Wages by Occupation in South Georgia nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the South Georgia nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 192,170 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $41,940 for all occupations combined. 414 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	1,220	$75,440	$80,470	6.33	0.68
Administrative Services Managers	390	$93,070	$107,640	2.01	1.18
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	40	$47,440	$46,560	0.20	0.83
Agricultural Equipment Operators	240	$34,880	$35,790	1.25	6.79
Agricultural Inspectors	190	$46,000	$44,380	0.99	10.71
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$104,250	$107,150	0.44	7.63
Agricultural Technicians	220	$40,490	$43,630	1.16	11.88
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	50	$67,220	$65,080	0.26	0.29
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	170	$18,990	$21,620	0.89	0.35
Animal Caretakers	230	$31,730	$32,400	1.21	0.70
Animal Control Workers	30	$36,290	$33,980	0.16	2.05
Architectural and Civil Drafters	110	$56,070	$63,550	0.56	0.84
Architectural and Engineering Managers	100	$149,990	$158,470	0.52	0.37
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	170	$29,770	$32,280	0.88	1.34
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	150	$46,870	$54,220	0.79	0.82
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,230	$45,860	$50,390	6.42	1.42
Bakers	180	$30,850	$32,170	0.91	0.60
Bartenders	290	$22,970	$34,670	1.51	0.31
Bill and Account Collectors	100	$43,900	$43,910	0.52	0.51
Billing and Posting Clerks	460	$39,680	$42,450	2.38	0.92
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$80,370	$73,710	0.22	0.68
Biological Technicians	60	$49,940	$55,350	0.33	0.74
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,560	$44,210	$45,250	8.12	0.92
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	520	$51,510	$55,240	2.71	1.45
Bus Drivers, School	660	$28,180	$30,460	3.41	1.32
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	1,750	$67,200	$75,250	9.11	1.30
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$56,880	$55,940	0.27	0.52
Butchers and Meat Cutters	300	$35,210	$37,030	1.58	1.80
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	470	$61,620	$69,950	2.45	0.77
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	280	$37,810	$41,110	1.45	2.92
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	90	$63,420	$62,670	0.49	1.20
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	—	$70,670	$74,130	—	—
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	370	$58,220	$57,330	1.94	2.65
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	130	$77,890	$74,580	0.68	0.95
Cargo and Freight Agents	30	$49,370	$51,150	0.18	0.28
Carpenters	330	$47,760	$49,840	1.74	0.40
Cashiers	5,820	$26,440	$26,410	30.29	1.52
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	140	$37,990	$42,640	0.72	0.54
Chefs and Head Cooks	—	$71,270	$66,520	—	—
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	220	$45,150	$46,850	1.12	1.25
Chemical Technicians	70	$51,730	$71,240	0.34	0.92
Chemists	40	$73,320	$83,560	0.20	0.37
Chief Executives	210	$146,990	$193,150	1.08	0.82
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	410	$51,490	$55,230	2.14	0.85
Childcare Workers	690	$23,340	$25,920	3.58	1.07
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	440	$45,270	$48,110	2.27	5.15
Civil Engineers	240	$77,780	$87,160	1.24	0.53
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	110	$73,920	$74,310	0.56	0.27
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	420	$29,040	$30,890	2.19	0.89
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	30	$28,780	$31,970	0.18	1.90
Clergy	50	$57,380	$55,990	0.24	0.64
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	460	$61,020	$61,960	2.41	1.13
Coaches and Scouts	140	$38,690	$44,060	0.71	0.44
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	380	$41,730	$45,390	1.99	1.95
Commercial Pilots	40	$123,400	$134,230	0.21	0.68
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	160	$45,050	$45,250	0.83	1.20
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	70	$57,710	$65,830	0.34	0.48
Compliance Officers	440	$53,140	$61,290	2.29	0.86
Computer and Information Systems Managers	160	$150,080	$153,240	0.84	0.19
Computer Network Architects	50	$101,490	$104,510	0.28	0.24
Computer Network Support Specialists	70	$52,800	$58,110	0.38	0.40
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	110	$47,380	$49,480	0.56	0.51
Computer Occupations, All Other	310	$84,880	$92,400	1.62	0.58
Computer Systems Analysts	160	$77,980	$87,370	0.83	0.25
Computer User Support Specialists	530	$56,940	$57,150	2.75	0.60
Conservation Scientists	30	$65,170	$72,280	0.17	1.02
Construction and Building Inspectors	110	$56,140	$60,910	0.57	0.60
Construction Laborers	1,790	$36,740	$38,420	9.30	1.32
