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 | 3,300 | 49,000 | $37,710 - 62,020 | 24% | 56% |
| 2 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 1,400 | 46,310 | $19,140 - 75,340 | 8% | 51% |
| 3 | Accountants and auditors | 1,330 | 49,200 | $28,780 - 76,000 | 18% | 79% |
| 4 | Elementary school teachers, except special education | 1,110 | 39,620 | $29,960 - 49,550 | 14% | 95% |
| 5 | Lawyers | 980 | 89,460 | $48,570 - 0 | 11% | 99% |
| 6 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 890 | 42,350 | $31,320 - 54,850 | 6% | 96% |
| 7 | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 820 | 40,590 | $30,430 - 52,900 | 11% | 95% |
| 8 | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 500 | 42,430 | $31,480 - 56,150 | 20% | 87% |
| 9 | Chief executives | 480 | 102,180 | $41,520 - 0 | 2% | 65% |
| 10 | Medical and health services managers | 460 | 63,080 | $40,310 - 92,160 | 16% | 57% |
| 11 | Computer programmers | 440 | 45,650 | $32,820 - 62,160 | 0% | 73% |
| 12 | Civil engineers | 420 | 57,570 | $40,620 - 77,150 | 18% | 87% |
| 13 | Financial managers | 400 | 68,210 | $34,980 - 107,670 | 13% | 60% |
| 14 | Social and human service assistants | 370 | 19,790 | $14,110 - 27,210 | 34% | 58% |
| 15 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 370 | 40,790 | $24,990 - 66,720 | 5% | 58% |
| 16 | Child, family, and school social workers | 370 | 27,080 | $20,080 - 37,180 | 19% | 77% |
| 17 | Pharmacists | 320 | 96,900 | $78,820 - 124,280 | 22% | 97% |
| 18 | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 310 | 50,210 | $27,060 - 67,720 | 17% | 56% |
| 19 | Managers, all other | 310 | 60,450 | $31,460 - 99,760 | 7% | 55% |
| 20 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 310 | 58,670 | $40,030 - 73,440 | 8% | 78% |
| 21 | Medical and public health social workers | 300 | 30,240 | $15,860 - 47,500 | 24% | 77% |
| 22 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 290 | 43,970 | $29,990 - 57,980 | 13% | 73% |
| 23 | Public relations specialists | 250 | 45,970 | $19,740 - 85,990 | 18% | 81% |
| 24 | Advertising sales agents | 240 | 41,770 | $19,120 - 72,170 | 20% | 56% |
| 25 | Network systems and data communications analysts | 240 | 41,580 | $27,400 - 62,660 | 53% | 57% |
| 26 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 240 | 58,900 | $21,150 - 91,740 | 12% | 51% |
| 27 | Surveyors | 230 | 37,490 | $16,580 - 57,900 | 24% | 82% |
| 28 | Social scientists and related workers, all other | 200 | 33,960 | $26,640 - 40,460 | 5% | 90% |
| 29 | Network and computer systems administrators | 200 | 50,090 | $28,540 - 78,470 | 27% | 50% |
| 30 | Sales managers | 200 | 71,250 | $33,990 - 121,040 | 10% | 69% |
| 31 | Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 190 | 43,200 | $28,590 - 61,530 | 25% | 93% |
| 32 | Training and development specialists | 180 | 44,520 | $24,990 - 69,380 | 18% | 56% |
| 33 | Librarians | 170 | 42,520 | $30,550 - 56,440 | 4% | 85% |
| 34 | Computer systems analysts | 170 | 54,770 | $32,040 - 74,600 | 29% | 68% |
| 35 | Engineering managers | 170 | 95,840 | $61,950 - 138,040 | 7% | 84% |
| 36 | Special education teachers, middle school | 160 | 39,830 | $29,940 - 50,260 | 16% | 87% |
| 37 | Engineers, all other | 160 | 50,600 | $21,110 - 96,460 | 6% | 82% |
| 38 | Health educators | 160 | 23,950 | $14,830 - 32,350 | 26% | 58% |
| 39 | Physical therapists | 160 | 72,110 | $52,400 - 99,670 | 27% | 89% |
| 40 | Teachers and instructors, all other | 150 | 27,450 | $19,430 - 43,460 | 9% | 54% |
| 41 | Computer and information systems managers | 150 | 69,650 | $48,310 - 100,980 | 16% | 73% |
| 42 | Medical and clinical laboratory technologists | 140 | 41,990 | $33,550 - 51,150 | 12% | 51% |
| 43 | Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 140 | 43,770 | $27,020 - 68,300 | 22% | 93% |
| 44 | Mental health counselors | 140 | 35,650 | $25,530 - 45,770 | 30% | 73% |
