The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:
| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered nurses | 5,980 | 50,230 | $36,590 - 65,160 | 24% | 56% |
| 2 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 4,640 | 58,280 | $30,980 - 94,050 | 8% | 51% |
| 3 | Elementary school teachers, except special education | 3,670 | 50,790 | $34,310 - 71,330 | 14% | 95% |
| 4 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 2,990 | 55,810 | $36,340 - 84,380 | 6% | 96% |
| 5 | Teachers and instructors, all other | 2,830 | 30,310 | $19,650 - 41,990 | 9% | 54% |
| 6 | Accountants and auditors | 2,520 | 61,180 | $36,420 - 90,310 | 18% | 79% |
| 7 | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 1,460 | 54,000 | $39,190 - 74,160 | 11% | 95% |
| 8 | Social and human service assistants | 1,230 | 25,360 | $15,350 - 37,460 | 34% | 58% |
| 9 | Lawyers | 1,190 | 94,530 | $51,950 - 0 | 11% | 99% |
| 10 | Computer programmers | 990 | 60,350 | $36,160 - 89,260 | 0% | 73% |
| 11 | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 940 | 49,680 | $37,880 - 66,800 | 20% | 87% |
| 12 | Market research analysts | 940 | 48,840 | $32,670 - 74,080 | 20% | 82% |
| 13 | Management analysts | 860 | 58,800 | $39,250 - 86,880 | 22% | 78% |
| 14 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 840 | 72,830 | $36,510 - 102,210 | 12% | 51% |
| 15 | Medical and health services managers | 820 | 82,880 | $49,650 - 129,970 | 16% | 57% |
| 16 | Financial managers | 790 | 100,480 | $48,310 - 0 | 13% | 60% |
| 17 | Electrical engineers | 790 | 71,530 | $38,000 - 118,000 | 6% | 81% |
| 18 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 780 | 44,580 | $22,550 - 63,610 | 13% | 73% |
| 19 | Computer software engineers, applications | 770 | 74,890 | $49,700 - 103,680 | 45% | 85% |
| 20 | Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 740 | 74,570 | $35,130 - 142,660 | 25% | 67% |
| 21 | Industrial engineers | 720 | 67,950 | $47,940 - 90,440 | 20% | 74% |
| 22 | Chief executives | 700 | 132,170 | $68,440 - 0 | 2% | 65% |
| 23 | Mechanical engineers | 660 | 70,340 | $47,090 - 97,580 | 4% | 78% |
| 24 | Rehabilitation counselors | 650 | 23,940 | $17,330 - 33,190 | 23% | 73% |
| 25 | Child, family, and school social workers | 650 | 44,750 | $28,860 - 63,770 | 19% | 77% |
| 26 | Self-enrichment education teachers | 620 | 25,990 | $16,740 - 40,040 | 23% | 54% |
| 27 | Civil engineers | 620 | 67,490 | $49,000 - 91,720 | 18% | 87% |
| 28 | Computer software engineers, systems software | 600 | 76,440 | $44,300 - 113,980 | 28% | 85% |
| 29 | Social workers, all other | 580 | 46,150 | $30,720 - 60,960 | 18% | 77% |
| 30 | Special education teachers, secondary school | 530 | 55,190 | $41,640 - 71,670 | 9% | 87% |
| 31 | Physical therapists | 520 | 58,260 | $43,850 - 74,750 | 27% | 89% |
| 32 | Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 510 | 44,650 | $31,510 - 64,010 | 18% | 56% |
| 33 | Computer systems analysts | 510 | 59,980 | $36,460 - 81,490 | 29% | 68% |
| 34 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 480 | 77,920 | $59,220 - 101,550 | 8% | 78% |
| 35 | Managers, all other | 470 | 65,400 | $39,340 - 101,850 | 7% | 55% |
| 36 | Pharmacists | 470 | 94,250 | $76,770 - 118,510 | 22% | 97% |
| 37 | Librarians | 460 | 50,810 | $37,400 - 66,270 | 4% | 85% |
| 38 | Network and computer systems administrators | 460 | 54,260 | $35,230 - 75,830 | 27% | 50% |
| 39 | Engineering managers | 450 | 97,010 | $63,190 - 130,790 | 7% | 84% |
| 40 | Training and development specialists | 440 | 54,250 | $28,740 - 89,570 | 18% | 56% |
| 41 | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 440 | 43,850 | $16,310 - 75,460 | 17% | 56% |
| 42 | Sales managers | 430 | 109,330 | $56,720 - 0 | 10% | 69% |
| 43 | Computer and information systems managers | 430 | 98,540 | $66,080 - 0 | 16% | 73% |
| 44 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 410 | 45,730 | $26,810 - 71,040 | 5% | 58% |
