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
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$49,710	6,400	View salary detail
Transportation Workers, All Other	$49,710	380	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$49,700	2,250	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,610	250	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$49,490	1,700	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$49,420	680	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,420	60	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$49,300	2,060	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$49,250	1,730	View salary detail
Passenger Attendants	$49,190	790	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$49,180	450	View salary detail
Word Processors and Typists	$49,180	320	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$49,030	1,900	View salary detail
Gambling Service Workers, All Other	$48,950	50	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$48,800	140	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$48,800	140	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$48,800	140	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$48,800	140	View salary detail
Barbers	$48,780	—	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$48,760	600	View salary detail
Tutors	$48,730	3,080	View salary detail
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers	$48,390	500	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$48,370	7,790	View salary detail
Tire Repairers and Changers	$48,320	980	View salary detail
Correspondence Clerks	$48,310	—	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$48,290	2,940	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$48,280	18,960	View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$48,220	80	View salary detail
Stonemasons	$48,180	180	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$48,050	920	View salary detail
Bartenders	$48,030	14,560	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$48,010	1,630	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$48,010	6,410	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$47,990	240	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$47,620	9,810	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$47,580	920	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$47,580	19,650	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$47,540	8,440	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$47,540	950	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$47,470	1,320	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$47,430	17,710	View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,410	50	View salary detail
Telephone Operators	$47,410	60	View salary detail
Craft Artists	$47,340	—	View salary detail
Models	$47,170	30	View salary detail
Helpers--Roofers	$47,090	90	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$47,010	3,040	View salary detail
Etchers and Engravers	$46,970	40	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,950	170	View salary detail
Tellers	$46,880	4,060	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.