Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA moved from $60,300 in May 2024 to $61,960 in May 2025 (+2.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA sits -0.3 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
Registered Nurses publishes $125,020 here versus $97,550 nationally (+28.2%; 2,250metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $44,060 locally versus $35,800 nationally (+23.1%).
- Registered Nurses$125,020 in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA sits 28.2% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,250 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$44,060 in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA sits 23.1% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (3,370 published local jobs).
- Stockers and Order Fillers$44,070 in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA sits 18.1% above the national Stockers and Order Fillers median of $37,330 (2,450 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$36,110 in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA sits 15.7% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,910 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 36500 · Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $75K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #19/528
- RPP-MID 103.7
- OCC-MID 345 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $315K
- EMP-MIX Computer and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Baltimore-Columb…
- BOOK-FULL 339 rows · May 2025
Read with Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ($55 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
Employment scale inside Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA's top-pay list
Computer and Information Systems Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers 690 jobs · $140,160
- 2. Financial Managers 670 jobs · $142,500
- 3. Lawyers 630 jobs · $132,900
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 330 jobs · $137,870
- 5. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 270 jobs · $166,910
- 6. Managers, All Other 260 jobs · $149,820
- 7. Sales Managers 240 jobs · $172,550
- 8. Human Resources Managers 240 jobs · $135,610
- 9. Pharmacists 220 jobs · $154,860
- 10. Database Architects 210 jobs · $133,500
- 11. Physicians, All Other 180 jobs · $315,230
- 12. Marketing Managers 180 jobs · $166,790
- 13. Nurse Practitioners 180 jobs · $145,950
- 14. Construction Managers 160 jobs · $142,500
- 15. Public Relations Managers 150 jobs · $148,090
- 16. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 140 jobs · $140,730
- 17. Chief Executives 130 jobs · $204,190
- 18. Natural Sciences Managers 110 jobs · $145,560
Occupations Tracked
345
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$75,184
employment-weighted, 339 complete rows
Top Salary
$315,230
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
103.7
4% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $315,230 |
| 2 | Chief Executives | $204,190 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $172,550 |
| 4 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $166,910 |
| 5 | Marketing Managers | $166,790 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $164,550 |
| 7 | Veterinarians | $158,880 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $154,860 |
| 9 | Physician Assistants | $153,940 |
| 10 | Managers, All Other | $149,820 |
| 11 | Public Relations Managers | $148,090 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners | $145,950 |
| 13 | Natural Sciences Managers | $145,560 |
| 14 | Optometrists | $142,720 |
| 15 | Financial Managers | $142,500 |
| 16 | Construction Managers | $142,500 |
| 17 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $140,730 |
| 18 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $140,160 |
| 19 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $137,870 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $135,610 |
| 21 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $135,450 |
| 22 | Database Architects | $133,500 |
| 23 | Lawyers | $132,900 |
| 24 | Engineers, All Other | $132,010 |
| 25 | Training and Development Managers | $130,190 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Tutors | $34,650 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $35,040 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $35,710 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $36,030 |
| Parking Attendants | $36,080 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $36,110 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $36,600 |
| Demonstrators and Product Promoters | $36,650 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $36,680 |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | $36,810 |
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 ($75,184 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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