Wages by Occupation in Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 127,550 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $47,910 for all occupations combined. 346 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	680	$78,070	$85,550	5.35	0.57
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	30	$45,250	$48,170	0.25	3.34
Administrative Services Managers	130	$99,490	$108,110	1.05	0.62
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	60	$66,520	$67,020	0.45	1.86
Advertising Sales Agents	40	$48,790	$55,660	0.31	0.53
Agricultural Equipment Operators	130	$46,060	$46,680	0.99	5.40
Agricultural Technicians	40	$45,660	$46,730	0.34	3.46
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	30	$62,400	$64,700	0.24	0.27
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	80	$30,290	$32,320	0.66	0.26
Animal Caretakers	170	$28,640	$31,960	1.32	0.77
Architectural and Civil Drafters	40	$64,500	$66,370	0.28	0.42
Architectural and Engineering Managers	130	$127,720	$136,650	1.04	0.74
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	40	$35,980	$34,510	0.33	0.50
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	170	$58,760	$56,440	1.33	1.39
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	720	$45,210	$49,340	5.63	1.24
Bailiffs	40	$43,890	$49,660	0.28	2.47
Bakers	110	$35,900	$35,810	0.85	0.56
Bartenders	1,580	$22,800	$25,830	12.42	2.55
Billing and Posting Clerks	310	$46,500	$46,930	2.42	0.93
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,100	$49,270	$49,910	8.60	0.97
Bridge and Lock Tenders	30	$72,010	$69,780	0.25	12.78
Budget Analysts	60	$81,280	$80,430	0.43	1.43
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	430	$63,160	$66,490	3.35	1.80
Bus Drivers, School	610	$51,390	$55,350	4.75	1.83
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	470	$76,400	$79,480	3.66	0.52
Butchers and Meat Cutters	160	$45,610	$45,050	1.27	1.45
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	420	$66,500	$71,540	3.32	1.05
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	390	$45,560	$45,860	3.04	6.12
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School	40	$59,090	$63,400	0.32	2.97
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	60	$78,250	$79,520	0.47	0.64
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	150	$62,400	$63,030	1.19	1.66
Cargo and Freight Agents	90	$58,850	$56,810	0.68	1.09
Carpenters	460	$57,340	$57,050	3.65	0.85
Cashiers	4,360	$30,900	$31,630	34.17	1.72
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	200	$60,850	$66,110	1.59	1.20
Chefs and Head Cooks	40	$55,370	$58,470	0.31	0.24
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	60	$49,710	$49,830	0.48	0.53
Chief Executives	280	$150,220	$184,360	2.23	1.70
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	250	$61,780	$62,070	1.93	0.76
Childcare Workers	190	$30,020	$32,360	1.51	0.45
Chiropractors	70	$95,460	$97,920	0.57	2.25
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$68,250	$66,970	0.28	0.63
Civil Engineers	140	$89,130	$92,090	1.07	0.45
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	270	$35,090	$34,920	2.15	0.88
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	110	$54,330	$52,940	0.88	9.26
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	40	$146,770	$134,190	0.32	0.64
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	240	$66,520	$68,410	1.86	0.87
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	540	$53,690	$53,460	4.22	4.13
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	40	$50,750	$54,470	0.30	0.44
Community Health Workers	40	$57,270	$55,280	0.28	0.72
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	30	$67,160	$69,090	0.23	0.33
Compliance Officers	140	$73,320	$77,540	1.10	0.41
Computer and Information Systems Managers	120	$129,380	$140,390	0.93	0.22
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	670	$51,280	$52,970	5.28	4.85
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	60	$69,070	$69,090	0.45	2.44
Computer Occupations, All Other	180	$80,280	$86,540	1.43	0.51
Computer Programmers	30	$82,310	$85,300	0.24	0.41
Computer Systems Analysts	90	$95,620	$95,130	0.69	0.21
Computer User Support Specialists	270	$59,430	$59,130	2.09	0.45
Conservation Scientists	70	$77,040	$76,200	0.58	3.50
Construction and Building Inspectors	30	$62,380	$67,550	0.26	0.27
Construction Laborers	1,110	$58,290	$59,240	8.67	1.23
Construction Managers	190	$99,030	$110,030	1.51	0.62
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	40	$85,470	$85,190	0.31	0.99
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	770	$38,660	$39,800	6.03	2.12
Cooks, Restaurant	1,080	$34,700	$33,350	8.46	0.93
Cooks, Short Order	190	$31,080	$29,290	1.45	1.63
Correctional Officers and Jailers	760	$77,190	$75,900	5.96	2.43
Cost Estimators	230	$72,370	$74,400	1.78	1.24
