| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
|---|
| 1 | Registered nurses | 1,400 | 60,310 | $46,090 - 78,730 | 24% | 56% |
| 2 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 990 | 65,000 | $27,630 - 117,600 | 8% | 51% |
| 3 | Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education | 980 | 49,350 | $33,720 - 68,810 | 6% | 96% |
| 4 | Elementary school teachers, except special education | 840 | 47,020 | $29,130 - 66,640 | 14% | 95% |
| 5 | Accountants and auditors | 420 | 60,060 | $41,510 - 83,350 | 18% | 79% |
| 6 | Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education | 370 | 46,850 | $31,350 - 66,070 | 11% | 95% |
| 7 | Social and human service assistants | 360 | 31,960 | $15,900 - 48,490 | 34% | 58% |
| 8 | Child, family, and school social workers | 320 | 43,100 | $29,410 - 62,660 | 19% | 77% |
| 9 | Industrial engineers | 280 | 74,570 | $49,330 - 105,120 | 20% | 74% |
| 10 | Sales managers | 280 | 110,450 | $44,890 - | 10% | 69% |
| 11 | Mechanical engineers | 280 | 76,120 | $48,550 - 108,150 | 4% | 78% |
| 12 | Market research analysts | 220 | 64,960 | $34,840 - 80,620 | 20% | 82% |
| 13 | Financial managers | 190 | 109,680 | $66,110 - 160,410 | 13% | 60% |
| 14 | Computer software engineers, applications | 190 | 74,770 | $52,040 - 102,620 | 45% | 85% |
| 15 | Lawyers | 180 | 94,490 | $39,740 - | 11% | 99% |
| 16 | Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other | 160 | 33,780 | $14,250 - 67,200 | 17% | 56% |
| 17 | Chief executives | 150 | 170,260 | $80,990 - | 2% | 65% |
| 18 | Computer programmers | 140 | 57,190 | $30,640 - 82,630 | 0% | 73% |
| 19 | Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists | 140 | 75,900 | $27,820 - 135,250 | 18% | 56% |
| 20 | Pharmacists | 130 | 109,330 | $90,640 - 131,210 | 22% | 97% |
| 21 | Managers, all other | 130 | 90,990 | $56,720 - 143,950 | 7% | 55% |
| 22 | Teachers and instructors, all other | 130 | 41,460 | $23,560 - 66,530 | 9% | 54% |
| 23 | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school | 120 | 81,310 | $61,830 - 106,270 | 8% | 78% |
| 24 | Network and computer systems administrators | 120 | 69,720 | $43,530 - 95,720 | 27% | 50% |
| 25 | Graphic designers | 120 | 45,920 | $28,400 - 73,600 | 10% | 55% |
| 26 | Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 120 | 65,810 | $42,780 - 102,830 | 12% | 51% |
| 27 | Computer systems analysts | 120 | 69,700 | $45,800 - 96,090 | 29% | 68% |
| 28 | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | 120 | 46,850 | $27,400 - 65,860 | 20% | 87% |
| 29 | Chemists | 110 | 68,250 | $38,630 - 103,730 | 9% | 93% |
| 30 | Marketing managers | 110 | 107,660 | $65,140 - 158,690 | 14% | 69% |
| 31 | Computer and information systems managers | 100 | 101,920 | $62,440 - 148,760 | 16% | 73% |
| 32 | Speech-language pathologists | 100 | 53,540 | $38,520 - 67,440 | 11% | 98% |
| 33 | Physical therapists | 90 | 65,500 | $53,220 - 81,490 | 27% | 89% |
| 34 | Management analysts | 90 | 82,800 | $46,750 - 138,090 | 22% | 78% |
| 35 | Electrical engineers | 90 | 76,280 | $54,540 - 103,830 | 6% | 81% |
| 36 | Medical and health services managers | 90 | 80,330 | $50,360 - 114,290 | 16% | 57% |
| 37 | Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 90 | 52,530 | $37,090 - 74,130 | 13% | 73% |
| 38 | Engineers, all other | 80 | 71,010 | $36,900 - 106,790 | 6% | 82% |
| 39 | Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 80 | 52,450 | $26,580 - 70,160 | 30% | 77% |
| 40 | Training and development specialists | 80 | 45,050 | $32,750 - 61,460 | 18% | 56% |
| 41 | Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors | 80 | 58,280 | $41,590 - 81,500 | 14% | 54% |
| 42 | Librarians | 70 | 45,290 | $25,120 - 65,030 | 4% | 85% |
| 43 | Engineering managers | 70 | 100,760 | $69,350 - 148,220 | 7% | 84% |
