Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in South Bend, IN

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$59,790	110	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$59,640	80	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$59,520	130	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$59,460	370	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$59,250	100	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$58,780	80	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$58,780	40	View salary detail
Video Game Designers	$58,630	40	View salary detail
Web and Digital Interface Designers	$58,630	40	View salary detail
Industrial Ecologists	$58,570	90	View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners	$58,570	90	View salary detail
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$58,570	90	View salary detail
Climate Change Policy Analysts	$58,570	90	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$58,320	390	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$58,180	1,220	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$58,150	50	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$57,890	30	View salary detail
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	$57,780	150	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$57,510	60	View salary detail
Athletic Trainers	$57,290	50	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$57,180	80	View salary detail
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$57,080	490	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$56,860	40	View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents	$56,850	60	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$56,820	1,840	View salary detail
Brokerage Clerks	$56,810	50	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	$56,480	80	View salary detail
Firefighters	$56,450	440	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$56,390	200	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$55,360	170	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$55,150	290	View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$55,110	260	View salary detail
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$54,760	30	View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists	$54,490	590	View salary detail
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$54,460	290	View salary detail
Clergy	$54,350	60	View salary detail
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	$54,020	30	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$53,640	80	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$53,490	100	View salary detail
Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators	$52,990	90	View salary detail
Architectural and Civil Drafters	$52,790	80	View salary detail
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$52,000	40	View salary detail
Machinists	$51,990	630	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$51,570	40	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$51,570	40	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$51,420	70	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$51,370	160	View salary detail
Training and Development Specialists	$51,330	340	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$50,870	800	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$50,470	360	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.