Evansville, IN Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.5) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Evansville, IN moved from $45,220 in May 2024 to $46,540 in May 2025 (+2.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Evansville, IN sits -0.2 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Evansville, IN
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $28,550 here versus $35,230 nationally (-19.0%; 2,070metro-area jobs). Next is Retail Salespersons at $30,130 locally versus $35,410 nationally (-14.9%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$28,550 in Evansville, IN sits 19.0% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,070 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$30,130 in Evansville, IN sits 14.9% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (4,370 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$83,820 in Evansville, IN sits 14.1% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,890 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$28,870 in Evansville, IN sits 12.2% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,660 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Evansville, IN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 21780 · Evansville, IN $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #286/528
- RPP-LOW 91.5
- OCC-MID 376 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $342K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Mobile, AL
- BOOK-FULL 375 rows · May 2025
Read with Mobile, AL (+$28 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 Evansville, IN
Where Evansville, IN already employs the upper wage tier
Financial Managers and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Evansville, IN's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 520 jobs · $128,650
- 2. Sales Managers 390 jobs · $125,360
- 3. Lawyers 370 jobs · $107,050
- 4. Pharmacists 360 jobs · $143,650
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 320 jobs · $123,450
- 6. Industrial Production Managers 320 jobs · $121,610
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 280 jobs · $140,260
- 8. Construction Managers 270 jobs · $106,020
- 9. Architectural and Engineering Managers 240 jobs · $163,540
- 10. Physicians, All Other 220 jobs · $342,470
- 11. Administrative Services Managers 210 jobs · $108,900
- 12. Facilities Managers 190 jobs · $106,720
- 13. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 140 jobs · $107,150
- 14. Marketing Managers 130 jobs · $127,800
- 15. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $123,410
- 16. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $125,180
- 17. Computer Network Architects 80 jobs · $109,370
- 18. Dentists, General 70 jobs · $225,620
Occupations Tracked
376
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,186
employment-weighted, 375 complete rows
Top Salary
$342,470
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
91.5
8% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Evansville, 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 | Financial Managers | $128,650 |
| 2 | Sales Managers | $125,360 |
| 3 | Lawyers | $107,050 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $143,650 |
| 5 | Nurse Practitioners | $123,450 |
| 6 | Industrial Production Managers | $121,610 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $140,260 |
| 8 | Construction Managers | $106,020 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $163,540 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $342,470 |
| 11 | Administrative Services Managers | $108,900 |
| 12 | Facilities Managers | $106,720 |
| 13 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $107,150 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $127,800 |
| 15 | Physician Assistants | $123,410 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $125,180 |
| 17 | Computer Network Architects | $109,370 |
| 18 | Dentists, General | $225,620 |
| 19 | Natural Sciences Managers | $152,320 |
| 20 | Purchasing Managers | $141,450 |
| 21 | Chemical Engineers | $120,990 |
| 22 | Veterinarians | $124,590 |
| 23 | Chief Executives | $339,330 |
| 24 | Optometrists | $133,800 |
| 25 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $183,000 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Evansville, IN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $22,360 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $24,160 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $25,670 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,520 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,730 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $27,020 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,270 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,930 |
| Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary | $28,140 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $28,440 |
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 ($57,186 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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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.