Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Salem, OR

541 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Salem, OR for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$50,510	260	View salary detail
File Clerks	$50,390	130	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$50,330	50	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$50,240	1,090	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$50,100	60	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$50,100	60	View salary detail
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	$49,900	40	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$49,810	200	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$49,740	140	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$49,560	80	View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers	$49,450	30	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,450	60	View salary detail
Skincare Specialists	$49,340	90	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$49,310	90	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,260	60	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$49,070	140	View salary detail
Gem and Diamond Workers	$48,980	40	View salary detail
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	$48,980	40	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$48,920	1,440	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$48,840	100	View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$48,840	100	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$48,840	100	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$48,840	1,390	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$48,740	190	View salary detail
Waiters and Waitresses	$48,720	1,850	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$48,660	120	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$48,420	70	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$48,360	40	View salary detail
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	$48,330	80	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$48,250	70	View salary detail
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	$48,200	60	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$48,200	1,330	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$48,190	70	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$48,160	180	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$47,840	670	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$47,790	2,140	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$47,790	1,110	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$47,730	70	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$47,680	80	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$47,590	920	View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing	$47,550	80	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$47,430	90	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,290	150	View salary detail
Real Estate Brokers	$47,110	—	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$47,050	90	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$46,870	510	View salary detail
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	$46,840	150	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$46,690	60	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$46,600	60	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$46,560	50	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.