South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI moved from $45,800 in May 2024 to $46,540 in May 2025 (+1.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI sits -1.5 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.
Retail Salespersons shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
Retail Salespersons publishes $30,930 here versus $35,410 nationally (-12.7%; 4,000metro-area jobs). Next is Cashiers at $28,970 locally versus $32,880 nationally (-11.9%).
- Retail Salespersons$30,930 in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI sits 12.7% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (4,000 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$28,970 in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI sits 11.9% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,820 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,140 in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI sits 9.8% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (4,240 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$41,590 in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI sits 7.6% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,770 published local jobs).
Retail Salespersons and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 43780 · South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #275/528
- RPP-LOW 92.9
- OCC-MID 387 occs
- TOP-LEAD General Intern… · $486K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE -1.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Coast Oregon non…
- BOOK-FULL 384 rows · May 2025
Read with Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area (+$7 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 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
Employment scale inside South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI's top-pay list
General and Operations Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 2,070 jobs · $104,500
- 2. Financial Managers 580 jobs · $128,370
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 510 jobs · $103,330
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 390 jobs · $126,810
- 5. Sales Managers 350 jobs · $121,560
- 6. Industrial Production Managers 330 jobs · $106,280
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 310 jobs · $126,220
- 8. Lawyers 280 jobs · $103,050
- 9. Pharmacists 270 jobs · $144,030
- 10. Physicians, All Other 200 jobs · $295,480
- 11. Construction Managers 180 jobs · $101,170
- 12. Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 150 jobs · $106,010
- 13. General Internal Medicine Physicians 140 jobs · $485,900
- 14. Marketing Managers 140 jobs · $125,850
- 15. Human Resources Managers 130 jobs · $128,250
- 16. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 130 jobs · $103,790
- 17. Architectural and Engineering Managers 110 jobs · $144,900
- 18. Computer Network Architects 110 jobs · $121,770
Occupations Tracked
387
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,481
employment-weighted, 384 complete rows
Top Salary
$485,900
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
92.9
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $485,900 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $295,480 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $261,280 |
| 4 | Family Medicine Physicians | $219,260 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $173,140 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $144,900 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $144,030 |
| 8 | Optometrists | $138,360 |
| 9 | Physician Assistants | $129,620 |
| 10 | Financial Managers | $128,370 |
| 11 | Human Resources Managers | $128,250 |
| 12 | Veterinarians | $127,650 |
| 13 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $126,810 |
| 14 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,220 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $125,850 |
| 16 | Computer Network Architects | $121,770 |
| 17 | Sales Managers | $121,560 |
| 18 | Industrial Production Managers | $106,280 |
| 19 | Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | $106,010 |
| 20 | General and Operations Managers | $104,500 |
| 21 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $103,790 |
| 22 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $103,330 |
| 23 | Lawyers | $103,050 |
| 24 | Construction Managers | $101,170 |
| 25 | Engineers, All Other | $100,630 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $23,000 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,150 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,330 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | $27,300 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,140 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $28,740 |
| Cashiers | $28,970 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $29,080 |
| Dishwashers | $29,090 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $29,140 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in IN
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 IN. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($57,481 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI wage figures in a real decision
- General Internal Medicine Physicians leads published medians in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI at $485,900/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. General Internal Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $57,481 adjusts to about $61,902 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 92.9. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for IN 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.