Wages by Occupation in Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 186,460 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $39,400 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	1,160	$64,640	$74,730	6.22	0.67
Administrative Services Managers	160	$93,910	$104,400	0.88	0.52
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	30	$48,950	$51,850	0.17	0.71
Advertising Sales Agents	50	$35,840	$46,910	0.24	0.41
Agricultural Equipment Operators	40	$33,280	$36,380	0.19	1.04
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	60	$55,840	$59,260	0.34	0.38
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	280	$25,430	$27,250	1.51	0.59
Animal Caretakers	210	$27,760	$28,790	1.12	0.65
Animal Control Workers	80	$34,270	$34,830	0.44	5.67
Anthropologists and Archeologists	30	$49,710	$52,020	0.17	2.88
Architectural and Civil Drafters	90	$50,580	$52,150	0.48	0.72
Architectural and Engineering Managers	90	$142,490	$154,030	0.48	0.34
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$50,460	$52,440	0.40	0.67
Audio and Video Technicians	30	$44,920	$47,510	0.16	0.36
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	110	$30,810	$33,110	0.60	0.92
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	200	$46,320	$47,020	1.08	1.12
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,010	$44,870	$47,700	5.42	1.20
Bakers	150	$28,480	$28,450	0.83	0.55
Bartenders	610	$21,690	$26,360	3.30	0.68
Bill and Account Collectors	100	$39,360	$42,950	0.52	0.51
Billing and Posting Clerks	420	$40,370	$42,600	2.25	0.86
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$48,250	$50,690	0.23	0.70
Biological Scientists, All Other	50	$67,200	$72,120	0.24	0.68
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,940	$41,620	$44,250	10.41	1.18
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	60	$46,140	$50,260	0.29	0.87
Budget Analysts	30	$60,250	$68,130	0.17	0.55
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	490	$51,080	$52,570	2.62	1.40
Bus Drivers, School	450	$31,800	$33,970	2.43	0.94
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	220	$47,940	$49,450	1.18	1.16
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	330	$79,440	$84,590	1.75	0.25
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$67,240	$69,960	0.47	0.90
Butchers and Meat Cutters	240	$30,120	$32,660	1.26	1.44
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	340	$64,110	$67,590	1.83	0.58
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	40	$38,430	$38,170	0.21	0.42
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	40	$46,100	$55,980	0.20	0.49
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	310	$62,230	$63,010	1.64	2.24
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	200	$55,560	$56,050	1.08	1.51
Carpenters	290	$47,090	$48,320	1.56	0.36
Cashiers	5,810	$27,150	$26,620	31.17	1.57
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	150	$43,480	$43,160	0.83	0.62
Chefs and Head Cooks	120	$56,390	$55,810	0.67	0.52
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	60	$42,890	$42,550	0.30	0.34
Chemical Technicians	70	$60,660	$67,660	0.39	1.04
Chemists	40	$87,920	$87,730	0.22	0.42
Chief Executives	200	$126,890	$162,810	1.06	0.81
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,160	$43,950	$47,600	6.22	2.46
Childcare Workers	1,210	$29,040	$31,030	6.48	1.94
Chiropractors	40	$79,670	$101,860	0.23	0.90
Civil Engineers	90	$92,690	$96,940	0.50	0.21
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	110	$83,780	$83,510	0.61	0.29
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	400	$30,100	$32,270	2.17	0.89
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	70	$38,430	$38,630	0.37	3.93
Clergy	60	$59,110	$57,880	0.33	0.89
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	70	$79,140	$87,500	0.39	0.80
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	420	$57,270	$56,310	2.25	1.05
Coaches and Scouts	240	$45,350	$46,280	1.27	0.79
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	370	$36,850	$40,650	1.96	1.92
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	170	$48,160	$44,370	0.91	5.36
Community Health Workers	130	$44,220	$45,020	0.70	1.77
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	90	$61,320	$63,110	0.47	0.66
Compliance Officers	370	$55,450	$59,230	1.98	0.74
Computer and Information Systems Managers	180	$105,640	$117,360	0.99	0.23
Computer Network Architects	60	$105,300	$105,220	0.30	0.26
Computer Network Support Specialists	90	$72,750	$73,510	0.46	0.49
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	100	$43,980	$46,430	0.55	0.50
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	40	$56,370	$62,290	0.20	1.08
Computer Occupations, All Other	150	$91,920	$95,880	0.79	0.28
Computer Systems Analysts	120	$81,540	$90,940	0.65	0.19
