Wages by Occupation in South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 210,950 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $47,110 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	1,310	$77,340	$84,170	6.23	0.67
Administrative Services Managers	200	$99,530	$110,610	0.96	0.56
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	110	$61,280	$65,370	0.50	2.08
Advertising Sales Agents	80	$57,030	$61,790	0.37	0.63
Agricultural Equipment Operators	110	$46,320	$47,800	0.51	2.77
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$82,950	$80,500	0.19	3.31
Agricultural Technicians	40	$38,710	$41,850	0.18	1.83
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	910	$30,180	$31,010	4.31	1.68
Anesthesiologists	40	$311,380	$401,600	0.18	0.72
Animal Caretakers	360	$29,460	$32,360	1.70	0.99
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	40	$91,140	$91,030	0.19	0.27
Architectural and Civil Drafters	110	$63,770	$66,410	0.51	0.77
Architectural and Engineering Managers	250	$133,440	$144,720	1.18	0.83
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$63,740	$62,000	0.38	0.62
Athletic Trainers	40	$59,800	$62,100	0.20	1.01
Audio and Video Technicians	50	$46,180	$49,540	0.23	0.51
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	70	$35,300	$33,870	0.35	0.53
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	250	$51,090	$54,220	1.16	1.21
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,040	$47,210	$51,300	4.95	1.09
Baggage Porters and Bellhops	40	$29,660	$30,140	0.19	1.03
Bailiffs	40	$36,180	$43,820	0.21	1.87
Bakers	230	$36,070	$37,910	1.08	0.71
Bartenders	2,700	$22,630	$25,840	12.80	2.63
Bill and Account Collectors	40	$49,430	$52,330	0.21	0.20
Billing and Posting Clerks	450	$47,130	$47,550	2.12	0.81
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$65,130	$65,380	0.31	0.96
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,780	$49,010	$50,260	8.42	0.95
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	110	$71,860	$71,690	0.54	1.59
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	480	$61,720	$62,650	2.29	1.23
Bus Drivers, School	660	$47,990	$51,920	3.11	1.20
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	370	$64,660	$67,220	1.77	0.25
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	150	$97,770	$105,470	0.69	1.31
Butchers and Meat Cutters	300	$45,930	$45,080	1.43	1.63
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	650	$67,200	$71,840	3.07	0.97
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	140	$45,920	$48,190	0.66	1.32
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	—	$82,870	$84,690	—	—
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	50	$78,650	$73,490	0.25	2.29
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	120	$77,810	$81,710	0.58	0.79
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	180	$70,980	$71,820	0.87	1.22
Carpenters	1,070	$58,930	$60,920	5.09	1.18
Cashiers	6,380	$30,270	$30,930	30.23	1.52
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	480	$62,540	$68,270	2.27	1.71
Chefs and Head Cooks	170	$61,260	$65,810	0.80	0.62
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	160	$49,230	$54,900	0.76	0.84
Chemical Technicians	80	$57,120	$56,950	0.37	1.01
Chemists	60	$78,000	$84,780	0.30	0.56
Chief Executives	410	$165,550	$200,830	1.93	1.47
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	440	$62,270	$60,740	2.07	0.82
Childcare Workers	210	$30,910	$32,820	1.02	0.31
Chiropractors	130	$81,100	$95,130	0.59	2.33
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	70	$67,200	$67,680	0.35	0.81
Civil Engineers	300	$87,160	$95,630	1.40	0.59
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	70	$77,400	$78,080	0.34	0.16
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	560	$36,140	$37,070	2.65	1.08
Clergy	40	$58,400	$62,980	0.20	0.53
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	50	$114,400	$111,260	0.25	0.51
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	230	$62,070	$65,150	1.09	0.51
Coaches and Scouts	210	$46,940	$51,140	1.01	0.63
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	640	$46,350	$47,620	3.02	2.95
