Fort Wayne, IN Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Fort Wayne, IN - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Fort Wayne, IN moved from $46,630 in May 2024 to $47,700 in May 2025 (+2.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Fort Wayne, IN sits -0.8 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Fort Wayne, IN
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $28,650 here versus $35,230 nationally (-18.7%; 3,150metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $79,630 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-18.4%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$28,650 in Fort Wayne, IN sits 18.7% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,150 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$79,630 in Fort Wayne, IN sits 18.4% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (6,450 published local jobs).
- Nursing Assistants$37,210 in Fort Wayne, IN sits 11.9% below the national Nursing Assistants median of $42,260 (3,610 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$31,200 in Fort Wayne, IN sits 11.9% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (5,860 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Fort Wayne, IN; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 23060 · Fort Wayne, IN $58K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #243/528
- RPP-LOW 92.6
- OCC-MOST 441 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $388K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Tallahassee, FL
- BOOK-FULL 435 rows · May 2025
Read with Tallahassee, FL (+$0 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Fort Wayne, IN
Employment scale inside Fort Wayne, IN's top-pay list
General and Operations Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Fort Wayne, IN's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 2,930 jobs · $107,780
- 2. Financial Managers 920 jobs · $130,900
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 820 jobs · $127,050
- 4. Physicians, All Other 710 jobs · $388,320
- 5. Sales Managers 710 jobs · $122,540
- 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers 540 jobs · $138,350
- 7. Lawyers 510 jobs · $126,520
- 8. Pharmacists 430 jobs · $152,530
- 9. Administrative Services Managers 340 jobs · $117,110
- 10. Architectural and Engineering Managers 320 jobs · $134,010
- 11. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 300 jobs · $105,770
- 12. Marketing Managers 280 jobs · $140,270
- 13. Physician Assistants 240 jobs · $131,400
- 14. Human Resources Managers 200 jobs · $121,330
- 15. Dentists, General 120 jobs · $183,590
- 16. Veterinarians 80 jobs · $124,970
- 17. Purchasing Managers 80 jobs · $111,820
- 18. Engineers, All Other 80 jobs · $107,720
Occupations Tracked
441
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,497
employment-weighted, 435 complete rows
Top Salary
$388,320
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
92.6
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Fort Wayne, IN
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $388,320 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $225,750 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $213,720 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $183,590 |
| 5 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $159,620 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $152,530 |
| 7 | Marketing Managers | $140,270 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $138,350 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $134,010 |
| 10 | Physician Assistants | $131,400 |
| 11 | Financial Managers | $130,900 |
| 12 | Optometrists | $129,390 |
| 13 | Actuaries | $128,290 |
| 14 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,050 |
| 15 | Lawyers | $126,520 |
| 16 | Veterinarians | $124,970 |
| 17 | Training and Development Managers | $124,440 |
| 18 | Sales Managers | $122,540 |
| 19 | Public Relations Managers | $121,780 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $121,330 |
| 21 | Administrative Services Managers | $117,110 |
| 22 | Purchasing Managers | $111,820 |
| 23 | General and Operations Managers | $107,780 |
| 24 | Engineers, All Other | $107,720 |
| 25 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $105,770 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Fort Wayne, IN
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $23,010 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $25,920 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,060 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,360 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $28,530 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $28,650 |
| Dishwashers | $28,710 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $28,720 |
| Library Technicians | $29,480 |
| Animal Caretakers | $29,510 |
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 ($58,497 here) and summed published employment.
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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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