Arecibo, PR

154 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 11640.

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	2,260
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,440
Cashiers	1,360
Sewing Machine Operators	1,010
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	870
Stockers and Order Fillers	810
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	760
Office Clerks, General	760
Customer Service Representatives	750
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	680
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	650
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	630
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	600
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	560
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	550
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	480
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	470
Waiters and Waitresses	450
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	430
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	380

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
Sewing Machine Operators	43.14	1,010
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	11.44	290
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	6.58	160
Couriers and Messengers	6.47	100
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations)	5.78	100
Helpers--Production Workers	4.39	160
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	4.37	140
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	4.08	150
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	3.86	380
Bill and Account Collectors	3.85	140
Pharmacy Technicians	3.45	360
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	3.26	110
Bakers	2.83	150
Parts Salespersons	2.79	170
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	2.72	680
Food Batchmakers	2.69	100
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations)	2.67	160
Retail Salespersons	2.59	2,260
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	2.23	480
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	2.05	650

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$124,020
Pharmacists	$105,880
Family Medicine Physicians	$101,580
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$100,150
School Psychologists	$97,210
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$96,310
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$86,270
Medical and Health Services Managers	$83,050
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$82,930
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$80,130
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$79,210
Lawyers	$77,470
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$75,140
Sales Managers	$72,860
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$68,650
Coaches and Scouts	$65,870
Administrative Services Managers	$64,070
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$62,240
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$61,230
Management Analysts	$61,100

All 154 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	330	$36,680	1.03
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	90	$64,070	1.58
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	200	$22,340	1.29
Bakers `51-3011`	150	$22,150	2.83
Bartenders `35-3011`	100	$21,890	0.58
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	140	$24,960	3.85
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	170	$28,140	1.92
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	190	$25,040	0.64
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	40	$43,920	0.68
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	140	$38,640	0.57
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	80	$23,230	2.60
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	90	$38,970	0.79
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	70	$35,780	2.69
Carpenters `47-2031`	110	$29,970	0.74
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,360	$22,440	1.98
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	70	$86,270	1.60
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	100	$53,280	1.14
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	100	$22,060	0.86
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	40	$60,950	0.50
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	50	$48,750	0.65
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	60	$21,840	0.74
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	150	$37,530	2.04
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	50	$65,870	0.93
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	70	$49,360	0.73
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	120	$30,490	0.75
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	350	$26,530	1.43
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	170	$22,840	1.20
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	380	$24,410	3.86
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	380	$23,970	1.20
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	50	$22,530	0.54
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	100	$22,210	6.47
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	750	$27,030	1.29
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	60	$23,810	1.97
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	170	$35,100	1.91
Dishwashers `35-9021`	50	$22,710	0.44
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	90	$21,890	0.96
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	60	$80,130	0.79
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	40	$68,650	0.95
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	60	$57,330	0.77
Electricians `47-2111`	60	$37,840	0.33
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	360	$61,230	1.16
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	140	$36,130	1.40
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	50	$101,580	1.97
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,440	$21,840	1.67
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	100	$75,140	0.52
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	160	$36,430	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	290	$28,060	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	90	$47,630	0.65
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	550	$39,080	1.72
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	50	$96,310	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	260	$41,880	1.75
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	680	$29,910	2.72
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	150	$36,540	1.10
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	100	$21,840	2.69
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	180	$22,300	0.89
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	30	Not available	0.63
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	210	$60,110	0.26
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$31,720	0.94
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	60	$22,030	0.81
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	40	$100,150	0.83
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	50	$30,320	1.17
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	30	$29,140	0.37
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	430	$23,840	0.93
Helpers--Carpenters `47-3012`	30	$22,200	7.04
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	50	$22,880	2.57
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	160	$24,430	4.39
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	80	$21,840	2.39
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	600	$21,840	0.63
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	50	$21,990	0.48
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	100	$35,300	0.49
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	100	$47,360	5.78
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	100	$82,930	1.17
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	130	$39,610	1.34
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	50	$124,020	0.84
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	70	$30,350	0.40
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	80	$23,410	2.80
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	250	$29,040	1.90
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	40	$36,110	0.70
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	60	$30,560	1.19
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	130	$29,990	1.19
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	140	$22,810	4.37
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	760	$22,490	1.55
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	160	$62,240	6.58
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	360	$25,890	0.54
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	230	$23,080	1.08
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	40	$24,120	0.81
Lawyers `23-1011`	Not available	$77,470
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	60	$21,840	1.58
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	90	$50,300	2.86
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	160	$24,890	1.10
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	220	$23,050	1.02
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	50	$29,510	1.37
Loan Officers `13-2072`	70	$34,900	1.20
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	40	$22,110	0.23
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	470	$23,440	1.38
Management Analysts `13-1111`	40	$61,100	0.17
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	80	$50,450	0.56
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	60	$25,620	0.32
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$28,330	1.10
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	480	$35,130	2.23
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	50	$83,050	0.34
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	110	$60,560	0.82
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	560	$23,000	1.80
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	40	$27,410	1.73
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	30	$79,210	1.89
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$45,060	1.29
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	760	$23,090	1.39
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	90	$31,360	0.82
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	60	$28,010	3.72
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	60	$27,220	0.68
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	90	$21,840	0.73
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	170	$22,410	2.79
Pharmacists `29-1051`	130	$105,880	1.82
Pharmacy Aides `31-9095`	70	$26,820	8.04
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	360	$26,810	3.45
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	60	$29,430	1.73
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	40	$44,860	0.64
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	80	$33,070	0.56
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	30	$21,840	0.99
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	80	$32,740	0.76
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	30	$24,450	0.54
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	60	$42,640	0.69
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	60	$32,360	1.19
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	180	$21,890	0.89
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	50	$21,870	0.69
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	110	$21,970	3.26
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	870	$37,460	1.15
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	2,260	$22,390	2.59
Sales Managers `11-2022`	50	$72,860	0.38
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	60	$25,260	0.21
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	100	$30,620	0.36
School Psychologists `19-3034`	40	$97,210	2.85
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	360	$60,110	1.53
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	630	$23,580	1.65
Security Guards `33-9032`	310	$22,080	1.09
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	1,010	$22,550	43.14
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	190	$25,860	1.06
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	30	$25,300	0.61
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	30	$47,280	0.73
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	160	$30,930	1.66
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	160	$59,690	2.67
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	150	$58,030	4.08
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	810	$24,690	1.27
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	30	$26,880	1.20
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	290	$59,850	11.44
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	650	$22,450	2.05
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary `25-9044`	70	$40,520	2.00
Tellers `43-3071`	150	$26,440	2.05
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	40	Not available	3.31
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	50	$35,360	0.46
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$24,810	1.39
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	450	$22,140	0.89
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	150	$29,380	1.57
Word Processors and Typists `43-9022`	30	$42,180	4.09