| 45 | Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 390 | 36,410 | $21,240 - 54,890 | 34% | 73% |
| 46 | Marketing managers | 380 | 102,150 | $52,840 - 0 | 14% | 69% |
| 47 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 380 | 38,800 | $25,230 - 56,080 | 15% | 51% |
| 48 | Coaches and scouts | 380 | 32,910 | $17,550 - 57,160 | 15% | 60% |
| 49 | Social and community service managers | 370 | 52,630 | $33,550 - 74,320 | 25% | 72% |
| 50 | Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 370 | 60,250 | $37,640 - 83,890 | 16% | 99% |
| 51 | Clergy | 360 | 41,900 | $23,260 - 61,810 | 19% | 75% |
| 52 | Graphic designers | 360 | 40,550 | $21,900 - 69,320 | 10% | 55% |
| 53 | Financial analysts | 360 | 66,530 | $42,570 - 92,780 | 34% | 87% |
| 54 | Instructional coordinators | 350 | 57,220 | $35,970 - 87,460 | 23% | 79% |
| 55 | Education administrators, postsecondary | 350 | 89,190 | $52,550 - 131,290 | 14% | 78% |
| 56 | Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 340 | 45,440 | $34,360 - 58,070 | 12% | 51% |
| 57 | Insurance underwriters | 330 | 58,440 | $39,780 - 89,370 | 6% | 53% |
| 58 | Advertising sales agents | 320 | 44,280 | $20,620 - 74,870 | 20% | 56% |
| 59 | Legislators | 320 | 75,910 | $59,540 - 90,680 | 1% | 65% |
| 60 | Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 300 | 37,730 | $26,260 - 53,600 | 30% | 77% |
| 61 | Special education teachers, middle school | 290 | 54,260 | $39,950 - 72,050 | 16% | 87% |
| 62 | Environmental engineers | 280 | 66,470 | $44,860 - 92,430 | 25% | 86% |
| 63 | Community and social service specialists, all other | 280 | 36,800 | $22,780 - 55,360 | 25% | 58% |
| 64 | Public relations specialists | 280 | 43,530 | $26,000 - 64,890 | 18% | 81% |
| 65 | Occupational therapists | 270 | 56,630 | $40,280 - 88,760 | 23% | 90% |
| 66 | Electronics engineers, except computer | 270 | 64,620 | $41,030 - 90,050 | 4% | 81% |
| 67 | Speech-language pathologists | 260 | 55,050 | $40,170 - 72,810 | 11% | 98% |
| 68 | Dentists, general | 260 | $0 - 0 | 9% | 100% | |
| 69 | Sales engineers | 230 | 79,790 | $45,850 - 128,170 | 9% | 79% |
| 70 | Network systems and data communications analysts | 220 | 57,900 | $29,490 - 86,350 | 53% | 57% |
| 71 | Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 210 | 48,370 | $31,660 - 70,240 | 18% | 56% |
| 72 | Architects, except landscape and naval | 210 | 75,480 | $40,950 - 119,330 | 18% | 88% |
| 73 | Physician assistants | 210 | 73,920 | $54,990 - 96,760 | 27% | 67% |
| 74 | Personal financial advisors | 210 | 74,290 | $38,820 - 0 | 41% | 81% |
| 75 | Chemists | 200 | $0 - 0 | 9% | 93% | |
| 76 | Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 190 | 52,680 | $40,610 - 70,000 | 0% | 96% |
| 77 | Medical and public health social workers | 190 | 39,410 | $25,090 - 58,540 | 24% | 77% |
| 78 | Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 180 | 56,670 | $29,330 - 92,070 | 25% | 93% |
| 79 | Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 160 | 122,290 | $88,550 - 0 | 5% | 99% |
| 80 | Commercial and industrial designers | 160 | 62,230 | $37,960 - 90,810 | 7% | 55% |
| 81 | Editors | 160 | 41,430 | $23,440 - 86,100 | 2% | 81% |
| 82 | Detectives and criminal investigators | 150 | 61,530 | $42,620 - 86,930 | 17% | 54% |
| 83 | Health educators | 150 | 36,090 | $25,760 - 49,810 | 26% | 58% |
| 84 | Dietitians and nutritionists | 150 | 46,580 | $28,960 - 60,320 | 9% | 72% |
| 85 | Sales and related workers, all other | 140 | 36,310 | $22,540 - 51,270 | 14% | 62% |
| 86 | Tax preparers | 140 | 28,960 | $19,800 - 41,850 | 0% | 54% |
| 87 | Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 130 | 38,640 | $26,090 - 61,350 | 24% | 78% |
| 88 | Floral designers | 130 | 29,040 | $16,150 - 36,450 | 0% | 55% |
| 89 | Database administrators | 130 | 61,930 | $37,140 - 89,830 | 29% | 72% |
