Pocatello Employment

Employment and Industries in the Pocatello, Idaho Area

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Most Popular Jobs in Pocatello, Idaho 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	Chief executives	280	82,780	$30,180 - 0	2%	65%
2	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	170	37,160	$17,450 - 66,800	8%	51%
3	Financial managers	150	51,270	$24,220 - 83,700	13%	60%
4	Accountants and auditors	130	50,110	$30,380 - 81,600	18%	79%
5	Lawyers	130	86,760	$30,250 - 0	11%	99%
6	Community and social service specialists, all other	110	38,640	$32,480 - 50,040	25%	58%
7	Rehabilitation counselors	100	35,130	$26,160 - 43,670	23%	73%
8	Pharmacists	90	84,170	$75,420 - 96,170	22%	97%
9	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	70	68,840	$37,960 - 101,430	12%	51%
10	Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists	70	32,320	$20,000 - 47,170	11%	58%
11	Floral designers	60	15,390	$11,680 - 20,440	0%	55%
12	Network and computer systems administrators	60	41,800	$25,320 - 74,190	27%	50%
13	Detectives and criminal investigators	50	43,620	$31,490 - 56,640	17%	54%
14	Managers, all other	50	65,050	$45,410 - 102,540	7%	55%
15	Graphic designers	50	28,570	$13,770 - 53,100	10%	55%
16	Sales and related workers, all other	50	29,100	$20,370 - 36,970	14%	62%
17	Management analysts	50	45,460	$32,250 - 61,280	22%	78%
18	Advertising sales agents	40	46,380	$19,510 - 86,700	20%	56%
19	Physician assistants	40	65,880	$30,630 - 80,580	27%	67%
20	Public relations managers	40	38,970	$29,830 - 52,040	17%	75%
21	Computer software engineers, systems software	30	78,930	$47,730 - 101,920	28%	85%
22	Training and development specialists	30	40,380	$28,300 - 53,910	18%	56%
23	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	30	39,070	$25,720 - 61,470	5%	58%
24	Computer programmers	30	36,490	$18,660 - 55,630	0%	73%

