Taunton Employment

Employment and Industries in the Taunton, Massachusetts Area

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Most Popular Jobs in Taunton, Massachusetts 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	970	63,270	$34,810 - 101,130	8%	51%
2	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	550	52,190	$33,560 - 72,690	6%	96%
3	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	430	53,350	$33,810 - 72,520	11%	95%
4	Elementary school teachers, except special education	420	53,180	$37,830 - 71,990	14%	95%
5	Accountants and auditors	280	51,870	$30,340 - 82,540	18%	79%
6	Chief executives	260	137,340	$62,380 - 0	2%	65%
7	Civil engineers	250	63,720	$42,640 - 85,390	18%	87%
8	Social and human service assistants	210	35,250	$21,590 - 57,570	34%	58%
9	Child, family, and school social workers	210	43,990	$26,030 - 63,240	19%	77%
10	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	170	80,110	$38,320 - 130,270	16%	99%
11	Sales managers	160	108,380	$49,850 - 0	10%	69%
12	Training and development specialists	150	58,710	$34,110 - 92,270	18%	56%
13	Lawyers	140	109,410	$61,290 - 0	11%	99%
14	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	100	66,380	$39,040 - 93,120	8%	78%
15	Financial managers	100	109,940	$56,810 - 0	13%	60%
16	Financial analysts	90	62,500	$42,090 - 97,020	34%	87%
17	Engineering managers	90	116,770	$83,170 - 0	7%	84%
18	Special education teachers, middle school	80	55,980	$39,680 - 72,790	16%	87%
19	Rehabilitation counselors	80	41,400	$25,900 - 64,680	23%	73%
20	Managers, all other	80	59,530	$27,260 - 94,910	7%	55%
21	Mechanical engineers	80	77,180	$50,400 - 113,070	4%	78%
22	Special education teachers, secondary school	70	58,210	$43,670 - 73,820	9%	87%
23	Social and community service managers	60	57,800	$39,720 - 92,290	25%	72%
24	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	60	63,890	$47,850 - 89,460	5%	58%
25	Instructional coordinators	60	59,510	$23,710 - 91,740	23%	79%
26	Environmental engineers	50	73,770	$65,830 - 82,860	25%	86%
27	Computer and information systems managers	50	123,030	$62,020 - 0	16%	73%
28	Computer systems analysts	50	74,680	$49,550 - 100,420	29%	68%
29	Speech-language pathologists	50	57,120	$47,100 - 71,650	11%	98%
30	Medical and public health social workers	50	53,240	$36,860 - 70,160	24%	77%
31	Occupational therapists	40	62,000	$39,390 - 81,290	23%	90%
32	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	40	58,030	$39,560 - 74,600	17%	56%
33	Librarians	40	53,530	$31,100 - 73,880	4%	85%
34	Credit analysts	40	45,510	$33,200 - 55,510	2%	60%
35	Public relations specialists	40	56,320	$29,220 - 90,410	18%	81%
36	Computer programmers	30	57,980	$43,100 - 78,500	0%	73%
37	Pharmacists	30	85,800	$52,260 - 108,530	22%	97%
38	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	30	46,240	$26,640 - 85,760	18%	56%
39	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	30	43,990	$32,490 - 67,830	15%	51%

