How much do these jobs pay in selected U.S. metro areas?

This pilot covers 5 common jobs across the 10 selected U.S. metropolitan areas. Every figure below is taken from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES) and cross-checked against the source file. Each number links to a dedicated page with the full distribution.

Source: BLS OES May 2025, metropolitan-area file. Wages are cross-industry (all industries in each metro), for the detailed occupation only. “Metro area” is the BLS metropolitan-area definition and is not the same as a single city's limits. Last verified against the source: November 7, 2026.

Median annual salary by job and metro area

Tap any figure to see that job's full pay distribution (10th–90th percentile, hourly rates) for that metro area.

Job (median annual pay)Atlanta-Sandy Springs-RoswellBoston-Cambridge-NewtonChicago-Naperville-ElginDallas-Fort Worth-ArlingtonHouston-Pasadena-The WoodlandsLos Angeles-Long Beach-AnaheimMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm BeachNew York-Newark-Jersey CityPhiladelphia-Camden-WilmingtonWashington-Arlington-Alexandria
Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,780$36,290$34,630$28,070$27,570$42,110$29,600$35,420$32,220$34,600
General and Operations Managers$111,410$133,800$109,390$111,010$119,600$125,830$105,640$157,000$121,630$156,460
Home Health and Personal Care Aides$29,920$40,910$38,180$26,900$23,440$34,320$32,890$39,680$29,800$38,530
Registered Nurses$100,490$106,180$100,490$101,420$99,830$135,560$91,380$119,720$101,180$102,710
Retail Salespersons$32,850$36,850$35,820$33,400$31,340$37,700$34,330$38,280$34,810$36,610

What's on this site

50 data pages. Each page shows, for one job in one metro area:

Where the data comes from

Values are copied verbatim from the BLS May 2025 OES metropolitan-area spreadsheet (oesm25ma.zip). The cross-industry, detailed-occupation rows are used; industry-specific and total rows are excluded. Suppressed or missing source rows are dropped rather than estimated.

All 50 rows were re-read from the source file and matched field-by-field. See data/PROVENANCE.md in the source repository for the full record.

Browse all 50 pages by job

Fast Food and Counter Workers

General and Operations Managers

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

Registered Nurses

Retail Salespersons