Wages by Occupation in South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 155,110 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $46,490 for all occupations combined. 411 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	1,100	$64,020	$72,410	7.10	0.76
Administrative Services Managers	160	$99,690	$110,270	1.02	0.60
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	50	$49,040	$46,330	0.33	1.38
Advertising Sales Agents	70	$38,260	$48,500	0.43	0.73
Agricultural Equipment Operators	520	$46,610	$48,270	3.38	18.44
Agricultural Inspectors	90	$56,530	$55,840	0.59	6.37
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$87,410	$89,350	0.30	5.28
Agricultural Technicians	210	$47,480	$48,710	1.36	13.98
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	—	$35,020	$35,720	—	—
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	270	$28,630	$32,090	1.71	0.67
Animal Caretakers	190	$30,530	$34,320	1.23	0.72
Architectural and Engineering Managers	190	$138,520	$153,810	1.25	0.89
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	120	$66,180	$69,640	0.79	1.31
Athletic Trainers	50	$58,590	$58,580	0.31	1.58
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	140	$35,560	$36,470	0.89	1.35
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	210	$50,000	$53,440	1.36	1.42
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	850	$46,660	$53,090	5.47	1.21
Bakers	130	$32,470	$33,490	0.87	0.57
Bartenders	1,440	$28,200	$34,590	9.30	1.91
Bill and Account Collectors	100	$37,590	$38,800	0.64	0.63
Billing and Posting Clerks	450	$45,340	$44,750	2.91	1.12
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$63,460	$73,350	0.46	1.44
Biological Scientists, All Other	50	$88,710	$96,960	0.31	0.86
Biological Technicians	50	$54,950	$53,480	0.33	0.73
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,990	$44,200	$45,350	12.84	1.45
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	40	$43,640	$42,160	0.29	2.11
Brokerage Clerks	40	$63,980	$62,950	0.27	1.17
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	560	$53,290	$56,410	3.63	1.95
Bus Drivers, School	580	$46,650	$47,610	3.75	1.45
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	90	$39,470	$40,370	0.58	0.56
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	150	$65,170	$71,920	0.97	0.14
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$77,100	$81,660	0.57	1.08
Butchers and Meat Cutters	300	$42,700	$42,280	1.94	2.22
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	610	$75,590	$82,980	3.94	1.25
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	40	$39,140	$45,090	0.28	0.57
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	40	$78,690	$79,790	0.27	0.66
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	90	$61,360	$60,940	0.57	5.22
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$62,570	$65,990	0.43	0.58
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	400	$62,300	$61,990	2.59	3.61
Carpenters	570	$47,000	$49,650	3.67	0.85
Cashiers	4,550	$29,580	$30,580	29.36	1.48
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	530	$46,700	$48,520	3.42	2.58
Chefs and Head Cooks	80	$53,940	$57,290	0.49	0.38
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	230	$61,420	$58,090	1.47	1.63
Chemical Technicians	50	$61,960	$71,790	0.34	0.93
Chemists	30	$101,840	$106,880	0.23	0.42
Chief Executives	280	$161,100	$217,680	1.81	1.38
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	810	$45,580	$49,220	5.23	2.07
Childcare Workers	1,340	$29,160	$31,450	8.63	2.59
Chiropractors	40	$63,680	$76,630	0.28	1.08
Civil Engineers	120	$100,780	$108,510	0.81	0.34
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	60	$84,160	$85,110	0.41	0.20
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	830	$39,580	$39,430	5.33	2.18
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	60	$46,770	$48,330	0.39	4.12
Clergy	50	$53,040	$53,500	0.29	0.80
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	80	$86,590	$103,710	0.52	1.06
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	390	$63,030	$62,430	2.52	1.18
Coaches and Scouts	170	$48,810	$54,770	1.11	0.69
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	150	$48,090	$47,830	0.97	0.95
Commercial Pilots	90	$57,240	$79,830	0.56	1.84
Compliance Officers	230	$67,200	$72,820	1.49	0.55
Computer and Information Systems Managers	190	$127,040	$134,150	1.22	0.28
Computer Network Architects	40	$102,050	$110,550	0.29	0.25
Computer Network Support Specialists	110	$67,530	$72,430	0.69	0.74
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	220	$45,930	$47,920	1.43	1.31
Computer Occupations, All Other	120	$66,830	$74,600	0.74	0.27
Computer Systems Analysts	110	$85,880	$93,700	0.68	0.20
Computer User Support Specialists	320	$52,150	$55,220	2.07	0.45