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	2,400	23,120	$15,880 - 31,870	12%	25%
2	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	1,300	24,080	$17,270 - 32,660	2%	5%
3	Cashiers	1,190	19,370	$15,550 - 23,440	-2%	10%
4	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,180	18,510	$15,190 - 22,760	18%	5%
5	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	1,110	47,130	$32,470 - 61,660	10%	4%
6	Office clerks, general	1,010	27,660	$17,410 - 38,650	13%	19%
7	Customer service representatives	800	37,480	$20,850 - 57,220	25%	22%
8	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	740	28,050	$18,360 - 38,390	15%	4%
9	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	690	39,580	$27,310 - 50,990	15%	18%
10	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	670	33,560	$25,380 - 45,030	13%	16%
11	Teacher assistants	670	23,880	$16,900 - 31,400	10%	18%
12	Waiters and waitresses	600	20,580	$14,750 - 31,580	11%	14%
13	General and operations managers	590	90,320	$48,560 - [?]	2%	48%
14	Carpenters	530	45,140	$24,260 - 64,480	10%	6%
15	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	520	38,260	$22,700 - 57,020	4%	25%
16	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	510	47,760	$26,230 - 65,160	6%	29%
17	Maintenance and repair workers, general	440	38,840	$26,400 - 51,360	10%	6%
18	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	430	25,300	$20,500 - 31,660	18%	7%
19	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	430	30,480	$24,860 - 37,330	1%	18%
20	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	380	42,150	$33,470 - 51,620	14%	7%
21	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	370	28,120	$19,600 - 40,290	4%	6%
22	Home health aides	340	20,700	$15,800 - 27,450	49%	7%
23	Dishwashers	320	17,920	$15,120 - 22,410	10%	3%
24	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	300	35,970	$19,820 - 59,190	11%	14%
25	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	280	27,340	$20,930 - 34,460	18%	6%
26	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	240	54,750	$35,280 - 71,170	-4%	15%
27	Construction laborers	230	39,220	$21,640 - 55,760	11%	5%
28	Bartenders	230	19,490	$14,530 - 30,060	11%	17%
29	Receptionists and information clerks	230	24,990	$17,610 - 33,620	17%	13%
30	Food preparation workers	220	20,900	$15,390 - 27,950	15%	7%
31	Cooks, restaurant	220	30,860	$22,150 - 44,690	12%	5%
32	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	210	70,550	$36,170 - 126,350	7%	13%
33	Medical secretaries	200	30,650	$21,720 - 39,180	17%	18%
34	Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	190	25,700	$22,110 - 29,010	13%	15%
35	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	180	32,150	$19,320 - 50,880	14%	4%
36	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	180	23,070	$16,390 - 34,070	-4%	5%
37	Industrial truck and tractor operators	170	29,430	$21,440 - 37,880	-1%	2%
38	Loan officers	160	53,020	$33,450 - 85,340	12%	49%
39	Child care workers	150	22,790	$18,980 - 28,180	18%	15%
40	Personal and home care aides	150	22,460	$20,230 - 24,840	51%	10%
41	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	150	28,790	$21,250 - 39,150	4%	15%
42	Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	140	33,650	$19,530 - 49,880	-26%	6%
43	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	140	20,920	$15,320 - 30,940	13%	5%
44	Business operations specialists, all other	140	58,140	$32,420 - 88,530	21%	49%
45	Counter and rental clerks	140	22,270	$14,970 - 35,260	23%	16%
46	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	140	22,970	$15,270 - 38,100	12%	6%
47	Bill and account collectors	130	31,260	$24,800 - 38,410	23%	13%
48	Data entry keyers	130	22,130	$15,490 - 34,800	-4%	18%
49	Order clerks	130	33,370	$23,530 - 42,510	-23%	16%
50	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	130	34,980	$21,410 - 45,570	-6%	14%
51	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	130	92,180	$47,360 - 134,500	4%	38%
52	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	120	57,560	$47,000 - 70,000	10%	17%
53	Computer support specialists	120	42,680	$27,020 - 63,450	13%	43%
54	Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	120	36,920	$26,260 - 52,800	0%	22%
55	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	120	53,560	$34,440 - 73,740	0%	42%
56	Medical assistants	110	31,420	$24,040 - 44,150	35%	10%
57	Sales representatives, services, all other	110	55,270	$22,160 - 99,290	28%	48%
58	Security guards	110	29,170	$19,140 - 40,680	17%	13%
59	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	110	27,350	$17,470 - 36,430	11%	5%
60	Postal service mail carriers	110	43,730	$34,350 - 54,050	1%	11%
61	Food service managers	110	46,310	$31,320 - 71,750	5%	24%
62	Administrative services managers	110	65,800	$52,220 - 82,290	12%	40%
63	Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	100	52,670	$36,390 - 65,080	0%	36%
64	Recreational vehicle service technicians	90	31,240	$25,670 - 40,800	18%	6%
65	Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	80	39,340	$27,560 - 54,150	3%	4%
66	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	80	42,010	$30,110 - 55,120	13%	17%
67	Construction and building inspectors	80	49,990	$40,400 - 62,230	18%	23%
68	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	80	23,610	$16,720 - 29,060	10%	17%
69	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	80	20,250	$15,690 - 25,910	12%	6%
70	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	80	39,690	$24,530 - 62,230	4%	30%
71	Bakers	70	26,980	$16,560 - 37,130	10%	8%
72	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	70	60,810	$42,550 - 77,830	9%	10%
73	Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic	70	39,050	$29,320 - 50,940	-2%	6%
74	Chefs and head cooks	70	35,920	$25,250 - 49,290	8%	14%
75	First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers	70	43,450	$31,690 - 57,190	18%	15%
76	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	70	30,510	$18,760 - 38,360	5%	2%
77	Machinists	70	35,190	$26,480 - 44,140	-2%	3%
78	Kindergarten teachers, except special education	60	45,300	$23,190 - 68,280	16%	43%
79	Painters, construction and maintenance	60	33,480	$26,670 - 40,560	12%	6%
80	Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	60	54,600	$37,900 - 78,470	9%	47%
81	Preschool teachers, except special education	60	26,350	$18,010 - 29,680	26%	43%
82	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	60	55,500	$35,460 - 72,800	8%	3%
83	Parts salespersons	60	30,650	$17,980 - 46,000	-1%	6%
84	Healthcare support workers, all other	50	42,970	$30,720 - 59,130	16%	10%
85	Industrial production managers	50	84,590	$63,110 - 110,860	-5%	43%
86	Driver/sales workers	50	38,080	$20,810 - 59,000	-4%	4%
87	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	50	37,010	$22,900 - 53,200	3%	18%
88	Butchers and meat cutters	50	32,780	$19,400 - 56,390	2%	2%
89	First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers	40	38,480	$26,290 - 45,380	16%	26%
90	Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	40	84,050	$57,920 - 112,030	8%	25%
91	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	40	17,760	$14,500 - 23,770	10%	5%
92	Loan interviewers and clerks	40	34,910	$23,350 - 46,610	0%	24%
93	Automotive body and related repairers	40	39,040	$26,760 - 64,130	12%	3%
94	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	40	19,970	$14,330 - 32,050	14%	3%
95	Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping	40	33,090	$22,300 - 47,200	11%	29%
96	Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other	40	45,130	$33,560 - 62,750	2%	18%
97	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	40	44,560	$23,160 - 71,450	13%	11%
98	Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance	40	35,480	$25,690 - 46,060	2%	11%
99	Switchboard operators, including answering service	40	25,720	$18,820 - 35,660	-7%	10%
100	Recreation workers	40	28,040	$17,820 - 48,950	13%	47%