Commercial and Industrial Designers	40	$73,830	$78,110	0.17	0.80
Commercial Pilots	30	$97,770	$107,600	0.16	0.52
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$63,690	$66,180	0.18	0.97
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	80	$56,900	$56,600	0.38	0.55
Community Health Workers	50	$56,780	$56,910	0.22	0.55
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	60	$66,630	$71,720	0.28	0.38
Compliance Officers	240	$77,590	$82,340	1.12	0.42
Computer and Information Systems Managers	220	$140,690	$150,310	1.05	0.24
Computer Network Architects	70	$110,610	$117,460	0.35	0.30
Computer Network Support Specialists	30	$67,350	$68,390	0.17	0.18
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	1,030	$49,930	$52,860	4.88	4.48
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	80	$69,440	$66,810	0.36	1.94
Computer Occupations, All Other	160	$76,170	$82,330	0.74	0.26
Computer Programmers	50	$76,850	$82,280	0.25	0.41
Computer Systems Analysts	170	$97,290	$99,760	0.81	0.24
Computer User Support Specialists	430	$58,530	$61,020	2.06	0.45
Conservation Scientists	80	$78,850	$73,650	0.38	2.26
Construction and Building Inspectors	50	$67,520	$69,740	0.24	0.26
Construction Laborers	2,180	$56,930	$57,440	10.36	1.47
Construction Managers	360	$115,160	$121,050	1.72	0.70
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	50	$82,350	$85,330	0.24	0.77
Cooks, Fast Food	550	$29,740	$29,130	2.63	0.64
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1,060	$37,800	$38,310	5.04	1.78
Cooks, Restaurant	2,180	$36,170	$35,890	10.34	1.14
Cooks, Short Order	110	$32,850	$32,220	0.54	0.60
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,440	$81,720	$79,700	6.84	2.80
Cost Estimators	340	$72,670	$77,160	1.59	1.10
Counter and Rental Clerks	470	$44,400	$44,300	2.23	0.86
Couriers and Messengers	60	$36,900	$35,760	0.30	0.69
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	100	$50,340	$54,050	0.46	0.39
Crane and Tower Operators	60	$72,420	$75,160	0.28	1.00
Credit Analysts	100	$61,490	$73,410	0.45	1.09
Credit Counselors	50	$50,120	$56,480	0.22	1.21
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$65,650	$64,290	0.16	1.91
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	80	$33,600	$33,010	0.38	0.62
Customer Service Representatives	2,300	$44,830	$46,220	10.92	0.65
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	110	$50,610	$48,580	0.52	1.81
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	750	$51,050	$50,720	3.56	3.23
Data Entry Keyers	100	$37,960	$39,670	0.47	0.57
Data Scientists	100	$115,910	$131,670	0.50	0.29
Dental Assistants	430	$48,190	$48,200	2.04	0.82
Dental Hygienists	310	$96,660	$92,550	1.48	1.03
Dentists, General	170	$223,220	$240,570	0.82	1.02
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	110	$79,750	$78,900	0.50	0.68
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	50	$98,800	$100,330	0.26	0.45
Dietetic Technicians	30	$38,300	$38,200	0.15	0.76
Dietitians and Nutritionists	80	$69,870	$68,290	0.36	0.71
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	810	$26,000	$26,060	3.85	1.10
Dishwashers	740	$28,710	$27,380	3.50	1.14
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	210	$48,840	$49,960	1.01	0.77
Driver/Sales Workers	660	$26,810	$33,040	3.12	1.19
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	70	$49,510	$54,750	0.33	0.62
Editors	80	$47,270	$60,470	0.38	0.65
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	340	$108,760	$110,580	1.59	0.75
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	50	$137,660	$136,080	0.24	0.21
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	40	$54,080	$57,870	0.18	0.37
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$68,320	$63,060	0.46	1.19
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	410	$62,720	$64,780	1.97	0.87
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	110	$66,230	$72,130	0.51	0.83
Electrical Engineers	220	$84,950	$92,510	1.05	0.82
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	220	$104,580	$94,800	1.06	1.26
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	910	$38,400	$40,930	4.33	2.73
Electricians	900	$66,770	$69,270	4.29	0.88