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	Retail salespersons	1,370	20,400	$12,430 - 30,820	12%	25%
2	Office clerks, general	1,010	24,530	$16,780 - 35,450	13%	19%
3	General and operations managers	980	55,990	$23,180 - 92,750	2%	48%
4	Cashiers	840	16,310	$12,180 - 23,000	-2%	10%
5	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	700	20,160	$14,710 - 25,070	15%	4%
6	Waiters and waitresses	650	15,360	$11,610 - 22,950	11%	14%
7	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	550	30,320	$14,620 - 41,910	10%	4%
8	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	490	13,700	$11,580 - 18,010	18%	5%
9	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	470	22,460	$13,440 - 34,400	1%	18%
10	Home health aides	450	16,900	$15,120 - 18,840	49%	7%
11	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	440	25,880	$15,740 - 36,840	13%	16%
12	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	440	28,460	$20,360 - 37,580	15%	18%
13	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	420	40,900	$15,920 - 82,790	4%	25%
14	Carpenters	410	39,380	$19,320 - 83,440	10%	6%
15	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	380	20,420	$12,690 - 31,700	2%	5%
16	Maintenance and repair workers, general	380	36,100	$18,760 - 58,800	10%	6%
17	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	340	19,280	$15,300 - 23,770	18%	7%
18	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	330	21,630	$11,900 - 41,880	8%	4%
19	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	310	39,080	$23,660 - 62,760	6%	29%
20	Business operations specialists, all other	300	40,520	$17,230 - 60,680	21%	49%
21	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	300	35,320	$26,850 - 45,190	14%	7%
22	Receptionists and information clerks	280	19,100	$13,100 - 26,930	17%	13%
23	Cooks, fast food	270	14,330	$11,600 - 17,950	8%	5%
24	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	250	36,990	$23,360 - 61,770	9%	10%
25	Construction laborers	240	22,160	$15,680 - 33,160	11%	5%
26	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	240	14,970	$11,820 - 19,200	13%	5%
27	Stock clerks and order fillers	240	21,080	$15,360 - 29,050	-7%	8%
28	Driver/sales workers	220		$[?] - [?]	-4%	4%
29	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	210	35,530	$21,050 - 50,740	11%	33%
30	Personal and home care aides	210	17,360	$14,760 - 21,480	51%	10%
31	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	200	38,630	$17,720 - 54,140	14%	4%
32	Food preparation workers	200	16,330	$12,000 - 22,160	15%	7%
33	Child care workers	200	15,820	$12,480 - 18,720	18%	15%
34	Production workers, all other	190	16,680	$12,790 - 23,690	2%	5%
35	Electrical and electronic engineering technicians	180	44,100	$27,590 - 59,340	4%	18%
36	Industrial truck and tractor operators	180	26,090	$17,480 - 38,940	-1%	2%
37	Tellers	170	19,040	$16,030 - 22,540	14%	16%
38	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	170	45,640	$30,940 - 64,450	7%	13%
39	Dishwashers	170	14,130	$11,620 - 17,880	10%	3%
40	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	160	20,790	$14,570 - 26,950	11%	5%
41	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	160	15,470	$11,960 - 19,670	17%	14%
42	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	160	25,090	$14,520 - 36,590	18%	6%
43	Bartenders	150	20,680	$11,740 - 34,410	11%	17%
44	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	150	25,050	$17,490 - 31,630	4%	15%
45	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	150	14,980	$11,560 - 21,960	10%	8%
46	Dental assistants	140	21,190	$15,020 - 28,310	29%	9%
47	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	140	48,680	$30,350 - 78,850	-4%	15%
48	Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	140	30,610	$15,340 - 47,310	27%	47%
49	Electricians	130	42,100	$21,270 - 58,890	7%	7%
50	Cooks, short order	130	16,910	$11,860 - 22,940	5%	5%
51	File clerks	130	20,650	$13,420 - 28,570	-40%	20%
52	Parts salespersons	130	30,020	$20,570 - 41,270	-1%	6%
53	Cooks, restaurant	130	15,290	$11,930 - 18,590	12%	5%
54	Food service managers	130	26,330	$19,390 - 36,870	5%	24%
55	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	120	20,140	$12,860 - 28,870	4%	6%
56	Administrative services managers	120	45,250	$21,430 - 75,010	12%	40%
57	Bill and account collectors	110	26,170	$13,240 - 40,870	23%	13%
58	Motor vehicle operators, all other	110	14,550	$11,690 - 18,180	11%	0%
59	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	110	17,920	$12,220 - 22,680	14%	3%
60	Counter and rental clerks	110	20,370	$12,210 - 44,550	23%	16%
61	Correctional officers and jailers	100	29,810	$25,500 - 36,450	17%	11%
62	Tire repairers and changers	100	26,950	$16,460 - 39,100	20%	6%
63	Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	90	38,840	$22,330 - 49,260	-7%	12%
64	Medical secretaries	90	23,320	$18,480 - 30,490	17%	18%
65	Postal service mail carriers	90	43,000	$34,130 - 50,480	1%	11%
66	Industrial machinery mechanics	90	40,850	$30,470 - 56,500	9%	5%
67	Pharmacy technicians	90	26,710	$19,670 - 35,730	32%	16%
68	Legal secretaries	80	26,490	$16,710 - 36,310	12%	18%
69	Computer support specialists	80	48,540	$31,380 - 72,500	13%	43%
70	Material moving workers, all other	80	22,420	$16,100 - 39,450	1%	6%
71	Loan officers	80	34,160	$23,650 - 55,680	12%	49%
72	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	80	14,120	$11,450 - 19,540	12%	6%
73	Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines	70	39,240	$31,100 - 49,600	12%	3%
74	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	70	35,360	$20,420 - 53,410	4%	30%
75	Food batchmakers	70	27,540	$16,650 - 43,810	11%	5%
76	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	70	39,740	$31,950 - 53,560	8%	3%
77	Packers and packagers, hand	70	15,340	$11,590 - 22,660	-11%	3%
78	Property, real estate, and community association managers	70	41,210	$36,350 - 49,540	15%	36%
79	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	60	25,830	$13,790 - 43,340	13%	11%
80	Eligibility interviewers, government programs	60	30,100	$20,280 - 40,950	3%	38%
81	Emergency medical technicians and paramedics	60	27,720	$20,860 - 42,810	19%	14%
82	Chefs and head cooks	60	22,540	$14,540 - 34,710	8%	14%
83	Construction managers	60	61,780	$24,100 - 95,000	16%	29%
84	Security guards	60	24,530	$16,050 - 34,970	17%	13%
85	Service station attendants	50	15,040	$11,520 - 22,330	13%	6%
86	Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers	50	33,820	$26,380 - 42,490	14%	11%
87	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	50	21,350	$14,000 - 30,500	3%	18%
88	Healthcare support workers, all other	50	21,180	$12,210 - 30,240	16%	10%
89	Roofers	50	41,260	$30,640 - 53,260	14%	3%
90	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	50	48,270	$30,450 - 78,820	0%	42%
91	Cost estimators	50	43,120	$23,780 - 70,460	19%	32%
92	Recreation workers	50	18,000	$11,790 - 27,690	13%	47%
93	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	50	45,660	$27,250 - 66,510	10%	17%
94	Office and administrative support workers, all other	50	23,550	$19,440 - 30,650	-8%	32%
95	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	50	28,490	$23,600 - 35,410	5%	2%
96	Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	40	19,350	$14,750 - 24,310	12%	0%
97	Dental laboratory technicians	40	33,630	$18,300 - 55,370	4%	12%
98	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	40	18,100	$12,680 - 25,400	10%	5%
99	Nonfarm animal caretakers	40	18,280	$11,880 - 31,180	18%	16%
100	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	40	38,380	$23,610 - 58,000	-6%	14%

