Wages by Occupation in Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 163,220 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $46,530 for all occupations combined. 378 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	960	$69,040	$74,730	5.89	0.63
Administrative Services Managers	200	$82,190	$87,200	1.24	0.73
Advertising Sales Agents	50	$49,990	$55,640	0.29	0.50
Aerospace Engineers	30	$131,600	$128,570	0.21	0.49
Agricultural Equipment Operators	40	$46,560	$51,110	0.22	1.18
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	230	$77,290	$75,740	1.39	1.56
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	30	$35,410	$34,130	0.18	2.27
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	180	$26,350	$27,760	1.11	0.44
Animal Caretakers	200	$29,720	$33,760	1.21	0.71
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	40	$77,580	$77,610	0.21	0.31
Architectural and Engineering Managers	130	$160,870	$161,730	0.82	0.58
Athletic Trainers	50	$62,940	$63,120	0.29	1.48
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	80	$34,230	$33,920	0.49	0.75
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	200	$47,340	$52,620	1.21	1.26
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	710	$45,300	$47,410	4.38	0.97
Bailiffs	40	$48,270	$49,310	0.27	2.41
Bakers	250	$31,680	$33,790	1.50	0.99
Bartenders	800	$26,630	$32,460	4.88	1.00
Bill and Account Collectors	100	$43,560	$45,140	0.60	0.59
Billing and Posting Clerks	660	$39,150	$41,730	4.04	1.55
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$83,610	$93,550	0.47	1.46
Biological Technicians	50	$42,080	$47,550	0.31	0.69
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,240	$46,140	$47,100	7.61	0.86
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	90	$59,010	$60,230	0.54	1.59
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	50	$35,380	$39,740	0.28	2.05
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	500	$57,260	$57,700	3.07	1.65
Bus Drivers, School	340	$43,510	$41,970	2.08	0.80
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	50	$45,690	$48,680	0.32	0.31
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	560	$67,750	$74,780	3.44	0.49
Butchers and Meat Cutters	180	$37,260	$37,240	1.08	1.23
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	400	$63,560	$71,130	2.46	0.78
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	50	$82,100	$74,320	0.32	0.80
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$56,400	$66,310	0.55	0.75
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	120	$97,540	$89,960	0.77	1.07
Carpenters	530	$60,010	$59,920	3.27	0.76
Cashiers	4,620	$28,380	$28,620	28.29	1.42
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	150	$51,610	$55,770	0.95	0.71
Chefs and Head Cooks	130	$51,560	$56,000	0.81	0.63
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	310	$47,220	$53,330	1.91	2.13
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$84,190	$99,190	0.28	2.18
Chemists	110	$84,220	$92,460	0.65	1.23
Chief Executives	80	$150,110	$196,680	0.52	0.39
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	600	$47,260	$52,050	3.68	1.46
Childcare Workers	260	$29,190	$30,830	1.57	0.47
Chiropractors	30	$55,280	$77,640	0.19	0.74
Civil Engineers	150	$96,980	$103,320	0.93	0.39
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	120	$91,030	$84,220	0.74	0.36
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	720	$39,550	$37,770	4.38	1.79
Clergy	80	$60,100	$60,980	0.50	1.37
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	50	$107,890	$99,680	0.32	0.66
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	300	$63,650	$64,540	1.85	0.86
Coaches and Scouts	540	$37,770	$44,960	3.29	2.05
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	340	$82,360	$67,970	2.06	2.02
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	30	$37,340	$41,980	0.20	1.18
Commercial Pilots	110	$170,140	$147,970	0.68	2.21
Community Health Workers	80	$47,070	$47,540	0.48	1.20
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	40	$67,380	$69,800	0.26	0.36
Compliance Officers	270	$69,400	$72,370	1.68	0.63
Computer and Information Systems Managers	180	$135,210	$147,230	1.11	0.26
Computer Network Architects	50	$104,510	$108,800	0.28	0.24
Computer Network Support Specialists	140	$62,520	$66,940	0.86	0.91
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	260	$47,020	$49,390	1.61	1.48
Computer Occupations, All Other	70	$101,040	$99,780	0.42	0.15
