| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
|---|
| 1 | Registered nurses | 7,830 | 69,630 | $50,900 - 89,060 | 24% | 56% |
| 2 | Accountants and auditors | 7,240 | 81,580 | $45,040 - 129,350 | 18% | 79% |
| 3 | Elementary school teachers, except special education | 5,360 | 66,820 | $45,270 - 95,760 | 14% | 95% |
| 4 | Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 5,300 | 162,000 | $60,000 - | 25% | 67% |
| 5 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 5,290 | 71,510 | $34,220 - 125,660 | 8% | 51% |
| 6 | Financial managers | 4,700 | 129,800 | $64,810 - | 13% | 60% |
| 7 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 4,190 | 70,010 | $44,050 - 98,810 | 6% | 96% |
| 8 | Financial analysts | 3,360 | 114,290 | $50,970 - | 34% | 87% |
| 9 | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 3,220 | 68,290 | $47,450 - 96,330 | 11% | 95% |
| 10 | Management analysts | 2,600 | 115,040 | $51,820 - | 22% | 78% |
| 11 | Lawyers | 2,530 | 123,440 | $51,480 - | 11% | 99% |
| 12 | Computer software engineers, applications | 2,380 | 95,500 | $60,560 - 134,780 | 45% | 85% |
| 13 | Sales managers | 2,350 | 128,530 | $59,440 - | 10% | 69% |
| 14 | Marketing managers | 2,110 | 120,990 | $56,770 - | 14% | 69% |
| 15 | Computer and information systems managers | 2,050 | 129,420 | $71,880 - | 16% | 73% |
| 16 | Computer programmers | 2,010 | 88,370 | $48,840 - 135,200 | 0% | 73% |
| 17 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 1,970 | 91,960 | $49,290 - 149,700 | 12% | 51% |
| 18 | Computer systems analysts | 1,940 | 95,040 | $59,220 - 142,400 | 29% | 68% |
| 19 | Social and human service assistants | 1,760 | 41,870 | $30,340 - 51,260 | 34% | 58% |
| 20 | Personal financial advisors | 1,730 | 122,690 | $48,470 - | 41% | 81% |
| 21 | Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,670 | 102,420 | $62,430 - 151,770 | 28% | 85% |
| 22 | Market research analysts | 1,430 | 76,540 | $40,830 - 126,970 | 20% | 82% |
| 23 | Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,420 | 71,690 | $34,910 - 114,720 | 18% | 56% |
| 24 | Network and computer systems administrators | 1,260 | 81,290 | $47,650 - 119,360 | 27% | 50% |
| 25 | Teachers and instructors, all other | 1,210 | 59,640 | $35,360 - 97,000 | 9% | 54% |
| 26 | Graphic designers | 1,160 | 62,810 | $34,690 - 100,500 | 10% | 55% |
| 27 | Chief executives | 1,100 | 204,210 | $111,490 - | 2% | 65% |
| 28 | Engineers, all other | 1,030 | 81,030 | $53,040 - 111,960 | 6% | 82% |
| 29 | Network systems and data communications analysts | 1,020 | 80,250 | $54,730 - 118,900 | 53% | 57% |
| 30 | Database administrators | 960 | 71,150 | $39,530 - 110,480 | 29% | 72% |
| 31 | Self-enrichment education teachers | 920 | 53,630 | $28,290 - 90,140 | 23% | 54% |
| 32 | Engineering managers | 900 | 125,770 | $81,790 - | 7% | 84% |
| 33 | Training and development specialists | 880 | 60,980 | $35,570 - 86,260 | 18% | 56% |
| 34 | Industrial engineers | 880 | 76,850 | $54,060 - 102,390 | 20% | 74% |
| 35 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 870 | 110,120 | $64,030 - 145,340 | 8% | 78% |
| 36 | Coaches and scouts | 840 | 39,110 | $16,440 - 73,090 | 15% | 60% |
| 37 | Child, family, and school social workers | 830 | 62,070 | $39,890 - 86,760 | 19% | 77% |
| 38 | Special education teachers, secondary school | 820 | 74,370 | $53,630 - 99,200 | 9% | 87% |
| 39 | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 760 | 64,910 | $44,430 - 90,880 | 20% | 87% |
| 40 | Mechanical engineers | 720 | 73,500 | $52,520 - 102,380 | 4% | 78% |