Counter and Rental Clerks	220	$46,190	$48,470	1.76	0.68
Couriers and Messengers	30	$36,350	$35,410	0.27	0.61
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	90	$49,280	$52,360	0.74	0.64
Credit Analysts	50	$63,560	$74,450	0.37	0.89
Credit Counselors	30	$50,260	$58,590	0.25	1.40
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	—	$46,170	$42,340	—	—
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	60	$49,800	$51,530	0.45	2.66
Customer Service Representatives	1,460	$46,170	$48,280	11.48	0.69
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	100	$47,570	$47,830	0.80	2.76
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	440	$44,680	$45,200	3.45	3.14
Data Entry Keyers	40	$41,210	$42,530	0.29	0.35
Data Scientists	50	$81,840	$87,320	0.36	0.21
Dental Assistants	280	$46,950	$48,230	2.23	0.89
Dental Hygienists	200	$95,040	$93,530	1.58	1.10
Dentists, General	100	$215,330	$216,970	0.76	0.96
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	50	$73,650	$74,660	0.38	0.52
Dietitians and Nutritionists	70	$76,910	$78,220	0.57	1.14
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	200	$26,000	$26,250	1.56	0.45
Dishwashers	300	$26,430	$25,960	2.32	0.75
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	160	$56,540	$55,100	1.28	0.98
Driver/Sales Workers	320	$26,730	$32,750	2.47	0.94
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	70	$48,140	$53,840	0.52	0.96
Editors	60	$47,650	$64,780	0.44	0.74
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	230	$103,980	$107,440	1.77	0.84
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	40	$120,110	$122,380	0.35	0.30
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	40	$51,710	$53,880	0.31	0.65
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	30	$41,220	$46,990	0.27	0.35
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	250	$61,660	$63,970	1.94	0.86
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$78,500	$75,550	0.31	0.51
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	30	$69,160	$71,880	0.23	0.56
Electrical Engineers	80	$99,060	$99,150	0.61	0.48
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	150	$102,930	$95,620	1.17	1.39
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers	230	$36,250	$38,960	1.81	1.14
Electricians	350	$66,980	$69,110	2.71	0.56
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,520	$59,700	$59,930	11.93	1.34
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	120	$54,430	$54,480	0.93	0.93
Emergency Medical Technicians	340	$40,270	$43,520	2.65	2.28
Emergency Medicine Physicians	30	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	0.25	1.18
Engineers, All Other	50	$122,930	$124,240	0.40	0.40
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	30	$74,190	$78,180	0.26	0.46
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	140	$56,490	$56,390	1.11	5.00
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	110	$70,340	$66,850	0.84	0.28
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	90	$38,670	$39,380	0.67	0.32
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	170	$46,400	$47,760	1.31	3.35
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	230	$46,380	$50,290	1.77	4.68
Facilities Managers	80	$100,370	$105,850	0.63	0.63
Family Medicine Physicians	90	$239,200 or more	$239,200 or more	0.73	1.06
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	270	$56,490	$55,430	2.08	8.54
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	80	$34,030	$37,140	0.64	0.38
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	140	$37,890	$38,810	1.13	5.35
Fast Food and Counter Workers	2,940	$27,750	$28,020	23.05	0.93
File Clerks	70	$41,660	$42,370	0.53	1.11
Financial and Investment Analysts	30	$79,970	$85,030	0.25	0.11
Financial Managers	340	$129,630	$139,910	2.66	0.49
Financial Specialists, All Other	70	$69,240	$73,610	0.52	0.61
Firefighters	520	$46,110	$46,170	4.08	1.83
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	640	$77,300	$79,170	5.03	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	90	$99,160	$95,350	0.67	1.95
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	60	$48,720	$51,800	0.49	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	40	$76,490	$78,990	0.30	0.48
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	970	$37,980	$41,860	7.62	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	80	$47,680	$51,080	0.65	0.57
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	100	$59,460	$62,980	0.79	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	530	$79,090	$82,120	4.17	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	140	$86,790	$96,770	1.06	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	900	$66,930	$68,830	7.07	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	190	$46,120	$49,260	1.46	1.99
