Niles Employment

Employment and Industries in the Niles, Michigan 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 Niles than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Niles.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Niles.
A list of any large public companies in Niles.

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	Elementary school teachers, except special education	810	51,890	$32,120 - 72,590	14%	95%
2	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	710	48,030	$21,110 - 76,810	8%	51%
3	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	520	52,710	$35,370 - 71,270	6%	96%
4	Accountants and auditors	350	51,370	$34,080 - 77,490	18%	79%
5	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	260	50,390	$33,800 - 68,070	11%	95%
6	Sales managers	210	80,740	$30,490 - 141,010	10%	69%
7	Managers, all other	190	103,830	$53,390 - 0	7%	55%
8	Chief executives	180	127,220	$73,590 - 0	2%	65%
9	Pharmacists	170	90,600	$66,930 - 115,950	22%	97%
10	Financial managers	150	84,370	$42,760 - 129,360	13%	60%
11	Training and development specialists	140	31,480	$16,570 - 59,310	18%	56%
12	Physician assistants	140	77,120	$53,580 - 97,970	27%	67%
13	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	130	73,660	$44,450 - 108,530	8%	78%
14	Librarians	120	33,160	$16,190 - 58,880	4%	85%
15	Industrial engineers	120	58,950	$38,300 - 76,260	20%	74%
16	Lawyers	120	81,340	$40,830 - 125,980	11%	99%
17	Sales and related workers, all other	120		$0 - 0	14%	62%
18	Computer and information systems managers	120	91,240	$50,590 - 129,360	16%	73%
19	Engineers, all other	100	101,110	$52,280 - 0	6%	82%
20	Graphic designers	100	33,650	$21,600 - 51,280	10%	55%
21	Self-enrichment education teachers	100	26,980	$13,150 - 54,070	23%	54%
22	Social and human service assistants	90	24,710	$16,280 - 40,890	34%	58%
23	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	90	64,160	$33,920 - 91,770	17%	56%
24	Medical and health services managers	90	72,920	$47,620 - 101,790	16%	57%
25	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	90	53,770	$30,260 - 72,210	13%	73%
26	Speech-language pathologists	80	56,470	$41,900 - 73,960	11%	98%
27	Financial specialists, all other	80	48,000	$27,840 - 81,850	12%	50%
28	Vocational education teachers, secondary school	70	55,360	$35,280 - 74,780	0%	96%
29	Education, training, and library workers, all other	70	33,190	$12,030 - 55,440	11%	79%
30	Civil engineers	70	58,630	$38,990 - 86,390	18%	87%
31	Network and computer systems administrators	70	53,290	$27,930 - 77,130	27%	50%
32	Occupational therapists	60	56,660	$42,830 - 72,860	23%	90%
33	Legislators	60	44,990	$12,220 - 118,240	1%	65%
34	Special education teachers, secondary school	60	52,040	$30,770 - 73,800	9%	87%
35	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	60	63,070	$26,300 - 115,850	12%	51%
36	Editors	60	46,290	$27,340 - 70,230	2%	81%
37	Medical and public health social workers	60	41,890	$32,930 - 51,980	24%	77%
38	Management analysts	60	89,540	$34,120 - 0	22%	78%
39	Special education teachers, middle school	50	60,620	$44,480 - 74,770	16%	87%
40	Advertising sales agents	50	52,690	$26,600 - 83,480	20%	56%
41	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	50	35,180	$23,000 - 54,970	18%	56%
42	Computer programmers	50	46,210	$19,880 - 74,020	0%	73%
43	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	50	62,450	$51,260 - 76,690	16%	99%
44	Electrical engineers	50	66,110	$43,440 - 95,210	6%	81%
45	Technical writers	50	58,280	$40,560 - 88,260	20%	74%
46	Architects, except landscape and naval	40		$0 - 0	18%	88%
47	Writers and authors	40	45,060	$36,370 - 57,090	13%	84%
48	Sales engineers	40	80,090	$43,060 - 143,070	9%	79%
49	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	40	45,800	$28,380 - 69,490	5%	58%
50	Community and social service specialists, all other	40	31,860	$13,650 - 60,070	25%	58%
51	Dentists, general	40	133,810	$67,710 - 0	9%	100%
52	Coaches and scouts	40	24,130	$11,910 - 45,940	15%	60%
53	Computer specialists, all other	40	49,420	$19,250 - 80,880	15%	68%
54	Instructional coordinators	30	52,720	$22,370 - 76,810	23%	79%