| 44 | Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists | 70 | 55,780 | $30,130 - 82,180 | 16% | 99% |
| 45 | Social and community service managers | 60 | 50,380 | $28,070 - 68,080 | 25% | 72% |
| 46 | Occupational therapists | 60 | 54,430 | $41,340 - 69,190 | 23% | 90% |
| 47 | Rehabilitation counselors | 60 | 34,960 | $25,440 - 46,970 | 23% | 73% |
| 48 | Floral designers | 60 | 23,860 | $17,200 - 31,010 | 0% | 55% |
| 49 | Network systems and data communications analysts | 60 | 67,010 | $43,250 - 103,370 | 53% | 57% |
| 50 | Purchasing managers | 60 | 87,330 | $56,430 - 131,230 | 3% | 57% |
| 51 | Special education teachers, middle school | 50 | 46,810 | $35,000 - 62,690 | 16% | 87% |
| 52 | Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation | 50 | 56,400 | $36,140 - 83,520 | 5% | 58% |
| 53 | Legislators | 50 | 17,310 | $14,220 - 23,900 | 1% | 65% |
| 54 | Commercial and industrial designers | 50 | 58,720 | $33,580 - 80,180 | 7% | 55% |
| 55 | Medical and public health social workers | 50 | 43,680 | $26,630 - 62,430 | 24% | 77% |
| 56 | Public relations specialists | 50 | 45,440 | $26,710 - 75,150 | 18% | 81% |
| 57 | Coaches and scouts | 50 | 30,630 | $15,500 - 42,420 | 15% | 60% |
| 58 | Insurance underwriters | 40 | | $ - | 6% | 53% |
| 59 | Veterinarians | 40 | 78,720 | $53,930 - 104,600 | 35% | 100% |
| 60 | Personal financial advisors | 40 | | $ - | 41% | 81% |
| 61 | Counselors, all other | 40 | 42,050 | $31,630 - 58,300 | 17% | 73% |
| 62 | Database administrators | 40 | 60,510 | $37,870 - 84,450 | 29% | 72% |
| 63 | Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors | 40 | 35,490 | $27,600 - 45,720 | 34% | 73% |
| 64 | Dentists, general | 40 | 175,950 | $116,070 - | 9% | 100% |
| 65 | Multi-media artists and animators | 40 | 38,700 | $22,730 - 56,060 | 26% | 58% |
| 66 | Public relations managers | 40 | 63,440 | $43,900 - 94,080 | 17% | 75% |
| 67 | Tax preparers | 40 | 33,280 | $24,870 - 45,440 | 0% | 54% |
| 68 | Mental health counselors | 30 | 48,250 | $34,210 - 72,500 | 30% | 73% |
| 69 | Human resources managers, all other | 30 | 98,830 | $55,550 - 164,960 | 11% | 58% |
| 70 | Technical writers | 30 | 64,580 | $50,180 - 82,450 | 20% | 74% |
| 71 | Computer specialists, all other | 30 | 43,000 | $18,370 - 64,960 | 15% | 68% |
| Rank | Title | Local Jobs | Local Mean Salary | Typical Local Salary | National Growth % 2006-2016 | National % With College Degree |
|---|
| 1 | Retail salespersons | 2,790 | 21,460 | $14,910 - 31,020 | 12% | 25% |
| 2 | Cashiers | 2,310 | 17,750 | $14,300 - 23,670 | -2% | 10% |
| 3 | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 1,790 | 17,320 | $14,410 - 21,890 | 18% | 5% |
| 4 | Team assemblers | 1,720 | 29,770 | $15,640 - 53,010 | 0% | 5% |
| 5 | Office clerks, general | 1,540 | 26,080 | $16,490 - 37,880 | 13% | 19% |
| 6 | Customer service representatives | 1,490 | 36,610 | $21,340 - 60,460 | 25% | 22% |
| 7 | Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 1,370 | 22,000 | $14,860 - 33,070 | 2% | 5% |
| 8 | Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 1,290 | 22,160 | $14,910 - 33,910 | 15% | 4% |
| 9 | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants | 1,260 | 27,770 | $21,240 - 35,590 | 18% | 7% |
| 10 | Stock clerks and order fillers | 1,230 | 22,240 | $15,130 - 31,120 | -7% | 8% |
| 11 | Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,200 | 31,160 | $19,580 - 41,840 | 13% | 16% |
| 12 | Waiters and waitresses | 1,100 | 17,170 | $14,330 - 19,590 | 11% | 14% |
| 13 | Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer | 1,020 | 47,360 | $29,440 - 74,230 | 10% | 4% |
| 14 | Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive | 860 | 29,400 | $21,460 - 38,240 | 1% | 18% |
| 15 | Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 840 | 23,700 | $16,700 - 33,120 | 18% | 6% |