Computer Systems Analysts	180	$87,320	$95,070	1.09	0.33
Computer User Support Specialists	350	$52,010	$58,760	2.16	0.47
Construction and Building Inspectors	60	$70,620	$72,350	0.35	0.37
Construction Laborers	1,290	$49,840	$56,480	7.93	1.12
Construction Managers	390	$98,200	$103,130	2.38	0.97
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	30	$51,650	$62,590	0.19	0.63
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1,250	$36,530	$36,870	7.69	2.71
Cooks, Restaurant	1,460	$29,920	$32,220	8.94	0.99
Cooks, Short Order	430	$27,590	$26,940	2.65	2.97
Correctional Officers and Jailers	1,310	$64,940	$60,530	8.00	3.27
Cost Estimators	190	$69,820	$72,300	1.15	0.80
Counter and Rental Clerks	220	$36,710	$41,970	1.34	0.52
Couriers and Messengers	50	$34,330	$33,950	0.29	0.66
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	540	$42,310	$45,120	3.33	2.88
Crane and Tower Operators	70	$58,020	$62,030	0.40	1.45
Credit Counselors	40	$49,070	$56,270	0.21	1.20
Customer Service Representatives	1,240	$39,050	$43,840	7.61	0.46
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$36,840	$40,920	0.32	1.10
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	170	$45,640	$44,780	1.04	0.95
Data Entry Keyers	70	$37,970	$39,970	0.42	0.52
Database Administrators	30	$78,690	$79,870	0.19	0.42
Dental Assistants	260	$45,840	$48,970	1.60	0.64
Dental Hygienists	220	$78,930	$80,420	1.35	0.94
Dentists, General	50	$172,230	$198,490	0.29	0.36
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	70	$74,920	$75,390	0.41	0.55
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	110	$79,630	$79,550	0.66	1.14
Dietitians and Nutritionists	80	$66,850	$68,130	0.48	0.96
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	430	$28,020	$28,280	2.60	0.75
Dishwashers	310	$27,150	$28,200	1.89	0.61
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	190	$58,830	$58,730	1.15	0.88
Driver/Sales Workers	690	$27,750	$33,850	4.21	1.60
Editors	40	$63,700	$74,650	0.25	0.42
Education Administrators, All Other	50	$76,760	$76,260	0.33	0.92
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	500	$100,180	$100,130	3.08	1.46
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	390	$99,820	$114,770	2.38	2.05
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	50	$48,240	$55,980	0.28	0.59
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	50	$81,560	$68,870	0.30	0.39
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	700	$60,710	$67,330	4.29	1.89
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	50	$72,910	$75,070	0.32	0.53
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	40	$102,820	$93,730	0.24	1.79
Electrical Engineers	90	$103,000	$106,410	0.55	0.43
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	180	$94,150	$93,340	1.10	1.30
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	130	$47,370	$44,880	0.80	0.50
Electricians	520	$62,560	$66,460	3.19	0.65
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	40	$114,800	$118,080	0.26	0.42
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,050	$77,820	$73,610	12.56	1.41
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	230	$48,170	$48,770	1.42	1.43
Emergency Medical Technicians	540	$38,310	$40,740	3.29	2.84
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	30	$71,940	$75,030	0.21	0.54
Engineers, All Other	60	$108,480	$121,520	0.38	0.38
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$78,190	$80,220	0.63	1.69
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	70	$41,600	$56,690	0.45	1.83
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	50	$47,230	$49,630	0.29	3.69
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	40	$79,830	$84,380	0.22	0.39
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	100	$59,210	$69,460	0.64	2.90
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	200	$63,500	$68,670	1.25	0.42
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	150	$38,610	$41,060	0.92	0.44
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	100	$43,230	$44,000	0.59	1.52
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	140	$44,060	$43,690	0.84	2.21
Facilities Managers	190	$99,990	$99,940	1.16	1.15
Family Medicine Physicians	50	$249,990	$290,790	0.28	0.41
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	70	$48,390	$48,730	0.43	1.76
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	40	$43,230	$45,620	0.27	0.16