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,450	$61,660	$62,170	11.59	1.30
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	150	$52,620	$54,780	0.72	0.73
Emergency Management Directors	30	$73,600	$78,210	0.15	1.73
Emergency Medical Technicians	510	$38,890	$42,850	2.41	2.07
Emergency Medicine Physicians	40	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	0.21	1.00
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	—	$51,800	$54,120	—	—
Engineers, All Other	50	$106,850	$110,970	0.24	0.25
Environmental Engineers	40	$95,010	$103,980	0.17	0.69
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	50	$58,210	$55,960	0.26	1.16
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	180	$62,100	$65,170	0.87	0.30
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	210	$36,930	$38,180	1.00	0.48
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	500	$65,520	$56,570	2.38	6.08
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	460	$46,370	$45,720	2.18	5.77
Facilities Managers	100	$100,780	$107,080	0.47	0.47
Family Medicine Physicians	90	$306,160	$301,700	0.40	0.58
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	260	$58,670	$57,260	1.22	5.02
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	130	$36,180	$39,350	0.60	0.35
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	150	$27,660	$34,980	0.72	3.44
Fast Food and Counter Workers	5,860	$28,090	$27,880	27.77	1.12
File Clerks	90	$45,870	$43,980	0.45	0.95
Financial and Investment Analysts	130	$79,900	$86,710	0.60	0.26
Financial Managers	730	$126,600	$138,010	3.47	0.64
Financial Specialists, All Other	40	$57,700	$66,870	0.17	0.20
Firefighters	430	$37,450	$42,110	2.04	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,120	$81,160	$85,070	5.32	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	130	$103,330	$101,730	0.61	1.77
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	160	$47,020	$50,640	0.75	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	—	$76,030	$65,870	—	—
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	50	$80,180	$84,270	0.23	0.36
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,690	$42,360	$43,770	8.02	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	300	$45,610	$48,580	1.41	1.23
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	260	$59,460	$62,830	1.22	1.45
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	910	$80,290	$84,310	4.32	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	270	$90,520	$98,280	1.28	0.93
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,450	$63,350	$68,290	6.86	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	290	$45,300	$47,650	1.39	1.89
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	210	$87,990	$88,470	1.00	1.01
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2,540	$74,700	$74,310	12.02	2.78
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,490	$47,950	$51,960	7.06	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	40	$44,530	$52,110	0.19	0.36
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	670	$63,350	$65,320	3.18	0.79
Floral Designers	80	$34,960	$35,590	0.39	1.48
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	70	$43,540	$44,180	0.32	2.42
Food Batchmakers	2,970	$49,860	$48,690	14.09	12.55
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	310	$39,470	$43,570	1.45	7.23
Food Preparation Workers	1,710	$31,390	$32,720	8.10	1.41
Food Processing Workers, All Other	40	$40,050	$43,290	0.18	0.44
Food Science Technicians	140	$56,440	$57,480	0.67	7.17
Food Scientists and Technologists	60	$97,790	$93,990	0.30	3.62
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	520	$33,640	$33,520	2.48	1.31
Food Service Managers	400	$59,240	$65,700	1.91	1.24
Forest and Conservation Technicians	40	$60,860	$61,720	0.20	1.05
Foresters	40	$65,290	$65,550	0.17	2.57
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	370	$44,950	$43,410	1.76	21.37
Fundraisers	90	$65,190	$65,020	0.40	0.57
Funeral Home Managers	50	$77,130	$77,170	0.23	2.59
General and Operations Managers	2,320	$106,440	$127,840	11.00	0.49
Glaziers	40	$49,080	$53,600	0.17	0.46
