Occupation Salaries by State — BLS Real Wage 2026.
BLS Occupational Employment Statistics percentile (P10–P90) by state, BEA RPP-adjusted real wage, licensing path, and transition routes. No self-report aggregation, no anchoring to crowdsourced ranges.
Software Engineer Salary
BLS W-2 wage + Levels.fyi-style FAANG total comp (L3-L8) on same page (most pages do one or the other) + state real-wage with BEA RPP + industry-segmented BLS NAICS data + bootcamp 2026 placement context
→Registered Nurse Salary
Specialty wage table covering 14 RN paths (CRNA-track ICU $95-110K → school nurse $58-74K) + state real take-home with NLC overlay + travel/per-diem/staff net comparison + ADN→BSN→MSN→DNP ROI flowchart
→Data Scientist Salary
Clean title boundary table (DS $108K vs DA $84K vs MLE $135-155K vs DE $125K) + 2024-2025 DS market contraction context + level-by-level FAANG comp comparison vs SWE + industry premium analysis showing DS-in-non-tech earns 40-50% of DS-in-tech
→Physical Therapist Salary
PT Compact reciprocity integration + DPT ROI calc + setting breakdown (outpatient/inpatient/SNF/home health) — none of which BLS or USC offer in one place
→Electrician Salary
5-level wage ladder (apprentice yr1 → contractor) blending BLS + IBEW Local scales + state real take-home with RPP + union/non-union lifetime-earnings math + solar/EV/IoT specialty premium quantified + trade-vs-EE-bachelor's ROI table
→Self-reported salary data has well-known selection bias.
People who report tend to skew higher-comp. BLS OES is the only federally-collected, employer-reported, percentile-broken dataset in the US. We surface it cleanly, layered with BEA RPP for real purchasing power. Each state click reveals P10–P90 percentiles, ranking among all 51 states (nominal and real basis), and licensing/compact status where applicable.
- Why these 5 occupations first?
High search volume, clear federal data coverage (BLS publishes detailed state-level percentiles), and high-value adjacent decisions (bootcamp, certification, licensure prep).
- Why no Glassdoor / Levels.fyi numbers?
Self-report data has well-known selection bias. BLS OES is the only federally-collected, employer-reported, percentile-broken dataset in the US.
- Where do I find state-specific salary data?
Each occupation page lists every state with BLS data — click any state to see P10–P90 percentiles, real wage, and ranking among all 51 states.