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 | 3,140 | 54,550 | $42,620 - 67,950 | 24% | 56% |
| 2 | Elementary school teachers, except special education | 2,000 | 45,990 | $24,100 - 65,430 | 14% | 95% |
| 3 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 1,610 | 57,250 | $24,890 - 108,730 | 8% | 51% |
| 4 | Accountants and auditors | 1,020 | 51,430 | $22,030 - 84,190 | 18% | 79% |
| 5 | Social and human service assistants | 620 | 26,970 | $18,260 - 36,120 | 34% | 58% |
| 6 | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 570 | 56,460 | $35,030 - 87,210 | 11% | 95% |
| 7 | Mental health counselors | 550 | 35,950 | $27,040 - 49,890 | 30% | 73% |
| 8 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 500 | 46,150 | $23,980 - 72,650 | 13% | 73% |
| 9 | Industrial engineers | 440 | 58,680 | $42,170 - 85,120 | 20% | 74% |
| 10 | Chief executives | 440 | 125,510 | $50,850 - | 2% | 65% |
| 11 | Mechanical engineers | 420 | 77,570 | $42,180 - 118,410 | 4% | 78% |
| 12 | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 390 | 45,310 | $27,350 - 64,620 | 20% | 87% |
| 13 | Financial managers | 320 | 76,940 | $45,000 - 105,630 | 13% | 60% |
| 14 | Child, family, and school social workers | 320 | 32,580 | $25,620 - 43,760 | 19% | 77% |
| 15 | Physical therapists | 310 | 73,610 | $53,700 - 119,830 | 27% | 89% |
| 16 | Computer programmers | 290 | 52,060 | $32,630 - 77,300 | 0% | 73% |
| 17 | Coaches and scouts | 290 | 26,190 | $15,070 - 50,980 | 15% | 60% |
| 18 | Medical and health services managers | 280 | 72,970 | $42,650 - 112,040 | 16% | 57% |
| 19 | Management analysts | 280 | 57,780 | $34,490 - 92,040 | 22% | 78% |
| 20 | Lawyers | 260 | 115,180 | $46,800 - | 11% | 99% |
| 21 | Network and computer systems administrators | 230 | 58,180 | $35,160 - 84,200 | 27% | 50% |
| 22 | Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 220 | 40,370 | $26,050 - 58,830 | 18% | 56% |
| 23 | Training and development specialists | 210 | 47,480 | $24,540 - 79,500 | 18% | 56% |
| 24 | Self-enrichment education teachers | 210 | 28,050 | $17,090 - 44,060 | 23% | 54% |
| 25 | Computer systems analysts | 210 | 61,130 | $34,470 - 86,270 | 29% | 68% |
| 26 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 210 | 83,820 | $57,820 - 104,740 | 8% | 78% |
| 27 | Medical and clinical laboratory technicians | 200 | 30,070 | $20,520 - 42,790 | 15% | 51% |
| 28 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 200 | 54,700 | $26,550 - 82,210 | 12% | 51% |
| 29 | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 190 | 57,230 | $25,610 - 100,550 | 17% | 56% |
| 30 | Public relations specialists | 190 | 45,960 | $24,710 - 64,760 | 18% | 81% |
| 31 | Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 180 | 36,750 | $27,340 - 48,550 | 30% | 77% |
| 32 | Advertising sales agents | 180 | 55,420 | $27,670 - 93,250 | 20% | 56% |
| 33 | Managers, all other | 180 | 74,700 | $40,000 - 109,620 | 7% | 55% |
| 34 | Sales managers | 180 | 75,960 | $38,870 - 124,220 | 10% | 69% |
| 35 | Pharmacists | 180 | 89,640 | $60,830 - 112,130 | 22% | 97% |
| 36 | Social and community service managers | 170 | 49,060 | $27,950 - 67,700 | 25% | 72% |
| 37 | Computer and information systems managers | 170 | 83,570 | $40,390 - 130,350 | 16% | 73% |
| 38 | Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 160 | 34,230 | $22,540 - 49,140 | 34% | 73% |
| 39 | Graphic designers | 150 | 36,940 | $25,540 - 50,730 | 10% | 55% |
| 40 | Special education teachers, secondary school | 140 | 53,930 | $37,740 - 69,270 | 9% | 87% |
| 41 | Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 130 | 47,400 | $27,800 - 74,630 | 18% | 56% |
| 42 | Medical and public health social workers | 130 | 41,400 | $27,020 - 54,130 | 24% | 77% |
| 43 | Market research analysts | 130 | 53,410 | $34,360 - 81,650 | 20% | 82% |
| 44 | Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 120 | 77,220 | $37,380 - 129,320 | 25% | 67% |
