| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
|---|
| 1 | Registered nurses | 2,400 | 65,700 | $47,760 - 83,630 | 24% | 56% |
| 2 | Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,280 | 61,740 | $41,970 - 81,690 | 14% | 95% |
| 3 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 950 | 62,570 | $43,610 - 81,390 | 6% | 96% |
| 4 | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 760 | 62,820 | $44,380 - 81,790 | 11% | 95% |
| 5 | Accountants and auditors | 720 | 56,030 | $31,170 - 89,000 | 18% | 79% |
| 6 | Computer software engineers, applications | 690 | 94,530 | $61,870 - 131,620 | 45% | 85% |
| 7 | Computer systems analysts | 600 | 86,920 | $56,610 - 125,870 | 29% | 68% |
| 8 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 560 | 63,670 | $32,910 - 100,470 | 8% | 51% |
| 9 | Financial managers | 540 | 79,070 | $42,860 - 120,370 | 13% | 60% |
| 10 | Social and human service assistants | 490 | 37,400 | $22,260 - 55,170 | 34% | 58% |
| 11 | Engineering managers | 490 | 133,400 | $69,030 - | 7% | 84% |
| 12 | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 380 | 65,590 | $47,230 - 81,020 | 20% | 87% |
| 13 | Computer and information systems managers | 370 | 99,510 | $66,720 - 138,090 | 16% | 73% |
| 14 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 370 | 58,720 | $34,600 - 95,180 | 12% | 51% |
| 15 | Teachers and instructors, all other | 370 | 66,250 | $27,450 - 120,020 | 9% | 54% |
| 16 | Chief executives | 360 | 157,120 | $70,630 - | 2% | 65% |
| 17 | Child, family, and school social workers | 350 | 58,470 | $31,840 - 80,020 | 19% | 77% |
| 18 | Marketing managers | 330 | 87,920 | $46,700 - 161,130 | 14% | 69% |
| 19 | Sales managers | 310 | 115,130 | $45,220 - | 10% | 69% |
| 20 | Lawyers | 300 | 123,000 | $53,930 - | 11% | 99% |
| 21 | Medical and health services managers | 290 | 98,340 | $58,340 - 138,040 | 16% | 57% |
| 22 | Training and development specialists | 280 | 54,470 | $27,160 - 100,880 | 18% | 56% |
| 23 | Social and community service managers | 260 | 55,030 | $32,330 - 88,070 | 25% | 72% |
| 24 | Coaches and scouts | 260 | 20,990 | $15,780 - 30,540 | 15% | 60% |
| 25 | Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 250 | 43,500 | $27,940 - 66,640 | 30% | 77% |
| 26 | Special education teachers, secondary school | 250 | 62,610 | $48,960 - 79,900 | 9% | 87% |
| 27 | Managers, all other | 250 | 85,180 | $49,690 - 125,820 | 7% | 55% |
| 28 | Civil engineers | 250 | 80,220 | $60,880 - 102,910 | 18% | 87% |
| 29 | Computer programmers | 240 | 70,360 | $42,600 - 103,910 | 0% | 73% |
| 30 | Librarians | 230 | 55,520 | $37,300 - 78,540 | 4% | 85% |
| 31 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 210 | 56,670 | $31,080 - 79,360 | 13% | 73% |
| 32 | Pharmacists | 200 | 101,930 | $74,840 - 130,550 | 22% | 97% |
| 33 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 190 | 95,630 | $58,500 - 127,980 | 8% | 78% |
| 34 | Physical therapists | 190 | 73,680 | $56,520 - 98,990 | 27% | 89% |
| 35 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 180 | 59,740 | $28,640 - 100,270 | 5% | 58% |
| 36 | Network and computer systems administrators | 180 | 69,640 | $44,840 - 98,730 | 27% | 50% |
| 37 | Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 180 | 50,520 | $24,360 - 79,520 | 18% | 56% |
| 38 | Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 170 | 65,150 | $43,310 - 95,260 | 16% | 99% |
| 39 | Rehabilitation counselors | 160 | 45,350 | $29,240 - 70,450 | 23% | 73% |
| 40 | Chemists | 160 | 72,770 | $36,670 - 109,870 | 9% | 93% |
