Columbus Employment

Employment and Industries in the Columbus, Indiana Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Columbus than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Columbus.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Columbus.
A list of any large public companies in Columbus.

Most Popular Jobs in Columbus, Indiana 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	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	340	54,490	$28,160 - 91,850	8%	51%
2	Accountants and auditors	290	52,040	$31,260 - 80,000	18%	79%
3	Industrial engineers	290	79,760	$48,520 - 130,210	20%	74%
4	Computer software engineers, systems software	130	69,330	$43,500 - 103,950	28%	85%
5	Child, family, and school social workers	120	37,390	$22,110 - 55,360	19%	77%
6	Financial managers	110	98,370	$48,660 - 0	13%	60%
7	Medical and health services managers	110	84,770	$46,070 - 0	16%	57%
8	Social and human service assistants	70	28,720	$20,640 - 38,180	34%	58%
9	Sales managers	70	79,370	$39,890 - 128,320	10%	69%
10	Lawyers	70	87,060	$37,750 - 0	11%	99%
11	Pharmacists	70	90,600	$81,380 - 111,840	22%	97%
12	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	60	45,140	$31,470 - 63,000	17%	56%
13	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	60	54,530	$27,060 - 86,320	12%	51%
14	Computer systems analysts	60	61,850	$40,610 - 80,730	29%	68%
15	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	50		$0 - 0	25%	67%
16	Network and computer systems administrators	50	65,370	$39,660 - 95,720	27%	50%
17	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	50	42,460	$25,030 - 70,950	13%	73%
18	Social and community service managers	40	40,570	$26,110 - 56,870	25%	72%
19	Self-enrichment education teachers	40	25,920	$20,280 - 32,750	23%	54%
20	Management analysts	40	65,570	$39,380 - 95,140	22%	78%
21	Financial analysts	30	108,050	$29,570 - 0	34%	87%
22	Computer programmers	30	58,410	$32,590 - 92,020	0%	73%
23	Purchasing managers	30	76,990	$53,620 - 95,070	3%	57%
24	Public relations specialists	30	49,460	$30,150 - 84,760	18%	81%
25	Coaches and scouts	30	20,050	$11,860 - 31,790	15%	60%
26	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	30	51,670	$35,580 - 73,400	16%	99%

