Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers publishes $81,400 here versus $105,770 nationally (-23.0%; 3,770metro-area jobs). Next is Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education at $77,820 locally versus $63,970 nationally (+21.7%).
- General and Operations Managers$81,400 in Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area sits 23.0% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,770 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$77,820 in Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area sits 21.7% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,050 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$78,610 in Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area sits 19.4% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (4,700 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,740 in Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area sits 16.0% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (4,050 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 3900004 · Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $56K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #318/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 378 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $318K
- EMP-MIX Physicians,…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Lynchburg, VA
- BOOK-FULL 378 rows · May 2025
Read with Lynchburg, VA (+$8 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 Southern Ohio nonmetropolit…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Physicians, All Other and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Physicians, All Other 490 jobs · $317,860
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 490 jobs · $122,890
- 3. Financial Managers 460 jobs · $120,010
- 4. Industrial Production Managers 440 jobs · $109,770
- 5. Pharmacists 380 jobs · $132,650
- 6. Software Developers 270 jobs · $109,580
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 180 jobs · $135,210
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 130 jobs · $160,870
- 9. Commercial Pilots 110 jobs · $170,140
- 10. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $121,570
- 11. Physician Assistants 100 jobs · $128,910
- 12. Marketing Managers 100 jobs · $110,380
- 13. Nurse Anesthetists 90 jobs · $253,780
- 14. Chief Executives 80 jobs · $150,110
- 15. Information Security Analysts 70 jobs · $135,210
- 16. Purchasing Managers 60 jobs · $117,060
- 17. Engineers, All Other 60 jobs · $108,480
- 18. Family Medicine Physicians 50 jobs · $249,990
Occupations Tracked
378
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,293
employment-weighted, 378 complete rows
Top Salary
$317,860
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Southern Ohio 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 | Physicians, All Other | $317,860 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $122,890 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $120,010 |
| 4 | Industrial Production Managers | $109,770 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $132,650 |
| 6 | Software Developers | $109,580 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $135,210 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $160,870 |
| 9 | Commercial Pilots | $170,140 |
| 10 | Human Resources Managers | $121,570 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants | $128,910 |
| 12 | Marketing Managers | $110,380 |
| 13 | Nurse Anesthetists | $253,780 |
| 14 | Chief Executives | $150,110 |
| 15 | Information Security Analysts | $135,210 |
| 16 | Purchasing Managers | $117,060 |
| 17 | Engineers, All Other | $108,480 |
| 18 | Family Medicine Physicians | $249,990 |
| 19 | Dentists, General | $172,230 |
| 20 | Psychiatrists | $228,570 |
| 21 | Fundraising Managers | $139,960 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $128,230 |
| 23 | Natural Sciences Managers | $122,420 |
| 24 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $114,800 |
| 25 | Aerospace Engineers | $131,600 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $22,790 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,060 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $26,140 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,350 |
| Bartenders | $26,630 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $26,860 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $27,100 |
| Dishwashers | $27,150 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,200 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $27,590 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in OH
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 OH. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($56,293 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 Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area at $317,860/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $56,293 across 378 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan area against the statewide occupation table for OH 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 local-area 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.