Albany, OR

Across all occupations in the Albany, OR metropolitan area, the median wage is $49,700 a year ($23.90 an hour) and the mean $61,740, May 2025. That median is −3% against the US median of $50,980 and −13% against Oregon's $57,000. BLS counts 47,260 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand.

All occupations: Albany, OR vs Oregon and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Albany, OR area, Oregon and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Albany, OR	Hourly	$16.58	$19.15	$23.90	$34.42	$48.32	$29.68	47,260
Albany, OR	Annual	$34,490	$39,830	$49,700	$71,590	$100,500	$61,740	47,260
Oregon	Hourly	$17.15	$20.52	$27.40	$39.94	$62.27	$34.84	1,967,130
Oregon	Annual	$35,680	$42,690	$57,000	$83,070	$129,520	$72,460	1,967,130
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

240 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Oregon. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Albany, OR

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$329,720	$158.52	30
2	Dentists, General	$204,310	$98.23	50
3	Lawyers in Oregon	$162,880	$78.31	50
4	Pharmacists	$158,000	$75.96	70
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$155,380	$74.70	40
6	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Oregon	$151,310	$72.74	50
7	Financial Managers in Oregon	$147,210	$70.78	100
8	Nurse Practitioners	$143,510	$69.00	40
9	Physician Assistants	$142,220	$68.38	30
10	Human Resources Managers	$140,910	$67.75	40
11	Medical and Health Services Managers	$140,410	$67.51	70
12	Industrial Production Managers	$132,440	$63.67	120
13	Marketing Managers	$129,490	$62.25	50
14	Sales Managers in Oregon	$128,720	$61.89	80
15	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$128,690	$61.87	40
16	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$125,910	*	130
17	Engineers, All Other	$124,900	$60.05	40
18	Electrical Engineers	$122,840	$59.06	40
19	Software Developers in Oregon	$122,030	$58.67	100
20	Computer Systems Analysts	$112,700	$54.18	50

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Albany, OR

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Oregon	1,590	33.55	1.77	$47,150
2	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Oregon	1,470	31.14	1.26	$34,330
2	Stockers and Order Fillers in Oregon	1,470	31.14	1.71	$38,970
4	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Oregon	1,460	30.85	1.11	$42,120
5	Cashiers in Oregon	1,080	22.95	1.16	$34,160
6	Retail Salespersons in Oregon	1,040	22.04	0.88	$35,990
7	Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	930	19.68	50.64	$41,600
8	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Oregon	830	17.64	1.33	$60,180
9	General and Operations Managers in Oregon	810	17.14	0.76	$93,220
10	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Oregon	800	16.95	1.86	$37,930
11	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Oregon	720	15.30	1.69	$46,110
12	Office Clerks, General in Oregon	690	14.62	0.92	$48,360
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Oregon	610	12.87	1.17	$47,600
14	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Oregon	590	12.43	0.87	$37,770
15	Registered Nurses in Oregon	580	12.26	0.56	$111,920
16	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Oregon	540	11.37	1.29	$50,820
17	Nursing Assistants in Oregon	530	11.29	1.21	$48,550
18	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Oregon	460	9.71	2.24	$80,230
19	Electricians in Oregon	440	9.23	1.89	$100,230
19	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Oregon	440	9.37	1.88	$48,640

Most concentrated occupations in Albany, OR

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	50.64	930	19.68	$41,600
2	Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	27.82	140	3.00	*
3	Logging Equipment Operators	20.58	130	2.79	$57,700
4	Machine Feeders and Offbearers	10.46	130	2.85	$45,900
5	Clergy	9.20	160	3.38	$62,540
6	Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	8.83	180	3.80	$50,840
7	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	8.16	100	2.14	$45,700
8	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	5.90	110	2.33	$56,180
9	Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	5.77	180	3.78	$33,340
10	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	5.59	290	6.10	$64,170

Occupation groups in Albany, OR

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$106,500	$125,470	1,810	38.21	0.60
Management	$103,370	$118,260	2,260	47.80	0.67
Architecture and Engineering	$95,840	$97,400	580	12.19	0.72
Computer and Mathematical	$92,780	$96,350	500	10.63	0.31
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$84,630	$87,630	370	7.88	0.83
Legal	$79,090	$96,430	140	2.95	0.35
Business and Financial Operations	$76,390	$81,950	1,820	38.54	0.57
Protective Service	$69,820	$68,440	660	13.89	0.57
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$62,880	$69,820	2,280	48.33	1.23
Community and Social Service	$62,650	$67,470	1,190	25.09	1.46
Construction and Extraction	$61,410	$70,340	2,590	54.76	1.33
Educational Instruction and Library	$55,740	$60,610	3,100	65.69	1.12
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$54,190	$64,060	360	7.69	0.58
Production	$53,720	$58,740	5,320	112.47	2.04
Office and Administrative Support	$48,820	$51,680	4,780	101.15	0.89
Transportation and Material Moving	$47,150	$48,190	5,950	125.93	1.43
Healthcare Support	$46,810	$47,160	2,560	54.09	1.06
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$46,290	$47,670	610	12.82	4.58
Personal Care and Service	$41,600	$42,060	1,650	34.89	1.67
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$39,270	$43,210	1,220	25.91	0.89
Sales and Related	$37,470	$48,420	3,580	75.80	0.88
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$35,770	$39,370	3,940	83.30	0.95

Every occupation in Oregon, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 240 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Albany, OR estimates (area 10540).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Albany, OR area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.