Construction Managers	290	$102,940	$115,920	1.50	0.61
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	80	$44,980	$51,040	0.42	1.36
Cooks, Fast Food	550	$22,250	$24,750	2.85	0.69
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	420	$29,690	$31,160	2.19	0.77
Cooks, Restaurant	1,380	$29,350	$30,640	7.19	0.79
Cooks, Short Order	110	$28,580	$29,970	0.59	0.66
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	120	$39,180	$40,090	0.65	14.55
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,370	$43,320	$45,820	7.11	2.91
Cost Estimators	150	$64,860	$71,780	0.79	0.55
Counter and Rental Clerks	370	$36,700	$39,650	1.90	0.74
Couriers and Messengers	50	$35,360	$35,400	0.26	0.58
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	490	$37,220	$40,260	2.58	2.23
Crane and Tower Operators	110	$56,070	$55,750	0.58	2.11
Credit Analysts	60	$83,230	$80,840	0.33	0.80
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	40	$25,980	$31,530	0.21	2.66
Customer Service Representatives	2,610	$36,110	$38,420	13.57	0.81
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$39,250	$40,600	0.23	0.79
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	280	$46,170	$48,350	1.44	1.31
Data Entry Keyers	110	$34,920	$35,880	0.59	0.73
Dental Assistants	310	$46,500	$43,270	1.59	0.64
Dental Hygienists	310	$75,960	$72,080	1.60	1.11
Dentists, General	90	$129,380	$161,150	0.48	0.60
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	210	$51,900	$56,900	1.07	1.45
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	110	$80,590	$79,630	0.59	1.02
Dietetic Technicians	50	$25,870	$32,880	0.25	1.24
Dietitians and Nutritionists	70	$73,540	$76,080	0.36	0.72
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	240	$26,020	$26,190	1.26	0.36
Dishwashers	330	$25,930	$26,080	1.70	0.55
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	210	$50,170	$52,010	1.07	0.82
Driver/Sales Workers	680	$37,290	$39,560	3.53	1.34
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	60	$49,120	$50,350	0.33	2.66
Education Administrators, All Other	100	$111,680	$102,570	0.52	1.46
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	450	$100,580	$101,110	2.33	1.10
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	70	$84,750	$90,720	0.37	0.32
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	—	$64,310	$72,670	—	—
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	220	$19,150	$26,150	1.15	1.51
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	460	$67,330	$66,710	2.42	1.06
Electrical and Electronics Drafters	30	$70,170	$70,550	0.17	1.49
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	200	$80,560	$78,260	1.07	2.55
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	130	$107,550	$99,490	0.69	5.15
Electrical Engineers	200	$106,640	$106,770	1.05	0.82
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	370	$65,260	$72,570	1.91	2.26
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	40	$37,760	$45,940	0.20	0.12
Electricians	950	$59,250	$62,920	4.94	1.01
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,190	$62,000	$66,880	11.38	1.28
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	190	$38,690	$41,410	0.97	0.98
Emergency Management Directors	40	$74,460	$74,520	0.19	2.18
Emergency Medical Technicians	390	$37,210	$39,130	2.02	1.74
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	190	$86,260	$80,460	1.01	2.62
Engineers, All Other	130	$106,700	$109,760	0.68	0.68
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$58,150	$61,460	0.25	0.66
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	70	$49,410	$49,770	0.38	1.70
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	50	$96,100	$103,600	0.28	0.49
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	360	$59,920	$64,240	1.88	0.63
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	170	$43,450	$43,950	0.88	0.42
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	120	$41,980	$43,390	0.63	7.61
Facilities Managers	110	$115,210	$118,270	0.57	0.56
Family Medicine Physicians	180	$343,440	$342,480	0.96	1.39
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	110	$48,350	$50,330	0.57	2.34
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	280	$28,840	$31,220	1.46	0.85
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	110	$29,160	$32,510	0.57	2.71
Fast Food and Counter Workers	7,040	$23,160	$24,940	36.62	1.48
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	50	$36,960	$38,200	0.27	2.64
File Clerks	120	$32,510	$33,650	0.61	1.29
Financial and Investment Analysts	70	$91,090	$97,040	0.38	0.16
Financial Examiners	40	$76,550	$83,720	0.22	0.50
Financial Managers	520	$131,580	$144,230	2.69	0.50
Financial Risk Specialists	40	$89,490	$95,320	0.20	0.49
Financial Specialists, All Other	100	$66,680	$71,820	0.52	0.62
Firefighters	870	$35,820	$36,620	4.52	2.03
