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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Akron, OH wage figures in a real decision
- Emergency Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Akron, OH at $305,960/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Emergency Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $62,822 adjusts to about $67,283 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 93.4. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for OH before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.