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	1,580	22,910	$14,190 - 41,410	12%	25%
2	Team assemblers	1,420	28,770	$19,310 - 38,230	0%	5%
3	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	1,240	37,680	$22,510 - 54,420	10%	4%
4	Cashiers	980	16,720	$12,320 - 21,910	-2%	10%
5	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	970	23,140	$16,640 - 32,440	2%	5%
6	Helpers--production workers	870	20,190	$16,280 - 23,160	0%	4%
7	Office clerks, general	760	23,910	$13,580 - 33,400	13%	19%
8	Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	630	22,470	$18,790 - 27,740	0%	3%
9	Waiters and waitresses	620	13,370	$11,440 - 15,390	11%	14%
10	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	620	27,550	$19,230 - 37,500	-6%	14%
11	Industrial truck and tractor operators	560	28,160	$22,160 - 34,890	-1%	2%
12	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	550	15,880	$11,830 - 20,820	18%	5%
13	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	550	27,770	$19,580 - 37,820	1%	18%
14	General and operations managers	530	93,260	$53,010 - 139,330	2%	48%
15	Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	500	26,700	$20,080 - 37,230	-22%	0%
16	Stock clerks and order fillers	500	20,710	$15,190 - 28,350	-7%	8%
17	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	460	52,780	$32,460 - 79,950	-4%	15%
18	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	440	30,290	$18,430 - 45,610	13%	16%
19	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	430	22,220	$14,920 - 30,530	15%	4%
20	Customer service representatives	410	34,510	$20,290 - 54,120	25%	22%
21	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	410	20,750	$16,790 - 24,840	18%	7%
22	Maintenance and repair workers, general	410	33,770	$21,110 - 48,460	10%	6%
23	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	370	33,970	$21,210 - 53,930	4%	25%
24	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	370	16,600	$12,610 - 19,860	13%	5%
25	Machinists	370	33,000	$22,040 - 43,840	-2%	3%
26	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	350	36,270	$21,120 - 52,200	15%	18%
27	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	350	28,850	$23,840 - 36,230	5%	2%
28	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	350	33,320	$25,120 - 39,740	14%	7%
29	Food preparation workers	290	17,150	$12,070 - 22,850	15%	7%
30	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	290	42,200	$24,120 - 60,780	6%	29%
31	Teacher assistants	270	18,290	$15,010 - 23,090	10%	18%
32	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	270	29,400	$20,480 - 40,800	4%	6%
33	Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic	260	31,440	$22,320 - 40,390	-2%	6%
34	Carpenters	250	38,690	$21,340 - 57,010	10%	6%
35	Packers and packagers, hand	250	19,790	$15,290 - 26,290	-11%	3%
36	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	230	28,060	$17,620 - 37,060	11%	14%
37	Machine feeders and offbearers	230	28,620	$19,490 - 41,650	-14%	0%
38	Cooks, restaurant	220	18,580	$13,030 - 26,230	12%	5%
39	Receptionists and information clerks	210	22,480	$15,970 - 30,310	17%	13%
40	Medical secretaries	200	25,610	$20,310 - 31,510	17%	18%
41	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	200	33,040	$18,270 - 56,080	8%	4%
42	Industrial machinery mechanics	200	40,210	$29,790 - 53,670	9%	5%
43	Computer support specialists	190	40,950	$25,830 - 67,570	13%	43%
44	Counter and rental clerks	180	21,270	$13,020 - 31,710	23%	16%
45	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	180	26,200	$19,060 - 35,730	-12%	4%
46	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	170	23,240	$15,880 - 37,850	18%	6%
47	Industrial engineering technicians	150	52,020	$31,990 - 86,530	10%	18%
48	Industrial production managers	150	71,390	$43,950 - 101,060	-5%	43%
49	Bartenders	150	15,110	$11,630 - 18,620	11%	17%
50	Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	150	23,660	$16,780 - 32,230	-29%	0%
51	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	140	35,740	$21,140 - 57,090	14%	4%
52	Tool and die makers	140	41,720	$31,360 - 56,060	-9%	5%
53	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	130	57,050	$29,010 - 85,380	7%	13%
54	Electricians	130	44,870	$28,000 - 61,960	7%	7%
55	Construction laborers	130	40,380	$32,180 - 46,550	11%	5%
56	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	120	20,540	$15,450 - 24,820	11%	5%
57	Driver/sales workers	120	20,050	$11,950 - 32,760	-4%	4%
58	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	120	13,660	$11,500 - 17,200	12%	6%
59	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	110	15,910	$12,150 - 19,890	10%	5%
60	Home health aides	110	19,800	$16,130 - 26,380	49%	7%
61	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	110	30,650	$22,190 - 40,780	4%	15%
62	Security guards	110	24,090	$15,900 - 34,570	17%	13%
63	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	110	15,490	$12,090 - 18,890	10%	17%
64	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	110	61,390	$45,700 - 73,160	11%	4%
65	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	100	38,280	$22,850 - 54,610	4%	30%
66	Roofers	100	31,730	$21,140 - 53,010	14%	3%
67	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	100	55,970	$35,700 - 75,960	9%	10%
68	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	100	39,570	$27,720 - 57,020	9%	3%
69	Medical assistants	90	29,260	$20,830 - 39,010	35%	10%
70	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	90	37,080	$26,610 - 45,570	12%	3%
71	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	90	44,730	$25,600 - 64,930	0%	42%
72	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	90	40,870	$26,560 - 58,390	13%	17%
73	Postal service mail carriers	90	44,070	$34,970 - 52,580	1%	11%
74	Business operations specialists, all other	90	47,790	$29,260 - 88,000	21%	49%
75	Child care workers	90	16,490	$12,590 - 20,190	18%	15%
76	Pharmacy technicians	90	23,120	$18,550 - 28,620	32%	16%
77	Insurance sales agents	80	56,430	$21,370 - 111,240	13%	45%
78	Bill and account collectors	80	32,120	$23,360 - 48,380	23%	13%
79	Sheet metal workers	70	44,430	$23,770 - 62,720	7%	4%
80	Sales representatives, services, all other	70	50,530	$25,690 - 83,070	28%	48%
81	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	70	17,360	$13,080 - 21,900	17%	14%
82	Medical records and health information technicians	70	26,000	$20,320 - 38,250	18%	12%
83	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	70	19,110	$14,270 - 23,800	14%	3%
84	Painters, construction and maintenance	60	37,510	$26,500 - 52,190	12%	6%
85	Dental assistants	60	28,690	$20,960 - 36,020	29%	9%
86	Amusement and recreation attendants	60	14,390	$11,630 - 17,980	24%	22%
87	Food service managers	60	46,340	$31,820 - 67,330	5%	24%
88	Loan officers	60	74,310	$33,200 - 141,340	12%	49%
89	Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	60	31,610	$21,650 - 45,360	11%	29%
90	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	60	70,500	$39,870 - 111,300	4%	38%
91	Dental hygienists	50	67,840	$53,790 - 90,050	30%	33%
92	Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	50	40,520	$25,520 - 49,520	-7%	12%
93	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	50	31,520	$19,450 - 50,490	3%	18%
94	Cost estimators	50	67,500	$28,200 - 114,660	19%	32%
95	Loan interviewers and clerks	50	35,830	$27,220 - 49,610	0%	24%
96	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	50	53,380	$35,340 - 76,240	10%	17%
97	Highway maintenance workers	40	30,750	$23,410 - 37,440	9%	5%
98	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	40	37,800	$25,050 - 56,240	8%	3%
99	Cooks, short order	40	15,260	$11,490 - 21,930	5%	5%
100	Order clerks	40	26,280	$22,810 - 29,890	-23%	16%

