Albany, OR

242 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 10540.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,590
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,470
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,470
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,460
Cashiers	1,080
Retail Salespersons	1,040
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	930
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	830
General and Operations Managers	810
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	800
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	720
Office Clerks, General	690
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	610
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	590
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	580
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	540
Nursing Assistants	530
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	460
Electricians	440
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	440

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	50.64	930
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	27.82	140
Logging Equipment Operators	20.58	130
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	10.46	130
Clergy	9.20	160
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	8.83	180
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	8.16	100
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	5.90	110
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	5.77	180
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	5.59	290
Roofers	3.95	160
Helpers--Production Workers	3.88	200
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	3.58	150
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3.27	150
Sheet Metal Workers	3.23	120
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	3.21	140
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	3.01	240
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	2.89	390
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	2.77	320
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	2.68	140

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$329,720
Dentists, General	$204,310
Lawyers	$162,880
Pharmacists	$158,000
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$155,380
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$151,310
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$147,210
Nurse Practitioners	$143,510
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$142,220
Human Resources Managers	$140,910
Medical and Health Services Managers	$140,410
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$132,440
Marketing Managers	$129,490
Sales Managers	$128,720
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$128,690
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$125,910
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$124,900
Electrical Engineers	$122,840
Software Developers	$122,030
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations)	$112,700

BLS didn't publish the median for 1 occupation here because it is very high: Family Medicine Physicians. They aren't ranked, and we don't estimate them.

