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.
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.
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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How to use Sandusky, OH wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Sandusky, OH at $209,150/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $53,114 adjusts to about $59,491 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 89.3. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for OH 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.