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.
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.
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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How to use Elkhart-Goshen, IN wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Elkhart-Goshen, IN at $383,720/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $57,229 adjusts to about $63,359 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 90.3. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for IN 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.