The District of Columbia all-occupations median was 79.6% above the U.S. all-occupations median in the same release. Business Operations Specialists, All Other had the largest published employment estimate among the 30 occupation rows shown on this hub, at 37,790.
Among those high-employment rows, Public Relations Managers had the highest published location quotient at 21.92. A location quotient above 1.00 means a larger share of local employment than the national share; it does not measure job quality or future demand.
Occupation detail
Largest published occupations in District of Columbia
Sorted by published employment. Open a row for its local distribution, national comparison, and jobs.
Largest published occupation estimates by employment
Six high-employment rows from the bounded area summary. The table below keeps each full title and published field.
Business Operations S...: 37,790 jobs. General and Operation...: 36,150 jobs. Lawyers: 33,070 jobs. Management Analysts: 19,000 jobs. Managers, All Other: 18,570 jobs. Computer Occupations,...: 17,200 jobs.
$108,160/yearEmployment: 37,790 Jobs per 1,000: 53.84 Location quotient: 7.7
37,790
53.84
7.7
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for District of Columbia was 109.9, or 9.9% above the national price level. Its housing index was 155.
National-price-dollar proxy
$83,293
WageScope divides the published all occupations median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Wage period: BLS May 2025. Price period: BEA 2024. The releases describe different periods and are shown separately.
Price level in District of Columbia; U.S. = 100
U.S. baseline: 100.0. All items: 109.9. Housing: 155.
Read the all-jobs wage, role mix, local job shares, price-level context, and survey limits as separate facts. Every value stays tied to BLS area 11.
Questions, answered
Wage data for District of Columbia: common questions
What is the all-occupations median wage in District of Columbia?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published an all-occupations median of $91,540 per year in District of Columbia. It combines covered wage and salary jobs and is not a median for every individual occupation.
How many wage and salary jobs does BLS estimate in District of Columbia?
BLS published an all-occupations employment estimate of 701,920 jobs for District of Columbia. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count.
What is the largest detailed occupation shown for District of Columbia?
Business Operations Specialists, All Other is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded table on this page, with 37,790 estimated jobs and a published median of $108,160 per year.
Does the District of Columbia wage data adjust for local prices?
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What the all-jobs median says about District of Columbia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the all-occupations median in District of Columbia at $91,540 per year. This is the middle wage across covered wage and salary jobs in the area. It is not the median for each job title. It is not one worker's pay. Use an occupation page when you need a role-level answer.
BLS lists 701,920 covered jobs in District of Columbia. The all-occupations mean is $111,010 per year. Mean means add the wage values and split the total by the number of jobs behind the estimate. The median and mean can differ because the local wage mix is not even.
District of Columbia's $91,540 all-occupations median is 79.6% above the U.S. all-occupations median of $50,980 on the same published median. This is a wage check on the same source period. It does not add local price levels, taxes, hours, benefits, or household needs.
Where District of Columbia sits among states and territories
District of Columbia ranks 1 of 54 among states and territories with a published annual all-occupations median. WageScope keeps the map type the same. It does not place a state, metro, and nonmetro row in one rank. The rank uses the May 2025 BLS median only.
A rank is a place in a sorted list. It is not a score. It does not say a place is good or bad. It does not show the size of the job base. District of Columbia has 701,920 covered jobs, while another row near it can have a very different count.
The nearby rank rows give context without turning the list into a league table. Small gaps can move a place by several spots. A later BLS release can also change the order. Read the wage gap and the source date beside the rank. Do not use rank alone to make a move.
2. Massachusetts has an all-occupations median of $63,590 per year and 3,637,650 covered jobs. Its wage gap from District of Columbia is $27,950.
3. Washington has an all-occupations median of $62,990 per year and 3,550,970 covered jobs. Its wage gap from District of Columbia is $28,550.
4. Alaska has an all-occupations median of $61,000 per year and 325,570 covered jobs. Its wage gap from District of Columbia is $30,540.
The largest detailed occupations shown for District of Columbia
The role list is sorted by the BLS employment estimate. It shows detailed occupations from the bounded source table for District of Columbia. The first row, Business Operations Specialists, All Other, has 37,790 estimated jobs. Its median is $108,160 per year.
Large roles shape the all-occupations wage mix, but they do not set it by themselves. A role with many jobs and a lower wage can pull the middle one way. A smaller role with a higher wage can move the mean. The all-occupations row is based on the whole covered job mix, not just the occupations shown in this bounded list.
