Ponce, PR Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Ponce, PR - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Ponce, PR moved from $24,040 in May 2024 to $26,940 in May 2025 (+12.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Ponce, PR sits +9.0 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.
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Ponce, PR
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners publishes $21,840 here versus $36,840 nationally (-40.7%; 2,940metro-area jobs). Next is Retail Salespersons at $22,030 locally versus $35,410 nationally (-37.8%).
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$21,840 in Ponce, PR sits 40.7% below the national Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners median of $36,840 (2,940 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$22,030 in Ponce, PR sits 37.8% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,580 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$21,840 in Ponce, PR sits 33.6% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,320 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$21,840 in Ponce, PR sits 30.0% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,100 published local jobs).
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Ponce, PR; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 38660 · Ponce, PR $34K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #524/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 220 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $254K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-AHEAD +9.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Arecibo, PR
- BOOK-MOST 217 rows · May 2025
Read with Arecibo, PR ($929 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 Ponce, PR
Employment scale inside Ponce, PR's top-pay list
General and Operations Managers and Industrial Engineers lead published employment inside Ponce, PR's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 370 jobs · $64,000
- 2. Industrial Engineers 290 jobs · $83,040
- 3. Administrative Services Managers 210 jobs · $64,510
- 4. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $107,010
- 5. Financial Managers 150 jobs · $77,470
- 6. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 120 jobs · $82,590
- 7. Chief Executives 120 jobs · $81,730
- 8. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 110 jobs · $77,370
- 9. Industrial Production Managers 90 jobs · $130,550
- 10. Medical and Health Services Managers 90 jobs · $64,910
- 11. Sales Managers 80 jobs · $66,190
- 12. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 70 jobs · $77,970
- 13. Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 70 jobs · $65,570
- 14. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 60 jobs · $78,990
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $128,650
- 16. Human Resources Managers 50 jobs · $82,770
- 17. Financial and Investment Analysts 50 jobs · $75,640
- 18. Construction Managers 50 jobs · $72,420
Occupations Tracked
220
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$34,373
employment-weighted, 217 complete rows
Top Salary
$253,660
Physicians, All Other
Highest Paying Jobs in Ponce, PR
Lowest Paying Jobs in Ponce, PR
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $21,840 |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $21,840 |
| Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs | $21,840 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $21,840 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $21,840 |
| Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers | $21,840 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $21,840 |
| Couriers and Messengers | $21,840 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks | $21,840 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | $21,840 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in PR
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 PR. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($34,373 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 Ponce, PR wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Ponce, PR at $253,660/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- Ponce, PR's employment-weighted published-row mean is $34,373 across 217 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for PR 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.