Download the data

Name: U.S. occupations ranked by median wage, May 2025
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Records 830
Format CSV, UTF-8
Updated October 25, 2026

One row per occupation with the national figures used on this site. Free to reuse.

Download CSV

Fields

File layout13 fields

Columns in occupations-may-2025.csv
Column	Meaning
`rank_by_median`	Rank among occupations with an annual median (ties share a rank; blank if hourly-only)
`soc_code`	Standard Occupational Classification code
`occupation`	BLS occupation title
`major_group_code / major_group`	SOC major group
`employment`	Wage-and-salary employment, rounded by BLS
`annual_p10 … annual_p90`	Annual wage percentiles (10th, 25th, median, 75th, 90th), USD
`annual_mean`	Mean annual wage, USD
`hourly_median`	Median hourly wage, USD (blank for annual-only occupations)
`typical_entry_education`	BLS typical education needed for entry
`related_work_experience`	BLS work experience in a related occupation
`on_the_job_training`	BLS typical on-the-job training
`projected_change_pct_2025_35`	Projected employment change, percent, 2025–35
`annual_openings_thousands_2025_35`	Average annual openings, thousands

Licence and credit

The figures come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and are in the public domain. This compilation is released under CC0 1.0. Please cite BLS as the source; a link to this page is welcome. State-level figures are on each occupation page; for bulk state or metro files, use the BLS originals.