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Jobs More Common Near Columbus Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	22,470	630	45.1
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	26,700	500	43
Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	23,660	150	38
Industrial engineering technicians	52,020	150	11.4
Machine feeders and offbearers	28,620	230	10.3
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic	31,440	260	9.4
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	26,200	180	9.3
Helpers--production workers	20,190	870	8
Tool and die makers	41,720	140	7.5
Industrial engineers	79,760	290	6.6
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	27,550	620	5.8
Team assemblers	28,770	1,420	5.6
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	28,850	350	4.6
Machinists	33,000	370	4.4
Industrial production managers	71,390	150	4.3
Industrial truck and tractor operators	28,160	560	4
Industrial machinery mechanics	40,210	200	4
Roofers	31,730	100	3.6
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	37,680	1,240	3.4
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	52,780	460	3.1
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	33,320	350	2.2
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	15,910	110	2.2
Child, family, and school social workers	37,390	120	2.1
Medical secretaries	25,610	200	2.1
Medical and health services managers	84,770	110	2
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	16,600	370	1.8
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	23,140	970	1.8
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	39,570	100	1.7
Computer software engineers, systems software	69,330	130	1.7
Counter and rental clerks	21,270	180	1.6
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	20,540	120	1.6
Retail salespersons	22,910	1,580	1.5
Computer support specialists	40,950	190	1.5
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	38,280	100	1.5
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	29,400	270	1.5
Food preparation workers	17,150	290	1.4
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	33,970	370	1.4
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	20,750	410	1.4
Maintenance and repair workers, general	33,770	410	1.4
Packers and packagers, hand	19,790	250	1.4
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	27,770	550	1.3
Bartenders	15,110	150	1.3
Driver/sales workers	20,050	120	1.3
General and operations managers	93,260	530	1.3
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	15,490	110	1.3
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	28,060	230	1.3
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	57,050	130	1.2
Cashiers	16,720	980	1.2
Stock clerks and order fillers	20,710	500	1.2
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	13,660	120	1.2

