Best jobs in Dayton, OH
The best-scoring occupations in the Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metro area, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Dayton, OH (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (metro)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Dayton, OH pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$455,300 vs $391,490 · +16.3%
$454,760 vs $335,550 · +35.5%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 775 scored occupations — show all 775show top 25
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
144
$67,880
+0.3%
25
157
$46,310
-1.6%
24
160
$61,640
+3.1%
24
210
$62,710
+3.7%
21
276
$92,400
+1.9%
18
351
$47,230
+6.3%
16
369
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$44,160
+4.6%
16
485
$58,350
+2.3%
14
545
—†
-1.1%
12†
628
—†
-19.6%
10†
631
$43,250
-12.1%
10
644
$60,420
-13.7%
10
651
$41,070
+2.0%
10
654
$44,730
+1.2%
10
679
$41,110
-3.8%
9
688
$43,960
-12.0%
9
723
$46,330
-13.6%
8
735
$44,650
-4.3%
8
Live jobs in Dayton, OH
National Park ServiceVerified from company ATS
Supervisory Park Ranger (Interpretation)
$92,841–$120,696/yr View job →
Veterans Health AdministrationVerified from company ATS
Clinical Lab Scientist
$66,814–$127,267/yr View job →
Veterans Health AdministrationVerified from company ATS
Nursing Assistant
$37,650–$61,471/yr View job →
Veterans Health AdministrationVerified from company ATS
Practical Nurse
$46,056–$81,835/yr View job →
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess. † local wage not published for this cell — the score uses the state value and the pay column shows a dash.