Altoona, PA

243 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 11020.

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
Retail Salespersons	2,090
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,800
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,800
Cashiers	1,600
General and Operations Managers	1,460
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,400
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,390
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,290
Office Clerks, General	1,240
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,050
Waiters and Waitresses	880
Nursing Assistants	820
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	800
Customer Service Representatives	800
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	700
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	690
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	640
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	640
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	630
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	630

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
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	4.79	170
Food Batchmakers	4.27	280
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	4.20	250
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	3.97	140
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	3.50	500
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3.48	160
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations)	3.22	220
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	3.12	190
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	2.77	100
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations)	2.76	510
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	2.64	110
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.56	630
Printing Press Operators	2.56	140
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	2.37	270
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	2.30	220
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	2.00	120
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	1.99	220
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	1.87	240
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations)	1.83	100
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1.76	290

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$279,160
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$197,360
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$133,050
Pharmacists	$129,480
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$128,380
Personal Financial Advisors	$125,820
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$123,270
Nurse Practitioners	$119,930
Marketing Managers	$119,670
Dentists, General	$117,110
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$113,980
Electrical Engineers	$105,270
Human Resources Managers	$104,010
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$102,150
Software Developers	$101,670
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$100,790
Sales Managers	$100,710
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$99,660
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	$98,060
Physical Therapists	$97,710