| 90 | Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 130 | 28,960 | $19,340 - 45,740 | 11% | 55% |
| 91 | Financial specialists, all other | 120 | 53,670 | $28,650 - 82,140 | 12% | 50% |
| 92 | Purchasing managers | 110 | 82,760 | $52,720 - 124,170 | 3% | 57% |
| 93 | Veterinarians | 110 | 75,890 | $48,120 - 113,900 | 35% | 100% |
| 94 | Budget analysts | 110 | 49,550 | $28,870 - 72,320 | 7% | 78% |
| 95 | Advertising and promotions managers | 110 | 87,940 | $33,640 - 0 | 6% | 76% |
| 96 | Computer specialists, all other | 110 | 67,080 | $44,960 - 97,740 | 15% | 68% |
| 97 | Compensation and benefits managers | 100 | 83,680 | $45,630 - 117,320 | 12% | 58% |
| 98 | Musicians and singers | 100 | $0 - 0 | 10% | 53% | |
| 99 | Art directors | 100 | $0 - 0 | 9% | 58% | |
| 100 | Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 100 | 85,390 | $41,390 - 0 | 12% | 94% |
| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retail salespersons | 9,230 | 22,580 | $14,360 - 37,530 | 12% | 25% |
| 2 | Cashiers | 8,880 | 16,800 | $14,220 - 21,390 | -2% | 10% |
| 3 | Office clerks, general | 6,410 | 22,960 | $14,780 - 32,420 | 13% | 19% |
| 4 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 6,360 | 21,860 | $14,600 - 31,570 | 15% | 4% |
| 5 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 5,090 | 29,910 | $18,540 - 42,160 | 13% | 16% |
| 6 | Waiters and waitresses | 5,010 | 19,390 | $14,360 - 26,890 | 11% | 14% |
| 7 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 5,010 | 27,480 | $18,300 - 38,470 | 1% | 18% |
| 8 | Teacher assistants | 4,700 | 21,230 | $14,930 - 28,350 | 10% | 18% |
| 9 | Customer service representatives | 4,450 | 29,820 | $16,220 - 46,540 | 25% | 22% |
| 10 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 4,250 | 23,280 | $15,470 - 33,700 | 2% | 5% |
| 11 | Stock clerks and order fillers | 4,060 | 20,740 | $14,400 - 31,100 | -7% | 8% |
| 12 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 3,760 | 37,520 | $25,730 - 56,290 | 10% | 4% |
| 13 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 3,740 | 15,960 | $14,140 - 19,590 | 18% | 5% |
| 14 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 3,680 | 37,920 | $25,410 - 52,570 | 15% | 18% |
| 15 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 3,580 | 22,530 | $16,580 - 29,730 | 18% | 7% |
| 16 | Food preparation workers | 3,420 | 17,400 | $14,210 - 23,540 | 15% | 7% |
| 17 | Maintenance and repair workers, general | 3,400 | 31,750 | $20,280 - 45,720 | 10% | 6% |
| 18 | General and operations managers | 3,260 | 107,640 | $45,990 - [?] | 2% | 48% |
| 19 | Team assemblers | 3,230 | 22,960 | $15,600 - 34,380 | 0% | 5% |
| 20 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 3,200 | 46,560 | $29,920 - 69,510 | 6% | 29% |
| 21 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 2,780 | 28,070 | $16,700 - 46,630 | 8% | 4% |
| 22 | Receptionists and information clerks | 2,700 | 22,750 | $15,880 - 30,090 | 17% | 13% |
| 23 | Security guards | 2,670 | 22,520 | $14,350 - 35,770 | 17% | 13% |
| 24 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 2,590 | 32,680 | $25,140 - 42,800 | 14% | 7% |
| 25 | Carpenters | 2,120 | 36,500 | $17,830 - 53,600 | 10% | 6% |
| 26 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 2,080 | 37,870 | $22,040 - 60,480 | 4% | 25% |
| 27 | Construction laborers | 1,940 | 33,650 | $20,650 - 47,960 | 11% | 5% |
| 28 | Home health aides | 1,780 | 24,910 | $16,060 - 38,480 | 49% | 7% |
| 29 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 1,760 | 26,780 | $16,000 - 41,940 | 11% | 14% |
| 30 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 1,750 | 23,080 | $14,630 - 34,060 | 18% | 6% |
| 31 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 1,740 | 16,490 | $14,150 - 22,090 | 10% | 8% |
| 32 | Dishwashers | 1,710 | 15,370 | $14,140 - 17,860 | 10% | 3% |
| 33 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 1,690 | 25,840 | $16,310 - 38,570 | 4% | 6% |
