BLS OEWS · May 2025
What does this job actually pay?
Median wages, full percentile distributions and state-by-state rankings for 830 U.S. occupations — built from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Every figure traces back to a published BLS estimate. No modelling, no estimates of our own.
Most common occupations
Ordered by national employment. Median annual wage shown on the right.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides$35,800Retail Salespersons$35,410Fast Food and Counter Workers$31,200General and Operations Managers$105,770Registered Nurses$97,550Cashiers$32,880Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$40,240Stockers and Order Fillers$37,330Customer Service Representatives$44,770Office Clerks, General$45,010Waiters and Waitresses$35,230Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$36,840
Browse by state
Number of occupations with published data in each state.