Sandusky Employment

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

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	Registered nurses	690	53,280	$42,600 - 61,910	24%	56%
2	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	470	52,540	$35,770 - 70,930	6%	96%
3	Elementary school teachers, except special education	430	50,510	$31,760 - 69,080	14%	95%
4	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	310	54,470	$29,440 - 85,770	8%	51%
5	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	150	50,540	$34,450 - 67,090	11%	95%
6	Accountants and auditors	130	53,430	$34,370 - 74,050	18%	79%
7	Teachers and instructors, all other	120	45,840	$27,180 - 72,340	9%	54%
8	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	90	82,200	$46,700 - 115,460	8%	78%
9	Special education teachers, secondary school	70	51,420	$38,460 - 67,030	9%	87%
10	Sales and related workers, all other	70	37,740	$16,200 - 65,500	14%	62%
11	Financial managers	60	82,200	$47,420 - 135,300	13%	60%
12	Lawyers	60	81,970	$45,020 - 124,240	11%	99%
13	Chief executives	60	138,690	$72,540 -	2%	65%
14	Pharmacists	50	99,980	$85,460 - 125,420	22%	97%
15	Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	50	54,800	$43,750 - 65,890	20%	87%
16	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	40	62,090	$31,580 - 123,110	25%	67%
17	Engineers, all other	40	92,730	$64,550 - 130,090	6%	82%
18	Sales managers	40	91,440	$34,660 -	10%	69%
19	Medical and health services managers	40	63,000	$40,450 - 91,650	16%	57%
20	Mechanical engineers	40	75,290	$46,490 - 106,490	4%	78%
21	Child, family, and school social workers	40	24,030	$17,300 - 34,240	19%	77%
22	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	40	61,210	$42,660 - 81,860	13%	73%
23	Librarians	30	54,850	$33,070 - 82,250	4%	85%
24	Computer and information systems managers	30	59,790	$40,820 - 93,430	16%	73%
25	Computer software engineers, applications	30	53,830	$36,420 - 78,500	45%	85%
26	Self-enrichment education teachers	30	35,980	$20,090 - 66,050	23%	54%