Computer User Support Specialists	760	$47,400	$49,060	4.09	0.89
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	30	$46,560	$46,510	0.17	0.41
Conservation Scientists	60	$68,110	$70,900	0.33	1.98
Construction and Building Inspectors	250	$56,940	$56,630	1.33	1.41
Construction Laborers	1,100	$37,290	$40,770	5.92	0.84
Construction Managers	130	$88,970	$98,310	0.71	0.29
Continuous Mining Machine Operators	90	$46,800	$48,480	0.49	5.46
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	120	$49,990	$56,800	0.62	2.01
Cooks, Fast Food	870	$25,530	$25,470	4.65	1.13
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1,600	$28,300	$29,030	8.60	3.03
Cooks, Restaurant	1,880	$29,440	$31,160	10.10	1.11
Cooks, Short Order	—	$29,760	$28,330	—	—
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	50	$34,740	$46,060	0.28	6.32
Correctional Officers and Jailers	890	$44,680	$42,350	4.77	1.95
Cost Estimators	100	$64,030	$67,600	0.56	0.39
Counter and Rental Clerks	370	$36,630	$41,850	1.98	0.77
Couriers and Messengers	50	$37,890	$36,020	0.27	0.62
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	520	$41,540	$42,600	2.81	2.43
Crane and Tower Operators	140	$54,080	$60,400	0.74	2.68
Credit Analysts	40	$57,610	$66,960	0.20	0.47
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	50	$42,840	$43,830	0.26	3.40
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$39,680	$41,150	0.29	1.75
Customer Service Representatives	2,560	$37,360	$39,320	13.74	0.82
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	100	$35,950	$37,880	0.53	1.83
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	340	$37,890	$40,490	1.81	1.65
Data Entry Keyers	100	$35,810	$35,450	0.55	0.67
Data Scientists	60	$76,230	$88,530	0.34	0.20
Dental Assistants	470	$44,620	$44,610	2.50	1.00
Dental Hygienists	180	$100,120	$95,080	0.95	0.67
Dentists, General	90	$159,290	$171,090	0.49	0.61
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	40	$55,240	$61,510	0.22	3.24
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	140	$64,360	$73,620	0.73	0.99
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	80	$85,830	$83,780	0.41	0.70
Dietitians and Nutritionists	90	$64,620	$63,060	0.46	0.92
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	590	$25,340	$25,250	3.19	0.91
Dishwashers	540	$26,830	$25,850	2.92	0.95
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	260	$39,830	$44,650	1.41	1.08
Driver/Sales Workers	560	$26,640	$29,390	3.00	1.14
Editors	40	$45,570	$52,220	0.23	0.39
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	640	$82,900	$86,400	3.44	1.63
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	130	$78,190	$88,800	0.72	0.62
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	110	$46,260	$53,170	0.57	1.20
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$58,330	$55,060	0.30	0.78
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	610	$52,720	$54,360	3.30	1.45
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	80	$82,800	$83,600	0.42	0.69
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	80	$73,130	$70,910	0.43	1.03
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	60	$101,760	$95,120	0.34	2.55
Electrical Engineers	140	$121,200	$127,990	0.74	0.58
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	510	$72,550	$75,240	2.76	3.27
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	130	$34,550	$37,950	0.68	0.43
Electricians	820	$58,870	$64,260	4.42	0.91
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	3,130	$47,440	$47,860	16.79	1.88
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	40	$38,450	$43,300	0.20	0.21
Emergency Management Directors	60	$57,990	$65,960	0.30	3.45
Emergency Medical Technicians	470	$35,510	$35,830	2.52	2.17
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	40	$82,120	$84,480	0.23	0.60
Engineers, All Other	40	$100,420	$104,590	0.22	0.22
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$35,790	$42,630	0.46	1.24
Environmental Engineers	30	$111,260	$114,310	0.18	0.72
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	40	$44,030	$48,630	0.20	0.88
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	40	$66,900	$69,070	0.20	0.34
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	340	$46,490	$48,460	1.83	8.26
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	220	$52,000	$55,940	1.19	0.40
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	180	$39,500	$43,270	0.96	0.46
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	330	$55,180	$56,080	1.76	53.63
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	240	$36,700	$41,240	1.30	3.33
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	—	$42,180	$43,990	—	—
Facilities Managers	100	$83,780	$93,800	0.55	0.54
Family Medicine Physicians	250	$244,640	$236,810	1.34	1.93