| 45 | Engineering managers | 120 | 83,130 | $55,620 - 121,510 | 7% | 84% |
| 46 | Computer software engineers, applications | 120 | 73,820 | $43,190 - 104,200 | 45% | 85% |
| 47 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 110 | 43,160 | $29,760 - 63,820 | 5% | 58% |
| 48 | Librarians | 110 | 49,210 | $28,920 - 72,180 | 4% | 85% |
| 49 | Computer hardware engineers | 110 | 61,590 | $28,070 - 101,280 | 5% | 70% |
| 50 | Education administrators, postsecondary | 110 | 64,190 | $28,760 - 120,180 | 14% | 78% |
| 51 | Dentists, general | 110 | 111,650 | $62,870 - 137,180 | 9% | 100% |
| 52 | Operations research analysts | 100 | 60,660 | $38,720 - 85,120 | 11% | 71% |
| 53 | Database administrators | 90 | 56,600 | $32,520 - 84,900 | 29% | 72% |
| 54 | Special education teachers, middle school | 80 | 55,600 | $38,820 - 74,740 | 16% | 87% |
| 55 | Speech-language pathologists | 80 | 59,710 | $35,820 - 89,050 | 11% | 98% |
| 56 | Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 80 | 36,070 | $22,860 - 50,990 | 14% | 54% |
| 57 | Marketing managers | 70 | 77,450 | $35,640 - 127,500 | 14% | 69% |
| 58 | Occupational therapists | 70 | 57,610 | $41,850 - 75,060 | 23% | 90% |
| 59 | Network systems and data communications analysts | 70 | 69,510 | $38,520 - 109,330 | 53% | 57% |
| 60 | Reporters and correspondents | 70 | 39,890 | $21,440 - 63,110 | 1% | 85% |
| 61 | Detectives and criminal investigators | 70 | 57,160 | $36,270 - 86,480 | 17% | 54% |
| 62 | Editors | 70 | $ - | 2% | 81% | |
| 63 | Purchasing managers | 70 | $ - | 3% | 57% | |
| 64 | Financial specialists, all other | 70 | 39,220 | $18,500 - 60,420 | 12% | 50% |
| 65 | Physician assistants | 70 | 74,230 | $63,950 - 84,860 | 27% | 67% |
| 66 | Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 70 | 58,450 | $32,510 - 91,020 | 16% | 99% |
| 67 | Personal financial advisors | 70 | 95,790 | $42,680 - | 41% | 81% |
| 68 | Computer software engineers, systems software | 60 | 73,180 | $44,900 - 105,410 | 28% | 85% |
| 69 | Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program | 60 | 30,410 | $22,790 - 37,420 | 24% | 78% |
| 70 | Instructional coordinators | 60 | 56,850 | $36,210 - 87,140 | 23% | 79% |
| 71 | Chemists | 60 | 67,340 | $39,010 - 117,800 | 9% | 93% |
| 72 | Commercial and industrial designers | 60 | 44,220 | $26,810 - 75,430 | 7% | 55% |
| 73 | Financial analysts | 60 | 72,590 | $33,320 - 116,950 | 34% | 87% |
| 74 | Dietitians and nutritionists | 60 | 51,330 | $36,130 - 67,440 | 9% | 72% |
| 75 | Producers and directors | 60 | 37,200 | $20,720 - 53,810 | 11% | 75% |
| 76 | Architects, except landscape and naval | 50 | 66,220 | $40,290 - 102,490 | 18% | 88% |
| 77 | Sales engineers | 50 | 70,300 | $47,900 - 98,590 | 9% | 79% |
| 78 | Compensation and benefits managers | 50 | 69,890 | $42,910 - 119,740 | 12% | 58% |
| 79 | Health educators | 50 | 36,280 | $25,970 - 54,420 | 26% | 58% |
| 80 | Veterinarians | 50 | 81,880 | $51,170 - 123,750 | 35% | 100% |
| 81 | Budget analysts | 50 | 46,380 | $28,270 - 69,220 | 7% | 78% |
| 82 | Training and development managers | 40 | 93,670 | $50,820 - 156,440 | 16% | 58% |
| 83 | Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 40 | $ - | 15% | 72% | |
| 84 | Writers and authors | 40 | 30,100 | $15,300 - 57,480 | 13% | 84% |
| 85 | Legislators | 40 | 28,250 | $15,510 - 49,540 | 1% | 65% |
| 86 | Civil engineers | 40 | 79,060 | $29,070 - | 18% | 87% |
| 87 | Recreational therapists | 40 | 36,900 | $22,370 - 58,740 | 4% | 77% |
| 88 | Electronics engineers, except computer | 40 | 63,010 | $44,300 - 87,190 | 4% | 81% |
| 89 | Education administrators, all other | 40 | 43,330 | $26,850 - 75,920 | 13% | 78% |
| 90 | Public relations managers | 40 | 65,100 | $35,560 - 105,030 | 17% | 75% |
| 91 | Floral designers | 30 | 21,990 | $15,820 - 29,160 | 0% | 55% |
| 92 | Athletic trainers | 30 | 37,470 | $26,080 - 45,240 | 24% | 72% |
| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retail salespersons | 5,300 | 22,940 | $15,370 - 35,670 | 12% | 25% |
| 2 | Cashiers | 3,680 | 17,720 | $15,230 - 22,640 | -2% | 10% |
| 3 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 3,470 | 17,340 | $15,220 - 21,120 | 18% | 5% |
| 4 | Office clerks, general | 3,150 | 26,680 | $16,810 - 38,930 | 13% | 19% |
| 5 | Waiters and waitresses | 2,430 | 17,870 | $15,280 - 24,060 | 11% | 14% |
| 6 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,400 | 21,110 | $15,430 - 31,520 | 15% | 4% |
| 7 | Home health aides | 2,000 | 20,480 | $16,130 - 25,600 | 49% | 7% |
| 8 | Customer service representatives | 1,860 | 28,260 | $17,230 - 42,000 | 25% | 22% |
| 9 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 1,700 | 27,470 | $17,940 - 38,330 | 1% | 18% |
| 10 | Maintenance and repair workers, general | 1,690 | 31,710 | $20,460 - 44,890 | 10% | 6% |
| 11 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,630 | 23,940 | $16,820 - 31,710 | 18% | 7% |
| 12 | Team assemblers | 1,540 | 23,350 | $16,560 - 32,380 | 0% | 5% |
| 13 | Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,500 | 21,340 | $15,570 - 30,910 | -7% | 8% |
| 14 | Teacher assistants | 1,460 | 20,490 | $15,480 - 25,500 | 10% | 18% |
| 15 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,450 | 28,940 | $19,950 - 39,700 | 13% | 16% |
| 16 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,320 | 22,880 | $15,960 - 31,080 | 2% | 5% |
| 17 | Receptionists and information clerks | 1,310 | 22,120 | $16,000 - 30,210 | 17% | 13% |
| 18 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,270 | 35,480 | $19,190 - 54,060 | 10% | 4% |
| 19 | Bartenders | 1,150 | 18,330 | $15,270 - 23,960 | 11% | 17% |
| 20 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 1,150 | 47,990 | $30,280 - 65,200 | -4% | 15% |
| 21 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 970 | 41,660 | $20,690 - 63,740 | 6% | 29% |
| 22 | General and operations managers | 970 | 92,330 | $42,580 - 160,050 | 2% | 48% |
| 23 | Industrial machinery mechanics | 970 | 40,140 | $26,240 - 52,420 | 9% | 5% |
| 24 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 930 | 24,890 | $15,500 - 39,500 | 11% | 14% |
| 25 | Cooks, restaurant | 930 | 22,520 | $15,700 - 32,710 | 12% | 5% |
| 26 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 920 | 36,950 | $20,200 - 55,090 | 4% | 25% |
| 27 | Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 910 | 30,550 | $19,730 - 40,290 | -12% | 0% |
| 28 | Security guards | 840 | 23,280 | $15,540 - 35,550 | 17% | 13% |
| 29 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 820 | 28,060 | $17,730 - 39,460 | -6% | 14% |
| 30 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 810 | 18,740 | $15,500 - 23,400 | 13% | 5% |
| 31 | Food preparation workers | 800 | 19,930 | $15,490 - 26,480 | 15% | 7% |
| 32 | Carpenters | 790 | 33,930 | $21,430 - 56,320 | 10% | 6% |
| 33 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 790 | 37,410 | $28,400 - 48,170 | 14% | 7% |
| 34 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 740 | 28,830 | $20,580 - 42,000 | 5% | 2% |
| 35 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 740 | 21,990 | $16,530 - 31,190 | 12% | 6% |
| 36 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 740 | 20,480 | $15,740 - 29,110 | 18% | 6% |
| 37 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 710 | 36,930 | $18,680 - 58,620 | 14% | 4% |
| 38 | Tellers | 670 | 21,930 | $16,890 - 29,690 | 14% | 16% |
| 39 | Machinists | 660 | 32,290 | $21,390 - 45,270 | -2% | 3% |
| 40 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 650 | 34,760 | $23,390 - 48,320 | 15% | 18% |
| 41 | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 650 | 23,320 | $15,840 - 34,720 | -14% | 0% |
| 42 | Helpers--production workers | 640 | 21,770 | $15,920 - 30,440 | 0% | 4% |