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	1,800	23,760	$14,630 - 39,230	12%	25%
2	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,480	17,020	$14,490 - 23,050	18%	5%
3	Waiters and waitresses	1,140	16,790	$14,450 - 22,300	11%	14%
4	Cashiers	1,100	17,440	$14,520 - 22,740	-2%	10%
5	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	960	24,970	$16,100 - 43,910	2%	5%
6	Production workers, all other	740	29,310	$15,050 - 56,500	2%	5%
7	Office clerks, general	680	24,420	$14,860 - 35,810	13%	19%
8	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	670	36,640	$25,510 - 50,530	10%	4%
9	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	660	37,190	$29,070 - 46,430	14%	7%
10	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	630	16,910	$14,470 - 22,200	13%	5%
11	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	490	25,080	$18,650 - 31,410	18%	7%
12	Stock clerks and order fillers	490	22,680	$14,750 - 35,200	-7%	8%
13	Cooks, restaurant	450	19,860	$14,720 - 25,570	12%	5%
14	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	400	26,490	$15,150 - 38,560	15%	4%
15	Home health aides	400	20,090	$15,650 - 24,850	49%	7%
16	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	390	30,300	$18,330 - 41,910	1%	18%
17	Maintenance and repair workers, general	390	32,600	$16,620 - 49,870	10%	6%
18	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	370	29,420	$18,270 - 39,740	13%	16%
19	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	370	35,380	$21,740 - 51,780	4%	25%
20	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	370	29,500	$19,470 - 42,120	4%	6%
21	Bartenders	350	17,030	$14,470 - 21,620	11%	17%
22	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	310	55,810	$32,670 - 83,910	-4%	15%
23	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	300	17,740	$14,560 - 22,070	17%	14%
24	Customer service representatives	300	30,620	$16,530 - 47,540	25%	22%
25	Teacher assistants	290	21,150	$14,670 - 30,890	10%	18%
26	Team assemblers	290	31,510	$24,210 - 37,390	0%	5%
27	Electricians	280	51,470	$23,780 - 79,570	7%	7%
28	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	280		$[?] -	-6%	14%
29	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	270	29,610	$19,420 - 43,410	11%	14%
30	Machinists	270	37,000	$26,150 - 57,140	-2%	3%
31	Receptionists and information clerks	250	19,280	$15,140 - 25,260	17%	13%
32	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	240	37,430	$23,130 - 54,370	15%	18%
33	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	240	39,330	$23,920 - 54,080	6%	29%
34	Food preparation workers	230	19,150	$14,540 - 25,840	15%	7%
35	Dishwashers	230	16,220	$14,510 - 18,740	10%	3%
36	Packers and packagers, hand	230	22,190	$14,420 - 55,630	-11%	3%
37	General and operations managers	220	85,780	$47,400 - 130,960	2%	48%
38	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	210	25,210	$17,610 - 33,920	11%	5%
39	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	200	27,260	$15,870 - 46,090	14%	4%
40	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	190	39,580	$17,540 - 61,640	11%	33%
41	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	190	56,610	$31,940 - 90,900	7%	13%
42	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	190	30,140	$17,650 - 55,550	8%	4%
43	Business operations specialists, all other	170	50,170	$16,540 - 84,170	21%	49%
44	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	160	16,380	$14,500 - 19,610	10%	17%
45	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	160	23,090	$16,640 - 33,900	18%	6%
46	Tellers	150	20,540	$16,700 - 25,430	14%	16%
47	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	150	15,650	$14,450 - 17,830	12%	6%
48	Cooks, fast food	150	16,370	$14,470 - 19,730	8%	5%
49	Motorboat mechanics	140	24,570	$16,630 - 31,900	19%	5%
50	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	140	58,020	$29,560 - 79,810	11%	4%
51	Industrial truck and tractor operators	130		$[?] -	-1%	2%
52	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	130	29,870	$21,770 - 39,940	4%	15%
53	Bill and account collectors	120	29,420	$21,220 - 38,310	23%	13%
54	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	120	36,680	$26,670 - 49,840	9%	3%
55	Medical assistants	110	28,500	$20,520 - 42,900	35%	10%
56	Construction laborers	110	33,460	$23,980 - 41,520	11%	5%
57	Child care workers	110	15,870	$14,420 - 18,470	18%	15%
58	Nonfarm animal caretakers	100	16,820	$14,580 - 19,940	18%	16%
59	Security guards	100	28,600	$15,450 - 60,730	17%	13%
60	Postal service mail carriers	100	43,710	$35,280 - 50,390	1%	11%
61	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	100	32,560	$20,920 - 47,080	5%	2%
62	Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	90	49,840	$30,560 - 64,670	-12%	0%
63	Millwrights	90		$[?] -	6%	0%
64	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	90	15,110	$14,330 - 15,750	10%	8%
65	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	80	35,220	$22,080 - 45,760	-4%	5%
66	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	80	37,110	$24,560 - 50,780	12%	3%
67	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	80	19,280	$14,680 - 28,570	10%	5%
68	Preschool teachers, except special education	80	25,450	$17,050 - 31,970	26%	43%
69	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	80	53,470	$34,930 - 89,030	10%	17%
70	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	80	28,580	$15,270 - 60,010	14%	3%
71	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	80	57,770	$35,830 - 94,000	9%	10%
72	Food servers, nonrestaurant	80	18,250	$14,550 - 26,580	16%	9%
73	Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other	80	55,710	$44,510 - 66,590	2%	18%
74	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	80	40,790	$31,500 - 49,780	4%	30%
75	Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	80		$[?] -	-4%	4%
76	First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers	70	30,000	$20,350 - 37,660	16%	26%
77	Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other	70	35,610	$21,360 - 59,200	8%	9%
78	Cost estimators	70	47,880	$32,810 - 76,240	19%	32%
79	Library assistants, clerical	70	25,440	$15,560 - 38,000	8%	37%
80	Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	70	34,230	$18,340 - 49,110	-21%	0%
81	Computer support specialists	70	38,080	$21,360 - 61,150	13%	43%
82	Butchers and meat cutters	70	39,460	$21,590 - 56,630	2%	2%
83	Food service managers	70	40,250	$27,480 - 59,880	5%	24%
84	Pharmacy technicians	70	23,930	$17,150 - 34,140	32%	16%
85	Dental assistants	60	29,210	$20,170 - 37,220	29%	9%
86	All other information and record clerks	60	25,580	$16,160 - 37,970	-12%	21%
87	Printing machine operators	60	28,940	$15,960 - 44,380	-5%	6%
88	Counter and rental clerks	60	25,630	$17,530 - 34,010	23%	16%
89	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	60	45,220	$34,720 - 57,490	8%	3%
90	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	60	52,160	$26,660 - 76,210	0%	42%
91	Metal workers and plastic workers, all other	60	53,720	$42,260 - 64,700	-24%	3%
92	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	60	37,220	$22,160 - 46,040	-12%	4%
93	Kindergarten teachers, except special education	50	45,790	$27,280 - 72,490	16%	43%
94	Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators	50	39,160	$29,110 - 49,490	14%	8%
95	Industrial production managers	50	98,100	$60,940 -	-5%	43%
96	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	50	58,520	$31,540 - 79,980	13%	17%
97	Data entry keyers	50	26,510	$20,070 - 36,120	-4%	18%
98	Construction managers	50	76,070	$48,570 - 115,170	16%	29%
99	Driver/sales workers	50	25,270	$14,900 - 53,200	-4%	4%
100	Cement masons and concrete finishers	50	39,000	$27,390 - 51,260	11%	2%

