| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
|---|
| 1 | Registered nurses | 25,030 | 62,370 | $47,540 - 79,950 | 24% | 56% |
| 2 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 15,800 | 64,430 | $29,950 - 107,380 | 8% | 51% |
| 3 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 13,170 | 62,010 | $39,410 - 86,130 | 6% | 96% |
| 4 | Accountants and auditors | 9,470 | 63,690 | $37,710 - 95,890 | 18% | 79% |
| 5 | Elementary school teachers, except special education | 7,320 | 60,590 | $36,200 - 85,040 | 14% | 95% |
| 6 | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 5,520 | 58,990 | $35,760 - 84,800 | 11% | 95% |
| 7 | Lawyers | 4,820 | 108,790 | $51,430 - | 11% | 99% |
| 8 | Management analysts | 4,770 | 85,040 | $43,850 - 135,790 | 22% | 78% |
| 9 | Computer software engineers, applications | 4,610 | 78,430 | $50,820 - 108,430 | 45% | 85% |
| 10 | Financial managers | 3,660 | 117,920 | $68,040 - | 13% | 60% |
| 11 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 3,260 | 75,160 | $38,430 - 115,140 | 12% | 51% |
| 12 | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 3,200 | 48,990 | $15,270 - 83,320 | 17% | 56% |
| 13 | Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 3,100 | 70,620 | $29,370 - 126,480 | 25% | 67% |
| 14 | Mechanical engineers | 3,060 | 67,300 | $43,480 - 98,220 | 4% | 78% |
| 15 | Network and computer systems administrators | 3,000 | 63,400 | $39,060 - 90,620 | 27% | 50% |
| 16 | Computer systems analysts | 2,580 | 72,460 | $47,320 - 102,730 | 29% | 68% |
| 17 | Chief executives | 2,450 | 174,330 | $76,340 - | 2% | 65% |
| 18 | Computer programmers | 2,430 | 66,710 | $34,080 - 105,040 | 0% | 73% |
| 19 | Special education teachers, secondary school | 2,370 | 62,270 | $37,740 - 88,510 | 9% | 87% |
| 20 | Teachers and instructors, all other | 2,330 | 49,750 | $26,470 - 81,560 | 9% | 54% |
| 21 | Medical and health services managers | 2,290 | 84,510 | $56,260 - 122,110 | 16% | 57% |
| 22 | Managers, all other | 2,260 | 98,680 | $50,600 - 160,600 | 7% | 55% |
| 23 | Industrial engineers | 2,220 | 71,400 | $43,880 - 103,420 | 20% | 74% |
| 24 | Sales managers | 2,210 | 117,920 | $54,290 - | 10% | 69% |
| 25 | Pharmacists | 2,130 | 107,760 | $78,520 - 133,800 | 22% | 97% |
| 26 | Financial specialists, all other | 2,000 | 60,720 | $37,580 - 89,380 | 12% | 50% |
| 27 | Market research analysts | 1,900 | 65,580 | $38,900 - 102,130 | 20% | 82% |
| 28 | Computer and information systems managers | 1,850 | 112,540 | $72,750 - 160,780 | 16% | 73% |
| 29 | Social workers, all other | 1,850 | 57,960 | $33,400 - 79,950 | 18% | 77% |
| 30 | Social and human service assistants | 1,840 | 24,940 | $16,760 - 34,090 | 34% | 58% |
| 31 | Librarians | 1,770 | 55,810 | $35,150 - 81,700 | 4% | 85% |
| 32 | Computer specialists, all other | 1,760 | 70,110 | $40,010 - 101,880 | 15% | 68% |
| 33 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 1,740 | 98,460 | $73,240 - 130,730 | 8% | 78% |
| 34 | Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 1,640 | 51,300 | $41,350 - 63,710 | 12% | 51% |
| 35 | Graphic designers | 1,610 | 40,100 | $22,100 - 62,940 | 10% | 55% |
| 36 | Training and development specialists | 1,580 | 52,760 | $33,610 - 78,370 | 18% | 56% |
| 37 | Medical and public health social workers | 1,570 | 46,680 | $33,360 - 62,410 | 24% | 77% |
| 38 | Child, family, and school social workers | 1,530 | 37,480 | $24,340 - 50,940 | 19% | 77% |
| 39 | Network systems and data communications analysts | 1,510 | 74,700 | $48,940 - 104,050 | 53% | 57% |
| 40 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 1,480 | 65,760 | $37,720 - 94,490 | 13% | 73% |