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	2,340	23,280	$14,900 - 35,120	12%	25%
2	Cashiers	1,770	18,570	$12,510 - 26,030	-2%	10%
3	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,460	15,230	$11,680 - 20,380	18%	5%
4	Office clerks, general	1,250	23,250	$13,960 - 36,010	13%	19%
5	Team assemblers	1,110	26,240	$19,210 - 36,340	0%	5%
6	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	1,080	23,840	$15,130 - 33,880	15%	4%
7	Waiters and waitresses	1,030	15,990	$11,660 - 24,020	11%	14%
8	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	950	21,320	$14,040 - 29,370	2%	5%
9	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	850	31,620	$20,880 - 42,950	13%	16%
10	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	790	26,010	$17,020 - 35,760	1%	18%
11	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	780	23,160	$19,140 - 28,500	18%	7%
12	Machinists	760	32,800	$18,480 - 45,090	-2%	3%
13	Customer service representatives	710	31,110	$20,180 - 44,710	25%	22%
14	Maintenance and repair workers, general	690	34,430	$20,070 - 50,530	10%	6%
15	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	680	51,700	$30,160 - 81,970	-4%	15%
16	Security guards	670	18,300	$12,250 - 24,820	17%	13%
17	Stock clerks and order fillers	620	22,570	$15,360 - 32,770	-7%	8%
18	Production workers, all other	610	24,570	$15,960 - 35,490	2%	5%
19	Teacher assistants	590	22,460	$13,920 - 33,210	10%	18%
20	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	570	33,040	$19,120 - 47,020	10%	4%
21	Industrial truck and tractor operators	560	27,150	$16,410 - 42,730	-1%	2%
22	General and operations managers	560	89,650	$35,980 - [?]	2%	48%
23	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	530	39,650	$23,640 - 56,040	4%	25%
24	Helpers--production workers	520	19,570	$15,340 - 23,670	0%	4%
25	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	520	33,520	$21,730 - 47,380	15%	18%
26	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	490	17,420	$12,360 - 22,830	13%	5%
27	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	470	45,190	$22,160 - 70,490	6%	29%
28	Cooks, fast food	460	15,340	$11,810 - 19,030	8%	5%
29	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	460	20,780	$13,660 - 29,680	18%	6%
30	Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	450	23,810	$16,370 - 34,710	-12%	0%
31	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	410	44,070	$25,520 - 62,360	11%	33%
32	Bartenders	400	15,760	$11,860 - 19,170	11%	17%
33	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	390	23,760	$16,250 - 33,600	-14%	0%
34	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	380	35,180	$16,430 - 50,890	14%	4%
35	Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic	380	31,400	$18,210 - 45,900	-2%	6%
36	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	380	25,130	$16,330 - 34,940	4%	6%
37	Receptionists and information clerks	380	21,700	$15,160 - 29,890	17%	13%
38	Packers and packagers, hand	370	19,380	$12,530 - 27,540	-11%	3%
39	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	360	27,240	$18,450 - 38,990	11%	14%
40	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	330	31,320	$18,670 - 47,880	-6%	14%
41	Carpenters	320	35,970	$23,420 - 55,420	10%	6%
42	Construction laborers	320	29,490	$19,780 - 41,270	11%	5%
43	Counter and rental clerks	320	19,550	$14,440 - 28,290	23%	16%
44	Recreation workers	310	17,750	$11,840 - 28,280	13%	47%
45	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	310	31,200	$19,470 - 50,210	8%	4%
46	Cooks, restaurant	310	20,700	$13,650 - 28,950	12%	5%
47	Electricians	300	53,090	$28,530 - 74,260	7%	7%
48	Food preparation workers	290	19,930	$15,380 - 27,570	15%	7%
49	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	290	36,740	$29,740 - 46,070	14%	7%
50	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	280	31,580	$21,010 - 46,080	4%	15%
51	Business operations specialists, all other	280	63,940	$28,120 - 99,390	21%	49%
52	Tellers	260	22,120	$18,280 - 27,200	14%	16%
53	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	250	59,460	$36,470 - 89,610	7%	13%
54	Dishwashers	250	14,890	$11,670 - 18,400	10%	3%
55	Medical secretaries	250	26,130	$18,500 - 37,960	17%	18%
56	Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	240	29,990	$17,190 - 47,700	-15%	0%
57	Industrial production managers	230	69,900	$27,390 - 116,450	-5%	43%
58	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	210	49,740	$26,240 - 78,850	0%	42%
59	Home health aides	210	20,460	$16,100 - 25,980	49%	7%
60	Postal service mail carriers	210	43,080	$33,310 - 54,340	1%	11%
61	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	210	32,630	$24,270 - 38,470	5%	2%
62	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	200	20,460	$12,240 - 46,610	14%	3%
63	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	200	61,090	$38,070 - 91,300	9%	10%
64	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	200	37,740	$21,390 - 66,140	11%	4%
65	Library technicians	190	23,040	$13,330 - 30,240	9%	27%
66	Driver/sales workers	180	22,480	$12,140 - 38,470	-4%	4%
67	Tool and die makers	180	39,600	$26,930 - 50,690	-9%	5%
68	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	170	17,130	$12,750 - 22,030	17%	14%
69	Industrial machinery mechanics	170	52,240	$29,850 - 112,030	9%	5%
70	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	160	23,910	$14,280 - 35,290	12%	6%
71	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	160	14,290	$11,740 - 17,940	12%	6%
72	Bus drivers, school	160	28,090	$20,290 - 34,910	9%	4%
73	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	150	25,220	$18,990 - 33,580	3%	18%
74	Medical assistants	150	25,370	$18,810 - 35,760	35%	10%
75	Order clerks	150	27,590	$16,980 - 37,780	-23%	16%
76	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	150	61,770	$24,070 - 110,660	4%	38%
77	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	140	21,300	$15,000 - 28,330	11%	5%
78	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	140	42,640	$22,690 - 74,970	4%	30%
79	Bill and account collectors	140	26,200	$16,520 - 35,220	23%	13%
80	Dental assistants	130	30,470	$24,520 - 39,060	29%	9%
81	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	130	41,330	$27,090 - 66,070	8%	3%
82	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	130	16,750	$12,030 - 23,170	10%	5%
83	Preschool teachers, except special education	130	31,530	$15,780 - 58,890	26%	43%
84	Job printers	130	31,900	$17,290 - 48,550	-8%	7%
85	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	130	27,560	$19,450 - 35,750	-12%	4%
86	Child care workers	130	15,940	$11,930 - 22,050	18%	15%
87	Pharmacy technicians	130	27,300	$20,510 - 36,540	32%	16%
88	Cost estimators	120	47,910	$32,140 - 71,030	19%	32%
89	Office and administrative support workers, all other	120	30,490	$19,350 - 45,800	-8%	32%
90	Computer support specialists	110	48,500	$29,850 - 89,990	13%	43%
91	Insurance sales agents	110	59,150	$22,230 - 114,550	13%	45%
92	Legal secretaries	100	29,930	$19,660 - 43,030	12%	18%
93	Sales representatives, services, all other	100	34,260	$16,240 - 58,060	28%	48%
94	Parts salespersons	100	27,370	$16,160 - 48,900	-1%	6%
95	Chefs and head cooks	100	25,300	$13,250 - 46,950	8%	14%
96	New accounts clerks	100	30,020	$23,840 - 37,980	-15%	28%
97	Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	90	23,880	$16,210 - 30,000	12%	0%
98	Mechanical drafters	90	48,900	$35,510 - 64,660	5%	25%
99	Painters, construction and maintenance	90	35,190	$24,190 - 50,800	12%	6%
100	Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other	90	60,500	$24,480 - 128,970	8%	9%