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Jobs More Common Near Taunton Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	80,110	170	7
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	25,700	190	4.9
Civil engineers	63,720	250	3.9
Child, family, and school social workers	43,990	210	3.4
Chief executives	137,340	260	3.4
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	53,350	430	3
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	33,650	140	2.9
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	47,130	1,110	2.8
Training and development specialists	58,710	150	2.8
Social and human service assistants	35,250	210	2.8
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products	52,670	100	2.8
Dishwashers	17,920	320	2.5
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	63,270	970	2.4
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	52,190	550	2.4
Teacher assistants	23,880	670	2.3
Food service managers	46,310	110	2.2
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	66,380	100	2.2
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	42,150	380	2.2
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	57,560	120	2.2
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	24,080	1,300	2.2
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	36,920	120	2.2
Carpenters	45,140	530	2.1
Retail salespersons	23,120	2,400	2.1
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	23,070	180	2
Order clerks	33,370	130	2
Medical secretaries	30,650	200	1.9
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	18,510	1,180	1.9
Bartenders	19,490	230	1.9
Home health aides	20,700	340	1.9
Sales managers	108,380	160	1.9
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	70,550	210	1.9
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	28,120	370	1.9
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	38,260	520	1.8
Administrative services managers	65,800	110	1.8
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	39,580	690	1.7
Loan officers	53,020	160	1.7
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	92,180	130	1.7
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	53,560	120	1.6
Data entry keyers	22,130	130	1.6
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	35,970	300	1.5
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	22,970	140	1.5
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	54,750	240	1.5
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	47,760	510	1.4
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	33,560	670	1.4
Cashiers	19,370	1,190	1.4
Customer service representatives	37,480	800	1.4
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	27,350	110	1.4
Maintenance and repair workers, general	38,840	440	1.4
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	28,050	740	1.4
General and operations managers	90,320	590	1.3