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Jobs More Common Near Pocatello Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Motor vehicle operators, all other	14,550	110	10
Community and social service specialists, all other	38,640	110	7.1
Tire repairers and changers	26,950	100	6.3
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians	44,100	180	5.7
Rehabilitation counselors	35,130	100	5
Chief executives	82,780	280	4.9
Production workers, all other	16,680	190	4.5
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	15,470	160	4.5
Cooks, short order	16,910	130	4.3
Food service managers	26,330	130	3.6
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	30,610	140	3.5
Home health aides	16,900	450	3.4
Parts salespersons	30,020	130	3.1
Driver/sales workers		220	3.1
General and operations managers	55,990	980	3
File clerks	20,650	130	3
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	20,790	160	2.7
Cooks, fast food	14,330	270	2.7
Correctional officers and jailers	29,810	100	2.6
Dental assistants	21,190	140	2.6
Administrative services managers	45,250	120	2.6
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	35,530	210	2.4
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	35,320	300	2.4
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	36,990	250	2.3
Carpenters	39,380	410	2.2
Personal and home care aides	17,360	210	2.2
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	45,640	170	2.1
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	40,900	420	2
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	30,320	550	1.9
Child care workers	15,820	200	1.9
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	21,630	330	1.8
Dishwashers	14,130	170	1.8
Office clerks, general	24,530	1,010	1.8
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	20,160	700	1.7
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	17,920	110	1.7
Bartenders	20,680	150	1.7
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	38,630	200	1.7
Retail salespersons	20,400	1,370	1.6
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	14,980	150	1.6
Industrial truck and tractor operators	26,090	180	1.6
Maintenance and repair workers, general	36,100	380	1.6
Financial managers	51,270	150	1.6
Tellers	19,040	170	1.6
Business operations specialists, all other	40,520	300	1.5
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	25,050	150	1.5
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	28,460	440	1.5
Waiters and waitresses	15,360	650	1.5
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	14,970	240	1.5
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	22,460	470	1.5
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	19,280	340	1.4