| 41 | Physical therapists | 1,470 | 75,070 | $57,490 - 97,590 | 27% | 89% |
| 42 | Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 1,470 | 50,040 | $27,430 - 73,070 | 18% | 56% |
| 43 | Financial analysts | 1,460 | 69,730 | $41,600 - 108,790 | 34% | 87% |
| 44 | Engineering managers | 1,410 | 108,400 | $72,830 - 151,820 | 7% | 84% |
| 45 | Coaches and scouts | 1,400 | 29,780 | $15,510 - 51,340 | 15% | 60% |
| 46 | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 1,370 | 55,930 | $30,340 - 81,450 | 20% | 87% |
| 47 | Sales and related workers, all other | 1,330 | 47,250 | $17,700 - 77,440 | 14% | 62% |
| 48 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 1,320 | 51,550 | $30,150 - 83,030 | 5% | 58% |
| 49 | Computer software engineers, systems software | 1,310 | 73,220 | $48,220 - 100,350 | 28% | 85% |
| 50 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 1,300 | 36,360 | $27,020 - 48,230 | 15% | 51% |
| 51 | Civil engineers | 1,300 | 67,020 | $39,910 - 96,270 | 18% | 87% |
| 52 | Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers | 1,220 | 92,660 | $55,930 - 141,080 | 13% | 74% |
| 53 | Advertising sales agents | 1,180 | 45,880 | $25,050 - 76,360 | 20% | 56% |
| 54 | Instructional coordinators | 1,160 | 67,520 | $43,660 - 97,730 | 23% | 79% |
| 55 | Education, training, and library workers, all other | 1,120 | 33,150 | $25,740 - 42,020 | 11% | 79% |
| 56 | Self-enrichment education teachers | 1,100 | 45,080 | $27,350 - 63,950 | 23% | 54% |
| 57 | Special education teachers, middle school | 1,090 | 61,620 | $40,480 - 86,890 | 16% | 87% |
| 58 | Chemists | 1,050 | 61,230 | $37,530 - 90,560 | 9% | 93% |
| 59 | Public relations specialists | 1,030 | 53,960 | $33,600 - 79,010 | 18% | 81% |
| 60 | Insurance underwriters | 1,010 | 61,530 | $38,760 - 91,060 | 6% | 53% |
| 61 | Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 1,010 | 56,860 | $36,680 - 80,770 | 18% | 56% |
| 62 | Database administrators | 1,010 | 64,250 | $37,780 - 97,270 | 29% | 72% |
| 63 | Vocational education teachers, secondary school | 950 | 64,540 | $42,700 - 85,770 | 0% | 96% |
| 64 | Electrical engineers | 930 | 76,530 | $50,940 - 104,240 | 6% | 81% |
| 65 | Speech-language pathologists | 920 | 79,780 | $53,810 - 117,940 | 11% | 98% |
| 66 | Marketing managers | 890 | 118,300 | $61,910 - | 14% | 69% |
| 67 | Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 860 | 36,620 | $24,780 - 52,670 | 30% | 77% |
| 68 | Social and community service managers | 810 | 62,920 | $37,260 - 96,780 | 25% | 72% |
| 69 | Occupational therapists | 810 | 76,640 | $57,220 - 99,790 | 23% | 90% |
| 70 | Mental health counselors | 810 | 39,970 | $30,540 - 51,830 | 30% | 73% |
| 71 | Editors | 810 | 55,520 | $30,270 - 90,560 | 2% | 81% |
| 72 | Personal financial advisors | 800 | 95,010 | $31,470 - | 41% | 81% |
| 73 | Detectives and criminal investigators | 740 | 71,430 | $50,880 - 98,250 | 17% | 54% |
| 74 | Dentists, general | 720 | 125,610 | $30,880 - | 9% | 100% |
| 75 | Biological technicians | 710 | 37,800 | $27,240 - 53,450 | 16% | 60% |
| 76 | Sales engineers | 660 | 74,590 | $48,110 - 102,960 | 9% | 79% |
| 77 | Engineers, all other | 650 | 81,110 | $35,900 - 128,570 | 6% | 82% |
| 78 | Community and social service specialists, all other | 640 | 43,460 | $26,300 - 63,290 | 25% | 58% |
| 79 | Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 620 | 49,180 | $34,220 - 64,910 | 11% | 58% |
| 80 | Credit analysts | 600 | 50,690 | $34,400 - 76,540 | 2% | 60% |
| 81 | Architects, except landscape and naval | 580 | 70,920 | $44,650 - 102,400 | 18% | 88% |