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Taunton, Massachusetts Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Cooks, restaurant	30,860	1.52	220
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	92,180	1.38	130
Construction laborers	39,220	1.36	230
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	47,130	1.34	1,110
Social and human service assistants	35,250	1.33	210
Customer service representatives	37,480	1.32	800
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	28,050	1.32	740
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	70,550	1.31	210
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	25,700	1.28	190
Child care workers	22,790	1.28	150
Security guards	29,170	1.27	110
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	80,110	1.27	170
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	35,970	1.26	300
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	27,350	1.25	110
Waiters and waitresses	20,580	1.25	600
Training and development specialists	58,710	1.25	150
Order clerks	33,370	1.24	130
Carpenters	45,140	1.23	530
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers	33,650	1.23	140
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	27,340	1.22	280
Medical assistants	31,420	1.2	110
Personal and home care aides	22,460	1.19	150
Maintenance and repair workers, general	38,840	1.19	440
Insurance claims and policy processing clerks	36,920	1.19	120
Sales managers	108,380	1.19	160
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	20,920	1.18	140
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	18,510	1.18	1,180
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	63,270	1.17	970
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	57,560	1.17	120
Food preparation workers	20,900	1.16	220
Office clerks, general	27,660	1.16	1,010
Child, family, and school social workers	43,990	1.15	210
Teacher assistants	23,880	1.15	670
Dishwashers	17,920	1.14	320
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	42,150	1.14	380
Elementary school teachers, except special education	53,180	1.14	420
Lawyers	109,410	1.14	140
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	25,300	1.13	430
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	53,350	1.12	430
Receptionists and information clerks	24,990	1.12	230
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	33,560	1.12	670
Bartenders	19,490	1.11	230
Medical secretaries	30,650	1.11	200
Sales representatives, services, all other	55,270	1.11	110
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	30,480	1.11	430
Cashiers	19,370	1.1	1,190
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	47,760	1.1	510
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	39,580	1.1	690
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	54,750	1.09	240
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	52,190	1.08	550

Highest Paying Jobs in Taunton, Massachusetts Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Chief executives	137,340	260
Computer and information systems managers	123,030	50
Engineering managers	116,770	90
Financial managers	109,940	100
Lawyers	109,410	140
Sales managers	108,380	160
Computer software engineers, applications	94,310
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	92,180	130
Construction managers	91,830	30
General and operations managers	90,320	590
Pharmacists	85,800	30
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	84,710
Industrial production managers	84,590	50
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	84,050	40
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	81,210
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	80,110	170
Mechanical engineers	77,180	80
Computer systems analysts	74,680	50
Environmental engineers	73,770	50
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	70,550	210
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	66,380	100
Administrative services managers	65,800	110
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	63,890	60
Civil engineers	63,720	250
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	63,270	970
Financial analysts	62,500	90
Occupational therapists	62,000	40
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	60,810	70
Managers, all other	59,530	80
Instructional coordinators	59,510	60
Training and development specialists	58,710	150
Special education teachers, secondary school	58,210	70
Business operations specialists, all other	58,140	140
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	58,030	40
Computer programmers	57,980	30
Social and community service managers	57,800	60
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	57,560	120
Speech-language pathologists	57,120	50
Public relations specialists	56,320	40
Special education teachers, middle school	55,980	80
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	55,500	60
Sales representatives, services, all other	55,270	110
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	54,750	240
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators	54,600	60
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	53,560	120
Librarians	53,530	40
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	53,350	430
Medical and public health social workers	53,240	50
Elementary school teachers, except special education	53,180	420
Loan officers	53,020	160

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