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,180	$71,540	$73,080	6.15	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	300	$57,730	$57,980	1.56	4.54
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	80	$39,750	$45,220	0.42	0.63
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	210	$76,480	$74,510	1.07	5.95
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	250	$48,040	$56,920	1.31	2.05
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	2,040	$36,550	$39,660	10.63	1.35
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	200	$43,860	$46,250	1.04	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	110	$52,670	$53,950	0.59	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1,060	$68,950	$73,960	5.50	1.38
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	260	$76,620	$81,490	1.38	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,640	$56,760	$60,070	8.54	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	80	$41,020	$51,760	0.43	0.59
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	440	$61,540	$67,560	2.31	2.32
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,740	$67,090	$74,300	9.04	2.09
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2,070	$39,880	$45,300	10.75	1.49
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	40	$51,420	$53,930	0.22	0.42
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	870	$58,390	$62,150	4.54	1.13
Floral Designers	60	$30,160	$33,040	0.30	1.16
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	170	$37,710	$37,160	0.89	4.44
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	190	$21,970	$25,480	0.96	1.77
Food Preparation Workers	870	$30,130	$30,630	4.53	0.79
Food Processing Workers, All Other	1,310	$39,160	$38,790	6.81	16.30
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	210	$28,900	$29,860	1.07	0.56
Food Service Managers	360	$59,890	$70,010	1.85	1.21
Forensic Science Technicians	30	$51,230	$56,000	0.16	1.28
Forest and Conservation Workers	40	$34,150	$38,140	0.23	5.89
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists	100	$48,010	$49,870	0.53	29.72
Foresters	—	$82,850	$85,000	—	—
Funeral Attendants	60	$29,070	$30,460	0.31	1.53
Funeral Home Managers	50	$70,890	$74,560	0.25	2.78
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	100	$46,370	$46,830	0.54	5.87
General and Operations Managers	3,510	$82,290	$105,150	18.27	0.81
Glaziers	50	$43,390	$43,870	0.26	0.69
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	290	$33,050	$33,390	1.51	9.35
Graphic Designers	130	$44,420	$49,150	0.65	0.51
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	40	$36,590	$38,230	0.21	3.04
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	110	$27,170	$34,090	0.57	0.29
Health Education Specialists	40	$78,320	$69,000	0.20	0.47
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	60	$68,840	$69,320	0.31	1.25
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$62,370	$72,450	0.20	0.14
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	270	$38,500	$44,700	1.39	1.19
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	140	$47,660	$61,370	0.70	3.13
Healthcare Social Workers	310	$56,400	$58,180	1.63	1.35
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	80	$37,980	$42,780	0.39	0.56
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	560	$47,880	$51,060	2.89	1.10
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,900	$48,650	$54,300	20.31	1.53
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	40	$38,760	$41,380	0.21	1.30
Helpers--Electricians	110	$37,790	$39,840	0.55	1.34
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	170	$31,510	$32,910	0.87	1.42
Helpers--Production Workers	410	$32,470	$35,790	2.15	2.02
Highway Maintenance Workers	250	$36,410	$36,070	1.29	1.29
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,220	$29,010	$29,130	11.54	0.42
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	380	$26,290	$25,920	1.97	0.71
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	480	$27,650	$26,570	2.52	1.50
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	130	$41,600	$40,750	0.67	1.15
Human Resources Managers	130	$117,840	$132,280	0.68	0.48
Human Resources Specialists	720	$60,970	$68,000	3.73	0.64
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$64,330	$65,770	0.18	0.38
Industrial Engineers	330	$106,490	$104,780	1.74	0.74
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	630	$59,230	$60,130	3.29	1.16
Industrial Production Managers	310	$127,940	$123,500	1.64	1.03
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,820	$39,000	$40,860	9.47	1.90
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	100	$49,940	$46,340	0.54	0.62
Information Security Analysts	60	$101,610	$107,530	0.33	0.27
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	860	$42,730	$45,510	4.46	1.16
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	340	$49,040	$49,360	1.77	1.56