| 45 | Speech-language pathologists | 140 | 47,670 | $34,090 - 62,330 | 11% | 98% |
| 46 | Detectives and criminal investigators | 130 | 48,370 | $22,950 - 84,200 | 17% | 54% |
| 47 | Financial analysts | 130 | 58,890 | $30,320 - 80,050 | 34% | 87% |
| 48 | Social and community service managers | 120 | 48,560 | $33,080 - 69,620 | 25% | 72% |
| 49 | Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 120 | 43,420 | $29,520 - 66,040 | 18% | 56% |
| 50 | Computer software engineers, systems software | 110 | 49,710 | $26,190 - 81,120 | 28% | 85% |
| 51 | Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents | 110 | 50,620 | $22,750 - 96,970 | 25% | 67% |
| 52 | Advertising and promotions managers | 110 | 51,310 | $35,100 - 70,800 | 6% | 76% |
| 53 | Postmasters and mail superintendents | 110 | 50,460 | $23,610 - 81,450 | 0% | 55% |
| 54 | Personal financial advisors | 110 | 50,720 | $21,490 - 94,500 | 41% | 81% |
| 55 | Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 100 | 39,580 | $26,940 - 54,210 | 18% | 56% |
| 56 | Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 100 | 53,510 | $27,920 - 92,690 | 5% | 99% |
| 57 | Special education teachers, secondary school | 100 | 37,300 | $27,920 - 47,680 | 9% | 87% |
| 58 | Education, training, and library workers, all other | 100 | 24,060 | $19,530 - 29,580 | 11% | 79% |
| 59 | Occupational health and safety specialists | 100 | 60,450 | $41,330 - 83,230 | 8% | 72% |
| 60 | Sales and related workers, all other | 100 | 36,290 | $17,070 - 68,350 | 14% | 62% |
| 61 | Physician assistants | 100 | 72,960 | $54,360 - 102,980 | 27% | 67% |
| 62 | Chemical engineers | 90 | 87,110 | $70,940 - 111,380 | 8% | 91% |
| 63 | Insurance underwriters | 90 | 48,680 | $30,240 - 74,950 | 6% | 53% |
| 64 | Instructional coordinators | 90 | 45,230 | $27,410 - 61,510 | 23% | 79% |
| 65 | Database administrators | 90 | 42,960 | $20,530 - 62,150 | 29% | 72% |
| 66 | Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers | 90 | 66,950 | $43,610 - 93,500 | 10% | 80% |
| 67 | Graphic designers | 90 | 37,260 | $24,940 - 47,420 | 10% | 55% |
| 68 | Management analysts | 90 | 51,930 | $28,810 - 74,670 | 22% | 78% |
| 69 | Mechanical engineers | 90 | 59,760 | $34,520 - 86,020 | 4% | 78% |
| 70 | Occupational therapists | 80 | 67,130 | $42,110 - 108,850 | 23% | 90% |
| 71 | Rehabilitation counselors | 80 | 40,370 | $26,820 - 58,640 | 23% | 73% |
| 72 | Education administrators, postsecondary | 80 | 61,900 | $27,460 - 105,060 | 14% | 78% |
| 73 | Financial specialists, all other | 80 | 44,860 | $26,190 - 73,330 | 12% | 50% |
| 74 | Electrical engineers | 80 | 74,630 | $45,250 - 103,700 | 6% | 81% |
| 75 | Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 70 | 25,320 | $16,850 - 35,290 | 30% | 77% |
| 76 | Dietitians and nutritionists | 70 | 46,220 | $27,590 - 66,490 | 9% | 72% |
| 77 | Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors | 70 | 48,910 | $29,560 - 74,900 | 10% | 74% |
| 78 | Coaches and scouts | 70 | 34,360 | $25,870 - 54,070 | 15% | 60% |
| 79 | Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 70 | 46,930 | $28,960 - 71,210 | 16% | 99% |
| 80 | Marketing managers | 60 | 58,940 | $37,640 - 85,720 | 14% | 69% |
| 81 | Industrial engineers | 60 | 61,450 | $41,370 - 80,250 | 20% | 74% |
| 82 | Natural sciences managers | 60 | 85,760 | $49,400 - 140,570 | 11% | 93% |
| 83 | Electronics engineers, except computer | 60 | 52,670 | $30,730 - 87,420 | 4% | 81% |
| 84 | Dentists, general | 60 | 170,930 | $72,050 - 0 | 9% | 100% |
| 85 | Interior designers | 60 | 34,460 | $22,970 - 45,640 | 20% | 55% |
| 86 | Computer specialists, all other | 60 | 51,110 | $21,810 - 78,350 | 15% | 68% |
| 87 | Urban and regional planners | 60 | 50,020 | $33,120 - 72,360 | 15% | 92% |
| 88 | Computer software engineers, applications | 60 | 61,030 | $41,420 - 76,580 | 45% | 85% |
