El Centro, CA metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in El Centro Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025El Centro, CA metro area

Figures describe the El Centro, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not El Centro city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked.

Top 25 of 228 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the El Centro, CA metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$370,290	$178.02	40
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$220,170	$105.85	60
3	Dentists, General	$217,830	$104.73	40
4	Chief Executives	$177,950	$85.55	60
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$172,460	$82.91	40
6	Nurse Practitioners	$164,700	$79.18	70
7	Lawyers	$162,580	$78.16	110
8	Pharmacists	$158,490	$76.20	90
9	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$156,750	Not published	170
10	Physician Assistants	$156,730	$75.35	40
11	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$152,360	$73.25	50
12	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$149,290	$71.78	50
13	Managers, All Other	$147,410	$70.87	360
14	School Psychologists	$145,400	$69.90	50
15	Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$141,760	$68.16	200
16	Human Resources Managers	$137,930	$66.31	50
17	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$134,950	$64.88	40
18	Speech-Language Pathologists	$133,760	$64.31	70
19	Medical and Health Services Managers	$132,620	$63.76	220
20	Industrial Production Managers	$132,280	$63.60	80
21	Construction Managers	$130,630	$62.80	60
22	Financial Managers	$129,480	$62.25	130
23	Software Developers	$125,930	$60.54	70
24	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$123,970	$59.60	770
25	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$119,480	$57.44	40

The full list of every published occupation here is on the El Centro metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.