State labor market
District of Columbia labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for District of Columbia. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
District of Columbia hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in District of Columbia.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where District of Columbia workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
Business operations specialists, all other
37,790estimated employmentGeneral and operations managers
36,150estimated employmentComputer occupations, all other
17,200estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the District of Columbia figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$102,540/yr District of Columbia median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$136,880/yr District of Columbia median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$78,970/yr District of Columbia median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$111,530/yr District of Columbia median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$96,580/yr District of Columbia median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$177,170/yr District of Columbia median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How District of Columbia occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated District of Columbia workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Legal secretaries and administrative assistants$99,280/yr state median · 1,940 workers+78.7%vs. U.S. $55,570/yr
- Detectives and criminal investigators$160,760/yr state median · 2,980 workers+71.4%vs. U.S. $93,790/yr
- News analysts, reporters, and journalists$105,390/yr state median · 1,720 workers+69.4%vs. U.S. $62,200/yr
- Security guards$64,210/yr state median · 15,880 workers+68.9%vs. U.S. $38,020/yr
- Writers and authors$129,300/yr state median · 1,050 workers+68.1%vs. U.S. $76,910/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Physicians, all other$77,430/yr state median · 1,960 workers-70.9%vs. U.S. $265,930/yr
- Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors$39,210/yr state median · 1,480 workers-16.9%vs. U.S. $47,160/yr
- Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents$72,010/yr state median · 1,500 workers-8.5%vs. U.S. $78,660/yr
- Natural sciences managers$156,730/yr state median · 1,540 workers-6.3%vs. U.S. $167,220/yr
- Sales managers$141,800/yr state median · 1,930 workers-4.4%vs. U.S. $148,270/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in District of Columbia
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for District of Columbia. Links marked “District of Columbia report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no District of Columbia report is available.
448 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.