| 41 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 720 | 63,740 | $32,410 - 97,880 | 13% | 73% |
| 42 | Managers, all other | 710 | 101,840 | $52,220 - | 7% | 55% |
| 43 | Medical and health services managers | 700 | 87,330 | $53,820 - 129,600 | 16% | 57% |
| 44 | Social and community service managers | 690 | 73,340 | $40,020 - 122,490 | 25% | 72% |
| 45 | Public relations specialists | 680 | 54,330 | $30,240 - 83,350 | 18% | 81% |
| 46 | Rehabilitation counselors | 670 | 42,760 | $24,410 - 69,930 | 23% | 73% |
| 47 | Physical therapists | 660 | | $ - | 27% | 89% |
| 48 | Advertising sales agents | 660 | 93,500 | $36,370 - | 20% | 56% |
| 49 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 640 | 88,270 | $47,030 - 163,380 | 5% | 58% |
| 50 | Electrical engineers | 620 | 80,450 | $55,330 - 105,580 | 6% | 81% |
| 51 | Pharmacists | 580 | 111,000 | $89,150 - 133,270 | 22% | 97% |
| 52 | Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 520 | 49,370 | $32,730 - 67,640 | 30% | 77% |
| 53 | Insurance underwriters | 510 | | $ - | 6% | 53% |
| 54 | Librarians | 500 | 65,240 | $43,940 - 93,150 | 4% | 85% |
| 55 | Occupational therapists | 490 | 74,640 | $40,450 - 127,350 | 23% | 90% |
| 56 | Community and social service specialists, all other | 480 | 43,740 | $26,540 - 68,390 | 25% | 58% |
| 57 | Editors | 480 | 57,280 | $32,830 - 83,740 | 2% | 81% |
| 58 | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 470 | 70,680 | $45,360 - 100,180 | 17% | 56% |
| 59 | Civil engineers | 460 | 78,720 | $52,500 - 103,860 | 18% | 87% |
| 60 | Human resources managers, all other | 450 | 126,670 | $65,990 - | 11% | 58% |
| 61 | Mental health counselors | 420 | 42,140 | $27,020 - 61,570 | 30% | 73% |
| 62 | Purchasing managers | 420 | 99,490 | $53,300 - 134,430 | 3% | 57% |
| 63 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 410 | 51,300 | $34,500 - 76,590 | 15% | 51% |
| 64 | Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 410 | 74,760 | $43,490 - 102,850 | 16% | 99% |
| 65 | Special education teachers, middle school | 390 | 70,930 | $47,350 - 98,700 | 16% | 87% |
| 66 | Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 390 | 63,880 | $39,950 - 86,370 | 0% | 96% |
| 67 | Electronics engineers, except computer | 390 | 84,500 | $54,930 - 119,910 | 4% | 81% |
| 68 | Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 390 | 66,620 | $35,780 - 103,710 | 18% | 56% |
| 69 | Operations research analysts | 390 | 73,080 | $46,500 - 102,260 | 11% | 71% |
| 70 | Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 370 | 64,440 | $44,360 - 84,470 | 12% | 51% |
| 71 | Public relations managers | 370 | 115,320 | $53,030 - | 17% | 75% |
| 72 | Speech-language pathologists | 340 | 79,470 | $47,520 - 123,830 | 11% | 98% |
| 73 | Medical and public health social workers | 340 | 60,560 | $41,420 - 85,760 | 24% | 77% |
| 74 | Natural sciences managers | 330 | 147,750 | $78,040 - | 11% | 93% |
| 75 | Compensation and benefits managers | 300 | 99,260 | $52,870 - 160,730 | 12% | 58% |
| 76 | Architects, except landscape and naval | 290 | 100,690 | $56,110 - | 18% | 88% |
| 77 | Credit analysts | 290 | 67,260 | $39,090 - 101,400 | 2% | 60% |
| 78 | Education administrators, postsecondary | 290 | 78,280 | $41,500 - 122,670 | 14% | 78% |
| 79 | Interior designers | 290 | 53,040 | $23,870 - 89,380 | 20% | 55% |
| 80 | Instructional coordinators | 280 | 72,270 | $34,320 - 116,690 | 23% | 79% |
| 81 | Meeting and convention planners | 280 | 64,180 | $41,530 - 89,750 | 20% | 67% |