Graphic Designers	190	$56,270	$57,520	0.91	0.72
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	50	$37,440	$41,240	0.26	3.80
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	340	$44,680	$46,280	1.61	3.74
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	450	$29,190	$33,910	2.12	1.08
Health Education Specialists	60	$71,130	$76,530	0.28	0.67
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$66,990	$68,140	0.33	0.23
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	140	$52,120	$55,680	0.67	0.57
Healthcare Social Workers	190	$60,500	$64,740	0.90	0.75
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	40	$45,830	$44,680	0.20	0.28
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	—	$47,930	$47,630	—	—
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	500	$60,910	$64,930	2.35	0.89
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,980	$57,260	$55,390	18.86	1.42
Helpers--Electricians	60	$49,030	$48,990	0.29	0.71
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	90	$36,950	$37,970	0.41	0.67
Helpers--Production Workers	240	$43,160	$43,380	1.13	1.06
Highway Maintenance Workers	810	$56,930	$54,480	3.85	3.86
Home Appliance Repairers	40	$47,840	$48,410	0.20	0.96
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	5,480	$36,410	$35,900	25.97	0.94
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	510	$27,940	$28,680	2.40	0.86
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	620	$34,040	$33,330	2.95	1.76
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	100	$48,040	$48,370	0.47	0.81
Human Resources Managers	200	$123,360	$132,450	0.95	0.67
Human Resources Specialists	910	$65,570	$70,520	4.30	0.73
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	210	$62,540	$61,200	0.99	2.05
Industrial Engineers	1,000	$90,010	$93,650	4.75	2.02
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,620	$69,550	$68,870	7.66	2.71
Industrial Production Managers	930	$112,830	$122,150	4.41	2.79
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,090	$49,310	$51,580	5.15	1.03
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	200	$25,700	$33,980	0.95	1.10
Information Security Analysts	50	$79,990	$88,880	0.26	0.21
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,760	$48,930	$50,430	8.34	2.17
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	110	$49,550	$52,510	0.52	0.46
Instructional Coordinators	100	$85,590	$89,600	0.49	0.34
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	110	$50,880	$65,080	0.52	3.15
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	200	$39,380	$46,520	0.96	0.70
Insurance Sales Agents	480	$64,010	$78,090	2.29	0.74
Interior Designers	70	$59,550	$60,590	0.32	0.69
Interpreters and Translators	80	$57,460	$55,060	0.40	1.19
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	3,100	$36,640	$37,350	14.69	1.03
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	120	$49,240	$52,500	0.56	0.80
Labor Relations Specialists	60	$100,350	$103,760	0.29	0.70
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	5,370	$38,780	$41,130	25.45	1.34
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	2,170	$38,960	$42,180	10.30	1.68
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	60	$57,500	$55,970	0.29	2.68
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	220	$33,690	$33,130	1.06	0.83
Lawyers	280	$108,330	$133,400	1.32	0.27
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	40	$49,620	$49,960	0.19	0.19
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	260	$59,350	$57,650	1.22	1.42
Library Assistants, Clerical	120	$38,700	$38,460	0.58	1.06
Library Technicians	320	$31,470	$32,540	1.54	3.49
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	650	$63,720	$64,950	3.07	0.74
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	260	$30,560	$30,120	1.24	1.22
Light Truck Drivers	850	$44,360	$47,190	4.02	0.64
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	300	$48,470	$48,920	1.41	1.33
Loan Officers	330	$78,170	$85,520	1.57	0.89
Lodging Managers	—	$61,820	$72,230	—	—
Logisticians	220	$80,650	$85,720	1.02	0.63
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	30	$61,480	$54,970	0.15	0.57