Instructional Coordinators	320	$90,840	$85,210	1.65	1.12
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	40	$35,120	$46,550	0.19	0.65
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	30	$60,050	$58,700	0.17	1.04
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	—	$44,670	$44,080	—	—
Insurance Sales Agents	530	$43,880	$56,490	2.75	0.89
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	80	$36,040	$37,570	0.44	0.46
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,420	$29,750	$31,570	12.58	0.89
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	110	$93,280	$106,480	0.57	3.67
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	280	$61,580	$60,510	1.47	2.10
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	4,880	$37,060	$38,440	25.41	1.34
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	830	$34,990	$35,520	4.34	0.71
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	170	$28,640	$28,450	0.88	0.69
Lawyers	400	$125,480	$131,680	2.07	0.43
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic	60	$54,790	$56,260	0.30	7.82
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	190	$37,330	$41,210	0.97	0.97
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	160	$73,640	$68,590	0.85	0.99
Library Technicians	80	$28,510	$29,070	0.42	0.96
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,550	$53,750	$54,410	8.07	1.94
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	60	$58,040	$60,930	0.34	0.71
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	100	$24,890	$24,190	0.50	0.49
Light Truck Drivers	860	$37,200	$40,420	4.47	0.71
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	280	$46,040	$45,980	1.47	1.39
Loan Officers	510	$64,670	$76,020	2.67	1.51
Lodging Managers	60	$44,640	$48,980	0.30	1.09
Log Graders and Scalers	30	$38,630	$36,900	0.18	8.95
Logging Equipment Operators	420	$44,210	$52,160	2.17	16.01
Logisticians	150	$76,680	$81,150	0.80	0.49
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	210	$43,990	$40,340	1.09	3.99
Machinists	590	$47,770	$52,120	3.06	1.65
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	90	$62,660	$68,590	0.46	1.63
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	930	$27,210	$27,250	4.82	0.87
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	30	$29,790	$33,420	0.16	0.45
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,420	$44,930	$46,520	12.60	1.28
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	220	$61,200	$61,760	1.13	2.93
Management Analysts	360	$97,690	$108,740	1.88	0.33
Managers, All Other	610	$96,290	$104,740	3.18	0.79
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers	30	$46,350	$45,130	0.16	8.09
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	410	$62,180	$74,830	2.13	0.37
Marketing Managers	100	$134,240	$149,230	0.53	0.21
Material Moving Workers, All Other	30	$60,620	$53,150	0.18	1.17
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$58,200	$52,380	0.19	0.62
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	900	$37,910	$36,510	4.71	5.02
Mechanical Door Repairers	60	$50,140	$50,420	0.30	1.72
Mechanical Drafters	70	$59,690	$59,910	0.35	1.38
Mechanical Engineers	170	$94,270	$101,980	0.88	0.46
Medical and Health Services Managers	420	$120,740	$128,670	2.18	0.57
Medical Assistants	740	$36,760	$37,360	3.84	0.73
Medical Equipment Preparers	50	$36,980	$39,970	0.25	0.51
Medical Records Specialists	290	$48,170	$51,520	1.50	1.19
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1,450	$36,080	$37,950	7.54	1.22
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	60	$45,150	$52,870	0.30	0.33
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	30	$45,110	$47,070	0.16	0.19
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	280	$36,930	$38,680	1.44	1.36
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other	160	$35,540	$38,030	0.83	8.14
Meter Readers, Utilities	50	$40,180	$42,440	0.25	2.00
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,400	$62,270	$61,470	7.26	1.82
Millwrights	270	$62,420	$62,890	1.40	5.41
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	3,770	$37,090	$39,710	19.63	2.17
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers	110	$58,860	$53,730	0.57	3.13
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	210	$40,250	$42,280	1.07	1.75
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	290	$58,430	$56,860	1.51	1.33
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	80	$52,830	$51,280	0.42	0.43
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	60	$48,150	$47,540	0.30	1.85
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	70	$28,600	$38,850	0.34	1.13
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	110	$35,790	$40,450	0.55	0.69
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	180	$81,190	$90,060	0.96	0.47
New Accounts Clerks	140	$43,600	$44,450	0.71	3.01
