Wages by Occupation in Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 73,240 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $46,670 for all occupations combined. 276 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	430	$70,190	$77,080	5.93	0.64
Administrative Services Managers	30	$123,100	$119,850	0.46	0.27
Agricultural Equipment Operators	190	$46,820	$49,360	2.58	14.08
Agricultural Technicians	60	$49,990	$50,410	0.79	8.15
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	30	$36,090	$36,850	0.47	5.73
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	120	$23,990	$24,960	1.69	0.66
Animal Caretakers	70	$25,730	$28,980	0.96	0.56
Architectural and Engineering Managers	50	$125,330	$132,370	0.67	0.47
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	80	$46,170	$53,160	1.13	1.18
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	380	$47,700	$52,450	5.25	1.16
Bakers	40	$36,190	$37,870	0.61	0.40
Bartenders	340	$20,810	$22,710	4.63	0.95
Billing and Posting Clerks	160	$43,940	$44,430	2.16	0.83
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	800	$46,600	$47,850	10.98	1.24
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	240	$60,430	$59,400	3.33	1.79
Bus Drivers, School	400	$45,820	$45,820	5.43	2.09
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	150	$36,960	$39,010	2.03	1.99
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	190	$60,330	$64,930	2.56	0.37
Butchers and Meat Cutters	390	$40,040	$38,800	5.32	6.06
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	210	$65,320	$67,950	2.93	0.93
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$62,990	$64,350	0.55	0.75
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	40	$49,890	$55,690	0.61	0.86
Carpenters	200	$51,820	$52,230	2.78	0.65
Cashiers	2,940	$27,640	$27,990	40.20	2.02
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	90	$47,830	$53,170	1.29	0.98
Chefs and Head Cooks	40	$42,620	$49,050	0.55	0.42
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	80	$55,400	$54,360	1.12	1.25
Chief Executives	150	$173,720	$196,730	2.05	1.56
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	190	$48,300	$52,510	2.56	1.01
Childcare Workers	260	$27,200	$26,670	3.54	1.06
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	30	$72,980	$72,470	0.42	0.95
Civil Engineers	60	$90,640	$99,710	0.85	0.36
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	40	$80,220	$80,460	0.59	0.28
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	140	$35,220	$34,590	1.90	0.78
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	150	$63,230	$62,210	2.07	0.97
Coaches and Scouts	—	$48,140	$52,910	—	—
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	200	$48,700	$52,140	2.68	2.62
Compliance Officers	110	$63,220	$67,750	1.54	0.57
Computer and Information Systems Managers	50	$124,930	$129,850	0.71	0.16
Computer Network Support Specialists	30	$55,060	$60,350	0.44	0.47
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	290	$52,680	$53,080	3.91	3.59
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	40	$56,360	$59,460	0.58	3.18
Computer Occupations, All Other	50	$80,660	$95,000	0.64	0.23
Computer Systems Analysts	60	$81,750	$85,360	0.82	0.25
Computer User Support Specialists	160	$54,720	$59,420	2.16	0.47
Conservation Scientists	80	$67,200	$69,070	1.14	6.81
Construction and Building Inspectors	60	$64,120	$67,870	0.81	0.86
Construction Laborers	600	$47,210	$50,040	8.16	1.16
Construction Managers	70	$85,840	$97,440	0.99	0.41
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	50	$76,690	$73,490	0.65	2.11
Cooks, Fast Food	430	$27,390	$27,670	5.90	1.43
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	540	$35,400	$35,180	7.44	2.62
Cooks, Restaurant	380	$34,360	$33,380	5.19	0.57
Correctional Officers and Jailers	280	$49,920	$53,240	3.82	1.56
Cost Estimators	60	$76,200	$80,480	0.76	0.53
Counter and Rental Clerks	50	$43,400	$42,810	0.65	0.25
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	290	$45,860	$46,570	3.95	3.42
Credit Counselors	30	$45,620	$43,400	0.42	2.33
Customer Service Representatives	800	$41,600	$44,950	10.96	0.66
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	100	$44,660	$44,570	1.38	4.78
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	180	$47,550	$47,880	2.41	2.19
Data Scientists	30	$69,260	$79,780	0.45	0.26
Dental Assistants	130	$45,810	$47,750	1.74	0.70
Dental Hygienists	110	$83,760	$85,510	1.44	1.00
Dentists, General	50	$169,990	$179,960	0.64	0.79
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	40	$92,930	$92,960	0.51	0.87
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	150	$28,320	$26,120	2.07	0.59
Dishwashers	90	$27,730	$26,400	1.23	0.40
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	90	$45,560	$47,990	1.17	0.89
Driver/Sales Workers	180	$43,380	$42,020	2.49	0.95