| 41 | Management analysts | 160 | 80,170 | $48,180 - 117,200 | 22% | 78% |
| 42 | Community and social service specialists, all other | 150 | 44,920 | $30,040 - 76,200 | 25% | 58% |
| 43 | Special education teachers, middle school | 140 | 64,270 | $44,690 - 81,930 | 16% | 87% |
| 44 | Market research analysts | 140 | | $ - | 20% | 82% |
| 45 | Network systems and data communications analysts | 140 | 66,690 | $45,770 - 84,430 | 53% | 57% |
| 46 | Graphic designers | 140 | 46,010 | $29,990 - 69,270 | 10% | 55% |
| 47 | Self-enrichment education teachers | 140 | 46,470 | $30,520 - 71,500 | 23% | 54% |
| 48 | Financial analysts | 140 | 78,470 | $52,490 - 104,410 | 34% | 87% |
| 49 | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 130 | 56,340 | $30,700 - 92,340 | 17% | 56% |
| 50 | Medical and public health social workers | 130 | 55,380 | $33,910 - 77,100 | 24% | 77% |
| 51 | Industrial engineers | 120 | 76,500 | $49,330 - 107,860 | 20% | 74% |
| 52 | Technical writers | 110 | | $ - | 20% | 74% |
| 53 | Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 110 | 64,440 | $54,050 - 81,260 | 12% | 51% |
| 54 | Speech-language pathologists | 110 | 80,780 | $49,590 - 145,190 | 11% | 98% |
| 55 | Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 100 | 52,210 | $34,490 - 78,070 | 18% | 56% |
| 56 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 100 | 48,380 | $31,470 - 73,560 | 15% | 51% |
| 57 | Purchasing managers | 100 | 73,360 | $46,730 - 108,100 | 3% | 57% |
| 58 | Public relations specialists | 100 | 50,840 | $29,020 - 81,140 | 18% | 81% |
| 59 | Occupational therapists | 90 | 67,200 | $45,620 - 89,430 | 23% | 90% |
| 60 | Instructional coordinators | 90 | 58,280 | $29,420 - 92,470 | 23% | 79% |
| 61 | Physician assistants | 90 | 87,850 | $71,420 - 104,950 | 27% | 67% |
| 62 | Sales engineers | 80 | 78,750 | $54,890 - 102,170 | 9% | 79% |
| 63 | Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 80 | 48,270 | $28,020 - 81,060 | 24% | 78% |
| 64 | Electronics engineers, except computer | 80 | 82,710 | $57,770 - 119,930 | 4% | 81% |
| 65 | Human resources managers, all other | 80 | 87,610 | $54,960 - 128,140 | 11% | 58% |
| 66 | Floral designers | 80 | 26,240 | $20,270 - 33,870 | 0% | 55% |
| 67 | Education, training, and library workers, all other | 80 | 49,460 | $15,760 - 93,300 | 11% | 79% |
| 68 | Dentists, general | 80 | 164,620 | $90,720 - | 9% | 100% |
| 69 | Public relations managers | 80 | 72,430 | $41,000 - 111,700 | 17% | 75% |
| 70 | Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 70 | 113,930 | $38,540 - | 25% | 67% |
| 71 | Engineers, all other | 70 | 99,580 | $66,380 - 129,380 | 6% | 82% |
| 72 | Compensation and benefits managers | 70 | 73,340 | $45,820 - 106,110 | 12% | 58% |
| 73 | Detectives and criminal investigators | 70 | 69,370 | $42,010 - 103,280 | 17% | 54% |
| 74 | Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 70 | 42,350 | $26,750 - 62,670 | 34% | 73% |
| 75 | Computer specialists, all other | 70 | 81,960 | $58,890 - 110,980 | 15% | 68% |
| 76 | Statisticians | 60 | 52,930 | $44,150 - 69,880 | 9% | 93% |
| 77 | Dietitians and nutritionists | 60 | 55,910 | $42,580 - 68,040 | 9% | 72% |
| 78 | Editors | 60 | | $ - | 2% | 81% |
| 79 | Education administrators, postsecondary | 60 | 103,790 | $42,540 - 157,180 | 14% | 78% |
| 80 | Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 60 | 35,790 | $22,010 - 59,850 | 11% | 55% |
| 81 | Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 50 | 76,400 | $50,170 - 107,660 | 25% | 93% |