| 89 | Microbiologists | 50 | 39,930 | $23,890 - 65,370 | 11% | 95% |
| 90 | Floral designers | 50 | 22,450 | $16,750 - 28,210 | 0% | 55% |
| 91 | Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 50 | 30,450 | $23,500 - 40,930 | 34% | 73% |
| 92 | Credit analysts | 50 | 45,250 | $25,770 - 67,850 | 2% | 60% |
| 93 | Human resources managers, all other | 50 | 60,590 | $41,870 - 91,860 | 11% | 58% |
| 94 | Commercial pilots | 40 | 57,560 | $48,320 - 70,730 | 13% | 74% |
| 95 | Financial examiners | 40 | 73,580 | $35,280 - 114,350 | 11% | 76% |
| 96 | Purchasing managers | 40 | 64,440 | $45,010 - 108,880 | 3% | 57% |
| 97 | Producers and directors | 40 | 38,460 | $24,650 - 68,570 | 11% | 75% |
| 98 | Compensation and benefits managers | 30 | 50,300 | $32,130 - 80,650 | 12% | 58% |
| 99 | Athletic trainers | 30 | 33,150 | $24,810 - 42,910 | 24% | 72% |
| 100 | Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 30 | 75,670 | $36,810 - 125,730 | 20% | 99% |
| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Office clerks, general | 5,090 | 23,210 | $14,030 - 34,560 | 13% | 19% |
| 2 | Cashiers | 4,510 | 14,480 | $11,700 - 18,610 | -2% | 10% |
| 3 | Retail salespersons | 4,340 | 21,560 | $12,270 - 35,350 | 12% | 25% |
| 4 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 3,170 | 13,580 | $11,490 - 16,550 | 18% | 5% |
| 5 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 3,010 | 22,030 | $12,750 - 36,230 | 2% | 5% |
| 6 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 2,660 | 30,230 | $19,790 - 50,290 | 10% | 4% |
| 7 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 2,520 | 18,650 | $11,970 - 28,580 | 15% | 4% |
| 8 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 2,440 | 26,450 | $16,410 - 37,520 | 1% | 18% |
| 9 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 2,100 | 27,450 | $17,890 - 38,230 | 13% | 16% |
| 10 | Waiters and waitresses | 2,070 | 15,310 | $11,640 - 21,440 | 11% | 14% |
| 11 | General and operations managers | 1,870 | 72,950 | $33,610 - 131,500 | 2% | 48% |
| 12 | Customer service representatives | 1,860 | 25,830 | $16,140 - 38,910 | 25% | 22% |
| 13 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,810 | 18,380 | $14,190 - 23,590 | 18% | 7% |
| 14 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 1,790 | 39,020 | $20,080 - 66,250 | 8% | 3% |
| 15 | Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,730 | 21,840 | $12,590 - 32,380 | -7% | 8% |
| 16 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 1,540 | 42,810 | $22,470 - 67,150 | 6% | 29% |
| 17 | Maintenance and repair workers, general | 1,480 | 29,080 | $14,710 - 53,090 | 10% | 6% |
| 18 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 1,320 | 33,820 | $22,490 - 47,680 | 15% | 18% |
| 19 | Security guards | 1,270 | 18,200 | $11,970 - 29,390 | 17% | 13% |
| 20 | Construction laborers | 1,250 | 28,350 | $16,670 - 45,380 | 11% | 5% |
| 21 | Electricians | 1,240 | 46,400 | $25,570 - 64,390 | 7% | 7% |
| 22 | Carpenters | 1,220 | 35,620 | $24,300 - 54,580 | 10% | 6% |
| 23 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 1,110 | 31,100 | $16,290 - 46,090 | 4% | 25% |
| 24 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 1,090 | 24,000 | $13,670 - 39,330 | 8% | 4% |
| 25 | Helpers--extraction workers | 1,010 | 38,440 | $32,370 - 45,820 | 0% | 0% |
| 26 | Receptionists and information clerks | 1,010 | 20,380 | $14,700 - 27,180 | 17% | 13% |
| 27 | Cooks, restaurant | 990 | 17,580 | $12,390 - 23,390 | 12% | 5% |
| 28 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 980 | 65,540 | $37,310 - 88,320 | 9% | 10% |
| 29 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 970 | 31,760 | $24,630 - 39,580 | 14% | 7% |
| 30 | Personal and home care aides | 920 | 15,610 | $12,080 - 19,260 | 51% | 10% |
| 31 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 880 | 16,350 | $12,060 - 21,700 | 13% | 5% |
