Median Income by Occupation

Welcome to our Median Salary by Occupation and Gender tool! In a few clicks, you can discover salary averages across various professions, broken down by gender. An excellent resource for job seekers, employers, researchers, or anyone curious about salary trends, this tool helps to bring transparency to the world of wage data.

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Median Income by Occupation and Gender

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This calculator uses data from the US Census Bureau, who compiles data through their periodic surveys and reports huge volumes of data. The database has information on 173 million workers.

Occupation: All Accountants and auditors Actors Actuaries Acupuncturists Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders Administrative services managers Advertising and promotions managers Advertising sales agents Aerospace engineers Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes Agricultural and food science technicians Agricultural and food scientists Agricultural engineers Agricultural inspectors Air traffic controllers and airfield operations specialists Aircraft mechanics and service technicians Aircraft pilots and flight engineers Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians Animal breeders Animal caretakers Animal control workers Animal trainers Architects, except landscape and naval Architectural and civil drafters Architectural and engineering managers Archivists, curators, and museum technicians Artists and related workers Astronomers and physicists Athletes and sports competitors Atmospheric and space scientists Audiologists Audiovisual equipment installers and repairers Automotive body and related repairers Automotive glass installers and repairers Automotive service technicians and mechanics Avionics technicians Baggage porters, bellhops, and concierges Bailiffs Bakers Barbers Bartenders Bill and account collectors Billing and posting clerks Bioengineers and biomedical engineers Biological scientists Biological technicians Boilermakers Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons Broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys Broadcast, sound, and lighting technicians Brokerage clerks Budget analysts Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists Bus drivers, school Bus drivers, transit and intercity Business operations specialists, all other Butchers and other meat, poultry, and fish processing workers Buyers and purchasing agents, farm products Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters Cardiovascular technologists and technicians Cargo and freight agents Carpenters Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers Cashiers Cement masons, concrete finishers, and terrazzo workers Chefs and head cooks Chemical engineers Chemical processing machine setters, operators, and tenders Chemical technicians Chemists and materials scientists Chief executives Child, family, and school social workers Childcare workers Chiropractors Civil engineers Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators Cleaners of vehicles and equipment Clergy Clinical and counseling psychologists Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians Coaches and scouts Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers Commercial and industrial designers Commercial divers Communications equipment operators, all other Compensation and benefits managers Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists Compliance officers Computer and information research scientists Computer and information systems managers Computer hardware engineers Computer network architects Computer numerically controlled tool operators and programmers Computer occupations, all other Computer programmers Computer support specialists Computer systems analysts Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers Conservation scientists and foresters Construction and building inspectors Construction equipment operators Construction laborers Construction managers Control and valve installers and repairers Conveyor, dredge, and hoist and winch operators Cooks Correctional officers and jailers Correspondence clerks Cost estimators Counselors, all other Counter and rental clerks Couriers and messengers Court reporters and simultaneous captioners Court, municipal, and license clerks Crane and tower operators Credit analysts Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks Credit counselors and loan officers Crossing guards and flaggers Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, and blending workers Customer service representatives Cutting workers Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Dancers and choreographers Data entry keyers Database administrators and architects Dental and ophthalmic laboratory technicians and medical appliance technicians Dental assistants Dental hygienists Dentists Derrick, rotary drill, and service unit operators, oil and gas Desktop publishers Detectives and criminal investigators Diagnostic medical sonographers Dietetic technicians and ophthalmic medical technicians Dietitians and nutritionists Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers Directors, religious activities and education Disc jockeys, except radio Dishwashers Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers Driver/sales workers and truck drivers Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers Earth drillers, except oil and gas Economists Editors Education and childcare administrators Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians Electrical and electronics engineers Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment Electrical and electronics repairers, industrial and utility Electrical power-line installers and repairers Electrical, electronics, and electromechanical assemblers Electricians Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles Elementary and middle school teachers Elevator and escalator installers and repairers Eligibility interviewers, government programs Embalmers, crematory operators and funeral attendants Emergency management directors Emergency medical technicians Emergency medicine physicians Engine and other machine assemblers Engineers, all other Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other Entertainment and recreation managers Environmental engineers Environmental science and geoscience technicians Environmental scientists and specialists, including health Etchers and engravers Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants Exercise physiologists Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders Facilities managers Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers Fashion designers Fast food and counter workers Fence erectors File clerks Financial and investment analysts Financial clerks, all other Financial examiners Financial managers Fire inspectors Firefighters First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers First-line supervisors of correctional officers First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers First-line supervisors of police and detectives First-line supervisors of production and operating workers First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other First-line supervisors of retail sales workers First-line supervisors of security workers Fish and game wardens Fishing and hunting workers Flight attendants Floral designers Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders Food batchmakers Food cooking machine operators and tenders Food preparation and serving related workers, all other Food preparation workers Food processing workers, all other Food servers, nonrestaurant Food service managers Forest and conservation workers Forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Fundraisers Funeral home managers Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders Furniture finishers Gambling cage workers Gambling services workers General and operations managers Geoscientists and hydrologists, except geographers Glaziers Graders and sorters, agricultural products Graphic designers Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists Hazardous materials removal workers Healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners, all other Healthcare social workers Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics Helpers, construction trades Helpers–installation, maintenance, and repair workers Helpers–production workers Highway maintenance workers Home appliance repairers Home health aides Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping Human resources managers Human resources workers Industrial and refractory machinery mechanics Industrial engineers, including health and safety Industrial production managers Industrial truck and tractor operators Information and record clerks, all other Information security analysts Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers Insulation workers Insurance claims and policy processing clerks Insurance sales agents Insurance underwriters Interior designers Interpreters and translators Interviewers, except eligibility and loan Janitors and building cleaners Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers Judicial law clerks Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand Landscape architects Landscaping and groundskeeping workers Laundry and dry-cleaning workers Lawyers Legal