BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Salem, OR was 103.6, or 3.6% above the national price level. Its housing index was 110.3.
National-price-dollar proxy
$62,615
WageScope divides the published Firefighters 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.
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 33-2011 and BLS area 41420.
Questions, answered
Firefighters pay in Salem, OR: common questions
What is the median wage for Firefighters in Salem, OR?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published a median of $64,900 per year for Firefighters in Salem, OR. This describes an occupation-area estimate, not a promised offer or an individual's pay.
Is Firefighters pay higher in Salem, OR than nationally?
Salem, OR's published median was 9.5% above the U.S. median for the same occupation and release.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Salem, OR?
No. The BLS wage is nominal. WageScope separately shows BEA's 2024 all-items Regional Price Parity of 103.6 and a transparent national-price-dollar proxy.
How many Firefighters jobs does BLS estimate in Salem, OR?
BLS published an employment estimate of 330 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
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Salem, OR was 9.5% above the U.S. median for Firefighters. It ranked 89 of 347 metro areas with a published annual median. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Firefighters median in Salem, OR at $64,900 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 33-2011 and BLS area 41420.
BLS lists 330 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $64,990 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Salem, OR's Firefighters median is 9.5% above the U.S. Firefighters median of $59,280 on the same published median. The comparison uses the same SOC code and source period. It does not add price levels, taxes, benefits, hours, or a person's work history.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 33-2011 and area 41420. SOC 33-2011 names Firefighters. Area 41420 names Salem, OR. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 33-2011/41420 row reports 330 wage and salary jobs, 1.73 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 0.78 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 33-2011/41420, the annual median is $64,900 per year, while the matching mean is $64,990 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
BLS area 41420 facts behind this Firefighters page
Area 41420 reports 188,620 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $67,920. Its annual median is $55,310. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 33-2011 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Salem, OR runs from $34,830 at the 10th percentile to $118,380 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $40,960. The median is $55,310. The 75th percentile is $79,750. This is a place check, not a pay range for Firefighters.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 41420. They do not show related skills or a path into Firefighters.
1. Area 41420, SOC 31-1120, Home Health and Personal Care Aides: 7,040 jobs, $45,200 annual median, 37.32 jobs per 1,000, and 1.35 location quotient.
2. Area 41420, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 5,880 jobs, $34,520 annual median, 31.17 jobs per 1,000, and 1.26 location quotient.
3. Area 41420, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 4,550 jobs, $35,760 annual median, 24.11 jobs per 1,000, and 0.96 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Salem, OR wage ladder for Firefighters
The 10th percentile is $45,040 per year. The 25th percentile is $52,920 per year. The median is $64,900 per year. The 75th percentile is $72,640 per year. The 90th percentile is $95,980 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $52,920 per year to $72,640 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $50,940. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Salem, OR has a annual median of $64,900 per year. Oregon has $70,900 per year. The U.S. row has $59,280 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Salem, OR is 8.5% below Oregon on the same published median. Salem, OR is 9.5% above the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Salem, OR ranks 89 of 347 among metro areas with a published annual median for Firefighters. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 89 of 347 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
86. Visalia, CA has a Firefighters median of $65,170 per year, 480 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.26.
87. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA has a Firefighters median of $64,980 per year, 380 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.73.
88. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has a Firefighters median of $64,900 per year, 8,780 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 0.97.
90. Anchorage, AK has a Firefighters median of $64,810 per year, 420 estimated jobs, and a location quotient of 1.07.
Pay leaders
Where Firefighters medians lead among metro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 33-2011, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $152,100 per year. Salem, OR sits at $64,900 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Firefighters is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Firefighters median of $152,100 per year, or $87,200 above Salem, OR. BLS lists 1,330 jobs there, compared with 330 in Salem, OR. The location quotient is 0.53.