| 32 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 850 | 46,770 | $27,720 - 69,240 | 11% | 4% |
| 33 | Driver/sales workers | 820 | 25,210 | $12,260 - 43,680 | -4% | 4% |
| 34 | Food preparation workers | 800 | 16,170 | $11,760 - 24,060 | 15% | 7% |
| 35 | Industrial machinery mechanics | 770 | 41,330 | $20,180 - 68,210 | 9% | 5% |
| 36 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 760 | 25,770 | $19,300 - 33,780 | 4% | 15% |
| 37 | Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 750 | 51,850 | $28,330 - 77,260 | 9% | 47% |
| 38 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 730 | 26,970 | $17,340 - 41,620 | 11% | 14% |
| 39 | Business operations specialists, all other | 710 | 49,050 | $26,580 - 74,520 | 21% | 49% |
| 40 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 710 | 34,330 | $23,380 - 49,410 | 5% | 2% |
| 41 | Home health aides | 680 | 16,520 | $13,330 - 20,420 | 49% | 7% |
| 42 | Teacher assistants | 660 | 20,440 | $12,800 - 28,080 | 10% | 18% |
| 43 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 660 | 18,560 | $13,440 - 23,170 | 11% | 5% |
| 44 | Paralegals and legal assistants | 660 | 36,530 | $24,760 - 52,370 | 22% | 45% |
| 45 | Tellers | 650 | 19,200 | $14,410 - 24,450 | 14% | 16% |
| 46 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 640 | 59,770 | $33,790 - 85,800 | 7% | 13% |
| 47 | Continuous mining machine operators | 630 | 42,410 | $34,910 - 50,160 | 5% | 0% |
| 48 | Legal secretaries | 570 | 32,740 | $24,060 - 42,230 | 12% | 18% |
| 49 | Medical assistants | 570 | 21,410 | $15,700 - 28,160 | 35% | 10% |
| 50 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 570 | 17,660 | $12,110 - 26,060 | 18% | 6% |
| 51 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 560 | 34,050 | $25,020 - 44,340 | 11% | 33% |
| 52 | Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 560 | 37,960 | $22,140 - 52,180 | 12% | 3% |
| 53 | Data entry keyers | 540 | 27,740 | $18,800 - 36,780 | -4% | 18% |
| 54 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 530 | 28,810 | $16,930 - 49,140 | 14% | 4% |
| 55 | Roof bolters, mining | 520 | 43,140 | $36,590 - 51,730 | 1% | 0% |
| 56 | Insurance sales agents | 520 | 38,860 | $18,710 - 80,100 | 13% | 45% |
| 57 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 520 | 54,900 | $27,040 - 85,150 | -4% | 15% |
| 58 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 470 | 31,540 | $20,970 - 46,050 | 12% | 3% |
| 59 | Cooks, fast food | 470 | 12,960 | $11,430 - 14,990 | 8% | 5% |
| 60 | Counter and rental clerks | 450 | 22,630 | $13,010 - 35,310 | 23% | 16% |
| 61 | Insurance claims and policy processing clerks | 420 | 29,220 | $20,200 - 43,320 | 0% | 22% |
| 62 | Industrial truck and tractor operators | 410 | 27,990 | $18,670 - 42,730 | -1% | 2% |
| 63 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 410 | 25,270 | $13,470 - 38,650 | 4% | 6% |
| 64 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 390 | 15,620 | $11,860 - 21,630 | 14% | 3% |
| 65 | Packers and packagers, hand | 390 | 19,480 | $12,000 - 28,340 | -11% | 3% |
| 66 | Pharmacy technicians | 390 | 22,040 | $15,740 - 29,620 | 32% | 16% |
| 67 | Bus drivers, school | 380 | 22,120 | $17,660 - 27,870 | 9% | 4% |
| 68 | Shuttle car operators | 380 | 40,340 | $33,130 - 47,600 | -7% | 6% |
| 69 | Computer support specialists | 370 | 31,990 | $19,130 - 49,240 | 13% | 43% |
| 70 | Parts salespersons | 370 | 28,870 | $18,210 - 40,200 | -1% | 6% |
| 71 | Dishwashers | 360 | 14,100 | $11,650 - 18,070 | 10% | 3% |
| 72 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 360 | 23,110 | $13,580 - 37,360 | 12% | 6% |
| 73 | Dental assistants | 350 | 22,550 | $16,600 - 30,200 | 29% | 9% |
| 74 | First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators | 350 | 44,990 | $27,340 - 70,430 | 10% | 17% |
| 75 | Civil engineering technicians | 350 | 36,630 | $23,730 - 54,700 | 10% | 18% |
