| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
|---|
| 1 | Registered nurses | 2,600 | 56,560 | $41,170 - 74,710 | 24% | 56% |
| 2 | Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,440 | 45,210 | $35,470 - 58,010 | 14% | 95% |
| 3 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 810 | 50,640 | $37,130 - 66,750 | 6% | 96% |
| 4 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 590 | 51,750 | $25,890 - 95,600 | 8% | 51% |
| 5 | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 580 | 45,050 | $35,220 - 58,460 | 11% | 95% |
| 6 | Accountants and auditors | 480 | 54,900 | $28,890 - 87,670 | 18% | 79% |
| 7 | Financial managers | 320 | 76,990 | $37,150 - 141,980 | 13% | 60% |
| 8 | Civil engineers | 280 | 66,490 | $46,460 - 86,950 | 18% | 87% |
| 9 | Lawyers | 260 | 130,250 | $39,040 - | 11% | 99% |
| 10 | Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 260 | 88,210 | $65,100 - 119,730 | 22% | 93% |
| 11 | Social and community service managers | 250 | 39,310 | $32,330 - 49,980 | 25% | 72% |
| 12 | Self-enrichment education teachers | 250 | 33,350 | $19,780 - 47,790 | 23% | 54% |
| 13 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 240 | 46,740 | $31,520 - 75,630 | 5% | 58% |
| 14 | Surveyors | 240 | 38,010 | $20,270 - 63,330 | 24% | 82% |
| 15 | Public relations specialists | 230 | 42,750 | $27,290 - 75,470 | 18% | 81% |
| 16 | Medical and health services managers | 210 | 79,250 | $47,200 - 114,230 | 16% | 57% |
| 17 | Pharmacists | 190 | 105,620 | $89,930 - 128,170 | 22% | 97% |
| 18 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 190 | 28,440 | $19,530 - 41,050 | 15% | 51% |
| 19 | Computer specialists, all other | 190 | 70,720 | $52,890 - 98,220 | 15% | 68% |
| 20 | Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 180 | 72,040 | $35,150 - 123,790 | 25% | 67% |
| 21 | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 180 | 67,630 | $43,720 - 97,420 | 17% | 56% |
| 22 | Computer software engineers, applications | 180 | 61,240 | $36,280 - 86,800 | 45% | 85% |
| 23 | Chief executives | 180 | 131,680 | $50,080 - | 2% | 65% |
| 24 | Engineers, all other | 170 | 98,390 | $73,740 - 127,770 | 6% | 82% |
| 25 | Computer systems analysts | 170 | 56,530 | $36,500 - 85,790 | 29% | 68% |
| 26 | Instructional coordinators | 160 | 71,570 | $54,850 - 92,620 | 23% | 79% |
| 27 | Electrical engineers | 160 | 77,770 | $52,020 - 101,980 | 6% | 81% |
| 28 | Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 160 | 38,740 | $26,750 - 59,730 | 18% | 56% |
| 29 | Network and computer systems administrators | 150 | 54,810 | $33,040 - 77,580 | 27% | 50% |
| 30 | Management analysts | 150 | 74,900 | $49,260 - 102,980 | 22% | 78% |
| 31 | Computer and information scientists, research | 150 | 72,390 | $45,000 - 102,990 | 22% | 68% |
| 32 | Child, family, and school social workers | 150 | 32,430 | $24,380 - 47,270 | 19% | 77% |
| 33 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 140 | 73,380 | $55,920 - 96,870 | 8% | 78% |
| 34 | Detectives and criminal investigators | 140 | 53,520 | $33,180 - 88,960 | 17% | 54% |
| 35 | Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 130 | 51,270 | $41,620 - 63,920 | 12% | 51% |
| 36 | Engineering managers | 130 | 99,570 | $46,880 - 145,010 | 7% | 84% |
| 37 | Speech-language pathologists | 130 | 63,360 | $44,890 - 88,050 | 11% | 98% |
| 38 | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 130 | 47,710 | $36,860 - 62,190 | 20% | 87% |