| 43 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 640 | 26,640 | $16,430 - 44,660 | 8% | 4% |
| 44 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 620 | 55,700 | $41,550 - 73,170 | 11% | 33% |
| 45 | Medical assistants | 620 | 24,320 | $17,940 - 30,760 | 35% | 10% |
| 46 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 610 | 27,570 | $17,870 - 39,980 | 4% | 6% |
| 47 | Child care workers | 610 | 19,800 | $15,480 - 25,300 | 18% | 15% |
| 48 | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 590 | 28,680 | $17,960 - 41,420 | -2% | 6% |
| 49 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 570 | 16,250 | $15,170 - 18,330 | 10% | 8% |
| 50 | Construction laborers | 550 | 27,880 | $17,380 - 44,620 | 11% | 5% |
| 51 | Dishwashers | 540 | 17,130 | $15,310 - 20,240 | 10% | 3% |
| 52 | Electricians | 520 | 49,080 | $33,370 - 64,750 | 7% | 7% |
| 53 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 510 | 26,800 | $20,480 - 34,100 | 4% | 15% |
| 54 | Medical secretaries | 500 | 26,900 | $19,910 - 35,320 | 17% | 18% |
| 55 | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 490 | 29,100 | $18,300 - 45,230 | -4% | 5% |
| 56 | Counter and rental clerks | 490 | 21,640 | $15,320 - 32,100 | 23% | 16% |
| 57 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 470 | 45,190 | $28,480 - 86,630 | 0% | 42% |
| 58 | Order clerks | 470 | 23,110 | $16,930 - 34,710 | -23% | 16% |
| 59 | Industrial truck and tractor operators | 450 | 29,220 | $21,490 - 38,860 | -1% | 2% |
| 60 | Amusement and recreation attendants | 450 | 17,560 | $15,260 - 21,970 | 24% | 22% |
| 61 | Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 440 | 32,460 | $17,560 - 48,420 | 0% | 3% |
| 62 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 440 | 18,960 | $15,380 - 25,740 | 10% | 17% |
| 63 | Preschool teachers, except special education | 430 | 22,430 | $16,120 - 33,410 | 26% | 43% |
| 64 | Bus drivers, school | 420 | 22,970 | $15,350 - 30,980 | 9% | 4% |
| 65 | Computer support specialists | 410 | 33,370 | $22,430 - 49,300 | 13% | 43% |
| 66 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 410 | 22,530 | $16,770 - 29,400 | 11% | 5% |
| 67 | Administrative services managers | 370 | 57,890 | $24,270 - 89,250 | 12% | 40% |
| 68 | Tool and die makers | 360 | 38,040 | $23,190 - 52,360 | -9% | 5% |
| 69 | Postal service mail carriers | 350 | 1% | 11% | ||
| 70 | Packers and packagers, hand | 350 | 21,700 | $15,700 - 30,980 | -11% | 3% |
| 71 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 350 | 17,910 | $15,280 - 23,110 | 12% | 6% |
| 72 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 310 | 43,070 | $23,700 - 74,850 | 4% | 30% |
| 73 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 310 | 51,320 | $33,850 - 77,200 | 7% | 13% |
| 74 | Word processors and typists | 310 | 28,370 | $21,280 - 37,350 | -11% | 19% |
| 75 | Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 300 | 23,100 | $16,780 - 32,920 | 19% | 14% |
| 76 | Radiologic technologists and technicians | 290 | 43,130 | $34,280 - 54,310 | 15% | 25% |
| 77 | Insurance sales agents | 290 | 65,170 | $30,690 - 129,130 | 13% | 45% |
| 78 | Cooks, short order | 290 | 21,010 | $16,400 - 25,440 | 5% | 5% |
| 79 | Industrial production managers | 290 | 78,180 | $48,750 - 123,940 | -5% | 43% |
| 80 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 280 | 21,910 | $15,640 - 30,050 | 14% | 3% |
| 81 | Pharmacy technicians | 280 | 27,640 | $19,240 - 37,070 | 32% | 16% |
| 82 | Dental assistants | 270 | 31,510 | $21,910 - 49,190 | 29% | 9% |
| 83 | Recreation workers | 260 | 23,960 | $15,730 - 34,390 | 13% | 47% |
| 84 | Cost estimators | 250 | 53,720 | $28,300 - 89,920 | 19% | 32% |
| 85 | Printing machine operators | 250 | 28,900 | $15,530 - 49,760 | -5% | 6% |
| 86 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 240 | 36,000 | $26,380 - 49,380 | 12% | 3% |
| 87 | Switchboard operators, including answering service | 240 | 21,870 | $17,170 - 27,880 | -7% | 10% |
