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.
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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