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Jobs More Common Near Sandusky Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Motorboat mechanics	24,570	140	61.5
Production workers, all other	29,310	740	14
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	17,740	300	6.7
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	37,190	660	4.4
Nonfarm animal caretakers	16,820	100	3.8
Bartenders	17,030	350	3.2
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	16,910	630	3.2
Machinists	37,000	270	3.2
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	25,210	210	2.9
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers		280	2.8
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	17,020	1,480	2.6
Home health aides	20,090	400	2.3
Cooks, restaurant	19,860	450	2.3
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	55,810	310	2.2
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	52,540	470	2.2
Waiters and waitresses	16,790	1,140	2.1
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	29,500	370	2.1
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	36,680	120	2.1
Dishwashers	16,220	230	2
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	16,380	160	2
Electricians	51,470	280	2
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	56,610	190	2
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	36,640	670	1.9
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	24,970	960	1.8
Retail salespersons	23,760	1,800	1.8
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	25,080	490	1.7
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	15,650	150	1.6
Police and sheriff's patrol officers	39,580	190	1.6
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	29,610	270	1.5
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	35,380	370	1.5
Cashiers	17,440	1,100	1.4
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	58,020	140	1.4
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	27,260	200	1.4
Maintenance and repair workers, general	32,600	390	1.4
Elementary school teachers, except special education	50,510	430	1.4
Packers and packagers, hand	22,190	230	1.4
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	32,560	100	1.3
Postal service mail carriers	43,710	100	1.3
Team assemblers	31,510	290	1.3
Bill and account collectors	29,420	120	1.2
Registered nurses	53,280	690	1.2
Cooks, fast food	16,370	150	1.2
Food preparation workers	19,150	230	1.2
Stock clerks and order fillers	22,680	490	1.2
Tellers	20,540	150	1.2
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	50,540	150	1.1
Teacher assistants	21,150	290	1.1
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	29,870	130	1.1
Teachers and instructors, all other	45,840	120	1.1
Medical assistants	28,500	110	1.1

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Sandusky, Ohio Metro Area (2007 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	58,020	1.29	140
Teachers and instructors, all other	45,840	1.26	120
Team assemblers	31,510	1.2	290
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	26,490	1.19	400
Electricians	51,470	1.14	280
Packers and packagers, hand	22,190	1.12	230
Construction laborers	33,460	1.11	110
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	25,210	1.11	210
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	30,140	1.09	190
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	55,810	1.09	310
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	25,080	1.08	490
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	30,300	1.07	390
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	24,970	1.07	960
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	29,500	1.07	370
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	52,540	1.07	470
Elementary school teachers, except special education	50,510	1.06	430
Customer service representatives	30,620	1.06	300
Medical assistants	28,500	1.04	110
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	50,540	1.04	150
Production workers, all other	29,310	1.03	740
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	17,020	1.03	1,480
Food preparation workers	19,150	1.03	230
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	56,610	1.02	190
Machinists	37,000	1.02	270
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	29,870	1.02	130
Stock clerks and order fillers	22,680	1.01	490
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	36,640	1.01	670
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	29,610	1	270
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	37,430	1	240
Office clerks, general	24,420	1	680
Retail salespersons	23,760	0.99	1,800
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	23,090	0.99	160
Maintenance and repair workers, general	32,600	0.98	390
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	54,470	0.98	310
Home health aides	20,090	0.98	400
Teacher assistants	21,150	0.98	290
Dishwashers	16,220	0.98	230
Cooks, fast food	16,370	0.98	150
Bill and account collectors	29,420	0.98	120
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	37,190	0.97	660
Cashiers	17,440	0.97	1,100
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	16,380	0.96	160
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	29,420	0.95	370
Waiters and waitresses	16,790	0.95	1,140
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	15,650	0.94	150
Cooks, restaurant	19,860	0.94	450
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	17,740	0.93	300
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	35,380	0.93	370
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	36,680	0.93	120
Accountants and auditors	53,430	0.93	130

Highest Paying Jobs in Sandusky, Ohio Metro Area (2007 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Family and general practitioners	210,280
Chief executives	138,690	60
Physicians and surgeons, all other	122,280	70
Pharmacists	99,980	50
Industrial production managers	98,100	50
Engineers, all other	92,730	40
Sales managers	91,440	40
General and operations managers	85,780	220
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	82,200	90
Financial managers	82,200	60
Lawyers	81,970	60
Construction managers	76,070	50
Mechanical engineers	75,290	40
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	70,400	40
Medical and health services managers	63,000	40
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	62,090	40
Educational, vocational, and school counselors	61,210	40
Computer and information systems managers	59,790	30
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	58,520	50
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	58,020	140
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	57,770	80
Dental hygienists	56,770
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	56,610	190
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	55,810	310
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other	55,710	80
Librarians	54,850	30
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	54,800	50
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	54,470
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	54,470	310
Computer software engineers, applications	53,830	30
Metal workers and plastic workers, all other	53,720	60
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	53,470	80
Accountants and auditors	53,430	130
Registered nurses	53,280	690
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	52,540	470
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	52,160	60
Electricians	51,470	280
Special education teachers, secondary school	51,420	70
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	50,540	150
Elementary school teachers, except special education	50,510	430
Business operations specialists, all other	50,170	170
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	49,840	90
Assemblers and fabricators, all other	48,820
Cost estimators	47,880	70
Teachers and instructors, all other	45,840	120
Kindergarten teachers, except special education	45,790	50
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	45,220	60
Postal service mail carriers	43,710	100
Maintenance workers, machinery	41,700	50
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	40,790	80

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