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.
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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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.