Flagstaff Employment

Employment and Industries in the Flagstaff, Arizona Area

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Most Popular Jobs in Flagstaff, Arizona Metro Area (2006 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Registered nurses	530	57,970	$27,310 - 91,510	24%	56%
2	Accountants and auditors	350	52,610	$29,820 - 75,460	18%	79%
3	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	350	45,040	$20,490 - 75,950	8%	51%
4	Chief executives	180	108,270	$45,880 - 0	2%	65%
5	Management analysts	170	55,680	$27,980 - 101,090	22%	78%
6	Training and development specialists	140	46,180	$13,480 - 88,290	18%	56%
7	Lawyers	140	103,180	$52,160 - 0	11%	99%
8	Physical therapists	130	65,320	$37,450 - 95,420	27%	89%
9	Social and community service managers	120	49,590	$30,370 - 73,460	25%	72%
10	Financial managers	120	67,780	$42,960 - 104,920	13%	60%
11	Managers, all other	120	59,880	$29,770 - 94,410	7%	55%
12	Self-enrichment education teachers	110	27,640	$16,700 - 49,250	23%	54%
13	Computer programmers	110	57,470	$33,750 - 82,000	0%	73%
14	Biological technicians	110	29,780	$21,700 - 39,670	16%	60%
15	Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	90	26,780	$18,760 - 38,530	20%	87%
16	Civil engineers	90	60,480	$42,720 - 80,410	18%	87%
17	Anthropologists and archeologists	80	45,060	$27,880 - 61,700	15%	90%
18	Sales managers	80	60,290	$29,830 - 112,170	10%	69%
19	Medical and health services managers	80	61,470	$23,670 - 101,430	16%	57%
20	Child, family, and school social workers	80	35,500	$25,100 - 48,300	19%	77%
21	Computer systems analysts	70	65,070	$38,380 - 116,460	29%	68%
22	Natural sciences managers	70	82,150	$59,700 - 116,760	11%	93%
23	Pharmacists	70	66,510	$39,380 - 115,620	22%	97%
24	Mechanical engineers	70	66,600	$49,730 - 104,260	4%	78%
25	Marketing managers	60	39,740	$29,650 - 64,470	14%	69%
26	Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	60	46,570	$23,860 - 69,540	25%	93%
27	Editors	60	43,780	$25,360 - 67,390	2%	81%
28	Social and human service assistants	60	27,640	$20,140 - 36,370	34%	58%
29	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	60	48,930	$26,030 - 76,650	8%	78%
30	Commercial pilots	60	42,140	$20,840 - 63,540	13%	74%
31	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	60	44,460	$24,470 - 70,410	17%	56%
32	Public relations specialists	60	46,020	$22,870 - 64,030	18%	81%
33	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	50	47,150	$26,830 - 88,700	12%	51%
34	Engineering managers	50	83,760	$49,150 - 124,950	7%	84%
35	Network and computer systems administrators	50	49,800	$31,090 - 79,230	27%	50%
36	Dentists, general	50	129,860	$78,940 - 0	9%	100%
37	Conservation scientists	50	58,310	$38,320 - 79,740	5%	86%
38	Computer specialists, all other	50	60,130	$40,750 - 79,880	15%	68%
39	Detectives and criminal investigators	50	59,020	$44,370 - 79,180	17%	54%
40	Graphic designers	40	33,030	$18,690 - 48,910	10%	55%
41	Surveyors	40	44,290	$29,440 - 63,310	24%	82%
42	Physician assistants	40	76,380	$60,530 - 96,960	27%	67%
43	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	40	41,440	$25,540 - 61,410	5%	58%
44	Advertising sales agents	30	34,730	$26,110 - 46,720	20%	56%
45	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	30	43,980	$26,320 - 67,870	18%	56%
46	Special education teachers, secondary school	30	46,120	$30,810 - 66,260	9%	87%
47	Database administrators	30	64,410	$44,140 - 87,520	29%	72%
48	Public relations managers	30	73,750	$42,610 - 130,500	17%	75%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Cashiers	1,960	18,010	$12,600 - 24,110	-2%	10%
2	Waiters and waitresses	1,940	16,280	$11,580 - 26,350	11%	14%
3	Retail salespersons	1,780	21,790	$12,930 - 35,870	12%	25%
4	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,450	13,940	$11,560 - 17,720	18%	5%
5	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	1,160	15,800	$11,810 - 20,920	13%	5%
6	Cooks, fast food	890	13,930	$11,550 - 17,530	8%	5%
7	General and operations managers	860	82,930	$33,960 - [?]	2%	48%
8	Maintenance and repair workers, general	830	28,430	$16,820 - 44,990	10%	6%
9	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	790	25,850	$17,260 - 39,540	1%	18%
10	Cooks, restaurant	780	18,990	$14,540 - 24,780	12%	5%
11	Customer service representatives	780	25,330	$17,090 - 36,620	25%	22%
12	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	740	19,470	$13,600 - 28,370	15%	4%
13	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	710	30,900	$19,610 - 44,880	13%	16%
14	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	680	21,310	$12,180 - 35,500	2%	5%
15	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	640	29,830	$21,480 - 38,830	15%	18%