| 76 | Chemical plant and system operators | 340 | 62,800 | $39,120 - 88,910 | -14% | 7% |
| 77 | Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 340 | 29,510 | $19,810 - 44,840 | 14% | 8% |
| 78 | Helpers--production workers | 340 | 23,070 | $15,310 - 36,910 | 0% | 4% |
| 79 | Medical secretaries | 340 | 22,390 | $15,790 - 28,870 | 17% | 18% |
| 80 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 340 | 31,670 | $16,360 - 49,700 | -6% | 14% |
| 81 | Bartenders | 330 | 16,530 | $11,850 - 25,390 | 11% | 17% |
| 82 | Machinists | 330 | 38,240 | $25,320 - 52,010 | -2% | 3% |
| 83 | Child care workers | 330 | 14,150 | $11,580 - 17,530 | 18% | 15% |
| 84 | Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 320 | 35,940 | $20,070 - 53,610 | 3% | 25% |
| 85 | Sales representatives, services, all other | 310 | 51,040 | $25,340 - 75,860 | 28% | 48% |
| 86 | Postal service mail carriers | 300 | 43,690 | $34,490 - 52,430 | 1% | 11% |
| 87 | Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 290 | 40,420 | $24,250 - 49,450 | -7% | 12% |
| 88 | Mine cutting and channeling machine operators | 290 | 38,260 | $24,580 - 47,460 | 4% | 0% |
| 89 | Bill and account collectors | 290 | 24,460 | $16,280 - 33,090 | 23% | 13% |
| 90 | File clerks | 290 | 20,120 | $14,770 - 28,520 | -40% | 20% |
| 91 | Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 280 | 27,390 | $19,930 - 38,190 | 3% | 38% |
| 92 | Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 280 | 48,850 | $27,840 - 68,210 | 3% | 13% |
| 93 | First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 280 | 59,740 | $17,310 - 97,230 | 4% | 38% |
| 94 | Library technicians | 270 | 21,830 | $13,670 - 33,890 | 9% | 27% |
| 95 | Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 260 | 18,880 | $15,130 - 25,170 | 10% | 24% |
| 96 | Painters, construction and maintenance | 260 | 37,250 | $24,480 - 49,400 | 12% | 6% |
| 97 | Psychiatric aides | 260 | 16,380 | $12,210 - 21,370 | 0% | 7% |
| 98 | Amusement and recreation attendants | 250 | 15,460 | $11,650 - 21,840 | 24% | 22% |
| 99 | Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop | 250 | 14,740 | $11,690 - 18,410 | 10% | 17% |
| 100 | Administrative services managers | 240 | 58,860 | $39,560 - 81,210 | 12% | 40% |
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* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0
| Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Pop. vs. Avg.* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shuttle car operators | 40,340 | 380 | 640.1 |
| Roof bolters, mining | 43,140 | 520 | 618.3 |
| Continuous mining machine operators | 42,410 | 630 | 439.1 |
| Mine cutting and channeling machine operators | 38,260 | 290 | 227.6 |
| Helpers--extraction workers | 38,440 | 1,010 | 168.7 |
| Wellhead pumpers | 120 | 42.7 | |
| Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining | 34,060 | 150 | 12.2 |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 50,460 | 110 | 11.3 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 62,800 | 340 | 11.2 |
| Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | 53,510 | 100 | 8 |
| Psychiatric aides | 16,380 | 260 | 7.6 |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door | 40,790 | 160 | 7.5 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 33,960 | 200 | 7.5 |
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 40,440 | 180 | 6.9 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 43,770 | 140 | 5.9 |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines | 37,960 | 560 | 5 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 39,020 | 1,790 | 4.9 |
| Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 29,510 | 340 | 4.6 |
| Surveyors | 37,490 | 230 | 4.2 |
| Civil engineering technicians | 36,630 | 350 | 4.2 |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas | 25,570 | 100 | 4 |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers | 23,330 | 130 | 3.9 |
