Wages by Occupation in Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 214,300 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $39,350 for all occupations combined. 440 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	1,000	$64,410	$73,630	4.65	0.50
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	330	$31,250	$32,340	1.56	21.05
Administrative Services Managers	310	$105,860	$111,520	1.42	0.84
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	30	$48,820	$51,100	0.16	0.68
Advertising Sales Agents	60	$37,460	$47,950	0.29	0.49
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	210	$81,300	$83,310	0.98	17.11
Agricultural Technicians	80	$38,500	$40,120	0.37	3.82
Air Traffic Controllers	40	$83,250	$90,650	0.18	1.25
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	510	$84,370	$74,760	2.40	2.70
Aircraft Service Attendants	90	$45,900	$55,310	0.42	2.10
Airfield Operations Specialists	80	$44,290	$55,790	0.40	4.06
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	50	$27,950	$28,700	0.23	2.80
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	540	$22,810	$22,660	2.52	0.98
Animal Caretakers	440	$26,600	$28,980	2.06	1.20
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	60	$73,920	$85,760	0.29	0.42
Architectural and Civil Drafters	80	$60,230	$58,600	0.39	0.59
Architectural and Engineering Managers	150	$142,190	$143,800	0.72	0.51
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	170	$60,580	$62,010	0.78	1.29
Athletic Trainers	90	$62,200	$61,690	0.40	2.06
Audiologists	50	$65,840	$70,780	0.21	2.42
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	50	$39,990	$53,400	0.24	1.91
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	40	$30,570	$34,060	0.18	0.28
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	240	$44,760	$46,680	1.12	1.17
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,170	$37,560	$43,780	5.45	1.20
Avionics Technicians	80	$82,120	$72,600	0.36	2.97
Bailiffs	30	$25,700	$34,250	0.15	1.38
Bakers	320	$28,370	$28,530	1.48	0.97
Bartenders	530	$29,710	$37,950	2.47	0.51
Bill and Account Collectors	240	$36,810	$38,110	1.12	1.10
Billing and Posting Clerks	460	$41,970	$42,890	2.17	0.83
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	330	$79,160	$85,080	1.55	4.82
Biological Scientists, All Other	50	$81,330	$83,990	0.24	0.68
Biological Technicians	50	$58,430	$58,520	0.24	0.54
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	2,070	$41,920	$43,550	9.64	1.09
Bridge and Lock Tenders	40	$74,730	$73,310	0.17	8.82
Budget Analysts	40	$59,480	$65,230	0.17	0.57
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	590	$48,550	$53,210	2.74	1.47
Bus Drivers, School	620	$22,670	$29,610	2.89	1.12
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	140	$35,890	$37,650	0.65	0.63
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	430	$71,280	$78,980	2.00	0.29
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	190	$100,630	$108,160	0.89	1.68
Butchers and Meat Cutters	210	$29,260	$31,710	1.00	1.14
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	350	$66,710	$71,750	1.64	0.52
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	290	$44,310	$45,630	1.35	2.73
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	100	$45,500	$50,770	0.45	1.10
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	80	$50,850	$53,080	0.35	3.27
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	130	$59,450	$56,770	0.59	0.81
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	360	$50,350	$55,160	1.70	2.37
Carpenters	550	$47,190	$46,320	2.57	0.60
Cashiers	6,210	$23,660	$25,740	29.00	1.46
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	150	$40,570	$42,960	0.72	0.54
Chefs and Head Cooks	150	$53,570	$54,140	0.69	0.53
Chemical Engineers	40	$113,880	$105,970	0.18	1.36
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	190	$76,250	$67,150	0.89	0.99
Chemical Plant and System Operators	90	$72,780	$75,020	0.41	3.83
Chemical Technicians	130	$62,680	$60,950	0.62	1.68
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$57,650	$76,380	0.33	2.57
Chief Executives	40	$131,020	$143,820	0.17	0.13
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	560	$46,530	$46,660	2.62	1.04
Childcare Workers	830	$22,240	$24,010	3.89	1.17
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	110	$44,140	$46,700	0.50	1.13
Civil Engineers	150	$89,430	$97,200	0.72	0.31