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	180	$102,230	$107,720	2.43	1.15
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	40	$68,470	$76,920	0.55	0.48
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	50	$45,840	$48,830	0.74	1.56
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	140	$56,260	$56,350	1.85	0.81
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	40	$75,630	$73,850	0.58	1.39
Electrical Engineers	40	$102,760	$111,500	0.51	0.40
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	140	$97,660	$90,920	1.86	2.21
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	250	$49,260	$49,340	3.41	2.15
Electricians	250	$57,550	$57,590	3.44	0.71
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,210	$60,090	$57,630	16.50	1.85
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	30	$54,450	$55,750	0.46	0.46
Emergency Medical Technicians	120	$40,370	$43,070	1.59	1.37
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	130	$52,730	$56,200	1.81	0.61
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	70	$38,120	$38,170	0.90	0.43
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$48,940	$44,780	0.62	1.64
Facilities Managers	100	$85,130	$90,630	1.37	1.37
Family Medicine Physicians	80	$310,780	$334,920	1.14	1.65
Farm and Home Management Educators	—	$45,070	$49,920	—	—
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	260	$58,940	$60,610	3.51	14.42
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	100	$37,590	$36,700	1.31	0.77
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	70	$30,690	$38,460	0.99	4.67
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,650	$27,540	$27,540	22.50	0.91
Financial Examiners	60	$82,110	$77,640	0.84	1.92
Financial Managers	300	$116,220	$119,580	4.05	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	360	$66,160	$70,050	4.96	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	60	$45,720	$43,380	0.86	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	50	$58,410	$61,550	0.68	3.78
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	510	$37,700	$41,670	6.90	0.88
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	80	$47,640	$51,430	1.09	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	340	$77,560	$80,200	4.70	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	90	$79,720	$88,140	1.23	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	430	$61,010	$63,300	5.87	0.64
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	50	$78,390	$80,420	0.72	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	640	$71,420	$69,470	8.72	2.01
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	450	$44,050	$48,030	6.11	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	350	$59,130	$58,530	4.72	1.18
Food Batchmakers	280	$47,620	$48,200	3.83	3.41
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	200	$47,390	$47,410	2.69	13.37
Food Preparation Workers	310	$29,510	$30,530	4.28	0.74
Food Processing Workers, All Other	230	$40,230	$41,290	3.20	7.66
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	320	$29,030	$29,410	4.36	2.31
Food Service Managers	60	$73,950	$70,260	0.78	0.51
Forest and Conservation Technicians	60	$48,420	$52,050	0.78	3.98
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	—	$52,890	$51,820	—	—
Funeral Attendants	40	$39,100	$41,030	0.59	2.94
Gas Plant Operators	30	$45,930	$68,690	0.43	3.71
General and Operations Managers	1,460	$79,560	$96,420	19.94	0.89
Graphic Designers	80	$45,900	$47,280	1.06	0.84
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	50	$36,050	$40,910	0.66	0.33
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	50	$51,630	$54,040	0.62	0.53
Healthcare Social Workers	80	$63,160	$62,690	1.04	0.86
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	160	$58,210	$58,360	2.21	0.84
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	2,160	$57,980	$58,230	29.54	2.23
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	40	$35,590	$37,520	0.61	0.99
Helpers--Production Workers	70	$45,470	$43,680	0.98	0.92
Highway Maintenance Workers	460	$56,210	$54,550	6.24	6.26
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	1,550	$35,500	$36,230	21.20	0.77
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	60	$24,490	$30,890	0.79	0.28
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	130	$29,850	$29,750	1.79	1.07
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	30	$43,970	$44,310	0.45	0.78
Human Resources Managers	50	$116,660	$119,850	0.62	0.44
Human Resources Specialists	300	$63,060	$70,130	4.15	0.71
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$69,780	$72,130	0.53	1.08
Industrial Engineers	150	$92,240	$93,590	2.04	0.87
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	390	$61,840	$60,940	5.38	1.90
Industrial Production Managers	190	$101,780	$110,950	2.62	1.66