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	80	$43,460	$47,060	0.49	1.16
Conservation Scientists	80	$76,400	$79,280	0.51	3.05
Construction and Building Inspectors	50	$57,400	$66,310	0.34	0.36
Construction Laborers	1,200	$46,800	$47,800	7.72	1.09
Construction Managers	410	$89,690	$93,170	2.64	1.08
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	100	$87,640	$83,850	0.63	2.02
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	510	$43,620	$43,470	3.30	22.40
Cooks, Fast Food	500	$29,700	$30,970	3.21	0.78
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1,170	$35,670	$36,300	7.53	2.66
Cooks, Restaurant	700	$33,910	$34,180	4.49	0.50
Cooks, Short Order	330	$31,840	$32,780	2.15	2.41
Correctional Officers and Jailers	770	$61,800	$61,990	4.93	2.02
Cost Estimators	140	$65,700	$68,430	0.92	0.64
Counter and Rental Clerks	530	$31,120	$35,420	3.42	1.33
Couriers and Messengers	70	$28,790	$34,330	0.42	0.96
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	500	$47,170	$53,600	3.22	2.78
Crane and Tower Operators	50	$46,970	$54,620	0.33	1.19
Credit Counselors	—	$59,470	$64,040	—	—
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	40	$38,630	$37,780	0.26	0.43
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$58,920	$56,890	0.28	1.67
Curators	30	$46,020	$51,200	0.20	2.49
Customer Service Representatives	1,270	$40,040	$43,130	8.17	0.49
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	140	$48,490	$47,030	0.92	3.18
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	200	$45,860	$45,860	1.29	1.17
Data Entry Keyers	120	$41,650	$41,680	0.75	0.92
Data Scientists	90	$94,470	$94,450	0.57	0.34
Database Administrators	50	$75,110	$86,800	0.29	0.66
Dental Assistants	470	$44,340	$41,690	3.03	1.21
Dental Hygienists	190	$85,600	$82,330	1.21	0.85
Dentists, General	110	$108,560	$143,760	0.68	0.86
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	30	$82,530	$92,970	0.21	0.28
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	90	$84,700	$85,650	0.55	0.95
Dietitians and Nutritionists	70	$71,690	$70,000	0.45	0.91
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	320	$28,760	$31,270	2.03	0.58
Dishwashers	380	$28,080	$29,550	2.48	0.81
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	170	$50,860	$57,160	1.10	0.85
Driver/Sales Workers	420	$32,980	$36,850	2.74	1.04
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	60	$46,140	$47,070	0.37	0.70
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	60	$60,110	$56,030	0.39	3.08
Editors	40	$44,030	$42,820	0.27	0.46
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	350	$106,150	$112,170	2.24	1.06
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	180	$77,390	$90,550	1.16	0.99
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	80	$60,890	$64,530	0.52	1.09
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	130	$82,090	$76,990	0.83	2.11
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	360	$62,900	$62,880	2.34	1.03
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	70	$77,540	$77,220	0.45	0.73
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	60	$73,350	$74,400	0.36	0.86
Electrical Engineers	110	$127,590	$121,060	0.71	0.56
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	—	$97,000	$94,970	—	—
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	70	$36,820	$37,840	0.44	0.28
Electricians	760	$58,940	$59,690	4.88	1.00
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,980	$62,140	$61,280	12.78	1.43
Emergency Management Directors	40	$112,430	$107,630	0.24	2.75
Emergency Medical Technicians	120	$45,870	$47,830	0.75	0.64
Emergency Medicine Physicians	80	$313,070	$335,700	0.54	2.54
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	30	$63,130	$60,780	0.22	0.58
Engineers, All Other	50	$78,880	$89,800	0.34	0.34
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$63,080	$67,530	0.57	1.54
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	60	$61,870	$72,920	0.42	1.71
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	40	$64,010	$67,020	0.27	0.46
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	70	$50,840	$54,400	0.44	1.98
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	200	$56,630	$62,820	1.27	0.43
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	200	$28,080	$32,520	1.28	0.61
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	180	$52,360	$49,190	1.13	2.88
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	130	$44,830	$45,900	0.83	2.20
Facilities Managers	240	$96,260	$106,230	1.52	1.52
Family Medicine Physicians	130	$282,600	$265,470	0.82	1.19
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	860	$49,810	$52,980	5.56	22.82
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	80	$101,610	$109,880	0.52	12.43