| 39 | Physical therapists | 120 | 64,200 | $33,580 - 90,070 | 27% | 89% |
| 40 | Advertising sales agents | 120 | 35,300 | $18,780 - 57,170 | 20% | 56% |
| 41 | Librarians | 110 | 48,040 | $34,420 - 64,250 | 4% | 85% |
| 42 | Sales managers | 110 | 83,620 | $39,850 - 143,810 | 10% | 69% |
| 43 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 110 | 52,940 | $34,640 - 73,200 | 13% | 73% |
| 44 | Computer programmers | 100 | 57,660 | $36,350 - 95,060 | 0% | 73% |
| 45 | Network systems and data communications analysts | 100 | 61,720 | $42,530 - 85,380 | 53% | 57% |
| 46 | Medical and public health social workers | 100 | 46,210 | $30,440 - 63,940 | 24% | 77% |
| 47 | Architects, except landscape and naval | 90 | 69,850 | $35,160 - 124,230 | 18% | 88% |
| 48 | Financial specialists, all other | 90 | 63,820 | $41,350 - 94,460 | 12% | 50% |
| 49 | Electronics engineers, except computer | 90 | 78,320 | $38,480 - 102,630 | 4% | 81% |
| 50 | Computer and information systems managers | 90 | 70,250 | $36,340 - 113,400 | 16% | 73% |
| 51 | Graphic designers | 90 | 40,380 | $27,760 - 51,180 | 10% | 55% |
| 52 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 90 | 75,160 | $42,050 - 103,040 | 12% | 51% |
| 53 | Mechanical engineers | 90 | 67,510 | $51,510 - 88,870 | 4% | 78% |
| 54 | Social and human service assistants | 80 | 33,180 | $20,400 - 55,140 | 34% | 58% |
| 55 | Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 80 | 54,160 | $42,850 - 68,020 | 0% | 96% |
| 56 | Training and development specialists | 80 | 41,040 | $26,930 - 60,590 | 18% | 56% |
| 57 | Industrial engineers | 80 | 55,620 | $39,330 - 90,740 | 20% | 74% |
| 58 | Occupational therapists | 70 | 72,420 | $48,560 - 97,570 | 23% | 90% |
| 59 | Chemical engineers | 70 | 88,000 | $55,870 - 126,490 | 8% | 91% |
| 60 | Marketing managers | 70 | 84,670 | $47,770 - 138,050 | 14% | 69% |
| 61 | Special education teachers, secondary school | 70 | 48,390 | $35,870 - 64,840 | 9% | 87% |
| 62 | Education administrators, postsecondary | 70 | 74,490 | $44,940 - 117,210 | 14% | 78% |
| 63 | Dentists, general | 70 | 188,730 | $48,220 - | 9% | 100% |
| 64 | Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 70 | 65,920 | $33,210 - 147,820 | 16% | 99% |
| 65 | Special education teachers, middle school | 60 | 46,910 | $36,510 - 60,260 | 16% | 87% |
| 66 | Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 60 | 43,700 | $21,010 - 98,240 | 24% | 78% |
| 67 | Legislators | 60 | 30,950 | $16,620 - 50,140 | 1% | 65% |
| 68 | Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 60 | 50,110 | $33,270 - 75,490 | 25% | 93% |
| 69 | Market research analysts | 60 | | $ - | 20% | 82% |
| 70 | Technical writers | 60 | 44,250 | $33,790 - 56,110 | 20% | 74% |
| 71 | Managers, all other | 60 | 83,610 | $46,960 - 121,310 | 7% | 55% |
| 72 | Budget analysts | 60 | 60,500 | $39,820 - 88,900 | 7% | 78% |
| 73 | Coaches and scouts | 60 | 40,060 | $21,710 - 78,900 | 15% | 60% |
| 74 | Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 50 | 40,930 | $30,370 - 51,250 | 18% | 56% |
| 75 | Database administrators | 50 | 51,490 | $34,310 - 89,230 | 29% | 72% |
| 76 | Social scientists and related workers, all other | 50 | 69,590 | $44,730 - 97,340 | 5% | 90% |
| 77 | Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 50 | 34,440 | $22,880 - 50,460 | 34% | 73% |
| 78 | Conservation scientists | 50 | 50,800 | $29,430 - 72,520 | 5% | 86% |