| 82 | Veterinarians | 50 | 84,250 | $65,990 - 116,120 | 35% | 100% |
| 83 | Advertising and promotions managers | 50 | 69,760 | $25,430 - 129,790 | 6% | 76% |
| 84 | Advertising sales agents | 50 | 48,650 | $26,950 - 72,280 | 20% | 56% |
| 85 | Database administrators | 50 | 71,600 | $40,070 - 111,680 | 29% | 72% |
| 86 | Social workers, all other | 50 | 52,500 | $31,000 - 76,910 | 18% | 77% |
| 87 | Budget analysts | 50 | 61,960 | $44,270 - 83,260 | 7% | 78% |
| 88 | Marriage and family therapists | 40 | 48,460 | $33,780 - 68,570 | 30% | 73% |
| 89 | Environmental engineers | 40 | 81,260 | $57,780 - 103,950 | 25% | 86% |
| 90 | Health educators | 40 | 43,670 | $22,320 - 70,040 | 26% | 58% |
| 91 | Occupational health and safety specialists | 40 | 64,190 | $43,330 - 83,240 | 8% | 72% |
| 92 | Recreational therapists | 40 | 43,180 | $24,660 - 64,780 | 4% | 77% |
| 93 | Financial specialists, all other | 40 | 59,290 | $31,410 - 93,220 | 12% | 50% |
| 94 | Credit analysts | 40 | 49,140 | $32,080 - 66,460 | 2% | 60% |
| 95 | Producers and directors | 40 | 74,110 | $34,520 - 146,650 | 11% | 75% |
| 96 | Meeting and convention planners | 40 | 51,140 | $28,910 - 76,090 | 20% | 67% |
| 97 | Private detectives and investigators | 40 | 38,620 | $24,300 - 50,940 | 18% | 52% |
| 98 | Legislators | 30 | 27,500 | $16,440 - 65,650 | 1% | 65% |
| 99 | Operations research analysts | 30 | 74,770 | $29,540 - 104,740 | 11% | 71% |
| 100 | Postmasters and mail superintendents | 30 | 64,330 | $52,060 - 79,920 | 0% | 55% |
| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
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| 1 | Retail salespersons | 4,770 | 25,010 | $16,620 - 37,360 | 12% | 25% |
| 2 | Cashiers | 4,680 | 20,820 | $16,590 - 26,890 | -2% | 10% |
| 3 | Waiters and waitresses | 3,400 | 21,670 | $16,440 - 35,100 | 11% | 14% |
| 4 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,990 | 29,810 | $19,150 - 44,600 | 15% | 4% |
| 5 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 2,420 | 19,220 | $16,540 - 23,450 | 18% | 5% |
| 6 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 2,410 | 34,770 | $22,150 - 49,490 | 1% | 18% |
| 7 | Teacher assistants | 2,360 | 25,850 | $19,060 - 32,260 | 10% | 18% |
| 8 | Office clerks, general | 2,000 | 30,390 | $21,330 - 43,050 | 13% | 19% |
| 9 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,780 | 28,610 | $21,960 - 36,030 | 18% | 7% |
| 10 | Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,690 | 25,610 | $17,300 - 37,600 | -7% | 8% |
| 11 | Security guards | 1,660 | 28,510 | $19,110 - 44,450 | 17% | 13% |
| 12 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,590 | 20,710 | $16,710 - 26,570 | 13% | 5% |
| 13 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,580 | 34,930 | $22,990 - 48,700 | 13% | 16% |
| 14 | Food preparation workers | 1,540 | 23,390 | $17,140 - 32,170 | 15% | 7% |
| 15 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 1,520 | 45,080 | $30,170 - 63,490 | 6% | 29% |
| 16 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,510 | 43,120 | $24,070 - 67,990 | 4% | 25% |
| 17 | General and operations managers | 1,480 | 104,620 | $49,270 - | 2% | 48% |
| 18 | Customer service representatives | 1,300 | 32,880 | $20,520 - 54,810 | 25% | 22% |
| 19 | Cooks, fast food | 1,240 | 19,990 | $16,280 - 25,320 | 8% | 5% |
| 20 | Receptionists and information clerks | 1,200 | 27,300 | $17,810 - 35,950 | 17% | 13% |
| 21 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,110 | 41,740 | $29,320 - 55,960 | 15% | 18% |