| 34 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 1,620 | 34,280 | $19,100 - 50,000 | 14% | 4% |
| 35 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 1,580 | 44,730 | $32,630 - 56,470 | 11% | 33% |
| 36 | Child care workers | 1,570 | 19,170 | $14,180 - 27,540 | 18% | 15% |
| 37 | Word processors and typists | 1,540 | 28,170 | $18,830 - 37,070 | -11% | 19% |
| 38 | Bus drivers, school | 1,490 | 32,050 | $19,580 - 44,870 | 9% | 4% |
| 39 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,460 | 47,460 | $31,680 - 68,830 | -4% | 15% |
| 40 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 1,410 | 28,420 | $20,620 - 36,720 | 4% | 15% |
| 41 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,410 | 17,770 | $14,230 - 23,370 | 13% | 5% |
| 42 | Packers and packagers, hand | 1,380 | 19,620 | $14,320 - 28,470 | -11% | 3% |
| 43 | Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 1,370 | 24,290 | $15,110 - 35,820 | -26% | 6% |
| 44 | Cooks, restaurant | 1,350 | 21,700 | $15,270 - 29,090 | 12% | 5% |
| 45 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 1,330 | 27,750 | $15,340 - 41,980 | -6% | 14% |
| 46 | Bartenders | 1,330 | 18,770 | $14,240 - 27,000 | 11% | 17% |
| 47 | Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 1,240 | 48,600 | $30,000 - 71,760 | 9% | 47% |
| 48 | Helpers--production workers | 1,200 | 19,470 | $14,440 - 27,800 | 0% | 4% |
| 49 | Office and administrative support workers, all other | 1,180 | 36,190 | $26,340 - 47,280 | -8% | 32% |
| 50 | Preschool teachers, except special education | 1,160 | 21,350 | $15,880 - 31,100 | 26% | 43% |
| 51 | Machinists | 1,160 | 33,500 | $21,510 - 47,120 | -2% | 3% |
| 52 | Counter and rental clerks | 1,150 | 18,820 | $14,180 - 29,520 | 23% | 16% |
| 53 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 1,090 | 54,400 | $34,170 - 79,180 | 7% | 13% |
| 54 | Electricians | 1,090 | 49,640 | $30,190 - 70,280 | 7% | 7% |
| 55 | Cooks, fast food | 1,080 | 15,880 | $14,150 - 18,890 | 8% | 5% |
| 56 | Computer support specialists | 1,070 | 41,510 | $25,750 - 61,790 | 13% | 43% |
| 57 | Industrial truck and tractor operators | 1,040 | 26,700 | $18,540 - 34,930 | -1% | 2% |
| 58 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 1,040 | 58,160 | $40,620 - 80,840 | 9% | 10% |
| 59 | Tellers | 1,000 | 21,950 | $16,410 - 28,790 | 14% | 16% |
| 60 | Highway maintenance workers | 990 | 31,790 | $24,440 - 40,050 | 9% | 5% |
| 61 | Recreation workers | 960 | 20,590 | $14,240 - 32,540 | 13% | 47% |
| 62 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 920 | 41,620 | $26,040 - 57,980 | 11% | 4% |
| 63 | Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 890 | 33,240 | $22,000 - 50,830 | 0% | 22% |
| 64 | Industrial machinery mechanics | 880 | 46,490 | $27,200 - 72,050 | 9% | 5% |
| 65 | Personal and home care aides | 870 | 20,800 | $16,340 - 24,320 | 51% | 10% |
| 66 | Postal service mail carriers | 840 | 43,790 | $34,660 - 51,430 | 1% | 11% |
| 67 | Legal secretaries | 820 | 33,560 | $21,620 - 46,120 | 12% | 18% |
| 68 | Insurance sales agents | 820 | 66,920 | $31,090 - 119,000 | 13% | 45% |
| 69 | Driver/sales workers | 790 | $[?] - [?] | -4% | 4% | |
| 70 | Sales representatives, services, all other | 780 | 49,620 | $26,680 - 76,440 | 28% | 48% |
| 71 | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 730 | 22,110 | $15,040 - 29,420 | -4% | 5% |
| 72 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 710 | 50,360 | $32,960 - 72,340 | 0% | 42% |
| 73 | Printing machine operators | 700 | 32,130 | $19,100 - 47,660 | -5% | 6% |
| 74 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 700 | 85,330 | $51,330 - 131,230 | 4% | 38% |
| 75 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 680 | 22,390 | $14,300 - 34,240 | 11% | 5% |
| 76 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 680 | 32,070 | $22,730 - 43,790 | 5% | 2% |
| 77 | Dental assistants | 670 | 28,110 | $23,860 - 33,970 | 29% | 9% |