secretaries and administrative assistants Legal support workers, all other Legislators Librarians and media collections specialists Library assistants, clerical Library technicians Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses Life scientists, all other Loan interviewers and clerks Locksmiths and safe repairers Locomotive engineers and operators Lodging managers Logging workers Logisticians Machine feeders and offbearers Machinists Magnetic resonance imaging technologists Maids and housekeeping cleaners Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service Maintenance and repair workers, general Maintenance workers, machinery Management analysts Managers, all other Manicurists and pedicurists Manufactured building and mobile home installers Marine engineers and naval architects Market research analysts and marketing specialists Marketing managers Marriage and family therapists Massage therapists Materials engineers Mathematicians Mechanical engineers Media and communication equipment workers, all other Media and communication workers, all other Medical and health services managers Medical assistants Medical records specialists Medical scientists Medical secretaries and administrative assistants Medical transcriptionists Meeting, convention, and event planners Mental health and substance abuse social workers Mental health counselors Merchandise displayers and window trimmers Metal furnace operators, tenders, pourers, and casters Meter readers, utilities Millwrights Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers Miscellaneous agricultural workers Miscellaneous construction and related workers Miscellaneous health technologists and technicians Miscellaneous plant and system operators Miscellaneous social scientists and related workers Miscellaneous vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers Model makers and patternmakers, metal and plastic Models, demonstrators, and product promoters Molders and molding machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic Morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers Motor vehicle operators, all other Music directors and composers Musicians and singers Natural sciences managers Network and computer systems administrators New accounts clerks News analysts, reporters, and journalists Nuclear engineers Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists Nuclear technicians Nurse anesthetists Nurse midwives Nurse practitioners Nursing assistants Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians Occupational therapists Occupational therapy assistants and aides Office and administrative support workers, all other Office clerks, general Office machine operators, except computer Operations research analysts Opticians, dispensing Optometrists Order clerks Orderlies and psychiatric aides Other assemblers and fabricators Other community and social service specialists Other designers Other drafters Other educational instruction and library workers Other engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters Other entertainment attendants and related workers Other extraction workers Other financial specialists Other grounds maintenance workers Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations Other healthcare support workers Other installation, maintenance, and repair workers Other life, physical, and social science technicians Other machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Other material moving workers Other mathematical science occupations Other metal workers and plastic workers Other personal appearance workers Other physicians Other production equipment operators and tenders Other production workers Other protective service workers Other psychologists Other rail transportation workers Other teachers and instructors Other textile, apparel, and furnishings workers Other transportation workers Other woodworkers Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Packers and packagers, hand Painters and paperhangers Painting workers Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders Paralegals and legal assistants Paramedics Parking attendants Parking enforcement workers Parts salespersons Passenger attendants Payroll and timekeeping clerks Personal care aides Personal care and service workers, all other Personal financial advisors Personal service managers, all other Pest control workers Petroleum engineers Pharmacists Pharmacy aides Pharmacy technicians Phlebotomists Photographers Photographic process workers and processing machine operators Physical scientists, all other Physical therapist assistants and aides Physical therapists Physician assistants Pipelayers Plasterers and stucco masons Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Podiatrists Police officers Postal service clerks Postal service mail carriers Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators Postmasters and mail superintendents Postsecondary teachers Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers Precision instrument and equipment repairers Prepress technicians and workers Preschool and kindergarten teachers Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Print binding and finishing workers Printing press operators Private detectives and investigators Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists Procurement clerks Producers and directors Production, planning, and expediting clerks Project management specialists Proofreaders and copy markers Property appraisers and assessors Property, real estate, and community association managers Psychiatric technicians Public relations and fundraising managers Public relations specialists Public safety telecommunicators Pumping station operators Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products Purchasing managers Radiation therapists Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers Radiologic technologists and technicians Radiologists Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators Railroad conductors and yardmasters Real estate brokers and sales agents Receptionists and information clerks Recreation workers Recreational therapists Refuse and recyclable material collectors Registered nurses Rehabilitation counselors Reinforcing iron and rebar workers Religious workers, all other Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks Residential advisors Respiratory therapists Retail salespersons Riggers Roofers Roustabouts, oil and gas Sailors and marine oilers Sales and related workers, all other Sales engineers Sales managers Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood School bus monitors School psychologists Secondary school teachers Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Security and fire alarm systems installers Security guards and gambling surveillance officers Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Sewing machine operators Sheet metal workers Ship and boat captains and operators Ship engineers Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks Shoe and leather workers Shuttle drivers and chauffeurs Skincare specialists Small engine mechanics Social and community service managers Social and human service assistants Social science research assistants Social workers, all other Sociologists Software developers Software quality assurance analysts and testers Solar photovoltaic installers Special education teachers Speech-language pathologists Stationary engineers and boiler operators Statistical assistants Statisticians Stockers and order fillers Structural iron and steel workers Structural metal fabricators and fitters Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Supervisors of personal care and service workers Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers Surgeons Surgical technologists Survey researchers Surveying and mapping technicians Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists Switchboard operators, including answering service Tailors, dressmakers, and sewers Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents Tax preparers Taxi drivers Teaching assistants Technical writers Telecommunications line installers and repairers Telemarketers Telephone operators Television, video, and film camera operators and editors Tellers Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders Therapists, all other Tire builders Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers Tool and die makers Tour and travel guides Training and development managers Training and development specialists Transportation inspectors Transportation security screeners Transportation service attendants Transportation, storage, and distribution managers Travel agents Tree trimmers and pruners Tutors Umpires, referees, and other sports officials Underground mining machine operators Upholsterers Urban and regional planners Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers Veterinarians Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers Veterinary technologists and technicians Waiters and waitresses Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators Web and digital interface designers Web developers Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping Welding, soldering, and brazing workers Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products Wind turbine service technicians Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Word processors and typists Writers and authors
Gender: All Male Female

