About WageMap

WageMap is an independent project that takes public U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data and makes it easy to browse by occupation and state.

What this site is

Every number on this site comes from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey — the same wage estimates the federal government publishes for labor-market statistics. WageMap doesn't run its own salary surveys or collect self-reported figures; it reformats a public dataset into per-occupation, per-state pages so it's easier to look up than a raw government file. See the methodology page for exactly how each figure is calculated.

Who maintains it

WageMap is built and maintained by Conor Dobbs, an independent developer. It isn't a company or a research team — it's one person's project to make a genuinely useful public dataset easier to use. The underlying dataset is also published as an open GitHub repo, not just packaged into this site.

What this site is not

The figures here are official government statistical estimates, not career advice or a guarantee of what any individual will earn. OEWS medians reflect a broad occupational category and don't account for years of experience, employer, specific job title, or local cost of living within a state. Treat it as a starting point for research, not a verdict.

Get in touch

Found an error, have a question about the data, or want the raw dataset? Email conordobbs@gmail.com, or see the source data and methodology on GitHub: github.com/Contrite42/us-wage-data-2024 .