Wages by Occupation in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 255,820 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $54,660 for all occupations combined. 468 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

32.2% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±0.7), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 100.3 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 97.1; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 36,131 residents (6.3% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±1,441; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 4.4% in 2025, with a labor force of about 281,611 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

30.6% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.5), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$34,824	$32,485
High school graduate	$41,459	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$46,338	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$65,888	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$86,875	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	23.5% (±2.5)	24.2%
High school graduate	13.2% (±0.8)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	11.2% (±0.7)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8% (±0.4)	4.5%

Unemployment rate by education, ages 25 to 64

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	11.6% (±2.9)	7.7%
High school graduate	5.4% (±0.9)	5.9%
Some college or associate's degree	5.3% (±0.8)	4.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5% (±0.4)	2.8%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	33.5%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	11.8%	10.0%
Business	17.2%	20.1%
Education	13.1%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	24.4%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	2,340	$86,350	$94,690	9.14	0.98
Administrative Services Managers	160	$106,950	$129,540	0.62	0.37
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	100	$56,020	$63,080	0.41	1.70
Advertising Sales Agents	190	$80,410	$87,210	0.75	1.27
Aerospace Engineers	60	$140,540	$134,250	0.24	0.55
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	100	$75,280	$75,100	0.39	0.43
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	—	$219,330	$269,600	—	—
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	640	$34,830	$37,590	2.50	0.98
Animal Caretakers	410	$37,650	$43,540	1.60	0.93
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	180	$95,910	$94,160	0.69	1.01
Architectural and Civil Drafters	240	$62,020	$63,080	0.94	1.42
Architectural and Engineering Managers	230	$164,720	$168,990	0.89	0.63
Archivists	50	$64,430	$64,980	0.20	3.99
Art Directors	30	$73,850	$100,720	0.13	0.39
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	240	$77,910	$76,160	0.93	1.54
Athletic Trainers	40	$63,750	$60,430	0.15	0.77
Audio and Video Technicians	60	$60,770	$64,990	0.25	0.55
Audiologists	30	$99,490	$100,460	0.12	1.37
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	280	$36,700	$38,590	1.10	1.68
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	170	$56,660	$64,790	0.68	0.71
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,100	$54,840	$57,710	4.32	0.95
Avionics Technicians	50	$59,080	$59,700	0.20	1.62
Bakers	490	$42,770	$42,650	1.91	1.26
Bartenders	1,100	$50,210	$57,470	4.29	0.88
Bill and Account Collectors	180	$46,620	$48,940	0.69	0.68
Billing and Posting Clerks	1,440	$48,620	$50,650	5.64	2.17
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$80,000	$88,660	0.25	0.76
Biological Scientists, All Other	70	$106,890	$105,220	0.29	0.80
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	2,550	$53,050	$55,070	9.96	1.13
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	40	$78,010	$75,240	0.17	0.50
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	40	$43,100	$70,590	0.16	1.17
Broadcast Technicians	40	$49,290	$54,510	0.15	1.14
Budget Analysts	60	$88,810	$89,450	0.24	0.80
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	780	$64,860	$70,230	3.04	1.63
Bus Drivers, School	610	$50,040	$52,800	2.37	0.91
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	420	$61,250	$64,280	1.66	1.62
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	1,880	$79,270	$87,570	7.35	1.05
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	120	$102,510	$97,860	0.45	0.85
Butchers and Meat Cutters	220	$49,320	$47,450	0.87	0.99