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	110	$78,850	$80,490	0.53	0.25
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	440	$29,630	$30,680	2.07	0.85
Clergy	40	$50,500	$56,240	0.17	0.47
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	550	$50,320	$55,180	2.56	1.20
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	490	$52,830	$57,310	2.29	2.24
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	—	$35,730	$41,070	—	—
Commercial and Industrial Designers	40	$61,660	$55,510	0.19	0.89
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	80	$61,050	$58,330	0.39	2.08
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	190	$40,140	$42,730	0.89	1.28
Community Health Workers	40	$39,720	$43,800	0.18	0.46
Compliance Officers	220	$63,610	$67,870	1.01	0.38
Computer and Information Systems Managers	210	$113,140	$128,840	1.00	0.23
Computer Network Support Specialists	200	$63,570	$66,640	0.92	0.98
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	330	$37,520	$42,050	1.54	1.41
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	70	$44,970	$51,380	0.32	1.72
Computer Occupations, All Other	140	$65,600	$70,050	0.66	0.24
Computer Programmers	60	$56,360	$67,160	0.27	0.45
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$80,240	$92,310	0.35	1.53
Computer Systems Analysts	140	$77,580	$86,710	0.65	0.19
Computer User Support Specialists	490	$49,310	$53,150	2.30	0.50
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	80	$39,420	$42,550	0.37	0.88
Conservation Scientists	50	$73,920	$78,660	0.24	1.43
Construction and Building Inspectors	90	$45,450	$50,430	0.43	0.45
Construction Laborers	1,420	$37,720	$40,140	6.62	0.94
Construction Managers	220	$98,930	$103,920	1.00	0.41
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	60	$46,430	$49,790	0.27	0.88
Cooks, Fast Food	1,990	$22,900	$23,760	9.29	2.25
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1,290	$27,450	$27,680	6.02	2.12
Cooks, Restaurant	2,080	$28,990	$29,160	9.69	1.07
Cooks, Short Order	270	$24,290	$25,670	1.26	1.42
Correctional Officers and Jailers	480	$36,570	$38,940	2.23	0.91
Cost Estimators	210	$64,420	$67,270	1.00	0.69
Counter and Rental Clerks	470	$32,290	$36,530	2.21	0.86
Couriers and Messengers	80	$33,930	$32,450	0.36	0.81
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	450	$37,610	$42,080	2.10	1.81
Crane and Tower Operators	130	$35,450	$44,920	0.61	2.23
Credit Analysts	50	$65,360	$85,690	0.23	0.55
Credit Counselors	60	$46,070	$45,490	0.28	1.57
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	60	$15,080	$21,200	0.26	0.42
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	60	$36,450	$37,640	0.27	1.59
Customer Service Representatives	2,560	$36,440	$38,900	11.96	0.72
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	70	$37,170	$37,910	0.33	8.35
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	360	$36,270	$38,670	1.66	5.73
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	950	$40,650	$45,740	4.45	4.04
Data Entry Keyers	70	$33,400	$34,420	0.35	0.42
Data Scientists	110	$57,890	$69,600	0.49	0.29
Database Administrators	40	$83,990	$83,110	0.19	0.43
Dental Assistants	550	$37,960	$42,400	2.59	1.04
Dental Hygienists	220	$63,130	$64,450	1.04	0.73
Dentists, General	120	$179,800	$179,890	0.56	0.70
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	120	$56,800	$76,760	0.56	0.76
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	150	$74,120	$73,960	0.70	1.20
Dietitians and Nutritionists	80	$63,040	$61,920	0.37	0.74
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	510	$21,760	$22,630	2.37	0.68
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	30	$62,780	$56,390	0.16	1.11
Dishwashers	600	$25,950	$24,940	2.82	0.92
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	360	$47,210	$48,740	1.68	1.29
Driver/Sales Workers	420	$37,800	$37,670	1.97	0.75
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$101,120	$92,430	0.19	2.54
Editors	40	$57,370	$57,790	0.20	0.33
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	590	$81,010	$83,590	2.74	1.30
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	920	$102,460	$122,670	4.28	3.69
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	110	$50,250	$50,020	0.51	1.07
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	160	$63,490	$64,390	0.75	1.92
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	40	$21,330	$35,170	0.18	0.23