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	160	$30,800	$33,160	0.84	0.49
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	140	$38,830	$35,060	0.75	3.57
Fast Food and Counter Workers	5,690	$22,750	$23,600	30.53	1.23
File Clerks	190	$35,380	$36,110	1.01	2.15
Financial and Investment Analysts	60	$86,950	$136,120	0.33	0.14
Financial Managers	470	$107,650	$134,730	2.54	0.47
Firefighters	660	$44,340	$49,250	3.53	1.59
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,100	$64,040	$71,780	5.91	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	160	$55,390	$57,650	0.85	2.47
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	110	$36,440	$40,750	0.60	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	50	$66,020	$66,110	0.24	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	330	$75,690	$75,720	1.80	2.82
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	2,430	$31,030	$35,460	13.05	1.66
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers	470	$63,080	$60,950	2.50	14.97
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	530	$41,050	$43,320	2.82	2.45
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	120	$57,210	$56,930	0.67	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1,050	$65,960	$74,410	5.61	1.41
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	190	$76,610	$85,690	1.01	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	2,000	$54,950	$59,830	10.70	1.16
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	140	$44,700	$47,740	0.76	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	360	$76,930	$79,330	1.93	1.94
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,160	$67,850	$74,600	6.24	1.44
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,890	$39,500	$46,200	10.14	1.41
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	320	$48,780	$50,980	1.71	3.27
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	720	$59,810	$62,670	3.86	0.96
Floral Designers	40	$24,060	$27,620	0.20	0.76
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	60	$37,670	$36,380	0.32	2.42
Food Batchmakers	90	$39,410	$38,600	0.47	0.42
Food Preparation Workers	900	$22,110	$24,630	4.80	0.84
Food Processing Workers, All Other	130	$41,380	$40,590	0.69	1.66
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	230	$24,080	$27,430	1.24	0.66
Food Service Managers	200	$61,020	$66,440	1.05	0.69
Forest and Conservation Technicians	50	$56,620	$59,410	0.27	1.35
Fundraisers	50	$58,220	$57,870	0.29	0.41
Funeral Attendants	90	$28,170	$29,860	0.46	2.32
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	130	$42,970	$41,980	0.67	7.33
Gambling Cage Workers	640	$24,960	$28,630	3.42	36.80
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers	370	$27,820	$28,210	1.98	14.29
Gambling Dealers	980	$23,720	$23,220	5.25	9.72
Gambling Managers	70	$76,430	$70,790	0.35	10.94
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators	420	$40,890	$40,450	2.27	37.03
Gas Plant Operators	120	$76,960	$77,490	0.67	5.78
General and Operations Managers	4,210	$77,980	$95,290	22.58	1.00
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	30	$91,490	$85,410	0.17	1.14
Graphic Designers	110	$46,500	$51,810	0.58	0.46
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	220	$39,500	$42,840	1.17	2.71
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	60	$28,080	$33,340	0.34	0.17
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	80	$39,140	$42,000	0.40	1.21
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	80	$92,840	$98,540	0.43	3.15
Health Education Specialists	110	$53,430	$56,720	0.59	1.40
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	100	$41,130	$39,830	0.51	2.10
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$63,190	$64,460	0.36	0.25
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	130	$47,660	$46,920	0.71	0.60
Healthcare Social Workers	380	$50,100	$52,670	2.02	1.67
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	510	$57,530	$55,260	2.71	1.03
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,650	$51,090	$56,640	19.59	1.48
Helpers--Electricians	210	$44,270	$44,410	1.11	2.71
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	220	$29,620	$32,740	1.17	1.90
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	80	$33,280	$36,280	0.42	1.47
Helpers--Production Workers	400	$36,240	$36,210	2.13	2.00
Highway Maintenance Workers	780	$36,600	$38,430	4.18	4.20
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,900	$26,090	$27,020	15.56	0.56
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	620	$22,270	$23,850	3.32	1.19
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	490	$27,680	$29,680	2.65	1.58
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	50	$38,690	$40,390	0.28	0.48