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	850	$73,500	$76,370	3.33	1.05
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	150	$45,660	$45,880	0.59	1.20
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film	50	$36,230	$50,830	0.19	1.38
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	150	$71,020	$82,460	0.57	1.41
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	70	$107,960	$97,310	0.29	2.67
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	280	$57,360	$69,400	1.11	1.52
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	250	$99,940	$91,860	0.97	1.36
Cargo and Freight Agents	60	$57,440	$58,810	0.22	0.35
Carpenters	2,020	$61,900	$67,510	7.89	1.83
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	60	$83,390	$87,780	0.25	2.72
Cashiers	4,470	$36,290	$38,230	17.46	0.88
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	400	$75,210	$74,870	1.58	1.19
Chefs and Head Cooks	240	$71,540	$68,290	0.95	0.74
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	310	$67,300	$70,430	1.21	1.35
Chemical Technicians	110	$65,960	$64,690	0.43	1.16
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$80,130	$87,180	0.14	1.11
Chemists	90	$77,400	$85,730	0.36	0.67
Chief Executives	160	$260,940	$311,850	0.64	0.49
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,110	$69,570	$70,070	4.34	1.72
Childcare Workers	290	$37,230	$40,230	1.13	0.34
Chiropractors	80	$92,940	$96,790	0.31	1.23
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	210	$64,430	$69,800	0.81	1.84
Civil Engineers	600	$100,510	$105,280	2.35	1.00
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	540	$72,280	$72,210	2.10	1.01
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	610	$37,440	$39,970	2.37	0.97
Clergy	60	$77,030	$74,660	0.22	0.60
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	120	$112,500	$115,890	0.48	0.98
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	820	$58,490	$66,600	3.21	1.50
Coaches and Scouts	1,320	$46,050	$54,940	5.17	3.23
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	280	$47,280	$53,720	1.11	1.09
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	60	$51,480	$51,360	0.23	1.35
Commercial Pilots	60	$111,170	$117,130	0.23	0.75
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$74,240	$74,150	0.21	1.13
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	370	$61,730	$66,800	1.45	2.10
Community Health Workers	360	$48,260	$52,930	1.39	3.50
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	140	$82,430	$89,680	0.55	0.77
Compliance Officers	700	$78,460	$84,550	2.72	1.01
Computer and Information Systems Managers	560	$172,900	$187,510	2.20	0.51
Computer Network Architects	120	$130,260	$134,780	0.47	0.41
Computer Network Support Specialists	140	$89,050	$92,500	0.55	0.59
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	120	$57,670	$56,260	0.49	0.45
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	60	$75,910	$73,830	0.24	1.33
Computer Occupations, All Other	560	$92,490	$102,840	2.19	0.78
Computer Programmers	—	$125,240	$113,420	—	—
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$88,210	$92,230	0.29	1.27
Computer Systems Analysts	500	$104,180	$109,750	1.95	0.58
Computer User Support Specialists	990	$63,460	$66,850	3.89	0.84
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	160	$46,340	$49,140	0.63	1.50
Concierges	100	$37,270	$39,950	0.39	1.24
Conservation Scientists	80	$74,320	$74,980	0.32	1.90
Construction and Building Inspectors	230	$86,140	$88,690	0.91	0.97
Construction Laborers	1,700	$51,010	$56,050	6.63	0.94
Construction Managers	340	$131,710	$135,860	1.34	0.55
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	750	$45,330	$46,460	2.92	1.03
Cooks, Restaurant	2,490	$44,230	$43,580	9.74	1.07
Cooks, Short Order	—	$35,030	$36,980	—	—
Correctional Officers and Jailers	630	$79,460	$77,210	2.46	1.00
Cost Estimators	580	$73,940	$80,740	2.25	1.56
Counter and Rental Clerks	1,290	$46,420	$49,570	5.04	1.96
Couriers and Messengers	90	$38,190	$41,740	0.37	0.84
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	270	$49,920	$58,560	1.04	0.90
Crane and Tower Operators	70	$79,500	$88,480	0.27	0.97
Credit Analysts	150	$90,790	$96,090	0.58	1.40
Credit Counselors	40	$56,060	$56,230	0.15	0.85
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	340	$45,760	$51,720	1.33	2.19
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$40,560	$48,430	0.20	1.21