| 16 | Industrial truck and tractor operators | 800 | 29,170 | $21,540 - 39,220 | -1% | 2% |
| 17 | First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers | 760 | 56,370 | $33,000 - 81,020 | -4% | 15% |
| 18 | Bartenders | 660 | 17,790 | $14,620 - 22,890 | 11% | 17% |
| 19 | Teacher assistants | 660 | 22,570 | $16,160 - 30,840 | 10% | 18% |
| 20 | Maintenance and repair workers, general | 640 | 39,830 | $21,790 - 55,680 | 10% | 6% |
| 21 | Executive secretaries and administrative assistants | 630 | 38,030 | $25,980 - 52,040 | 15% | 18% |
| 22 | General and operations managers | 630 | 108,660 | $50,360 - | 2% | 48% |
| 23 | First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 620 | 38,480 | $23,260 - 58,790 | 4% | 25% |
| 24 | Carpenters | 620 | 40,590 | $26,670 - 66,860 | 10% | 6% |
| 25 | Packers and packagers, hand | 580 | 19,540 | $14,620 - 25,840 | -11% | 3% |
| 26 | Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 580 | 30,380 | $20,380 - 44,140 | 4% | 6% |
| 27 | First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 580 | 44,000 | $26,830 - 68,350 | 6% | 29% |
| 28 | Machinists | 580 | 32,760 | $18,220 - 49,750 | -2% | 3% |
| 29 | Receptionists and information clerks | 560 | 23,650 | $15,870 - 31,860 | 17% | 13% |
| 30 | Correctional officers and jailers | 550 | 37,940 | $29,410 - 48,440 | 17% | 11% |
| 31 | Home health aides | 550 | 20,200 | $15,440 - 25,060 | 49% | 7% |
| 32 | Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 520 | 17,180 | $14,370 - 20,050 | 13% | 5% |
| 33 | Business operations specialists, all other | 520 | 52,890 | $16,190 - 85,060 | 21% | 49% |
| 34 | Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic | 520 | 29,320 | $21,680 - 39,150 | -2% | 6% |
| 35 | Truck drivers, light or delivery services | 520 | 34,080 | $15,700 - 61,130 | 8% | 4% |
| 36 | Tellers | 500 | 23,750 | $17,820 - 31,190 | 14% | 16% |
| 37 | Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 500 | 48,470 | $33,360 - 65,530 | 8% | 3% |
| 38 | Industrial machinery mechanics | 480 | 51,900 | $33,930 - 66,330 | 9% | 5% |
| 39 | Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 410 | 33,440 | $22,180 - 44,820 | -6% | 14% |
| 40 | Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers | 380 | 32,450 | $21,890 - 46,250 | 5% | 2% |
| 41 | Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 370 | 34,610 | $15,240 - 57,290 | 14% | 4% |
| 42 | Preschool teachers, except special education | 370 | 21,700 | $16,760 - 28,910 | 26% | 43% |
| 43 | Bus drivers, school | 370 | 22,500 | $15,510 - 25,960 | 9% | 4% |
| 44 | Cleaners of vehicles and equipment | 350 | 18,250 | $14,490 - 23,250 | 14% | 3% |
| 45 | Construction laborers | 340 | 39,020 | $23,100 - 53,360 | 11% | 5% |
| 46 | Police and sheriff's patrol officers | 340 | 54,600 | $34,890 - 76,750 | 11% | 33% |
| 47 | Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 340 | 34,350 | $18,900 - 48,860 | -17% | 0% |
| 48 | Security guards | 320 | 24,330 | $16,860 - 36,500 | 17% | 13% |
| 49 | Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 310 | 29,340 | $21,880 - 38,410 | -12% | 0% |
| 50 | First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers | 310 | 32,570 | $21,280 - 50,290 | 11% | 14% |
| 51 | Food preparation workers | 290 | 18,850 | $15,950 - 22,650 | 15% | 7% |
| 52 | Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 290 | 29,710 | $19,450 - 40,460 | -14% | 0% |
| 53 | Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists | 290 | 23,250 | $15,410 - 33,820 | 12% | 6% |
| 54 | Electricians | 270 | 53,030 | $31,410 - 76,800 | 7% | 7% |
| 55 | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 270 | 40,100 | $32,690 - 49,880 | 14% | 7% |
| 56 | Child care workers | 270 | 19,220 | $14,950 - 25,000 | 18% | 15% |
| 57 | Amusement and recreation attendants | 270 | 17,940 | $15,010 - 20,680 | 24% | 22% |