Machinists	1,110	$58,240	$55,810	5.26	2.85
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,760	$35,280	$35,660	8.34	1.51
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,820	$50,360	$52,430	13.35	1.36
Management Analysts	250	$95,670	$110,780	1.17	0.20
Managers, All Other	—	$79,770	$95,790	—	—
Manicurists and Pedicurists	90	$38,300	$39,940	0.43	0.44
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	710	$61,250	$66,610	3.35	0.58
Marketing Managers	160	$131,660	$137,930	0.76	0.30
Massage Therapists	100	$53,230	$54,400	0.48	0.76
Material Moving Workers, All Other	180	$31,530	$34,630	0.84	5.56
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$64,960	$68,070	0.19	0.62
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	340	$45,160	$43,120	1.61	1.72
Mechanical Door Repairers	40	$47,240	$54,500	0.18	1.01
Mechanical Drafters	120	$59,720	$62,550	0.57	2.24
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$74,120	$75,580	0.18	0.78
Mechanical Engineers	530	$91,230	$91,980	2.52	1.32
Medical and Health Services Managers	340	$108,900	$124,770	1.62	0.42
Medical Assistants	620	$46,440	$45,900	2.92	0.55
Medical Equipment Preparers	50	$41,380	$44,270	0.23	0.46
Medical Records Specialists	180	$54,250	$55,730	0.86	0.68
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	40	$78,060	$79,580	0.18	0.16
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	280	$46,250	$46,890	1.32	0.21
Medical Transcriptionists	30	$47,390	$48,410	0.14	0.53
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	150	$48,250	$51,010	0.70	0.76
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	140	$66,100	$67,910	0.65	0.77
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	130	$35,890	$40,110	0.63	0.59
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	170	$48,260	$53,690	0.82	7.61
Meter Readers, Utilities	30	$64,670	$71,620	0.15	1.17
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,770	$61,310	$62,850	8.37	2.10
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$58,770	$55,610	0.17	2.11
Millwrights	70	$82,190	$76,880	0.34	1.33
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	4,100	$45,140	$45,530	19.41	2.15
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	200	$46,660	$48,790	0.93	1.53
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	240	$62,220	$63,770	1.16	1.02
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,150	$41,740	$44,990	5.43	5.61
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	70	$63,180	$63,450	0.35	2.16
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	50	$41,010	$38,460	0.25	0.83
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	150	$51,880	$55,360	0.70	4.67
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	360	$46,310	$48,340	1.70	2.13
Natural Sciences Managers	30	$109,310	$112,740	0.14	0.20
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	320	$78,280	$85,470	1.52	0.75
New Accounts Clerks	200	$43,710	$46,410	0.97	4.09
Nurse Anesthetists	80	$279,280	$265,850	0.37	1.11
Nurse Practitioners	240	$129,590	$132,700	1.14	0.55
Nursing Assistants	2,290	$44,680	$44,270	10.85	1.16
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	180	$84,770	$91,000	0.85	0.94
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	80	$51,730	$59,540	0.38	1.95
Occupational Therapists	160	$89,840	$88,650	0.78	0.75
Occupational Therapy Assistants	60	$62,240	$59,020	0.27	0.81
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	120	$43,870	$47,470	0.57	0.46
Office Clerks, General	4,170	$44,190	$44,470	19.76	1.25
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	970	$74,830	$75,390	4.61	1.50
Operations Research Analysts	100	$69,400	$73,490	0.48	0.69
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	70	$49,040	$50,630	0.32	0.70
Opticians, Dispensing	100	$42,870	$43,160	0.49	1.04
Optometrists	50	$125,050	$130,420	0.25	0.91
Order Clerks	—	$44,810	$44,850	—	—
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	90	$47,340	$50,090	0.44	1.89
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	2,390	$46,340	$45,840	11.31	4.64
Packers and Packagers, Hand	710	$37,980	$38,390	3.36	0.93