Customer Service Representatives	2,850	$46,790	$47,910	11.12	0.67
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	30	$50,720	$50,610	0.12	0.41
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	300	$47,830	$50,630	1.15	1.05
Data Entry Keyers	100	$46,650	$47,430	0.38	0.46
Data Scientists	160	$117,250	$122,030	0.62	0.37
Database Administrators	70	$99,140	$105,350	0.27	0.60
Database Architects	50	$142,490	$147,700	0.19	0.44
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	160	$35,630	$41,060	0.62	1.51
Dental Assistants	1,000	$50,980	$52,610	3.93	1.57
Dental Hygienists	500	$116,690	$114,080	1.95	1.36
Dental Laboratory Technicians	50	$47,400	$52,630	0.20	0.93
Dentists, General	280	$205,790	$216,190	1.08	1.35
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	270	$107,350	$114,160	1.04	1.42
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	260	$105,230	$103,510	1.01	1.74
Dietitians and Nutritionists	130	$77,330	$77,390	0.49	0.99
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	410	$35,710	$39,870	1.62	0.46
Dishwashers	800	$36,330	$38,550	3.12	1.02
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	300	$50,000	$55,220	1.17	0.89
Driver/Sales Workers	440	$47,920	$50,560	1.73	0.66
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	40	$71,280	$72,460	0.14	1.14
Editors	90	$67,810	$83,730	0.34	0.57
Education Administrators, All Other	40	$100,940	$101,840	0.16	0.46
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	490	$144,210	$144,200	1.91	0.90
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	190	$132,530	$148,360	0.73	0.63
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	100	$71,150	$69,720	0.41	0.86
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	190	$77,870	$77,720	0.74	1.88
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	110	$50,390	$52,920	0.44	0.58
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	540	$75,990	$77,780	2.11	0.93
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	200	$85,510	$78,470	0.77	1.25
Electrical and Electronics Drafters	30	$70,880	$70,410	0.13	1.15
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	70	$78,510	$94,820	0.28	0.67
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	40	$59,550	$74,520	0.15	1.14
Electrical Engineers	320	$122,100	$122,110	1.25	0.98
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	210	$127,490	$120,500	0.84	0.99
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	490	$47,000	$47,460	1.91	1.20
Electricians	1,290	$79,830	$84,780	5.05	1.04
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	70	$112,140	$109,420	0.27	0.43
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,340	$98,800	$90,480	9.13	1.02
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers	60	$138,100	$122,690	0.22	1.41
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	450	$62,880	$62,640	1.75	1.76
Emergency Medical Technicians	300	$47,560	$49,920	1.19	1.03
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	30	$55,340	$56,120	0.13	0.60
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$92,640	$97,470	0.20	0.78
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	50	$81,740	$81,980	0.19	0.49
Engineers, All Other	80	$110,140	$113,810	0.30	0.31
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	110	$77,550	$78,060	0.42	1.14
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	40	$79,810	$95,290	0.17	0.69
Environmental Engineers	50	$108,180	$108,330	0.20	0.82
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	170	$86,700	$89,940	0.68	1.18
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	50	$60,180	$62,960	0.21	0.96
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	550	$71,550	$72,940	2.15	0.73
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	670	$46,810	$50,810	2.64	1.27
Facilities Managers	150	$108,510	$118,550	0.60	0.59
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	190	$38,420	$39,740	0.73	0.43
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	40	$42,390	$46,010	0.15	0.73
Fast Food and Counter Workers	7,870	$35,780	$37,650	30.77	1.24
Fence Erectors	90	$49,160	$54,050	0.35	2.25
Film and Video Editors	40	$45,010	$47,310	0.16	0.97
Financial and Investment Analysts	270	$80,660	$91,680	1.05	0.45
Financial Managers	730	$159,530	$177,730	2.87	0.53
Financial Risk Specialists	70	$108,540	$111,350	0.29	0.70
Financial Specialists, All Other	160	$75,070	$77,710	0.62	0.73
Firefighters	750	$83,310	$82,580	2.92	1.31