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	110	$88,710	$89,980	0.87	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,600	$68,310	$71,520	12.52	2.89
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	890	$48,010	$52,840	6.96	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	480	$68,080	$68,460	3.74	0.93
Fish and Game Wardens	30	$76,380	$75,250	0.23	6.34
Floral Designers	40	$33,080	$35,590	0.34	1.31
Food Batchmakers	1,210	$47,790	$48,040	9.48	8.45
Food Preparation Workers	1,040	$31,200	$32,410	8.13	1.41
Food Science Technicians	50	$49,990	$53,520	0.38	4.00
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	270	$33,170	$33,630	2.11	1.12
Food Service Managers	180	$59,590	$64,170	1.39	0.91
Forest and Conservation Technicians	30	$60,860	$63,240	0.26	1.31
Foresters	60	$64,670	$62,510	0.47	7.05
Fundraisers	30	$76,690	$80,560	0.24	0.34
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	80	$56,890	$54,120	0.64	6.92
Furniture Finishers	60	$47,420	$46,070	0.48	5.16
General and Operations Managers	1,400	$105,780	$126,170	10.95	0.49
Graphic Designers	100	$52,900	$54,940	0.76	0.60
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	170	$46,750	$48,680	1.31	3.03
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	150	$34,560	$37,030	1.18	0.60
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	90	$49,240	$57,000	0.68	0.57
Healthcare Social Workers	160	$61,130	$64,870	1.22	1.01
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	80	$39,530	$45,360	0.60	0.85
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	280	$59,830	$63,020	2.18	0.83
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	4,330	$57,760	$57,190	33.98	2.56
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	40	$31,200	$36,270	0.30	0.49
Helpers--Production Workers	110	$37,740	$39,660	0.86	0.81
Highway Maintenance Workers	810	$52,650	$51,640	6.36	6.39
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,520	$35,220	$34,690	27.60	1.00
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	210	$26,650	$27,140	1.65	0.59
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	280	$30,640	$32,940	2.18	1.30
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	100	$51,630	$51,880	0.75	1.29
Human Resources Managers	90	$124,620	$137,210	0.73	0.51
Human Resources Specialists	580	$76,400	$77,910	4.54	0.77
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	130	$61,730	$61,470	1.00	2.06
Industrial Engineers	620	$87,680	$97,440	4.85	2.06
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	820	$62,150	$63,840	6.42	2.27
Industrial Production Managers	550	$104,910	$116,390	4.28	2.70
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,200	$55,360	$54,580	9.37	1.88
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	290	$28,720	$37,310	2.30	2.65
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	930	$48,750	$50,900	7.30	1.90
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	120	$60,550	$57,910	0.96	0.85
Instructional Coordinators	90	$81,370	$81,810	0.71	0.49
Interpreters and Translators	60	$57,100	$59,800	0.45	1.33
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,740	$37,570	$38,540	13.65	0.96
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	100	$59,250	$58,730	0.79	1.13
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	2,800	$42,670	$42,910	21.95	1.16
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	750	$38,230	$40,190	5.91	0.96
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	120	$32,210	$32,740	0.91	0.72
Lawyers	140	$112,280	$136,940	1.07	0.22
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	40	$51,100	$53,490	0.30	0.29
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	130	$60,620	$63,310	1.03	1.20
Library Assistants, Clerical	80	$38,100	$37,960	0.63	1.15
Library Technicians	100	$34,390	$34,010	0.79	1.78
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	380	$63,480	$65,630	2.99	0.72
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	60	$31,840	$29,920	0.44	0.43
Light Truck Drivers	550	$43,510	$44,230	4.28	0.68
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	210	$48,320	$49,160	1.63	1.54
Loan Officers	280	$75,700	$80,210	2.17	1.23
Lodging Managers	110	$60,290	$66,490	0.87	3.19
Logging Equipment Operators	70	$50,380	$44,190	0.51	3.77
Logisticians	210	$81,330	$84,020	1.64	1.02
Machinists	470	$58,010	$55,890	3.70	2.00
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	740	$35,040	$35,800	5.77	1.04
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	30	$31,320	$34,320	0.26	0.74
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,570	$55,940	$54,970	12.35	1.26
Management Analysts	200	$88,710	$94,580	1.57	0.27
Managers, All Other	760	$75,470	$84,750	5.92	1.48
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	340	$60,820	$62,880	2.67	0.46
Marketing Managers	80	$130,640	$143,300	0.64	0.25
Massage Therapists	30	$63,700	$65,700	0.26	0.41