Human Resources Managers	120	$99,520	$115,860	0.65	0.46
Human Resources Specialists	840	$55,550	$61,390	4.51	0.77
Industrial Engineers	170	$92,460	$100,030	0.91	0.39
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	710	$60,800	$64,630	3.80	1.34
Industrial Production Managers	270	$109,210	$119,620	1.46	0.92
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,290	$45,780	$46,340	6.93	1.39
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	110	$43,260	$45,120	0.58	0.67
Information Security Analysts	50	$94,820	$107,190	0.26	0.21
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	850	$44,030	$48,630	4.58	1.19
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	50	$62,320	$63,920	0.28	0.25
Instructional Coordinators	130	$60,190	$62,920	0.70	0.48
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	—	$42,220	$45,600	—	—
Insurance Sales Agents	550	$46,010	$59,050	2.98	0.97
Interpreters and Translators	40	$50,760	$51,040	0.23	0.67
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	100	$36,260	$37,320	0.55	0.58
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	—	$31,040	$31,590	—	—
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	200	$46,140	$47,640	1.05	1.50
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	3,290	$37,140	$37,290	17.65	0.93
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	940	$35,080	$34,000	5.05	0.82
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	350	$26,850	$26,890	1.86	1.46
Lawyers	200	$99,880	$114,090	1.08	0.22
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	220	$35,360	$36,080	1.15	1.15
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	220	$51,280	$48,790	1.18	1.37
Library Assistants, Clerical	80	$21,690	$25,500	0.45	0.81
Library Technicians	70	$28,550	$30,680	0.38	0.87
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,880	$56,970	$55,610	10.11	2.42
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	130	$27,040	$28,740	0.69	0.69
Light Truck Drivers	760	$37,570	$45,150	4.05	0.64
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	370	$38,260	$42,430	2.00	1.89
Loan Officers	600	$63,690	$82,100	3.23	1.83
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants	30	$28,390	$30,760	0.19	1.87
Lodging Managers	50	$50,190	$50,700	0.28	1.04
Logging Equipment Operators	110	$49,270	$44,340	0.61	4.49
Logisticians	170	$79,040	$80,750	0.91	0.56
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	90	$35,100	$40,650	0.50	1.84
Machinists	410	$47,370	$48,780	2.22	1.20
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,840	$30,010	$29,660	9.88	1.79
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,920	$39,350	$43,020	15.65	1.59
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	200	$58,810	$55,050	1.07	2.76
Managers, All Other	50	$119,150	$119,980	0.28	0.07
Manicurists and Pedicurists	30	$29,300	$38,490	0.17	0.17
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	400	$52,000	$59,630	2.12	0.37
Marketing Managers	60	$109,010	$104,620	0.34	0.13
Massage Therapists	40	$64,250	$80,700	0.19	0.30
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$48,190	$46,050	0.27	0.89
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	700	$36,170	$36,470	3.76	4.02
Mechanical Door Repairers	70	$46,790	$42,710	0.38	2.16
Mechanical Drafters	50	$50,260	$52,360	0.29	1.12
Mechanical Engineers	110	$84,210	$89,500	0.58	0.30
Medical and Health Services Managers	610	$88,880	$103,140	3.29	0.86
Medical Assistants	880	$36,910	$37,810	4.72	0.90
Medical Equipment Preparers	50	$36,970	$37,510	0.29	0.58
Medical Equipment Repairers	50	$44,440	$44,910	0.29	0.68
Medical Records Specialists	250	$46,070	$48,990	1.37	1.09
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	950	$36,950	$37,910	5.10	0.82
Medical Transcriptionists	70	$26,840	$32,940	0.35	1.33
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	120	$45,570	$48,860	0.67	0.73
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	240	$41,240	$42,400	1.29	1.51
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	110	$35,640	$38,610	0.59	0.55
Meter Readers, Utilities	70	$39,360	$42,860	0.38	3.03
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,050	$47,780	$50,530	5.65	1.42
Millwrights	150	$50,790	$55,310	0.79	3.05
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	930	$37,210	$39,400	4.98	0.55
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	160	$37,560	$40,810	0.88	1.44
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	400	$56,740	$58,430	2.16	1.90
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	70	$40,660	$40,610	0.37	1.74
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	470	$46,320	$47,410	2.49	2.58
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	60	$50,200	$55,030	0.31	1.93
Motorcycle Mechanics	40	$45,260	$45,520	0.21	2.46