2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Firefighters median of $113,700 per year, or $48,800 above Salem, OR. BLS lists 3,450 jobs there, compared with 330 in Salem, OR. The location quotient is 0.65.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Firefighters jobs
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Firefighters in this same-source set, at 14,960 jobs. Salem, OR has 330. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 14,960 estimated Firefighters jobs, a gap of 14,630 jobs from Salem, OR. Its median is $106,420 per year, or $41,520 above Salem, OR. Its location quotient is 0.71.
2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 14,560 estimated Firefighters jobs, a gap of 14,230 jobs from Salem, OR. Its median is $82,820 per year, or $17,920 above Salem, OR. Its location quotient is 1.45.
Local-share leaders
Where Firefighters takes the largest share of local jobs
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 3.96. Salem, OR has 0.78. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Firefighters is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ has a location quotient of 3.96, a gap of 3.18 from Salem, OR. BLS lists 500 Firefighters jobs and a median of $54,810 per year, or $10,090 below Salem, OR.
2. Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC has a location quotient of 3.5, a gap of 2.72 from Salem, OR. BLS lists 640 Firefighters jobs and a median of $50,210 per year, or $14,690 below Salem, OR.
3. Hinesville, GA has a location quotient of 3.22, a gap of 2.44 from Salem, OR. BLS lists 150 Firefighters jobs and a median of $49,210 per year, or $15,690 below Salem, OR.
Job scale and share
How common Firefighters is in Salem, OR
BLS lists 330 Firefighters jobs in Salem, OR. It also lists 1.73 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.78. A value of 1 means Firefighters has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
The all-occupations median in Salem, OR is $55,310 per year. The Firefighters median is $64,900 per year. Firefighters is 17.3% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Salem, OR. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Firefighters. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
1. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Salem, OR median of $60,580 per year. BLS lists 2,170 jobs and a location quotient of 0.87.
2. Carpenters, SOC 47-2031, has a Salem, OR median of $59,730 per year. BLS lists 1,720 jobs and a location quotient of 2.11.
3. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, SOC 43-6014, has a Salem, OR median of $55,660 per year. BLS lists 3,220 jobs and a location quotient of 1.55.
Area job mix
The largest detailed roles in Salem, OR
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Salem, OR table, at 7,040 jobs. Firefighters has 330 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 188,620. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Firefighters's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 7,040 jobs in Salem, OR, a gap of 6,710 from Firefighters. Its median is $45,200 per year, or $19,700 below Firefighters. Its location quotient is 1.35.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 5,880 jobs in Salem, OR, a gap of 5,550 from Firefighters. Its median is $34,520 per year, or $30,380 below Firefighters. Its location quotient is 1.26.
3. Retail Salespersons has 4,550 jobs in Salem, OR, a gap of 4,220 from Firefighters. Its median is $35,760 per year, or $29,140 below Firefighters. Its location quotient is 0.96.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Salem, OR
Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded Salem, OR role table, at $131,750 per year. Firefighters has $64,900 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $55,310 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Registered Nurses has a median of $131,750 per year in Salem, OR, or $66,850 above Firefighters. BLS lists 4,010 jobs, compared with 330 for Firefighters. Its location quotient is 0.98.
2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $114,430 per year in Salem, OR, or $49,530 above Firefighters. BLS lists 3,490 jobs, compared with 330 for Firefighters. Its location quotient is 0.82.
3. Project Management Specialists has a median of $102,730 per year in Salem, OR, or $37,830 above Firefighters. BLS lists 1,420 jobs, compared with 330 for Firefighters. Its location quotient is 1.1.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Salem, OR
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other has the highest location quotient in the bounded Salem, OR role table, at 39.13. Firefighters has 0.78. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Firefighters with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other has a location quotient of 39.13 in Salem, OR, a gap of 38.35 from Firefighters. BLS lists 2,870 jobs and a median of $41,600 per year, or $23,300 below Firefighters.
2. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse has a location quotient of 7.92 in Salem, OR, a gap of 7.14 from Firefighters. BLS lists 2,550 jobs and a median of $33,450 per year, or $31,450 below Firefighters.
3. Management Analysts has a location quotient of 3.43 in Salem, OR, a gap of 2.65 from Firefighters. BLS lists 3,740 jobs and a median of $99,090 per year, or $34,190 above Firefighters.
