Wages by Occupation in Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 196,540 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $46,330 for all occupations combined. 397 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	1,090	$72,580	$77,070	5.54	0.59
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	170	$40,380	$42,420	0.84	11.36
Administrative Services Managers	220	$92,590	$105,430	1.10	0.65
Advertising Sales Agents	30	$33,960	$38,540	0.16	0.27
Agricultural Equipment Operators	70	$45,940	$48,500	0.37	2.04
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	690	$27,230	$29,380	3.51	1.37
Animal Caretakers	250	$29,440	$29,010	1.25	0.73
Architectural and Civil Drafters	100	$59,950	$61,270	0.51	0.76
Architectural and Engineering Managers	260	$143,620	$147,520	1.34	0.95
Athletic Trainers	50	$59,450	$59,650	0.24	1.21
Audio and Video Technicians	40	$53,360	$54,810	0.19	0.42
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	90	$31,410	$33,270	0.47	0.72
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	180	$50,500	$54,100	0.90	0.93
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	850	$45,750	$50,100	4.32	0.95
Bakers	120	$28,260	$31,770	0.61	0.40
Bartenders	780	$22,500	$25,050	3.99	0.82
Bill and Account Collectors	50	$44,100	$45,430	0.27	0.26
Billing and Posting Clerks	400	$45,240	$46,740	2.04	0.79
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,720	$45,710	$46,270	8.77	0.99
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	80	$64,480	$67,330	0.40	1.18
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	50	$32,950	$36,810	0.24	1.79
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	570	$56,970	$55,380	2.91	1.56
Bus Drivers, School	900	$44,690	$41,990	4.58	1.77
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	820	$108,430	$108,290	4.20	0.60
Butchers and Meat Cutters	160	$43,230	$43,620	0.83	0.95
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	670	$65,370	$75,050	3.40	1.08
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	1,210	$45,320	$43,190	6.18	12.45
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	280	$57,280	$60,550	1.42	1.93
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	40	$60,940	$62,060	0.19	0.26
Cargo and Freight Agents	30	$48,820	$56,290	0.16	0.25
Carpenters	1,030	$50,380	$55,810	5.26	1.22
Cashiers	5,210	$28,030	$28,290	26.53	1.34
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	180	$50,140	$54,450	0.91	0.68
Chefs and Head Cooks	60	$56,330	$59,860	0.29	0.23
Chemical Engineers	40	$126,690	$126,850	0.21	1.59
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	260	$51,570	$53,540	1.32	1.47
Chemical Technicians	110	$58,900	$69,840	0.58	1.58
Chemists	90	$88,580	$96,440	0.47	0.89
Chief Executives	60	$210,650	$284,030	0.29	0.22
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	480	$49,080	$51,440	2.45	0.97
Childcare Workers	450	$29,670	$30,460	2.30	0.69
Chiropractors	110	$62,780	$76,750	0.54	2.10
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	120	$65,820	$66,010	0.62	1.41
Civil Engineers	290	$88,990	$93,510	1.48	0.63
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	30	$75,970	$77,090	0.17	0.08
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	260	$30,920	$33,410	1.34	0.55
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	90	$36,190	$37,410	0.48	5.03
Clergy	30	$49,420	$51,110	0.18	0.48
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	50	$87,040	$107,900	0.27	0.56
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	190	$63,720	$64,010	0.99	0.46
Coaches and Scouts	220	$41,700	$48,260	1.09	0.68
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	50	$43,590	$44,310	0.24	1.43
Community Health Workers	80	$47,210	$49,290	0.42	1.06
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	40	$62,420	$64,710	0.20	0.27
Compliance Officers	230	$76,700	$83,170	1.17	0.44
Computer and Information Research Scientists	130	$108,490	$110,920	0.66	2.76
Computer and Information Systems Managers	210	$127,980	$138,410	1.09	0.25
Computer Hardware Engineers	160	$97,780	$101,550	0.81	1.64
Computer Network Architects	50	$98,330	$104,090	0.27	0.23
Computer Network Support Specialists	260	$64,820	$70,230	1.32	1.40
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	1,810	$59,100	$60,570	9.21	8.45
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	120	$62,710	$66,060	0.61	3.34
Computer Occupations, All Other	240	$116,400	$110,280	1.22	0.44
Computer Programmers	40	$96,990	$94,900	0.22	0.38
Computer Systems Analysts	280	$82,290	$90,250	1.41	0.42
Computer User Support Specialists	610	$49,350	$54,100	3.11	0.67
