Akron, OH Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Akron, OH - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Akron, OH moved from $47,530 in May 2024 to $48,840 in May 2025 (+2.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Akron, OH sits -0.3 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Akron, OH
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education publishes $78,560 here versus $63,970 nationally (+22.8%; 2,010metro-area jobs). Next is Software Developers at $105,430 locally versus $135,980 nationally (-22.5%).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$78,560 in Akron, OH sits 22.8% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,010 published local jobs).
- Software Developers$105,430 in Akron, OH sits 22.5% below the national Software Developers median of $135,980 (2,240 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$80,770 in Akron, OH sits 17.2% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (8,040 published local jobs).
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$58,050 in Akron, OH sits 17.1% below the national Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $69,990 (2,380 published local jobs).
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Akron, OH; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 10420 · Akron, OH $63K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #143/528
- RPP-LOW 93.4
- OCC-MOST 477 occs
- TOP-LEAD Emergency Medi… · $306K
- EMP-MIX Sales Managers
- TREND-INLINE -0.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Albuquerque, NM
- BOOK-FULL 473 rows · May 2025
Read with Albuquerque, NM ($55 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Akron, OH
Employment scale inside Akron, OH's top-pay list
Sales Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Akron, OH's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Sales Managers 1,480 jobs · $128,560
- 2. Financial Managers 1,460 jobs · $135,850
- 3. Lawyers 1,150 jobs · $126,270
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,140 jobs · $154,010
- 5. Physicians, All Other 1,130 jobs · $293,090
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 1,050 jobs · $127,090
- 7. Pharmacists 710 jobs · $137,730
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 580 jobs · $160,430
- 9. Marketing Managers 530 jobs · $131,810
- 10. Human Resources Managers 470 jobs · $131,890
- 11. Physician Assistants 400 jobs · $130,980
- 12. Chief Executives 250 jobs · $172,610
- 13. Dentists, General 250 jobs · $163,480
- 14. Computer Network Architects 250 jobs · $125,100
- 15. Veterinarians 230 jobs · $130,370
- 16. Purchasing Managers 210 jobs · $134,140
- 17. Aerospace Engineers 140 jobs · $124,980
- 18. Nurse Anesthetists 130 jobs · $211,810
Occupations Tracked
477
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$62,822
employment-weighted, 473 complete rows
Top Salary
$305,960
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
93.4
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Akron, OH
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $305,960 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $293,090 |
| 3 | Psychiatrists | $289,420 |
| 4 | Family Medicine Physicians | $284,960 |
| 5 | Nurse Anesthetists | $211,810 |
| 6 | Chief Executives | $172,610 |
| 7 | Dentists, General | $163,480 |
| 8 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $161,720 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $160,430 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $154,010 |
| 11 | Pharmacists | $137,730 |
| 12 | Financial Managers | $135,850 |
| 13 | Purchasing Managers | $134,140 |
| 14 | Database Architects | $133,150 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $131,890 |
| 16 | Marketing Managers | $131,810 |
| 17 | Optometrists | $131,210 |
| 18 | Physician Assistants | $130,980 |
| 19 | Veterinarians | $130,370 |
| 20 | Sales Managers | $128,560 |
| 21 | Natural Sciences Managers | $128,390 |
| 22 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,090 |
| 23 | Lawyers | $126,270 |
| 24 | Computer Network Architects | $125,100 |
| 25 | Aerospace Engineers | $124,980 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Akron, OH
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Healthcare Support Workers, All Other | $22,260 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $23,740 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,270 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,370 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $27,300 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,320 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $27,420 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $27,480 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $28,290 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,690 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in OH
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside OH. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($62,822 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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