| 82 | Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 280 | 40,590 | $26,370 - 61,680 | 34% | 73% |
| 83 | Art directors | 280 | 84,730 | $44,130 - 152,590 | 9% | 58% |
| 84 | Physician assistants | 260 | 97,120 | $68,180 - 125,630 | 27% | 67% |
| 85 | Floral designers | 250 | 30,440 | $20,060 - 40,550 | 0% | 55% |
| 86 | Chemists | 230 | | $ - | 9% | 93% |
| 87 | Writers and authors | 220 | 69,310 | $34,140 - 99,310 | 13% | 84% |
| 88 | Detectives and criminal investigators | 220 | 69,290 | $55,130 - 94,960 | 17% | 54% |
| 89 | Training and development managers | 210 | 93,690 | $55,830 - 137,260 | 16% | 58% |
| 90 | Landscape architects | 210 | 73,420 | $37,790 - 120,360 | 16% | 88% |
| 91 | Financial examiners | 210 | 87,940 | $56,630 - 128,480 | 11% | 76% |
| 92 | Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 200 | 48,570 | $29,830 - 72,630 | 24% | 78% |
| 93 | Advertising and promotions managers | 200 | 104,640 | $48,660 - | 6% | 76% |
| 94 | Commercial and industrial designers | 200 | 74,160 | $43,730 - 102,670 | 7% | 55% |
| 95 | Actuaries | 190 | 104,700 | $54,180 - | 24% | 99% |
| 96 | Veterinarians | 190 | 136,570 | $63,220 - | 35% | 100% |
| 97 | Sales and related workers, all other | 190 | 66,170 | $26,170 - 161,910 | 14% | 62% |
| 98 | Athletes and sports competitors | 180 | 54,280 | $30,590 - 109,450 | 19% | 60% |
| 99 | Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 180 | 40,950 | $16,760 - 69,160 | 14% | 54% |
| 100 | Sales engineers | 170 | 78,310 | $50,450 - 106,460 | 9% | 79% |
| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
|---|
| 1 | Retail salespersons | 16,310 | 29,750 | $17,200 - 50,390 | 12% | 25% |
| 2 | Cashiers | 10,570 | 21,330 | $16,390 - 29,400 | -2% | 10% |
| 3 | General and operations managers | 9,170 | 151,360 | $62,760 - | 2% | 48% |
| 4 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 8,560 | 28,940 | $17,190 - 47,850 | 15% | 4% |
| 5 | Office clerks, general | 7,990 | 31,320 | $19,000 - 45,080 | 13% | 19% |
| 6 | Customer service representatives | 7,650 | 40,620 | $24,490 - 62,810 | 25% | 22% |
| 7 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 7,310 | 42,530 | $27,190 - 61,770 | 13% | 16% |
| 8 | Waiters and waitresses | 6,930 | 21,290 | $15,920 - 33,860 | 11% | 14% |
| 9 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 6,750 | 50,280 | $31,400 - 72,600 | 15% | 18% |
| 10 | Teacher assistants | 6,690 | 29,190 | $17,420 - 40,830 | 10% | 18% |
| 11 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 6,640 | 36,560 | $23,390 - 51,050 | 1% | 18% |
| 12 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 6,460 | 52,720 | $32,200 - 79,130 | 6% | 29% |
| 13 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 5,310 | 30,580 | $23,650 - 38,890 | 18% | 7% |
| 14 | Receptionists and information clerks | 4,940 | 30,870 | $20,550 - 42,560 | 17% | 13% |
| 15 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 4,840 | 27,800 | $17,970 - 42,340 | 2% | 5% |
| 16 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 4,560 | 29,600 | $18,450 - 41,660 | 18% | 6% |
| 17 | Stock clerks and order fillers | 4,430 | 25,530 | $17,360 - 39,280 | -7% | 8% |
| 18 | Security guards | 4,400 | 27,570 | $18,880 - 40,900 | 17% | 13% |
| 19 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 4,130 | 46,320 | $24,350 - 77,210 | 4% | 25% |
| 20 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 3,960 | 20,660 | $16,720 - 25,830 | 18% | 5% |
| 21 | Food preparation workers | 3,560 | 23,080 | $17,020 - 31,140 | 15% | 7% |
| 22 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 3,070 | 32,550 | $17,780 - 56,880 | 8% | 4% |
