Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Washington, DC

826 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Washington, DC for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Medical Equipment Repairers	$63,960	980	View salary detail
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	$63,920	—	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$63,840	330	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	$63,630	370	View salary detail
Flight Attendants	$63,580	3,750	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$63,510	1,630	View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists	$63,480	90	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$63,440	2,010	View salary detail
Glaziers	$63,310	1,380	View salary detail
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	$63,140	260	View salary detail
Lighting Technicians	$63,090	150	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$62,940	880	View salary detail
Fashion Designers	$62,400	80	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$62,300	790	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$61,960	1,660	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$61,930	440	View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians	$61,890	80	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$61,860	12,030	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$61,820	2,770	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$61,760	4,320	View salary detail
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers	$61,760	—	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$61,660	6,450	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$61,270	1,840	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$61,260	1,320	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$61,250	490	View salary detail
Bailiffs	$61,240	260	View salary detail
Clergy	$61,170	850	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$61,040	540	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$60,990	3,570	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$60,960	710	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$60,810	880	View salary detail
Carpenters	$60,800	13,280	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$60,720	300	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$60,670	1,910	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$60,670	2,000	View salary detail
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	$60,650	480	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$60,650	840	View salary detail
Parking Enforcement Workers	$60,640	320	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$60,630	610	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$60,460	2,690	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$60,440	240	View salary detail
Surgical Assistants	$60,410	680	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$60,290	770	View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$60,170	90	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$59,970	1,020	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$59,960	880	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$59,910	160	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$59,900	350	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$59,820	20,430	View salary detail
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$59,770	140	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.