Battle Creek, MI

226 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 12980.

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
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	2,710
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,500
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,480
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,440
Cashiers	1,390
Retail Salespersons	1,130
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,060
Office Clerks, General	990
General and Operations Managers	920
Stockers and Order Fillers	920
Waiters and Waitresses	750
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	720
Nursing Assistants	690
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	650
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	630
Customer Service Representatives	620
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	550
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	530
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	530
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	530

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
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	5.50	2,710
Food Batchmakers	4.42	270
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.24	190
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	3.42	530
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	2.98	380
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	2.96	390
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	2.65	270
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.65	630
Physical Therapist Assistants	2.64	100
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	2.60	230
Sheet Metal Workers	2.60	110
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	2.58	140
Machinists	2.42	240
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2.29	120
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	2.28	310
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	2.25	230
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	1.99	300
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	1.94	100
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	1.94	110
Printing Press Operators	1.92	100

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$292,490
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$238,660
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$211,560
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$152,500
Dentists, General	$148,460
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$142,770
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$141,130
Marketing Managers	$140,680
Pharmacists	$140,240
Sales Managers	$132,120
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$130,870
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$127,370
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$126,050
Software Developers	$126,050
Nurse Practitioners	$124,630
Human Resources Managers	$123,250
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	$112,400
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$112,260
Medical and Health Services Managers	$105,710
Lawyers	$104,770