Material Moving Workers, All Other	160	$36,520	$39,800	1.23	8.13
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	640	$45,130	$42,230	5.04	5.38
Mechanical Drafters	80	$57,550	$56,040	0.65	2.54
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$76,700	$71,830	0.30	1.31
Mechanical Engineers	260	$89,000	$89,440	2.06	1.08
Medical and Health Services Managers	300	$127,280	$139,930	2.35	0.61
Medical Assistants	430	$48,020	$47,860	3.35	0.64
Medical Records Specialists	120	$58,280	$57,640	0.97	0.77
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	260	$47,260	$48,210	2.04	0.33
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	60	$47,460	$52,330	0.49	0.54
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	80	$58,240	$65,030	0.64	0.75
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	70	$38,580	$41,670	0.53	0.50
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,150	$60,020	$60,520	9.05	2.27
Millwrights	50	$56,580	$60,680	0.41	1.57
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	3,390	$45,490	$45,350	26.61	2.95
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	150	$48,030	$50,170	1.16	1.90
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	130	$65,630	$66,970	1.02	0.90
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	530	$38,780	$41,160	4.17	4.31
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	30	$56,870	$52,120	0.26	0.86
Motorcycle Mechanics	50	$46,730	$47,670	0.42	4.81
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	310	$47,220	$50,710	2.45	3.06
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	210	$78,340	$83,440	1.61	0.80
New Accounts Clerks	100	$46,690	$49,620	0.76	3.21
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists	30	$41,410	$42,810	0.27	1.07
Nurse Anesthetists	30	$275,690	$256,330	0.27	0.81
Nurse Practitioners	170	$155,460	$152,390	1.31	0.63
Nursing Assistants	1,660	$45,230	$44,740	13.04	1.40
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	110	$83,780	$86,770	0.82	0.91
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	70	$65,600	$65,850	0.54	2.73
Occupational Therapists	100	$90,610	$90,350	0.80	0.76
Occupational Therapy Assistants	30	$60,820	$58,440	0.26	0.78
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	100	$47,520	$46,420	0.76	0.61
Office Clerks, General	2,290	$45,060	$45,310	17.92	1.13
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	580	$64,390	$72,530	4.55	1.48
Operations Research Analysts	60	$76,830	$76,220	0.49	0.71
Opticians, Dispensing	50	$37,420	$42,380	0.37	0.79
Order Clerks	50	$44,250	$43,770	0.36	0.75
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	50	$46,730	$46,840	0.42	1.83
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	1,120	$46,480	$45,660	8.79	3.61
Packers and Packagers, Hand	460	$38,560	$38,000	3.59	1.00
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	120	$50,050	$52,470	0.96	0.66
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	60	$48,320	$47,110	0.44	8.63
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	90	$53,470	$59,360	0.73	0.29
Paramedics	120	$48,400	$52,790	0.90	1.39
Parts Salespersons	290	$42,840	$42,920	2.30	1.32
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	170	$57,950	$58,900	1.34	1.36
Personal Financial Advisors	80	$105,710	$132,900	0.59	0.34
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	60	$60,290	$56,820	0.46	2.67
Pharmacists	180	$151,790	$151,160	1.44	0.70
Pharmacy Technicians	340	$45,810	$45,860	2.69	0.89
Phlebotomists	100	$44,170	$42,970	0.79	0.85
Physical Therapist Assistants	70	$63,170	$65,370	0.54	0.75
Physical Therapists	190	$101,120	$101,900	1.48	0.86
Physician Assistants	110	$156,850	$155,420	0.85	0.82
Physicians, All Other	150	$350,490	$344,350	1.17	0.53
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	360	$77,120	$81,340	2.86	0.95
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	590	$72,360	$70,550	4.63	1.07
Postal Service Clerks	130	$61,050	$60,000	1.03	2.17
Postal Service Mail Carriers	440	$59,010	$61,260	3.44	1.63
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	50	$95,800	$94,880	0.37	4.15
Power Plant Operators	30	$75,710	$85,630	0.26	1.40
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	260	$29,980	$32,890	2.05	0.67
Printing Press Operators	120	$46,640	$44,320	0.96	1.03
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	70	$61,690	$61,130	0.52	0.90
Procurement Clerks	70	$49,940	$48,960	0.53	1.49
Production Workers, All Other	350	$52,570	$52,630	2.74	1.69
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	510	$56,050	$55,910	3.97	1.58
Project Management Specialists	380	$84,420	$89,220	2.98	0.43
Property Appraisers and Assessors	30	$53,960	$60,310	0.24	0.65
Psychiatric Technicians	210	$87,260	$85,400	1.61	1.60
Public Relations Specialists	60	$72,570	$71,590	0.50	0.27