All 243 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	490	$65,690	0.90
Advertising Sales Agents `41-3011`	60	$47,870	1.67
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	240	$30,590	1.59
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	70	$28,670	0.71
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	50	$68,230	1.38
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	60	$133,050	0.69
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	80	$47,960	1.51
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	400	$46,160	1.49
Bakers `51-3011`	100	$31,850	1.14
Bartenders `35-3011`	380	$22,460	1.34
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	50	$42,330	0.79
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	150	$42,850	0.99
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	470	$42,660	0.90
Brickmasons and Blockmasons `47-2021`	70	$92,010	3.73
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	260	$40,750	1.70
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	220	$57,650	1.99
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	180	$71,650	0.43
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	30	$36,610	0.67
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	170	$60,740	0.89
Carpenters `47-2031`	360	$57,360	1.44
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,600	$27,830	1.38
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	50	$52,990	0.65
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	60	$49,040	0.78
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	30	$55,650	1.39
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	60	$197,360	0.83
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	140	$42,590	0.97
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	160	$27,520	0.82
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	40	$62,010	1.49
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	220	$93,680	1.59
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	30	$78,850	0.27
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	170	$34,480	1.18
Clergy `21-2011`	40	$50,830	1.73
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	150	$44,340	1.20
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	90	$46,730	0.99
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	70	$49,690	1.09
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	110	$64,500	0.69
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	30	$73,190	0.57
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	50	$57,450	0.83
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	70	$98,060	0.45
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	90	$92,880	0.44
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	200	$52,100	0.75
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	110	$128,380	0.44
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	350	$45,820	0.85
Construction Managers `11-9021`	80	$93,460	0.56
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	100	$63,150	1.83
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	110	$25,020	0.45
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	290	$34,610	1.76
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	530	$34,210	0.99
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	100	$72,880	1.24
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	120	$37,770	0.80
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	30	$30,770	1.33
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	30	$31,060	0.50
Crossing Guards and Flaggers `33-9091`	140	$52,030	3.97
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	800	$37,540	0.81
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9032`	70	$45,070	4.07
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	30	$39,300	0.52
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	30	$41,600	0.68
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	50	$91,170	0.50
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	90	$45,310	0.64
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	90	$75,070	1.02
Dentists, General `29-1021`	30	$117,110	0.70
Dietetic Technicians `29-2051`	50	$29,990	4.15
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$76,920	1.24
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	200	$27,160	0.98
Dishwashers `35-9021`	190	$26,960	1.04
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	80	$47,010	0.99
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	230	$35,140	1.49
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	130	$100,790	1.02
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	30	$49,360	1.18
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	40	$56,160	0.96
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$62,060	0.72
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	50	$105,270	0.73
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	70	Not available	1.41
Electricians `47-2111`	170	$58,620	0.60
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	360	$61,920	0.69
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	250	$55,220	4.20
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	70	$67,410	2.22
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	80	$63,890	0.47
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	80	$32,910	0.62
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	60	$84,380	1.09
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,800	$26,090	1.24
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	230	$113,980	0.72
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$64,780	0.37
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	300	$80,220	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	60	$37,330	1.53
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	410	$36,090	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$43,810	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	60	$45,880	1.22
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	250	$72,740	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	30	$73,780	0.38
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	510	$60,160	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	110	$46,400	2.64
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	50	$80,580	0.81
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	340	$62,660	1.32
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	630	$42,090	1.49
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	230	$58,680	0.97
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	280	$35,670	4.27
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders `51-3093`	70	$37,530	5.94
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	270	$30,300	0.80
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	110	$27,860	1.04
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	120	$59,720	1.38
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,460	$83,580	1.11
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	50	$50,530	0.68
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	270	$30,090	2.37
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	220	$40,870	3.22
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	80	$59,970	1.08
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	50	$41,210	1.29
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	100	$58,550	0.67
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,290	$52,010	1.66
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	40	$31,820	1.00
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	100	$35,540	1.63
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	90	$45,880	1.55
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,800	$27,390	1.11
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	170	$26,980	1.05
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	90	$27,680	0.88
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	60	$104,010	0.73
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	310	$63,910	0.91
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	90	$80,260	0.66
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	250	$55,640	1.51
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	120	$99,660	1.34
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	340	$39,460	1.18
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	310	$44,380	1.36
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	60	$78,960	0.68
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	80	$55,380	0.42
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	30	$41,190	0.59
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	800	$33,220	0.96
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,050	$36,970	0.94
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	310	$35,680	0.86
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	80	$28,910	1.07
Lawyers `23-1011`	90	$83,390	0.32
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	50	Not available	0.82
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	630	$59,680	2.56
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	70	$25,170	1.10
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	530	$38,940	1.44
Loan Officers `13-2072`	90	$62,150	0.88
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	90	$66,820	0.93
Machinists `51-4041`	120	$52,660	1.13
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	220	$28,030	0.67
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	640	$45,280	1.11
Management Analysts `13-1111`	130	$91,560	0.39
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	130	$102,150	0.53
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	80	$28,200	1.31
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	150	$61,740	0.44
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	70	$119,670	0.49
Massage Therapists `31-9011`	40	$50,480	1.14
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	70	$78,670	0.65
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	270	$39,140	0.87
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	70	$44,470	0.97
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists `19-1042`	70	$75,130	1.01
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	280	$39,910	0.78
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	360	$95,100	1.60
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	90	$44,060	1.85
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	80	$41,890	1.31
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	190	$74,730	0.81
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	690	$36,940	1.31
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	100	$47,200	2.77
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	50	$57,820	0.77
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (4 O*NET occupations) `51-9195`	40	$39,450	2.91
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	160	$52,080	3.48
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	60	$77,540	0.54
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	80	$119,930	0.65
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	820	$38,870	1.50
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$86,260	0.78
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	110	$86,900	1.73
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	40	$60,310	2.16
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,240	$42,460	1.33
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	230	$50,790	1.26
Orderlies `31-1132`	Not available	$30,370
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	500	$37,800	3.50
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	230	$33,640	1.09
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	60	$46,210	0.66
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9196`	170	$44,890	4.79
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	60	$49,110	0.38
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	150	$36,450	1.49
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$50,790	0.75
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	40	$125,820	0.36
Pharmacists `29-1051`	120	$129,480	0.97
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	190	$36,810	1.07
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	80	$35,660	1.48
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	80	$61,670	1.79
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	150	$97,710	1.48
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	190	$123,270	3.12
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	240	$279,160	1.87
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	80	$61,430	0.45
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	240	$70,560	0.94
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$68,540	1.11
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	160	$57,700	1.27
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators `43-5053`	50	$57,430	1.36
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	160	$34,180	0.88
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	140	$44,580	2.56
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) `27-2012`	40	$71,940	0.73
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	100	$50,540	0.65
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	270	$87,660	0.66
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	70	$55,870	0.60
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	80	$43,920	1.38
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	50	$54,860	0.42
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	110	$78,700	1.23
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	40	$61,910	0.48
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	370	$32,240	1.07
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	160	$34,520	1.27
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	60	$35,930	1.07
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,390	$82,410	1.09
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	80	$46,610	2.22
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	30	$33,920	1.00
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	40	$59,980	0.68
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	2,090	$28,370	1.42
Roofers `47-2181`	50	$44,410	1.06
Sales Managers `11-2022`	160	$100,710	0.68
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	260	$57,970	0.55
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	470	$59,560	1.01
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	40	$37,610	1.02
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	700	$60,770	1.73
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	640	$39,010	0.99
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	80	$71,030	0.41
Security Guards `33-9032`	230	$35,900	0.48
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	60	$36,980	0.52
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9012`	30	$49,350	1.33
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	50	$58,630	1.11
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	240	$41,200	0.79
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	220	$28,070	2.30
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	110	$66,130	1.45
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	Not available	$38,030
Software Developers `15-1252`	180	$101,670	0.28
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	50	$62,430	0.55
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	120	$62,050	2.00
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	100	$86,470	1.49
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,400	$34,190	1.31
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	510	$46,260	2.76
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	70	$42,060	0.38
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	40	$52,060	0.90
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	450	$29,550	0.84
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	40	$62,460	0.73
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	80	$62,760	2.05
Tellers `43-3071`	200	$36,430	1.61
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	40	$37,900	0.97
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	90	$61,420	0.52
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	90	$95,920	1.11
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers `39-3031`	40	$23,830	0.83
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$42,070	0.73
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	880	$27,630	1.02
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	70	$65,110	1.42
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	170	$51,540	1.11
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	30	$43,000	1.42