Guayama, PR Salaries
Largest OEWS employment footprints with published wages - BLS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Guayama, PR moved from $23,120 in May 2024 to $25,260 in May 2025 (+9.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Guayama, PR sits +6.2 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 25020 · Guayama, PR $32K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-THIN
- MEAN-TRACE #528/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-THIN 70 occs
- TOP-LEAD Pharmacists · $118K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-AHEAD +6.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Puerto Rico nonm…
- BOOK-THIN 70 rows · May 2025
Read with Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area (+$998 on published-row mean) · Fastest-growing occupations
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 Guayama, PR
Largest published OEWS footprints in Guayama, PR
Registered Nurses and First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers lead published employment inside Guayama, PR's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 350 jobs · $38,800
- 2. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 160 jobs · $38,270
- 3. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 150 jobs · $59,290
- 4. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 140 jobs · $53,550
- 5. Pharmacy Technicians 120 jobs · $35,700
- 6. Insurance Sales Agents 100 jobs · $37,370
- 7. Teachers and Instructors, All Other 90 jobs · $61,670
- 8. Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 80 jobs · $35,600
- 9. Child, Family, and School Social Workers 60 jobs · $53,100
- 10. General and Operations Managers 50 jobs · $71,460
- 11. Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 50 jobs · $63,230
- 12. Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 50 jobs · $58,720
- 13. Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 50 jobs · $54,420
- 14. Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians 50 jobs · $43,350
- 15. Industrial Machinery Mechanics 50 jobs · $36,860
- 16. Business Operations Specialists, All Other 50 jobs · $36,630
- 17. Accountants and Auditors 50 jobs · $36,030
- 18. Pharmacists 40 jobs · $117,950
Occupations Tracked
70
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$31,842
employment-weighted, 70 complete rows
Top Salary
$117,950
Pharmacists
Top-pay occupations in Guayama, PR, 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 | Registered Nurses | $38,800 |
| 2 | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | $38,270 |
| 3 | Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $59,290 |
| 4 | Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | $53,550 |
| 5 | Pharmacy Technicians | $35,700 |
| 6 | Insurance Sales Agents | $37,370 |
| 7 | Teachers and Instructors, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $61,670 |
| 8 | Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $35,600 |
| 9 | Child, Family, and School Social Workers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $53,100 |
| 10 | General and Operations Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $71,460 |
| 11 | Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $63,230 |
| 12 | Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $58,720 |
| 13 | Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $54,420 |
| 14 | Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $43,350 |
| 15 | Industrial Machinery Mechanics Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $36,860 |
| 16 | Business Operations Specialists, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $36,630 |
| 17 | Accountants and Auditors Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $36,030 |
| 18 | Pharmacists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $117,950 |
| 19 | Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $61,490 |
| 20 | Special Education Teachers, Secondary School Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $59,750 |
| 21 | Human Resources Specialists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $39,440 |
| 22 | Buyers and Purchasing Agents Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $37,670 |
| 23 | Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $36,220 |
| 24 | Compliance Officers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $47,050 |
| 25 | Managers, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $46,340 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Guayama, PR
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $21,840 |
| Bakers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $21,840 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $21,840 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $21,840 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $21,920 |
| Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $21,980 |
| Cashiers | $22,070 |
| Cooks, Short Order Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $22,140 |
| Retail Salespersons | $22,190 |
| Cooks, Fast Food Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $22,260 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Other BLS Wage Areas in PR
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 PR. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($31,842 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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 Guayama, PR wage figures in a real decision
- Pharmacists leads published medians in Guayama, PR at $117,950/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Pharmacists
- Guayama, PR's employment-weighted published-row mean is $31,842 across 70 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for PR 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.