Employment here means wage and salary jobs in the BLS survey scope. It does not mean people looking for work. It does not mean openings. It does not show how fast a role is changing. Use the current job cards only to inspect dated employer-title matches. Keep that view apart from this May 2025 job count.
1. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has 37,790 estimated jobs in District of Columbia. Its published median is $108,160 per year. Its location quotient is 7.7.
2. General and Operations Managers has 36,150 estimated jobs in District of Columbia. Its published median is $168,000 per year. Its location quotient is 2.29.
Role pay range
How published medians differ inside District of Columbia
The detailed roles shown for District of Columbia do not share one pay level. Public Relations Managers has the highest published median in this bounded role set, at $197,600 per year. That does not make it the highest-paid role in every job or in every part of the area.
The list keeps each official SOC title tied to its own wage row. It does not blend fields, levels, or job posts. A role median can be above the $91,540 all-occupations median even when the role has few jobs. A large role can sit below that mark. Pay and job count answer different questions.
Use a role's own WageScope page before you compare places. That page shows the national spread, the same SOC code across areas, and the source limits. The area list is a starting map. It is not enough to set a pay target for one person or one listing.
1. Public Relations Managers has a published median of $197,600 per year in District of Columbia. BLS lists 7,410 jobs. Its local share is 21.92 times the national share.
2. Computer and Information Systems Managers has a published median of $195,190 per year in District of Columbia. BLS lists 5,690 jobs. Its local share is 1.88 times the national share.
3. Lawyers has a published median of $195,190 per year in District of Columbia. BLS lists 33,070 jobs. Its local share is 9.71 times the national share.
Local share
Roles with a larger local share in District of Columbia
Location quotient compares a role's share of jobs in District of Columbia with that role's share across the nation. A value of 1 means the shares match. A value above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs. A value below 1 means the share is smaller. The value does not show growth or open jobs.
Public Relations Managers has the highest published location quotient in this bounded set, at 21.92. The same row has 7,410 jobs and a median of $197,600 per year. Read all three fields together.
A high share can appear in a small job base. A large job count can appear with a share near 1. A high median can appear in either case. The three measures are not a single score. They help you ask three clear questions: how many jobs, how common the role is in the local mix, and what wage BLS published.
1. Public Relations Managers has a location quotient of 21.92 in District of Columbia. BLS lists 7,410 jobs and a median of $197,600 per year.
2. Public Relations Specialists has a location quotient of 13.07 in District of Columbia. BLS lists 16,720 jobs and a median of $102,740 per year.
3. Lawyers has a location quotient of 9.71 in District of Columbia. BLS lists 33,070 jobs and a median of $195,190 per year.
Separate price view
What the BEA price level adds for District of Columbia
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for District of Columbia is 109.9. The U.S. level is 100. The local all-items level is 9.9% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
The housing index is 155.0. The goods index is 106.5. Utilities are 112.8. Other services are 103.0. These parts can move in different ways. The all-items number joins them with BEA's method; WageScope does not pick its own weights.
The BLS wage period is May 2025. The BEA price period is 2024. WageScope shows both dates because the clocks differ. It can divide a wage by the all-items index for a clear national-price-dollar proxy. It does not call that result take-home pay, spending power for one home, or a place score.
How to read survey care marks for District of Columbia
The all-occupations employment RSE for District of Columbia is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not an error bar for one person's wage.
The employment RSE belongs to the 701,920 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the all-occupations mean. WageScope does not attach either field to a detailed role, the median, or a percentile. Each role row has its own published care marks when BLS supplies them.
Some BLS values are blank or top coded. Blank does not mean zero. A top code means the value is at least the shown bound. WageScope keeps those states in the role pages and tables. It does not fill a missing value from a peer role, past year, or nearby place.
Use District of Columbia as a map, then choose one occupation
Start with the role that matches the work you mean. Official titles can sound broad. Open the role page and check its SOC code. Then compare the District of Columbia row with the U.S. row on the same annual or hourly metric. Read the job count and location quotient beside the wage. Add the BEA price level only when the exact row is present.
Next, look at the wage spread. The median shows the middle. The 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles show more of the range. A posted job range can be compared with those marks as context, but it stays employer evidence. It never becomes part of the BLS estimate.
