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title: "Average Salary in District of Columbia"
description: "Mean $111,010, median $91,540 in District of Columbia (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/district-of-columbia"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in District of Columbia

Mean annual wage $111,010, median $91,540 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $83,290 (rank 1 of 51 by that measure; rank 1 nominal).

| Percentile | District of Columbia | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $39,650 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $55,460 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $91,540 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $144,680 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $195,190 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 109.9 |
| Housing (rents) | 155.0 |
| Goods | 106.5 |
| Utilities | 112.8 |
| Other services | 103.0 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Legal | $195,190 | 41,700 |
| Management | $169,990 | 105,590 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $133,010 | 43,050 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $128,610 | 17,790 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $125,650 | 11,790 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $109,990 | 110,570 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $101,750 | 33,970 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $100,400 | 29,790 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $79,890 | 32,790 |
| Protective Service | $73,950 | 29,670 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $72,000 | 10,740 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $70,990 | 120 |
| Construction and Extraction | $70,110 | 12,770 |
| Community and Social Service | $69,130 | 11,360 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $60,660 | 53,960 |
| Production | $59,750 | 4,990 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $49,460 | 18,490 |
| Sales | $46,870 | 20,510 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $44,390 | 56,970 |
| Healthcare Support | $43,060 | 20,950 |
| Personal Care and Service | $40,350 | 11,720 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $39,430 | 22,640 |

## Most common jobs

- [Business Continuity Planner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/business-continuity-planner): 37,790 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 36,150 workers
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): 33,070 workers
- [Management Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/management-analyst): 19,000 workers
- [Regulatory Affairs Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/regulatory-affairs-manager): 18,570 workers
- [Web Administrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/web-administrator): 17,200 workers
- [Public Relations Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/public-relations-specialist): 16,720 workers
- [Janitor and Cleaner, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners](https://nuecareer.com/careers/janitor-and-cleaner): 16,400 workers
- [Security Guard](https://nuecareer.com/careers/security-guard): 15,880 workers
- [Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/secretary-and-administrative-assistant): 11,800 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Public Relations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/public-relations-manager): $197,600 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $195,190 median
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $195,190 median
- [Financial Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-manager): $188,880 median
- [Architectural and Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/architectural-and-engineering-manager): $185,220 median
- [Human Resources Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/human-resources-manager): $184,350 median
- [Marketing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/marketing-manager): $177,170 median
- [Purchasing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/purchasing-manager): $175,720 median
- [Regulatory Affairs Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/regulatory-affairs-manager): $175,720 median
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): $168,000 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Political Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/political-scientist): 122.81x the national share
- [Economist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/economist): 37.34x the national share
- [Public Relations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/public-relations-manager): 21.92x the national share
- [Transportation Planner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/transportation-planner): 14.81x the national share
- [Political Science Teacher, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/political-science-teacher-postsecondary): 14.67x the national share
- [Concierge](https://nuecareer.com/careers/concierge): 13.48x the national share
- [Public Relations Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/public-relations-specialist): 13.07x the national share
- [Social Science Research Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/social-science-research-assistant): 11.25x the national share
- [News Analyst, Reporter, and Journalist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/news-analyst-reporter-and-journalist): 9.72x the national share
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): 9.71x the national share

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

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