Mayaguez, PR

Across all occupations in the Mayaguez, PR metropolitan area, the median wage is $25,270 a year ($12.15 an hour) and the mean $35,140, May 2025. That median is −50% against the US median of $50,980 and −12% against Puerto Rico's $28,680. BLS counts 52,110 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Mayaguez, PR vs Puerto Rico and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Mayaguez, PR area, Puerto Rico and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Mayaguez, PR	Hourly	$10.50	$10.50	$12.15	$17.97	$28.82	$16.89	52,110
Mayaguez, PR	Annual	$21,840	$21,840	$25,270	$37,380	$59,950	$35,140	52,110
Puerto Rico	Hourly	$10.50	$10.81	$13.79	$21.20	$30.97	$18.68	938,710
Puerto Rico	Annual	$21,840	$22,490	$28,680	$44,090	$64,420	$38,840	938,710
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.

196 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Mayaguez, PR

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$229,760	$110.46	40
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$131,870	$63.40	160
3	Pharmacists	$111,950	$53.82	140
4	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$103,610	$49.81	90
5	School Psychologists	$97,210	$46.74	50
6	Chief Executives	$90,220	$43.38	90
7	Industrial Production Managers	$86,200	$41.44	40
8	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$84,480	*	40
9	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$81,630	*	70
10	Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$78,580	*	50
11	Financial Managers	$75,380	$36.24	120
12	Medical and Health Services Managers	$73,850	$35.51	60
13	Engineers, All Other	$73,780	$35.47	50
14	Construction Managers	$72,800	$35.00	40
15	Sales Managers	$71,750	$34.49	60
16	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$69,990	$33.65	30
16	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$69,990	$33.65	50
18	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$67,010	*	**
19	Administrative Services Managers	$63,730	$30.64	160
20	Industrial Engineers	$63,280	$30.42	60

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 Mayaguez, PR

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons	2,610	50.02	2.00	$22,090
2	Sewing Machine Operators	2,370	45.39	67.30	$21,840
3	Registered Nurses	2,070	39.77	1.83	$39,280
4	Cashiers	1,990	38.10	1.92	$21,870
5	Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,730	33.19	1.34	$21,840
6	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,520	29.25	2.06	$21,960
7	Office Clerks, General	1,310	25.04	1.58	$22,120
8	Stockers and Order Fillers	1,220	23.40	1.28	$22,720
9	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,120	21.57	1.96	$23,300
10	Customer Service Representatives	1,060	20.39	1.22	$26,920
11	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	930	17.88	0.65	$21,840
12	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	910	17.45	2.82	$28,010
13	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	850	16.32	2.26	$29,040
14	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	820	15.80	1.71	$35,980
15	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	730	14.04	1.54	$23,140
16	Security Guards	690	13.15	1.59	$21,840
17	Waiters and Waitresses	680	13.02	0.89	$21,840
18	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	620	11.81	1.20	$22,040
19	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	600	11.57	1.28	$23,570
19	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	600	11.46	0.86	$25,270

Most concentrated occupations in Mayaguez, PR

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	Sewing Machine Operators	67.30	2,370	45.39	$21,840
2	Print Binding and Finishing Workers	12.17	140	2.60	$27,460
3	Teachers and Instructors, All Other	8.98	340	6.57	$61,830
4	Pharmacy Aides	8.44	110	2.15	$26,220
5	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	8.25	300	5.77	$60,860
6	Couriers and Messengers	5.29	120	2.34	$22,230
6	Helpers--Electricians	5.29	110	2.17	$27,190
8	Surgical Technologists	5.27	210	3.98	$31,200
9	Family Medicine Physicians	4.43	160	3.06	$131,870
10	Butchers and Meat Cutters	4.07	190	3.58	$22,780

Occupation groups in Mayaguez, PR

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Legal	$71,740	$67,560	50	0.91	0.11
Management	$65,980	$77,580	1,580	30.36	0.42
Computer and Mathematical	$61,660	$61,910	840	16.18	0.48
Educational Instruction and Library	$51,720	$52,280	4,110	78.94	1.35
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$50,690	$60,410	420	7.97	0.84
Architecture and Engineering	$45,880	$53,050	490	9.31	0.55
Business and Financial Operations	$39,890	$49,460	1,820	35.00	0.52
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$39,280	$55,480	4,280	82.06	1.30
Community and Social Service	$35,340	$40,060	670	12.89	0.75
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$28,940	$37,620	210	4.07	0.31
Construction and Extraction	$28,070	$31,950	1,800	34.50	0.83
Office and Administrative Support	$25,700	$29,370	8,070	154.89	1.36
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$25,580	$31,820	1,670	32.13	0.82
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$24,490	$28,130	30	0.67	0.24
Transportation and Material Moving	$23,080	$27,080	4,070	78.19	0.89
Sales and Related	$22,290	$26,730	6,340	121.75	1.41
Healthcare Support	$22,000	$25,340	1,630	31.36	0.62
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$21,930	$24,560	5,200	99.72	1.13
Personal Care and Service	$21,850	$23,580	650	12.45	0.59
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$21,840	$24,350	2,150	41.23	1.41
Production	$21,840	$24,960	5,020	96.28	1.75
Protective Service	$21,840	$34,320	1,000	19.17	0.79

All 196 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 Mayaguez, PR estimates (area 32420).

*: 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 Mayaguez, PR 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.