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	70	$27,900	$31,620	0.40	1.90
Fast Food and Counter Workers	6,270	$27,200	$27,120	38.38	1.55
File Clerks	140	$40,960	$38,730	0.86	1.81
Financial and Investment Analysts	90	$81,850	$129,760	0.57	0.24
Financial Managers	460	$120,010	$127,560	2.85	0.53
Financial Risk Specialists	30	$94,560	$97,360	0.19	0.47
Firefighters	350	$45,220	$46,560	2.15	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	680	$69,590	$73,780	4.17	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	40	$83,370	$79,290	0.23	0.69
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	150	$41,440	$43,280	0.90	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	60	$74,860	$77,220	0.39	0.62
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,880	$35,940	$38,760	11.49	1.46
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	200	$45,090	$45,710	1.25	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	100	$53,220	$53,190	0.59	0.70
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	640	$78,050	$79,490	3.89	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	80	$65,010	$79,780	0.50	0.36
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,110	$59,910	$61,350	6.81	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	60	$40,160	$44,360	0.34	0.47
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	180	$75,840	$77,410	1.09	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	900	$75,400	$77,860	5.53	1.28
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,830	$38,390	$43,780	11.19	1.55
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	550	$60,300	$62,490	3.39	0.85
Floral Designers	50	$28,980	$30,180	0.29	1.12
Food Batchmakers	340	$36,350	$37,440	2.10	1.87
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	80	$26,140	$28,110	0.50	0.92
Food Preparation Workers	530	$29,240	$31,470	3.22	0.56
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	410	$30,830	$32,360	2.49	1.32
Food Service Managers	270	$57,720	$61,480	1.68	1.09
Foresters	30	$73,400	$75,930	0.20	3.00
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	70	$44,020	$46,320	0.40	4.87
Fundraisers	100	$65,100	$68,950	0.64	0.90
Fundraising Managers	40	$139,960	$136,530	0.27	1.08
Funeral Attendants	50	$36,560	$38,580	0.33	1.62
General and Operations Managers	3,770	$81,400	$102,050	23.11	1.03
Graphic Designers	80	$53,810	$55,770	0.49	0.38
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	140	$42,920	$43,510	0.85	1.96
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	230	$28,380	$41,230	1.43	0.73
Health Education Specialists	70	$56,070	$60,560	0.42	1.00
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	50	$70,390	$65,240	0.30	1.24
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	340	$99,710	$132,940	2.08	1.46
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	310	$43,870	$48,110	1.91	1.63
Healthcare Social Workers	260	$60,610	$60,280	1.61	1.34
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	110	$33,660	$38,660	0.67	0.95
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	430	$61,080	$66,510	2.60	0.99
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,260	$59,920	$60,890	19.98	1.51
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	70	$29,490	$32,820	0.41	0.67
Helpers--Production Workers	200	$36,900	$41,040	1.22	1.14
Highway Maintenance Workers	420	$45,720	$44,510	2.58	2.59
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	4,130	$32,320	$32,840	25.30	0.91
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	430	$26,060	$28,900	2.64	0.95
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	210	$29,520	$30,070	1.31	0.78
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	70	$47,560	$52,330	0.45	0.78
Human Resources Managers	110	$121,570	$128,740	0.65	0.46
Human Resources Specialists	770	$60,430	$67,910	4.73	0.81
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	140	$70,370	$70,440	0.86	1.77
Industrial Engineers	480	$99,680	$103,040	2.94	1.25
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	620	$63,390	$71,080	3.81	1.35
Industrial Production Managers	440	$109,770	$122,400	2.68	1.69
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,350	$46,210	$49,880	8.29	1.66
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	50	$53,160	$54,170	0.31	0.35
Information Security Analysts	70	$135,210	$124,270	0.44	0.36
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,060	$48,650	$55,820	6.49	1.69