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	100	$45,020	$44,990	0.52	1.23
Conservation Scientists	40	$82,080	$85,700	0.21	1.24
Construction and Building Inspectors	60	$59,740	$61,330	0.31	0.33
Construction Laborers	2,170	$48,860	$51,280	11.05	1.57
Construction Managers	230	$103,020	$112,530	1.17	0.48
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	70	$57,660	$59,580	0.38	1.23
Cooks, Fast Food	370	$28,030	$28,860	1.86	0.45
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	990	$34,100	$33,570	5.02	1.77
Cooks, Restaurant	1,330	$29,490	$31,630	6.76	0.75
Cooks, Short Order	90	$28,120	$29,060	0.45	0.51
Correctional Officers and Jailers	670	$44,840	$47,610	3.39	1.39
Cost Estimators	280	$65,230	$69,150	1.41	0.98
Counter and Rental Clerks	340	$31,370	$34,120	1.75	0.68
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	100	$46,350	$59,240	0.53	6.35
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	420	$44,730	$43,920	2.15	1.86
Crane and Tower Operators	80	$82,520	$75,750	0.41	1.47
Credit Analysts	40	$66,210	$66,730	0.18	0.44
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	60	$47,940	$50,080	0.33	1.97
Customer Service Representatives	1,550	$44,370	$45,280	7.91	0.47
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	40	$40,320	$39,790	0.20	5.07
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	140	$44,620	$43,730	0.73	2.52
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,690	$61,610	$59,200	8.60	7.81
Data Entry Keyers	90	$38,430	$39,870	0.46	0.57
Data Scientists	80	$82,450	$90,630	0.42	0.25
Dental Assistants	340	$49,040	$48,500	1.74	0.70
Dental Hygienists	260	$94,380	$90,850	1.34	0.94
Dentists, General	120	$161,120	$185,780	0.60	0.75
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	70	$64,430	$72,330	0.34	0.46
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	90	$79,370	$79,810	0.43	0.75
Dietetic Technicians	70	$31,660	$32,100	0.36	1.77
Dietitians and Nutritionists	60	$59,740	$62,220	0.30	0.61
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	470	$27,720	$27,430	2.37	0.68
Dishwashers	280	$28,510	$27,920	1.42	0.46
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	250	$51,140	$51,840	1.28	0.98
Driver/Sales Workers	520	$27,850	$33,740	2.66	1.01
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	50	$49,440	$50,330	0.23	0.43
Editors	30	$45,910	$52,620	0.17	0.29
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	450	$95,390	$96,070	2.27	1.07
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	100	$85,430	$97,990	0.52	0.45
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	30	$49,720	$46,100	0.17	0.22
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	300	$57,250	$56,900	1.50	0.66
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	450	$96,220	$95,110	2.27	3.71
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	50	$72,400	$75,150	0.25	0.59
Electrical Engineers	320	$101,420	$106,090	1.62	1.27
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	290	$84,520	$83,420	1.46	1.73
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	950	$40,180	$42,240	4.85	3.05
Electricians	900	$62,690	$67,060	4.57	0.94
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	600	$126,730	$122,890	3.06	4.91
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,180	$59,060	$59,040	11.08	1.24
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	120	$40,780	$42,600	0.59	0.59
Emergency Medical Technicians	310	$40,710	$40,930	1.59	1.37
Emergency Medicine Physicians	40	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	0.18	0.86
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	240	$101,570	$104,140	1.20	3.12
Engineers, All Other	410	$136,990	$128,370	2.08	2.10
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	40	$50,980	$53,940	0.22	0.98
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	60	$76,320	$85,750	0.30	0.53
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	150	$56,320	$60,170	0.78	0.26
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	150	$36,300	$36,870	0.74	0.36
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	200	$54,370	$56,840	1.04	31.70
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	270	$45,620	$47,640	1.37	3.49
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	260	$46,020	$45,270	1.33	3.52
Facilities Managers	200	$101,970	$107,260	1.01	1.01
Family Medicine Physicians	80	$241,750	$274,670	0.40	0.57
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	180	$60,400	$60,690	0.94	3.86
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	130	$35,990	$36,400	0.64	0.37
