Youngstown-Warren, OH Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 87.4) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Youngstown-Warren, OH moved from $42,330 in May 2024 to $43,800 in May 2025 (+3.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Youngstown-Warren, OH sits +0.4 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.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Youngstown-Warren, OH
General and Operations Managers publishes $80,050 here versus $105,770 nationally (-24.3%; 4,480metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $78,680 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-19.3%).
- General and Operations Managers$80,050 in Youngstown-Warren, OH sits 24.3% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (4,480 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$78,680 in Youngstown-Warren, OH sits 19.3% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (4,090 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$29,080 in Youngstown-Warren, OH sits 17.9% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (4,870 published local jobs).
- Customer Service Representatives$37,970 in Youngstown-Warren, OH sits 15.2% below the national Customer Service Representatives median of $44,770 (2,140 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Youngstown-Warren, OH; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 49660 · Youngstown-Warren, OH $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #409/528
- RPP-QUIET 87.4
- OCC-MID 364 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $278K
- EMP-MIX Physicians,…
- TREND-INLINE +0.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Altoona, PA
- BOOK-FULL 362 rows · May 2025
Read with Altoona, PA ($32 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 Youngstown-Warren, OH
Where Youngstown-Warren, OH already employs the upper wage tier
Physicians, All Other and Sales Managers lead published employment inside Youngstown-Warren, OH's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Physicians, All Other 510 jobs · $265,000
- 2. Sales Managers 500 jobs · $122,110
- 3. Financial Managers 500 jobs · $119,240
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 400 jobs · $120,970
- 5. Industrial Production Managers 400 jobs · $105,100
- 6. Lawyers 400 jobs · $101,250
- 7. Pharmacists 360 jobs · $139,410
- 8. Software Developers 260 jobs · $107,990
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 170 jobs · $125,760
- 10. Physician Assistants 150 jobs · $124,610
- 11. Chief Executives 150 jobs · $109,730
- 12. Human Resources Managers 140 jobs · $108,770
- 13. Marketing Managers 130 jobs · $114,560
- 14. General Internal Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $163,590
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 110 jobs · $139,240
- 16. Veterinarians 100 jobs · $106,770
- 17. Engineers, All Other 100 jobs · $102,560
- 18. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 80 jobs · $106,170
Occupations Tracked
364
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,200
employment-weighted, 362 complete rows
Top Salary
$278,330
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
87.4
13% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Youngstown-Warren, 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 | $265,000 |
| 2 | Sales Managers | $122,110 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $119,240 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $120,970 |
| 5 | Industrial Production Managers | $105,100 |
| 6 | Lawyers | $101,250 |
| 7 | Pharmacists | $139,410 |
| 8 | Software Developers | $107,990 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $125,760 |
| 10 | Physician Assistants | $124,610 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $109,730 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers | $108,770 |
| 13 | Marketing Managers | $114,560 |
| 14 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $163,590 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $139,240 |
| 16 | Veterinarians | $106,770 |
| 17 | Engineers, All Other | $102,560 |
| 18 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $106,170 |
| 19 | Clinical and Counseling Psychologists | $102,860 |
| 20 | Purchasing Managers | $124,310 |
| 21 | Computer Network Architects | $107,570 |
| 22 | Dentists, General | $168,820 |
| 23 | Materials Engineers | $105,400 |
| 24 | Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door | $99,170 |
| 25 | Family Medicine Physicians | $278,330 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Youngstown-Warren, OH
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $23,390 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $25,440 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $25,840 |
| Dishwashers | $26,510 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,640 |
| School Bus Monitors | $26,920 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,950 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $27,760 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $27,890 |
| Sales and Related Workers, All Other | $28,010 |
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 ($53,200 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 Youngstown-Warren, OH wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Youngstown-Warren, OH at $278,330/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $53,200 adjusts to about $60,874 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 87.4. 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.