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	50	$44,560	$49,040	0.28	0.25
Instructional Coordinators	140	$75,610	$80,830	0.84	0.57
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	50	$53,940	$49,730	0.31	0.23
Insurance Sales Agents	330	$62,660	$68,720	2.05	0.67
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	180	$37,760	$40,910	1.13	1.19
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,580	$36,040	$36,580	15.83	1.11
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	80	$74,170	$68,550	0.51	0.73
Labor Relations Specialists	70	$81,540	$85,620	0.44	1.07
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	2,520	$38,120	$39,540	15.46	0.82
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	680	$37,420	$38,570	4.16	0.68
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	170	$28,850	$30,470	1.05	0.82
Lawyers	240	$95,330	$114,490	1.44	0.30
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	60	$44,200	$46,800	0.40	0.39
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	200	$47,760	$52,620	1.20	1.39
Library Assistants, Clerical	170	$34,240	$35,760	1.02	1.85
Library Technicians	190	$29,020	$31,440	1.19	2.70
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,770	$60,330	$58,640	10.85	2.60
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	40	$54,630	$55,860	0.25	0.53
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	50	$26,860	$26,930	0.31	0.31
Light Truck Drivers	1,090	$42,440	$43,810	6.69	1.06
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining	50	$87,730	$83,530	0.31	8.20
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	160	$46,480	$46,940	0.96	0.91
Loan Officers	240	$63,810	$76,130	1.45	0.82
Logging Equipment Operators	80	$46,970	$46,000	0.52	3.81
Logisticians	140	$84,120	$87,700	0.83	0.52
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	50	$35,360	$35,950	0.33	1.20
Machinists	440	$44,460	$47,290	2.70	1.46
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	40	$80,640	$83,640	0.24	0.87
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	870	$29,100	$30,140	5.32	0.96
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	30	$38,900	$38,960	0.20	0.57
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,980	$48,910	$51,590	12.15	1.24
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	60	$59,910	$54,070	0.38	0.98
Management Analysts	270	$81,990	$91,010	1.64	0.28
Managers, All Other	160	$105,150	$106,600	0.97	0.24
Manicurists and Pedicurists	40	$36,040	$41,340	0.24	0.24
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	420	$59,260	$64,970	2.55	0.44
Marketing Managers	100	$110,380	$130,760	0.61	0.24
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	90	$43,830	$40,470	0.53	0.57
Mechanical Engineers	190	$92,770	$94,760	1.15	0.60
Medical and Health Services Managers	880	$104,160	$118,090	5.41	1.41
Medical Assistants	910	$43,370	$41,920	5.60	1.06
Medical Equipment Preparers	90	$43,220	$43,090	0.53	1.06
Medical Equipment Repairers	60	$51,420	$52,510	0.37	0.87
Medical Records Specialists	240	$48,630	$54,700	1.49	1.19
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	40	$80,530	$84,960	0.26	0.24
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	750	$38,940	$40,730	4.61	0.75
Medical Transcriptionists	40	$37,410	$36,560	0.25	0.92
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	90	$53,790	$56,880	0.52	0.57
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	380	$45,130	$50,160	2.33	2.73
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	200	$39,100	$40,850	1.22	1.14
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	40	$46,470	$46,440	0.26	2.42
Meter Readers, Utilities	60	$46,200	$50,370	0.36	2.89
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,470	$74,570	$69,210	9.03	2.26
Millwrights	40	$78,640	$72,110	0.23	0.87
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	3,310	$50,280	$54,320	20.28	2.24
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers	30	$46,470	$54,940	0.19	1.06
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	150	$48,540	$53,830	0.90	1.47
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	190	$63,950	$64,560	1.17	1.03
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	300	$44,330	$43,890	1.82	1.88
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	60	$58,070	$64,650	0.36	2.22
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	60	$27,100	$33,640	0.36	1.18
Motorcycle Mechanics	40	$41,600	$43,220	0.22	2.50
