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.
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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