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,150	$92,780	$97,910	4.50	0.86
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	120	$98,870	$100,350	0.48	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	160	$59,120	$62,270	0.63	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	50	$69,250	$71,220	0.21	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	370	$109,990	$103,680	1.46	2.29
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,500	$51,770	$56,420	5.85	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	260	$59,480	$60,400	1.01	0.88
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	200	$61,240	$65,600	0.79	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1,050	$84,280	$91,690	4.10	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	340	$90,380	$98,760	1.35	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	2,810	$72,300	$75,550	10.99	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	90	$59,790	$61,650	0.37	0.50
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	220	$127,340	$132,480	0.87	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,280	$75,160	$77,820	5.00	1.16
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	60	$72,580	$75,510	0.24	1.82
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2,390	$54,250	$58,660	9.33	1.29
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	130	$56,870	$63,870	0.49	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	1,230	$69,460	$69,590	4.80	1.20
Floral Designers	70	$42,950	$42,270	0.28	1.06
Food Batchmakers	180	$39,280	$40,830	0.72	0.64
Food Preparation Workers	1,310	$36,360	$39,060	5.11	0.89
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	790	$36,190	$39,620	3.07	1.63
Food Service Managers	90	$83,480	$87,570	0.36	0.24
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$75,960	$73,860	0.15	1.17
Forest and Conservation Technicians	90	$57,390	$63,970	0.37	1.89
Foresters	80	$76,600	$82,810	0.30	4.53
Fundraisers	250	$68,710	$73,170	0.96	1.35
Fundraising Managers	50	$106,770	$126,330	0.21	0.82
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	30	$55,400	$52,670	0.12	1.29
General and Operations Managers	3,290	$119,420	$143,410	12.87	0.57
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	40	$81,630	$86,370	0.14	0.96
Glaziers	120	$58,130	$66,350	0.47	1.26
Graphic Designers	270	$56,530	$61,210	1.05	0.82
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	340	$46,680	$50,090	1.34	3.11
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	570	$61,440	$65,150	2.24	1.14
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	250	$49,830	$53,780	0.97	2.90
Health Education Specialists	90	$76,920	$81,990	0.34	0.80
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	260	$128,830	$141,700	1.00	0.70
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	260	$58,830	$64,530	1.03	0.88
Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other	—	$95,040	$99,520	—	—
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	50	$69,120	$82,460	0.20	0.91
Healthcare Social Workers	440	$67,060	$74,480	1.71	1.42
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	270	$54,610	$56,830	1.07	1.52
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	610	$62,840	$67,410	2.37	0.90
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,890	$62,980	$63,480	15.21	1.15
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	—	$40,560	$45,900	—	—
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	100	$51,940	$51,280	0.39	1.37
Helpers--Production Workers	300	$44,350	$45,700	1.16	1.08
Highway Maintenance Workers	250	$63,740	$64,120	0.96	0.96
History Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$78,520	$78,580	0.14	1.19
Home Appliance Repairers	100	$54,320	$53,140	0.38	1.85
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	10,580	$47,410	$47,030	41.35	1.49
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	620	$35,730	$39,120	2.41	0.87
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	460	$38,020	$39,510	1.79	1.06
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	150	$53,040	$53,430	0.59	1.02
Human Resources Managers	250	$147,050	$164,690	0.97	0.68
Human Resources Specialists	1,370	$74,430	$79,710	5.34	0.91
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	50	$66,010	$68,660	0.20	0.40
Industrial Engineers	220	$104,460	$108,090	0.86	0.37
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	910	$67,030	$72,430	3.55	1.25
