Original data research from the WageDex editorial team. Every figure below is compiled directly from the underlying BLS dataset; no number is typed in by hand.
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.
All 50 states, ordered by the average occupational median wage across every observed occupation in BLS OEWS data, computed at request time.
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.
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.
Metro pay before and after the cost of living: nominal wages re-ranked by cost-of-living-adjusted real wage using BEA Regional Price Parities, which reshuffles the coastal leaderboard. Rendered fresh from the database at request time.