Fast Food and Counter Workers	6,060	$28,140	$27,300	30.82	1.24
File Clerks	50	$38,290	$39,860	0.26	0.54
Financial and Investment Analysts	80	$80,330	$83,000	0.40	0.17
Financial Managers	470	$122,250	$134,260	2.40	0.44
Financial Specialists, All Other	90	$89,860	$93,250	0.45	0.53
Firefighters	330	$60,560	$54,880	1.69	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	980	$80,000	$84,620	4.98	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	120	$58,550	$62,580	0.59	1.72
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	130	$52,210	$63,120	0.65	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	70	$77,400	$68,740	0.38	0.59
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,370	$39,950	$43,370	6.97	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	160	$50,100	$52,320	0.82	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	110	$64,020	$63,030	0.55	0.65
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	850	$77,620	$82,300	4.31	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	130	$77,040	$82,550	0.67	0.49
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	930	$64,350	$68,010	4.74	0.51
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	90	$49,270	$55,970	0.48	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	110	$71,280	$78,460	0.54	0.54
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2,640	$74,090	$75,300	13.42	3.10
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,470	$45,820	$47,410	7.47	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	50	$56,070	$57,870	0.26	0.49
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	690	$61,250	$65,260	3.52	0.88
Fish and Game Wardens	50	$100,340	$95,250	0.23	6.24
Floral Designers	50	$34,720	$36,290	0.27	1.02
Food Batchmakers	210	$45,430	$46,430	1.06	0.94
Food Preparation Workers	840	$28,400	$29,370	4.26	0.74
Food Processing Workers, All Other	120	$37,880	$40,560	0.59	1.40
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	210	$30,480	$30,970	1.06	0.56
Food Service Managers	210	$61,080	$63,060	1.04	0.68
Forest and Conservation Technicians	40	$55,450	$58,400	0.18	0.94
Foresters	30	$53,340	$59,940	0.15	2.28
Fundraisers	90	$58,670	$61,400	0.44	0.61
Funeral Attendants	130	$32,720	$34,690	0.66	3.31
Funeral Home Managers	40	$76,240	$76,680	0.19	2.09
Furniture Finishers	500	$43,110	$42,960	2.57	27.57
General and Operations Managers	2,650	$101,850	$119,740	13.46	0.60
General Internal Medicine Physicians	50	$280,370	$318,040	0.27	0.61
Glaziers	90	$59,180	$56,080	0.46	1.22
Graphic Designers	90	$49,230	$56,400	0.48	0.37
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	40	$34,920	$37,710	0.21	3.06
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	450	$47,790	$47,130	2.27	5.26
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	120	$30,710	$33,580	0.62	0.32
Health Education Specialists	50	$47,620	$56,700	0.25	0.59
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	90	$43,520	$48,480	0.46	0.39
Healthcare Social Workers	140	$61,360	$63,610	0.73	0.61
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	30	$52,550	$53,580	0.17	0.23
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	470	$57,900	$58,170	2.38	0.90
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	4,810	$57,090	$58,230	24.46	1.84
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	110	$29,960	$32,650	0.54	0.88
Helpers--Production Workers	150	$39,100	$38,560	0.77	0.72
Highway Maintenance Workers	630	$46,970	$47,560	3.22	3.23
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,770	$34,800	$33,460	19.20	0.69
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	390	$23,720	$25,720	1.96	0.70
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	370	$31,200	$32,500	1.88	1.12
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	70	$45,760	$46,930	0.37	0.64
Human Resources Managers	110	$119,700	$125,460	0.57	0.40
Human Resources Specialists	760	$62,680	$68,630	3.86	0.66
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	240	$58,060	$60,790	1.20	2.47
Industrial Engineers	790	$93,950	$95,110	4.03	1.71
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,470	$61,450	$63,410	7.46	2.64
Industrial Production Managers	670	$104,730	$115,690	3.38	2.14
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,570	$45,100	$46,090	7.99	1.60
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	100	$40,940	$43,650	0.49	0.57
Information Security Analysts	50	$74,980	$90,450	0.23	0.19
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	2,550	$47,070	$50,390	12.97	3.37
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	90	$55,200	$57,210	0.44	0.39
