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.
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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