Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH moved from $48,580 in May 2024 to $49,980 in May 2025 (+2.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH sits -0.2 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education publishes $80,360 here versus $63,970 nationally (+25.6%; 3,430metro-area jobs). Next is Business Operations Specialists, All Other at $102,660 locally versus $83,050 nationally (+23.6%).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$80,360 in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH sits 25.6% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (3,430 published local jobs).
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other$102,660 in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH sits 23.6% above the national Business Operations Specialists, All Other median of $83,050 (4,370 published local jobs).
- Buyers and Purchasing Agents$94,520 in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH sits 21.6% above the national Buyers and Purchasing Agents median of $77,710 (2,850 published local jobs).
- Software Developers$106,910 in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH sits 21.4% below the national Software Developers median of $135,980 (3,910 published local jobs).
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 19430 · Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $65K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #103/528
- RPP-LOW 92.7
- OCC-MOST 515 occs
- TOP-LEAD Anesthesiologi… · $455K
- EMP-MIX Physicians,…
- TREND-INLINE -0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Longview-Kelso, WA
- BOOK-FULL 505 rows · May 2025
Read with Longview-Kelso, WA (+$7 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 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek
Employment scale inside Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH's top-pay list
Physicians, All Other and Engineers, All Other lead published employment inside Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Physicians, All Other 1,740 jobs · $315,380
- 2. Engineers, All Other 1,650 jobs · $142,080
- 3. Sales Managers 1,400 jobs · $133,450
- 4. Financial Managers 1,290 jobs · $137,140
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,110 jobs · $160,040
- 6. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1,040 jobs · $135,000
- 7. Pharmacists 830 jobs · $136,110
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 660 jobs · $163,700
- 9. Managers, All Other 570 jobs · $137,780
- 10. Physician Assistants 510 jobs · $138,400
- 11. Materials Engineers 260 jobs · $137,290
- 12. Emergency Medicine Physicians 200 jobs · $454,760
- 13. Chief Executives 200 jobs · $210,670
- 14. Family Medicine Physicians 180 jobs · $222,190
- 15. Dentists, General 180 jobs · $181,990
- 16. Computer and Information Research Scientists 160 jobs · $137,300
- 17. Nurse Anesthetists 150 jobs · $242,420
- 18. Physicists 130 jobs · $151,050
Occupations Tracked
515
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$65,347
employment-weighted, 505 complete rows
Top Salary
$455,300
Anesthesiologists
Cost of Living
92.7
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anesthesiologists | $455,300 |
| 2 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $454,760 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $315,380 |
| 4 | Nurse Anesthetists | $242,420 |
| 5 | Family Medicine Physicians | $222,190 |
| 6 | Chief Executives | $210,670 |
| 7 | Pediatricians, General | $209,790 |
| 8 | Dentists, General | $181,990 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $163,700 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $160,040 |
| 11 | Physicists | $151,050 |
| 12 | Engineers, All Other | $142,080 |
| 13 | Physical Scientists, All Other | $142,080 |
| 14 | Optometrists | $139,000 |
| 15 | Physician Assistants | $138,400 |
| 16 | Managers, All Other | $137,780 |
| 17 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | $137,300 |
| 18 | Materials Engineers | $137,290 |
| 19 | Financial Managers | $137,140 |
| 20 | Pharmacists | $136,110 |
| 21 | Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors | $135,130 |
| 22 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $135,000 |
| 23 | Natural Sciences Managers | $134,800 |
| 24 | Psychologists, All Other | $133,850 |
| 25 | Sales Managers | $133,450 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $25,580 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,200 |
| Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials | $26,400 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,950 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,990 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $27,420 |
| School Bus Monitors | $27,450 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,680 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $27,900 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $28,030 |
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 ($65,347 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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