| 78 | Order clerks | 670 | 26,290 | $17,430 - 36,740 | -23% | 16% |
| 79 | File clerks | 670 | 22,250 | $16,090 - 28,490 | -40% | 20% |
| 80 | Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 650 | 34,190 | $22,030 - 50,110 | 3% | 25% |
| 81 | Library assistants, clerical | 650 | 21,000 | $14,930 - 28,960 | 8% | 37% |
| 82 | Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 630 | 24,470 | $15,790 - 36,080 | -12% | 0% |
| 83 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 630 | 47,130 | $32,620 - 66,460 | 8% | 3% |
| 84 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 630 | 18,050 | $14,250 - 23,020 | 12% | 6% |
| 85 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 620 | 42,520 | $28,020 - 59,260 | 4% | 30% |
| 86 | First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 610 | 35,130 | $23,760 - 48,640 | 13% | 11% |
| 87 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 610 | 15,230 | $14,130 - 17,670 | 12% | 6% |
| 88 | Paralegals and legal assistants | 610 | 45,900 | $32,820 - 58,980 | 22% | 45% |
| 89 | Administrative services managers | 610 | 71,280 | $43,390 - 100,280 | 12% | 40% |
| 90 | Telemarketers | 600 | 20,300 | $14,400 - 29,950 | -9% | 14% |
| 91 | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 590 | 18,630 | $14,250 - 25,460 | 10% | 5% |
| 92 | Parts salespersons | 590 | 33,230 | $20,720 - 45,580 | -1% | 6% |
| 93 | Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 580 | 26,370 | $19,120 - 37,110 | 10% | 24% |
| 94 | Medical assistants | 580 | 27,090 | $19,730 - 34,610 | 35% | 10% |
| 95 | Data entry keyers | 580 | 25,030 | $19,480 - 34,070 | -4% | 18% |
| 96 | Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 570 | 30,870 | $20,360 - 41,090 | -17% | 0% |
| 97 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 570 | 20,100 | $14,310 - 29,890 | 14% | 3% |
| 98 | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 570 | 24,680 | $16,360 - 35,450 | -14% | 0% |
| 99 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 560 | 15,860 | $14,150 - 18,490 | 10% | 17% |
| 100 | Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 540 | 43,630 | $23,620 - 69,530 | 3% | 13% |
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* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0
| Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Pop. vs. Avg.* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 84,040 | 5,200 | 14 |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | 21,480 | 160 | 7.1 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 46,740 | 420 | 5.7 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 122,290 | 160 | 5.6 |
| Social workers, all other | 46,150 | 580 | 5.1 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 31,790 | 990 | 5 |
| Word processors and typists | 28,170 | 1,540 | 4.8 |
| Clergy | 41,900 | 360 | 4.5 |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians | 27,190 | 210 | 4.4 |
| Legislators | 75,910 | 320 | 3.9 |
| Graduate teaching assistants | 30,660 | 280 | 3.9 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 58,790 | 500 | 3.8 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 21,000 | 650 | 3.2 |
| Electromechanical equipment assemblers | 27,560 | 320 | 3.2 |
| Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 24,290 | 1,370 | 3.1 |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 30,870 | 570 | 3 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 26,840 | 420 | 3 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 23,840 | 280 | 3 |
| Teachers and instructors, all other | 30,310 | 2,830 | 2.8 |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers | 21,440 | 130 | 2.8 |
| Electrical and electronics drafters | 52,770 | 200 | 2.8 |