| 82 | Human resources managers, all other | 570 | 113,050 | $68,330 - | 11% | 58% |
| 83 | Purchasing managers | 570 | 88,220 | $57,430 - 126,900 | 3% | 57% |
| 84 | Rehabilitation counselors | 520 | 42,810 | $25,340 - 65,860 | 23% | 73% |
| 85 | Dietitians and nutritionists | 510 | 51,940 | $37,040 - 67,230 | 9% | 72% |
| 86 | Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 510 | 36,420 | $24,960 - 49,590 | 34% | 73% |
| 87 | Physician assistants | 510 | 81,190 | $63,320 - 102,660 | 27% | 67% |
| 88 | Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 500 | 41,520 | $26,800 - 59,490 | 24% | 78% |
| 89 | Occupational health and safety specialists | 500 | 64,510 | $42,360 - 90,440 | 8% | 72% |
| 90 | Electronics engineers, except computer | 500 | 76,180 | $53,130 - 104,820 | 4% | 81% |
| 91 | Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 490 | 77,470 | $46,290 - 114,460 | 16% | 99% |
| 92 | Aerospace engineers | 470 | 109,610 | $80,930 - 145,380 | 10% | 87% |
| 93 | Floral designers | 470 | 21,940 | $15,190 - 30,770 | 0% | 55% |
| 94 | Musicians and singers | 460 | | $ - | 10% | 53% |
| 95 | Interior designers | 450 | 35,470 | $22,460 - 56,920 | 20% | 55% |
| 96 | Tax preparers | 440 | 40,370 | $23,000 - 55,360 | 0% | 54% |
| 97 | Legislators | 430 | 97,410 | $15,110 - | 1% | 65% |
| 98 | Reporters and correspondents | 420 | 52,240 | $21,400 - 100,070 | 1% | 85% |
| 99 | Education administrators, postsecondary | 400 | 102,260 | $59,930 - | 14% | 78% |
| 100 | Chemical engineers | 370 | 89,980 | $43,410 - 133,550 | 8% | 91% |
| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
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| 1 | Retail salespersons | 29,710 | 24,650 | $15,240 - 41,790 | 12% | 25% |
| 2 | Cashiers | 26,490 | 17,790 | $14,900 - 22,750 | -2% | 10% |
| 3 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 25,590 | 16,790 | $14,870 - 19,950 | 18% | 5% |
| 4 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 24,970 | 25,030 | $15,510 - 40,040 | 2% | 5% |
| 5 | Office clerks, general | 21,880 | 26,780 | $15,730 - 39,530 | 13% | 19% |
| 6 | Customer service representatives | 18,950 | 32,340 | $20,010 - 49,230 | 25% | 22% |
| 7 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 17,190 | 24,620 | $15,460 - 39,880 | 15% | 4% |
| 8 | Waiters and waitresses | 16,840 | 17,640 | $14,870 - 24,000 | 11% | 14% |
| 9 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 14,590 | 32,760 | $21,080 - 46,250 | 13% | 16% |
| 10 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 13,760 | 24,190 | $18,200 - 31,560 | 18% | 7% |
| 11 | Stock clerks and order fillers | 13,390 | 23,190 | $15,360 - 33,580 | -7% | 8% |
| 12 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 12,180 | 32,060 | $20,770 - 45,130 | 1% | 18% |
| 13 | Home health aides | 12,030 | 20,410 | $16,700 - 25,530 | 49% | 7% |
| 14 | Maintenance and repair workers, general | 11,940 | 37,470 | $21,320 - 54,760 | 10% | 6% |
| 15 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 11,590 | 40,210 | $27,780 - 53,830 | 15% | 18% |
| 16 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 11,500 | 39,770 | $25,350 - 57,190 | 10% | 4% |
| 17 | Security guards | 10,010 | 24,340 | $17,190 - 35,670 | 17% | 13% |
| 18 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 9,310 | 49,450 | $29,130 - 74,080 | 6% | 29% |
| 19 | Machinists | 8,350 | 36,200 | $23,280 - 50,490 | -2% | 3% |
| 20 | General and operations managers | 8,150 | 111,680 | $50,040 - | 2% | 48% |
| 21 | Team assemblers | 8,090 | 27,280 | $17,390 - 39,430 | 0% | 5% |
