Canton-Massillon, OH Salaries

Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 89.4) - BLS OEWS May 2025

Observed metro pay change

What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025

May 2024 → May 2025
  • BLS's published All Occupations median in Canton-Massillon, OH moved from $44,460 in May 2024 to $45,810 in May 2025 (+3.0%).
  • Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
  • Canton-Massillon, OH sits -0.1 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
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Wage Scorecard
43/100
Canton-Massillon, OH

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.

Wage Level F
$45,810
All-occupation median annual wage (BLS OEWS)
Wage Growth D
+3.0%
Year-over-year change in median wage (BLS OEWS)
Real Purchasing Power C-
$51,238
Median wage adjusted for regional price parity (RPP 89.4, BEA)

General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Canton-Massillon, OH

General and Operations Managers publishes $82,720 here versus $105,770 nationally (-21.8%; 4,510metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $79,610 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-18.4%).

  1. General and Operations Managers$82,720 in Canton-Massillon, OH sits 21.8% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (4,510 published local jobs).
  2. Registered Nurses$79,610 in Canton-Massillon, OH sits 18.4% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,830 published local jobs).
  3. Retail Salespersons$29,480 in Canton-Massillon, OH sits 16.7% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (4,850 published local jobs).
  4. Cashiers$28,890 in Canton-Massillon, OH sits 12.1% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (3,810 published local jobs).

General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Canton-Massillon, OH; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 15940 · Canton-Massillon, OH $56K mean

MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL

  • MEAN-LOW #313/528
  • RPP-LOW 89.4
  • OCC-MID 381 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $373K
  • EMP-MIX Medical and…
  • TREND-INLINE -0.1 pp
  • PHOTO-FINISH Logan, UT-ID
  • BOOK-FULL 378 rows · May 2025

Read with Logan, UT-ID ($6 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living

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 Canton-Massillon, OH

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KCanton-Massillon, OH · this MSA: $56KCanton-Massillon, OH · this …$56KLogan, UT-ID · near: $56KLogan, UT-ID · near$56KLewiston, ID-WA · near: $56KLewiston, ID-WA · near$56KNortheastern Wiscons… · near: $56KNortheastern Wiscons… · near$56KWaco, TX · near: $56KWaco, TX · near$56KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
Read the chart as text
Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Canton-Massillon, OH · this MSA $56K
Logan, UT-ID · near $56K
Lewiston, ID-WA · near $56K
Northeastern Wiscons… · near $56K
Waco, TX · near $56K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Where Canton-Massillon, OH already employs the upper wage tier

Medical and Health Services Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Canton-Massillon, OH's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 620 jobs · $106,350
  2. 2. Financial Managers 590 jobs · $128,650
  3. 3. Sales Managers 530 jobs · $123,320
  4. 4. Physicians, All Other 490 jobs · $372,510
  5. 5. Software Developers 480 jobs · $105,500
  6. 6. Lawyers 450 jobs · $119,210
  7. 7. Nurse Practitioners 440 jobs · $118,370
  8. 8. Industrial Production Managers 440 jobs · $109,820
  9. 9. Pharmacists 370 jobs · $135,810
  10. 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 260 jobs · $146,140
  11. 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 230 jobs · $143,050
  12. 12. Marketing Managers 210 jobs · $112,040
  13. 13. Human Resources Managers 170 jobs · $121,410
  14. 14. Physician Assistants 130 jobs · $126,290
  15. 15. Managers, All Other 130 jobs · $103,570
  16. 16. Chief Executives 110 jobs · $145,910
  17. 17. Veterinarians 100 jobs · $125,150
  18. 18. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $212,640

Occupations Tracked

381

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$56,431

employment-weighted, 378 complete rows

Top Salary

$372,510

Physicians, All Other

Cost of Living

89.4

11% below US avg

Price-level adjustment: Dividing the derived published-row mean of $56,431 by the metro RPP gives $63,118 on a national-price basis. This is not an after-tax income or a personal cost-of-living result.

Top-pay occupations in Canton-Massillon, OH, by employment

Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Medical and Health Services Managers $106,350
2 Financial Managers $128,650
3 Sales Managers $123,320
4 Physicians, All Other $372,510
5 Software Developers $105,500
6 Lawyers $119,210
7 Nurse Practitioners $118,370
8 Industrial Production Managers $109,820
9 Pharmacists $135,810
10 Computer and Information Systems Managers $146,140
11 Architectural and Engineering Managers $143,050
12 Marketing Managers $112,040
13 Human Resources Managers $121,410
14 Physician Assistants $126,290
15 Managers, All Other $103,570
16 Chief Executives $145,910
17 Veterinarians $125,150
18 Dentists, General $212,640
19 Purchasing Managers $126,510
20 Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers $109,300
21 Nurse Anesthetists $218,920
22 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer $112,380
23 Optometrists $127,190
24 Computer Network Architects $110,460
25 Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay $109,370

Lowest Paying Jobs in Canton-Massillon, OH

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 ($56,431 here) and summed published employment.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the lower price level do to Canton-Massillon, OH wage reading?
The employment-weighted published-row mean across 378 occupation rows is $56,431/year (BLS OEWS May 2025). BEA RPP 89.4 puts local prices 11% below the US average, so the same mean reads as $63,118 in national-price terms. Page lists 381 occupations with a published median, a different denominator. The top-tier median average of the 25 highest-paying rows is $138,795.
What is the highest paying job in Canton-Massillon, OH?
The highest paying occupation in Canton-Massillon, OH is Physicians, All Other with a median salary of $372,510/year. The second highest is Nurse Anesthetists at $218,920/year.
What jobs pay the least in Canton-Massillon, OH?
The lowest paying occupation in Canton-Massillon, OH is Healthcare Support Workers, All Other with a median salary of $22,260/year according to BLS data.
Which federal tables feed Canton-Massillon, OH's wage and price figures?
Occupation wages are BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates for this metropolitan statistical area. The price-level figure is BEA Regional Price Parities for the matching metro area (latest published year on the page). WageDex divides the employment-weighted published-row mean by RPP only when both inputs exist; it does not substitute a national RPP.

Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025. Cost-of-living index: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

What to do with this data

How to use Canton-Massillon, OH wage figures in a real decision

  • Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Canton-Massillon, OH at $372,510/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
  • The employment-weighted published-row mean of $56,431 adjusts to about $63,118 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 89.4. 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.

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