Walla Walla, WA

Across all occupations in the Walla Walla, WA metropolitan area, the median wage is $53,100 a year ($25.53 an hour) and the mean $66,060, May 2025. That median is +4% against the US median of $50,980 and −16% against Washington's $62,990. BLS counts 25,920 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is home health and personal care aides.

All occupations: Walla Walla, WA vs Washington and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Walla Walla, WA area, Washington and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Walla Walla, WA	Hourly	$17.29	$20.71	$25.53	$38.20	$53.83	$31.76	25,920
Walla Walla, WA	Annual	$35,960	$43,080	$53,100	$79,460	$111,970	$66,060	25,920
Washington	Hourly	$18.59	$22.61	$30.28	$48.90	$73.86	$40.06	3,550,970
Washington	Annual	$38,670	$47,020	$62,990	$101,710	$153,630	$83,330	3,550,970
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.

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

20 highest-paying occupations in Walla Walla, WA

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$219,860	$105.70	60
2	Pharmacists	$165,210	$79.43	60
3	Physician Assistants	$161,980	$77.88	30
4	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$157,030	$75.50	40
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Washington	$152,090	$73.12	30
6	Sales Managers in Washington	$149,190	$71.73	40
7	Financial Managers in Washington	$144,410	$69.43	60
8	Managers, All Other in Washington	$138,170	$66.43	60
9	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$137,660	*	40
10	Lawyers in Washington	$136,990	$65.86	40
11	Medical and Health Services Managers	$135,030	$64.92	70
12	Nurse Practitioners	$130,380	$62.69	50
13	Industrial Production Managers	$128,750	$61.90	30
14	Civil Engineers	$123,030	$59.15	190
15	Electrical Engineers	$121,120	$58.23	30
16	Registered Nurses in Washington	$116,970	$56.24	810
17	Physical Therapists	$115,740	$55.64	30
18	Management Analysts in Washington	$115,210	$55.39	180
19	Software Developers in Washington	$114,920	$55.25	90
20	Mechanical Engineers	$108,510	$52.17	70

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 Walla Walla, WA

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Washington	1,160	44.57	1.61	$47,700
2	Registered Nurses in Washington	810	31.23	1.44	$116,970
3	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Washington	800	30.71	1.24	$35,020
4	Retail Salespersons in Washington	640	24.54	0.98	$36,620
5	Cashiers in Washington	490	19.06	0.96	$35,930
6	Office Clerks, General in Washington	440	16.96	1.07	$48,310
7	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Washington	430	16.52	1.16	$39,480
8	Stockers and Order Fillers in Washington	420	16.24	0.89	$39,490
9	Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Washington	370	14.20	2.03	$91,170
10	Waiters and Waitresses in Washington	340	13.16	0.90	$56,730
11	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Washington	330	12.79	1.40	$45,140
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in Washington	310	12.09	1.23	$53,960
13	Nursing Assistants in Washington	290	11.20	1.20	$47,990
13	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Washington	290	11.16	1.02	$51,640
13	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Washington	290	11.05	0.58	$44,920
16	General and Operations Managers in Washington	280	10.99	0.49	$106,690
16	Demonstrators and Product Promoters	280	10.64	25.64	$36,510
18	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Washington	270	10.41	0.78	$60,300
19	Cooks, Restaurant in Washington	260	9.87	1.09	$44,050
20	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Washington	250	9.66	1.09	$51,410

Most concentrated occupations in Walla Walla, WA

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	Demonstrators and Product Promoters	25.64	280	10.64	$36,510
2	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	14.79	150	5.72	$51,540
3	Civil Engineers	3.18	190	7.52	$123,030
4	Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	3.02	130	5.16	$35,740
5	Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	2.94	100	3.90	$62,160
6	Coaches and Scouts	2.74	110	4.38	$48,640
7	Tellers	2.59	140	5.50	$46,160
8	Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Washington	2.03	370	14.20	$91,170
9	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers in Washington	1.87	210	8.10	$77,220
10	Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	1.66	150	5.61	$53,610

Occupation groups in Walla Walla, WA

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$129,340	$135,080	950	36.68	0.51
Architecture and Engineering	$113,550	$106,850	510	19.57	1.16
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$101,690	$113,810	1,750	67.61	1.07
Computer and Mathematical	$92,170	$97,970	340	13.21	0.39
Business and Financial Operations	$83,180	$89,020	1,560	60.14	0.89
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$81,370	$84,240	360	13.88	1.46
Legal	$80,480	$95,580	100	3.79	0.45
Protective Service	$79,460	$78,010	1,100	42.29	1.74
Educational Instruction and Library	$66,520	$71,300	1,780	68.52	1.17
Community and Social Service	$64,900	$70,270	590	22.80	1.33
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$62,080	$66,060	940	36.16	0.92
Construction and Extraction	$60,570	$67,720	990	38.08	0.92
Office and Administrative Support	$50,810	$53,670	2,620	101.14	0.89
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$50,210	$62,220	360	14.08	1.07
Healthcare Support	$47,700	$47,680	1,820	70.37	1.38
Production	$45,950	$50,810	2,500	96.33	1.75
Transportation and Material Moving	$45,080	$48,770	1,680	64.67	0.74
Personal Care and Service	$42,000	$46,440	350	13.37	0.64
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$39,480	$42,600	900	34.64	1.18
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$38,640	$44,470	2,320	89.46	1.02
Sales and Related	$38,320	$50,090	2,200	85.03	0.98
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$37,950	$42,680	210	8.20	2.93

Every occupation in Washington, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 162 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 Walla Walla, WA estimates (area 47460).

*: 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 Walla Walla, WA 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.