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	510	$49,530	$51,310	6.95	1.40
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	400	$50,580	$52,400	5.50	1.43
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	60	$43,770	$46,360	0.78	0.69
Instructional Coordinators	100	$76,020	$72,380	1.32	0.90
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	—	$53,040	$49,550	—	—
Insurance Sales Agents	280	$54,960	$70,530	3.86	1.25
Interpreters and Translators	40	$34,780	$41,460	0.59	1.77
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	230	$38,720	$39,090	3.18	3.34
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,270	$35,980	$37,500	17.28	1.22
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	70	$61,690	$59,930	0.99	1.41
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	1,590	$44,260	$44,080	21.64	1.14
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	390	$35,390	$37,770	5.35	0.87
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	70	$34,300	$35,100	0.93	0.73
Lawyers	90	$90,240	$99,330	1.19	0.24
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	—	$46,770	$47,300	—	—
Legal Support Workers, All Other	50	$43,620	$50,990	0.66	2.18
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	150	$35,770	$43,300	2.04	2.37
Library Assistants, Clerical	110	$27,080	$26,640	1.55	2.82
Library Technicians	80	$36,090	$34,910	1.06	2.39
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	490	$61,700	$60,190	6.66	1.60
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	110	$24,500	$25,280	1.51	1.49
Light Truck Drivers	240	$38,310	$48,110	3.21	0.51
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	100	$48,040	$49,400	1.32	1.25
Loan Officers	150	$92,160	$92,910	1.98	1.12
Logisticians	90	$83,990	$76,840	1.20	0.74
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	40	$47,100	$45,420	0.57	2.10
Machinists	210	$48,000	$50,390	2.81	1.53
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	450	$31,080	$32,330	6.12	1.11
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	960	$52,000	$52,430	13.16	1.34
Management Analysts	50	$76,450	$83,670	0.75	0.13
Managers, All Other	90	$99,070	$101,790	1.22	0.30
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	200	$59,700	$64,490	2.79	0.48
Marketing Managers	50	$114,990	$123,380	0.68	0.27
Mechanical Drafters	50	$57,420	$59,760	0.65	2.53
Mechanical Engineers	130	$80,650	$88,850	1.79	0.94
Medical and Health Services Managers	390	$102,710	$110,640	5.38	1.40
Medical Assistants	180	$42,230	$43,140	2.45	0.47
Medical Records Specialists	150	$48,720	$49,510	2.01	1.61
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	470	$39,290	$40,940	6.48	1.05
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	70	$46,830	$54,490	1.00	1.17
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	60	$40,230	$40,690	0.75	0.71
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	390	$60,450	$60,120	5.28	1.32
Millwrights	50	$58,560	$61,390	0.63	2.44
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	1,170	$48,400	$48,070	16.02	1.77
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$48,470	$49,960	0.67	1.10
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	140	$57,320	$58,200	1.90	1.67
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	40	$45,590	$44,430	0.55	2.57
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	70	$46,910	$46,710	0.94	0.97
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	50	$62,840	$65,260	0.72	4.48
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	160	$49,460	$50,450	2.14	2.67
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	120	$82,480	$88,800	1.70	0.84
New Accounts Clerks	40	$44,890	$45,210	0.57	2.42
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	40	$38,550	$38,640	0.54	2.15
Nurse Anesthetists	30	$290,090	$280,780	0.45	1.35
Nurse Practitioners	190	$137,420	$146,620	2.66	1.28
Nursing Assistants	1,400	$38,910	$40,290	19.07	2.05
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	40	$81,850	$83,360	0.57	0.63
Occupational Therapists	60	$101,770	$98,520	0.79	0.76
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	90	$21,170	$30,860	1.23	0.99
Office Clerks, General	1,180	$40,720	$42,080	16.05	1.01
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	310	$57,050	$57,870	4.22	1.37
Opticians, Dispensing	40	$44,260	$43,310	0.49	1.03
Optometrists	40	$134,660	$130,400	0.50	1.82
Order Clerks	—	$35,140	$40,510	—	—
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	410	$46,420	$44,260	5.65	2.32
Packers and Packagers, Hand	180	$38,200	$38,650	2.47	0.69
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	30	$48,250	$48,430	0.45	0.31
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	100	$48,670	$51,220	1.35	0.53
Paramedics	120	$62,900	$62,520	1.59	2.46
Parts Salespersons	310	$48,370	$46,860	4.17	2.40
Pharmacists	150	$137,160	$138,570	2.01	0.97