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	150	$43,850	$44,290	0.97	0.57
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	140	$37,220	$40,470	0.89	4.23
Fast Food and Counter Workers	4,510	$28,930	$30,460	29.04	1.17
File Clerks	140	$35,990	$37,490	0.90	1.91
Financial and Investment Analysts	60	$84,890	$88,960	0.41	0.18
Financial Examiners	110	$49,490	$63,340	0.74	1.70
Financial Managers	450	$146,130	$148,370	2.90	0.53
Firefighters	80	$56,410	$52,520	0.50	0.23
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	850	$63,680	$68,490	5.46	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	80	$67,220	$72,360	0.48	1.41
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	60	$52,130	$53,490	0.36	0.55
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,170	$37,160	$40,640	7.51	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	230	$47,420	$49,740	1.48	1.29
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	90	$59,160	$58,980	0.60	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	740	$79,390	$81,170	4.78	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	200	$84,450	$92,750	1.27	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,290	$58,520	$60,890	8.34	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	90	$41,440	$45,270	0.59	0.81
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	140	$83,150	$88,270	0.88	0.88
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,180	$76,030	$75,280	7.64	1.76
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	30	$38,030	$48,300	0.22	1.64
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,280	$40,560	$46,210	8.27	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	40	$93,310	$82,180	0.27	0.51
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	560	$60,440	$61,140	3.60	0.90
Floral Designers	90	$35,730	$35,870	0.57	2.19
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	80	$48,950	$50,050	0.49	3.75
Food Batchmakers	210	$44,180	$44,750	1.33	1.18
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	140	$36,790	$40,480	0.90	4.47
Food Preparation Workers	950	$32,640	$33,150	6.13	1.07
Food Processing Workers, All Other	730	$46,070	$45,970	4.69	11.21
Food Science Technicians	60	$48,770	$53,050	0.38	4.07
Food Scientists and Technologists	50	$58,440	$78,780	0.30	3.54
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	660	$31,260	$32,370	4.25	2.25
Food Service Managers	210	$58,510	$59,660	1.38	0.90
Forest and Conservation Technicians	30	$52,420	$55,610	0.21	1.09
Fundraisers	50	$65,480	$69,720	0.34	0.48
Fundraising Managers	30	$88,420	$99,590	0.20	0.79
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners	50	$29,250	$30,610	0.35	6.03
Gas Plant Operators	80	$87,370	$88,450	0.52	4.52
General and Operations Managers	3,630	$77,230	$95,390	23.40	1.04
General Internal Medicine Physicians	70	$376,690	$339,320	0.44	1.02
Glaziers	90	$58,110	$55,460	0.59	1.57
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	70	$62,930	$57,570	0.48	2.99
Graphic Designers	120	$47,550	$51,530	0.76	0.60
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	50	$38,980	$40,660	0.35	0.82
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	180	$35,360	$38,990	1.19	0.60
Health Education Specialists	30	$46,130	$50,360	0.21	0.49
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	50	$42,190	$47,870	0.33	1.35
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$64,820	$74,050	0.36	0.25
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	150	$40,880	$44,160	0.97	0.83
Healthcare Social Workers	150	$60,620	$60,910	0.95	0.78
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	80	$28,400	$35,980	0.49	0.70
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	560	$57,910	$58,220	3.59	1.36
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,040	$48,490	$52,040	19.60	1.48
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	120	$35,480	$33,860	0.75	1.22
Helpers--Production Workers	90	$49,600	$45,140	0.61	0.57
Highway Maintenance Workers	1,100	$48,430	$50,070	7.09	7.11
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,550	$35,790	$36,310	9.96	0.36
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	320	$28,290	$30,440	2.07	0.75
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	500	$29,560	$31,600	3.20	1.91
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	50	$44,500	$46,140	0.29	0.51
Human Resources Managers	110	$117,260	$125,580	0.72	0.51
Human Resources Specialists	650	$61,580	$65,190	4.18	0.71
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$56,190	$61,570	0.27	0.56
Industrial Engineers	220	$100,450	$102,810	1.44	0.61
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	680	$62,580	$63,430	4.40	1.56
Industrial Production Managers	440	$105,220	$116,860	2.84	1.79
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,220	$48,150	$49,620	7.85	1.58