| 88 | Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 230 | 40,530 | $28,590 - 56,690 | 3% | 38% |
| 89 | Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 230 | 38,940 | $18,860 - 50,800 | -7% | 0% |
| 90 | Medical records and health information technicians | 230 | 29,160 | $20,730 - 40,380 | 18% | 12% |
| 91 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 230 | 43,750 | $27,860 - 65,130 | 11% | 4% |
| 92 | Education teachers, postsecondary | 220 | 61,560 | $28,120 - 97,990 | 0% | 0% |
| 93 | Legal secretaries | 220 | 28,480 | $20,880 - 38,410 | 12% | 18% |
| 94 | Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 220 | 20,000 | $15,730 - 26,220 | 10% | 5% |
| 95 | Bakers | 210 | 23,740 | $15,860 - 35,040 | 10% | 8% |
| 96 | Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 210 | 28,240 | $19,400 - 38,590 | 3% | 18% |
| 97 | Cooks, fast food | 210 | 16,250 | $15,240 - 18,340 | 8% | 5% |
| 98 | Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 210 | 22,430 | $16,650 - 26,420 | 13% | 15% |
| 99 | Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 210 | 22,270 | $15,600 - 31,260 | 27% | 47% |
| 100 | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 210 | 37,920 | $23,020 - 56,370 | 9% | 3% |
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* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0
| Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Pop. vs. Avg.* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 31,720 | 200 | 13.8 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30,550 | 910 | 8.9 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 32,460 | 440 | 7.2 |
| Mental health counselors | 35,950 | 550 | 6.4 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 61,560 | 220 | 6.2 |
| Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 28,680 | 590 | 5.5 |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 24,960 | 110 | 5.5 |
| Tool and die makers | 38,040 | 360 | 5.4 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 31,650 | 150 | 5 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 38,940 | 230 | 4.7 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 40,140 | 970 | 4.3 |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30,650 | 170 | 4.3 |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 23,320 | 650 | 3.4 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 40,530 | 230 | 3.3 |
| Physical therapist assistants | 31,370 | 160 | 3.2 |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 27,010 | 200 | 3 |
| Opticians, dispensing | 29,830 | 140 | 2.9 |
| Word processors and typists | 28,370 | 310 | 2.9 |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians | 110 | 2.8 | |
| Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 34,230 | 160 | 2.6 |
| Home health aides | 20,480 | 2,000 | 2.6 |
| Business teachers, postsecondary | 65,260 | 130 | 2.6 |
| Bartenders | 18,330 | 1,150 | 2.6 |
| Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | 36,350 | 120 | 2.5 |
| Industrial engineers | 58,680 | 440 | 2.4 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 28,830 | 740 | 2.4 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 46,150 | 500 | 2.4 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 32,400 | 140 | 2.3 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 21,990 | 740 | 2.3 |
| Social and human service assistants | 26,970 | 620 | 2.2 |
| Industrial production managers | 78,180 | 290 | 2.2 |
| Cooks, short order | 21,010 | 290 | 2.2 |
| Order clerks | 23,110 | 470 | 2.2 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 45,310 | 390 | 2.2 |
| Amusement and recreation attendants | 17,560 | 450 | 2.1 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 28,060 | 820 | 2.1 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 47,990 | 1,150 | 2.1 |
| Mechanical engineers | 77,570 | 420 | 2.1 |
| Physical therapists | 73,610 | 310 | 2.1 |