Instructional Coordinators	90	$69,680	$68,430	0.45	0.30
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	90	$44,260	$47,740	0.45	0.32
Insurance Sales Agents	550	$53,210	$62,850	2.79	0.90
Interior Designers	80	$62,580	$64,320	0.39	0.85
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	150	$38,500	$42,290	0.78	0.82
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	3,100	$35,850	$36,140	15.76	1.11
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	60	$183,000	$166,960	0.32	2.06
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	130	$50,880	$54,340	0.67	0.96
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	5,950	$36,590	$39,300	30.29	1.60
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,170	$36,030	$38,730	5.96	0.97
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	150	$29,540	$30,270	0.75	0.59
Lawyers	290	$106,490	$137,800	1.47	0.30
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	70	$45,020	$44,450	0.36	0.36
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	130	$38,460	$45,700	0.69	0.80
Library Assistants, Clerical	140	$28,540	$29,090	0.69	1.26
Library Technicians	120	$28,860	$30,640	0.59	1.34
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,060	$64,140	$63,880	5.41	1.30
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	60	$59,400	$62,180	0.29	0.60
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	80	$26,850	$25,780	0.41	0.41
Light Truck Drivers	890	$38,130	$42,570	4.51	0.71
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	120	$46,670	$45,940	0.59	0.55
Loan Officers	350	$71,570	$81,170	1.78	1.01
Lodging Managers	40	$63,260	$66,280	0.22	0.79
Logging Equipment Operators	70	$46,320	$46,580	0.34	2.53
Logisticians	530	$81,390	$86,950	2.70	1.67
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	310	$37,530	$38,240	1.56	5.74
Machinists	980	$48,580	$51,830	4.99	2.70
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	50	$81,290	$83,270	0.24	0.87
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	750	$30,020	$31,600	3.81	0.69
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,210	$49,850	$51,840	11.24	1.14
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	160	$58,300	$59,260	0.82	2.12
Management Analysts	350	$101,630	$105,880	1.79	0.31
Managers, All Other	210	$79,610	$90,830	1.09	0.27
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	500	$59,680	$65,510	2.56	0.44
Marketing Managers	110	$123,450	$130,730	0.54	0.21
Materials Engineers	30	$103,060	$109,710	0.17	1.14
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	600	$37,540	$38,350	3.05	3.25
Mechanical Door Repairers	50	$56,380	$53,350	0.28	1.60
Mechanical Drafters	110	$74,430	$70,150	0.57	2.24
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	80	$73,310	$71,730	0.40	1.74
Mechanical Engineers	1,130	$106,870	$110,620	5.75	3.01
Medical and Health Services Managers	670	$98,030	$104,390	3.42	0.89
Medical Assistants	1,090	$40,210	$42,060	5.56	1.06
Medical Equipment Preparers	60	$35,670	$39,690	0.32	0.65
Medical Records Specialists	150	$49,090	$50,500	0.78	0.62
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	30	$78,170	$86,540	0.17	0.15
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1,070	$38,930	$41,300	5.44	0.88
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	70	$46,970	$48,790	0.33	0.36
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	100	$46,380	$53,740	0.53	0.62
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	80	$36,070	$43,560	0.39	0.37
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	150	$55,830	$54,280	0.77	7.16
Meter Readers, Utilities	40	$45,760	$52,910	0.21	1.67
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	780	$59,230	$59,550	3.98	1.00
Millwrights	200	$76,550	$72,810	1.04	4.01
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	9,020	$46,270	$50,740	45.90	5.08
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	210	$46,800	$49,960	1.05	1.71
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	280	$61,190	$63,760	1.44	1.26
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	240	$47,050	$48,900	1.21	5.67
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	1,010	$45,350	$51,670	5.13	5.30
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	60	$49,360	$56,410	0.32	2.01
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	110	$39,070	$41,960	0.54	1.78
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	550	$42,920	$43,550	2.78	3.47
Natural Sciences Managers	50	$72,890	$93,840	0.24	0.34
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	180	$87,200	$87,640	0.91	0.45
Nurse Practitioners	350	$123,770	$122,910	1.79	0.86