If the role-place row is missing, use the national role page or choose another official area. Do not guess. A clean missing state is more useful than a made-up number. It tells you what the source can and cannot answer.
Move from District of Columbia wage data to one checked job
The area page does not treat every local job as the same. Choose an occupation first. WageScope can then use a strict employer-title match for that role. A place filter is used only when the BLS area has an exact approved match in the public place list. If that match is not safe, the page says so.
Each shown job keeps the employer, place, source, and seen date. The cards can change as the public catalog changes. They do not count toward this page's stable content gate. They do not change District of Columbia's $91,540 all-occupations median. They do not prove that the employer uses the BLS title.
Open a listing before you tailor. Use facts from your own work that you can support. A wage value is not a skill, result, or duty. MeritLog can help shape confirmed work for the listing you chose. The public area page does not save the role, listing, place, or résumé on load.
The page does not say what one person in District of Columbia earns. It does not promise a wage, job, move, or result. It does not call the all-occupations median a role wage. It does not turn rank 1 of 54 into a place score. It does not say why wages differ.
The BLS job count leaves out people who work for themselves and other work outside the survey scope. The current job cards are a separate set of public listings. Neither source shows all work. Neither source tells you the chance of getting hired. A missing value stays missing.
Use the page for a narrow task. See the May 2025 local wage picture. Choose one official occupation. Compare the same field across like places. Add the separate 2024 price level when it exists. Read a current employer-title match. Then make a résumé choice from work facts you have confirmed.
No. BLS wage estimates are nominal. Where an exact BEA Regional Price Parity row exists, WageScope shows that price-level context separately and labels its source period.
Are MeritLog job listings part of the government wage estimate?
No. Eligible live listings remain separate from BLS statistics. Their locations and posted pay do not change the official area or occupation rows.
3. Lawyers has 33,070 estimated jobs in District of Columbia. Its published median is $195,190 per year. Its location quotient is 9.71.
4. Management Analysts has 19,000 estimated jobs in District of Columbia. Its published median is $126,140 per year. Its location quotient is 4.68.
5. Managers, All Other has 18,570 estimated jobs in District of Columbia. Its published median is $175,720 per year. Its location quotient is 6.61.
6. Computer Occupations, All Other has 17,200 estimated jobs in District of Columbia. Its published median is $156,590 per year. Its location quotient is 8.75.
7. Public Relations Specialists has 16,720 estimated jobs in District of Columbia. Its published median is $102,740 per year. Its location quotient is 13.07.
8. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 16,400 estimated jobs in District of Columbia. Its published median is $38,520 per year. Its location quotient is 1.64.
4. Financial Managers has a published median of $188,880 per year in District of Columbia. BLS lists 8,930 jobs. Its local share is 2.35 times the national share.
5. Managers, All Other has a published median of $175,720 per year in District of Columbia. BLS lists 18,570 jobs. Its local share is 6.61 times the national share.
6. General and Operations Managers has a published median of $168,000 per year in District of Columbia. BLS lists 36,150 jobs. Its local share is 2.29 times the national share.
7. Computer Occupations, All Other has a published median of $156,590 per year in District of Columbia. BLS lists 17,200 jobs. Its local share is 8.75 times the national share.
8. Software Developers has a published median of $136,880 per year in District of Columbia. BLS lists 6,120 jobs. Its local share is 0.8 times the national share.
4. Computer Occupations, All Other has a location quotient of 8.75 in District of Columbia. BLS lists 17,200 jobs and a median of $156,590 per year.
5. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a location quotient of 7.7 in District of Columbia. BLS lists 37,790 jobs and a median of $108,160 per year.
6. Managers, All Other has a location quotient of 6.61 in District of Columbia. BLS lists 18,570 jobs and a median of $175,720 per year.
7. Management Analysts has a location quotient of 4.68 in District of Columbia. BLS lists 19,000 jobs and a median of $126,140 per year.
8. Paralegals and Legal Assistants has a location quotient of 3.61 in District of Columbia. BLS lists 6,400 jobs and a median of $89,750 per year.
District of Columbia wages by occupation | BLS 2025
Current jobs
Precise employer-title matches for Business Operations Specialists, All Other in District of Columbia
Filtered through MeritLog's approved District of Columbia place record and a strict employer-title rule. Listings are not classified by BLS and remain separate from BLS and BEA estimates.
