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.
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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