Nursing Assistants	2,360	$37,940	$39,860	12.00	1.29
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$67,560	$75,340	0.23	0.45
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	280	$81,640	$86,940	1.42	1.57
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	80	$59,080	$72,350	0.40	2.03
Occupational Therapists	170	$91,120	$92,820	0.84	0.81
Occupational Therapy Assistants	40	$55,160	$55,210	0.18	0.56
Office Clerks, General	3,740	$41,600	$43,330	19.05	1.20
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	1,070	$69,260	$71,520	5.43	1.77
Operations Research Analysts	50	$110,610	$113,260	0.26	0.38
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	60	$35,780	$39,270	0.30	0.67
Opticians, Dispensing	140	$38,420	$40,120	0.71	1.49
Optometrists	50	$136,070	$137,940	0.26	0.96
Order Clerks	160	$38,980	$42,760	0.82	1.70
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	120	$47,580	$46,990	0.61	2.62
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	660	$39,340	$43,280	3.33	1.37
Packers and Packagers, Hand	540	$38,150	$38,880	2.74	0.76
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	130	$45,450	$46,410	0.67	0.46
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	60	$42,510	$41,700	0.32	6.28
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	190	$45,320	$47,460	0.96	0.38
Paramedics	260	$48,940	$53,360	1.30	2.01
Parking Attendants	60	$30,810	$31,550	0.33	0.37
Parts Salespersons	470	$37,530	$40,450	2.40	1.38
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	60	$46,040	$49,390	0.30	1.13
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	200	$49,810	$51,080	1.00	1.02
Personal Financial Advisors	190	$68,290	$90,510	0.98	0.57
Pest Control Workers	60	$38,230	$43,140	0.31	0.47
Pharmacists	310	$133,470	$133,990	1.58	0.76
Pharmacy Aides	30	$34,720	$36,650	0.17	0.66
Pharmacy Technicians	720	$37,870	$40,320	3.67	1.21
Phlebotomists	120	$36,990	$37,770	0.59	0.64
Photographers	30	$38,580	$39,520	0.16	0.48
Physical Therapist Assistants	150	$64,530	$64,360	0.74	1.03
Physical Therapists	230	$100,290	$101,050	1.17	0.68
Physician Assistants	70	$124,090	$126,020	0.36	0.35
Physicians, All Other	210	$370,710	$342,410	1.07	0.48
Physicists	80	$117,170	$122,720	0.39	2.98
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$43,970	$45,440	0.20	0.97
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	390	$63,640	$66,610	1.99	0.66
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	930	$60,820	$64,190	4.74	1.10
Postal Service Clerks	180	$61,050	$59,300	0.93	1.96
Postal Service Mail Carriers	590	$56,850	$59,060	3.02	1.43
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$97,660	$97,290	0.22	2.46
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	60	$84,060	$83,760	0.32	0.33
Power Plant Operators	470	$107,000	$103,420	2.39	12.69
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	330	$35,660	$36,430	1.68	0.54
Printing Press Operators	200	$44,550	$44,580	1.01	1.09
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	140	$60,160	$62,680	0.73	1.26
Procurement Clerks	110	$49,650	$47,840	0.54	1.50
Production Workers, All Other	230	$44,210	$46,540	1.16	0.72
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	770	$57,570	$60,420	3.91	1.56
Project Management Specialists	430	$80,990	$90,950	2.21	0.32
Property Appraisers and Assessors	100	$47,390	$51,650	0.51	1.40
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	230	$60,540	$69,900	1.16	0.58
Psychiatric Aides	190	$43,690	$46,260	0.97	4.25
Psychiatric Technicians	220	$38,730	$41,140	1.14	1.13
Public Relations Specialists	120	$61,580	$66,390	0.63	0.35
Public Safety Telecommunicators	290	$44,460	$48,110	1.50	2.28
Purchasing Managers	60	$99,040	$108,380	0.31	0.57
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	360	$77,080	$73,410	1.81	1.22
Real Estate Sales Agents	180	$40,570	$51,490	0.94	0.75
Receptionists and Information Clerks	930	$34,030	$33,830	4.75	0.81
Recreation Workers	490	$29,050	$30,930	2.49	1.17
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	30	$57,150	$58,760	0.16	1.45
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	140	$47,500	$45,350	0.71	0.75
Registered Nurses	3,140	$80,760	$82,000	15.97	0.73
Rehabilitation Counselors	110	$43,980	$44,120	0.54	0.89
Residential Advisors	40	$38,850	$43,170	0.18	0.33
Respiratory Therapists	130	$76,050	$72,900	0.66	0.73
Retail Salespersons	4,470	$30,840	$34,540	22.74	0.91
Rock Splitters, Quarry	50	$48,420	$51,120	0.24	11.05
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	180	$41,750	$42,400	0.91	5.59
Roofers	130	$57,740	$61,610	0.66	0.76