Pharmacy Aides	30	$29,850	$31,770	0.46	1.82
Pharmacy Technicians	190	$44,600	$43,200	2.64	0.87
Phlebotomists	60	$38,380	$39,220	0.75	0.82
Physical Therapist Assistants	70	$60,890	$61,350	0.90	1.25
Physical Therapists	130	$99,060	$94,620	1.78	1.04
Physician Assistants	50	$140,100	$142,520	0.67	0.64
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	200	$49,920	$53,340	2.80	0.93
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	300	$66,190	$70,310	4.04	0.94
Postal Service Clerks	150	$57,820	$55,000	2.09	4.41
Postal Service Mail Carriers	280	$56,430	$59,160	3.84	1.81
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	30	$90,950	$91,530	0.41	4.61
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	370	$29,370	$34,370	5.08	1.65
Printing Press Operators	90	$34,610	$37,490	1.28	1.38
Procurement Clerks	70	$43,660	$46,430	0.93	2.59
Production Workers, All Other	300	$41,360	$43,940	4.13	2.55
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	170	$60,320	$58,390	2.35	0.94
Project Management Specialists	140	$84,560	$92,090	1.92	0.28
Property Appraisers and Assessors	40	$66,570	$68,010	0.53	1.45
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	70	$47,120	$52,490	0.90	0.45
Public Relations Specialists	70	$50,400	$54,710	1.00	0.55
Public Safety Telecommunicators	110	$50,590	$48,890	1.45	2.19
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	160	$70,130	$72,480	2.21	1.49
Receptionists and Information Clerks	120	$35,580	$35,960	1.69	0.29
Recreation Workers	140	$35,800	$36,050	1.95	0.91
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	110	$45,790	$46,100	1.52	1.61
Registered Nurses	1,890	$78,960	$81,910	25.85	1.19
Rehabilitation Counselors	110	$43,890	$41,230	1.49	2.45
Respiratory Therapists	40	$79,200	$80,100	0.52	0.58
Retail Salespersons	1,370	$29,920	$33,310	18.70	0.75
Sales Managers	110	$130,950	$137,820	1.45	0.35
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	200	$47,120	$57,960	2.80	0.35
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	680	$62,030	$71,700	9.30	1.17
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	100	$70,400	$79,020	1.33	0.73
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	850	$60,560	$59,580	11.59	1.69
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	680	$42,340	$42,120	9.29	0.85
Security Guards	100	$35,570	$37,830	1.42	0.17
Self-Enrichment Teachers	70	$30,030	$35,850	0.94	0.44
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	90	$55,620	$53,890	1.29	3.35
Sewing Machine Operators	40	$35,350	$36,180	0.57	0.85
Sheet Metal Workers	40	$46,940	$54,740	0.49	0.64
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	360	$46,400	$46,480	4.95	0.94
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	50	$34,920	$35,730	0.68	0.42
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	490	$43,810	$41,440	6.75	15.01
Social and Community Service Managers	160	$65,250	$69,510	2.16	1.61
Social and Human Service Assistants	250	$41,990	$44,530	3.39	1.20
Software Developers	90	$116,060	$116,190	1.28	0.12
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	180	$60,770	$59,480	2.47	1.47
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	40	$62,960	$63,800	0.55	0.89
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	50	$59,720	$59,970	0.69	0.66
Speech-Language Pathologists	80	$81,500	$84,720	1.05	0.89
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,350	$38,670	$42,510	18.48	1.01
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	160	$52,300	$59,770	2.12	0.67
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	290	$37,090	$38,290	3.96	1.17
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,640	$30,470	$30,320	22.35	2.45
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	110	$62,970	$64,400	1.55	1.71
Tellers	400	$38,800	$39,730	5.43	2.56
Tire Repairers and Changers	50	$42,370	$42,550	0.71	1.02
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	40	$46,030	$40,940	0.50	1.60
Tool and Die Makers	30	$60,110	$64,240	0.46	1.26
Training and Development Specialists	180	$61,440	$68,180	2.42	0.82
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	90	$90,280	$95,790	1.29	0.91
Travel Agents	30	$44,550	$43,720	0.46	1.28
Veterinarians	60	$100,640	$106,810	0.85	1.57
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	90	$35,830	$36,570	1.26	1.54
Waiters and Waitresses	690	$20,980	$24,880	9.47	0.65
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	190	$58,640	$57,110	2.64	3.20
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	30	$46,820	$45,140	0.44	1.27
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	710	$50,340	$52,360	9.69	3.62
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$48,970	$51,560	0.97	4.76

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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