Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Fort Wayne, IN

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Talent Directors	$57,260	80	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$57,260	80	View salary detail
Architectural and Civil Drafters	$57,110	160	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$56,970	790	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	$56,500	140	View salary detail
Music Therapists	$56,070	30	View salary detail
Art Therapists	$56,070	30	View salary detail
Therapists, All Other	$56,070	30	View salary detail
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$55,860	40	View salary detail
Brokerage Clerks	$55,590	40	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$55,030	320	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$54,610	130	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$54,470	120	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$54,440	180	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$53,850	50	View salary detail
Machinists	$53,770	1,030	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$53,660	40	View salary detail
Marriage and Family Therapists	$53,560	30	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$53,200	290	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$52,280	270	View salary detail
Calibration Technologists and Technicians	$51,310	60	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$51,280	90	View salary detail
Tire Builders	$51,170	720	View salary detail
Editors	$50,810	60	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$50,630	930	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$50,490	390	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$50,380	90	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$50,130	—	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$50,040	570	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$50,030	280	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$49,810	1,240	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$49,810	170	View salary detail
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	$49,680	40	View salary detail
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles	$49,540	40	View salary detail
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	$49,500	80	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$49,490	120	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$49,440	60	View salary detail
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,340	80	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$49,310	120	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$49,310	290	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$49,300	890	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$49,250	2,210	View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents	$49,210	750	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$49,130	200	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$48,970	90	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,930	80	View salary detail
Roofers	$48,830	270	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$48,810	260	View salary detail
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	$48,690	160	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$48,670	630	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.