Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ moved from $42,320 in May 2024 to $44,230 in May 2025 (+4.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ sits +1.4 pp ahead of 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 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
General and Operations Managers publishes $74,050 here versus $105,770 nationally (-30.0%; 2,170metro-area jobs). Next is Retail Salespersons at $34,610 locally versus $35,410 nationally (-2.3%).
- General and Operations Managers$74,050 in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ sits 30.0% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,170 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$34,610 in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ sits 2.3% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,130 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$32,510 in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ sits 1.1% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,650 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 29420 · Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $54K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #396/528
- RPP-LOW 94.1
- OCC-MID 228 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $362K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE +1.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Wheeling, WV-OH
- BOOK-MOST 225 rows · May 2025
Read with Wheeling, WV-OH (+$34 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 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
Employment scale inside Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ's top-pay list
Medical and Health Services Managers and Dental Hygienists lead published employment inside Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 280 jobs · $102,430
- 2. Dental Hygienists 250 jobs · $102,790
- 3. Construction Managers 170 jobs · $111,060
- 4. Financial Managers 170 jobs · $105,290
- 5. Sales Managers 160 jobs · $113,850
- 6. Pharmacists 140 jobs · $149,480
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 130 jobs · $131,450
- 8. Lawyers 130 jobs · $107,620
- 9. Software Developers 110 jobs · $114,750
- 10. Physical Therapists 110 jobs · $103,330
- 11. Chief Executives 100 jobs · $120,900
- 12. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 100 jobs · $100,770
- 13. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $361,730
- 14. Managers, All Other 80 jobs · $115,970
- 15. Industrial Production Managers 70 jobs · $110,630
- 16. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $133,980
- 17. Physician Assistants 50 jobs · $129,460
- 18. Human Resources Managers 40 jobs · $123,310
Occupations Tracked
228
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,625
employment-weighted, 225 complete rows
Top Salary
$361,730
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
94.1
6% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $361,730 |
| 2 | Pharmacists | $149,480 |
| 3 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $133,980 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $131,450 |
| 5 | Physician Assistants | $129,460 |
| 6 | Human Resources Managers | $123,310 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $120,900 |
| 8 | Managers, All Other | $115,970 |
| 9 | Software Developers | $114,750 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $113,850 |
| 11 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $113,320 |
| 12 | Construction Managers | $111,060 |
| 13 | Industrial Production Managers | $110,630 |
| 14 | Lawyers | $107,620 |
| 15 | Financial Managers | $105,290 |
| 16 | Occupational Therapists | $104,000 |
| 17 | Diagnostic Medical Sonographers | $103,420 |
| 18 | Physical Therapists | $103,330 |
| 19 | Dental Hygienists | $102,790 |
| 20 | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | $102,720 |
| 21 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $102,430 |
| 22 | Facilities Managers | $102,050 |
| 23 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $100,770 |
| 24 | Computer Systems Analysts | $98,090 |
| 25 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $95,170 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Parking Attendants | $30,700 |
| School Bus Monitors | $30,830 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $30,900 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $31,100 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $31,630 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $32,010 |
| Cashiers | $32,510 |
| Dishwashers | $32,670 |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $32,820 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $33,230 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in AZ
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 AZ. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($53,625 here) and summed published employment.
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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 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ at $361,730/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $53,625 adjusts to about $56,988 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 94.1. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for AZ 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.