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	60	$53,290	$52,780	0.37	0.42
Information Security Analysts	50	$99,470	$105,850	0.34	0.28
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	560	$50,220	$52,970	3.59	0.93
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	130	$45,790	$47,610	0.83	0.73
Instructional Coordinators	170	$73,740	$73,930	1.07	0.73
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	80	$43,080	$44,610	0.48	0.35
Insurance Sales Agents	1,000	$63,320	$77,560	6.42	2.08
Interior Designers	50	$57,250	$63,330	0.33	0.72
Interpreters and Translators	70	$47,760	$48,440	0.48	1.43
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	220	$39,420	$41,010	1.43	1.50
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,930	$36,170	$37,720	12.41	0.87
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	30	$202,550	$205,450	0.20	1.29
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	190	$60,590	$58,660	1.23	1.76
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	2,440	$45,480	$43,040	15.76	0.83
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,190	$37,290	$38,570	7.69	1.26
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	230	$34,790	$35,830	1.50	1.18
Lawyers	270	$76,050	$91,500	1.76	0.36
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	270	$34,320	$39,440	1.73	1.72
Legal Support Workers, All Other	40	$73,720	$73,840	0.23	0.77
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	310	$53,570	$54,930	2.01	2.34
Library Assistants, Clerical	70	$28,310	$30,320	0.44	0.80
Library Technicians	140	$31,310	$34,500	0.89	2.02
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,070	$62,050	$62,990	6.89	1.65
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	330	$28,080	$30,910	2.12	2.09
Light Truck Drivers	560	$43,340	$47,690	3.61	0.57
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	170	$46,950	$47,540	1.08	1.02
Loan Officers	530	$79,060	$84,050	3.41	1.93
Lodging Managers	60	$62,200	$66,160	0.40	1.46
Logisticians	90	$67,880	$75,040	0.55	0.34
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	40	$47,430	$43,400	0.26	0.95
Machinists	510	$49,380	$53,380	3.28	1.77
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	40	$89,180	$87,950	0.28	1.00
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,480	$32,710	$33,400	9.56	1.73
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,920	$48,740	$50,270	12.38	1.26
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	100	$59,410	$56,120	0.66	1.70
Management Analysts	70	$68,480	$72,970	0.43	0.08
Managers, All Other	200	$108,320	$112,830	1.27	0.32
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	300	$51,440	$57,100	1.92	0.33
Marketing Managers	90	$105,780	$112,850	0.57	0.22
Marriage and Family Therapists	80	$49,560	$51,120	0.50	1.16
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$76,210	$77,160	0.32	1.04
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	1,960	$47,110	$46,110	12.62	13.47
Mechanical Door Repairers	30	$51,500	$54,480	0.21	1.21
Mechanical Drafters	40	$50,280	$54,040	0.24	0.94
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	140	$80,050	$85,430	0.93	3.98
Mechanical Engineers	100	$79,310	$89,850	0.62	0.33
Medical and Health Services Managers	620	$107,990	$121,360	4.01	1.05
Medical Appliance Technicians	70	$54,770	$58,530	0.43	5.92
Medical Assistants	220	$47,560	$48,440	1.40	0.27
Medical Equipment Preparers	80	$45,910	$47,130	0.50	1.00
Medical Equipment Repairers	50	$48,420	$56,900	0.31	0.74
Medical Records Specialists	290	$48,460	$51,900	1.88	1.50
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	60	$80,220	$84,810	0.39	0.36
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	590	$45,110	$45,200	3.83	0.62
Medical Transcriptionists	60	$45,600	$45,240	0.38	1.43
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	30	$58,220	$56,480	0.21	0.23
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	90	$44,360	$45,120	0.57	0.67
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	40	$37,750	$42,840	0.24	0.23
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	700	$61,170	$63,200	4.53	1.14
Millwrights	100	$60,850	$58,910	0.66	2.54
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	1,930	$45,470	$45,110	12.42	1.37
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	270	$46,380	$47,550	1.76	2.88
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	160	$64,370	$67,380	1.06	0.94
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	170	$47,880	$50,310	1.07	1.11
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	60	$63,760	$63,360	0.39	2.44
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	60	$30,790	$35,110	0.37	1.23
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	210	$50,960	$51,710	1.35	1.69
