Longview-Kelso, WA Salaries

Highest published occupation medians in Longview-Kelso, WA - BLS OEWS May 2025

Observed metro pay change

What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025

May 2024 → May 2025
  • BLS's published All Occupations median in Longview-Kelso, WA moved from $54,120 in May 2024 to $57,420 in May 2025 (+6.1%).
  • Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
  • Longview-Kelso, WA sits +3.0 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 31020 · Longview-Kelso, WA $65K mean

MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST

  • MEAN-HIGH #102/528
  • RPP-MID 97.5
  • OCC-THIN 198 occs
  • TOP-LEAD Judges, Magist… · $228K
  • EMP-MIX General and…
  • TREND-AHEAD +3.0 pp
  • PHOTO-FINISH North Valley-Nor…
  • BOOK-MOST 196 rows · May 2025

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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 Longview-Kelso, WA

Guayama, PR · lowest mean: $32KGuayama, PR · lowest mean$32KLongview-Kelso, WA · this MSA: $65KLongview-Kelso, WA · this MSA$65KNorth Valley-Norther… · near: $65KNorth Valley-Norther… · near$65KDayton-Kettering-Bea… · near: $65KDayton-Kettering-Bea… · near$65KNashville-Davidson--… · near: $65KNashville-Davidson--… · near$65KCorvallis, OR · near: $65KCorvallis, OR · near$65KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean: $119KSan Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · high…$119K
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Label Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean $32K
Longview-Kelso, WA · this MSA $65K
North Valley-Norther… · near $65K
Dayton-Kettering-Bea… · near $65K
Nashville-Davidson--… · near $65K
Corvallis, OR · near $65K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean $119K

Employment scale inside Longview-Kelso, WA's top-pay list

General and Operations Managers and First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers lead published employment inside Longview-Kelso, WA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. General and Operations Managers 600 jobs · $125,600
  2. 2. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 290 jobs · $106,120
  3. 3. Software Developers 150 jobs · $130,000
  4. 4. Financial Managers 110 jobs · $158,880
  5. 5. Industrial Production Managers 100 jobs · $163,970
  6. 6. Dental Hygienists 100 jobs · $123,020
  7. 7. Computer Systems Analysts 100 jobs · $122,380
  8. 8. Sales Managers 80 jobs · $172,930
  9. 9. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 80 jobs · $162,170
  10. 10. Pharmacists 70 jobs · $172,630
  11. 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $171,190
  12. 12. Construction Managers 60 jobs · $154,300
  13. 13. Nurse Practitioners 60 jobs · $148,960
  14. 14. Medical and Health Services Managers 60 jobs · $134,790
  15. 15. Managers, All Other 60 jobs · $133,420
  16. 16. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 60 jobs · $122,240
  17. 17. Network and Computer Systems Administrators 50 jobs · $107,890
  18. 18. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 40 jobs · $228,330

Occupations Tracked

198

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$65,354

employment-weighted, 196 complete rows

Top Salary

$228,330

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Cost of Living

97.5

2% below US avg

Price-level adjustment: Dividing the derived published-row mean of $65,354 by the metro RPP gives $66,999 on a national-price basis. This is not an after-tax income or a personal cost-of-living result.

Highest Paying Jobs in Longview-Kelso, WA

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates $228,330
2 Dentists, General $204,950
3 Sales Managers $172,930
4 Pharmacists $172,630
5 Computer and Information Systems Managers $171,190
6 Industrial Production Managers $163,970
7 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $162,170
8 Financial Managers $158,880
9 Construction Managers $154,300
10 Nurse Practitioners $148,960
11 Human Resources Managers $137,230
12 Medical and Health Services Managers $134,790
13 Managers, All Other $133,420
14 Software Developers $130,000
15 Electrical Engineers $128,340
16 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers $127,230
17 General and Operations Managers $125,600
18 Dental Hygienists $123,020
19 Computer Systems Analysts $122,380
20 Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers $122,240
21 Marketing Managers $121,030
22 First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives $119,540
23 Network and Computer Systems Administrators $107,890
24 Physical Therapists $107,810
25 First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers $106,120

Lowest Paying Jobs in Longview-Kelso, WA

Occupation Median Salary
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse $35,860
Fast Food and Counter Workers $36,020
Amusement and Recreation Attendants $36,240
Cashiers $36,350
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop $36,390
Cooks, Fast Food $36,550
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists $36,590
Animal Caretakers $36,690
Dishwashers $36,880
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers $36,980

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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 ($65,354 here) and summed published employment.

Similar mean wage

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average salary in Longview-Kelso, WA? ▼
Across the 196 occupation rows for Longview-Kelso, WA with both a published mean wage and employment estimate, weighting each mean by employment gives $65,354/year (BLS OEWS May 2025). The page has 198 occupations with a published median, a different denominator. This WageDex-derived benchmark is not a BLS-published All Occupations metro mean or median and does not state what a typical local worker earns. For contrast, averaging the medians of only the 25 highest-paying occupations gives $143,398, which describes the displayed top tier only.
Which published medians lead Longview-Kelso, WA? ▼
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates holds the highest published median in Longview-Kelso, WA at $228,330/year (BLS OEWS May 2025). Next is Dentists, General at $204,950/year. These are occupation medians for this metropolitan statistical area, not employer offers.
What is the cost of living in Longview-Kelso, WA? ▼
Longview-Kelso, WA has a Regional Price Parity of 97.5, meaning prices are 2% below the national average. Dividing the derived published-row mean of $65,354 by the RPP gives a national-price-equivalent benchmark of $66,999.
Where does BLS salary data for Longview-Kelso, WA come from? ▼
All salary figures are Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 estimates for this metropolitan statistical area. OEWS surveys approximately 1.1 million business establishments. Medians and means on this page are the published occupation-level estimates for the area — not job-board scrapes or modeled employer offers.

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Last updated: May 2025 (BLS OEWS annual release). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025. Cost-of-living index: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

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.

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