Cleveland, OH Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Cleveland, OH - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Cleveland, OH moved from $49,000 in May 2024 to $50,140 in May 2025 (+2.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Cleveland, OH sits -0.8 pp behind 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.
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Cleveland, OH
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education publishes $80,580 here versus $64,370 nationally (+25.2%; 6,750metro-area jobs). Next is Construction Laborers at $57,180 locally versus $47,120 nationally (+21.3%).
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$80,580 in Cleveland, OH sits 25.2% above the national Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $64,370 (6,750 published local jobs).
- Construction Laborers$57,180 in Cleveland, OH sits 21.3% above the national Construction Laborers median of $47,120 (5,660 published local jobs).
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$71,740 in Cleveland, OH sits 19.9% above the national Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators median of $59,850 (2,660 published local jobs).
- Special Education Teachers, Middle School$79,890 in Cleveland, OH sits 19.6% above the national Special Education Teachers, Middle School median of $66,810 (2,490 published local jobs).
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Cleveland, OH; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 17410 · Cleveland, OH $66K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #96/528
- RPP-LOW 93.9
- OCC-MOST 614 occs
- TOP-LEAD Neurologists · $383K
- EMP-MIX Physicians,…
- TREND-INLINE -0.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Des Moines-West…
- BOOK-FULL 599 rows · May 2025
Read with Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (+$46 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 Cleveland, OH
Employment scale inside Cleveland, OH's top-pay list
Physicians, All Other and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Cleveland, OH's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Physicians, All Other 6,610 jobs · $248,400
- 2. Financial Managers 6,300 jobs · $157,900
- 3. Lawyers 5,540 jobs · $134,680
- 4. Sales Managers 4,560 jobs · $143,870
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 4,430 jobs · $156,410
- 6. Pharmacists 2,860 jobs · $140,690
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,610 jobs · $155,460
- 8. Chief Executives 980 jobs · $199,350
- 9. Physician Assistants 750 jobs · $135,860
- 10. Pediatricians, General 650 jobs · $217,970
- 11. Commercial Pilots 600 jobs · $166,520
- 12. Dentists, General 470 jobs · $154,800
- 13. Aerospace Engineers 460 jobs · $143,020
- 14. Nurse Anesthetists 390 jobs · $231,830
- 15. Optometrists 250 jobs · $135,880
- 16. Physicists 240 jobs · $239,360
- 17. Family Medicine Physicians 210 jobs · $324,340
- 18. Psychiatrists 120 jobs · $271,790
Occupations Tracked
614
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$65,613
employment-weighted, 599 complete rows
Top Salary
$383,420
Neurologists
Cost of Living
93.9
6% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Cleveland, OH
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neurologists | $383,420 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $324,340 |
| 3 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $323,480 |
| 4 | Orthodontists | $318,070 |
| 5 | Psychiatrists | $271,790 |
| 6 | Physicians, All Other | $248,400 |
| 7 | Physicists | $239,360 |
| 8 | Nurse Anesthetists | $231,830 |
| 9 | Pediatricians, General | $217,970 |
| 10 | Chief Executives | $199,350 |
| 11 | Commercial Pilots | $166,520 |
| 12 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $163,500 |
| 13 | Financial Managers | $157,900 |
| 14 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $156,410 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $155,460 |
| 16 | Dentists, General | $154,800 |
| 17 | Medical Dosimetrists | $150,900 |
| 18 | Sales Managers | $143,870 |
| 19 | Aerospace Engineers | $143,020 |
| 20 | Pharmacists | $140,690 |
| 21 | Psychologists, All Other | $139,170 |
| 22 | Advertising and Promotions Managers | $137,970 |
| 23 | Optometrists | $135,880 |
| 24 | Physician Assistants | $135,860 |
| 25 | Lawyers | $134,680 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Cleveland, OH
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Short Order | $22,260 |
| Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers | $24,110 |
| Social Science Research Assistants | $24,810 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,060 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,230 |
| School Bus Monitors | $27,320 |
| Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators | $27,560 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $27,700 |
| Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other | $28,030 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,750 |
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 ($65,613 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 Cleveland, OH wage figures in a real decision
- Neurologists leads published medians in Cleveland, OH at $383,420/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Neurologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $65,613 adjusts to about $69,858 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 93.9. 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.