| 22 | Packers and packagers, hand | 8,010 | 23,860 | $16,260 - 33,070 | -11% | 3% |
| 23 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 7,860 | 39,750 | $21,000 - 63,560 | 4% | 25% |
| 24 | Business operations specialists, all other | 7,610 | 60,790 | $28,710 - 95,550 | 21% | 49% |
| 25 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 7,490 | 55,570 | $32,630 - 80,890 | -4% | 15% |
| 26 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 7,490 | 43,120 | $34,540 - 52,280 | 14% | 7% |
| 27 | Receptionists and information clerks | 7,390 | 25,000 | $16,520 - 34,250 | 17% | 13% |
| 28 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 7,330 | 30,540 | $19,890 - 43,270 | 4% | 6% |
| 29 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 6,980 | 24,320 | $16,070 - 37,850 | 18% | 6% |
| 30 | Medical secretaries | 6,740 | 29,790 | $21,510 - 39,850 | 17% | 18% |
| 31 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 6,710 | 29,830 | $15,750 - 51,000 | 8% | 4% |
| 32 | Cooks, restaurant | 6,400 | 22,630 | $16,880 - 29,420 | 12% | 5% |
| 33 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 5,660 | 54,400 | $35,280 - 68,610 | 11% | 33% |
| 34 | Teacher assistants | 5,420 | 28,910 | $17,890 - 40,280 | 10% | 18% |
| 35 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 5,350 | 30,170 | $18,470 - 44,990 | 11% | 14% |
| 36 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 5,330 | 20,660 | $15,890 - 27,690 | 13% | 5% |
| 37 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 5,260 | 38,950 | $20,750 - 59,730 | 14% | 4% |
| 38 | Food preparation workers | 5,210 | 20,210 | $15,200 - 27,220 | 15% | 7% |
| 39 | Helpers--production workers | 4,980 | 22,520 | $15,760 - 31,770 | 0% | 4% |
| 40 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 4,960 | 35,060 | $20,270 - 57,050 | -6% | 14% |
| 41 | Industrial truck and tractor operators | 4,920 | 31,740 | $21,420 - 45,880 | -1% | 2% |
| 42 | Construction laborers | 4,890 | 42,670 | $24,350 - 62,350 | 11% | 5% |
| 43 | Carpenters | 4,830 | 42,590 | $26,270 - 63,670 | 10% | 6% |
| 44 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 4,720 | 31,130 | $22,140 - 41,120 | 4% | 15% |
| 45 | Electricians | 4,640 | 54,780 | $29,440 - 82,470 | 7% | 7% |
| 46 | Fire fighters | 4,620 | 42,470 | $21,420 - 65,070 | 12% | 18% |
| 47 | Child care workers | 4,500 | 22,940 | $15,820 - 32,840 | 18% | 15% |
| 48 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 4,470 | 25,140 | $15,430 - 39,660 | 12% | 6% |
| 49 | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 4,380 | 29,100 | $18,270 - 39,940 | -14% | 0% |
| 50 | Bartenders | 4,290 | 18,400 | $14,950 - 26,350 | 11% | 17% |
| 51 | Preschool teachers, except special education | 4,180 | 22,290 | $16,030 - 31,040 | 26% | 43% |
| 52 | Assemblers and fabricators, all other | 4,120 | | | -8% | 5% |
| 53 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 4,030 | 26,710 | $18,920 - 34,790 | 11% | 5% |
| 54 | Tellers | 4,000 | 23,760 | $18,020 - 31,040 | 14% | 16% |
| 55 | Bill and account collectors | 4,000 | 30,060 | $21,440 - 40,360 | 23% | 13% |
| 56 | Telemarketers | 3,850 | 21,140 | $15,640 - 28,560 | -9% | 14% |
| 57 | Computer support specialists | 3,750 | 44,330 | $28,960 - 63,580 | 13% | 43% |
| 58 | Data entry keyers | 3,580 | 25,230 | $16,830 - 33,660 | -4% | 18% |
| 59 | Medical assistants | 3,380 | 26,740 | $20,620 - 33,990 | 35% | 10% |
| 60 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 3,380 | 62,600 | $39,860 - 87,750 | 7% | 13% |
| 61 | Sales representatives, services, all other | 3,310 | 50,770 | $23,080 - 86,250 | 28% | 48% |