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	600	$57,260	$54,910	2.80	1.23
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	90	$67,270	$71,080	0.42	0.69
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	90	$81,200	$78,860	0.42	1.00
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	30	$99,160	$92,710	0.15	1.14
Electrical Engineers	180	$101,430	$102,650	0.83	0.65
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	420	$63,490	$67,810	1.94	2.30
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	410	$35,460	$36,530	1.92	1.21
Electricians	1,110	$59,290	$56,980	5.17	1.06
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,000	$48,850	$51,810	9.33	1.04
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	250	$36,840	$39,380	1.17	1.18
Emergency Medical Technicians	200	$36,430	$37,590	0.95	0.82
Emergency Medicine Physicians	190	$174,990	$193,060	0.89	4.20
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	170	$45,190	$49,380	0.78	3.55
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	290	$100,630	$102,160	1.34	5.18
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	50	$64,940	$65,810	0.23	0.60
Engineers, All Other	60	$87,690	$85,800	0.30	0.30
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	190	$47,170	$52,720	0.90	2.43
Environmental Engineers	50	$115,210	$112,250	0.22	0.90
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$78,130	$99,570	0.14	3.36
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	100	$47,440	$50,860	0.48	2.17
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	240	$54,260	$60,000	1.13	0.38
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	210	$27,460	$33,830	1.00	0.48
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	380	$44,220	$45,110	1.78	4.56
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	230	$42,120	$47,740	1.09	2.88
Facilities Managers	170	$80,610	$95,020	0.79	0.79
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	90	$48,620	$61,290	0.44	24.83
Family Medicine Physicians	90	$236,240	$267,260	0.42	0.61
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	90	$48,180	$50,960	0.42	1.71
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	40	$37,350	$36,080	0.19	0.11
Fast Food and Counter Workers	5,980	$22,290	$23,390	27.89	1.13
Fence Erectors	70	$38,700	$41,270	0.34	2.13
File Clerks	60	$34,050	$33,510	0.27	0.58
Financial and Investment Analysts	80	$68,610	$78,020	0.36	0.15
Financial Examiners	30	$63,540	$85,810	0.15	0.35
Financial Managers	680	$101,030	$118,840	3.15	0.58
Financial Risk Specialists	50	$133,440	$134,520	0.24	0.58
Financial Specialists, All Other	40	$49,510	$58,360	0.19	0.23
Firefighters	410	$30,800	$34,720	1.89	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1,050	$62,910	$69,350	4.92	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	110	$46,240	$47,990	0.53	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	60	$58,310	$67,980	0.29	1.61
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	230	$49,180	$52,780	1.09	1.71
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	2,190	$34,940	$37,190	10.20	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	250	$37,700	$42,710	1.19	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	130	$48,080	$53,420	0.62	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1,160	$70,890	$72,570	5.40	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	270	$69,050	$89,820	1.25	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	2,390	$59,180	$60,820	11.14	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	140	$37,080	$43,570	0.65	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	330	$56,660	$60,520	1.52	1.53
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2,520	$61,470	$68,750	11.77	2.72
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2,230	$44,160	$46,220	10.42	1.44
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	70	$36,250	$38,810	0.35	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	880	$55,030	$58,820	4.11	1.02
Floral Designers	60	$29,500	$31,370	0.29	1.13
Food Batchmakers	80	$38,910	$39,180	0.37	0.33
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	70	$29,160	$30,740	0.32	0.59
Food Preparation Workers	1,500	$27,090	$26,770	6.98	1.21
Food Processing Workers, All Other	90	$30,970	$33,650	0.42	1.01
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	370	$29,320	$27,740	1.74	0.92