| Computer hardware engineers | 61,590 | 110 | 2 |
| Coaches and scouts | 26,190 | 290 | 2 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 23,100 | 300 | 2 |
| Machinists | 32,290 | 660 | 1.9 |
| Medical transcriptionists | 30,260 | 130 | 1.9 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 31,190 | 140 | 1.8 |
| Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 45,190 | 470 | 1.8 |
| Team assemblers | 23,350 | 1,540 | 1.7 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 29,100 | 490 | 1.7 |
| Bakers | 23,740 | 210 | 1.7 |
| Operations research analysts | 60,660 | 100 | 1.7 |
* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0
| Title | Mean Local Salary | Salary Index * | Local Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 67,120 | 1.29 | 200 |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 38,940 | 1.27 | 230 |
| Advertising sales agents | 55,420 | 1.18 | 180 |
| Sheet metal workers | 49,210 | 1.18 | 150 |
| Insurance sales agents | 65,170 | 1.16 | 290 |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 55,700 | 1.15 | 620 |
| Lawyers | 115,180 | 1.12 | 260 |
| Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 56,460 | 1.12 | 570 |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 29,100 | 1.11 | 490 |
| Library assistants, clerical | 26,180 | 1.09 | 140 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 40,530 | 1.08 | 230 |
| Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 18,960 | 1.07 | 440 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 21,700 | 1.06 | 350 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 57,230 | 1.06 | 190 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 43,070 | 1.05 | 310 |
| Cooks, short order | 21,010 | 1.05 | 290 |
| Office clerks, general | 26,680 | 1.05 | 3,150 |
| Computer operators | 36,770 | 1.05 | 130 |
| Electricians | 49,080 | 1.05 | 520 |
| Mechanical engineers | 77,570 | 1.05 | 420 |
| Special education teachers, secondary school | 53,930 | 1.05 | 140 |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 21,910 | 1.04 | 280 |
| Parts salespersons | 31,840 | 1.04 | 170 |
| Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 31,650 | 1.04 | 150 |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30,550 | 1.04 | 910 |
| Food preparation workers | 19,930 | 1.04 | 800 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 22,520 | 1.04 | 930 |
| Taxi drivers and chauffeurs | 22,430 | 1.04 | 210 |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 32,400 | 1.04 | 140 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 24,450 | 1.03 | 110 |
| Education teachers, postsecondary | 61,560 | 1.03 | 220 |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 17,910 | 1.03 | 350 |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 32,460 | 1.03 | 440 |
| Child care workers | 19,800 | 1.03 | 610 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 83,820 | 1.03 | 210 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 71,160 | 1.02 | 170 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 36,930 | 1.02 | 710 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 57,250 | 1.01 | 1,610 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 35,200 | 1.01 | 140 |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers | 20,000 | 1.01 | 220 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers | 35,190 | 1.01 | 140 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 17,340 | 1.01 | 3,470 |
| Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 19,550 | 1 | 190 |
| Physical therapists | 73,610 | 1 | 310 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 23,940 | 1 | 1,630 |
| Driver/sales workers | 26,070 | 1 | 150 |
| Dishwashers | 17,130 | 0.99 | 540 |
| Recreation workers | 23,960 | 0.99 | 260 |
| Bakers | 23,740 | 0.99 | 210 |
| Bill and account collectors | 30,320 | 0.98 | 200 |
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