Nurse Anesthetists	160	$186,300	$194,800	0.81	2.43
Nurse Practitioners	410	$120,060	$128,860	2.12	1.02
Nursing Assistants	2,550	$35,730	$34,630	13.28	1.42
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$62,920	$67,470	0.32	0.63
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	140	$83,780	$86,920	0.74	0.82
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	50	$50,930	$63,270	0.24	1.24
Occupational Therapists	150	$82,020	$86,880	0.78	0.74
Occupational Therapy Assistants	50	$64,430	$69,060	0.27	0.83
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	200	$25,400	$30,790	1.02	0.83
Office Clerks, General	3,720	$36,420	$37,670	19.34	1.22
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	40	$39,430	$38,180	0.19	1.19
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	1,020	$43,600	$43,350	5.33	1.73
Operations Research Analysts	60	$66,140	$71,090	0.33	0.47
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	80	$41,710	$39,530	0.41	0.91
Opticians, Dispensing	70	$54,350	$54,570	0.39	0.82
Order Clerks	60	$29,390	$34,050	0.30	0.63
Orderlies	70	$30,200	$32,420	0.37	1.09
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	100	$42,090	$43,240	0.53	2.30
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	510	$34,420	$35,720	2.66	1.09
Packers and Packagers, Hand	700	$30,250	$31,710	3.65	1.02
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	210	$47,730	$54,270	1.09	0.75
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	540	$63,910	$57,410	2.79	4.51
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	190	$55,000	$58,670	0.97	0.39
Paramedics	290	$46,030	$47,580	1.52	2.35
Parts Salespersons	630	$34,870	$36,810	3.28	1.89
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	200	$52,000	$52,640	1.04	1.06
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	50	$26,720	$28,950	0.25	0.65
Personal Financial Advisors	90	$111,100	$129,920	0.45	0.26
Pest Control Workers	170	$36,990	$41,770	0.88	1.34
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	140	$34,110	$36,830	0.74	4.28
Pharmacists	380	$134,600	$134,070	1.96	0.95
Pharmacy Aides	160	$29,530	$31,310	0.82	3.22
Pharmacy Technicians	850	$38,210	$41,990	4.42	1.46
Phlebotomists	260	$35,110	$38,420	1.34	1.45
Photographers	—	$39,190	$43,830	—	—
Physical Therapist Aides	50	$35,770	$31,080	0.25	0.81
Physical Therapist Assistants	170	$62,390	$66,800	0.90	1.24
Physical Therapists	290	$103,890	$101,290	1.49	0.87
Physician Assistants	170	$124,990	$134,640	0.89	0.85
Physicians, All Other	280	$340,640	$319,470	1.46	0.66
Pipelayers	110	$39,750	$40,570	0.58	2.72
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	420	$57,180	$56,850	2.18	0.73
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,390	$44,870	$46,590	7.22	1.67
Postal Service Clerks	170	$62,610	$60,750	0.86	1.81
Postal Service Mail Carriers	650	$57,700	$60,600	3.38	1.60
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$100,840	$99,680	0.22	2.46
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	80	$57,030	$56,420	0.39	0.41
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	1,020	$47,940	$50,720	5.31	1.72
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	30	$29,810	$28,140	0.17	0.99
Printing Press Operators	80	$36,510	$36,700	0.41	0.44
Private Detectives and Investigators	40	$49,250	$51,290	0.19	0.83
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	220	$56,240	$57,030	1.13	1.97
Procurement Clerks	110	$44,470	$45,910	0.57	1.60
Production Workers, All Other	1,510	$35,090	$41,040	7.87	4.86
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	420	$57,370	$63,890	2.16	0.86
Project Management Specialists	330	$79,640	$88,130	1.73	0.25
Property Appraisers and Assessors	110	$47,510	$55,600	0.57	1.55
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	140	$54,080	$70,040	0.70	0.35
Psychiatric Aides	100	$29,110	$29,880	0.54	2.34
Psychiatric Technicians	100	$43,350	$42,170	0.52	0.52
Public Relations Specialists	110	$61,840	$68,860	0.55	0.30
Public Safety Telecommunicators	280	$33,020	$35,380	1.48	2.25
Purchasing Managers	80	$114,220	$122,080	0.42	0.78
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	360	$63,460	$64,840	1.90	1.28
Real Estate Brokers	60	$65,040	$64,040	0.33	1.12
Real Estate Sales Agents	140	$44,200	$54,930	0.74	0.60
Receptionists and Information Clerks	800	$31,010	$31,740	4.15	0.71
Recreation Workers	320	$30,170	$32,050	1.69	0.79
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	170	$40,370	$40,170	0.90	0.95
Registered Nurses	4,350	$79,110	$81,080	22.63	1.04
Rehabilitation Counselors	30	$57,860	$55,340	0.17	0.29
Residential Advisors	50	$32,730	$36,600	0.27	0.49
Respiratory Therapists	350	$67,980	$72,800	1.84	2.05
Retail Salespersons	6,320	$28,650	$31,300	32.86	1.31
Riggers	90	$62,440	$64,120	0.48	3.29
Roofers	90	$46,940	$49,820	0.48	0.55