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Columbus, Indiana Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	61,390	1.4	110
Construction laborers	40,380	1.4	130
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	33,040	1.25	200
Customer service representatives	34,510	1.22	410
Machine feeders and offbearers	28,620	1.19	230
Industrial engineers	79,760	1.19	290
Financial managers	98,370	1.14	110
Team assemblers	28,770	1.13	1,420
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	29,400	1.1	270
Industrial engineering technicians	52,020	1.1	150
Medical and health services managers	84,770	1.09	110
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	30,650	1.09	110
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	37,680	1.07	1,240
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	57,050	1.06	130
Carpenters	38,690	1.06	250
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	52,780	1.05	460
Security guards	24,090	1.05	110
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	22,220	1.05	430
Packers and packagers, hand	19,790	1.04	250
Maintenance and repair workers, general	33,770	1.04	410
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	23,240	1.04	170
General and operations managers	93,260	1.04	530
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	35,740	1.03	140
Computer support specialists	40,950	1.03	190
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	23,140	1.02	970
Electricians	44,870	1.02	130
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	27,770	1.01	550
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	15,880	1.01	550
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	54,490	1.01	340
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	30,290	1.01	440
Office clerks, general	23,910	1.01	760
Home health aides	19,800	1	110
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	36,270	1	350
Receptionists and information clerks	22,480	1	210
Industrial truck and tractor operators	28,160	0.99	560
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	28,060	0.99	230
Retail salespersons	22,910	0.98	1,580
Tool and die makers	41,720	0.98	140
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	42,200	0.97	290
Child, family, and school social workers	37,390	0.97	120
Counter and rental clerks	21,270	0.97	180
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic	31,440	0.96	260
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	15,490	0.96	110
Industrial machinery mechanics	40,210	0.96	200
Food preparation workers	17,150	0.96	290
Cashiers	16,720	0.95	980
Accountants and auditors	52,040	0.95	290
Stock clerks and order fillers	20,710	0.94	500
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	20,540	0.94	120
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	16,600	0.94	370

Highest Paying Jobs in Columbus, Indiana Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Physicians and surgeons, all other	170,220	50
Financial analysts	108,050	30
Financial managers	98,370	110
General and operations managers	93,260	530
Administrative services managers	91,950	40
Pharmacists	90,600	70
Lawyers	87,060	70
Medical and health services managers	84,770	110
Industrial engineers	79,760	290
Sales managers	79,370	70
Civil engineers	77,510
Purchasing managers	76,990	30
Loan officers	74,310	60
Construction managers	71,620	40
Industrial production managers	71,390	150
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	70,500	60
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	69,470	30
Computer software engineers, systems software	69,330	130
Dental hygienists	67,840	50
Cost estimators	67,500	50
Management analysts	65,570	40
Network and computer systems administrators	65,370	50
Computer systems analysts	61,850	60
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	61,390	110
Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers	60,260
Computer programmers	58,410	30
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	57,050	130
Insurance sales agents	56,430	80
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	55,970	100
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	54,530	60
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	54,490	340
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	53,380	50
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	52,780	460
Accountants and auditors	52,040	290
Industrial engineering technicians	52,020	150
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	51,670	30
Sales representatives, services, all other	50,530	70
Public relations specialists	49,460	30
Business operations specialists, all other	47,790	90
Food service managers	46,340	60
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	45,140	60
Electricians	44,870	130
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	44,730	90
Sheet metal workers	44,430	70
Postal service mail carriers	44,070	90
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	42,460	50
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	42,200	290
Tool and die makers	41,720	140
Millwrights	41,380	30
Computer support specialists	40,950	190

Large Companies Headquartered in Columbus

Company	Revenue 2005 (billions)
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