Springfield, MA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Springfield, MA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Springfield, MA moved from $49,710 in May 2024 to $51,930 in May 2025 (+4.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Springfield, MA sits +1.4 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 Springfield, MA
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education publishes $79,640 here versus $63,970 nationally (+24.5%; 2,340metro-area jobs). Next is Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary at $31,200 locally versus $36,780 nationally (-15.2%).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$79,640 in Springfield, MA sits 24.5% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (2,340 published local jobs).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$31,200 in Springfield, MA sits 15.2% below the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (3,150 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$40,860 in Springfield, MA sits 14.1% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (15,840 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$34,130 in Springfield, MA sits 9.4% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (5,660 published local jobs).
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Springfield, MA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 44140 · Springfield, MA $66K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #85/528
- RPP-MID 96.1
- OCC-MOST 407 occs
- TOP-LEAD Nurse Anesthet… · $358K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +1.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Greeley, CO
- BOOK-FULL 397 rows · May 2025
Read with Greeley, CO ($31 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 Springfield, MA
Employment scale inside Springfield, MA's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Springfield, MA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 920 jobs · $175,950
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 540 jobs · $164,030
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 530 jobs · $138,460
- 4. Sales Managers 480 jobs · $149,990
- 5. Pharmacists 430 jobs · $138,230
- 6. Construction Managers 400 jobs · $132,590
- 7. Physician Assistants 320 jobs · $161,770
- 8. Marketing Managers 290 jobs · $181,070
- 9. Managers, All Other 290 jobs · $157,840
- 10. Architectural and Engineering Managers 210 jobs · $170,580
- 11. Human Resources Managers 210 jobs · $152,400
- 12. Dentists, General 160 jobs · $198,250
- 13. Information Security Analysts 130 jobs · $128,910
- 14. Pediatricians, General 120 jobs · $206,490
- 15. Computer Network Architects 120 jobs · $144,600
- 16. Public Relations Managers 70 jobs · $128,850
- 17. Psychiatrists 60 jobs · $311,290
- 18. Family Medicine Physicians 60 jobs · $212,200
Occupations Tracked
407
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$66,218
employment-weighted, 397 complete rows
Top Salary
$357,740
Nurse Anesthetists
Cost of Living
96.1
4% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Springfield, MA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nurse Anesthetists | $357,740 |
| 2 | Psychiatrists | $311,290 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $212,200 |
| 4 | Pediatricians, General | $206,490 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $198,250 |
| 6 | Marketing Managers | $181,070 |
| 7 | Financial Managers | $175,950 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $170,580 |
| 9 | Natural Sciences Managers | $165,000 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $164,030 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants | $161,770 |
| 12 | Database Architects | $161,730 |
| 13 | Purchasing Managers | $159,800 |
| 14 | Managers, All Other | $157,840 |
| 15 | Human Resources Managers | $152,400 |
| 16 | Sales Managers | $149,990 |
| 17 | Training and Development Managers | $146,340 |
| 18 | Computer Network Architects | $144,600 |
| 19 | Judicial Law Clerks | $143,350 |
| 20 | Nurse Practitioners | $138,460 |
| 21 | Pharmacists | $138,230 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $136,680 |
| 23 | Construction Managers | $132,590 |
| 24 | Information Security Analysts | $128,910 |
| 25 | Public Relations Managers | $128,850 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Springfield, MA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | $31,200 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $31,250 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $32,150 |
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $32,620 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $32,760 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | $33,670 |
| Cashiers | $34,030 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $34,110 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,130 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $34,700 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in MA
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 MA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($66,218 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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