| 22 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 1,090 | 18,600 | $16,450 - 23,390 | 12% | 6% |
| 23 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,080 | 38,930 | $25,830 - 58,860 | 11% | 14% |
| 24 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,020 | 26,740 | $20,270 - 36,630 | 2% | 5% |
| 25 | Cooks, restaurant | 1,020 | 27,340 | $21,000 - 34,130 | 12% | 5% |
| 26 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 940 | 39,430 | $27,710 - 56,590 | 10% | 4% |
| 27 | Dishwashers | 930 | 19,840 | $16,590 - 24,130 | 10% | 3% |
| 28 | Home health aides | 930 | 28,740 | $21,330 - 38,530 | 49% | 7% |
| 29 | Bus drivers, school | 920 | 28,150 | $22,070 - 32,950 | 9% | 4% |
| 30 | Bartenders | 900 | 20,920 | $16,480 - 30,390 | 11% | 17% |
| 31 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 870 | 34,330 | $18,320 - 59,160 | 8% | 4% |
| 32 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 860 | 20,990 | $16,070 - 28,630 | 10% | 8% |
| 33 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 800 | 65,190 | $43,700 - 97,040 | -4% | 15% |
| 34 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 800 | 25,560 | $17,100 - 33,360 | 11% | 5% |
| 35 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 780 | 26,780 | $18,000 - 38,660 | 18% | 6% |
| 36 | Maintenance and repair workers, general | 780 | 40,040 | $24,330 - 55,620 | 10% | 6% |
| 37 | Carpenters | 770 | 48,830 | $30,650 - 67,770 | 10% | 6% |
| 38 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 750 | 27,850 | $18,060 - 38,340 | 4% | 6% |
| 39 | Child care workers | 680 | 21,660 | $16,740 - 30,040 | 18% | 15% |
| 40 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 650 | 49,670 | $36,760 - 64,220 | 14% | 7% |
| 41 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 640 | 24,900 | $17,150 - 33,020 | 12% | 6% |
| 42 | Construction laborers | 630 | 40,920 | $26,290 - 59,690 | 11% | 5% |
| 43 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 620 | 50,970 | $30,800 - 72,910 | 11% | 4% |
| 44 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 600 | 37,120 | $22,740 - 53,560 | 14% | 4% |
| 45 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 580 | 20,950 | $16,480 - 28,180 | 10% | 17% |
| 46 | Electricians | 570 | 52,360 | $33,840 - 76,490 | 7% | 7% |
| 47 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 570 | 54,220 | $41,390 - 68,090 | 11% | 33% |
| 48 | Business operations specialists, all other | 530 | 53,610 | $28,750 - 80,890 | 21% | 49% |
| 49 | Tellers | 500 | 27,250 | $20,830 - 35,570 | 14% | 16% |
| 50 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 470 | 39,020 | $26,050 - 55,860 | -6% | 14% |
| 51 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 440 | 62,030 | $32,070 - 92,640 | 7% | 13% |
| 52 | Electrical and electronic engineering technicians | 430 | 70,190 | $40,000 - 104,400 | 4% | 18% |
| 53 | Medical assistants | 430 | 30,060 | $23,290 - 37,240 | 35% | 10% |
| 54 | Computer support specialists | 400 | 46,060 | $29,190 - 67,840 | 13% | 43% |
| 55 | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 400 | 39,490 | $23,910 - 56,210 | 13% | 11% |
| 56 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 400 | 51,980 | $31,350 - 64,700 | 4% | 30% |
| 57 | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 390 | 22,430 | $17,600 - 28,950 | 17% | 14% |
| 58 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 380 | 67,270 | $39,910 - 101,020 | 0% | 42% |
| 59 | Postal service mail carriers | 380 | | | 1% | 11% |
| 60 | Data entry keyers | 370 | 29,980 | $16,380 - 39,550 | -4% | 18% |