| 58 | Dishwashers | 260 | 16,210 | $14,240 - 19,560 | 10% | 3% |
| 59 | Machine feeders and offbearers | 260 | 31,910 | $22,600 - 40,020 | -14% | 0% |
| 60 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 260 | 47,420 | $28,110 - 72,220 | 4% | 30% |
| 61 | Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 250 | 22,440 | $15,760 - 30,700 | 11% | 5% |
| 62 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 250 | 57,300 | $31,650 - 92,360 | 0% | 42% |
| 63 | Counter and rental clerks | 240 | 19,650 | $14,480 - 26,330 | 23% | 16% |
| 64 | First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 240 | 53,260 | $27,060 - 77,450 | 7% | 13% |
| 65 | Production workers, all other | 230 | 27,500 | $17,010 - 40,940 | 2% | 5% |
| 66 | Postal service mail carriers | 230 | | | 1% | 11% |
| 67 | First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers | 220 | 71,330 | $51,380 - 96,390 | 9% | 10% |
| 68 | Medical assistants | 210 | 31,490 | $23,540 - 39,130 | 35% | 10% |
| 69 | Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks | 210 | 17,260 | $13,950 - 23,230 | 17% | 14% |
| 70 | Medical secretaries | 210 | 31,000 | $21,430 - 40,640 | 17% | 18% |
| 71 | Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors | 210 | 25,030 | $16,210 - 37,560 | 27% | 47% |
| 72 | Pharmacy technicians | 210 | 26,680 | $18,440 - 33,580 | 32% | 16% |
| 73 | Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders | 200 | 24,090 | $17,590 - 31,200 | -4% | 5% |
| 74 | Sales representatives, services, all other | 200 | 57,680 | $26,500 - 111,690 | 28% | 48% |
| 75 | Loan officers | 200 | 42,610 | $28,290 - 65,440 | 12% | 49% |
| 76 | Helpers--production workers | 190 | 21,900 | $15,360 - 30,110 | 0% | 4% |
| 77 | Cost estimators | 190 | 56,910 | $31,220 - 80,120 | 19% | 32% |
| 78 | Insurance sales agents | 190 | 71,430 | $45,960 - 82,960 | 13% | 45% |
| 79 | Dental assistants | 180 | 36,140 | $25,170 - 48,230 | 29% | 9% |
| 80 | Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 180 | 50,520 | $32,430 - 74,030 | 9% | 3% |
| 81 | Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers | 170 | 26,930 | $17,240 - 38,720 | -26% | 6% |
| 82 | Mechanical drafters | 170 | 51,360 | $34,880 - 83,520 | 5% | 25% |
| 83 | Industrial production managers | 170 | 94,980 | $49,890 - 149,600 | -5% | 43% |
| 84 | Billing and posting clerks and machine operators | 170 | 35,280 | $23,170 - 49,270 | 4% | 15% |
| 85 | Bakers | 160 | 20,940 | $16,530 - 28,740 | 10% | 8% |
| 86 | Sheet metal workers | 160 | 48,010 | $29,290 - 67,900 | 7% | 4% |
| 87 | Automotive body and related repairers | 160 | 36,690 | $25,510 - 48,770 | 12% | 3% |
| 88 | Printing machine operators | 160 | 37,680 | $23,550 - 54,010 | -5% | 6% |
| 89 | Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers | 160 | 16,510 | $14,570 - 19,690 | 12% | 6% |
| 90 | Computer support specialists | 160 | 41,110 | $21,950 - 63,110 | 13% | 43% |
| 91 | Parts salespersons | 160 | 26,130 | $17,280 - 40,450 | -1% | 6% |
| 92 | Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 160 | 18,670 | $14,690 - 25,640 | 10% | 8% |
| 93 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 140 | 43,410 | $28,110 - 62,270 | 12% | 3% |
| 94 | File clerks | 140 | 26,230 | $16,860 - 37,360 | -40% | 20% |
| 95 | First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 140 | 48,590 | $28,220 - 74,380 | 13% | 17% |
| 96 | Data entry keyers | 140 | 24,620 | $17,960 - 33,500 | -4% | 18% |
| 97 | Tool and die makers | 140 | 49,490 | $34,330 - 64,050 | -9% | 5% |
| 98 | Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 140 | 63,590 | $41,170 - 80,560 | 11% | 4% |
| 99 | Food servers, nonrestaurant | 140 | 22,050 | $16,930 - 29,600 | 16% | 9% |
| 100 | Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 140 | 30,040 | $20,870 - 39,410 | -15% | 0% |