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	90	$51,360	$47,140	0.44	1.53
Sales Managers	320	$124,940	$138,600	1.62	0.40
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	750	$60,720	$74,650	3.81	0.47
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,700	$62,080	$73,110	8.67	1.09
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	100	$100,040	$106,320	0.53	0.29
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	260	$41,600	$41,540	1.31	4.98
School Bus Monitors	140	$30,390	$32,410	0.72	1.44
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,420	$60,350	$62,600	7.25	1.06
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,090	$38,080	$39,750	5.54	0.51
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	320	$108,150	$110,530	1.61	0.51
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	40	$47,390	$50,770	0.19	0.34
Security Guards	580	$36,360	$40,480	2.96	0.36
Self-Enrichment Teachers	70	$30,080	$36,450	0.34	0.16
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$56,080	$68,050	0.43	1.13
Sewing Machine Operators	580	$41,440	$41,880	2.96	4.38
Sheet Metal Workers	190	$59,600	$64,370	0.96	1.25
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1,840	$45,320	$46,540	9.38	1.79
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	170	$35,020	$35,410	0.88	0.55
Skincare Specialists	60	$48,740	$46,140	0.32	0.67
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	100	$39,110	$39,810	0.50	1.12
Social and Community Service Managers	160	$65,150	$69,550	0.83	0.61
Social and Human Service Assistants	670	$38,860	$40,560	3.41	1.21
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	40	$89,190	$87,300	0.21	0.17
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	250	$52,280	$56,260	1.26	0.75
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	90	$59,180	$59,880	0.44	0.73
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	40	$56,570	$57,100	0.21	1.09
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	160	$58,480	$59,760	0.82	0.78
Speech-Language Pathologists	120	$76,690	$84,180	0.60	0.51
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	40	$53,810	$58,580	0.18	0.98
Stockers and Order Fillers	4,120	$35,020	$36,960	20.95	1.15
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	190	$59,440	$64,540	0.95	2.16
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	130	$47,490	$50,570	0.65	1.94
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	320	$58,200	$60,370	1.64	0.52
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	860	$35,450	$39,020	4.38	1.30
Surgical Technologists	130	$60,830	$60,440	0.64	0.85
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	80	$47,380	$49,100	0.39	1.04
Surveyors	120	$78,740	$78,140	0.59	1.79
Tax Preparers	90	$38,470	$44,470	0.43	0.88
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,270	$31,220	$31,940	11.56	1.27
Technical Writers	40	$65,860	$68,520	0.21	0.71
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	120	$59,690	$60,400	0.63	0.70
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	70	$57,830	$57,880	0.38	0.60
Tellers	610	$37,400	$39,450	3.10	1.46
Tile and Stone Setters	70	$47,270	$46,960	0.35	1.51
Tire Repairers and Changers	180	$36,190	$36,530	0.92	1.31
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	30	$55,380	$55,690	0.17	0.54
Tool and Die Makers	680	$82,210	$79,470	3.46	9.44
Training and Development Specialists	390	$51,980	$57,840	1.97	0.67
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	160	$97,710	$101,250	0.80	0.56
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	200	$51,070	$47,330	1.03	2.90
Tutors	70	$47,910	$46,680	0.35	0.31
Upholsterers	410	$42,830	$46,240	2.07	15.95
Urban and Regional Planners	30	$73,270	$76,320	0.16	0.56
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	70	$21,910	$23,600	0.38	0.49
Veterinarians	80	$107,520	$108,360	0.43	0.80
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	150	$35,360	$33,890	0.78	0.96
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	90	$44,470	$45,140	0.45	0.54
Waiters and Waitresses	2,010	$24,660	$28,240	10.22	0.70
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	470	$49,750	$53,560	2.38	2.88
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	70	$50,050	$48,460	0.34	1.00
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	730	$48,570	$52,210	3.71	1.39
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	830	$43,100	$53,630	4.24	20.87
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	610	$39,200	$42,300	3.13	7.91

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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