16	Receptionists and information clerks	610	22,750	$15,120 - 31,950	17%	13%
17	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	590	38,040	$20,750 - 61,200	4%	25%
18	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	550	45,570	$24,610 - 73,930	6%	29%
19	Carpenters	540	39,910	$21,360 - 62,470	10%	6%
20	Dishwashers	520	14,160	$11,610 - 17,800	10%	3%
21	Food preparation workers	500	19,550	$12,630 - 32,160	15%	7%
22	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	470	25,520	$16,500 - 38,840	11%	14%
23	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	420	22,640	$15,970 - 30,530	18%	6%
24	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	410	30,340	$20,420 - 40,170	10%	4%
25	Construction laborers	380	26,110	$17,810 - 33,810	11%	5%
26	Packers and packagers, hand	360	22,790	$12,250 - 37,490	-11%	3%
27	Driver/sales workers	350	16,830	$11,670 - 30,160	-4%	4%
28	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	350	15,280	$11,720 - 19,010	10%	17%
29	Security guards	340	24,800	$16,970 - 35,410	17%	13%
30	Team assemblers	340	24,100	$12,880 - 37,020	0%	5%
31	Bartenders	340	17,930	$11,680 - 32,840	11%	17%
32	Teacher assistants	330	19,210	$13,920 - 25,040	10%	18%
33	Stock clerks and order fillers	330	22,400	$13,140 - 38,080	-7%	8%
34	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	310	26,700	$14,470 - 47,680	8%	4%
35	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	310	14,090	$11,730 - 17,700	10%	8%
36	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	300	13,580	$11,470 - 16,540	12%	6%
37	Business operations specialists, all other	290	46,390	$20,720 - 75,810	21%	49%
38	Electricians	290	41,090	$22,640 - 64,450	7%	7%
39	Home health aides	290	18,750	$13,010 - 23,970	49%	7%
40	Brickmasons and blockmasons	280	26,280	$18,330 - 36,390	10%	3%
41	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	260	27,900	$19,760 - 35,930	4%	15%
42	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	250	27,060	$15,740 - 39,940	4%	6%
43	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	250	34,410	$18,390 - 47,680	14%	4%
44	Food service managers	240	37,050	$23,420 - 56,950	5%	24%
45	All other information and record clerks	220	29,720	$17,910 - 40,330	-12%	21%
46	Medical assistants	220	29,230	$21,840 - 39,390	35%	10%
47	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	220	38,540	$27,020 - 54,200	8%	3%
48	Telemarketers	220	17,180	$12,450 - 26,440	-9%	14%
49	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	210	57,860	$39,440 - 82,250	9%	10%
50	Medical records and health information technicians	200	30,350	$19,740 - 44,120	18%	12%
51	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	200	46,370	$29,760 - 67,730	7%	13%
52	Bus drivers, school	200	23,690	$14,850 - 28,560	9%	4%
53	Recreation workers	190	21,160	$12,690 - 31,910	13%	47%
54	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	180	47,900	$36,520 - 60,920	11%	33%
55	Computer support specialists	180	39,300	$27,400 - 55,270	13%	43%
56	Tellers	180	22,240	$17,240 - 28,410	14%	16%
57	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	180	45,370	$27,670 - 74,330	11%	4%
58	Painters, construction and maintenance	170	22,480	$15,550 - 31,680	12%	6%
59	Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	170	20,250	$12,350 - 36,590	27%	47%
60	Fire fighters	170	32,680	$19,510 - 46,920	12%	18%
61	Food servers, nonrestaurant	170	14,750	$11,630 - 18,010	16%	9%
62	Medical secretaries	160	26,100	$19,040 - 34,360	17%	18%
63	Property, real estate, and community association managers	160	44,930	$23,360 - 64,000	15%	36%
64	Protective service workers, all other	150	38,140	$24,860 - 55,590	13%	31%
65	Counter and rental clerks	150	15,410	$11,640 - 21,050	23%	16%
66	Child care workers	150	17,280	$12,140 - 22,640	18%	15%
67	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	140	26,460	$15,750 - 42,960	13%	11%
68	Cement masons and concrete finishers	140	31,530	$20,440 - 43,910	11%	2%
69	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	140	17,560	$12,180 - 24,250	10%	5%
70	Cooks, short order	140	19,890	$12,800 - 27,030	5%	5%
71	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	140	25,500	$16,710 - 40,520	-6%	14%
72	Highway maintenance workers	130	28,410	$22,200 - 36,430	9%	5%
73	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	130	21,700	$12,810 - 32,420	12%	6%
74	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	130	45,120	$21,660 - 68,700	-4%	15%
75	Industrial truck and tractor operators	120	28,240	$18,410 - 38,330	-1%	2%
76	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	120	22,850	$16,320 - 32,660	11%	5%
