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.
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.
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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.
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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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