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Jobs More Common Near Niles Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	23,810	450	9.6
Job printers	31,900	130	8.7
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic	31,400	380	8.1
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	29,990	240	7
Production workers, all other	24,570	610	6.8
Physician assistants	77,120	140	6.1
Tool and die makers	39,600	180	5.7
Machinists	32,800	760	5.3
Library technicians	23,040	190	5.1
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	23,760	390	4.1
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	27,560	130	4
Industrial production managers	69,900	230	3.9
New accounts clerks	30,020	100	3.5
Recreation workers	17,750	310	3.1
Helpers--production workers	19,570	520	2.8
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	51,700	680	2.7
Team assemblers	26,240	1,110	2.6
Chefs and head cooks	25,300	100	2.4
Industrial truck and tractor operators	27,150	560	2.3
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	17,130	170	2.2
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	44,070	410	2.2
Cooks, fast food	15,340	460	2.1
Librarians	33,160	120	2.1
Bartenders	15,760	400	2.1
Industrial machinery mechanics	52,240	170	2
Sales and related workers, all other		120	1.9
Payroll and timekeeping clerks	25,220	150	1.9
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	49,740	210	1.8
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	73,660	130	1.8
Engineers, all other	101,110	100	1.8
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	31,320	330	1.8
Pharmacists	90,600	170	1.8
Self-enrichment education teachers	26,980	100	1.7
Counter and rental clerks	19,550	320	1.7
Training and development specialists	31,480	140	1.7
Industrial engineers	58,950	120	1.6
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	32,630	210	1.6
Sales managers	80,740	210	1.6
Medical secretaries	26,130	250	1.5
Security guards	18,300	670	1.5
Postal service mail carriers	43,080	210	1.5
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	23,160	780	1.5
Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	16,750	130	1.5
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	15,230	1,460	1.5
Elementary school teachers, except special education	51,890	810	1.5
Chief executives	127,220	180	1.5
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	35,180	380	1.5
Order clerks	27,590	150	1.5
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	20,460	200	1.5
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	52,710	520	1.4

