Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA moved from $51,600 in May 2024 to $54,660 in May 2025 (+5.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA sits +2.8 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education publishes $98,800 here versus $63,970 nationally (+54.4%; 2,340metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $48,560 locally versus $35,230 nationally (+37.8%).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$98,800 in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA sits 54.4% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,340 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$48,560 in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA sits 37.8% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (3,420 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$47,410 in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA sits 32.4% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (10,580 published local jobs).
- Cooks, Restaurant$44,230 in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA sits 18.3% above the national Cooks, Restaurant median of $37,390 (2,490 published local jobs).
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 44060 · Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $68K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #67/528
- RPP-MID 100.3
- OCC-MOST 468 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $431K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Kahului-Wailuku,…
- BOOK-FULL 460 rows · May 2025
Read with Kahului-Wailuku, HI ($138 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 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
Employment scale inside Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Pharmacists lead published employment inside Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 730 jobs · $159,530
- 2. Pharmacists 710 jobs · $155,560
- 3. Physicians, All Other 660 jobs · $293,200
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 560 jobs · $172,900
- 5. Sales Managers 530 jobs · $155,300
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 530 jobs · $141,990
- 7. Managers, All Other 510 jobs · $137,670
- 8. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 490 jobs · $144,210
- 9. Marketing Managers 360 jobs · $145,960
- 10. Physician Assistants 350 jobs · $147,570
- 11. Dentists, General 280 jobs · $205,790
- 12. Human Resources Managers 250 jobs · $147,050
- 13. Architectural and Engineering Managers 230 jobs · $164,720
- 14. Chief Executives 160 jobs · $260,940
- 15. Veterinarians 160 jobs · $151,820
- 16. Nurse Anesthetists 130 jobs · $257,650
- 17. Purchasing Managers 80 jobs · $146,310
- 18. Public Relations Managers 80 jobs · $137,240
Occupations Tracked
468
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$67,674
employment-weighted, 460 complete rows
Top Salary
$430,600
Radiologists
Cost of Living
100.3
0% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiologists | $430,600 |
| 2 | Psychiatrists | $301,790 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $293,200 |
| 4 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $280,210 |
| 5 | Chief Executives | $260,940 |
| 6 | Nurse Anesthetists | $257,650 |
| 7 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $219,330 |
| 8 | Dentists, General | $205,790 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $172,900 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $164,720 |
| 11 | Financial Managers | $159,530 |
| 12 | Pharmacists | $155,560 |
| 13 | Sales Managers | $155,300 |
| 14 | Veterinarians | $151,820 |
| 15 | Physician Assistants | $147,570 |
| 16 | Human Resources Managers | $147,050 |
| 17 | Purchasing Managers | $146,310 |
| 18 | Marketing Managers | $145,960 |
| 19 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $144,210 |
| 20 | Database Architects | $142,490 |
| 21 | Nurse Practitioners | $141,990 |
| 22 | Aerospace Engineers | $140,540 |
| 23 | Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers | $138,100 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $137,670 |
| 25 | Public Relations Managers | $137,240 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $34,650 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $34,830 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $35,030 |
| Demonstrators and Product Promoters | $35,630 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $35,710 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $35,730 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $35,780 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $36,080 |
| School Bus Monitors | $36,130 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $36,190 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in WA
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 WA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($67,674 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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