Sandusky, OH Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 89.3) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Sandusky, OH moved from $43,820 in May 2024 to $44,970 in May 2025 (+2.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Sandusky, OH sits -0.5 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Sandusky, OH
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $27,590 here versus $31,200 nationally (-11.6%; 2,070metro-area jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,590 in Sandusky, OH sits 11.6% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,070 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Sandusky, OH; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 41780 · Sandusky, OH $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #414/528
- RPP-LOW 89.3
- OCC-MID 208 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $209K
- EMP-MIX Industrial E…
- TREND-INLINE -0.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Northern Indiana…
- BOOK-MOST 208 rows · May 2025
Read with Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area (+$1 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Sandusky, OH
Where Sandusky, OH already employs the upper wage tier
Industrial Engineers and Industrial Production Managers lead published employment inside Sandusky, OH's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Industrial Engineers 210 jobs · $95,720
- 2. Industrial Production Managers 160 jobs · $110,110
- 3. Financial Managers 150 jobs · $127,100
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 150 jobs · $99,900
- 5. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 150 jobs · $96,260
- 6. Mechanical Engineers 140 jobs · $96,580
- 7. Sales Managers 130 jobs · $118,950
- 8. Lawyers 130 jobs · $101,270
- 9. Construction Managers 100 jobs · $99,520
- 10. Physicians, All Other 90 jobs · $209,150
- 11. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $131,630
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 90 jobs · $121,230
- 13. Software Developers 90 jobs · $108,250
- 14. Architectural and Engineering Managers 60 jobs · $149,370
- 15. Managers, All Other 60 jobs · $119,250
- 16. Detectives and Criminal Investigators 60 jobs · $109,300
- 17. Electrical Engineers 60 jobs · $100,900
- 18. Management Analysts 60 jobs · $97,750
Occupations Tracked
208
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,114
employment-weighted, 208 complete rows
Top Salary
$209,150
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
89.3
11% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Sandusky, OH, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Industrial Engineers | $95,720 |
| 2 | Industrial Production Managers | $110,110 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $127,100 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $99,900 |
| 5 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $96,260 |
| 6 | Mechanical Engineers | $96,580 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $118,950 |
| 8 | Lawyers | $101,270 |
| 9 | Construction Managers | $99,520 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $209,150 |
| 11 | Pharmacists | $131,630 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners | $121,230 |
| 13 | Software Developers | $108,250 |
| 14 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $149,370 |
| 15 | Managers, All Other | $119,250 |
| 16 | Detectives and Criminal Investigators | $109,300 |
| 17 | Electrical Engineers | $100,900 |
| 18 | Management Analysts | $97,750 |
| 19 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $135,940 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $122,930 |
| 21 | Physical Therapists | $102,210 |
| 22 | Marketing Managers | $101,700 |
| 23 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $94,960 |
| 24 | Chief Executives | $120,030 |
| 25 | Civil Engineers | $101,060 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Sandusky, OH
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Short Order | $27,560 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,590 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,900 |
| Dishwashers | $28,040 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $28,070 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,490 |
| Cashiers | $28,530 |
| Animal Caretakers | $28,970 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $29,030 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $29,280 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in OH
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 OH. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($53,114 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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