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.
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.
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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How to use Kennewick-Richland, WA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Kennewick-Richland, WA at $304,090/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $71,507 adjusts to about $71,451 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.1. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for WA 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.