Worcester, MA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Worcester, MA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Worcester, MA moved from $55,300 in May 2024 to $57,830 in May 2025 (+4.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Worcester, MA sits +1.5 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 Worcester, MA
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education publishes $82,810 here versus $63,970 nationally (+29.5%; 3,850metro-area jobs). Next is Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses at $79,060 locally versus $64,400 nationally (+22.8%).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$82,810 in Worcester, MA sits 29.5% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (3,850 published local jobs).
- Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$79,060 in Worcester, MA sits 22.8% above the national Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses median of $64,400 (2,030 published local jobs).
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$47,980 in Worcester, MA sits 22.6% above the national Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers median of $39,150 (2,170 published local jobs).
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$87,050 in Worcester, MA sits 20.8% above the national Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $72,040 (3,640 published local jobs).
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Worcester, MA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 49340 · Worcester, MA $72K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #30/528
- RPP-MID 102.5
- OCC-MOST 481 occs
- TOP-LEAD Surgeons, All… · $517K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +1.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Burlington-South…
- BOOK-FULL 471 rows · May 2025
Read with Burlington-South Burlington, VT ($250 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 Worcester, MA
Employment scale inside Worcester, MA's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Worcester, MA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 1,560 jobs · $170,940
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,150 jobs · $193,890
- 3. Sales Managers 950 jobs · $162,810
- 4. Architectural and Engineering Managers 630 jobs · $179,150
- 5. Marketing Managers 590 jobs · $199,280
- 6. Managers, All Other 570 jobs · $164,730
- 7. Natural Sciences Managers 490 jobs · $212,600
- 8. Physician Assistants 470 jobs · $152,860
- 9. Human Resources Managers 460 jobs · $160,470
- 10. Dentists, General 320 jobs · $202,110
- 11. Family Medicine Physicians 230 jobs · $229,710
- 12. Pediatricians, General 200 jobs · $213,200
- 13. General Internal Medicine Physicians 180 jobs · $369,930
- 14. Emergency Medicine Physicians 170 jobs · $319,420
- 15. Surgeons, All Other 150 jobs · $517,150
- 16. Purchasing Managers 130 jobs · $157,810
- 17. Public Relations Managers 130 jobs · $156,850
- 18. Psychiatrists 110 jobs · $244,190
Occupations Tracked
481
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$72,218
employment-weighted, 471 complete rows
Top Salary
$517,150
Surgeons, All Other
Cost of Living
102.5
3% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Worcester, MA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgeons, All Other | $517,150 |
| 2 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $391,930 |
| 3 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $387,810 |
| 4 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $369,930 |
| 5 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $336,350 |
| 6 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $319,420 |
| 7 | Physicians, All Other | $304,380 |
| 8 | Psychiatrists | $244,190 |
| 9 | Family Medicine Physicians | $229,710 |
| 10 | Pediatricians, General | $213,200 |
| 11 | Natural Sciences Managers | $212,600 |
| 12 | Dentists, General | $202,110 |
| 13 | Marketing Managers | $199,280 |
| 14 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $193,890 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $179,150 |
| 16 | Financial Managers | $170,940 |
| 17 | Managers, All Other | $164,730 |
| 18 | Sales Managers | $162,810 |
| 19 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $160,990 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $160,470 |
| 21 | Purchasing Managers | $157,810 |
| 22 | Public Relations Managers | $156,850 |
| 23 | Physicists | $153,990 |
| 24 | Physician Assistants | $152,860 |
| 25 | Materials Scientists | $151,070 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Worcester, MA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Food Batchmakers | $31,200 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $32,150 |
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | $32,300 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $33,350 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $33,620 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $33,680 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | $34,530 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,610 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $34,680 |
| Cashiers | $34,770 |
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 ($72,218 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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How to use Worcester, MA wage figures in a real decision
- Surgeons, All Other leads published medians in Worcester, MA at $517,150/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Surgeons, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $72,218 adjusts to about $70,441 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 102.5. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for MA 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.