| 61 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 350 | 63,970 | $41,840 - 96,710 | 9% | 10% |
| 62 | Medical secretaries | 350 | 34,470 | $27,020 - 46,430 | 17% | 18% |
| 63 | Driver/sales workers | 340 | 20,130 | $16,420 - 28,270 | -4% | 4% |
| 64 | Machinists | 320 | 41,150 | $24,750 - 59,710 | -2% | 3% |
| 65 | Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 310 | 33,240 | $21,330 - 47,010 | 2% | 11% |
| 66 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 310 | 34,100 | $24,510 - 45,670 | 4% | 15% |
| 67 | Dental assistants | 290 | 36,890 | $28,560 - 47,990 | 29% | 9% |
| 68 | Dental hygienists | 290 | 70,490 | $57,600 - 82,580 | 30% | 33% |
| 69 | Switchboard operators, including answering service | 290 | 25,040 | $16,460 - 35,260 | -7% | 10% |
| 70 | Food service managers | 280 | 45,770 | $28,830 - 68,210 | 5% | 24% |
| 71 | Preschool teachers, except special education | 270 | 32,010 | $21,510 - 42,400 | 26% | 43% |
| 72 | Physicians and surgeons, all other | 260 | 201,790 | $122,430 - | 0% | 0% |
| 73 | Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 260 | 36,420 | $27,260 - 53,430 | -2% | 8% |
| 74 | Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 260 | 29,320 | $20,620 - 44,980 | 19% | 14% |
| 75 | Parts salespersons | 260 | 34,520 | $22,190 - 50,020 | -1% | 6% |
| 76 | Packers and packagers, hand | 250 | 21,940 | $16,550 - 29,760 | -11% | 3% |
| 77 | Recreation workers | 250 | 35,500 | $18,530 - 59,260 | 13% | 47% |
| 78 | Amusement and recreation attendants | 250 | 21,590 | $16,840 - 29,770 | 24% | 22% |
| 79 | Counter and rental clerks | 240 | 25,330 | $17,120 - 42,700 | 23% | 16% |
| 80 | Food servers, nonrestaurant | 240 | 22,990 | $17,110 - 30,100 | 16% | 9% |
| 81 | Highway maintenance workers | 240 | 45,400 | $34,560 - 58,260 | 9% | 5% |
| 82 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 240 | 50,180 | $36,130 - 64,100 | 8% | 3% |
| 83 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 240 | 40,000 | $29,680 - 50,610 | 5% | 2% |
| 84 | Painters, construction and maintenance | 230 | 39,140 | $29,360 - 49,580 | 12% | 6% |
| 85 | Radiologic technologists and technicians | 230 | 57,470 | $43,210 - 78,550 | 15% | 25% |
| 86 | Fire fighters | 230 | 44,930 | $35,740 - 56,820 | 12% | 18% |
| 87 | First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers | 220 | 38,130 | $25,890 - 53,710 | 16% | 26% |
| 88 | Industrial machinery mechanics | 220 | 56,090 | $36,300 - 79,230 | 9% | 5% |
| 89 | Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other | 220 | 71,370 | $54,050 - 95,530 | 2% | 18% |
| 90 | Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 220 | 26,870 | $17,450 - 37,000 | 13% | 4% |
| 91 | Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 220 | 45,520 | $33,360 - 61,730 | 3% | 13% |
| 92 | Paralegals and legal assistants | 220 | 43,930 | $28,910 - 58,670 | 22% | 45% |
| 93 | Library technicians | 210 | 28,760 | $17,930 - 41,640 | 9% | 27% |
| 94 | Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers | 210 | 17,380 | $15,990 - 19,410 | 17% | 18% |
| 95 | Pharmacy technicians | 210 | 28,780 | $20,650 - 40,200 | 32% | 16% |
| 96 | Construction managers | 200 | 90,300 | $55,160 - 126,130 | 16% | 29% |
| 97 | Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 200 | 40,140 | $29,280 - 50,940 | -17% | 0% |
| 98 | Telemarketers | 200 | 33,710 | $24,120 - 44,960 | -9% | 14% |
| 99 | Administrative services managers | 200 | 65,590 | $34,970 - 98,490 | 12% | 40% |
| 100 | Printing machine operators | 190 | 32,080 | $22,420 - 47,810 | -5% | 6% |