77	Lodging managers	120	41,890	$25,160 - 72,240	12%	45%
78	Postal service mail carriers	120	43,270	$33,060 - 56,560	1%	11%
79	Tire repairers and changers	110	22,310	$12,130 - 40,540	20%	6%
80	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	110	26,930	$14,750 - 38,670	3%	18%
81	Bill and account collectors	110	26,490	$21,180 - 32,560	23%	13%
82	Amusement and recreation attendants	100	16,040	$11,660 - 24,070	24%	22%
83	Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	100	32,930	$20,770 - 44,780	11%	29%
84	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	100	44,740	$24,220 - 73,620	0%	42%
85	Administrative services managers	100	54,110	$26,130 - 93,260	12%	40%
86	Dental hygienists	90	71,890	$63,980 - 83,210	30%	33%
87	First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers	90	35,260	$22,130 - 48,130	16%	26%
88	Cardiovascular technologists and technicians	90	50,940	$26,480 - 83,740	26%	25%
89	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	90	31,220	$23,340 - 38,890	4%	30%
90	Drywall and ceiling tile installers	90	25,240	$17,200 - 35,000	7%	2%
91	Insurance sales agents	90	46,770	$17,210 - 78,580	13%	45%
92	Loan officers	90	92,280	$29,900 - [?]	12%	49%
93	Pharmacy technicians	90	21,600	$12,230 - 35,730	32%	16%
94	Parts salespersons	80	28,630	$19,540 - 37,650	-1%	6%
95	Tour guides and escorts	80	24,190	$13,770 - 34,420	21%	29%
96	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	80	38,310	$18,600 - 57,800	10%	17%
97	Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	80	22,890	$17,300 - 28,940	12%	3%
98	Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers	80	31,430	$15,420 - 47,140	14%	11%
99	Correctional officers and jailers	80	32,900	$26,880 - 39,390	17%	11%
100	Construction managers	80	84,220	$41,430 - [?]	16%	29%

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Jobs More Common Near Flagstaff Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Lodging managers	41,890	120	14.8
Brickmasons and blockmasons	26,280	280	7.5
Protective service workers, all other	38,140	150	7
Biological technicians	29,780	110	6.1
Cooks, fast food	13,930	890	4.9
Highway maintenance workers	28,410	130	4.6
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	15,800	1,160	4
Tire repairers and changers	22,310	110	3.9
Medical records and health information technicians	30,350	200	3.8
Food service managers	37,050	240	3.7
Social and community service managers	49,590	120	3.5
Dishwashers	14,160	520	3.1
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	15,280	350	2.9
Cooks, restaurant	18,990	780	2.9
Property, real estate, and community association managers	44,930	160	2.9
Food servers, nonrestaurant	14,750	170	2.8
All other information and record clerks	29,720	220	2.8
Driver/sales workers	16,830	350	2.7
Cooks, short order	19,890	140	2.6
Fire fighters	32,680	170	2.5
Physical therapists	65,320	130	2.5
Waiters and waitresses	16,280	1,940	2.5
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	20,250	170	2.4
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	26,460	140	2.3
Self-enrichment education teachers	27,640	110	2.2
Recreation workers	21,160	190	2.2
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	13,580	300	2.1
Bartenders	17,930	340	2.1
Training and development specialists	46,180	140	2
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	17,560	140	1.9
Cement masons and concrete finishers	31,530	140	1.9
Maintenance and repair workers, general	28,430	830	1.9
Telemarketers	17,180	220	1.9
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	38,540	220	1.9
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	14,090	310	1.9
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	25,520	470	1.8
Painters, construction and maintenance	22,480	170	1.8
Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	32,930	100	1.8
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	13,940	1,450	1.8
Chief executives	108,270	180	1.8
Food preparation workers	19,550	500	1.7
Cashiers	18,010	1,960	1.7
Bus drivers, school	23,690	200	1.7
Carpenters	39,910	540	1.6
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	26,930	110	1.6
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	38,040	590	1.6
Receptionists and information clerks	22,750	610	1.6
Medical assistants	29,230	220	1.5
General and operations managers	82,930	860	1.5
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	27,900	260	1.4

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Flagstaff, Arizona Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Protective service workers, all other	38,140	1.27	150
Packers and packagers, hand	22,790	1.2	360
Medical assistants	29,230	1.12	220