All 226 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	340	$76,030	0.66
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	80	$95,040	0.82
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	110	$27,790	0.80
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	80	$31,940	0.82
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	140	$152,500	1.75
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$55,420	0.69
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	340	$47,720	1.36
Bakers `51-3011`	100	$36,830	1.15
Bartenders `35-3011`	260	$39,430	1.00
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	100	$47,040	0.67
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	370	$47,510	0.76
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	70	$45,980	0.48
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	130	$58,810	1.29
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	550	$88,320	1.45
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$37,490	1.09
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	170	$73,840	1.01
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	50	$73,720	1.29
Carpenters `47-2031`	130	$62,140	0.56
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,390	$30,280	1.28
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	50	$50,150	0.72
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	80	$59,540	1.17
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	60	$211,560	0.83
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	240	$57,000	1.71
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	160	$30,940	0.88
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	50	$96,020	0.41
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	80	$33,280	0.59
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	70	$80,450	0.62
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	130	$46,350	1.44
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	140	$50,740	2.58
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	90	$72,240	0.62
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	100	$42,900	1.75
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	300	$112,400	1.99
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	80	$97,110	0.45
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	170	$58,410	0.66
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	110	$142,770	0.49
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	220	$56,700	0.58
Construction Managers `11-9021`	90	$102,300	0.66
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$70,660	0.76
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	260	$38,580	1.69
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	520	$37,000	1.05
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	50	$74,720	0.57
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	170	$44,840	1.18
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	60	$51,770	0.96
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	620	$40,870	0.68
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	100	$39,510	1.63
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	80	Not available	0.88
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	100	$44,860	0.71
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$79,700	1.00
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$148,460	0.82
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	30	$80,680	0.80
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	60	$64,900	2.27
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	170	$35,810	0.91
Dishwashers `35-9021`	160	$32,080	0.97
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	50	$52,290	0.68
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	200	$44,820	1.40
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	140	$100,460	1.24
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	120	$61,200	0.99
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	70	$95,970	0.99
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	30	$77,290	1.49
Electricians `47-2111`	230	$76,630	0.87
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	500	$65,090	1.03
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	60	$70,660	1.16
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	40	$112,260	0.76
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	40	$91,560	1.29
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	80	$64,570	0.49
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	50	$45,800	0.48
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	90	$82,870	1.73
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	50	$292,490	1.26
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	140	$40,000	1.48
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,500	$28,100	1.11
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	180	$127,370	0.60
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	60	$83,550	1.19
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$78,900	0.43
Firefighters `33-2011`	120	$52,200	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	170	$75,870	0.59
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	30	$51,200	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	530	$37,290	1.23
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$47,410	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	30	$60,610	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	250	$81,680	1.17
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	330	$61,880	0.65
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	30	$95,800	0.64
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	630	$67,690	2.65
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	420	$42,740	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	30	$58,750	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	160	$64,510	0.72
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	270	$75,370	4.42
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	330	$29,650	1.05
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	270	$36,710	2.65
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	120	$58,500	1.40
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	920	$97,950	0.74
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$59,040	0.52
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	50	$40,610	1.94
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	70	$34,770	0.61
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	70	$50,180	1.04
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	90	$70,820	1.41
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	30	$51,630	0.84
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	130	$60,100	0.90
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	720	$56,160	0.99
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	70	$35,520	1.18
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	40	$56,200	0.76
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,440	$36,130	0.95
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	130	$28,140	0.86
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	170	$31,600	1.81
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	70	$123,250	0.91
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	270	$66,660	0.85
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	60	$60,940	2.31
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	380	$93,350	2.98
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	530	$71,130	3.42
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	230	$126,050	2.60
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	250	$48,680	0.92
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	40	$49,660	0.84
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	360	$48,440	1.69
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$43,570	0.78
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	90	$82,380	1.16
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	60	Not available	0.74
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	90	$57,510	0.54
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	1,060	$35,960	1.36
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$62,340	0.96
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	40	$59,280	1.68
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	650	$40,760	0.63
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	330	$37,360	0.99
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	80	$35,930	1.18
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$104,770	0.25
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	60	$58,610	1.19
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	50	$36,910	1.53
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	360	$65,360	1.56
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	230	$42,740	0.67
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$48,690	0.76
Loan Officers `13-2072`	70	$59,640	0.69
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	100	$78,850	1.08
Machinists `51-4041`	240	$48,530	2.42
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	360	$32,980	1.18
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	530	$48,640	0.99
Management Analysts `13-1111`	500	$91,560	1.60
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	90	$141,130	0.43
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	250	$70,380	0.80
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	110	$140,680	0.78
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	230	$100,950	2.25
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	400	$39,980	1.40
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	60	$45,150	0.81
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	390	$40,130	1.14
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	300	$105,710	1.42
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	30	$49,410	0.67
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	70	$38,680	1.20
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	210	$63,100	0.98
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	2,710	$49,100	5.50
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$68,390	0.61
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	120	$41,070	2.29
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	190	$46,600	4.24
Musicians and Singers `27-2042`	30	$28.38 an hour (hourly only)	2.71
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	70	$92,280	0.67
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	50	$40,720	3.71
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	110	$124,630	0.96
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	690	$45,470	1.35
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	100	$69,120	1.94
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	110	$102,230	1.94
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	990	$46,200	1.14
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	60	$49,940	0.93
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	150	$78,020	0.87
Order Clerks `43-4151`	40	$35,500	1.60
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	390	$49,910	2.96
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	110	$31,310	0.56
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9196`	40	$57,810	1.31
Parking Attendants `53-6021`	40	$36,800	0.85
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	80	$38,550	0.86
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators `47-2071`	60	$49,050	3.77
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$52,660	0.97
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	30	$54,470	0.36
Pharmacists `29-1051`	110	$140,240	0.97
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	180	$46,170	1.10
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	100	$66,310	2.64
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	100	$103,920	1.09
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	70	$130,870	1.25
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	Not available	$238,660
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4193`	90	$39,070	7.63
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	140	$73,900	0.83
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	250	$72,780	1.05
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	180	$59,510	1.52
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	120	$36,310	0.72
Print Binding and Finishing Workers `51-5113`	40	$35,680	3.20
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	100	$44,830	1.92
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	30	$49,330	1.54
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	90	$43,850	1.00
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	310	$52,190	2.28
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	190	$97,600	0.50
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	70	$63,590	0.71
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	280	$37,480	0.89
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	190	$36,220	1.66
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,480	$97,520	1.24
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	50	$50,490	1.58
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	60	$81,440	1.21
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,130	$32,460	0.82
Sales Managers `11-2022`	170	$132,120	0.75
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	240	$61,190	0.55
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	350	$66,710	0.81
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	260	$63,640	0.71
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	450	$44,040	0.75
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	50	$61,180	0.27
Security Guards `33-9032`	280	$37,200	0.62
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	70	$37,320	0.63
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	110	$72,370	2.60
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	340	$42,820	1.19
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	70	$33,530	0.78
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	90	$92,830	4.16
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	120	$92,650	1.66
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	240	$40,850	1.58
Software Developers `15-1252`	190	$126,050	0.32
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2059`	70	$76,400	6.21
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	30	$73,380	0.33
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	30	$77,460	0.94
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	80	$97,470	1.24
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	920	$35,130	0.93
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	140	$68,370	0.80
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	490	$35,500	0.99
Tellers `43-3071`	200	$37,800	1.72
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	30	$37,100	0.87
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	50	$62,440	2.38
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	140	$60,560	0.86
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	90	$104,240	1.13
Tutors `25-3041`	50	$48,040	0.83
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	50	$35,260	1.16
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$47,680	0.85
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	750	$36,370	0.93
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	60	$52,230	1.40
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	210	$52,970	1.42