Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 89.2) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ moved from $45,940 in May 2024 to $47,050 in May 2025 (+2.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ sits -0.7 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.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 43420 · Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #170/528
- RPP-LOW 89.2
- OCC-THIN 181 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $294K
- EMP-MIX Detectives a…
- TREND-INLINE -0.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Glens Falls, NY
- BOOK-MOST 179 rows · May 2025
Read with Glens Falls, NY ($22 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
Where Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ already employs the upper wage tier
Detectives and Criminal Investigators and Computer Occupations, All Other lead published employment inside Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Detectives and Criminal Investigators 730 jobs · $108,350
- 2. Computer Occupations, All Other 500 jobs · $118,120
- 3. Managers, All Other 280 jobs · $125,280
- 4. Software Developers 280 jobs · $115,890
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 150 jobs · $156,890
- 6. Medical and Health Services Managers 130 jobs · $109,270
- 7. Computer Systems Analysts 110 jobs · $113,070
- 8. Financial Managers 110 jobs · $102,010
- 9. Sales Managers 100 jobs · $133,800
- 10. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 100 jobs · $116,340
- 11. Computer Network Architects 90 jobs · $105,290
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 80 jobs · $138,120
- 13. Lawyers 80 jobs · $119,990
- 14. Chief Executives 70 jobs · $122,670
- 15. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 70 jobs · $100,770
- 16. Pharmacists 60 jobs · $152,710
- 17. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $156,500
- 18. Information Security Analysts 50 jobs · $107,520
Occupations Tracked
181
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$60,950
employment-weighted, 179 complete rows
Top Salary
$293,660
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
89.2
11% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ, 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 | Detectives and Criminal Investigators | $108,350 |
| 2 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $118,120 |
| 3 | Managers, All Other | $125,280 |
| 4 | Software Developers | $115,890 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $156,890 |
| 6 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $109,270 |
| 7 | Computer Systems Analysts | $113,070 |
| 8 | Financial Managers | $102,010 |
| 9 | Sales Managers | $133,800 |
| 10 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $116,340 |
| 11 | Computer Network Architects | $105,290 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners | $138,120 |
| 13 | Lawyers | $119,990 |
| 14 | Chief Executives | $122,670 |
| 15 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $100,770 |
| 16 | Pharmacists | $152,710 |
| 17 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $156,500 |
| 18 | Information Security Analysts | $107,520 |
| 19 | Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $102,420 |
| 20 | Family Medicine Physicians | $293,660 |
| 21 | Physical Therapists | $105,050 |
| 22 | Electrical Engineers | $104,040 |
| 23 | Data Scientists | $103,440 |
| 24 | Industrial Production Managers | $101,140 |
| 25 | Commercial Pilots | $100,420 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $30,580 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $30,580 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $30,580 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $30,600 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $30,630 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $30,760 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $30,800 |
| Dishwashers | $30,880 |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $31,060 |
| Childcare Workers | $31,390 |
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 ($60,950 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ at $293,660/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $60,950 adjusts to about $68,297 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 89.2. 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.