Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA moved from $47,920 in May 2024 to $49,290 in May 2025 (+2.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA sits -0.2 pp near 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.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 48300 · Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $63K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #142/528
- RPP-MID 103.9
- OCC-MID 229 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $243K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Bismarck, ND
- BOOK-MOST 227 rows · May 2025
Read with Bismarck, ND (+$26 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 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA
Employment scale inside Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA's top-pay list
General and Operations Managers and Software Developers lead published employment inside Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 650 jobs · $118,520
- 2. Software Developers 160 jobs · $131,970
- 3. Financial Managers 130 jobs · $160,690
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 130 jobs · $119,990
- 5. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 120 jobs · $163,170
- 6. Pharmacists 120 jobs · $156,490
- 7. Dental Hygienists 110 jobs · $118,820
- 8. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 100 jobs · $124,110
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 90 jobs · $142,350
- 10. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $136,090
- 11. Electrical Engineers 80 jobs · $132,930
- 12. Lawyers 80 jobs · $132,270
- 13. Power Plant Operators 70 jobs · $145,510
- 14. Managers, All Other 70 jobs · $137,940
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $172,520
- 16. Physician Assistants 60 jobs · $168,080
- 17. Construction Managers 60 jobs · $150,780
- 18. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $171,990
Occupations Tracked
229
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$62,938
employment-weighted, 227 complete rows
Top Salary
$243,330
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
103.9
4% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $243,330 |
| 2 | Chief Executives | $210,760 |
| 3 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $172,520 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $171,990 |
| 5 | Physician Assistants | $168,080 |
| 6 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $163,170 |
| 7 | Financial Managers | $160,690 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $156,490 |
| 9 | Human Resources Managers | $154,640 |
| 10 | Construction Managers | $150,780 |
| 11 | Power Plant Operators | $145,510 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners | $142,350 |
| 13 | Managers, All Other | $137,940 |
| 14 | Sales Managers | $136,090 |
| 15 | Electrical Engineers | $132,930 |
| 16 | Lawyers | $132,270 |
| 17 | Software Developers | $131,970 |
| 18 | Facilities Managers | $129,110 |
| 19 | Marketing Managers | $128,880 |
| 20 | Industrial Production Managers | $126,780 |
| 21 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $126,580 |
| 22 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $124,110 |
| 23 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $119,990 |
| 24 | Dental Hygienists | $118,820 |
| 25 | General and Operations Managers | $118,520 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products | $35,080 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $35,580 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $35,850 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $35,990 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $36,050 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $36,060 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $36,260 |
| Dishwashers | $36,390 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $36,450 |
| Cashiers | $36,550 |
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 ($62,938 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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How to use Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA at $243,330/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $62,938 adjusts to about $60,602 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 103.9. 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.