Kennewick-Richland, WA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Kennewick-Richland, WA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Kennewick-Richland, WA moved from $55,490 in May 2024 to $57,290 in May 2025 (+3.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Kennewick-Richland, WA sits +0.1 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Kennewick-Richland, WA
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $47,810 here versus $35,800 nationally (+33.5%; 4,800metro-area jobs). Next is Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary at $45,510 locally versus $36,780 nationally (+23.7%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$47,810 in Kennewick-Richland, WA sits 33.5% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (4,800 published local jobs).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$45,510 in Kennewick-Richland, WA sits 23.7% above the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (2,450 published local jobs).
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse$42,340 in Kennewick-Richland, WA sits 18.7% above the national Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse median of $35,660 (2,470 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$36,410 in Kennewick-Richland, WA sits 16.7% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (4,120 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Kennewick-Richland, WA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 28420 · Kennewick-Richland, WA $72K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #33/528
- RPP-MID 100.1
- OCC-MID 339 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $304K
- EMP-MIX Managers, Al…
- TREND-INLINE +0.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Philadelphia-Cam…
- BOOK-FULL 338 rows · May 2025
Read with Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ($125 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 Kennewick-Richland, WA
Employment scale inside Kennewick-Richland, WA's top-pay list
Managers, All Other and Architectural and Engineering Managers lead published employment inside Kennewick-Richland, WA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Managers, All Other 440 jobs · $167,660
- 2. Architectural and Engineering Managers 330 jobs · $199,380
- 3. Construction Managers 320 jobs · $149,900
- 4. Financial Managers 310 jobs · $168,000
- 5. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 290 jobs · $161,530
- 6. Engineers, All Other 280 jobs · $142,920
- 7. Sales Managers 250 jobs · $154,340
- 8. Physicians, All Other 230 jobs · $304,090
- 9. Nuclear Engineers 230 jobs · $156,460
- 10. Pharmacists 220 jobs · $158,130
- 11. Nurse Practitioners 180 jobs · $147,890
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 150 jobs · $175,970
- 13. Data Scientists 150 jobs · $156,830
- 14. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $154,230
- 15. Natural Sciences Managers 110 jobs · $215,860
- 16. Dentists, General 100 jobs · $203,250
- 17. Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors 100 jobs · $149,740
- 18. Industrial Production Managers 100 jobs · $148,320
Occupations Tracked
339
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$71,507
employment-weighted, 338 complete rows
Top Salary
$304,090
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
100.1
0% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Kennewick-Richland, WA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $304,090 |
| 2 | Chief Executives | $287,180 |
| 3 | Natural Sciences Managers | $215,860 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $203,250 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $199,380 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $175,970 |
| 7 | Purchasing Managers | $169,520 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $168,000 |
| 9 | Managers, All Other | $167,660 |
| 10 | Veterinarians | $163,520 |
| 11 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $161,530 |
| 12 | Pharmacists | $158,130 |
| 13 | Facilities Managers | $157,120 |
| 14 | Data Scientists | $156,830 |
| 15 | Nuclear Engineers | $156,460 |
| 16 | Sales Managers | $154,340 |
| 17 | Physician Assistants | $154,230 |
| 18 | Human Resources Managers | $152,300 |
| 19 | Construction Managers | $149,900 |
| 20 | Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors | $149,740 |
| 21 | Optometrists | $149,510 |
| 22 | Industrial Production Managers | $148,320 |
| 23 | Nurse Practitioners | $147,890 |
| 24 | Engineers, All Other | $142,920 |
| 25 | Computer Network Architects | $141,250 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Kennewick-Richland, WA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Medical Transcriptionists | $34,650 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $35,460 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $35,470 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $35,510 |
| Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products | $35,720 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $35,780 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $36,410 |
| Demonstrators and Product Promoters | $36,510 |
| Cashiers | $36,610 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $37,030 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in WA
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 WA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($71,507 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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