| Food batchmakers | 21,920 | 470 | 2.7 |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 36,410 | 390 | 2.6 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 51,040 | 220 | 2.6 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | 43,060 | 110 | 2.6 |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers | 33,700 | 270 | 2.6 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 23,940 | 650 | 2.6 |
| Environmental engineers | 66,470 | 280 | 2.5 |
| Commercial and industrial designers | 62,230 | 160 | 2.5 |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders | 32,640 | 330 | 2.4 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 44,840 | 350 | 2.3 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 24,470 | 630 | 2.3 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 55,190 | 530 | 2.3 |
| Millwrights | 35,690 | 150 | 2.3 |
| Electrical engineers | 71,530 | 790 | 2.3 |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products | 21,930 | 130 | 2.2 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 49,680 | 940 | 2.2 |
| Psychiatric aides | 29,080 | 170 | 2.2 |
| Radio and television announcers | 37,410 | 140 | 2.2 |
| Broadcast technicians | 31,070 | 150 | 2.1 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives | 57,630 | 280 | 2 |
| Crane and tower operators | 52,610 | 160 | 2 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 99,670 | 210 | 2 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 35,280 | 120 | 2 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 30,380 | 270 | 2 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 26,550 | 350 | 2 |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand | 24,970 | 150 | 1.9 |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators | 44,130 | 150 | 1.9 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 34,190 | 650 | 1.9 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 89,190 | 350 | 1.9 |
* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0
| Title | Mean Local Salary | Salary Index * | Local Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legislators | 75,910 | 2.17 | 320 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 99,670 | 1.4 | 210 |
| Construction managers | 103,340 | 1.33 | 490 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 84,040 | 1.32 | 5,200 |
| Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks | 36,690 | 1.3 | 220 |
| Bus drivers, school | 32,050 | 1.29 | 1,490 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 40,300 | 1.28 | 160 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 85,330 | 1.28 | 700 |
| Floral designers | 29,040 | 1.28 | 130 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 122,290 | 1.27 | 160 |
| Hazardous materials removal workers | 46,740 | 1.27 | 420 |
| Home health aides | 24,910 | 1.26 | 1,780 |
| Family and general practitioners | 191,730 | 1.26 | 150 |
| Crane and tower operators | 52,610 | 1.26 | 160 |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 36,190 | 1.25 | 1,180 |
| Health technologists and technicians, all other | 46,730 | 1.25 | 170 |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 44,840 | 1.25 | 350 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 58,790 | 1.24 | 500 |
| Insurance sales agents | 66,920 | 1.24 | 820 |
| Baggage porters and bellhops | 23,840 | 1.22 | 280 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 90,710 | 1.21 | 170 |
| Sales managers | 109,330 | 1.2 | 430 |
| General and operations managers | 107,640 | 1.2 | 3,260 |
| Nonfarm animal caretakers | 23,140 | 1.19 | 420 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 28,080 | 1.19 | 400 |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials | 21,710 | 1.18 | 160 |
| Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 33,380 | 1.18 | 300 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 52,250 | 1.18 | 390 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 47,130 | 1.18 | 630 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 19,390 | 1.18 | 5,010 |