Natural Sciences Managers	80	$106,330	$115,990	0.53	0.76
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	140	$80,160	$85,330	0.92	0.45
New Accounts Clerks	110	$44,530	$44,210	0.73	3.10
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	90	$36,960	$40,540	0.59	2.35
Nurse Anesthetists	50	$282,260	$279,040	0.33	0.98
Nurse Practitioners	340	$133,400	$131,670	2.16	1.04
Nursing Assistants	2,920	$40,020	$41,820	18.83	2.02
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	120	$76,340	$81,130	0.77	0.85
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	40	$59,180	$61,790	0.28	1.42
Occupational Therapists	200	$92,580	$92,120	1.30	1.24
Occupational Therapy Assistants	40	$57,540	$57,370	0.28	0.84
Office Clerks, General	1,640	$37,700	$38,860	10.56	0.67
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	490	$51,180	$57,030	3.14	1.02
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	70	$39,320	$41,040	0.44	0.97
Opticians, Dispensing	160	$36,400	$40,760	1.02	2.15
Optometrists	50	$109,990	$115,230	0.35	1.27
Order Clerks	50	$44,610	$44,530	0.32	0.65
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	80	$49,710	$49,540	0.52	2.25
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	890	$45,020	$44,690	5.73	2.35
Packers and Packagers, Hand	300	$39,630	$40,470	1.94	0.54
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	170	$47,160	$45,280	1.07	0.74
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	90	$47,520	$49,630	0.60	0.24
Paramedics	100	$58,970	$61,990	0.65	1.01
Parts Salespersons	590	$41,600	$42,940	3.79	2.18
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	130	$49,660	$51,480	0.84	0.85
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	110	$49,230	$48,040	0.72	4.16
Petroleum Engineers	30	$130,230	$129,310	0.20	1.73
Pharmacists	410	$128,620	$133,380	2.61	1.26
Pharmacy Aides	70	$28,810	$32,240	0.45	1.76
Pharmacy Technicians	460	$40,470	$42,990	2.98	0.98
Phlebotomists	90	$38,530	$40,300	0.57	0.62
Physical Therapist Aides	160	$28,080	$32,860	1.05	3.39
Physical Therapist Assistants	180	$61,170	$61,040	1.15	1.58
Physical Therapists	310	$92,220	$95,880	2.02	1.18
Physician Assistants	180	$134,440	$136,110	1.14	1.09
Physicians, All Other	70	$446,660	$379,380	0.45	0.20
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	50	$47,910	$51,850	0.30	1.42
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	570	$56,620	$58,110	3.65	1.22
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	710	$64,670	$65,700	4.56	1.06
Postal Service Clerks	250	$57,430	$54,640	1.58	3.33
Postal Service Mail Carriers	480	$54,330	$57,770	3.07	1.45
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	40	$64,160	$62,330	0.26	0.38
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	50	$91,830	$90,120	0.34	3.85
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	180	$57,800	$59,010	1.17	1.22
Power Distributors and Dispatchers	—	$99,520	$94,440	—	—
Power Plant Operators	190	$98,210	$94,590	1.25	6.62
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	240	$52,820	$52,990	1.55	0.50
Printing Press Operators	140	$40,000	$42,940	0.90	0.97
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	110	$68,230	$65,520	0.70	1.21
Procurement Clerks	150	$45,230	$47,810	0.98	2.74
Production Workers, All Other	130	$54,420	$52,030	0.82	0.51
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	230	$57,780	$59,760	1.50	0.60
Project Management Specialists	170	$79,700	$85,150	1.09	0.16
Property Appraisers and Assessors	110	$61,180	$62,900	0.69	1.89
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	90	$46,630	$59,970	0.61	0.30
Psychiatric Technicians	110	$45,420	$52,570	0.68	0.67
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$72,340	$70,730	0.21	0.78
Public Relations Managers	30	$89,540	$90,540	0.20	0.41
Public Relations Specialists	130	$58,200	$62,780	0.87	0.48
Public Safety Telecommunicators	220	$48,270	$48,290	1.39	2.11
Purchasing Managers	60	$114,170	$120,360	0.39	0.72
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	320	$73,030	$75,280	2.09	1.41
Real Estate Sales Agents	140	$62,740	$65,810	0.87	0.70
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,010	$35,840	$36,510	6.49	1.11
Recreation Workers	260	$36,570	$37,510	1.70	0.80
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	190	$48,590	$47,070	1.23	1.30
Registered Nurses	3,790	$82,900	$85,380	24.46	1.13
Rehabilitation Counselors	40	$51,950	$55,060	0.28	0.46
Residential Advisors	—	$47,020	$44,980	—	—
Respiratory Therapists	130	$83,510	$83,470	0.82	0.92
Retail Salespersons	3,380	$31,100	$35,570	21.79	0.87
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	80	$42,960	$42,330	0.49	3.00
Roofers	210	$44,510	$46,030	1.33	1.53
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	110	$48,520	$47,350	0.69	1.16
