Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Columbus, IN

245 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Columbus, IN for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Insurance Sales Agents$58,18090View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers$57,77040View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,350520View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers$57,00050View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$55,82040View salary detail
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists$55,47080View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$55,16060View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$54,49070View salary detail
Construction Laborers$53,900310View salary detail
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$52,060140View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants$50,50050View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$49,320310View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists$49,27050View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$49,180190View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers$49,150120View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers$49,11030View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$49,030900View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$48,590610View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$47,880340View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,880260View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,320440View salary detail
Dental Assistants$47,260120View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,660360View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$46,60040View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers$45,70080View salary detail
Office Clerks, General$45,620790View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers$45,39030View salary detail
Chemical Technicians$45,36040View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$44,780470View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks$44,780100View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$44,620190View salary detail
Medical Assistants$44,580400View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$44,410220View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$44,250280View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$43,780210View salary detail
Firefighters$43,51090View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$43,240120View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants$43,160130View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives$42,700600View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers$42,470210View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers$42,210100View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$42,110390View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$41,89050View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians$40,990160View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$39,300230View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$39,20050View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$38,96060View salary detail
Labor Relations Specialists$38,92060View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers$38,900170View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$38,5101,310View 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.