Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area Salaries

Compiled by WageDex · August 10, 2026

BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 4100007 · Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $59K mean

MEAN-MID · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST

MEAN-MID #227/528
RPP-UNK RPP n/a
OCC-MID 261 occs
TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $279K
EMP-MIX Registered N…
TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
PHOTO-FINISH Bangor, ME
BOOK-MOST 259 rows · May 2025

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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.

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Label	Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean	$32K
Central Oregon nonme… · this MSA	$59K
Bangor, ME · near	$59K
Wausau, WI · near	$59K
Southwest New York n… · near	$59K
Eastern Oregon nonme… · near	$59K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean	$119K

Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area

Registered Nurses and Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary lead published employment inside Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

1. Registered Nurses 930 jobs · $123,350
2. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 180 jobs · $125,210
3. Software Developers 160 jobs · $129,990
4. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 150 jobs · $128,140
5. Medical and Health Services Managers 150 jobs · $125,330
6. Managers, All Other 150 jobs · $106,550
7. Financial Managers 140 jobs · $133,550
8. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $140,150
9. Construction Managers 110 jobs · $123,220
10. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $164,810
11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $131,390
12. Physical Therapists 90 jobs · $110,490
13. Sales Managers 80 jobs · $137,920
14. Physician Assistants 80 jobs · $134,320
15. Marketing Managers 60 jobs · $152,430
16. Mechanical Engineers 60 jobs · $124,800
17. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $173,140
18. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $154,890

Occupations Tracked

261

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$58,873

employment-weighted, 259 complete rows

Top Salary

$279,460

Family Medicine Physicians

Top-pay occupations in Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, 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	Mean Salary	Employment
1	Registered Nurses	$123,350	$119,530	930
2	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$125,210	$121,210	180
3	Software Developers	$129,990	$136,840	160
4	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$128,140	$123,570	150
5	Medical and Health Services Managers	$125,330	$148,050	150
6	Managers, All Other	$106,550	$123,870	150
7	Financial Managers	$133,550	$150,330	140
8	Nurse Practitioners	$140,150	$143,380	110
9	Construction Managers	$123,220	$122,430	110
10	Pharmacists	$164,810	$154,980	90
11	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$131,390	$149,080	90
12	Physical Therapists	$110,490	$112,720	90
13	Sales Managers	$137,920	$148,150	80
14	Physician Assistants	$134,320	$149,860	80
15	Marketing Managers	$152,430	$165,290	60
16	Mechanical Engineers	$124,800	$127,940	60
17	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$173,140	$174,370	50
18	Dentists, General	$154,890	$185,630	50
19	Electrical Engineers	$126,170	$126,280	50
20	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$108,360	$101,220	50
21	Family Medicine Physicians	$279,460	$252,740	40
22	Human Resources Managers	$120,740	$131,210	40
23	Natural Sciences Managers	$115,920	$123,570	40
24	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$123,690	$135,590	30
25	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$107,000	$123,620	30

Lowest Paying Jobs in Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area

Occupation	Median Salary	Employment
Data Entry Keyers	$30,620	50
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$30,690	280
Library Assistants, Clerical	$32,170	60
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$32,400	260
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	$33,100	140
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$33,170	1,850
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$33,210	90
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$33,920	380
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	$34,290	120
Cashiers	$34,300	1,380

Other BLS Wage Areas in OR

Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.

Albany, OR

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Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area

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Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale

Two OEWS peer sets outside OR. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($58,873 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What average wage does BLS publish for this nonmetropolitan area? ▼

BLS does not publish a single All Occupations mean for every nonmetropolitan reporting area on this page. WageDex's employment-weighted mean of the 259 published occupation means with employment estimates is $58,873/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 261 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $136,041, which describes the displayed top tier only.

What is the highest paying job in Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area? ▼

The highest paying occupation in Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area is Family Medicine Physicians with a median salary of $279,460/year. The second highest is Architectural and Engineering Managers at $173,140/year.

What jobs pay the least in Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area? ▼

The lowest paying occupation in Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area is Data Entry Keyers with a median salary of $30,620/year according to BLS data.

Where do these nonmetropolitan wage rows come from? ▼

Every occupation wage on this page is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 estimates for BLS nonmetropolitan reporting areas. OEWS surveys about 1.1 million establishments; nonmetro tables use BLS's balance-of-state geography, not a city MSA. WageDex does not invent missing occupations — only published rows appear.

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