Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area Salaries

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

Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area

Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $33,330 here versus $31,200 nationally (+6.8%; 2,370metro-area jobs).

  1. Fast Food and Counter Workers$33,330 in Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area sits 6.8% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,370 published local jobs).

Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 4100008 · Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $59K mean

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

  • MEAN-MID #230/528
  • RPP-UNK RPP n/a
  • OCC-MID 291 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $350K
  • EMP-MIX Registered N…
  • TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wausau, WI
  • BOOK-MOST 286 rows · May 2025

Read with Wausau, WI (+$9 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 Eastern Oregon nonmetropoli…

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KEastern Oregon nonme… · this MSA: $59KEastern Oregon nonme… · this…$59KWausau, WI · near: $59KWausau, WI · near$59KSoutheast Minnesota… · near: $59KSoutheast Minnesota… · near$59KLancaster, PA · near: $59KLancaster, PA · near$59KCollege Station-Brya… · near: $59KCollege Station-Brya… · near$59KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Eastern Oregon nonme… · this MSA $59K
Wausau, WI · near $59K
Southeast Minnesota… · near $59K
Lancaster, PA · near $59K
College Station-Brya… · near $59K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area

Registered Nurses and Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary lead published employment inside Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Registered Nurses 1,190 jobs · $114,060
  2. 2. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 300 jobs · $120,340
  3. 3. Software Developers 200 jobs · $131,670
  4. 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 190 jobs · $133,290
  5. 5. Financial Managers 150 jobs · $130,720
  6. 6. Construction Managers 150 jobs · $114,990
  7. 7. Nurse Practitioners 140 jobs · $144,450
  8. 8. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 130 jobs · $131,090
  9. 9. Lawyers 130 jobs · $111,630
  10. 10. Physical Therapists 100 jobs · $113,320
  11. 11. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $166,500
  12. 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $128,490
  13. 13. Computer Network Architects 90 jobs · $124,440
  14. 14. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $349,740
  15. 15. Sales Managers 80 jobs · $138,170
  16. 16. Natural Sciences Managers 80 jobs · $110,580
  17. 17. Power Plant Operators 70 jobs · $120,790
  18. 18. Physician Assistants 60 jobs · $143,510

Occupations Tracked

291

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$58,736

employment-weighted, 286 complete rows

Top Salary

$349,740

Physicians, All Other

Top-pay occupations in Eastern 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 Registered Nurses $114,060
2 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $120,340
3 Software Developers $131,670
4 Medical and Health Services Managers $133,290
5 Financial Managers $130,720
6 Construction Managers $114,990
7 Nurse Practitioners $144,450
8 Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers $131,090
9 Lawyers $111,630
10 Physical Therapists $113,320
11 Pharmacists $166,500
12 Computer and Information Systems Managers $128,490
13 Computer Network Architects $124,440
14 Physicians, All Other $349,740
15 Sales Managers $138,170
16 Natural Sciences Managers $110,580
17 Power Plant Operators $120,790
18 Physician Assistants $143,510
19 Human Resources Managers $133,270
20 Dentists, General $273,050
21 Nurse Anesthetists $256,240
22 Electrical Engineers $128,320
23 Marketing Managers $122,970
24 Diagnostic Medical Sonographers $111,960
25 Architectural and Engineering Managers $166,100

Lowest Paying Jobs in Eastern 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 ($58,736 here) and summed published employment.

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 286 published occupation means with employment estimates is $58,736/year (OEWS May 2025). That figure covers only occupations BLS published for this local area — 291 rows carry a median here. Averaging the 25 highest medians alone yields $148,788, which describes the displayed top tier only.
What is the highest paying job in Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area?
The highest paying occupation in Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area is Physicians, All Other with a median salary of $349,740/year. The second highest is Dentists, General at $273,050/year.
What jobs pay the least in Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area?
The lowest paying occupation in Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area is Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products with a median salary of $29,650/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.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The local-area 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.

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