| 23 | Packers and packagers, hand | 2,360 | 22,640 | $16,720 - 31,880 | -11% | 3% |
| 24 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 2,300 | 30,870 | $19,520 - 44,770 | 4% | 6% |
| 25 | Maintenance and repair workers, general | 2,300 | 42,130 | $23,810 - 61,500 | 10% | 6% |
| 26 | Team assemblers | 2,120 | 28,480 | $17,910 - 42,830 | 0% | 5% |
| 27 | Preschool teachers, except special education | 2,100 | 31,580 | $19,200 - 50,140 | 26% | 43% |
| 28 | Construction laborers | 2,090 | 38,960 | $25,140 - 55,040 | 11% | 5% |
| 29 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 2,090 | 44,170 | $28,840 - 61,290 | 10% | 4% |
| 30 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 2,080 | 58,350 | $42,740 - 75,620 | 11% | 33% |
| 31 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 2,040 | 33,160 | $16,640 - 61,080 | 12% | 6% |
| 32 | Cooks, restaurant | 2,030 | 31,590 | $21,750 - 42,880 | 12% | 5% |
| 33 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 2,020 | 45,440 | $25,540 - 70,740 | 14% | 4% |
| 34 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,980 | 22,820 | $17,260 - 30,240 | 13% | 5% |
| 35 | Carpenters | 1,980 | 50,020 | $33,790 - 69,920 | 10% | 6% |
| 36 | Computer support specialists | 1,920 | 55,080 | $34,220 - 80,370 | 13% | 43% |
| 37 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,910 | 20,750 | $16,700 - 27,590 | 10% | 8% |
| 38 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,880 | 39,040 | $26,940 - 52,790 | 4% | 15% |
| 39 | Child care workers | 1,810 | 23,900 | $17,490 - 31,210 | 18% | 15% |
| 40 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 1,800 | 54,630 | $43,660 - 65,540 | 14% | 7% |
| 41 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,770 | 61,390 | $31,490 - 94,470 | -4% | 15% |
| 42 | Helpers--production workers | 1,750 | 22,780 | $17,010 - 30,760 | 0% | 4% |
| 43 | Home health aides | 1,740 | 28,530 | $21,910 - 38,840 | 49% | 7% |
| 44 | Recreation workers | 1,740 | 29,010 | $17,200 - 51,940 | 13% | 47% |
| 45 | Sales representatives, services, all other | 1,680 | 80,410 | $31,640 - 151,660 | 28% | 48% |
| 46 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,660 | 42,240 | $21,280 - 64,960 | -6% | 14% |
| 47 | Bartenders | 1,620 | 20,970 | $15,920 - 30,660 | 11% | 17% |
| 48 | Bus drivers, school | 1,610 | 33,420 | $25,590 - 41,810 | 9% | 4% |
| 49 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,560 | 40,200 | $24,970 - 61,470 | 11% | 14% |
| 50 | Machinists | 1,560 | 40,380 | $21,640 - 61,890 | -2% | 3% |
| 51 | Tellers | 1,540 | 28,920 | $22,240 - 37,670 | 14% | 16% |
| 52 | Dishwashers | 1,480 | 20,180 | $16,450 - 24,760 | 10% | 3% |
| 53 | Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 1,480 | 46,680 | $21,940 - 81,970 | 27% | 47% |
| 54 | Postal service mail carriers | 1,370 | | | 1% | 11% |
| 55 | Telemarketers | 1,340 | 27,600 | $17,750 - 38,580 | -9% | 14% |
| 56 | Administrative services managers | 1,290 | 85,070 | $40,090 - 142,630 | 12% | 40% |
| 57 | Medical assistants | 1,280 | 35,030 | $26,050 - 44,850 | 35% | 10% |
| 58 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 1,270 | 56,890 | $31,590 - 81,300 | 11% | 4% |
| 59 | Electricians | 1,260 | 54,230 | $30,940 - 79,530 | 7% | 7% |
| 60 | Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 1,250 | 33,110 | $22,370 - 47,420 | 10% | 24% |
| 61 | Business operations specialists, all other | 1,230 | 70,830 | $30,360 - 108,750 | 21% | 49% |
