Medford, OR Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Medford, OR - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Medford, OR moved from $48,340 in May 2024 to $49,900 in May 2025 (+3.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Medford, OR 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.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Medford, OR
Registered Nurses publishes $127,030 here versus $97,550 nationally (+30.2%; 2,370metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $44,950 locally versus $35,800 nationally (+25.6%).
- Registered Nurses$127,030 in Medford, OR sits 30.2% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,370 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$44,950 in Medford, OR sits 25.6% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (3,000 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$34,140 in Medford, OR sits 9.4% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,210 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$34,390 in Medford, OR sits 4.6% above the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,060 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Medford, OR; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 32780 · Medford, OR $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #162/528
- RPP-MID 101.4
- OCC-MID 333 occs
- TOP-LEAD Chief Executives · $616K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-INLINE +0.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Kalamazoo-Portag…
- BOOK-FULL 329 rows · May 2025
Read with Kalamazoo-Portage, MI (+$106 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 Medford, OR
Employment scale inside Medford, OR's top-pay list
Registered Nurses and Software Developers lead published employment inside Medford, OR's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 2,370 jobs · $127,030
- 2. Software Developers 330 jobs · $129,690
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 290 jobs · $151,250
- 4. Financial Managers 240 jobs · $135,630
- 5. Physician Assistants 210 jobs · $155,110
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 200 jobs · $155,580
- 7. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 190 jobs · $123,090
- 8. Lawyers 170 jobs · $127,970
- 9. Sales Managers 170 jobs · $124,780
- 10. Pharmacists 160 jobs · $163,540
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 160 jobs · $139,320
- 12. Marketing Managers 120 jobs · $120,760
- 13. Human Resources Managers 90 jobs · $137,110
- 14. Dentists, General 80 jobs · $206,260
- 15. Veterinarians 80 jobs · $135,740
- 16. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 80 jobs · $111,390
- 17. Family Medicine Physicians 70 jobs · $285,470
- 18. Architectural and Engineering Managers 60 jobs · $157,540
Occupations Tracked
333
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$61,439
employment-weighted, 329 complete rows
Top Salary
$615,500
Chief Executives
Cost of Living
101.4
1% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Medford, OR
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chief Executives | $615,500 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $285,470 |
| 3 | Dentists, General | $206,260 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $163,540 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $157,540 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $155,580 |
| 7 | Physician Assistants | $155,110 |
| 8 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $151,250 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $139,320 |
| 10 | Human Resources Managers | $137,110 |
| 11 | Veterinarians | $135,740 |
| 12 | Financial Managers | $135,630 |
| 13 | Software Developers | $129,690 |
| 14 | Natural Sciences Managers | $128,600 |
| 15 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $128,030 |
| 16 | Lawyers | $127,970 |
| 17 | Registered Nurses | $127,030 |
| 18 | Commercial Pilots | $124,990 |
| 19 | Sales Managers | $124,780 |
| 20 | Purchasing Managers | $124,600 |
| 21 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $123,090 |
| 22 | Marketing Managers | $120,760 |
| 23 | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | $117,270 |
| 24 | Public Relations Managers | $114,920 |
| 25 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $111,390 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Medford, OR
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $32,800 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $32,950 |
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $32,970 |
| Religious Workers, All Other | $33,160 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $33,510 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,140 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $34,320 |
| Cashiers | $34,390 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $34,490 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $34,870 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in OR
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 OR. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($61,439 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.
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How to use Medford, OR wage figures in a real decision
- Chief Executives leads published medians in Medford, OR at $615,500/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Chief Executives
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $61,439 adjusts to about $60,571 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 101.4. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for OR 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.