Springfield, OH Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 90.5) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Springfield, OH moved from $44,700 in May 2024 to $45,470 in May 2025 (+1.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Springfield, OH sits -1.4 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 44220 · Springfield, OH $54K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #380/528
- RPP-LOW 90.5
- OCC-MID 205 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $374K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE -1.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Northwestern Wis…
- BOOK-MOST 203 rows · May 2025
Read with Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area (+$59 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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, OH
Where Springfield, OH already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Springfield, OH's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 180 jobs · $100,810
- 2. Financial Managers 150 jobs · $124,240
- 3. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 150 jobs · $96,750
- 4. Industrial Engineers 140 jobs · $95,860
- 5. Industrial Production Managers 130 jobs · $98,630
- 6. Physicians, All Other 120 jobs · $374,300
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $124,440
- 8. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $132,880
- 9. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $129,120
- 10. Software Developers 80 jobs · $118,150
- 11. Management Analysts 80 jobs · $97,570
- 12. Managers, All Other 70 jobs · $119,500
- 13. Physical Therapists 70 jobs · $104,870
- 14. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 70 jobs · $95,900
- 15. Lawyers 70 jobs · $94,470
- 16. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $125,460
- 17. Construction Managers 60 jobs · $97,560
- 18. Human Resources Managers 50 jobs · $128,140
Occupations Tracked
205
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$54,155
employment-weighted, 203 complete rows
Top Salary
$374,300
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
90.5
10% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Springfield, OH, 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 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $100,810 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $124,240 |
| 3 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $96,750 |
| 4 | Industrial Engineers | $95,860 |
| 5 | Industrial Production Managers | $98,630 |
| 6 | Physicians, All Other | $374,300 |
| 7 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,440 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $132,880 |
| 9 | Sales Managers | $129,120 |
| 10 | Software Developers | $118,150 |
| 11 | Management Analysts | $97,570 |
| 12 | Managers, All Other | $119,500 |
| 13 | Physical Therapists | $104,870 |
| 14 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $95,900 |
| 15 | Lawyers | $94,470 |
| 16 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $125,460 |
| 17 | Construction Managers | $97,560 |
| 18 | Human Resources Managers | $128,140 |
| 19 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $121,340 |
| 20 | Physician Assistants | $117,830 |
| 21 | Marketing Managers | $111,110 |
| 22 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $98,920 |
| 23 | Administrative Services Managers | $97,110 |
| 24 | Dentists, General | $172,680 |
| 25 | Purchasing Managers | $125,490 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Springfield, OH
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $22,880 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $24,720 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $25,770 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $25,980 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,490 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $27,600 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $27,870 |
| Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs | $27,890 |
| Dishwashers | $27,940 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,940 |
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 ($54,155 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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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.