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	210	$47,840	$50,570	0.99	0.68
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	340	$49,200	$52,840	1.62	2.62
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	190	$51,970	$58,850	0.90	0.35
Paramedics	210	$49,410	$55,800	0.98	1.51
Parking Attendants	60	$25,210	$28,940	0.27	0.30
Parts Salespersons	480	$42,640	$42,820	2.27	1.31
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic	40	$66,800	$62,170	0.20	21.73
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	290	$75,840	$69,460	1.36	5.06
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	150	$53,940	$56,200	0.69	0.70
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	40	$35,750	$35,100	0.17	0.45
Personal Financial Advisors	140	$101,460	$154,770	0.67	0.39
Pest Control Workers	50	$44,780	$49,720	0.22	0.33
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	50	$45,230	$48,330	0.22	1.28
Pharmacists	290	$145,310	$145,600	1.37	0.66
Pharmacy Aides	50	$37,260	$38,160	0.22	0.87
Pharmacy Technicians	610	$43,970	$43,670	2.91	0.96
Phlebotomists	120	$44,220	$44,010	0.55	0.60
Photographers	50	$37,170	$42,770	0.24	0.73
Physical Therapist Assistants	110	$61,440	$62,280	0.53	0.73
Physical Therapists	310	$100,940	$101,820	1.46	0.85
Physician Assistants	160	$129,980	$135,740	0.75	0.72
Physicians, All Other	270	$363,550	$337,840	1.28	0.58
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	600	$77,120	$77,020	2.86	0.96
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,120	$69,020	$67,670	5.33	1.24
Postal Service Clerks	190	$59,970	$59,690	0.92	1.93
Postal Service Mail Carriers	600	$57,910	$60,900	2.82	1.33
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	50	$94,330	$95,070	0.26	2.88
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	70	$61,420	$64,130	0.33	0.34
Power Plant Operators	50	$59,240	$63,460	0.24	1.29
Prepress Technicians and Workers	40	$54,360	$49,990	0.20	1.28
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	600	$35,670	$36,620	2.82	0.92
Printing Press Operators	570	$45,870	$50,370	2.69	2.90
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	130	$61,690	$60,850	0.60	1.05
Procurement Clerks	60	$49,210	$49,220	0.27	0.76
Producers and Directors	60	$48,590	$58,380	0.31	0.33
Production Workers, All Other	410	$38,330	$40,390	1.95	1.20
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	780	$57,000	$57,300	3.69	1.47
Project Management Specialists	860	$91,460	$95,870	4.09	0.60
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	60	$65,460	$82,220	0.28	0.14
Psychiatric Technicians	70	$37,590	$38,990	0.34	0.33
Psychologists, All Other	30	$83,150	$109,440	0.15	1.24
Public Relations Managers	40	$104,740	$123,690	0.18	0.38
Public Relations Specialists	180	$59,310	$64,710	0.85	0.47
Public Safety Telecommunicators	180	$52,970	$53,630	0.83	1.26
Purchasing Managers	80	$123,750	$132,390	0.37	0.69
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	260	$76,290	$75,940	1.23	0.83
Real Estate Sales Agents	300	$42,940	$50,550	1.45	1.16
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,530	$38,890	$39,690	7.23	1.24
Recreation Workers	560	$34,670	$36,050	2.66	1.25
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	320	$51,610	$51,200	1.53	1.62
Registered Nurses	3,060	$86,650	$90,790	14.51	0.67
Rehabilitation Counselors	170	$43,000	$46,480	0.79	1.30
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	120	$33,470	$33,710	0.55	0.72
Residential Advisors	170	$42,070	$41,220	0.79	1.45
Respiratory Therapists	80	$80,790	$82,950	0.37	0.42
Retail Salespersons	5,100	$34,220	$35,850	24.16	0.96
Roofers	100	$58,880	$57,560	0.47	0.54
Sales Engineers	70	$99,880	$109,350	0.33	0.99
Sales Managers	620	$124,690	$134,780	2.92	0.71
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	990	$61,730	$73,900	4.71	0.58
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	2,320	$63,160	$73,420	11.01	1.38
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	130	$71,800	$78,690	0.61	0.34
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	170	$36,380	$40,960	0.83	3.15
School Psychologists	90	$75,240	$75,540	0.45	1.09
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,430	$62,480	$66,050	6.79	0.99
