Nearly 377,000 people are employed in the Dayton metro area doing all sorts of jobs, ranging from cooking up hamburgers to performing life-saving surgery.
Most commonly, what people earn in the Dayton area is less than the national average.
On average, Dayton workers in all occupations earn $23.86 per hour, which is 5 percent less than their national counterparts.
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Here is a list of the average pay of a variety of occupation categories in the Dayton metro area. The area includes Montgomery, Greene and Miami counties. The data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
| Occupation group | Average hourly wage,
Dayton area | % of total employment,
Dayton area | Average hourly wage,
nationwide |
|---|
| Total, all occupations | $22.73 | 100.0% | $23.86 |
| Management | $51.28 | 4.1% | $56.74 |
| Business and financial operations | $34.36 | 5.6% | $36.09 |
| Computer and mathematical | $38.08 | 3.2% | $42.25 |
| Architecture and engineering | $41.39 | 2.7% | $40.53 |
| Life, physical, and social science | $38.57 | 0.7% | $35.06 |
| Community and social service | $21.96 | 1.4% | $22.69 |
| Legal | $38.42 | 0.5% | $50.95 |
| Education, training, and library | $29.81 | 6.3% | $26.21 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media | $23.13 | 1.2% | $28.07 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical | $36.59 | 7.8% | $38.06 |
| Healthcare support | $13.93 | 4.1% | $14.65 |
| Protective service | $20.55 | 2% | $22.03 |
| Food preparation and serving related | $10.73 | 9.9% | $11.47 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance | $13.14 | 3% | $13.47 |
| Personal care and service | $11.86 | 2.4% | $12.74 |
| Sales and related | $17.57 | 9.7% | $19.50 |
| Office and administrative support | $16.79 | 14.6% | $17.91 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry | $14.63 | 0.1% | $13.37 |
| Construction and extraction | $22.39 | 2.3% | $23.51 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair | $20.42 | 3.6% | $22.45 |
| Production | $17.58 | 8.1% | $17.88 |
| Transportation and material moving | $15.19 | 6.7% | $17.34 |
