Toledo, OH Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.5) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Toledo, OH moved from $47,320 in May 2024 to $48,220 in May 2025 (+1.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Toledo, OH sits -1.2 pp behind 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.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Toledo, OH
Registered Nurses publishes $81,050 here versus $97,550 nationally (-16.9%; 7,890metro-area jobs). Next is First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers at $37,230 locally versus $44,080 nationally (-15.5%).
- Registered Nurses$81,050 in Toledo, OH sits 16.9% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (7,890 published local jobs).
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$37,230 in Toledo, OH sits 15.5% below the national First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers median of $44,080 (2,650 published local jobs).
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$57,170 in Toledo, OH sits 15.3% above the national Maintenance and Repair Workers, General median of $49,590 (3,640 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$30,780 in Toledo, OH sits 13.1% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (7,360 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Toledo, OH; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 45780 · Toledo, OH $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #175/528
- RPP-LOW 91.5
- OCC-MOST 472 occs
- TOP-LEAD Surgeons, All… · $619K
- EMP-MIX Physicians,…
- TREND-INLINE -1.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Appleton, WI
- BOOK-FULL 465 rows · May 2025
Read with Appleton, WI (+$16 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 Toledo, OH
Where Toledo, OH already employs the upper wage tier
Physicians, All Other and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Toledo, OH's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Physicians, All Other 1,160 jobs · $302,450
- 2. Financial Managers 1,060 jobs · $125,330
- 3. Sales Managers 890 jobs · $129,720
- 4. Pharmacists 660 jobs · $134,010
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 510 jobs · $145,080
- 6. Architectural and Engineering Managers 460 jobs · $146,180
- 7. Marketing Managers 400 jobs · $124,940
- 8. Human Resources Managers 360 jobs · $125,130
- 9. Physician Assistants 280 jobs · $131,730
- 10. General Internal Medicine Physicians 220 jobs · $330,220
- 11. Dentists, General 180 jobs · $205,920
- 12. Chief Executives 180 jobs · $168,830
- 13. Purchasing Managers 170 jobs · $136,590
- 14. Computer Network Architects 160 jobs · $122,770
- 15. Veterinarians 140 jobs · $126,970
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 90 jobs · $244,550
- 17. Psychiatrists 70 jobs · $233,210
- 18. Chemical Engineers 70 jobs · $132,760
Occupations Tracked
472
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$60,832
employment-weighted, 465 complete rows
Top Salary
$618,680
Surgeons, All Other
Cost of Living
91.5
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Toledo, 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 | Physicians, All Other | $302,450 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $125,330 |
| 3 | Sales Managers | $129,720 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $134,010 |
| 5 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $145,080 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $146,180 |
| 7 | Marketing Managers | $124,940 |
| 8 | Human Resources Managers | $125,130 |
| 9 | Physician Assistants | $131,730 |
| 10 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $330,220 |
| 11 | Dentists, General | $205,920 |
| 12 | Chief Executives | $168,830 |
| 13 | Purchasing Managers | $136,590 |
| 14 | Computer Network Architects | $122,770 |
| 15 | Veterinarians | $126,970 |
| 16 | Family Medicine Physicians | $244,550 |
| 17 | Psychiatrists | $233,210 |
| 18 | Chemical Engineers | $132,760 |
| 19 | Neurologists | $388,860 |
| 20 | Pediatricians, General | $207,990 |
| 21 | Optometrists | $130,640 |
| 22 | Surgeons, All Other | $618,680 |
| 23 | Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers | $134,930 |
| 24 | Dermatologists | $460,070 |
| 25 | Nurse Anesthetists | $248,100 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Toledo, OH
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Fast Food | $22,560 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $24,820 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $26,850 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $26,900 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,200 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,570 |
| Sales and Related Workers, All Other | $27,600 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $27,970 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $27,990 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $28,660 |
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 ($60,832 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 Toledo, OH wage figures in a real decision
- Surgeons, All Other leads published medians in Toledo, OH at $618,680/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Surgeons, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $60,832 adjusts to about $66,516 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.5. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for OH 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.