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,900	$45,760	$45,920	9.02	0.82
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	160	$72,430	$92,440	0.78	0.25
Security Guards	420	$39,670	$42,030	1.97	0.24
Self-Enrichment Teachers	300	$36,500	$40,850	1.41	0.66
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	100	$51,060	$51,420	0.45	1.17
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	100	$52,170	$52,400	0.49	2.47
Sewing Machine Operators	260	$39,770	$39,360	1.25	1.85
Sheet Metal Workers	130	$60,060	$64,780	0.60	0.79
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1,440	$47,580	$48,720	6.82	1.30
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	620	$32,530	$33,450	2.94	1.84
Skincare Specialists	50	$42,950	$45,880	0.24	0.51
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	460	$50,670	$46,870	2.16	4.81
Social and Community Service Managers	270	$83,940	$86,050	1.27	0.94
Social and Human Service Assistants	430	$56,200	$54,410	2.04	0.72
Social Workers, All Other	50	$50,230	$56,030	0.24	0.60
Software Developers	490	$103,760	$113,230	2.31	0.21
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	70	$77,990	$80,490	0.33	0.27
Soil and Plant Scientists	50	$66,170	$69,420	0.22	2.18
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	320	$56,590	$58,560	1.52	0.90
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	240	$58,190	$60,830	1.16	1.89
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	260	$62,070	$68,180	1.25	1.19
Speech-Language Pathologists	180	$76,350	$77,540	0.84	0.71
Stockers and Order Fillers	3,710	$33,980	$35,160	17.60	0.97
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	30	$91,140	$92,350	0.16	0.37
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	150	$51,020	$52,320	0.72	2.15
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	290	$61,490	$66,230	1.37	0.43
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	480	$37,050	$40,990	2.28	0.68
Surgical Technologists	110	$64,590	$65,870	0.51	0.68
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	50	$57,240	$55,780	0.22	0.59
Tax Preparers	130	$41,590	$44,930	0.60	1.22
Taxi Drivers	130	$23,840	$26,630	0.62	2.37
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,500	$37,280	$36,600	11.84	1.30
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	50	$31,920	$36,860	0.26	0.24
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	160	$59,640	$62,490	0.75	0.82
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	—	$50,180	$55,520	—	—
Telemarketers	30	$29,430	$33,710	0.16	0.44
Tellers	820	$37,450	$39,470	3.87	1.83
Tire Repairers and Changers	100	$37,480	$39,820	0.46	0.66
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	50	$46,610	$51,160	0.24	0.76
Tool and Die Makers	290	$70,960	$67,750	1.40	3.81
Tour and Travel Guides	60	$34,470	$36,750	0.28	0.81
Training and Development Specialists	440	$71,400	$70,480	2.08	0.71
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	330	$92,810	$104,260	1.55	1.09
Travel Agents	60	$45,730	$44,740	0.28	0.79
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	50	$53,470	$60,300	0.23	0.66
Tutors	—	$44,120	$50,970	—	—
Urban and Regional Planners	—	$86,530	$77,590	—	—
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	110	$27,360	$27,110	0.54	0.68
Veterinarians	180	$109,060	$116,210	0.86	1.59
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	210	$35,840	$35,590	0.97	1.20
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	240	$46,170	$46,960	1.14	1.37
Waiters and Waitresses	3,470	$28,770	$31,800	16.47	1.13
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	320	$58,760	$59,350	1.53	1.85
Web Developers	40	$91,970	$88,980	0.19	0.42
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	40	$44,720	$48,340	0.21	0.62
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,550	$55,540	$55,760	7.36	2.75
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$48,240	$52,120	0.42	2.09
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	210	$45,750	$44,410	0.98	2.49

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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