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Pocatello, Idaho Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Bartenders	20,680	1.18	150
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	25,090	1.12	160
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	38,630	1.11	200
Maintenance and repair workers, general	36,100	1.11	380
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	40,900	1.09	420
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	30,610	1.08	140
Carpenters	39,380	1.08	410
Community and social service specialists, all other	38,640	1.07	110
Office clerks, general	24,530	1.03	1,010
Parts salespersons	30,020	1.02	130
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	48,680	0.97	140
Electricians	42,100	0.96	130
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	35,320	0.96	300
Stock clerks and order fillers	21,080	0.96	240
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	20,790	0.95	160
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	20,160	0.95	700
File clerks	20,650	0.95	130
Waiters and waitresses	15,360	0.93	650
Cashiers	16,310	0.93	840
Counter and rental clerks	20,370	0.93	110
Personal and home care aides	17,360	0.92	210
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	14,980	0.92	150
Industrial truck and tractor operators	26,090	0.92	180
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	17,920	0.92	110
Cooks, short order	16,910	0.92	130
Accountants and auditors	50,110	0.91	130
Food preparation workers	16,330	0.91	200
Cooks, fast food	14,330	0.9	270
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians	44,100	0.9	180
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	20,420	0.9	380
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	39,080	0.9	310
Dishwashers	14,130	0.9	170
Bill and account collectors	26,170	0.9	110
Lawyers	86,760	0.9	130
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	25,050	0.89	150
Child care workers	15,820	0.89	200
Retail salespersons	20,400	0.87	1,370
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	13,700	0.87	490
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	19,280	0.86	340
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	30,320	0.86	550
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	25,880	0.86	440
Home health aides	16,900	0.86	450
Tellers	19,040	0.85	170
Receptionists and information clerks	19,100	0.85	280
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	14,970	0.85	240
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	45,640	0.85	170
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	15,470	0.84	160
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	21,630	0.82	330
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	22,460	0.82	470
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	35,530	0.8	210

Highest Paying Jobs in Pocatello, Idaho Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Physicians and surgeons, all other	172,500
Lawyers	86,760	130
Pharmacists	84,170	90
Chief executives	82,780	280
Computer software engineers, systems software	78,930	30
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	68,840	70
Physician assistants	65,880	40
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	65,640
Managers, all other	65,050	50
Computer systems analysts	62,510
Construction managers	61,780	60
Dental hygienists	59,870
Engineers, all other	58,910
General and operations managers	55,990	980
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	52,850	40
Financial managers	51,270	150
Accountants and auditors	50,110	130
Operations research analysts	50,080
Sales managers	49,660
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	48,680	140
Computer support specialists	48,540	80
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	48,270	50
Automotive body and related repairers	46,830	40
Advertising sales agents	46,380	40
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	45,980
Financial specialists, all other	45,980
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	45,660	50
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	45,640	170
Management analysts	45,460	50
Administrative services managers	45,250	120
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians	44,100	180
Detectives and criminal investigators	43,620	50
Cost estimators	43,120	50
Postal service mail carriers	43,000	90
Electricians	42,100	130
Network and computer systems administrators	41,800	60
Roofers	41,260	50
Property, real estate, and community association managers	41,210	70
Insurance underwriters	41,140
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	40,900	420
Industrial machinery mechanics	40,850	90
Business operations specialists, all other	40,520	300
Social and community service managers	40,390
Training and development specialists	40,380	30
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	39,740	70
Carpenters	39,380	410
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines	39,240	70
Civil engineering technicians	39,190	40
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	39,080	310
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	39,070	30

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