| 62 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 1,210 | 50,730 | $32,200 - 73,480 | 4% | 30% |
| 63 | Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 1,200 | 35,950 | $20,520 - 59,840 | 13% | 15% |
| 64 | Paralegals and legal assistants | 1,200 | 50,450 | $32,750 - 67,600 | 22% | 45% |
| 65 | Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 1,150 | 29,780 | $19,510 - 42,990 | -26% | 6% |
| 66 | Parking lot attendants | 1,150 | 22,790 | $17,170 - 30,690 | 12% | 14% |
| 67 | Cooks, fast food | 1,150 | 21,070 | $16,620 - 32,440 | 8% | 5% |
| 68 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 1,130 | 70,830 | $39,300 - 101,900 | 9% | 10% |
| 69 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1,090 | 66,590 | $39,780 - 97,890 | 0% | 42% |
| 70 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,080 | 73,290 | $42,550 - 102,720 | 7% | 13% |
| 71 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 1,050 | 86,650 | $48,280 - 151,300 | 4% | 38% |
| 72 | Bill and account collectors | 1,040 | 42,550 | $30,110 - 56,820 | 23% | 13% |
| 73 | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 1,030 | 30,010 | $17,100 - 43,760 | -4% | 5% |
| 74 | Order clerks | 1,030 | 30,680 | $19,240 - 42,420 | -23% | 16% |
| 75 | Personal and home care aides | 1,000 | 21,480 | $17,020 - 28,320 | 51% | 10% |
| 76 | Insurance sales agents | 990 | 91,510 | $41,320 - | 13% | 45% |
| 77 | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 960 | 53,770 | $31,730 - 76,050 | 9% | 3% |
| 78 | Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 930 | 63,720 | $43,780 - 83,720 | 9% | 47% |
| 79 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 930 | 22,900 | $16,730 - 31,720 | 14% | 3% |
| 80 | Loan officers | 920 | 81,500 | $39,190 - 137,180 | 12% | 49% |
| 81 | Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 920 | 45,720 | $24,770 - 63,600 | 2% | 11% |
| 82 | Counter and rental clerks | 910 | 24,360 | $16,710 - 41,190 | 23% | 16% |
| 83 | Postsecondary teachers, all other | 890 | 64,930 | $44,770 - 92,410 | 0% | 0% |
| 84 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 870 | 20,210 | $15,910 - 29,170 | 12% | 6% |
| 85 | Dental assistants | 860 | 39,300 | $28,480 - 50,900 | 29% | 9% |
| 86 | Industrial production managers | 820 | 100,010 | $68,600 - 133,370 | -5% | 43% |
| 87 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 820 | 31,110 | $18,400 - 44,060 | 11% | 5% |
| 88 | Dental hygienists | 780 | 74,850 | $52,800 - 96,900 | 30% | 33% |
| 89 | Fire fighters | 780 | 54,690 | $16,740 - 69,640 | 12% | 18% |
| 90 | Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 760 | 24,260 | $16,880 - 37,980 | 19% | 31% |
| 91 | Industrial truck and tractor operators | 760 | 33,290 | $22,090 - 47,770 | -1% | 2% |
| 92 | Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 740 | 40,260 | $27,630 - 53,250 | 0% | 22% |
| 93 | Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 720 | 32,310 | $19,100 - 43,640 | -8% | 6% |
| 94 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 720 | 62,490 | $41,530 - 89,080 | 8% | 3% |
| 95 | Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 700 | 38,950 | $23,730 - 56,160 | 8% | 9% |
| 96 | Cooks, short order | 690 | 22,490 | $16,840 - 30,660 | 5% | 5% |
| 97 | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 690 | 30,770 | $19,810 - 45,710 | -14% | 0% |
| 98 | Construction managers | 680 | 104,910 | $53,560 - | 16% | 29% |
| 99 | Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 670 | 33,070 | $21,050 - 50,110 | 12% | 0% |
| 100 | Data entry keyers | 670 | 30,250 | $19,840 - 41,650 | -4% | 18% |