Industrial Production Managers	210	$128,410	$143,580	0.80	0.51
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,780	$46,460	$50,180	6.97	1.40
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	320	$46,970	$48,250	1.24	1.43
Information Security Analysts	120	$106,190	$119,480	0.47	0.39
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	620	$55,120	$58,390	2.43	0.63
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	190	$46,770	$52,450	0.73	0.65
Instructional Coordinators	290	$81,570	$86,850	1.14	0.78
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	150	$61,690	$70,670	0.60	2.09
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	320	$57,440	$59,080	1.23	0.89
Insurance Sales Agents	1,310	$59,420	$75,790	5.11	1.66
Insurance Underwriters	230	$83,630	$98,780	0.88	1.30
Interior Designers	120	$61,310	$65,100	0.47	1.02
Interpreters and Translators	50	$41,840	$53,520	0.19	0.56
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	330	$48,610	$51,070	1.30	1.37
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	4,090	$40,070	$43,030	16.00	1.13
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	40	$54,610	$57,610	0.17	1.20
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	60	$114,120	$152,610	0.22	1.41
Judicial Law Clerks	70	$84,010	$90,240	0.28	3.23
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	440	$89,710	$87,830	1.70	2.43
Labor Relations Specialists	150	$77,540	$78,480	0.58	1.39
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	4,050	$44,510	$44,840	15.83	0.83
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	2,070	$44,630	$45,810	8.10	1.32
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	370	$36,290	$38,450	1.44	1.13
Lawyers	770	$123,880	$135,500	3.03	0.62
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	260	$48,910	$54,640	1.03	1.02
Legal Support Workers, All Other	50	$60,310	$71,800	0.20	0.68
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	140	$79,880	$78,480	0.56	0.65
Library Assistants, Clerical	270	$45,480	$45,180	1.05	1.91
Library Technicians	60	$56,270	$54,380	0.25	0.56
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	670	$78,950	$79,980	2.61	0.63
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	60	$60,380	$63,890	0.22	0.46
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	320	$34,650	$35,410	1.26	1.24
Light Truck Drivers	2,290	$44,870	$47,640	8.93	1.41
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	360	$57,270	$56,540	1.42	1.34
Loan Officers	680	$77,220	$88,620	2.65	1.50
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	30	$56,520	$55,880	0.13	1.35
Logging Equipment Operators	110	$75,140	$74,390	0.44	3.25
Logisticians	150	$77,750	$85,850	0.60	0.37
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	70	$46,140	$48,950	0.27	1.00
Machinists	520	$60,480	$61,570	2.02	1.10
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	120	$108,560	$109,210	0.47	1.70
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,510	$37,280	$39,360	5.91	1.07
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	100	$39,870	$40,710	0.37	1.05
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,430	$52,280	$56,900	9.50	0.97
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	60	$60,920	$64,960	0.22	0.57
Management Analysts	760	$96,840	$101,630	2.99	0.52
Managers, All Other	510	$137,670	$147,190	1.99	0.50
Manicurists and Pedicurists	280	$46,050	$47,620	1.09	1.11
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	1,200	$70,390	$80,670	4.68	0.81
Marketing Managers	360	$145,960	$157,300	1.40	0.55
Massage Therapists	370	$77,150	$75,380	1.44	2.26
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$78,890	$79,510	0.30	0.99
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	70	$37,940	$42,130	0.26	0.28
Mechanical Drafters	160	$61,060	$63,430	0.63	2.45
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$85,830	$89,870	0.17	0.73
Mechanical Engineers	450	$98,670	$104,400	1.74	0.91
Medical and Health Services Managers	560	$126,460	$136,640	2.17	0.57
Medical Assistants	2,090	$51,720	$53,200	8.19	1.56
Medical Equipment Preparers	140	$51,660	$53,260	0.56	1.12
Medical Equipment Repairers	110	$56,160	$59,580	0.44	1.03
Medical Records Specialists	420	$56,750	$58,940	1.63	1.30
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	170	$92,010	$96,400	0.67	0.61
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1,090	$49,200	$51,990	4.25	0.69
Medical Transcriptionists	40	$45,920	$48,500	0.17	0.65
