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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA wage figures in a real decision
- Radiologists leads published medians in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA at $430,600/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $67,674 adjusts to about $67,441 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.3. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for WA 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 metro 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.