Food Service Managers	310	$58,950	$62,310	1.47	0.96
Forest and Conservation Technicians	40	$50,530	$55,760	0.19	0.95
Fundraisers	30	$49,300	$61,040	0.15	0.20
Funeral Attendants	60	$29,440	$31,460	0.29	1.44
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	170	$44,520	$43,300	0.80	8.66
Furniture Finishers	—	$38,940	$37,940	—	—
General and Operations Managers	1,700	$98,300	$122,120	7.93	0.35
Glaziers	180	$36,590	$39,690	0.83	2.21
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	60	$23,060	$23,780	0.30	1.86
Graphic Designers	140	$44,350	$46,800	0.67	0.52
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	80	$41,040	$41,540	0.40	0.92
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	260	$28,310	$35,720	1.20	0.61
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	30	$43,330	$43,620	0.16	0.47
Health Education Specialists	40	$45,120	$51,690	0.18	0.44
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	220	$131,430	$135,280	1.03	0.73
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	420	$39,100	$42,190	1.96	1.67
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	100	$32,900	$33,340	0.47	2.09
Healthcare Social Workers	260	$59,910	$58,040	1.22	1.01
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	70	$34,560	$36,620	0.31	0.44
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	390	$47,010	$49,330	1.83	0.70
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	4,360	$55,700	$54,460	20.35	1.53
Helpers--Carpenters	70	$35,360	$35,230	0.35	2.48
Helpers--Electricians	90	$35,680	$33,940	0.43	1.06
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	150	$34,200	$33,940	0.70	1.14
Helpers--Production Workers	650	$36,080	$38,410	3.01	2.83
Highway Maintenance Workers	870	$36,660	$36,330	4.07	4.09
History Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$78,870	$72,490	0.33	2.70
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,700	$25,560	$25,950	12.59	0.45
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	470	$21,120	$22,250	2.19	0.79
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	430	$26,320	$25,610	2.00	1.19
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	140	$41,770	$42,030	0.65	1.11
Human Resources Managers	120	$98,810	$123,660	0.57	0.41
Human Resources Specialists	720	$57,700	$63,170	3.36	0.57
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	270	$59,280	$63,250	1.26	2.59
Industrial Engineers	760	$97,470	$97,690	3.54	1.50
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	1,600	$53,200	$58,620	7.45	2.63
Industrial Production Managers	610	$107,610	$116,240	2.85	1.80
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,590	$39,640	$44,070	7.43	1.49
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	110	$49,940	$50,080	0.49	0.57
Information Security Analysts	60	$78,840	$78,930	0.28	0.23
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1,940	$41,220	$44,590	9.03	2.35
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	100	$42,310	$45,910	0.48	0.42
Instructional Coordinators	370	$58,660	$58,940	1.72	1.18
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	130	$40,600	$41,850	0.59	0.43
Insurance Sales Agents	520	$37,900	$45,350	2.41	0.78
Insurance Underwriters	30	$49,030	$56,960	0.15	0.23
Interior Designers	70	$43,540	$54,100	0.33	0.71
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	520	$35,390	$36,330	2.41	2.53
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,700	$28,000	$28,930	12.61	0.89
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	60	$52,850	$57,030	0.27	1.76
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	270	$47,900	$49,430	1.28	1.83
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	5,240	$34,780	$34,540	24.44	1.29
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	950	$33,060	$33,740	4.44	0.73
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	150	$26,760	$27,010	0.71	0.56
Lawyers	460	$100,010	$112,540	2.15	0.44
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	80	$41,550	$42,730	0.36	0.36
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	200	$57,160	$52,250	0.93	1.08
Library Assistants, Clerical	100	$31,080	$28,850	0.47	0.86
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$59,740	$68,190	0.23	9.71
Library Technicians	50	$34,800	$35,380	0.22	0.50
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,990	$48,800	$50,000	9.30	2.23
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	50	$58,990	$62,830	0.21	0.45