Natural Sciences Managers	40	$122,420	$135,260	0.22	0.32
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	300	$82,750	$84,670	1.81	0.90
Nurse Anesthetists	90	$253,780	$254,950	0.54	1.61
Nurse Practitioners	490	$122,890	$123,210	3.03	1.46
Nursing Assistants	3,030	$37,090	$38,450	18.59	1.99
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	220	$78,530	$82,360	1.36	2.72
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	230	$78,880	$81,740	1.41	1.56
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	60	$64,500	$65,920	0.34	1.74
Occupational Therapists	200	$86,370	$89,690	1.22	1.16
Occupational Therapy Assistants	150	$60,920	$64,690	0.94	2.84
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	90	$29,220	$36,240	0.57	0.46
Office Clerks, General	2,840	$42,840	$43,630	17.41	1.10
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	770	$55,800	$61,590	4.74	1.54
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	120	$38,530	$40,820	0.75	1.65
Opticians, Dispensing	90	$50,640	$53,030	0.55	1.17
Optometrists	40	$128,230	$123,080	0.23	0.83
Order Clerks	40	$44,530	$45,410	0.25	0.52
Orderlies	50	$34,490	$34,170	0.32	0.94
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	40	$46,040	$46,740	0.24	1.03
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	430	$38,020	$41,270	2.61	1.07
Packers and Packagers, Hand	290	$32,310	$34,290	1.79	0.50
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	120	$46,930	$50,760	0.73	0.50
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	230	$59,280	$64,900	1.44	2.33
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	120	$50,870	$52,270	0.71	0.28
Paramedics	270	$44,960	$51,390	1.66	2.56
Parts Salespersons	440	$34,740	$36,890	2.69	1.55
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	130	$57,880	$56,100	0.83	3.07
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	130	$51,300	$53,780	0.81	0.82
Personal Financial Advisors	90	$84,990	$101,150	0.54	0.32
Pest Control Workers	40	$38,000	$39,450	0.23	0.35
Pharmacists	380	$132,650	$130,370	2.33	1.13
Pharmacy Technicians	580	$40,540	$43,060	3.55	1.17
Phlebotomists	150	$37,460	$39,110	0.93	1.01
Photographers	30	$31,200	$38,530	0.19	0.56
Physical Therapist Assistants	320	$63,710	$66,750	1.98	2.74
Physical Therapists	350	$103,560	$105,730	2.12	1.23
Physician Assistants	100	$128,910	$130,670	0.63	0.60
Physicians, All Other	490	$317,860	$312,880	2.98	1.35
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	440	$72,650	$72,010	2.70	0.90
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	820	$62,420	$65,310	5.05	1.17
Postal Service Clerks	150	$63,210	$60,460	0.91	1.91
Postal Service Mail Carriers	580	$57,030	$59,880	3.54	1.67
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$95,180	$96,720	0.24	2.76
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	230	$78,860	$85,820	1.39	1.44
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	380	$35,900	$40,680	2.30	0.75
Printing Press Operators	100	$44,880	$45,950	0.60	0.65
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	140	$59,910	$59,840	0.83	1.44
Procurement Clerks	60	$47,690	$47,170	0.39	1.08
Production Workers, All Other	190	$38,350	$41,170	1.15	0.71
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	410	$57,110	$59,310	2.51	1.00
Project Management Specialists	540	$82,910	$92,250	3.33	0.49
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	230	$49,390	$55,830	1.43	0.72
Protective Service Workers, All Other	40	$44,150	$47,620	0.25	0.48
Psychiatrists	40	$228,570	$227,470	0.22	1.22
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$83,600	$86,800	0.41	1.54
Public Relations Managers	30	$103,570	$130,280	0.19	0.39
Public Relations Specialists	130	$60,830	$70,130	0.78	0.43
Public Safety Telecommunicators	290	$43,800	$47,280	1.80	2.73
Purchasing Managers	60	$117,060	$129,060	0.34	0.63
Radiation Therapists	30	$92,430	$89,520	0.18	1.68
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	390	$76,820	$74,390	2.36	1.59
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,000	$34,210	$34,570	6.11	1.04
Recreation Workers	270	$31,230	$34,970	1.65	0.77
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	120	$44,890	$43,400	0.75	0.80
Registered Nurses	4,700	$78,610	$84,380	28.77	1.32
Rehabilitation Counselors	160	$45,110	$52,100	1.00	1.64
Residential Advisors	140	$32,470	$34,790	0.84	1.55
Respiratory Therapists	220	$76,070	$72,920	1.32	1.47