Public Safety Telecommunicators	120	$58,550	$58,430	0.95	1.43
Purchasing Managers	50	$123,570	$127,370	0.37	0.69
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	230	$81,650	$81,870	1.82	1.23
Real Estate Sales Agents	140	$56,860	$61,290	1.08	0.87
Receptionists and Information Clerks	950	$39,530	$40,190	7.44	1.27
Recreation Workers	230	$35,650	$37,350	1.80	0.84
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	40	$48,790	$47,370	0.34	0.36
Registered Nurses	2,220	$98,000	$97,590	17.40	0.80
Rehabilitation Counselors	180	$43,980	$45,280	1.37	2.25
Residential Advisors	80	$44,730	$41,690	0.65	1.19
Respiratory Therapists	50	$80,990	$85,720	0.36	0.40
Retail Salespersons	2,470	$34,820	$37,120	19.38	0.77
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	40	$58,310	$53,650	0.28	1.74
Roofers	70	$58,390	$56,620	0.56	0.64
Sales Managers	250	$124,290	$127,640	1.94	0.47
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	390	$58,140	$67,950	3.05	0.38
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,270	$63,430	$73,360	9.95	1.25
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	60	$74,340	$80,780	0.44	0.24
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	290	$37,610	$40,350	2.25	8.55
School Bus Monitors	40	$37,410	$34,680	0.29	0.58
School Psychologists	60	$80,510	$83,870	0.46	1.11
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,060	$61,430	$63,210	8.34	1.22
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,130	$45,790	$45,750	8.87	0.81
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	90	$76,280	$87,970	0.68	0.22
Security Guards	200	$36,670	$39,980	1.55	0.19
Self-Enrichment Teachers	100	$35,500	$38,330	0.82	0.38
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	80	$51,800	$52,760	0.65	1.68
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	80	$55,480	$50,480	0.65	3.27
Sewing Machine Operators	80	$34,600	$35,980	0.66	0.98
Sheet Metal Workers	150	$65,720	$68,470	1.15	1.50
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	880	$47,170	$47,700	6.88	1.31
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	530	$32,170	$32,470	4.19	2.62
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	210	$30,130	$34,580	1.66	3.68
Social and Community Service Managers	200	$82,480	$84,870	1.60	1.19
Social and Human Service Assistants	430	$56,810	$55,310	3.35	1.19
Social Workers, All Other	80	$81,670	$80,770	0.60	1.48
Software Developers	200	$100,900	$108,810	1.56	0.14
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	280	$59,350	$60,240	2.19	1.31
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	150	$58,950	$63,390	1.16	1.90
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	230	$60,410	$62,200	1.83	1.74
Speech-Language Pathologists	110	$78,610	$84,630	0.88	0.75
Stockers and Order Fillers	3,010	$37,080	$41,230	23.62	1.30
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	40	$79,460	$69,980	0.35	0.80
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	170	$48,770	$50,190	1.36	4.04
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	400	$68,660	$72,050	3.16	1.00
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	400	$39,770	$42,810	3.10	0.92
Surgical Technologists	60	$71,680	$71,620	0.47	0.62
Tax Preparers	70	$42,650	$46,970	0.52	1.06
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	70	$48,110	$57,080	0.56	0.77
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,730	$37,910	$37,290	13.60	1.49
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	100	$62,830	$63,930	0.76	0.83
Tellers	580	$39,220	$41,090	4.52	2.13
Tire Repairers and Changers	40	$40,500	$40,730	0.30	0.43
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	40	$46,220	$49,350	0.34	1.08
Tool and Die Makers	100	$67,840	$62,500	0.78	2.14
Training and Development Specialists	350	$65,710	$68,270	2.76	0.94
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	230	$91,340	$102,790	1.83	1.29
Urban and Regional Planners	80	$93,600	$82,790	0.61	2.14
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	60	$25,150	$26,250	0.46	0.58
Veterinarians	80	$102,830	$110,710	0.62	1.15
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	100	$35,960	$35,340	0.81	0.99
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	120	$44,760	$44,770	0.96	1.15
Waiters and Waitresses	1,520	$23,730	$31,730	11.91	0.82
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	110	$59,550	$60,020	0.89	1.07
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	100	$57,180	$55,380	0.75	2.19
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1,050	$56,870	$55,270	8.25	3.08
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	40	$56,010	$56,000	0.28	1.40
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	360	$44,640	$44,370	2.83	7.15

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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