Sales Managers	260	$104,010	$131,090	1.66	0.40
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	410	$53,840	$60,590	2.65	0.33
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,280	$69,990	$75,660	8.26	1.04
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	190	$81,320	$85,250	1.24	0.68
School Psychologists	60	$80,690	$84,050	0.37	0.90
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,590	$62,480	$62,670	10.24	1.50
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2,720	$43,900	$45,120	17.54	1.60
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	140	$95,610	$154,820	0.88	0.28
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	40	$51,020	$52,490	0.24	0.43
Security Guards	380	$42,640	$46,940	2.45	0.30
Self-Enrichment Teachers	230	$33,090	$39,720	1.49	0.70
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	190	$46,400	$48,940	1.20	3.10
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	—	$49,260	$50,620	—	—
Sewing Machine Operators	40	$34,840	$35,890	0.24	0.36
Sheet Metal Workers	30	$46,660	$51,290	0.20	0.27
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	830	$46,290	$45,790	5.32	1.01
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	260	$34,900	$34,620	1.66	1.04
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	1,210	$46,360	$46,370	7.81	17.37
Social and Community Service Managers	200	$66,620	$75,050	1.29	0.96
Social and Human Service Assistants	290	$37,280	$37,110	1.85	0.66
Software Developers	140	$109,990	$113,410	0.87	0.08
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	40	$79,580	$88,810	0.25	0.20
Soil and Plant Scientists	240	$82,200	$77,860	1.56	15.45
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	430	$64,470	$65,190	2.80	1.67
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	180	$63,110	$61,730	1.16	1.90
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	270	$62,230	$63,270	1.77	1.68
Speech-Language Pathologists	200	$77,850	$81,710	1.26	1.07
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	70	$62,000	$62,850	0.45	2.46
Stockers and Order Fillers	2,770	$35,120	$38,150	17.89	0.98
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	—	$64,450	$62,670	—	—
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	140	$44,290	$47,720	0.89	2.63
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	250	$64,590	$68,870	1.60	0.51
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	700	$39,370	$38,300	4.50	1.33
Surgical Technologists	140	$63,360	$61,840	0.92	1.22
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	80	$47,540	$48,870	0.53	1.42
Surveyors	80	$61,920	$68,580	0.51	1.56
Tax Preparers	60	$39,600	$39,900	0.36	0.74
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,550	$33,780	$34,120	16.45	1.80
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	50	$29,120	$38,560	0.29	0.28
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	280	$59,680	$62,350	1.81	2.00
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	70	$55,120	$59,130	0.46	0.73
Tellers	1,030	$37,340	$40,040	6.67	3.15
Tire Repairers and Changers	250	$36,640	$37,060	1.59	2.28
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	50	$47,730	$51,020	0.33	1.07
Tool and Die Makers	60	$69,620	$70,720	0.36	0.98
Tour and Travel Guides	50	$28,080	$30,150	0.30	0.87
Training and Development Managers	40	$133,150	$133,770	0.24	0.77
Training and Development Specialists	400	$64,770	$77,110	2.58	0.87
Transportation Security Screeners	40	$51,390	$57,190	0.26	0.79
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	200	$97,350	$97,400	1.29	0.91
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	—	$42,680	$44,450	—	—
Tutors	70	$35,760	$41,370	0.44	0.39
Urban and Regional Planners	60	$80,070	$75,880	0.36	1.28
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	40	$28,530	$29,260	0.26	0.33
Veterinarians	160	$102,950	$111,730	1.06	1.97
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	190	$35,600	$34,400	1.22	1.49
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	160	$42,800	$41,290	1.05	1.26
Waiters and Waitresses	2,030	$28,500	$35,960	13.10	0.90
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	190	$59,170	$58,740	1.23	1.49
Web and Digital Interface Designers	60	$52,670	$57,750	0.39	0.53
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	150	$48,200	$48,880	0.98	2.85
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	810	$53,290	$54,570	5.20	1.94
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$51,070	$50,820	0.30	1.50
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	30	$41,390	$41,750	0.20	0.51
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	50	$57,890	$58,730	0.35	2.96

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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