Retail Salespersons	4,050	$29,740	$32,900	24.83	0.99
Roofers	60	$47,840	$50,720	0.39	0.45
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	30	$32,160	$39,500	0.20	0.33
Sales Managers	330	$107,520	$132,720	2.04	0.50
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	650	$61,390	$72,740	3.98	0.49
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	750	$61,500	$73,610	4.60	0.58
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	50	$63,950	$79,970	0.34	0.18
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	430	$39,110	$42,000	2.61	9.95
School Psychologists	70	$92,030	$95,840	0.45	1.10
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,930	$76,040	$73,360	11.85	1.73
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,950	$44,130	$45,640	11.92	1.09
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	250	$59,390	$81,200	1.55	0.49
Security Guards	420	$35,020	$40,150	2.56	0.31
Self-Enrichment Teachers	100	$40,620	$42,750	0.60	0.28
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$42,240	$47,470	0.31	0.81
Sheet Metal Workers	200	$38,810	$52,790	1.25	1.62
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	780	$45,290	$46,840	4.76	0.91
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	580	$32,310	$32,390	3.58	2.24
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	100	$36,450	$36,060	0.63	1.39
Social and Community Service Managers	250	$69,810	$74,140	1.55	1.15
Social and Human Service Assistants	520	$36,860	$39,090	3.16	1.12
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$65,420	$78,250	0.29	3.57
Social Workers, All Other	200	$65,870	$69,160	1.20	2.97
Software Developers	270	$109,580	$111,560	1.66	0.15
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	40	$89,500	$88,200	0.22	0.19
Special Education Teachers, All Other	50	$64,550	$66,230	0.28	1.28
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	300	$66,760	$68,960	1.87	1.11
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	310	$72,900	$69,000	1.87	3.05
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	370	$75,240	$72,410	2.28	2.16
Speech-Language Pathologists	230	$84,220	$91,030	1.39	1.18
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	70	$69,530	$69,920	0.41	2.24
Stockers and Order Fillers	3,630	$35,690	$39,790	22.23	1.22
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	50	$63,310	$65,050	0.30	0.69
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	30	$54,450	$50,800	0.21	0.64
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	1,030	$52,060	$57,000	6.33	2.00
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	660	$44,570	$39,880	4.03	1.19
Surgical Technologists	160	$60,220	$58,940	0.95	1.26
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	30	$60,290	$58,680	0.21	0.57
Surveyors	50	$62,010	$66,800	0.30	0.91
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	50	$35,870	$36,720	0.29	1.33
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	2,150	$36,460	$34,710	13.17	1.44
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	40	$53,570	$55,080	0.21	0.20
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	70	$58,240	$64,620	0.41	0.46
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	120	$70,660	$66,770	0.71	1.13
Tellers	620	$36,390	$38,920	3.77	1.78
Tire Repairers and Changers	120	$37,930	$39,940	0.73	1.04
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	30	$54,720	$53,640	0.20	0.63
Tool and Die Makers	90	$60,480	$60,780	0.52	1.42
Training and Development Specialists	380	$60,930	$63,040	2.33	0.79
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	240	$102,310	$113,080	1.46	1.03
Tutors	360	$67,570	$63,680	2.22	1.97
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	60	$22,790	$26,190	0.37	0.48
Veterinarians	90	$105,980	$115,720	0.58	1.07
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	130	$30,280	$32,430	0.80	0.99
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	100	$46,760	$44,370	0.64	0.77
Waiters and Waitresses	2,190	$35,250	$39,830	13.43	0.92
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	280	$50,760	$54,870	1.72	2.08
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	110	$44,710	$46,290	0.68	1.99
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	490	$50,630	$54,720	2.98	1.11
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	90	$37,150	$39,980	0.53	1.34

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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