| Vocational education teachers, postsecondary | 39,530 | 310 | 3.8 |
| Pharmacy aides | 16,020 | 150 | 3.7 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 42,880 | 110 | 3.6 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 27,390 | 280 | 3.5 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 41,330 | 770 | 3.5 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 39,050 | 150 | 3.2 |
| Health educators | 23,950 | 160 | 3 |
| Crane and tower operators | 34,030 | 100 | 2.8 |
| Library technicians | 21,830 | 270 | 2.8 |
| Advertising and promotions managers | 51,310 | 110 | 2.8 |
| Surveying and mapping technicians | 29,960 | 180 | 2.7 |
| Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 42,430 | 500 | 2.7 |
| Surgical technologists | 28,060 | 200 | 2.6 |
| Chemical technicians | 31,870 | 140 | 2.6 |
| Paralegals and legal assistants | 36,530 | 660 | 2.6 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 60,450 | 100 | 2.5 |
| Medical and public health social workers | 30,240 | 300 | 2.5 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 51,850 | 750 | 2.5 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 43,200 | 190 | 2.5 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 48,510 | 160 | 2.4 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 23,360 | 220 | 2.4 |
| Tire repairers and changers | 19,440 | 210 | 2.4 |
| Health specialties teachers, postsecondary | 44,520 | 110 | 2.3 |
| New accounts clerks | 26,450 | 160 | 2.2 |
| Special education teachers, middle school | 39,830 | 160 | 2.1 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 35,940 | 320 | 2.1 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 34,330 | 710 | 2.1 |
| Driver/sales workers | 25,210 | 820 | 2 |
* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0
| Title | Mean Local Salary | Salary Index * | Local Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conveyor operators and tenders | 40,440 | 1.43 | 180 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 62,800 | 1.33 | 340 |
| Helpers--extraction workers | 38,440 | 1.23 | 1,010 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 65,540 | 1.2 | 980 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 37,250 | 1.16 | 260 |
| Mine cutting and channeling machine operators | 38,260 | 1.14 | 290 |
| Data entry keyers | 27,740 | 1.14 | 540 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 59,770 | 1.11 | 640 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 54,900 | 1.09 | 520 |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers | 46,860 | 1.09 | 130 |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators | 39,050 | 1.09 | 150 |
| Machinists | 38,240 | 1.08 | 330 |
| Physical therapists | 72,110 | 1.08 | 160 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 46,770 | 1.07 | 850 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other | 36,800 | 1.07 | 130 |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders | 42,880 | 1.07 | 110 |
| Electricians | 46,400 | 1.06 | 1,240 |
| Continuous mining machine operators | 42,410 | 1.05 | 630 |
| Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 40,350 | 1.04 | 200 |
| Pharmacists | 96,900 | 1.04 | 320 |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 34,330 | 1.04 | 710 |
| Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance | 33,920 | 1.03 | 160 |
| Counter and rental clerks | 22,630 | 1.03 | 450 |
| Helpers--production workers | 23,070 | 1.03 | 340 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 19,480 | 1.03 | 390 |
| Sales representatives, services, all other | 51,040 | 1.02 | 310 |
| Driver/sales workers | 25,210 | 1.02 | 820 |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 23,110 | 1.01 | 360 |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers | 23,930 | 1.01 | 140 |
| Roof bolters, mining | 43,140 | 1.01 | 520 |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons | 43,090 | 1.01 | 200 |