| Psychiatric aides | 29,080 | 1.18 | 170 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 21,890 | 1.18 | 350 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 45,340 | 1.18 | 430 |
| Financial managers | 100,480 | 1.17 | 790 |
| Motor vehicle operators, all other | 30,380 | 1.17 | 270 |
| Child, family, and school social workers | 44,750 | 1.17 | 650 |
| Construction laborers | 33,650 | 1.16 | 1,940 |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers | 40,180 | 1.16 | 270 |
| Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 38,800 | 1.16 | 380 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 36,580 | 1.16 | 250 |
| Butchers and meat cutters | 33,300 | 1.16 | 220 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 87,940 | 1.16 | 110 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 55,810 | 1.16 | 2,990 |
| Training and development specialists | 54,250 | 1.16 | 440 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 49,100 | 1.15 | 190 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 35,280 | 1.15 | 120 |
| Merchandise displayers and window trimmers | 28,960 | 1.14 | 130 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 51,040 | 1.14 | 220 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 54,260 | 1.14 | 290 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 89,190 | 1.14 | 350 |
| Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Family and general practitioners | 191,730 | 150 |
| Internists, general | 152,140 | 90 |
| Physicians and surgeons, all other | 141,240 | 550 |
| Psychiatrists | 139,810 | 50 |
| Chief executives | 132,170 | 700 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 122,290 | 160 |
| Sales managers | 109,330 | 430 |
| General and operations managers | 107,640 | 3,260 |
| Optometrists | 105,430 | 80 |
| Construction managers | 103,340 | 490 |
| Marketing managers | 102,150 | 380 |
| Financial managers | 100,480 | 790 |
| Natural sciences managers | 99,850 | 50 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 99,670 | 210 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 98,540 | 430 |
| Engineering managers | 97,010 | 450 |
| Lawyers | 94,530 | 1,190 |
| Pharmacists | 94,250 | 470 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 90,710 | 170 |
| Public relations managers | 90,210 | 90 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 89,190 | 350 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 87,940 | 110 |
| Industrial production managers | 85,720 | 420 |
| Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other | 85,390 | 100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 85,330 | 700 |
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | 84,040 | 5,200 |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 83,680 | 100 |
| Medical and health services managers | 82,880 | 820 |
| Purchasing managers | 82,760 | 110 |
| Training and development managers | 81,350 | 50 |
| Sales engineers | 79,790 | 230 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 79,660 | 80 |
| Real estate brokers | 78,030 | 60 |
| Chemistry teachers, postsecondary | 77,960 | 40 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 77,920 | 480 |
| Financial examiners | 77,900 | 50 |
| Computer software engineers, systems software | 76,440 | 600 |
| Legislators | 75,910 | 320 |
| Veterinarians | 75,890 | 110 |
| Architects, except landscape and naval | 75,480 | 210 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 74,890 | 770 |
| Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 74,570 | 740 |
| Personal financial advisors | 74,290 | 210 |
| Physician assistants | 73,920 | 210 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 73,540 | |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 72,830 | 840 |
| Education administrators, all other | 71,630 | 60 |
| Electrical engineers | 71,530 | 790 |
| Administrative services managers | 71,280 | 610 |
| Mechanical engineers | 70,340 | 660 |
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