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.
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.
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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How to use Evansville, IN wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Evansville, IN at $342,470/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $57,186 adjusts to about $62,479 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.5. 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.