310	$54,200	1.75	2.51
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,350	$36,350	$37,040	19.49	1.03
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	660	$34,320	$34,490	3.84	0.63
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	190	$25,790	$26,420	1.08	0.85
Lawyers	280	$93,330	$101,920	1.62	0.33
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	350	$35,350	$38,880	2.03	2.02
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	200	$65,200	$62,670	1.18	1.37
Library Assistants, Clerical	40	$29,620	$29,620	0.22	0.41
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,020	$59,220	$58,110	5.93	1.42
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	90	$22,810	$24,650	0.53	0.52
Light Truck Drivers	1,100	$37,930	$42,110	6.41	1.01
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	450	$44,500	$45,390	2.60	2.45
Loan Officers	360	$63,610	$74,870	2.08	1.18
Lodging Managers	50	$50,870	$54,740	0.29	1.07
Log Graders and Scalers	40	$49,310	$45,240	0.22	11.23
Logisticians	160	$64,290	$67,210	0.91	0.56
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	150	$40,160	$43,850	0.88	3.23
Machinists	460	$52,470	$52,130	2.70	1.46
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	40	$75,660	$77,080	0.23	0.83
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,000	$28,430	$29,720	5.83	1.05
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	—	$31,750	$33,910	—	—
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,100	$44,980	$48,270	12.20	1.24
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	160	$52,460	$53,060	0.91	2.36
Management Analysts	130	$95,510	$99,170	0.77	0.13
Managers, All Other	70	$99,260	$106,390	0.41	0.10
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	270	$56,380	$64,080	1.55	0.27
Marketing Managers	60	$126,470	$129,580	0.35	0.14
Massage Therapists	30	$48,190	$52,360	0.18	0.29
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$60,250	$62,960	0.22	0.71
Mechanical Engineers	180	$98,880	$99,390	1.03	0.54
Medical and Health Services Managers	860	$100,160	$121,250	5.00	1.30
Medical Assistants	1,300	$36,810	$38,200	7.56	1.44
Medical Equipment Preparers	30	$45,450	$46,210	0.18	0.36
Medical Records Specialists	320	$47,720	$51,140	1.85	1.47
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	40	$77,650	$96,740	0.21	0.19
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	2,540	$36,690	$38,620	14.75	2.38
Medical Transcriptionists	80	$37,870	$36,550	0.45	1.70
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	40	$45,580	$46,770	0.22	0.24
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	130	$40,830	$45,690	0.78	0.92
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	170	$33,930	$36,980	0.98	0.92
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	190	$60,420	$59,970	1.13	10.50
Meter Readers, Utilities	60	$39,790	$41,920	0.33	2.67
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	840	$59,200	$54,900	4.86	1.22
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	5,080	$39,690	$41,370	29.52	3.27
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	400	$49,290	$49,790	2.33	3.81
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	250	$48,250	$51,280	1.48	1.30
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,070	$47,640	$49,700	6.22	6.43
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	80	$38,290	$40,780	0.47	2.88
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	30	$22,840	$29,640	0.19	0.63
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	90	$45,010	$46,500	0.53	3.57
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	480	$47,290	$49,900	2.76	3.44
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	170	$77,530	$81,050	1.00	0.49
Nurse Anesthetists	60	$221,580	$228,430	0.34	1.03
Nurse Practitioners	450	$119,910	$120,700	2.62	1.26
Nursing Assistants	2,230	$36,340	$36,400	12.95	1.39
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$65,590	$75,340	0.34	0.68
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	240	$74,080	$83,390	1.38	1.53
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	60	$59,080	$62,640	0.35	1.78
Occupational Therapists	260	$95,860	$91,410	1.51	1.45
Occupational Therapy Assistants	50	$59,540	$63,400	0.28	0.84
Office Clerks, General	2,360	$35,290	$35,780	13.72	0.87
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	550	$50,100	$55,550	3.20	1.04
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	150	$35,830	$37,400	0.90	1.96
Opticians, Dispensing	110	$43,540	$47,410	0.62	1.31
Optometrists	40	$114,110	$129,950	0.23	0.84
Order Clerks	50	$38,840	$40,530	0.30	0.62
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	50	$41,600	$40,520	0.27	1.15
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	1,540	$44,410	$43,950	8.95	3.67
Packers and Packagers, Hand	850	$47,350	$41,200	4.92	1.37
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	80	$40,280	$43,740	0.44	0.30
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	—	$53,580	$55,160	—	—
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	200	$46,590	$47,430	1.14	0.45
Paramedics	190	$47,280	$48,900	1.12	1.73
Parts Salespersons	460	$30,020	$35,020	2.65	1.52
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	110	$45,140	$47,750	0.66	0.67
Pest Control Workers	110	$38,630	$41,880	0.65	0.99
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	50	$43,700	$41,610	0.27	1.57
Pharmacists	450	$130,560	$125,820	2.61	1.26
Pharmacy Aides	50	$34,430	$33,210	0.30	1.18
Pharmacy Technicians	1,070	$37,130	$40,000	6.19	2.04
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$63,860	$61,730	0.29	2.19
Phlebotomists	210	$37,600	$40,210	1.25	1.35
Physical Therapist Assistants	280	$58,340	$58,220	1.61	2.23
Physical Therapists	320	$103,170	$100,190	1.88	1.09
Physician Assistants	120	$103,490	$109,650	0.69	0.66
Physicians, All Other	240	$394,530	$333,750	1.37	0.62
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	300	$58,310	$62,180	1.74	0.58
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	790	$47,460	$48,910	4.59	1.07
Postal Service Clerks	150	$62,610	$61,430	0.88	1.85
Postal Service Mail Carriers	550	$57,470	$59,430	3.19	1.51
