Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ moved from $45,560 in May 2024 to $46,330 in May 2025 (+1.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ sits -1.4 pp behind 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.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
General and Operations Managers publishes $78,400 here versus $105,770 nationally (-25.9%; 2,890metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $33,350 locally versus $31,200 nationally (+6.9%).
- General and Operations Managers$78,400 in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ sits 25.9% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,890 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$33,350 in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ sits 6.9% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,080 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$34,350 in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ sits 4.5% above the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,470 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$35,290 in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ sits 0.3% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,570 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 39150 · Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $58K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #272/528
- RPP-MID 98.3
- OCC-MID 260 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $297K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-INLINE -1.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Visalia, CA
- BOOK-MOST 255 rows · May 2025
Read with Visalia, CA ($32 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 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
Employment scale inside Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ's top-pay list
Registered Nurses and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 1,510 jobs · $104,980
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 280 jobs · $104,510
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 220 jobs · $135,160
- 4. Software Developers 210 jobs · $125,590
- 5. Lawyers 200 jobs · $128,020
- 6. Physical Therapists 170 jobs · $104,000
- 7. Sales Managers 150 jobs · $120,460
- 8. Pharmacists 140 jobs · $152,560
- 9. Chief Executives 140 jobs · $130,000
- 10. Managers, All Other 130 jobs · $108,890
- 11. Physicians, All Other 120 jobs · $296,840
- 12. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $135,630
- 13. Facilities Managers 100 jobs · $103,090
- 14. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $132,350
- 15. Computer Occupations, All Other 90 jobs · $109,780
- 16. Occupational Therapists 70 jobs · $104,420
- 17. Dentists, General 60 jobs · $196,490
- 18. Industrial Production Managers 60 jobs · $111,060
Occupations Tracked
260
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,522
employment-weighted, 255 complete rows
Top Salary
$296,840
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
98.3
2% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $296,840 |
| 2 | Dentists, General | $196,490 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $161,680 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $152,560 |
| 5 | Veterinarians | $152,020 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $146,870 |
| 7 | Financial and Investment Analysts | $135,680 |
| 8 | Physician Assistants | $135,630 |
| 9 | Nurse Practitioners | $135,160 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $132,350 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $130,000 |
| 12 | Lawyers | $128,020 |
| 13 | Software Developers | $125,590 |
| 14 | Marketing Managers | $121,000 |
| 15 | Sales Managers | $120,460 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $114,290 |
| 17 | Industrial Production Managers | $111,060 |
| 18 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $109,780 |
| 19 | Managers, All Other | $108,890 |
| 20 | Registered Nurses | $104,980 |
| 21 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $104,510 |
| 22 | Occupational Therapists | $104,420 |
| 23 | Physical Therapists | $104,000 |
| 24 | Facilities Managers | $103,090 |
| 25 | Commercial Pilots | $102,460 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $31,680 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $33,190 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $33,310 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $33,350 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $33,600 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $33,820 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $33,970 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $34,010 |
| Cashiers | $34,350 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $34,510 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in AZ
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 AZ. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($57,522 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 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ at $296,840/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $57,522 adjusts to about $58,544 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 98.3. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for AZ 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.