Barnstable Town, MA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Barnstable Town, MA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Barnstable Town, MA moved from $53,640 in May 2024 to $56,360 in May 2025 (+5.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Barnstable Town, MA sits +2.0 pp ahead of 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.
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Barnstable Town, MA
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers publishes $49,010 here versus $39,150 nationally (+25.2%; 2,210metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $42,520 locally versus $35,800 nationally (+18.8%).
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$49,010 in Barnstable Town, MA sits 25.2% above the national Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers median of $39,150 (2,210 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$42,520 in Barnstable Town, MA sits 18.8% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,300 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$36,100 in Barnstable Town, MA sits 15.7% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,950 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$36,640 in Barnstable Town, MA sits 11.4% above the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,650 published local jobs).
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Barnstable Town, MA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 12700 · Barnstable Town, MA $67K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-HIGH #72/528
- RPP-MID 98.4
- OCC-MID 287 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $454K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE +2.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Houston-Pasadena…
- BOOK-MOST 281 rows · May 2025
Read with Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ($15 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 Barnstable Town, MA
Employment scale inside Barnstable Town, MA's top-pay list
Medical and Health Services Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Barnstable Town, MA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 480 jobs · $126,920
- 2. Financial Managers 320 jobs · $156,010
- 3. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 290 jobs · $129,050
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 210 jobs · $139,840
- 5. Software Developers 210 jobs · $133,690
- 6. Pharmacists 200 jobs · $150,850
- 7. Construction Managers 200 jobs · $140,080
- 8. Sales Managers 180 jobs · $140,740
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 170 jobs · $177,300
- 10. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 160 jobs · $124,420
- 11. Management Analysts 140 jobs · $132,140
- 12. Veterinarians 100 jobs · $164,060
- 13. Physician Assistants 100 jobs · $162,330
- 14. Managers, All Other 100 jobs · $139,190
- 15. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 100 jobs · $125,230
- 16. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $200,470
- 17. Marketing Managers 90 jobs · $157,490
- 18. Natural Sciences Managers 90 jobs · $154,080
Occupations Tracked
287
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$67,089
employment-weighted, 281 complete rows
Top Salary
$453,700
Radiologists
Cost of Living
98.4
2% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Barnstable Town, MA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiologists | $453,700 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $279,160 |
| 3 | Dentists, General | $200,470 |
| 4 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $182,350 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $177,300 |
| 6 | Veterinarians | $164,060 |
| 7 | Physician Assistants | $162,330 |
| 8 | Marketing Managers | $157,490 |
| 9 | Financial Managers | $156,010 |
| 10 | Optometrists | $154,290 |
| 11 | Natural Sciences Managers | $154,080 |
| 12 | Pharmacists | $150,850 |
| 13 | Sales Managers | $140,740 |
| 14 | Construction Managers | $140,080 |
| 15 | Nurse Practitioners | $139,840 |
| 16 | Managers, All Other | $139,190 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $136,260 |
| 18 | Software Developers | $133,690 |
| 19 | Management Analysts | $132,140 |
| 20 | Data Scientists | $129,530 |
| 21 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $129,050 |
| 22 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $126,920 |
| 23 | Industrial Production Managers | $125,730 |
| 24 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $125,230 |
| 25 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $124,420 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Barnstable Town, MA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | $32,900 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $33,730 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $34,870 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $35,100 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $35,280 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $35,400 |
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $35,790 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $36,100 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $36,520 |
| Cashiers | $36,640 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in MA
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 MA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($67,089 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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 Barnstable Town, MA wage figures in a real decision
- Radiologists leads published medians in Barnstable Town, MA at $453,700/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $67,089 adjusts to about $68,214 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 98.4. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for MA 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.