Light Truck Drivers	1,110	$38,170	$45,730	5.17	0.82
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	290	$45,170	$44,260	1.33	1.26
Loan Officers	720	$59,620	$74,980	3.35	1.90
Lodging Managers	40	$54,870	$74,020	0.20	0.74
Logging Equipment Operators	270	$49,980	$46,680	1.27	9.41
Logisticians	190	$67,930	$70,430	0.88	0.55
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	80	$38,340	$39,160	0.37	1.37
Machinists	600	$50,200	$54,010	2.82	1.53
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	50	$74,480	$73,540	0.21	0.77
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,160	$26,360	$26,060	5.43	0.98
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	40	$28,580	$29,100	0.21	0.59
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	2,700	$44,350	$45,990	12.59	1.28
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	130	$43,470	$48,890	0.59	1.53
Management Analysts	230	$62,780	$78,370	1.08	0.19
Managers, All Other	140	$88,730	$117,870	0.67	0.17
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	440	$50,810	$59,920	2.07	0.36
Marketing Managers	140	$99,530	$116,960	0.65	0.25
Materials Engineers	30	$79,880	$92,460	0.15	1.00
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	120	$65,250	$68,800	0.54	1.75
Mechanical Drafters	50	$47,020	$53,600	0.22	0.87
Mechanical Engineers	310	$95,820	$96,570	1.46	0.77
Medical and Health Services Managers	650	$96,500	$111,310	3.01	0.78
Medical Assistants	590	$35,560	$37,140	2.76	0.53
Medical Equipment Preparers	70	$36,880	$38,980	0.35	0.70
Medical Equipment Repairers	50	$39,520	$47,440	0.23	0.55
Medical Records Specialists	460	$38,470	$42,540	2.13	1.70
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1,200	$34,980	$36,480	5.61	0.91
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	90	$39,640	$45,090	0.44	0.47
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	120	$45,720	$47,850	0.55	0.65
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	220	$35,160	$37,650	1.04	0.98
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	60	$35,860	$41,160	0.30	2.74
Meter Readers, Utilities	110	$40,700	$43,950	0.50	3.99
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,270	$50,900	$53,080	5.90	1.48
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	60	$39,100	$43,110	0.29	3.67
Millwrights	250	$59,740	$56,570	1.16	4.47
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	5,170	$40,360	$45,070	24.14	2.67
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	240	$47,490	$50,620	1.13	1.85
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	240	$55,210	$56,900	1.12	0.98
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	190	$40,780	$43,030	0.90	0.93
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	60	$48,040	$45,410	0.28	1.75
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	40	$47,030	$49,160	0.17	0.55
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	430	$36,000	$37,660	2.00	2.50
Natural Sciences Managers	40	$149,430	$133,410	0.20	0.29
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	200	$79,640	$88,720	0.92	0.45
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	60	$38,980	$45,560	0.30	1.19
Nurse Anesthetists	100	$194,770	$205,940	0.47	1.40
Nurse Practitioners	900	$121,810	$119,720	4.21	2.03
Nursing Assistants	2,620	$31,430	$32,710	12.20	1.31
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	200	$75,840	$76,410	0.95	1.90
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	180	$88,490	$88,840	0.82	0.91
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	80	$64,710	$73,340	0.38	1.92
Occupational Therapists	240	$96,930	$94,840	1.11	1.07
Occupational Therapy Assistants	90	$61,830	$63,720	0.40	1.21
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	30	$53,290	$51,190	0.14	0.11
Office Clerks, General	2,800	$34,510	$36,030	13.06	0.82
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	800	$48,360	$51,230	3.74	1.22
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	200	$35,890	$35,730	0.93	2.04
Opticians, Dispensing	110	$35,400	$35,760	0.53	1.13
Optometrists	60	$104,240	$115,140	0.26	0.95
Order Clerks	50	$39,900	$39,810	0.23	0.48
Orderlies	80	$31,220	$32,190	0.37	1.10
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	—	$543,400	$494,070	—	—
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	30	$36,500	$39,960	0.15	0.66
