Bloomington, IN Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Bloomington, IN - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Bloomington, IN moved from $46,430 in May 2024 to $47,660 in May 2025 (+2.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Bloomington, IN sits -0.5 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Bloomington, IN
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators publishes $37,900 here versus $44,650 nationally (-15.1%; 2,270metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $28,230 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-9.5%).
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators$37,900 in Bloomington, IN sits 15.1% below the national Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators median of $44,650 (2,270 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,230 in Bloomington, IN sits 9.5% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,390 published local jobs).
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Bloomington, IN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 14020 · Bloomington, IN $58K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #261/528
- RPP-MID 95.1
- OCC-MID 275 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $340K
- EMP-MIX Business Tea…
- TREND-INLINE -0.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Eastern and Sout…
- BOOK-MOST 273 rows · May 2025
Read with Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area (+$3 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 Bloomington, IN
Employment scale inside Bloomington, IN's top-pay list
Business Teachers, Postsecondary and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Bloomington, IN's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 510 jobs · $108,060
- 2. Financial Managers 270 jobs · $134,540
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 270 jobs · $105,640
- 4. Industrial Production Managers 230 jobs · $143,270
- 5. Computer Systems Analysts 230 jobs · $107,370
- 6. Administrative Services Managers 200 jobs · $109,020
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 190 jobs · $165,680
- 8. Sales Managers 160 jobs · $139,280
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 150 jobs · $127,120
- 10. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 150 jobs · $110,580
- 11. Pharmacists 130 jobs · $140,670
- 12. Architectural and Engineering Managers 110 jobs · $157,610
- 13. General Internal Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $307,510
- 14. Chief Executives 80 jobs · $235,900
- 15. Physicians, All Other 70 jobs · $340,220
- 16. Human Resources Managers 60 jobs · $129,580
- 17. Physician Assistants 60 jobs · $123,860
- 18. Facilities Managers 60 jobs · $104,940
Occupations Tracked
275
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,159
employment-weighted, 273 complete rows
Top Salary
$340,220
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
95.1
5% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Bloomington, IN
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $340,220 |
| 2 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $307,510 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $235,900 |
| 4 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $165,680 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $163,400 |
| 6 | Natural Sciences Managers | $160,260 |
| 7 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $157,610 |
| 8 | Industrial Production Managers | $143,270 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $140,670 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers | $139,800 |
| 11 | Sales Managers | $139,280 |
| 12 | Financial Managers | $134,540 |
| 13 | Psychologists, All Other | $131,890 |
| 14 | Computer Network Architects | $131,620 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $129,580 |
| 16 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,120 |
| 17 | Veterinarians | $125,480 |
| 18 | Managers, All Other | $124,690 |
| 19 | Physician Assistants | $123,860 |
| 20 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $110,580 |
| 21 | Administrative Services Managers | $109,020 |
| 22 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $108,060 |
| 23 | Computer Systems Analysts | $107,370 |
| 24 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $105,640 |
| 25 | Facilities Managers | $104,940 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Bloomington, IN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $22,370 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,450 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,520 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,230 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $28,540 |
| Dishwashers | $28,740 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $29,030 |
| Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs | $29,080 |
| Cashiers | $29,120 |
| Recreation Workers | $29,180 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in IN
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 IN. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($58,159 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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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.