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	240	$59,270	$61,040	0.92	1.01
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	430	$71,140	$70,860	1.68	1.97
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	240	$47,120	$48,690	0.94	0.88
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	240	$85,370	$71,680	0.95	8.78
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	920	$97,850	$90,940	3.60	0.90
Millwrights	80	$72,740	$69,210	0.31	1.20
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	1,490	$46,260	$47,230	5.83	0.65
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	130	$54,220	$56,230	0.50	0.82
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	330	$75,960	$74,130	1.27	1.12
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	100	$56,110	$53,320	0.38	1.79
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	300	$45,730	$49,860	1.19	1.23
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	30	$49,960	$55,430	0.12	0.84
Motorcycle Mechanics	40	$46,180	$48,310	0.17	1.98
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	70	$46,230	$51,470	0.26	0.32
Natural Sciences Managers	70	$130,640	$145,160	0.29	0.41
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	410	$94,670	$94,820	1.58	0.78
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	110	$47,630	$63,010	0.45	1.78
Nurse Anesthetists	130	$257,650	$283,320	0.50	1.50
Nurse Practitioners	530	$141,990	$145,170	2.09	1.00
Nursing Assistants	2,780	$47,240	$48,870	10.88	1.17
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	170	$73,070	$77,110	0.65	1.29
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	230	$90,310	$93,110	0.88	0.98
Occupational Therapists	320	$99,280	$100,980	1.26	1.21
Occupational Therapy Assistants	110	$70,570	$70,280	0.41	1.25
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	350	$48,100	$49,690	1.36	1.10
Office Clerks, General	3,950	$47,600	$50,190	15.46	0.98
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	700	$74,360	$77,290	2.75	0.90
Operations Research Analysts	100	$82,500	$88,820	0.41	0.58
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	110	$46,050	$49,220	0.44	0.96
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	—	$280,210	$322,700	—	—
Opticians, Dispensing	180	$47,650	$51,040	0.71	1.49
Optometrists	60	$126,180	$132,930	0.25	0.91
Order Clerks	—	$42,710	$46,970	—	—
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	70	$49,960	$53,300	0.28	1.20
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	400	$39,680	$44,920	1.58	0.65
Packers and Packagers, Hand	700	$36,690	$40,080	2.72	0.76
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	700	$57,050	$55,870	2.75	1.90
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$57,540	$56,250	0.27	0.43
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	610	$59,540	$62,040	2.38	0.94
Paramedics	170	$79,400	$85,640	0.68	1.05
Parking Attendants	230	$37,340	$38,480	0.89	1.00
Parts Salespersons	660	$45,440	$46,490	2.56	1.48
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	230	$63,400	$62,820	0.88	0.90
Personal Financial Advisors	250	$99,350	$141,990	1.00	0.58
Pest Control Workers	200	$49,550	$50,870	0.80	1.21
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	50	$48,290	$50,050	0.19	1.11
Pharmacists	710	$155,560	$148,140	2.76	1.33
Pharmacy Aides	160	$41,360	$44,780	0.63	2.46
Pharmacy Technicians	740	$57,830	$56,990	2.91	0.96
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$74,790	$76,890	0.19	1.44
Phlebotomists	290	$45,880	$46,310	1.13	1.23
Photographers	170	$45,690	$47,070	0.66	1.99
Physical Therapist Assistants	220	$64,740	$63,750	0.85	1.17
Physical Therapists	580	$99,690	$102,310	2.28	1.33
Physician Assistants	350	$147,570	$150,520	1.39	1.33
Physicians, All Other	660	$293,200	$276,150	2.58	1.17
Pipelayers	80	$76,390	$75,270	0.30	1.43
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	50	$48,360	$50,970	0.21	1.01
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	810	$72,800	$75,720	3.16	1.05
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	600	$95,660	$91,750	2.36	0.55
Postal Service Clerks	130	$61,050	$61,760	0.51	1.08
Postal Service Mail Carriers	530	$59,400	$61,510	2.08	0.98
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	290	$57,430	$58,100	1.14	1.69
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	50	$74,780	$86,920	0.20	0.21
Power Plant Operators	40	$97,640	$104,720	0.14	0.75