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	290	$44,340	$41,420	1.58	1.97
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	140	$71,460	$78,700	0.73	0.36
New Accounts Clerks	110	$45,840	$44,670	0.61	2.56
Nurse Practitioners	300	$131,140	$131,010	1.60	0.77
Nursing Assistants	2,380	$34,870	$34,410	12.77	1.37
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$61,680	$62,670	0.49	0.97
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	230	$78,470	$79,510	1.25	1.38
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	40	$51,820	$58,820	0.21	1.08
Occupational Therapists	70	$102,840	$99,990	0.36	0.34
Occupational Therapy Assistants	140	$64,180	$61,270	0.74	2.23
Office Clerks, General	3,350	$34,560	$35,570	17.99	1.13
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	980	$46,310	$48,370	5.28	1.72
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	90	$35,690	$38,530	0.49	1.07
Opticians, Dispensing	130	$41,060	$42,310	0.70	1.49
Optometrists	80	$75,730	$91,220	0.43	1.56
Order Clerks	40	$43,290	$41,390	0.23	0.47
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	50	$42,630	$44,900	0.26	1.11
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	210	$36,450	$37,840	1.14	0.47
Packers and Packagers, Hand	610	$36,190	$34,920	3.27	0.91
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	140	$40,280	$43,050	0.75	0.52
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	120	$54,730	$52,620	0.67	0.26
Paramedics	280	$44,720	$45,620	1.49	2.30
Parking Attendants	—	$17,510	$20,080	—	—
Parts Salespersons	440	$35,420	$36,190	2.34	1.35
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	80	$45,720	$44,040	0.42	1.56
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	270	$46,190	$47,820	1.44	1.46
Personal Financial Advisors	60	$79,010	$82,060	0.30	0.17
Pest Control Workers	140	$38,400	$39,720	0.76	1.15
Petroleum Engineers	80	$131,760	$130,270	0.45	3.91
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	340	$92,760	$94,910	1.85	8.67
Pharmacists	360	$134,420	$135,350	1.90	0.92
Pharmacy Aides	100	$28,750	$29,100	0.54	2.10
Pharmacy Technicians	720	$39,490	$41,260	3.87	1.27
Phlebotomists	190	$37,330	$38,310	1.01	1.09
Physical Therapist Aides	30	$29,790	$29,210	0.18	0.58
Physical Therapist Assistants	220	$61,840	$62,150	1.19	1.65
Physical Therapists	180	$96,400	$97,330	0.97	0.57
Physician Assistants	130	$150,590	$143,790	0.71	0.69
Physicians, All Other	160	$257,490	$233,980	0.88	0.40
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	570	$48,150	$51,010	3.06	1.02
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,800	$56,000	$56,890	9.64	2.24
Postal Service Clerks	210	$58,880	$58,560	1.14	2.40
Postal Service Mail Carriers	540	$57,470	$59,630	2.89	1.37
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	60	$93,740	$94,400	0.31	3.50
Power Plant Operators	80	$85,900	$85,410	0.45	2.40
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	860	$35,800	$36,860	4.60	1.49
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	30	$24,440	$25,970	0.19	1.10
Printing Press Operators	60	$34,790	$34,750	0.33	0.36
Private Detectives and Investigators	40	$37,210	$43,470	0.19	0.84
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	160	$50,380	$50,290	0.85	1.48
Procurement Clerks	90	$47,790	$48,030	0.50	1.38
Production Workers, All Other	260	$44,850	$46,300	1.38	0.85
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	390	$48,690	$52,300	2.08	0.83
Project Management Specialists	580	$74,390	$80,410	3.10	0.45
Property Appraisers and Assessors	160	$47,790	$54,370	0.84	2.29
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	120	$61,870	$76,320	0.63	0.31
Psychiatric Technicians	100	$37,540	$40,760	0.52	0.51
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$51,300	$48,830	0.36	1.34
Public Relations Specialists	190	$63,090	$71,360	1.01	0.56
Public Safety Telecommunicators	350	$35,950	$38,720	1.87	2.83
Purchasing Managers	30	$104,740	$106,530	0.19	0.34
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	310	$65,660	$69,000	1.64	1.11
Real Estate Sales Agents	210	$50,220	$78,990	1.10	0.89
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,030	$34,450	$33,030	5.51	0.94
Recreation Workers	250	$30,750	$32,850	1.35	0.63
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	370	$36,960	$38,600	2.01	2.12
Registered Nurses	3,220	$77,470	$78,090	17.25	0.79
Rehabilitation Counselors	240	$40,680	$41,140	1.27	2.08
Residential Advisors	240	$36,820	$36,550	1.29	2.36
Respiratory Therapists	130	$74,190	$75,510	0.68	0.75
Retail Salespersons	4,040	$28,740	$31,750	21.67	0.86
Riggers	30	$55,360	$54,880	0.18	1.23
Rock Splitters, Quarry	90	$40,120	$39,750	0.49	23.19
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	60	$42,640	$45,260	0.30	1.86
Roofers	30	$38,670	$43,690	0.16	0.19
Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas	110	$60,130	$60,640	0.59	7.30
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	430	$50,650	$52,730	2.31	7.98
Sales Managers	180	$127,180	$149,500	0.98	0.24
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	520	$61,230	$67,690	2.78	0.34
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,120	$54,920	$66,060	5.98	0.75
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	150	$70,180	$77,360	0.82	0.45
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	80	$36,280	$38,740	0.43	1.65
School Psychologists	30	$63,370	$65,240	0.17	0.42
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	2,230	$47,610	$51,130	11.96	1.75
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2,690	$37,820	$38,540	14.43	1.31
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	140	$66,580	$109,230	0.75	0.24
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	90	$45,180	$47,990	0.49	0.88
Security Guards	1,640	$38,870	$38,020	8.82	1.07
Self-Enrichment Teachers	200	$47,870	$51,090	1.05	0.49
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	120	$37,010	$39,800	0.67	3.37
Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	470	$49,070	$57,830	2.54	9.15
Sewing Machine Operators	50	$27,020	$29,480	0.25	0.38
Sheet Metal Workers	40	$54,870	$55,890	0.23	0.30
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	710	$39,600	$44,040	3.81	0.73
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	200	$31,730	$32,640	1.07	0.67
Skincare Specialists	50	$33,930	$40,900	0.25	0.53
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	220	$34,340	$33,600	1.20	2.67
Social and Community Service Managers	200	$66,460	$68,600	1.10	0.81
Social and Human Service Assistants	540	$30,980	$34,590	2.92	1.04
Software Developers	170	$99,990	$108,940	0.89	0.08
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	30	$65,800	$70,170	0.18	0.15
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	370	$47,850	$49,760	1.97	1.17
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	100	$50,000	$53,000	0.53	0.87
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	160	$51,430	$53,830	0.87	0.83
Speech-Language Pathologists	180	$78,500	$84,120	0.97	0.82
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	40	$49,130	$57,120	0.20	1.12
Stockers and Order Fillers	3,980	$34,520	$36,270	21.37	1.17
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	150	$46,260	$48,860	0.81	1.84
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	40	$43,080	$45,470	0.20	0.61
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	610	$62,400	$62,030	3.30	1.04
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	740	$22,560	$27,100	3.96	1.17
Surgical Technologists	130	$52,320	$56,250	0.69	0.92
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	50	$51,390	$49,630	0.26	0.70
Surveyors	70	$54,180	$53,990	0.38	1.15
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	80	$36,040	$33,830	0.45	2.04
Tax Preparers	140	$36,830	$49,820	0.73	1.49
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,090	$22,570	$23,950	11.20	1.23
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	50	$32,550	$35,260	0.26	0.25
Technical Writers	40	$65,370	$65,480	0.23	0.80
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	160	$47,840	$54,130	0.87	0.96
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	140	$44,720	$52,700	0.74	1.19
Tellers	1,010	$34,820	$35,190	5.42	2.56
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	130	$46,500	$45,230	0.67	2.15
Tool and Die Makers	40	$42,320	$50,250	0.22	0.60
Training and Development Specialists	430	$57,990	$64,660	2.30	0.78
Transit and Railroad Police	60	$60,990	$59,330	0.32	11.40
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	130	$77,370	$89,960	0.71	0.50
Tutors	130	$29,340	$36,700	0.68	0.60
Urban and Regional Planners	50	$78,020	$78,570	0.25	0.87
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	380	$26,260	$27,460	2.05	2.62
Veterinarians	100	$97,500	$92,180	0.54	1.00
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	190	$29,720	$33,020	1.02	1.25
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	140	$37,080	$39,920	0.75	0.91
Waiters and Waitresses	2,910	$16,990	$21,790	15.61	1.07
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	450	$38,360	$43,040	2.39	2.89
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	140	$46,580	$44,340	0.78	2.26
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,280	$45,680	$46,840	6.87	2.56
Wellhead Pumpers	150	$54,380	$55,520	0.82	7.07
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	100	$36,680	$43,300	0.52	1.30
Writers and Authors	30	$43,040	$56,110	0.17	0.53

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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