| 79 | Compensation and benefits managers | 40 | 69,150 | $41,940 - 108,330 | 12% | 58% |
| 80 | Chemists | 40 | 73,310 | $44,930 - 106,540 | 9% | 93% |
| 81 | Occupational health and safety specialists | 40 | 55,900 | $30,660 - 77,970 | 8% | 72% |
| 82 | Dietitians and nutritionists | 40 | 49,130 | $33,580 - 72,490 | 9% | 72% |
| 83 | Veterinarians | 40 | 68,790 | $41,080 - 103,010 | 35% | 100% |
| 84 | Personal financial advisors | 40 | 39,890 | $28,210 - 51,100 | 41% | 81% |
| 85 | Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 40 | 29,330 | $21,590 - 38,430 | 15% | 72% |
| 86 | Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 40 | 59,330 | $41,290 - 81,250 | 10% | 74% |
| 87 | Purchasing managers | 40 | 82,460 | $44,090 - 124,660 | 3% | 57% |
| 88 | Urban and regional planners | 40 | 39,560 | $22,250 - 62,230 | 15% | 92% |
| 89 | Public relations managers | 40 | 60,610 | $30,090 - 85,190 | 17% | 75% |
| 90 | Environmental engineers | 30 | 70,360 | $47,810 - 94,640 | 25% | 86% |
| 91 | Health educators | 30 | | $ - | 26% | 58% |
| 92 | Vocational education teachers, middle school | 30 | 50,020 | $37,600 - 66,640 | 0% | 95% |
| 93 | Meeting and convention planners | 30 | 48,430 | $30,150 - 75,830 | 20% | 67% |
| 94 | Floral designers | 30 | 21,000 | $17,170 - 27,720 | 0% | 55% |
| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
|---|
| 1 | Retail salespersons | 3,950 | 23,620 | $15,190 - 35,380 | 12% | 25% |
| 2 | Cashiers | 3,800 | 17,970 | $13,330 - 23,990 | -2% | 10% |
| 3 | Waiters and waitresses | 2,650 | 17,200 | $12,950 - 25,830 | 11% | 14% |
| 4 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 2,480 | 27,160 | $18,330 - 38,260 | 1% | 18% |
| 5 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,290 | 21,900 | $15,500 - 29,900 | 15% | 4% |
| 6 | Gaming dealers | 2,280 | 19,660 | $13,070 - 30,110 | 24% | 11% |
| 7 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,880 | 23,640 | $14,660 - 35,950 | 2% | 5% |
| 8 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,800 | 18,500 | $15,620 - 22,730 | 13% | 5% |
| 9 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,630 | 32,340 | $22,080 - 44,860 | 13% | 16% |
| 10 | Food preparation workers | 1,580 | 17,430 | $13,130 - 24,270 | 15% | 7% |
| 11 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,500 | 35,590 | $22,110 - 54,600 | 4% | 25% |
| 12 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,490 | 18,770 | $13,320 - 26,110 | 18% | 5% |
| 13 | Security guards | 1,440 | 23,360 | $16,310 - 33,370 | 17% | 13% |
| 14 | Cooks, restaurant | 1,370 | 22,130 | $15,730 - 30,120 | 12% | 5% |
| 15 | Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,370 | 21,700 | $14,370 - 31,880 | -7% | 8% |
| 16 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 1,270 | 42,030 | $26,690 - 64,110 | 6% | 29% |
| 17 | General and operations managers | 1,240 | 83,100 | $39,890 - 139,860 | 2% | 48% |
| 18 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,200 | 40,560 | $25,090 - 62,120 | 10% | 4% |
| 19 | Cooks, fast food | 1,130 | 17,640 | $13,650 - 22,360 | 8% | 5% |
| 20 | Office clerks, general | 1,040 | 25,050 | $16,480 - 35,990 | 13% | 19% |
| 21 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 980 | 29,660 | $18,630 - 43,150 | 11% | 14% |
| 22 | Maintenance and repair workers, general | 980 | 31,020 | $20,360 - 46,430 | 10% | 6% |
| 23 | Construction laborers | 970 | 24,260 | $17,620 - 31,430 | 11% | 5% |
