Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Cashiers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area
Cashiers publishes $26,790 here versus $32,880 nationally (-18.5%; 2,420metro-area jobs).
- Cashiers$26,790 in Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area sits 18.5% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,420 published local jobs).
Cashiers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 4000003 · Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $49K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #486/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 252 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $257K
- EMP-MIX Project Mana…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Northeastern Sou…
- BOOK-MOST 248 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 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Project Management Specialists and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Project Management Specialists 230 jobs · $95,990
- 2. Financial Managers 220 jobs · $122,930
- 3. Medical and Health Services Managers 180 jobs · $95,300
- 4. Pharmacists 160 jobs · $125,510
- 5. Lawyers 130 jobs · $92,000
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $126,710
- 7. Mechanical Engineers 110 jobs · $103,090
- 8. Chief Executives 70 jobs · $143,150
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $137,250
- 10. Software Developers 70 jobs · $128,050
- 11. Industrial Production Managers 70 jobs · $117,020
- 12. Dental Hygienists 70 jobs · $100,480
- 13. Management Analysts 70 jobs · $98,230
- 14. Computer Systems Analysts 70 jobs · $94,630
- 15. Sales Managers 60 jobs · $103,580
- 16. Computer Occupations, All Other 60 jobs · $89,420
- 17. Physician Assistants 50 jobs · $159,500
- 18. Construction Managers 50 jobs · $124,300
Occupations Tracked
252
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$49,364
employment-weighted, 248 complete rows
Top Salary
$257,490
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Southwest 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 | Project Management Specialists | $95,990 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $122,930 |
| 3 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $95,300 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $125,510 |
| 5 | Lawyers | $92,000 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,710 |
| 7 | Mechanical Engineers | $103,090 |
| 8 | Chief Executives | $143,150 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $137,250 |
| 10 | Software Developers | $128,050 |
| 11 | Industrial Production Managers | $117,020 |
| 12 | Dental Hygienists | $100,480 |
| 13 | Management Analysts | $98,230 |
| 14 | Computer Systems Analysts | $94,630 |
| 15 | Sales Managers | $103,580 |
| 16 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $89,420 |
| 17 | Physician Assistants | $159,500 |
| 18 | Construction Managers | $124,300 |
| 19 | Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other | $121,850 |
| 20 | Electrical Engineers | $105,760 |
| 21 | Dentists, General | $125,230 |
| 22 | Industrial Engineers | $99,170 |
| 23 | Occupational Therapists | $98,330 |
| 24 | Postmasters and Mail Superintendents | $96,930 |
| 25 | Physicians, All Other | $257,490 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Waiters and Waitresses | $16,810 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $20,330 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $21,840 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $22,110 |
| Bartenders | $22,360 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $22,630 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $22,770 |
| Childcare Workers | $23,230 |
| Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors | $23,390 |
| Dishwashers | $23,610 |
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 ($49,364 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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