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.
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.
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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How to use Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH wage figures in a real decision
- Anesthesiologists leads published medians in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH at $455,300/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Anesthesiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $65,347 adjusts to about $70,498 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 92.7. 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.