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Usage Guide

Both input fields are optional. Please use the two input boxes to further analyze the data.

Please excuse us on the list of input fields as it is very long! At last count, we had 565 options to choose from for occupations.

Outputs

The tool shows data in a couple of different formats, which we hope you find useful and relevant.

The calculator of course shows the median salary for the chosen profession. It however also shows the relative ranking of that salary amongst the entire list of detailed occupations that are compiled by the bureau.

The tool then generates three additional tables that provide some additional context. The first table shows the “neighbouring occupations by salary”. This is showing you the occupations which are right above and below the chosen occupation in terms of salary.

It then also shows the top 10 and bottom 10 occupations by salary from the entire list.

The best part about this tool is that it helps you get median income by profession and by gender, so you can use it to find out the top and bottom incomes for males and/or females.

Average Income vs Median Income

I include this in many of my posts, but it’s useful as a reminder here again.

‘Average income’ and ‘median income’ are two statistical metrics used to measure income distribution, and understanding the difference between them is crucial when interpreting economic data.

‘Average income’ is calculated by dividing the total income of a group by the number of individuals in that group. It provides a broad snapshot of income distribution, but can be heavily skewed by outliers – particularly very high or very low incomes.

On the other hand, ‘median income’ refers to the middle point of income distribution – half of the population earns less than the median income, and the other half earns more. The median income is less influenced by outliers and can often provide a more accurate picture of the typical income level within a group.

In a nut shell, while average income gives an overall picture of income distribution, median income presents a more centered view, less affected by extremes at either end of the income scale.

For most people, looking at the median income is most relevant when trying to understand what they can expect for their chosen profession.

Before You Go…

I hope you enjoyed using this income percentile calculator by state. If you do spot any errors, please feel free to leave a comment below or send us an email.

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