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title: "Average Salary in Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV"
description: "Mean $91,930, median $71,060 in the Washington metro area (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices and top jobs."
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last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
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# Average salary in Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area. Mean annual wage $91,930, median $71,060 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025, 3,136,190 jobs. Median at national-average prices: $65,260.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $36,260 |
| 25th | $44,990 |
| 50th | $71,060 |
| 75th | $121,680 |
| 90th | $174,600 |

| Price level (BEA RPP 2024, US = 100) | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 108.9 |
| Housing (rents) | 151.1 |
| Goods | 104.8 |
| Utilities | 106.7 |
| Other services | 102.3 |

## Highest-paying jobs (mean annual wage)

- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $237,080
- [Airline Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/airline-pilot): $235,100
- [Psychiatrist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/psychiatrist): $234,640
- [General Internal Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-internal-medicine-physician): $227,200
- [Lawyer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/lawyer): $226,780
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $226,120
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $215,610
- [Ophthalmologist, Except Pediatric](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ophthalmologist): $215,070
- [Public Relations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/public-relations-manager): $214,680
- [Neurologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/neurologist): $208,440

Occupation pay is the OEWS May 2025 metro mean as published in the DOL OFLC 2026–27 wage file (metro-level estimates only).

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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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