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	1,190	$37,850	$36,380	5.56	2.28
Packers and Packagers, Hand	530	$30,170	$29,580	2.47	0.69
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	160	$38,000	$44,070	0.77	0.53
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	160	$46,070	$43,200	0.72	1.17
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	420	$48,030	$51,010	1.96	0.77
Paramedics	240	$55,550	$54,880	1.13	1.74
Parts Salespersons	520	$34,580	$36,540	2.44	1.40
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	—	$39,540	$41,880	—	—
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	200	$47,130	$49,630	0.94	0.96
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	30	$18,210	$21,810	0.15	0.39
Personal Financial Advisors	110	$61,620	$101,240	0.52	0.31
Pest Control Workers	140	$36,240	$40,300	0.65	0.98
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	100	$42,140	$41,070	0.45	2.57
Pharmacists	550	$133,130	$126,830	2.58	1.25
Pharmacy Aides	110	$27,600	$30,390	0.51	1.99
Pharmacy Technicians	770	$40,880	$41,080	3.61	1.19
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$51,430	$58,420	0.16	1.20
Phlebotomists	170	$33,160	$35,530	0.80	0.86
Photographers	50	$46,550	$45,960	0.22	0.66
Physical Therapist Assistants	200	$62,400	$62,930	0.92	1.28
Physical Therapists	380	$96,350	$93,760	1.76	1.02
Physician Assistants	30	$99,790	$93,580	0.15	0.14
Physicians, All Other	440	$300,090	$294,520	2.04	0.92
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$79,090	$80,560	0.27	3.21
Pipelayers	30	$39,980	$45,510	0.15	0.71
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	270	$50,990	$58,400	1.28	0.43
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	1,530	$45,540	$45,470	7.13	1.65
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$59,270	$69,100	0.25	2.28
Postal Service Clerks	150	$60,530	$59,810	0.72	1.52
Postal Service Mail Carriers	620	$55,730	$59,640	2.87	1.36
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	40	$99,470	$98,770	0.17	1.94
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	90	$58,070	$70,660	0.43	0.45
Power Plant Operators	100	$102,640	$106,850	0.46	2.42
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	700	$38,920	$39,680	3.25	1.06
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	40	$28,400	$27,720	0.20	1.17
Printing Press Operators	130	$35,200	$37,230	0.59	0.64
Private Detectives and Investigators	60	$45,060	$48,120	0.28	1.23
Procurement Clerks	230	$48,130	$48,370	1.06	2.96
Producers and Directors	70	$49,500	$61,160	0.31	0.34
Production Workers, All Other	1,040	$38,660	$45,800	4.84	2.99
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	600	$47,810	$53,810	2.80	1.12
Project Management Specialists	580	$78,640	$84,820	2.69	0.39
Property Appraisers and Assessors	110	$42,880	$48,930	0.52	1.42
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	200	$59,910	$67,090	0.93	0.46
Psychiatric Aides	270	$29,290	$30,020	1.25	5.47
Psychiatric Technicians	150	$35,320	$34,130	0.69	0.68
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	100	$77,490	$72,810	0.46	1.72
Public Relations Specialists	150	$53,000	$60,630	0.70	0.38
Public Safety Telecommunicators	260	$34,470	$36,750	1.21	1.84
Purchasing Managers	70	$126,440	$123,740	0.31	0.57
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	470	$61,440	$59,480	2.21	1.49
Real Estate Sales Agents	140	$32,970	$51,210	0.66	0.53
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,270	$30,610	$31,380	5.93	1.01
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	70	$63,310	$65,530	0.34	4.22
Recreation Workers	290	$28,710	$30,000	1.34	0.63
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	440	$37,680	$41,210	2.06	2.17
Registered Nurses	5,240	$76,080	$75,160	24.43	1.12
Rehabilitation Counselors	100	$41,060	$43,300	0.45	0.74
Religious Workers, All Other	40	$36,090	$38,860	0.19	1.84
Residential Advisors	90	$35,400	$40,500	0.42	0.77
Respiratory Therapists	310	$63,690	$62,870	1.47	1.63
Retail Salespersons	7,020	$27,860	$29,610	32.77	1.31
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	150	$39,450	$45,150	0.68	4.20
Roofers	50	$42,990	$43,650	0.26	0.29
Sales Managers	270	$109,570	$124,910	1.25	0.31
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	430	$48,350	$60,590	2.02	0.25
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,150	$57,940	$67,440	5.38	0.68
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	70	$77,530	$78,240	0.35	0.19
