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
- 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.
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.
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%).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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
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. Medical and Health Services Managers 620 jobs · $106,350
- 2. Financial Managers 590 jobs · $128,650
- 3. Sales Managers 530 jobs · $123,320
- 4. Physicians, All Other 490 jobs · $372,510
- 5. Software Developers 480 jobs · $105,500
- 6. Lawyers 450 jobs · $119,210
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 440 jobs · $118,370
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 440 jobs · $109,820
- 9. Pharmacists 370 jobs · $135,810
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 260 jobs · $146,140
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 230 jobs · $143,050
- 12. Marketing Managers 210 jobs · $112,040
- 13. Human Resources Managers 170 jobs · $121,410
- 14. Physician Assistants 130 jobs · $126,290
- 15. Managers, All Other 130 jobs · $103,570
- 16. Chief Executives 110 jobs · $145,910
- 17. Veterinarians 100 jobs · $125,150
- 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
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
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Healthcare Support Workers, All Other | $22,260 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $22,340 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,390 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $23,630 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $25,800 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,300 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $26,330 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $26,610 |
| Childcare Workers | $26,610 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,660 |
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 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 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.