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$102,590	$100,500	0.20	2.29
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	210	$50,480	$63,160	1.24	1.29
Prepress Technicians and Workers	100	$44,030	$44,880	0.57	3.71
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	710	$30,340	$35,530	4.15	1.35
Printing Press Operators	120	$44,020	$42,300	0.69	0.75
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	100	$59,610	$60,200	0.56	0.97
Procurement Clerks	60	$53,300	$49,870	0.36	1.01
Production Workers, All Other	110	$64,420	$52,050	0.65	0.40
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	440	$52,000	$57,250	2.55	1.02
Project Management Specialists	420	$73,850	$79,260	2.44	0.36
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	100	$47,720	$50,070	0.60	0.30
Protective Service Workers, All Other	60	$47,120	$44,610	0.36	0.69
Psychiatric Technicians	30	$38,810	$38,860	0.18	0.18
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	130	$74,100	$71,510	0.73	2.75
Public Relations Specialists	130	$51,820	$60,230	0.73	0.40
Public Safety Telecommunicators	170	$36,510	$38,910	1.01	1.53
Purchasing Managers	60	$101,970	$111,230	0.35	0.64
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	320	$63,000	$67,190	1.83	1.24
Rail Car Repairers	50	$49,710	$46,040	0.27	1.96
Real Estate Sales Agents	60	$69,420	$84,140	0.37	0.29
Receptionists and Information Clerks	840	$32,070	$32,500	4.88	0.83
Recreation Workers	220	$31,350	$33,920	1.25	0.59
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	180	$36,260	$37,030	1.07	1.13
Registered Nurses	3,770	$78,630	$82,070	21.92	1.01
Rehabilitation Counselors	50	$43,430	$44,200	0.27	0.45
Residential Advisors	130	$29,070	$31,340	0.75	1.37
Respiratory Therapists	230	$65,240	$68,190	1.34	1.50
Retail Salespersons	4,380	$28,060	$31,270	25.44	1.02
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	90	$49,540	$52,380	0.52	3.18
Sales Managers	380	$115,440	$129,890	2.21	0.54
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	570	$51,770	$65,760	3.32	0.41
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,160	$62,610	$74,330	6.74	0.85
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	230	$79,190	$95,340	1.31	0.72
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	440	$35,060	$35,400	2.58	9.81
School Bus Monitors	120	$20,270	$21,900	0.69	1.38
School Psychologists	90	$70,340	$69,660	0.51	1.24
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,430	$60,640	$58,550	8.28	1.21
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,600	$38,630	$40,210	9.30	0.85
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	320	$49,020	$66,110	1.88	0.60
Security Guards	1,270	$32,950	$36,140	7.37	0.89
Self-Enrichment Teachers	80	$31,200	$37,060	0.44	0.21
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$47,980	$50,590	0.50	1.30
Sewing Machine Operators	490	$23,020	$25,120	2.87	4.25
Sheet Metal Workers	130	$56,680	$60,620	0.73	0.95
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1,230	$40,570	$42,260	7.16	1.36
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	220	$29,360	$30,870	1.29	0.81
Social and Community Service Managers	160	$74,730	$78,690	0.95	0.71
Social and Human Service Assistants	340	$36,380	$39,820	2.00	0.71
Social Workers, All Other	70	$49,150	$53,870	0.38	0.94
Software Developers	280	$109,330	$113,260	1.62	0.15
Special Education Teachers, All Other	30	$61,530	$59,490	0.20	0.89
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	460	$58,580	$54,330	2.67	1.59
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	230	$58,190	$53,970	1.32	2.15
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	300	$57,810	$54,530	1.75	1.66
Speech-Language Pathologists	320	$74,990	$79,920	1.84	1.56
Stockers and Order Fillers	5,390	$35,710	$39,770	31.30	1.72
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	110	$56,480	$56,820	0.63	1.44
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	780	$48,370	$55,810	4.54	1.44
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	40	$27,490	$25,760	0.22	0.06
Surgical Technologists	110	$58,160	$57,920	0.61	0.81
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	50	$44,930	$47,120	0.28	0.74
Surveyors	30	$45,760	$54,810	0.18	0.57
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	40	$35,090	$35,060	0.23	1.04
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	40	$43,960	$46,100	0.23	0.63
Tax Preparers	70	$27,180	$35,870	0.42	0.85
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	290	$58,790	$55,040	1.67	2.28
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,210	$27,810	$28,410	12.81	1.40
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	180	$59,700	$59,650	1.05	1.16
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	140	$62,180	$60,000	0.81	1.28
Tellers	520	$37,450	$37,490	3.04	1.44
Therapists, All Other	—	$75,050	$73,030	—	—
Tire Repairers and Changers	80	$29,020	$31,540	0.47	0.68
Tool and Die Makers	160	$50,980	$56,000	0.94	2.57
Tour and Travel Guides	50	$33,960	$33,860	0.28	0.83
Training and Development Specialists	420	$51,420	$57,120	2.43	0.83
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	120	$91,730	$100,280	0.67	0.47
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	30	$38,540	$41,270	0.18	0.51
Tutors	50	$30,940	$31,390	0.31	0.28
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	80	$18,720	$19,730	0.45	0.57
Veterinarians	90	$105,380	$99,520	0.55	1.01
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	160	$29,450	$31,170	0.92	1.13
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	100	$37,140	$35,990	0.59	0.72
Waiters and Waitresses	1,820	$23,150	$30,340	10.59	0.73
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	360	$42,900	$43,220	2.07	2.50
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	110	$47,500	$49,660	0.62	1.82
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	680	$47,010	$48,760	3.93	1.47
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	170	$48,620	$46,900	0.99	4.88
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	790	$38,370	$38,630	4.60	11.64

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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