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
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$42,590	28,510	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$42,590	28,510	View salary detail
Manicurists and Pedicurists	$42,040	3,400	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$41,760	1,540	View salary detail
School Bus Monitors	$41,720	2,220	View salary detail
Sewing Machine Operators	$41,410	660	View salary detail
Religious Workers, All Other	$41,410	200	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$41,350	790	View salary detail
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	$41,280	80	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$41,240	17,920	View salary detail
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$40,980	630	View salary detail
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	$40,800	2,060	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,600	70	View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$40,350	110	View salary detail
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials	$40,300	160	View salary detail
Pharmacy Aides	$40,160	570	View salary detail
Aircraft Service Attendants	$40,140	490	View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	$39,900	780	View salary detail
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$39,790	490	View salary detail
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants	$39,750	220	View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$39,750	920	View salary detail
Cooks, Short Order	$39,650	3,850	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$39,640	350	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$39,520	180	View salary detail
Funeral Attendants	$39,500	410	View salary detail
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	$39,340	40	View salary detail
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	$39,170	150	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$39,160	260	View salary detail
Orderlies	$39,160	720	View salary detail
Concierges	$38,810	4,650	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$38,790	9,000	View salary detail
Baggage Porters and Bellhops	$38,700	1,050	View salary detail
Bakers	$38,650	5,740	View salary detail
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	$38,590	1,680	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$38,540	620	View salary detail
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	$38,000	9,590	View salary detail
Stockers and Order Fillers	$37,870	35,340	View salary detail
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$37,840	59,090	View salary detail
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$37,840	15,860	View salary detail
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$37,730	3,530	View salary detail
Animal Caretakers	$37,710	6,590	View salary detail
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	$37,690	4,530	View salary detail
Food Preparation Workers	$37,630	14,810	View salary detail
Nannies	$37,610	11,650	View salary detail
Childcare Workers	$37,610	11,650	View salary detail
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$37,540	5,760	View salary detail
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	$37,260	13,800	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$37,220	960	View salary detail
Dietetic Technicians	$37,060	740	View salary detail
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	$37,020	7,010	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.