Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Ohio

896 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Ohio for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Rail Car Repairers	$53,480	690	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$53,420	64,770	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$53,400	1,300	View salary detail
Desktop Publishers	$53,380	60	View salary detail
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons	$53,340	40	View salary detail
Dredge Operators	$53,310	40	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$53,020	2,030	View salary detail
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$52,880	1,040	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$52,450	400	View salary detail
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers	$52,350	550	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$52,300	1,090	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$52,120	1,510	View salary detail
Hydrologic Technicians	$52,120	80	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$51,830	630	View salary detail
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$51,670	200	View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists	$51,660	340	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$51,520	16,050	View salary detail
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$51,310	610	View salary detail
Paramedics	$51,300	3,600	View salary detail
Adapted Physical Education Specialists	$51,230	580	View salary detail
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	$51,230	450	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, All Other	$51,230	580	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$51,160	890	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$51,080	4,360	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$51,080	2,240	View salary detail
Bailiffs	$51,060	1,640	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$50,990	7,440	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$50,750	1,000	View salary detail
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	$50,650	120	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$50,650	1,910	View salary detail
Logging Equipment Operators	$50,590	260	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$50,500	2,960	View salary detail
Etchers and Engravers	$50,430	320	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$50,410	3,220	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$50,340	20,330	View salary detail
Social Science Research Assistants	$50,330	240	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$50,320	5,720	View salary detail
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers	$50,090	860	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$50,070	4,300	View salary detail
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$50,060	490	View salary detail
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$50,030	1,310	View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$49,900	4,750	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$49,890	1,430	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$49,880	1,350	View salary detail
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,880	1,180	View salary detail
Judicial Law Clerks	$49,840	240	View salary detail
Log Graders and Scalers	$49,710	30	View salary detail
Correspondence Clerks	$49,700	40	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$49,650	1,460	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$49,580	3,030	View salary detail

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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.