Prepress Technicians and Workers	40	$47,870	$47,760	0.14	0.91
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	940	$39,990	$44,730	3.68	1.19
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	40	$36,510	$38,560	0.15	0.89
Printing Press Operators	170	$47,030	$48,690	0.66	0.72
Private Detectives and Investigators	90	$61,460	$62,220	0.35	1.53
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	250	$76,810	$79,560	0.98	1.70
Procurement Clerks	150	$48,810	$50,270	0.57	1.60
Producers and Directors	150	$61,430	$71,820	0.60	0.65
Production Workers, All Other	60	$46,140	$51,750	0.23	0.14
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	530	$60,110	$62,860	2.06	0.82
Project Management Specialists	1,510	$98,840	$102,230	5.90	0.86
Property Appraisers and Assessors	70	$65,810	$72,680	0.28	0.76
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	160	$128,710	$127,250	0.63	0.31
Psychiatric Technicians	200	$62,400	$58,490	0.79	0.78
Psychiatrists	50	$301,790	$272,390	0.20	1.13
Psychologists, All Other	30	$112,990	$117,440	0.12	1.03
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$64,200	$74,790	0.34	1.29
Public Relations Managers	80	$137,240	$147,810	0.31	0.64
Public Relations Specialists	320	$74,610	$82,630	1.27	0.69
Public Safety Telecommunicators	290	$76,640	$72,300	1.13	1.72
Purchasing Managers	80	$146,310	$152,800	0.33	0.61
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	520	$83,050	$86,110	2.03	1.37
Radiologists	—	$430,600	$358,990	—	—
Real Estate Sales Agents	220	$69,260	$72,210	0.88	0.71
Receptionists and Information Clerks	2,370	$41,800	$42,640	9.26	1.58
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$63,910	$75,230	0.25	3.09
Recreation Workers	510	$39,260	$42,820	2.01	0.94
Recreational Therapists	50	$65,940	$70,310	0.18	1.88
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	70	$58,240	$62,160	0.29	2.56
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	330	$66,230	$66,190	1.28	1.35
Registered Nurses	6,850	$111,750	$113,280	26.78	1.23
Rehabilitation Counselors	1,080	$55,600	$56,950	4.20	6.90
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	30	$48,990	$49,840	0.12	0.16
Residential Advisors	410	$47,230	$47,350	1.59	2.92
Retail Salespersons	7,400	$36,880	$40,360	28.93	1.15
Roofers	420	$58,720	$65,610	1.65	1.90
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	90	$76,120	$79,610	0.37	0.61
Sales Engineers	40	$133,350	$123,750	0.14	0.43
Sales Managers	530	$155,300	$166,000	2.07	0.50
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	1,240	$69,950	$79,370	4.86	0.60
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	2,220	$73,710	$84,560	8.66	1.09
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	260	$115,860	$120,730	1.01	0.55
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	140	$46,370	$47,940	0.55	2.08
School Bus Monitors	90	$36,130	$39,070	0.35	0.70
School Psychologists	110	$107,700	$100,790	0.44	1.06
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,180	$99,410	$91,860	4.60	0.67
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2,470	$49,550	$51,800	9.65	0.88
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	660	$63,850	$81,980	2.59	0.82
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	160	$64,190	$68,330	0.64	1.15
Security Guards	2,270	$41,310	$45,620	8.88	1.08
Self-Enrichment Teachers	570	$46,680	$50,630	2.21	1.04
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	120	$59,600	$56,230	0.47	1.21
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	80	$61,090	$62,720	0.33	1.65
Sewing Machine Operators	190	$38,420	$40,190	0.73	1.08
Sheet Metal Workers	190	$76,080	$82,430	0.74	0.96
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1,510	$46,660	$48,490	5.89	1.12
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	320	$42,130	$45,450	1.25	0.78
Skincare Specialists	160	$91,000	$90,650	0.64	1.37
Social and Community Service Managers	370	$95,640	$100,680	1.45	1.08
Social and Human Service Assistants	860	$48,820	$51,350	3.36	1.19
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	70	$86,690	$92,870	0.26	1.08
Social Workers, All Other	90	$89,020	$82,800	0.34	0.84
Software Developers	1,840	$130,690	$135,110	7.21	0.66
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	140	$95,680	$101,940	0.54	0.45
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	260	$79,220	$82,800	1.01	0.60
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	150	$80,970	$86,690	0.58	0.96