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	80	$47,550	$58,830	0.42	0.71
Sales Managers	380	$135,150	$142,680	1.96	0.48
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	580	$54,580	$65,330	3.02	0.37
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,360	$61,520	$71,710	7.08	0.89
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	—	$78,320	$87,030	—	—
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	490	$39,950	$40,680	2.54	9.65
School Bus Monitors	130	$20,970	$24,800	0.66	1.30
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,980	$63,010	$67,700	10.29	1.50
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2,110	$35,940	$37,670	10.98	1.00
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	530	$50,950	$77,780	2.75	0.87
Security Guards	730	$35,710	$38,100	3.78	0.46
Self-Enrichment Teachers	240	$57,510	$56,880	1.27	0.60
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	40	$45,920	$45,670	0.19	0.95
Sewing Machine Operators	320	$30,070	$31,030	1.66	2.47
Sheet Metal Workers	160	$46,740	$51,080	0.84	1.09
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1,090	$39,310	$42,190	5.67	1.08
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	140	$31,270	$33,240	0.74	0.46
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	640	$37,870	$36,400	3.34	7.43
Social and Community Service Managers	230	$67,460	$72,440	1.17	0.87
Social and Human Service Assistants	470	$35,290	$36,760	2.44	0.87
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	30	$81,400	$87,630	0.18	0.74
Social Workers, All Other	50	$47,790	$58,230	0.28	0.69
Software Developers	300	$119,740	$122,980	1.57	0.14
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	40	$107,350	$105,730	0.19	0.16
Special Education Teachers, All Other	70	$61,020	$66,950	0.36	1.66
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	380	$59,350	$56,990	1.95	1.16
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	—	$63,480	$63,310	—	—
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	280	$61,980	$65,630	1.44	1.37
Speech-Language Pathologists	180	$76,440	$82,500	0.94	0.79
Stockers and Order Fillers	4,000	$34,290	$35,420	20.81	1.14
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	50	$51,480	$50,370	0.25	0.58
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	280	$51,540	$54,820	1.46	0.46
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	580	$27,820	$30,310	3.02	0.90
Surgical Assistants	40	$59,230	$56,420	0.23	1.59
Surgical Technologists	160	$51,960	$57,110	0.82	1.09
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	60	$40,210	$40,280	0.29	0.78
Surveyors	40	$56,660	$68,940	0.20	0.60
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	40	$35,510	$34,270	0.21	0.96
Tax Preparers	40	$47,480	$53,770	0.20	0.41
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	1,120	$61,050	$63,160	5.83	7.97
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,210	$25,850	$26,210	11.50	1.26
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	140	$64,550	$62,560	0.73	0.69
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	200	$50,860	$57,090	1.02	1.13
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	310	$62,300	$67,540	1.61	2.56
Tellers	640	$36,700	$36,890	3.31	1.56
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$28,990	$28,690	0.23	3.90
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$36,770	$36,430	0.22	2.68
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	40	$37,290	$45,960	0.23	2.67
Tire Repairers and Changers	210	$29,670	$32,390	1.11	1.60
Tool and Die Makers	60	$60,260	$57,480	0.32	0.88
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners	40	$44,140	$49,550	0.23	6.36
Training and Development Specialists	330	$51,930	$58,600	1.70	0.58
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	150	$92,720	$104,710	0.77	0.54
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	30	$46,070	$46,860	0.16	0.46
Tutors	150	$64,670	$63,370	0.80	0.71
Upholsterers	50	$28,920	$31,390	0.27	2.10
Urban and Regional Planners	50	$74,050	$73,360	0.26	0.90
Veterinarians	80	$108,470	$119,150	0.42	0.77
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	130	$34,900	$34,440	0.66	0.82
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	80	$37,140	$41,820	0.42	0.51
Waiters and Waitresses	2,400	$21,230	$24,780	12.46	0.85
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	270	$45,240	$44,240	1.40	1.70
Web and Digital Interface Designers	30	$93,050	$96,170	0.17	0.23
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	110	$36,930	$39,510	0.57	1.67
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,290	$46,960	$51,100	6.73	2.52
Woodworkers, All Other	30	$43,600	$46,260	0.16	4.54
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	290	$36,540	$36,980	1.51	3.82

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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