Elkhart-Goshen, IN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.3) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Elkhart-Goshen, IN moved from $47,050 in May 2024 to $48,070 in May 2025 (+2.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Elkhart-Goshen, IN sits -0.9 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Elkhart-Goshen, IN
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers publishes $65,150 here versus $74,450 nationally (-12.5%; 2,300metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $29,560 locally versus $32,880 nationally (-10.1%).
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers$65,150 in Elkhart-Goshen, IN sits 12.5% below the national First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers median of $74,450 (2,300 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$29,560 in Elkhart-Goshen, IN sits 10.1% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,240 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,300 in Elkhart-Goshen, IN sits 9.3% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,710 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$33,360 in Elkhart-Goshen, IN sits 5.8% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,270 published local jobs).
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Elkhart-Goshen, IN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 21140 · Elkhart-Goshen, IN $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #283/528
- RPP-LOW 90.3
- OCC-MID 306 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $384K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.9 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH East Central Ill…
- BOOK-FULL 306 rows · May 2025
Read with East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area (+$3 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Elkhart-Goshen, IN
Where Elkhart-Goshen, IN already employs the upper wage tier
General and Operations Managers and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Elkhart-Goshen, IN's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 1,640 jobs · $122,070
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 930 jobs · $109,750
- 3. Sales Managers 530 jobs · $136,270
- 4. Financial Managers 430 jobs · $145,980
- 5. Architectural and Engineering Managers 250 jobs · $150,010
- 6. Software Developers 230 jobs · $101,710
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 200 jobs · $127,190
- 8. Medical and Health Services Managers 200 jobs · $103,100
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 190 jobs · $138,060
- 10. Administrative Services Managers 190 jobs · $127,210
- 11. Purchasing Managers 160 jobs · $130,510
- 12. Facilities Managers 160 jobs · $102,060
- 13. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $143,720
- 14. Construction Managers 130 jobs · $108,040
- 15. Marketing Managers 120 jobs · $139,520
- 16. Physicians, All Other 100 jobs · $383,720
- 17. Human Resources Managers 100 jobs · $134,320
- 18. Physical Therapists 80 jobs · $100,890
Occupations Tracked
306
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,229
employment-weighted, 306 complete rows
Top Salary
$383,720
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
90.3
10% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Elkhart-Goshen, IN, 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 | General and Operations Managers | $122,070 |
| 2 | Industrial Production Managers | $109,750 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $136,270 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $145,980 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $150,010 |
| 6 | Software Developers | $101,710 |
| 7 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,190 |
| 8 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $103,100 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $138,060 |
| 10 | Administrative Services Managers | $127,210 |
| 11 | Purchasing Managers | $130,510 |
| 12 | Facilities Managers | $102,060 |
| 13 | Pharmacists | $143,720 |
| 14 | Construction Managers | $108,040 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $139,520 |
| 16 | Physicians, All Other | $383,720 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $134,320 |
| 18 | Physical Therapists | $100,890 |
| 19 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $100,710 |
| 20 | Dentists, General | $168,030 |
| 21 | Managers, All Other | $124,490 |
| 22 | Engineers, All Other | $118,930 |
| 23 | Computer Network Architects | $107,400 |
| 24 | Veterinarians | $119,310 |
| 25 | Computer Programmers | $107,850 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Elkhart-Goshen, IN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $23,120 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,160 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $28,060 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,300 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $28,430 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,450 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,470 |
| Animal Caretakers | $29,540 |
| Cashiers | $29,560 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $29,780 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in IN
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 IN. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($57,229 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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