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	40	$75,160	$79,430	0.17	0.89
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	220	$97,540	$90,390	0.87	0.82
Speech-Language Pathologists	370	$100,500	$97,430	1.45	1.23
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators	60	$78,070	$79,680	0.23	1.24
Statisticians	50	$86,230	$93,930	0.19	0.99
Stockers and Order Fillers	5,330	$40,510	$44,600	20.84	1.14
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	120	$82,660	$77,760	0.48	1.09
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	130	$60,950	$65,290	0.49	1.46
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	1,650	$64,100	$69,870	6.45	2.04
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	1,110	$52,000	$49,420	4.35	1.29
Surgical Technologists	260	$72,030	$70,950	1.02	1.35
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	60	$57,270	$59,330	0.23	0.63
Surveyors	40	$78,490	$91,460	0.16	0.49
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	90	$46,160	$45,100	0.36	1.63
Tax Preparers	120	$40,160	$46,190	0.48	0.97
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	210	$69,810	$74,300	0.81	1.11
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	3,090	$40,160	$43,000	12.06	1.32
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	130	$48,650	$47,630	0.52	0.50
Technical Writers	70	$84,300	$87,230	0.27	0.91
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	190	$70,240	$68,210	0.73	0.81
Tellers	1,030	$46,390	$49,230	4.03	1.90
Tile and Stone Setters	30	$69,990	$67,510	0.12	0.53
Tire Repairers and Changers	290	$39,350	$43,160	1.12	1.60
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	40	$64,380	$69,660	0.16	0.52
Training and Development Specialists	670	$63,400	$68,200	2.63	0.89
Transportation Inspectors	40	$99,240	$103,400	0.17	1.06
Transportation Security Screeners	190	$61,420	$56,920	0.72	2.24
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	180	$119,060	$123,930	0.71	0.50
Travel Agents	40	$47,260	$53,550	0.17	0.49
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	90	$49,870	$53,940	0.34	0.97
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	40	$40,890	$42,080	0.14	1.41
Urban and Regional Planners	150	$95,640	$94,190	0.59	2.06
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	340	$36,080	$38,150	1.34	1.71
Veterinarians	160	$151,820	$149,520	0.64	1.19
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	340	$39,240	$41,850	1.33	1.64
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	170	$57,100	$54,220	0.67	0.80
Waiters and Waitresses	3,420	$48,560	$55,270	13.36	0.91
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	130	$81,240	$77,350	0.50	0.60
Web and Digital Interface Designers	170	$92,790	$97,670	0.68	0.93
Web Developers	150	$92,310	$100,030	0.59	1.31
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	60	$44,320	$47,170	0.24	0.70
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	630	$59,350	$58,650	2.46	0.92
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	110	$51,730	$51,520	0.44	1.11
Writers and Authors	60	$62,060	$65,180	0.23	0.74
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	60	$74,710	$77,570	0.23	1.94

Colleges in this area

13 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Carrington College-Spokane	Private for-profit	2-year	353
Eastern Washington University	Public	4-year or above	10,492
Glen Dow Academy of Hair Design	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	—
Gonzaga University	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	7,470
Great Northern University	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	48
International Beauty Education Center	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	146
Northwest HVAC/R Training Center	Private nonprofit	Less than 2-year	50
Paul Mitchell the School-Spokane	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	296
Spokane Community College	Public	4-year or above	6,813
Spokane Falls Community College	Public	4-year or above	4,319
Studio Beauty School	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	81
Whitworth University	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	2,314
Whitworth University-Adult Degree Programs	Private nonprofit	4-year or above	145

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

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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