Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Lafayette, IN

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Geothermal Technicians	$60,470	70	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$60,320	70	View salary detail
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$60,200	210	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	$60,130	60	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$59,590	720	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$59,520	460	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$59,160	30	View salary detail
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$58,950	30	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$58,880	40	View salary detail
Architectural and Civil Drafters	$58,810	60	View salary detail
Paramedics	$58,770	70	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$58,360	1,410	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$58,300	60	View salary detail
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	$58,040	60	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$57,540	130	View salary detail
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$57,470	30	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$57,280	180	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$56,510	140	View salary detail
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$55,630	100	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$55,480	1,250	View salary detail
Biologists	$55,240	80	View salary detail
Biological Scientists, All Other	$55,240	80	View salary detail
Bioinformatics Scientists	$55,240	80	View salary detail
Molecular and Cellular Biologists	$55,240	80	View salary detail
Geneticists	$55,240	80	View salary detail
Firefighters	$54,850	200	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$54,720	110	View salary detail
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	$54,600	30	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$53,790	60	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$53,790	60	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$53,790	60	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$53,790	60	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$53,640	80	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$52,990	390	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$52,920	100	View salary detail
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	$52,850	50	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$52,710	260	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$52,350	50	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$52,170	40	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$52,160	190	View salary detail
Chemists	$52,140	120	View salary detail
Agricultural Equipment Operators	$52,100	30	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$51,980	70	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$51,570	110	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$51,490	240	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$50,950	130	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$50,590	30	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$50,550	80	View salary detail
Training and Development Specialists	$49,960	230	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$49,960	760	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.