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Niles, Michigan Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Managers, all other	103,830	1.34	190
Preschool teachers, except special education	31,530	1.32	130
Industrial machinery mechanics	52,240	1.24	170
Computer support specialists	48,500	1.22	110
Electricians	53,090	1.21	300
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	31,200	1.18	310
Business operations specialists, all other	63,940	1.17	280
Bus drivers, school	28,090	1.13	160
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	23,840	1.12	1,080
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	31,580	1.12	280
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	61,090	1.12	200
Elementary school teachers, except special education	51,890	1.11	810
Food preparation workers	19,930	1.11	290
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	59,460	1.1	250
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	42,640	1.1	140
Customer service representatives	31,110	1.1	710
Insurance sales agents	59,150	1.09	110
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	52,710	1.09	520
Teacher assistants	22,460	1.08	590
Cashiers	18,570	1.06	1,770
Maintenance and repair workers, general	34,430	1.06	690
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	50,390	1.06	260
Office and administrative support workers, all other	30,490	1.05	120
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	39,650	1.05	530
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	31,620	1.05	850
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	20,460	1.05	200
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	23,910	1.05	160
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	45,190	1.04	470
Pharmacy technicians	27,300	1.04	130
Home health aides	20,460	1.04	210
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	23,160	1.04	780
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	41,330	1.03	130
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	29,990	1.03	240
Physician assistants	77,120	1.03	140
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	51,700	1.03	680
Team assemblers	26,240	1.03	1,110
Stock clerks and order fillers	22,570	1.03	620
Order clerks	27,590	1.02	150
Cooks, restaurant	20,700	1.02	310
Packers and packagers, hand	19,380	1.02	370
Construction laborers	29,490	1.02	320
Dental assistants	30,470	1.02	130
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	35,180	1.01	380
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	49,740	1	210
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	36,740	1	290
General and operations managers	89,650	1	560
Retail salespersons	23,280	0.99	2,340
Computer and information systems managers	91,240	0.99	120
Tellers	22,120	0.99	260
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	44,070	0.99	410

Highest Paying Jobs in Niles, Michigan Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Family and general practitioners	198,650
Physicians and surgeons, all other	169,760
Dentists, general	133,810	40
Chief executives	127,220	180
Managers, all other	103,830	190
Engineers, all other	101,110	100
Computer and information systems managers	91,240	120
Pharmacists	90,600	170
General and operations managers	89,650	560
Management analysts	89,540	60
Financial managers	84,370	150
Lawyers	81,340	120
Sales managers	80,740	210
Sales engineers	80,090	40
Physician assistants	77,120	140
Construction managers	75,270	50
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	73,660	130
Medical and health services managers	72,920	90
Industrial production managers	69,900	230
Administrative services managers	67,060	60
Electrical engineers	66,110	50
Dental hygienists	64,430	70
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	64,160	90
Business operations specialists, all other	63,940	280
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	63,070	60
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	62,450	50
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	61,770	150
Computer systems analysts	61,500
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	61,090	200
Special education teachers, middle school	60,620	50
Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other	60,500	90
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	59,460	250
Insurance sales agents	59,150	110
Industrial engineers	58,950	120
Food service managers	58,650	60
Civil engineers	58,630	70
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other	58,310	50
Technical writers	58,280	50
Occupational therapists	56,660	60
Speech-language pathologists	56,470	80
Computer science teachers, postsecondary	55,870	30
Vocational education teachers, secondary school	55,360	70
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary	55,160	40
Millwrights	54,270	70
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	53,770	90
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	53,760	40
Network and computer systems administrators	53,290	70
Electricians	53,090	300
Instructional coordinators	52,720	30
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	52,710	520

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