| 62 | Cooks, fast food | 3,250 | 18,270 | $15,120 - 23,790 | 8% | 5% |
| 63 | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 3,190 | 25,000 | $16,670 - 35,410 | -4% | 5% |
| 64 | Insurance sales agents | 3,190 | 54,560 | $24,470 - 117,330 | 13% | 45% |
| 65 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 3,150 | 17,630 | $15,060 - 20,650 | 10% | 17% |
| 66 | Counter and rental clerks | 3,070 | 24,130 | $15,270 - 37,740 | 23% | 16% |
| 67 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 3,050 | 42,080 | $26,070 - 62,060 | 4% | 30% |
| 68 | Driver/sales workers | 3,020 | 24,410 | $15,080 - 42,700 | -4% | 4% |
| 69 | Dishwashers | 3,010 | 17,290 | $14,930 - 20,900 | 10% | 3% |
| 70 | All other information and record clerks | 2,970 | 31,350 | $20,560 - 44,120 | -12% | 21% |
| 71 | Postal service mail carriers | 2,930 | | | 1% | 11% |
| 72 | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 2,910 | 36,670 | $24,730 - 49,330 | -2% | 6% |
| 73 | Recreation workers | 2,790 | 23,370 | $15,450 - 37,220 | 13% | 47% |
| 74 | Pharmacy technicians | 2,770 | 27,900 | $19,690 - 36,540 | 32% | 16% |
| 75 | Legal secretaries | 2,730 | 39,700 | $28,310 - 51,670 | 12% | 18% |
| 76 | Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 2,640 | 36,000 | $18,080 - 63,220 | -12% | 0% |
| 77 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 2,630 | 20,920 | $15,280 - 29,850 | 10% | 8% |
| 78 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 2,600 | 17,650 | $14,910 - 23,400 | 12% | 6% |
| 79 | Library assistants, clerical | 2,570 | 26,510 | $15,410 - 41,440 | 8% | 37% |
| 80 | Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 2,530 | 33,810 | $24,110 - 44,540 | 0% | 22% |
| 81 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 2,530 | 35,210 | $16,210 - 62,770 | 5% | 2% |
| 82 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 2,500 | 78,870 | $39,860 - 126,780 | 4% | 38% |
| 83 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 2,440 | 55,950 | $26,760 - 82,660 | 11% | 4% |
| 84 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 2,420 | 64,710 | $44,080 - 86,990 | 9% | 10% |
| 85 | Physicians and surgeons, all other | 2,410 | 139,780 | $43,630 - | 0% | 0% |
| 86 | Loan interviewers and clerks | 2,350 | 32,410 | $22,010 - 43,360 | 0% | 24% |
| 87 | Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 2,280 | 30,090 | $23,580 - 37,580 | 10% | 24% |
| 88 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 2,280 | 52,660 | $33,390 - 78,820 | 0% | 42% |
| 89 | Industrial production managers | 2,240 | 90,730 | $50,880 - 140,410 | -5% | 43% |
| 90 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 2,220 | 23,330 | $15,210 - 33,120 | 14% | 3% |
| 91 | Personal and home care aides | 2,170 | 20,460 | $17,030 - 25,260 | 51% | 10% |
| 92 | Cost estimators | 2,160 | 62,250 | $36,050 - 91,360 | 19% | 32% |
| 93 | Correctional officers and jailers | 2,140 | 38,290 | $29,710 - 48,590 | 17% | 11% |
| 94 | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 2,130 | 57,240 | $25,410 - 110,780 | 9% | 3% |
| 95 | Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 2,120 | 61,270 | $36,260 - 89,730 | 9% | 47% |
| 96 | Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 2,070 | 40,730 | $23,490 - 64,320 | -6% | 0% |
| 97 | Loan officers | 2,060 | 54,290 | $28,120 - 86,080 | 12% | 49% |
| 98 | Industrial machinery mechanics | 2,060 | 49,390 | $32,960 - 72,200 | 9% | 5% |
| 99 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 2,050 | 57,400 | $42,880 - 74,390 | 8% | 3% |
| 100 | Paralegals and legal assistants | 2,050 | 47,850 | $29,880 - 68,450 | 22% | 45% |