Which US Occupations Had the Biggest Wage Changes in 2025?
A like-for-like comparison of national median annual wages across the BLS OEWS May 2024 and May 2025 releases, with suppressed and unmatched occupations excluded.
Research
Original data research from WageDex's editorial process. Every figure below is compiled directly from the underlying BLS dataset; no number is typed in by hand.
Top 10 Highest-Paying US Occupations by National Median Wage
WageDex ranks all 800+ US occupations by national median annual wage from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Compiled directly from the underlying BLS occupation and wage tables, not manually curated.
US States and Territories Ranked by Equal-Weighted Occupation Medians
A derived benchmark that gives each reported BLS OEWS occupation median equal weight; it is not a worker mean or median wage.
Top 10 US Occupations with Widest 10th-90th Percentile Wage Gap
WageDex ranks all 800+ US occupations by the difference between the 90th and 10th percentile annual wage, recomputed from the live BLS wage table on each load.
The Largest-Employment US Occupations and What They Pay
Which jobs employ the most workers, and what do they pay? Total employment paired with median wage from BLS OEWS, the biggest tiers of the workforce turn out to be the lowest-paid. Computed from the database on each load.
US Metro Occupation-Median Benchmarks, With a Price-Level Adjustment
Equal-weighted means of published occupation medians, shown before and after division by BEA Regional Price Parities. These are derived area benchmarks, not worker wage statistics.