Price-level view
What $64,900 may mean after the Salem, OR price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Salem, OR is 103.6. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 3.6% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $64,900 Firefighters median by 103.6 divided by 100. The result is $62,615 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 110.3. Goods are 105.3. Utilities are 104.7. Other services are 100.3. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
The employment RSE for this Firefighters row is 13.6%. The mean-wage RSE is 5.9%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 330 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $64,990 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Firefighters. It uses a Salem, OR place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $64,900 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Firefighters row for Salem, OR does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 330 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.78 is not a growth score. Rank 89 of 347 is not a place score. The 103.6 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 33-2011 in BLS area 41420. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 41420, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 4,010 jobs, $131,750 annual median, 21.24 jobs per 1,000, and 0.98 location quotient.
5. Area 41420, SOC 53-7065, Stockers and Order Fillers: 3,950 jobs, $41,520 annual median, 20.96 jobs per 1,000, and 1.15 location quotient.
6. Area 41420, SOC 13-1111, Management Analysts: 3,740 jobs, $99,090 annual median, 19.82 jobs per 1,000, and 3.43 location quotient.
3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has a Firefighters median of $106,420 per year, or $41,520 above Salem, OR. BLS lists 14,960 jobs there, compared with 330 in Salem, OR. The location quotient is 0.71.
4. Bellingham, WA has a Firefighters median of $101,130 per year, or $36,230 above Salem, OR. BLS lists 320 jobs there, compared with 330 in Salem, OR. The location quotient is 1.56.
5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Firefighters median of $101,090 per year, or $36,190 above Salem, OR. BLS lists 3,760 jobs there, compared with 330 in Salem, OR. The location quotient is 0.81.
6. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO has a Firefighters median of $99,930 per year, or $35,030 above Salem, OR. BLS lists 300 jobs there, compared with 330 in Salem, OR. The location quotient is 0.79.
7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has a Firefighters median of $98,050 per year, or $33,150 above Salem, OR. BLS lists 7,200 jobs there, compared with 330 in Salem, OR. The location quotient is 0.52.
8. Vallejo, CA has a Firefighters median of $95,950 per year, or $31,050 above Salem, OR. BLS lists 330 jobs there, compared with 330 in Salem, OR. The location quotient is 1.04.
3. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 8,780 estimated Firefighters jobs, a gap of 8,450 jobs from Salem, OR. Its median is $64,900 per year, or $0 above Salem, OR. Its location quotient is 0.97.
4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has 8,510 estimated Firefighters jobs, a gap of 8,180 jobs from Salem, OR. Its median is $73,990 per year, or $9,090 above Salem, OR. Its location quotient is 1.42.
5. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 7,610 estimated Firefighters jobs, a gap of 7,280 jobs from Salem, OR. Its median is $66,980 per year, or $2,080 above Salem, OR. Its location quotient is 1.09.
6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 7,200 estimated Firefighters jobs, a gap of 6,870 jobs from Salem, OR. Its median is $98,050 per year, or $33,150 above Salem, OR. Its location quotient is 0.52.
7. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 6,600 estimated Firefighters jobs, a gap of 6,270 jobs from Salem, OR. Its median is $75,710 per year, or $10,810 above Salem, OR. Its location quotient is 1.05.
8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 6,350 estimated Firefighters jobs, a gap of 6,020 jobs from Salem, OR. Its median is $47,300 per year, or $17,600 below Salem, OR. Its location quotient is 0.99.
4. Jacksonville, NC has a location quotient of 2.94, a gap of 2.16 from Salem, OR. BLS lists 340 Firefighters jobs and a median of $47,870 per year, or $17,030 below Salem, OR.
5. Fayetteville, NC has a location quotient of 2.9, a gap of 2.12 from Salem, OR. BLS lists 850 Firefighters jobs and a median of $36,820 per year, or $28,080 below Salem, OR.
6. Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ has a location quotient of 2.87, a gap of 2.09 from Salem, OR. BLS lists 220 Firefighters jobs and a median of $53,530 per year, or $11,370 below Salem, OR.
7. Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ has a location quotient of 2.86, a gap of 2.08 from Salem, OR. BLS lists 460 Firefighters jobs and a median of $49,240 per year, or $15,660 below Salem, OR.
8. Redding, CA has a location quotient of 2.55, a gap of 1.77 from Salem, OR. BLS lists 410 Firefighters jobs and a median of $65,170 per year, or $270 above Salem, OR.
4. Construction Laborers, SOC 47-2061, has a Salem, OR median of $54,500 per year. BLS lists 1,690 jobs and a location quotient of 1.27.
5. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Salem, OR median of $54,420 per year. BLS lists 2,230 jobs and a location quotient of 1.34.
6. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Salem, OR median of $53,090 per year. BLS lists 1,640 jobs and a location quotient of 0.88.
7. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education, SOC 25-2031, has a Salem, OR median of $77,810 per year. BLS lists 1,340 jobs and a location quotient of 1.04.
8. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Salem, OR median of $50,650 per year. BLS lists 3,160 jobs and a location quotient of 1.06.
4. Registered Nurses has 4,010 jobs in Salem, OR, a gap of 3,680 from Firefighters. Its median is $131,750 per year, or $66,850 above Firefighters. Its location quotient is 0.98.
5. Stockers and Order Fillers has 3,950 jobs in Salem, OR, a gap of 3,620 from Firefighters. Its median is $41,520 per year, or $23,380 below Firefighters. Its location quotient is 1.15.
6. Management Analysts has 3,740 jobs in Salem, OR, a gap of 3,410 from Firefighters. Its median is $99,090 per year, or $34,190 above Firefighters. Its location quotient is 3.43.
7. General and Operations Managers has 3,490 jobs in Salem, OR, a gap of 3,160 from Firefighters. Its median is $114,430 per year, or $49,530 above Firefighters. Its location quotient is 0.82.
8. Cashiers has 3,480 jobs in Salem, OR, a gap of 3,150 from Firefighters. Its median is $34,340 per year, or $30,560 below Firefighters. Its location quotient is 0.93.
4. Management Analysts has a median of $99,090 per year in Salem, OR, or $34,190 above Firefighters. BLS lists 3,740 jobs, compared with 330 for Firefighters. Its location quotient is 3.43.
5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $87,480 per year in Salem, OR, or $22,580 above Firefighters. BLS lists 1,510 jobs, compared with 330 for Firefighters. Its location quotient is 0.86.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $77,810 per year in Salem, OR, or $12,910 above Firefighters. BLS lists 1,340 jobs, compared with 330 for Firefighters. Its location quotient is 1.04.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $60,580 per year in Salem, OR, or $4,320 below Firefighters. BLS lists 2,170 jobs, compared with 330 for Firefighters. Its location quotient is 0.87.
8. Carpenters has a median of $59,730 per year in Salem, OR, or $5,170 below Firefighters. BLS lists 1,720 jobs, compared with 330 for Firefighters. Its location quotient is 2.11.
4. Carpenters has a location quotient of 2.11 in Salem, OR, a gap of 1.33 from Firefighters. BLS lists 1,720 jobs and a median of $59,730 per year, or $5,170 below Firefighters.
5. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 1.77 in Salem, OR, a gap of 0.99 from Firefighters. BLS lists 3,050 jobs and a median of $38,950 per year, or $25,950 below Firefighters.
6. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has a location quotient of 1.55 in Salem, OR, a gap of 0.77 from Firefighters. BLS lists 3,220 jobs and a median of $55,660 per year, or $9,240 below Firefighters.
7. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has a location quotient of 1.35 in Salem, OR, a gap of 0.57 from Firefighters. BLS lists 7,040 jobs and a median of $45,200 per year, or $19,700 below Firefighters.
8. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has a location quotient of 1.34 in Salem, OR, a gap of 0.56 from Firefighters. BLS lists 2,230 jobs and a median of $54,420 per year, or $10,480 below Firefighters.