| Recreation workers | 22,740 | 1.01 | 140 |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers | 35,940 | 1.01 | 320 |
| Postal service mail carriers | 43,690 | 1 | 300 |
| Cost estimators | 52,750 | 1 | 180 |
| Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators | 51,850 | 1 | 750 |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers | 48,850 | 1 | 280 |
| Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 43,420 | 0.99 | 120 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 18,490 | 0.99 | 160 |
| Kindergarten teachers, except special education | 44,030 | 0.99 | 180 |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 40,420 | 0.99 | 290 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 21,840 | 0.99 | 1,730 |
| Healthcare support workers, all other | 26,700 | 0.99 | 220 |
| Shuttle car operators | 40,340 | 0.99 | 380 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 42,810 | 0.99 | 1,540 |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators | 27,990 | 0.99 | 410 |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers | 48,510 | 0.99 | 160 |
| Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 50,210 | 0.98 | 310 |
| Helpers--carpenters | 23,360 | 0.98 | 220 |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 41,330 | 0.98 | 770 |
| Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Internists, general | 178,690 | 50 |
| Dentists, general | 170,930 | 60 |
| Family and general practitioners | 160,690 | 90 |
| Chief executives | 102,180 | 480 |
| Pharmacists | 96,900 | 320 |
| Engineering managers | 95,840 | 170 |
| Lawyers | 89,460 | 980 |
| Chemical engineers | 87,110 | 90 |
| Natural sciences managers | 85,760 | 60 |
| Public relations managers | 81,350 | 30 |
| Industrial engineering technicians | 79,910 | |
| Industrial production managers | 76,090 | 100 |
| Medical scientists, except epidemiologists | 75,670 | 30 |
| Electrical engineers | 74,630 | 80 |
| Financial examiners | 73,580 | 40 |
| Physician assistants | 72,960 | 100 |
| General and operations managers | 72,950 | 1,870 |
| Petroleum engineers | 72,560 | 30 |
| Physical therapists | 72,110 | 160 |
| Sales managers | 71,250 | 200 |
| Construction managers | 70,780 | 40 |
| Computer and information systems managers | 69,650 | 150 |
| Financial managers | 68,210 | 400 |
| Occupational therapists | 67,130 | 80 |
| Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers | 66,950 | 90 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 65,540 | 980 |
| Purchasing managers | 64,440 | 40 |
| Meeting and convention planners | 64,140 | |
| Medical and health services managers | 63,080 | 460 |
| Chemical plant and system operators | 62,800 | 340 |
| Education administrators, postsecondary | 61,900 | 80 |
| Industrial engineers | 61,450 | 60 |
| Computer software engineers, applications | 61,030 | 60 |
| Human resources managers, all other | 60,590 | 50 |
| Managers, all other | 60,450 | 310 |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 60,450 | 100 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 59,770 | 640 |
| Mechanical engineers | 59,760 | 90 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers | 59,740 | 280 |
| Marketing managers | 58,940 | 60 |
| Transportation, storage, and distribution managers | 58,910 | 120 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 58,900 | 240 |
| Financial analysts | 58,890 | 130 |
| Administrative services managers | 58,860 | 240 |
| Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 58,670 | 310 |
| Civil engineers | 57,570 | 420 |
| Commercial pilots | 57,560 | 40 |
| English language and literature teachers, postsecondary | 57,300 | 30 |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers | 56,740 | 80 |
| Nuclear medicine technologists | 55,980 | 50 |
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