Longview-Kelso, WA metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Longview Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Longview-Kelso, WA metro area

Figures describe the Longview-Kelso, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Longview 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 (1 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 198 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Longview-Kelso, WA metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$228,330	$109.78	40
2	Dentists, General	$204,950	$98.54	40
3	Sales Managers	$172,930	$83.14	80
4	Pharmacists	$172,630	$83.00	70
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$171,190	$82.30	70
6	Industrial Production Managers	$163,970	$78.83	100
7	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$162,170	Not published	80
8	Financial Managers	$158,880	$76.39	110
9	Construction Managers	$154,300	$74.18	60
10	Nurse Practitioners	$148,960	$71.61	60
11	Human Resources Managers	$137,230	$65.98	30
12	Medical and Health Services Managers	$134,790	$64.80	60
13	Managers, All Other	$133,420	$64.14	60
14	Software Developers	$130,000	$62.50	150
15	Electrical Engineers	$128,340	$61.70	30
16	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$127,230	$61.17	30
17	General and Operations Managers	$125,600	$60.39	600
18	Dental Hygienists	$123,020	$59.14	100
19	Computer Systems Analysts	$122,380	$58.84	100
20	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$122,240	$58.77	60
21	Marketing Managers	$121,030	$58.19	30
22	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$119,540	$57.47	30
23	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$107,890	$51.87	50
24	Physical Therapists	$107,810	$51.83	40
25	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$106,120	$51.02	290

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Longview 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.