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	750	$36,320	$37,200	3.51	13.36
School Bus Monitors	80	$18,760	$20,810	0.37	0.73
School Psychologists	80	$58,360	$58,410	0.36	0.89
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,850	$48,840	$53,340	8.64	1.26
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2,310	$37,030	$38,360	10.80	0.98
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	260	$46,610	$80,260	1.23	0.39
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	80	$49,900	$47,100	0.37	0.66
Security Guards	1,300	$28,950	$28,450	6.05	0.73
Self-Enrichment Teachers	130	$27,980	$36,470	0.62	0.29
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	30	$36,920	$39,270	0.16	0.82
Sewers, Hand	100	$37,390	$37,410	0.46	32.32
Sewing Machine Operators	1,810	$38,530	$37,890	8.45	12.53
Sheet Metal Workers	200	$45,180	$48,350	0.96	1.24
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1,970	$35,530	$38,170	9.19	1.75
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	200	$29,130	$30,350	0.94	0.59
Social and Community Service Managers	130	$60,940	$69,580	0.60	0.44
Social and Human Service Assistants	—	$26,630	$29,960	—	—
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$77,950	$75,430	0.24	3.14
Software Developers	190	$89,240	$97,770	0.90	0.08
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	460	$48,810	$52,280	2.16	1.29
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	240	$49,500	$52,260	1.12	1.84
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	330	$48,720	$53,040	1.52	1.44
Speech-Language Pathologists	430	$76,660	$76,750	2.03	1.72
Stockers and Order Fillers	5,040	$34,030	$36,650	23.52	1.29
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	190	$46,110	$47,230	0.89	2.01
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	100	$38,220	$40,490	0.45	1.35
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	350	$46,040	$49,390	1.63	0.52
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	660	$21,700	$24,580	3.10	0.92
Surgical Technologists	250	$49,830	$51,480	1.15	1.53
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	80	$45,150	$49,570	0.38	1.02
Surveyors	80	$63,230	$64,980	0.38	1.16
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	50	$39,760	$40,780	0.21	3.09
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	100	$42,640	$49,960	0.47	1.28
Tax Preparers	90	$55,550	$60,000	0.42	0.86
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	70	$36,410	$44,100	0.31	0.43
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,780	$25,840	$25,660	8.33	0.91
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	200	$89,800	$71,550	0.95	1.05
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	80	$49,360	$53,230	0.37	0.59
Tellers	850	$37,330	$37,010	3.95	1.87
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	370	$37,600	$37,560	1.74	30.11
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	50	$44,340	$49,970	0.22	1.56
Tire Repairers and Changers	170	$30,880	$34,860	0.78	1.12
Tool and Die Makers	160	$50,940	$56,030	0.76	2.09
Training and Development Managers	50	$92,690	$100,350	0.21	0.68
Training and Development Specialists	310	$61,940	$65,070	1.44	0.49
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	300	$88,590	$95,230	1.40	0.99
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	90	$41,560	$44,220	0.43	1.21
Tutors	200	$50,060	$53,900	0.94	0.83
Upholsterers	2,340	$44,930	$43,390	10.90	84.15
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	130	$21,090	$22,810	0.61	0.77
Veterinarians	90	$100,990	$109,800	0.42	0.79
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	140	$32,590	$34,220	0.63	0.78
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	180	$35,780	$38,760	0.84	1.01
Waiters and Waitresses	2,900	$19,620	$23,960	13.55	0.93
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	170	$49,700	$51,210	0.80	0.97
Web Developers	50	$63,220	$68,670	0.24	0.53
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	110	$37,440	$42,690	0.53	1.53
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,110	$46,450	$48,850	5.18	1.94
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$44,010	$43,700	0.20	1.00
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	210	$38,330	$38,290	0.97	2.45

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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