Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Columbus, OH

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Bill and Account Collectors	$48,200	1,890	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$48,160	380	View salary detail
Gem and Diamond Workers	$47,890	70	View salary detail
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	$47,890	70	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$47,870	9,570	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,830	360	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$47,820	1,050	View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Workers	$47,730	40	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$47,670	1,170	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$47,630	820	View salary detail
Museum Technicians and Conservators	$47,570	50	View salary detail
Meter Readers, Utilities	$47,430	390	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$47,380	910	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$47,320	3,750	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$47,190	160	View salary detail
Psychiatric Aides	$47,160	360	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$47,150	6,910	View salary detail
Paramedics	$47,130	530	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$47,130	4,380	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,120	910	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,090	430	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$47,050	130	View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians	$47,010	60	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$46,990	650	View salary detail
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	$46,970	40	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$46,970	750	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$46,950	1,230	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$46,930	50	View salary detail
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$46,800	220	View salary detail
Protective Service Workers, All Other	$46,800	220	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$46,780	11,910	View salary detail
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	$46,730	140	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,580	920	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$46,550	200	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$46,350	18,550	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$46,290	6,300	View salary detail
Surgical Assistants	$46,270	180	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$46,220	5,490	View salary detail
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	$46,160	220	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$46,060	—	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$46,060	—	View salary detail
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$45,830	180	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$45,820	550	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$45,790	1,600	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$45,790	1,600	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$45,790	1,600	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$45,790	1,600	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$45,600	2,930	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$45,500	750	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$45,240	3,480	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.