Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN moved from $48,490 in May 2024 to $50,170 in May 2025 (+3.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN sits +0.4 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.
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers publishes $350,950 here versus $232,140 nationally (+51.2%; 3,330metro-area jobs). Next is Personal Financial Advisors at $80,540 locally versus $105,070 nationally (-23.3%).
- Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$350,950 in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN sits 51.2% above the national Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers median of $232,140 (3,330 published local jobs).
- Personal Financial Advisors$80,540 in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN sits 23.3% below the national Personal Financial Advisors median of $105,070 (2,510 published local jobs).
- Physicians, All Other$315,630 in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN sits 18.7% above the national Physicians, All Other median of $265,930 (3,180 published local jobs).
- Recreation Workers$29,880 in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN sits 18.3% below the national Recreation Workers median of $36,560 (2,670 published local jobs).
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 17140 · Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $67K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #70/528
- RPP-MID 95.4
- OCC-MOST 647 occs
- TOP-LEAD Cardiologists · $551K
- EMP-MIX Computer and…
- TREND-INLINE +0.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Salem, OR
- BOOK-FULL 635 rows · May 2025
Read with Salem, OR (+$44 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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
Employment scale inside Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN's top-pay list
Computer and Information Systems Managers and Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers lead published employment inside Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers 3,920 jobs · $169,530
- 2. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 3,330 jobs · $350,950
- 3. Physicians, All Other 3,180 jobs · $315,630
- 4. Architectural and Engineering Managers 2,950 jobs · $177,160
- 5. Chief Executives 980 jobs · $207,170
- 6. Nurse Anesthetists 670 jobs · $221,170
- 7. Natural Sciences Managers 520 jobs · $164,300
- 8. Pediatricians, General 420 jobs · $216,750
- 9. Dentists, General 380 jobs · $206,100
- 10. Anesthesiologists 320 jobs · $419,600
- 11. Optometrists 300 jobs · $156,990
- 12. Radiologists 290 jobs · $287,990
- 13. General Internal Medicine Physicians 290 jobs · $236,920
- 14. Emergency Medicine Physicians 240 jobs · $333,290
- 15. Cardiologists 210 jobs · $551,320
- 16. Psychologists, All Other 210 jobs · $185,390
- 17. Physicians, Pathologists 190 jobs · $317,890
- 18. Family Medicine Physicians 190 jobs · $218,880
Occupations Tracked
647
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$67,241
employment-weighted, 635 complete rows
Top Salary
$551,320
Cardiologists
Cost of Living
95.4
5% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiologists | $551,320 |
| 2 | Surgeons, All Other | $437,390 |
| 3 | Anesthesiologists | $419,600 |
| 4 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $350,950 |
| 5 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $334,250 |
| 6 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $333,290 |
| 7 | Physicians, Pathologists | $317,890 |
| 8 | Physicians, All Other | $315,630 |
| 9 | Radiologists | $287,990 |
| 10 | Dermatologists | $266,290 |
| 11 | Psychiatrists | $261,710 |
| 12 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $236,920 |
| 13 | Nurse Anesthetists | $221,170 |
| 14 | Family Medicine Physicians | $218,880 |
| 15 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $217,510 |
| 16 | Pediatricians, General | $216,750 |
| 17 | Chief Executives | $207,170 |
| 18 | Dentists, General | $206,100 |
| 19 | Podiatrists | $204,980 |
| 20 | Psychologists, All Other | $185,390 |
| 21 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $177,160 |
| 22 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $169,530 |
| 23 | Natural Sciences Managers | $164,300 |
| 24 | Optometrists | $156,990 |
| 25 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | $155,910 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters | $27,400 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,650 |
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | $28,020 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $28,090 |
| Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | $28,390 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,930 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $29,020 |
| Cashiers | $29,170 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,350 |
| School Bus Monitors | $29,570 |
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 ($67,241 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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN wage figures in a real decision
- Cardiologists leads published medians in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN at $551,320/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Cardiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $67,241 adjusts to about $70,505 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 95.4. 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.