All 242 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	200	$81,970	0.46
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9191`	50	$41,710	13.51
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	$89,140	0.48
Agricultural Equipment Operators `45-2091`	40	$46,770	4.36
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	70	$34,840	0.55
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	100	$34,880	1.17
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	40	$155,380	0.55
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$62,210	0.78
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	170	$53,290	0.81
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	180	$33,340	5.77
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$42,810	0.89
Bartenders `35-3011`	250	$34,790	1.08
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	90	$50,910	0.72
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	540	$50,820	1.29
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	120	$47,580	0.97
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	130	$60,190	1.42
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	210	$73,320	0.64
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	40	$47,430	0.89
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	130	$66,750	0.88
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	70	$46,530	3.14
Carpenters `47-2031`	340	$57,080	1.66
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,080	$34,160	1.16
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	40	$59,930	0.68
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	140	$81,190	3.21
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	180	$61,020	1.47
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	150	$35,640	0.93
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	50	$93,280	0.47
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$79,660	0.43
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	170	$37,440	1.43
Clergy `21-2011`	160	$62,540	9.20
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	40	$84,850	0.36
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	50	$66,520	0.64
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	50	$45,520	1.02
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$58,200	1.23
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	80	$76,810	0.61
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	290	$64,170	5.59
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	30	$93,020	0.23
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$112,700	0.34
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	110	$63,720	0.51
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$151,310	0.26
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	370	$51,470	1.10
Construction Managers `11-9021`	120	$108,520	1.02
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	180	$40,000	1.31
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	380	$38,780	0.88
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	40	$36,460	1.00
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	70	$76,200	1.00
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	110	$38,380	0.91
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	40	$59,370	0.64
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	330	$45,080	0.42
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	70	$56,410	1.41
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	130	$57,180	1.08
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$111,380	1.21
Dentists, General `29-1021`	50	$204,310	1.24
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	110	$35,130	0.70
Directors, Religious Activities and Education `21-2021`	40	$45,960	5.98
Dishwashers `35-9021`	130	$33,960	0.92
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	120	$48,310	1.89
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	80	$33,720	0.66
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers `47-2081`	40	$50,540	1.54
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	130	$125,910	1.35
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	60	$41,060	1.62
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	110	$73,650	0.98
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	40	$122,840	0.68
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	40	$128,690	0.99
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	60	$91,910	3.16
Electricians `47-2111`	440	$100,230	1.89
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	380	$72,960	0.91
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	60	$61,670	1.33
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	30	$82,310	1.65
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	40	$124,900	0.82
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	90	$69,880	0.62
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	90	$49,100	0.89
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$109,220	1.03
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	50	Not published (very high)	1.45
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	40	$57,760	3.73
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	240	$31,490	3.01
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,470	$34,330	1.26
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	100	$147,210	0.37
Firefighters `33-2011`	100	$61,060	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	220	$88,710	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers `45-1011`	60	$59,120	6.71
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	40	$72,650	1.38
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	350	$44,330	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$56,940	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$62,960	1.25
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	200	$92,810	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$62,820	0.64
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	250	$67,710	0.57
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	50	$57,570	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	50	$96,670	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	460	$80,230	2.24
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	360	$50,450	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	220	$59,270	1.16
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	260	$35,860	0.94
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	110	$33,790	1.29
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	80	$61,630	1.17
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	810	$93,220	0.76
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$55,250	0.61
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	180	$50,840	8.83
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	40	$68,700	0.77
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$75,880	1.31
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	50	$47,580	1.57
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4191`	40	$64,210	9.85
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	130	$58,890	1.00
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	830	$60,180	1.33
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	60	$43,470	2.19
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	200	$52,290	3.88
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	40	$68,600	0.86
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,460	$42,120	1.11
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	90	$36,320	0.72
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	50	$35,930	0.64
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$140,910	0.59
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	210	$73,850	0.74
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	140	$100,750	1.25
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	390	$79,730	2.89
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	120	$132,440	1.63
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	440	$48,640	1.88
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	150	$40,780	3.58
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	400	$62,460	2.23
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	60	$48,990	1.05
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	60	$83,270	0.84
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	70	$45,980	1.04
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	70	$61,450	0.48
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	590	$37,770	0.87
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	50	$68,710	1.50
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,590	$47,150	1.77
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	210	$43,590	0.73
Lawyers `23-1011`	50	$162,880	0.23
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	30	$78,330	0.77
Library Technicians `25-4031`	40	$46,990	1.93
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	130	$79,610	0.64
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	30	$33,410	0.64
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	180	$44,870	0.61
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$90,030	0.71
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	130	$57,700	20.58
Logging Workers, All Other `45-4029`	70	$58,420	132.01
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	100	$85,840	1.26
Machine Feeders and Offbearers `53-7063`	130	$45,900	10.46
Machinists `51-4041`	190	$71,300	2.16
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	230	$36,250	0.88
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	370	$55,820	0.80
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	$86,870	0.22
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	90	$104,430	0.50
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	100	$62,440	0.36
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$129,490	0.38
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	50	$96,710	0.61
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	200	$50,480	0.80
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	310	$51,650	1.05
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	70	$140,410	0.36
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	70	$74,980	1.64
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other `51-4199`	60	$54,020	13.20
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders `51-4051`	140	Not available	27.82
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	280	$63,910	1.48
Millwrights `49-9044`	60	$63,060	4.52
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	720	$46,110	1.69
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	70	$54,500	2.28
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	140	$71,010	2.68
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	150	$49,700	3.27
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	70	$89,830	0.69
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	40	$47,860	3.68
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	40	$143,510	0.39
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	530	$48,550	1.21
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	80	$95,470	1.89
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	690	$48,360	0.92
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	60	$49,750	0.96
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	150	$68,080	1.03
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	40	$45,850	1.94
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	30	$46,100	1.45
Order Clerks `43-4151`	40	$52,190	1.72
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	320	$42,330	2.77
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	170	$35,360	0.97
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	180	$47,150	2.58
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9196`	80	$63,800	2.67
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	60	$55,580	0.50
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	140	$41,850	1.70
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators `47-2071`	40	$64,690	3.09
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	70	$56,480	1.53
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other `39-9099`	930	$41,600	50.64
Pharmacists `29-1051`	70	$158,000	0.68
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	90	$51,730	0.63
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	50	$108,720	0.66
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	30	$142,220	0.65
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	30	$329,720	0.33
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	130	$84,620	0.90
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	140	$76,940	0.71
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	110	$59,880	1.08
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	120	$40,010	0.81
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	200	$49,480	2.57
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	120	$63,940	0.98
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	200	$92,130	0.62
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `33-9099`	90	$70,180	3.44
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$63,650	0.43
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$68,280	1.45
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers `53-7072`	50	$48,150	16.25
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	50	$98,660	0.76
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	40	$62,220	0.72
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	280	$39,300	1.00
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	110	$36,590	1.08
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	70	$63,210	1.63
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	580	$111,920	0.56
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,040	$35,990	0.88
Roofers `47-2181`	160	$50,490	3.95
Sales Managers `11-2022`	80	$128,720	0.42
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	200	$60,010	0.53
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	280	$75,260	0.75
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	40	$99,990	0.49
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	40	$41,470	1.35
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	100	$45,700	8.16
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	390	$74,450	1.20
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	610	$47,600	1.17
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	50	$93,070	0.31
Security Guards `33-9032`	90	$44,050	0.24
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	110	$62,400	1.06
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9012`	30	$50,340	1.68
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners `47-4071`	40	$53,370	4.39
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	120	$63,310	3.23
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	290	$49,820	1.17
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	140	$36,510	1.86
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	90	$72,260	4.71
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	70	$95,120	1.14
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	170	$47,370	1.27
Software Developers `15-1252`	100	$122,030	0.20
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	50	$63,510	0.58
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	30	$74,070	1.16
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	50	$65,050	0.97
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	40	$104,470	0.80
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,470	$38,970	1.71
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters `51-2041`	50	$65,420	3.36
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	110	$78,910	0.75
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	90	$55,740	0.55
Tax Preparers `13-2082`	30	$58,220	1.40
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	800	$37,930	1.86
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	40	$63,410	0.86
Tellers `43-3071`	90	$43,670	0.87
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	90	$45,280	2.84
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	140	$58,490	0.99
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	110	$95,380	1.58
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	60	$37,880	1.54
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	380	$47,440	0.56
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	40	$67,060	0.96
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	280	$62,790	2.24
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	110	$56,180	5.90