Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $24,660 here versus $35,230 nationally (-30.0%; 2,010metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $80,760 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-17.2%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$24,660 in Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area sits 30.0% below the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (2,010 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$80,760 in Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area sits 17.2% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (3,140 published local jobs).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$31,220 in Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area sits 15.1% below the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (2,270 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$28,030 in Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area sits 14.8% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (5,210 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 1800003 · Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #357/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 396 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $371K
- EMP-MIX Business Ope…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH South Florida no…
- BOOK-FULL 396 rows · May 2025
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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 Southern Indiana nonmetropo…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Business Operations Specialists, All Other and Electronics Engineers, Except Computer lead published employment inside Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Business Operations Specialists, All Other 820 jobs · $108,430
- 2. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 600 jobs · $126,730
- 3. Financial Managers 470 jobs · $122,250
- 4. Engineers, All Other 410 jobs · $136,990
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 350 jobs · $123,770
- 6. Sales Managers 320 jobs · $124,940
- 7. Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 320 jobs · $108,150
- 8. Pharmacists 310 jobs · $133,470
- 9. Architectural and Engineering Managers 260 jobs · $143,620
- 10. Computer Occupations, All Other 240 jobs · $116,400
- 11. Physicians, All Other 210 jobs · $370,710
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 210 jobs · $127,980
- 13. Computer and Information Research Scientists 130 jobs · $108,490
- 14. Dentists, General 120 jobs · $161,120
- 15. Marketing Managers 110 jobs · $123,450
- 16. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $119,700
- 17. Family Medicine Physicians 80 jobs · $241,750
- 18. Physicists 80 jobs · $117,170
Occupations Tracked
396
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,002
employment-weighted, 396 complete rows
Top Salary
$370,710
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Southern Indiana 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.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $21,910 |
| Bartenders | $22,500 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,720 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $24,660 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $26,850 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,230 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,720 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $27,850 |
| Cashiers | $28,030 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,030 |
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 ($55,002 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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