Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area Salaries

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

General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area

General and Operations Managers publishes $89,410 here versus $105,770 nationally (-15.5%; 2,030metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $40,330 locally versus $35,230 nationally (+14.5%).

  1. General and Operations Managers$89,410 in Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area sits 15.5% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,030 published local jobs).
  2. Waiters and Waitresses$40,330 in Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area sits 14.5% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,120 published local jobs).
  3. Registered Nurses$110,690 in Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area sits 13.5% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,340 published local jobs).
  4. Home Health and Personal Care Aides$39,420 in Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area sits 10.1% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,110 published local jobs).

General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 4100006 · Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $57K mean

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

  • MEAN-LOW #274/528
  • RPP-UNK RPP n/a
  • OCC-MID 360 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Dentists, Gene… · $318K
  • EMP-MIX Medical and…
  • TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
  • PHOTO-FINISH Visalia, CA
  • BOOK-FULL 356 rows · May 2025

Read with Visalia, CA (+$2 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data

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 Coast Oregon nonmetropolita…

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KCoast Oregon nonmetr… · this MSA: $57KCoast Oregon nonmetr… · this…$57KVisalia, CA · near: $57KVisalia, CA · near$57KSouth Bend-Mishawaka… · near: $57KSouth Bend-Mishawaka… · near$57KTraverse City, MI · near: $57KTraverse City, MI · near$57KPrescott Valley-Pres… · near: $58KPrescott Valley-Pres… · near$58KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Coast Oregon nonmetr… · this MSA $57K
Visalia, CA · near $57K
South Bend-Mishawaka… · near $57K
Traverse City, MI · near $57K
Prescott Valley-Pres… · near $58K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area

Medical and Health Services Managers and Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary lead published employment inside Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 360 jobs · $137,500
  2. 2. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 290 jobs · $122,180
  3. 3. Financial Managers 220 jobs · $136,690
  4. 4. Nurse Practitioners 200 jobs · $145,000
  5. 5. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 190 jobs · $129,500
  6. 6. Managers, All Other 190 jobs · $114,580
  7. 7. Physicians, All Other 170 jobs · $313,140
  8. 8. Pharmacists 170 jobs · $160,390
  9. 9. Software Developers 170 jobs · $126,390
  10. 10. Physical Therapists 140 jobs · $116,030
  11. 11. Dentists, General 130 jobs · $318,010
  12. 12. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $151,840
  13. 13. Marketing Managers 120 jobs · $151,150
  14. 14. Sales Managers 120 jobs · $129,620
  15. 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 120 jobs · $128,990
  16. 16. Family Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $310,070
  17. 17. Computer Systems Analysts 90 jobs · $112,470
  18. 18. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $130,560

Occupations Tracked

360

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$57,488

employment-weighted, 356 complete rows

Top Salary

$318,010

Dentists, General

Top-pay occupations in Coast 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
1 Medical and Health Services Managers $137,500
2 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $122,180
3 Financial Managers $136,690
4 Nurse Practitioners $145,000
5 Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers $129,500
6 Managers, All Other $114,580
7 Physicians, All Other $313,140
8 Pharmacists $160,390
9 Software Developers $126,390
10 Physical Therapists $116,030
11 Dentists, General $318,010
12 Physician Assistants $151,840
13 Marketing Managers $151,150
14 Sales Managers $129,620
15 Computer and Information Systems Managers $128,990
16 Family Medicine Physicians $310,070
17 Computer Systems Analysts $112,470
18 Human Resources Managers $130,560
19 Natural Sciences Managers $115,920
20 Architectural and Engineering Managers $166,860
21 Electrical Engineers $129,060
22 Financial and Investment Analysts $130,620
23 Chief Executives $309,450
24 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists $125,180
25 Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door $112,840

Lowest Paying Jobs in Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area

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.

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 ($57,488 here) and summed published employment.

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.

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 356 published occupation means with employment estimates is $57,488/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 360 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $160,962, which describes the displayed top tier only.
What is the highest paying job in Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area?
The highest paying occupation in Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area is Dentists, General with a median salary of $318,010/year. The second highest is Physicians, All Other at $313,140/year.
What jobs pay the least in Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area?
The lowest paying occupation in Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area is Teachers and Instructors, All Other with a median salary of $29,220/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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Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025.

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