Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $16,990 here versus $35,230 nationally (-51.8%; 2,910metro-area jobs). Next is Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary at $22,570 locally versus $36,780 nationally (-38.6%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$16,990 in Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area sits 51.8% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,910 published local jobs).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$22,570 in Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area sits 38.6% below the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (2,090 published local jobs).
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$47,610 in Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area sits 33.9% below the national Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $72,040 (2,230 published local jobs).
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$31,030 in Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area sits 29.6% below the national First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers median of $44,080 (2,430 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 4000004 · Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $48K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #500/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MOST 411 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $257K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Hammond, LA
- BOOK-FULL 406 rows · May 2025
Read with Hammond, LA ($54 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Financial Managers and Pharmacists lead published employment inside Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 470 jobs · $107,650
- 2. Pharmacists 360 jobs · $134,420
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 300 jobs · $131,140
- 4. Industrial Production Managers 270 jobs · $109,210
- 5. Family Medicine Physicians 250 jobs · $244,640
- 6. Chief Executives 200 jobs · $126,890
- 7. Lawyers 200 jobs · $99,880
- 8. Sales Managers 180 jobs · $127,180
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 180 jobs · $105,640
- 10. Dental Hygienists 180 jobs · $100,120
- 11. Software Developers 170 jobs · $99,990
- 12. Physicians, All Other 160 jobs · $257,490
- 13. Electrical Engineers 140 jobs · $121,200
- 14. Physician Assistants 130 jobs · $150,590
- 15. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $159,290
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 90 jobs · $142,490
- 17. Petroleum Engineers 80 jobs · $131,760
- 18. Occupational Therapists 70 jobs · $102,840
Occupations Tracked
411
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$48,336
employment-weighted, 406 complete rows
Top Salary
$257,490
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, 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 | Financial Managers | $107,650 |
| 2 | Pharmacists | $134,420 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $131,140 |
| 4 | Industrial Production Managers | $109,210 |
| 5 | Family Medicine Physicians | $244,640 |
| 6 | Chief Executives | $126,890 |
| 7 | Lawyers | $99,880 |
| 8 | Sales Managers | $127,180 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $105,640 |
| 10 | Dental Hygienists | $100,120 |
| 11 | Software Developers | $99,990 |
| 12 | Physicians, All Other | $257,490 |
| 13 | Electrical Engineers | $121,200 |
| 14 | Physician Assistants | $150,590 |
| 15 | Dentists, General | $159,290 |
| 16 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $142,490 |
| 17 | Petroleum Engineers | $131,760 |
| 18 | Occupational Therapists | $102,840 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $109,010 |
| 20 | Computer Network Architects | $105,300 |
| 21 | Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay | $101,760 |
| 22 | Managers, All Other | $119,150 |
| 23 | Engineers, All Other | $100,420 |
| 24 | Environmental Engineers | $111,260 |
| 25 | Purchasing Managers | $104,740 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $16,990 |
| Parking Attendants | $17,510 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $21,690 |
| Bartenders | $21,690 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $22,110 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $22,270 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $22,560 |
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $22,570 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,750 |
| Gambling Dealers | $23,720 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in OK
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 OK. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($48,336 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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