Bend, OR

Across all occupations in the Bend, OR metropolitan area, the median wage is $54,570 a year ($26.24 an hour) and the mean $69,260, May 2025. That median is +7% against the US median of $50,980 and −4% against Oregon's $57,000. BLS counts 108,240 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is family medicine physicians; the largest is fast food and counter workers.

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

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Bend, OR area, Oregon and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Bend, OR	Hourly	$17.06	$20.51	$26.24	$37.75	$57.37	$33.30	108,240
Bend, OR	Annual	$35,480	$42,670	$54,570	$78,530	$119,330	$69,260	108,240
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.

375 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 Bend, OR

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$262,570	$126.24	120
2	Dentists, General	$224,990	$108.17	120
3	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$169,920	$81.69	150
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Oregon	$166,310	$79.96	260
5	Pharmacists	$165,960	$79.79	180
6	Nurse Practitioners	$159,100	$76.49	190
7	Sales Managers in Oregon	$149,450	$71.85	200
8	Financial Managers in Oregon	$149,030	$71.65	290
9	Physician Assistants	$148,610	$71.45	220
10	Marketing Managers	$142,640	$68.58	**
11	Computer Hardware Engineers	$140,390	$67.49	40
12	Human Resources Managers	$139,380	$67.01	110
13	Natural Sciences Managers	$135,710	$65.24	150
14	Registered Nurses in Oregon	$135,010	$64.91	2,500
15	Managers, All Other in Oregon	$134,070	$64.46	370
16	Purchasing Managers	$133,720	$64.29	40
17	Personal Financial Advisors	$133,080	$63.98	150
18	Computer Programmers	$132,280	$63.60	90
19	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$132,010	$63.47	80
20	Medical and Health Services Managers	$129,890	$62.45	290

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 Bend, OR

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Oregon	3,680	34.02	1.37	$35,460
2	Retail Salespersons in Oregon	3,190	29.46	1.18	$37,720
3	Registered Nurses in Oregon	2,500	23.09	1.06	$135,010
4	Cashiers in Oregon	2,390	22.09	1.11	$36,290
5	General and Operations Managers in Oregon	2,260	20.84	0.93	$93,660
6	Office Clerks, General in Oregon	1,990	18.36	1.16	$48,420
7	Stockers and Order Fillers in Oregon	1,870	17.29	0.95	$45,840
8	Waiters and Waitresses in Oregon	1,750	16.20	1.11	$50,480
9	Cooks, Restaurant in Oregon	1,530	14.15	1.56	$44,540
10	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Oregon	1,450	13.41	0.94	$43,050
11	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Oregon	1,420	13.09	1.48	$54,900
12	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Oregon	1,400	12.91	0.47	$43,140
13	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Oregon	1,290	11.89	1.92	$50,640
14	Carpenters in Oregon	1,180	10.89	2.53	$61,640
15	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Oregon	1,170	10.85	1.19	$43,550
16	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Oregon	1,120	10.39	0.78	$61,220
17	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Oregon	1,110	10.28	0.94	$49,890
18	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Oregon	1,100	10.20	1.13	$47,060
19	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Oregon	1,050	9.73	1.59	$46,300
20	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in Oregon	1,040	9.57	1.22	$48,050

Most concentrated occupations in Bend, 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	20.59	870	8.00	$41,600
2	Forest and Conservation Technicians	20.22	430	3.96	$58,990
3	Bicycle Repairers	13.83	120	1.08	$47,340
4	Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	7.89	220	2.07	*
5	Real Estate Brokers	7.61	240	2.26	$74,950
6	Logging Equipment Operators	6.67	100	0.90	$51,660
7	Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	6.47	280	2.56	$55,400
8	Machine Feeders and Offbearers	6.31	190	1.72	$45,360
9	Clergy	5.95	240	2.19	$59,850
10	Conservation Scientists	5.45	100	0.91	$82,630

Occupation groups in Bend, OR

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$124,220	$148,400	6,870	63.48	1.00
Management	$109,820	$127,330	6,640	61.36	0.86
Computer and Mathematical	$105,240	$108,340	2,430	22.43	0.66
Architecture and Engineering	$90,480	$98,850	1,400	12.95	0.77
Business and Financial Operations	$80,100	$89,960	5,980	55.22	0.81
Legal	$79,170	$99,560	690	6.38	0.76
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$78,660	$83,600	1,600	14.81	1.56
Protective Service	$66,380	$70,860	1,730	16.02	0.66
Community and Social Service	$63,790	$68,780	2,980	27.55	1.61
Construction and Extraction	$63,200	$69,980	6,060	56.02	1.36
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$59,280	$64,130	4,090	37.81	0.97
Educational Instruction and Library	$56,620	$63,110	6,140	56.69	0.97
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$55,860	$68,750	1,590	14.67	1.11
Office and Administrative Support	$50,080	$53,150	12,150	112.23	0.98
Production	$48,980	$52,960	6,210	57.34	1.04
Healthcare Support	$48,020	$51,040	4,400	40.63	0.80
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$46,860	$47,210	320	2.96	1.06
Transportation and Material Moving	$46,690	$49,610	7,730	71.41	0.81
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$43,890	$45,330	3,930	36.31	1.24
Sales and Related	$43,890	$53,080	9,810	90.61	1.05
Personal Care and Service	$41,600	$46,190	3,320	30.66	1.46
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$38,410	$43,460	12,170	112.48	1.28

Every occupation in Oregon, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 375 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 Bend, OR estimates (area 13460).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment 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 Bend, 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.