Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV moved from $45,920 in May 2024 to $47,440 in May 2025 (+3.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 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.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
General and Operations Managers publishes $92,420 here versus $105,770 nationally (-12.6%; 2,820metro-area jobs). Next is Retail Salespersons at $31,490 locally versus $35,410 nationally (-11.1%).
- General and Operations Managers$92,420 in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV sits 12.6% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,820 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$31,490 in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV sits 11.1% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,820 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,100 in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV sits 5.3% below the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (2,980 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$31,200 in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV sits 5.1% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,630 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 25180 · Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #219/528
- RPP-LOW 94.2
- OCC-MID 340 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $379K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE +0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Columbia, MO
- BOOK-FULL 335 rows · May 2025
Read with Columbia, MO (+$2 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg
Employment scale inside Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV's top-pay list
Software Developers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 530 jobs · $122,830
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 410 jobs · $117,750
- 3. Managers, All Other 390 jobs · $143,340
- 4. Financial Managers 380 jobs · $133,590
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 360 jobs · $126,240
- 6. Computer Occupations, All Other 350 jobs · $148,700
- 7. Sales Managers 250 jobs · $117,050
- 8. Pharmacists 240 jobs · $136,970
- 9. Physicians, All Other 230 jobs · $292,490
- 10. Lawyers 230 jobs · $108,530
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 210 jobs · $145,790
- 12. Industrial Production Managers 200 jobs · $119,480
- 13. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $137,220
- 14. General Internal Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $303,930
- 15. Chief Executives 110 jobs · $142,390
- 16. Dentists, General 80 jobs · $168,450
- 17. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $149,610
- 18. Engineers, All Other 80 jobs · $116,500
Occupations Tracked
340
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,201
employment-weighted, 335 complete rows
Top Salary
$379,090
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
94.2
6% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Medicine Physicians | $379,090 |
| 2 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $303,930 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $292,490 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $168,450 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $157,870 |
| 6 | Purchasing Managers | $156,730 |
| 7 | Human Resources Managers | $149,610 |
| 8 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $148,700 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $145,790 |
| 10 | Managers, All Other | $143,340 |
| 11 | Psychologists, All Other | $142,960 |
| 12 | Chief Executives | $142,390 |
| 13 | Physician Assistants | $137,220 |
| 14 | Pharmacists | $136,970 |
| 15 | Financial Managers | $133,590 |
| 16 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,240 |
| 17 | Computer Network Architects | $123,670 |
| 18 | Marketing Managers | $123,210 |
| 19 | Software Developers | $122,830 |
| 20 | Industrial Production Managers | $119,480 |
| 21 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $117,750 |
| 22 | Sales Managers | $117,050 |
| 23 | Engineers, All Other | $116,500 |
| 24 | Electrical Engineers | $111,310 |
| 25 | Lawyers | $108,530 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Fast Food | $27,620 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $28,740 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $31,200 |
| Food Processing Workers, All Other | $31,200 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $31,200 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $31,200 |
| Sales and Related Workers, All Other | $31,200 |
| Cashiers | $31,200 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $31,200 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $31,200 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in MD
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 MD. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($59,201 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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How to use Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV at $379,090/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $59,201 adjusts to about $62,865 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 94.2. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for MD 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.