| 24 | Customer service representatives | 960 | 26,990 | $18,840 - 38,880 | 25% | 22% |
| 25 | Receptionists and information clerks | 870 | 23,290 | $16,840 - 32,160 | 17% | 13% |
| 26 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 860 | 24,840 | $17,340 - 36,690 | 18% | 7% |
| 27 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 810 | 32,760 | $21,950 - 41,690 | 11% | 33% |
| 28 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 770 | 27,810 | $15,020 - 49,620 | 8% | 4% |
| 29 | Carpenters | 740 | 37,730 | $26,310 - 54,450 | 10% | 6% |
| 30 | Teacher assistants | 730 | 17,090 | $13,080 - 23,910 | 10% | 18% |
| 31 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 710 | 51,290 | $31,860 - 73,920 | 9% | 10% |
| 32 | Business operations specialists, all other | 700 | 56,220 | $36,240 - 80,720 | 21% | 49% |
| 33 | Gaming supervisors | 640 | 45,520 | $30,560 - 61,200 | 23% | 30% |
| 34 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 640 | 22,800 | $17,410 - 28,800 | 18% | 6% |
| 35 | Bartenders | 630 | 17,650 | $12,990 - 25,440 | 11% | 17% |
| 36 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 630 | 16,650 | $13,050 - 21,220 | 10% | 8% |
| 37 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 620 | 16,720 | $12,900 - 23,980 | 12% | 6% |
| 38 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 620 | 33,270 | $24,910 - 45,500 | 14% | 7% |
| 39 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 610 | 39,020 | $23,380 - 68,490 | 15% | 18% |
| 40 | Electricians | 600 | 39,750 | $26,980 - 52,870 | 7% | 7% |
| 41 | Slot key persons | 570 | 27,810 | $20,370 - 37,030 | 11% | 30% |
| 42 | Child care workers | 570 | 16,870 | $13,150 - 21,210 | 18% | 15% |
| 43 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 560 | 37,590 | $16,840 - 62,380 | 14% | 4% |
| 44 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 560 | 26,050 | $15,620 - 37,930 | 4% | 6% |
| 45 | Fire fighters | 550 | 36,700 | $25,730 - 48,300 | 12% | 18% |
| 46 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 530 | 21,510 | $16,340 - 29,830 | 11% | 5% |
| 47 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 510 | 17,240 | $13,170 - 23,410 | 10% | 17% |
| 48 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 500 | 52,560 | $35,020 - 68,260 | 7% | 13% |
| 49 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 450 | 33,280 | $19,290 - 48,300 | 11% | 4% |
| 50 | Tellers | 440 | 22,800 | $17,810 - 27,940 | 14% | 16% |
| 51 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 440 | 33,340 | $24,480 - 46,630 | 8% | 3% |
| 52 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 430 | 43,890 | $27,420 - 62,830 | -4% | 15% |
| 53 | Gaming cage workers | 430 | 26,480 | $21,040 - 32,880 | 11% | 0% |
| 54 | Dishwashers | 380 | 18,240 | $13,300 - 24,460 | 10% | 3% |
| 55 | Correctional officers and jailers | 380 | 26,640 | $20,240 - 34,260 | 17% | 11% |
| 56 | Painters, construction and maintenance | 370 | 31,380 | $25,860 - 43,330 | 12% | 6% |
| 57 | Counter and rental clerks | 370 | 22,510 | $13,910 - 31,510 | 23% | 16% |
| 58 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 370 | 33,660 | $21,790 - 45,940 | 5% | 2% |
| 59 | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 360 | 19,630 | $15,150 - 24,690 | 17% | 14% |
| 60 | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 360 | 31,180 | $22,070 - 40,490 | 13% | 11% |
| 61 | Driver/sales workers | 360 | 28,210 | $15,400 - 45,860 | -4% | 4% |
