Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Akron, OH

588 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Akron, OH for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$61,890	900	View salary detail
Public Relations Specialists	$61,830	370	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$61,700	140	View salary detail
Surveyors	$61,500	100	View salary detail
Geodetic Surveyors	$61,500	100	View salary detail
Orthotists and Prosthetists	$61,450	40	View salary detail
Tool and Die Makers	$61,440	280	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$61,330	870	View salary detail
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$61,310	160	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$61,280	220	View salary detail
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$61,250	410	View salary detail
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$61,250	410	View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other	$61,170	160	View salary detail
Firefighters	$61,140	1,240	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$61,090	850	View salary detail
Carpenters	$61,070	980	View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents	$61,070	1,010	View salary detail
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$61,010	790	View salary detail
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$60,910	180	View salary detail
Clergy	$60,810	80	View salary detail
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$60,790	40	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$60,580	190	View salary detail
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	$60,570	70	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$60,410	240	View salary detail
Athletic Trainers	$60,330	220	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$60,290	410	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$60,210	4,740	View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$60,140	500	View salary detail
Surgical Technologists	$60,010	160	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$59,900	40	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$59,900	40	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$59,880	710	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$59,690	210	View salary detail
Editors	$59,410	90	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$59,340	920	View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$59,280	650	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$59,080	140	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$58,830	1,830	View salary detail
Glaziers	$58,550	100	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$58,460	360	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$58,150	80	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$58,090	50	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$58,050	2,380	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$57,560	460	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$57,450	160	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$57,100	1,260	View salary detail
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	$56,830	140	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$56,390	230	View salary detail
Machinists	$56,380	1,090	View salary detail
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	$56,200	40	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.