Carpenters	39,910	1.09	540
Food preparation workers	19,550	1.09	500
Security guards	24,800	1.08	340
Cooks, short order	19,890	1.08	140
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	47,900	1.08	180
Lawyers	103,180	1.07	140
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	57,860	1.06	210
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	45,570	1.05	550
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	22,850	1.05	120
Medical records and health information technicians	30,350	1.04	200
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	45,370	1.04	180
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	30,900	1.03	710
Cashiers	18,010	1.03	1,960
Registered nurses	57,970	1.03	530
Bartenders	17,930	1.02	340
Stock clerks and order fillers	22,400	1.02	330
Receptionists and information clerks	22,750	1.02	610
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	27,060	1.02	250
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	26,700	1.01	310
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	38,040	1.01	590
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	22,640	1.01	420
Industrial truck and tractor operators	28,240	1	120
Tellers	22,240	1	180
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	34,410	0.99	250
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	27,900	0.99	260
Waiters and waitresses	16,280	0.99	1,940
Tire repairers and changers	22,310	0.99	110
Postal service mail carriers	43,270	0.99	120
Computer support specialists	39,300	0.99	180
Training and development specialists	46,180	0.98	140
Physical therapists	65,320	0.97	130
Child care workers	17,280	0.97	150
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	38,540	0.96	220
All other information and record clerks	29,720	0.96	220
Accountants and auditors	52,610	0.96	350
Bus drivers, school	23,690	0.95	200
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	21,700	0.95	130
Computer programmers	57,470	0.95	110
Home health aides	18,750	0.95	290
Medical secretaries	26,100	0.94	160
Team assemblers	24,100	0.94	340
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	15,280	0.94	350
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	17,560	0.94	140
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	21,310	0.94	680
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	25,850	0.94	790
Social and community service managers	49,590	0.94	120
Cooks, restaurant	18,990	0.94	780

Highest Paying Jobs in Flagstaff, Arizona Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Family and general practitioners	133,950	40
Dentists, general	129,860	50
Physicians and surgeons, all other	122,430	40
Chief executives	108,270	180
Lawyers	103,180	140
Loan officers	92,280	90
Engineers, all other	85,850
Construction managers	84,220	80
Engineering managers	83,760	50
General and operations managers	82,930	860
Natural sciences managers	82,150	70
Physician assistants	76,380	40
Public relations managers	73,750	30
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	72,540	50
Dental hygienists	71,890	90
Financial managers	67,780	120
Mechanical engineers	66,600	70
Pharmacists	66,510	70
Physical therapists	65,320	130
Computer systems analysts	65,070	70
Database administrators	64,410	30
Hydrologists	63,820
Medical and health services managers	61,470	80
Civil engineers	60,480	90
Sales managers	60,290	80
Computer specialists, all other	60,130	50
Managers, all other	59,880	120
Detectives and criminal investigators	59,020	50
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	58,740	80
Conservation scientists	58,310	50
Registered nurses	57,970	530
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	57,860	210
Computer programmers	57,470	110
Management analysts	55,680	170
Administrative services managers	54,110	100
Accountants and auditors	52,610	350
Real estate sales agents	52,020	60
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	51,670	70
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians	50,940	90
Network and computer systems administrators	49,800	50
Social and community service managers	49,590	120
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	48,930	60
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	48,790	80
Construction and building inspectors	48,260	40
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	47,900	180
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	47,150	50
Insurance sales agents	46,770	90
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	46,570	60
Business operations specialists, all other	46,390	290
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	46,370	200

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