| 62 | Bus drivers, school | 350 | 14,520 | $12,830 - 16,330 | 9% | 4% |
| 63 | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 340 | 19,670 | $14,040 - 25,840 | 10% | 5% |
| 64 | Industrial truck and tractor operators | 340 | 30,450 | $20,360 - 47,540 | -1% | 2% |
| 65 | Gaming change persons and booth cashiers | 330 | 23,820 | $17,400 - 31,870 | 7% | 10% |
| 66 | All other information and record clerks | 310 | 36,330 | $26,620 - 47,100 | -12% | 21% |
| 67 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 310 | 27,340 | $19,560 - 37,600 | 4% | 15% |
| 68 | Team assemblers | 300 | 20,660 | $13,510 - 33,780 | 0% | 5% |
| 69 | Computer support specialists | 290 | 39,820 | $23,600 - 59,990 | 13% | 43% |
| 70 | Medical assistants | 280 | 27,520 | $19,850 - 33,680 | 35% | 10% |
| 71 | Pharmacy technicians | 270 | 27,390 | $19,000 - 39,520 | 32% | 16% |
| 72 | Parking lot attendants | 250 | 18,010 | $13,140 - 25,330 | 12% | 14% |
| 73 | Insurance sales agents | 250 | 31,200 | $18,450 - 49,190 | 13% | 45% |
| 74 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 250 | 53,610 | $30,700 - 83,800 | 0% | 42% |
| 75 | Postal service mail carriers | 250 | | | 1% | 11% |
| 76 | Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 240 | 31,970 | $21,880 - 46,100 | 27% | 47% |
| 77 | Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 230 | 28,700 | $19,570 - 42,820 | 10% | 24% |
| 78 | Parts salespersons | 230 | 30,980 | $14,510 - 58,590 | -1% | 6% |
| 79 | Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators | 220 | 30,710 | $22,530 - 41,200 | 34% | 13% |
| 80 | Construction managers | 220 | 67,220 | $40,060 - 98,170 | 16% | 29% |
| 81 | Food service managers | 220 | 62,490 | $29,060 - 100,600 | 5% | 24% |
| 82 | Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 210 | 44,280 | $35,110 - 54,510 | 16% | 43% |
| 83 | Bill and account collectors | 210 | 27,740 | $20,520 - 36,610 | 23% | 13% |
| 84 | Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 200 | 19,630 | $13,290 - 28,290 | 13% | 15% |
| 85 | First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 200 | 44,790 | $26,690 - 71,070 | 10% | 17% |
| 86 | Packers and packagers, hand | 200 | 17,460 | $13,100 - 23,160 | -11% | 3% |
| 87 | Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers | 200 | 18,320 | $13,620 - 24,030 | 11% | 2% |
| 88 | Helpers--electricians | 200 | 27,760 | $21,630 - 33,030 | 7% | 3% |
| 89 | Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 190 | 35,130 | $26,640 - 46,620 | 11% | 29% |
| 90 | Medical secretaries | 190 | 25,360 | $18,520 - 32,930 | 17% | 18% |
| 91 | Preschool teachers, except special education | 180 | 18,380 | $13,400 - 24,790 | 26% | 43% |
| 92 | Cost estimators | 180 | 53,630 | $29,330 - 96,080 | 19% | 32% |
| 93 | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 180 | 36,700 | $26,090 - 49,960 | 9% | 3% |
| 94 | Radiologic technologists and technicians | 180 | 42,060 | $28,530 - 56,720 | 15% | 25% |
| 95 | Highway maintenance workers | 180 | 24,590 | $18,740 - 31,660 | 9% | 5% |
| 96 | Switchboard operators, including answering service | 180 | 21,470 | $17,120 - 25,930 | -7% | 10% |
| 97 | Chefs and head cooks | 180 | 33,340 | $20,680 - 53,260 | 8% | 14% |
| 98 | Surgical technologists | 170 | 33,530 | $24,130 - 42,540 | 25% | 16% |
| 99 | Dental assistants | 170 | 28,270 | $20,020 - 38,410 | 29% | 9% |
| 100 | Food servers, nonrestaurant | 170 | 17,930 | $13,300 - 24,530 | 16% | 9% |