JobAfterNext

Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area

292 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 1600006.

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

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.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$297,410
Emergency Medicine Physicians$296,000
Nurse Anesthetists$273,850
Family Medicine Physicians$260,000
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$191,030
Business Teachers, Postsecondary$143,810
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$139,380
Pharmacists$137,790
Computer and Information Systems Managers$137,250
Dentists, General$134,120
Nurse Practitioners$133,080
Electrical Engineers$129,340
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations)$129,270
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$127,670
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$126,880
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$126,440
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$125,410
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$122,870
Human Resources Managers$119,990
Sales Managers$112,570
All 292 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011410$68,3500.58
Administrative Services Managers 11-301280$91,1000.64
Aerospace Engineers 17-2011130$81,5703.86
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-209140$39,9403.14
Agricultural Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 19-401230$44,8604.67
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-3011100$57,6501.51
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091140$29,7500.72
Animal Caretakers 39-2021160$30,5501.20
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 17-101140$82,5700.79
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301170$49,6601.43
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904130$139,3800.31
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 25-112160$65,9501.22
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302160$52,9700.84
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023470$48,1401.38
Bakers 51-3011260$35,5102.31
Bartenders 35-3011470$22,8901.30
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021190$45,2200.97
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 19-102990$85,5503.32
Biological Technicians 19-402140$48,9401.19
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-30311,040$47,7601.56
Budget Analysts 13-203130$77,7501.48
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051300$46,9901.55
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031140$61,1400.99
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199420$81,3300.81
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-101140$143,8101.05
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021140$37,1302.16
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020130$66,8300.53
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-7011120$43,9403.10
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203280$64,7201.46
Carpenters 47-2031840$61,0602.60
Cashiers 41-20112,160$30,0201.45
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051160$57,4801.65
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101150$49,9700.54
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-1011220$191,0302.24
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-102150$53,0800.29
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011420$33,4601.69
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302240Not available1.30
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051140$94,5200.77
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061160$33,2800.86
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010130$49,0600.82
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 19-303330$72,0900.84
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022140$50,3401.15
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-912490$45,0601.21
Commercial Pilots 53-201260$104,4402.49
Community Health Workers 21-109430$39,6601.14
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041140$82,1000.70
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123140$58,8900.51
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-916140$51,2700.53
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129960$86,9400.27
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121170$76,8500.26
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232210$58,0400.60
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021110$137,2500.33
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-103150$81,3303.98
Construction Laborers 47-20611,080$44,6102.04
Construction Managers 11-9021100$99,9900.56
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401160$62,3700.91
Conveyor Operators and Tenders 53-701170$40,7506.76
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011Not available$30,710
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012490$35,8802.29
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014930$34,2401.36
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012280$53,6401.50
Cost Estimators 13-1051110$99,3701.02
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021150$37,9600.76
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031290$47,6703.32
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902140$55,5603.51
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051810$40,2900.64
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403150$46,2000.64
Data Entry Keyers 43-902140Not available0.58
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-205140$85,6800.31
Dental Assistants 31-9091240$44,4801.27
Dental Hygienists 29-1292160$94,2001.47
Dentists, General 29-102140$134,1200.63
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-3021120$61,6702.08
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203240$99,5000.91
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011180$24,0600.67
Dishwashers 35-9021300$27,6801.28
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032100$52,0000.98
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031170$40,9100.86
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas 47-502370$49,0707.48
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032200$100,8401.26
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903130$48,6000.92
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-9099100$51,3801.70
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012300$56,8201.73
Electrical Engineers 17-207180$129,3400.83
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051100$125,4101.57
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2028110$36,6600.90
Electricians 47-2111520$64,5601.43
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021920$61,8101.36
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042130$43,0601.54
Emergency Medicine Physicians 29-121440$296,0002.30
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 17-302930$66,7801.11
Environmental Engineers 17-208140Not available2.23
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 19-404240$30,8002.65
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-2041100$58,4702.23
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 47-502250$61,7303.04
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011140Not available0.62
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031100$48,5300.64
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301350$83,7800.60
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121560$260,0001.22
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-304150$52,6702.79
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 11-901340$76,99012.85
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-2092170$35,0101.32
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209350$41,2003.34
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,230$28,2201.20
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031250$126,8800.62
Firefighters 33-2011380$37,5002.29
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011510$75,3001.30
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101470$48,6801.39
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 45-1011150$67,73010.98
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102160$52,5201.26
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012770$36,7501.31
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011150$46,0201.70
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-1012110$58,1901.70
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011340$71,7801.14
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101250$75,8900.51
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011570$58,8800.82
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102250$49,6800.97
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012110$92,7001.51
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011420$74,2701.30
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011740$44,1701.36
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047210$54,5400.71
Floral Designers 27-102350$33,9202.38
Food Batchmakers 51-3092150$46,9901.81
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 51-309340$58,4802.41
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021520$29,3101.20
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-304180$32,6600.55
Food Service Managers 11-905160$65,0000.48
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-4071780$54,16053.05
Foresters 19-1032160$63,13031.62
Fundraisers 13-113160$74,4801.08
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders 51-905150$58,9007.28
General and Operations Managers 11-10212,170$78,6501.28
Graphic Designers 27-102460$49,9900.59
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars 29-902130$49,5001.68
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102260$73,2500.68
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021220$48,5901.11
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,360$57,8701.36
Helpers--Production Workers 51-919870$42,9400.82
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051390$51,7405.22
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,620$34,0700.78
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031200$23,5300.94
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081330$30,4602.61
Human Resources Managers 11-3121Not available$119,990
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071240$62,9300.55
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-211250$84,2200.26
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041210$72,0401.00
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051100$101,7900.87
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051290$48,8800.78
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419990$49,4401.34
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061510$35,6701.75
Instructional Coordinators 25-903180$64,9600.71
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall 47-213150$42,5102.25
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-9041Not available$36,620
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021140$59,1100.59
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2011820$36,5500.77
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201280$63,3601.50
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,140$38,0400.80
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011740$37,6701.60
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011130$35,5601.31
Lawyers 23-1011170$94,7000.46
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022Not available$46,950
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-4121100$29,6802.51
Library Technicians 25-4031140$34,5104.13
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061110$63,5300.36
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 19-409990$41,7102.59
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092180$28,7802.39
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033350$39,8000.74
Loan Officers 13-207290$62,1800.64
Log Graders and Scalers 45-402390$57,39060.52
Logging Equipment Operators 45-4022360$60,59035.45
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108140$67,7700.37
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 53-7063130$37,4406.14
Machinists 51-4041130$49,6100.93
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012770$34,0001.86
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071860$46,3701.16
Management Analysts 13-1111180$93,2900.41
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-919990$126,4400.31
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161270$57,1900.63
Marketing Managers 11-202180$108,1200.43
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-102230$85,3801.44
Mechanical Drafters 17-301330$47,3001.64
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214170$95,6600.48
Medical Assistants 31-9092360$44,6900.90
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072130$60,5301.40
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-104260$79,3000.67
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013410$44,2900.88
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111250$103,8600.87
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112160$48,6400.93
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102680$38,8100.94
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022Not available$59,660
Millwrights 49-9044150$63,5407.59
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090460$40,1600.68
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902350$52,5801.02
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042130$60,4601.54
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-912160$122,8701.22
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244100$86,2400.65
Nurse Anesthetists 29-1151Not available$273,850
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171120$133,0800.76
Nursing Assistants 31-1131660$37,5800.94
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501150$79,4200.69
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112230$95,8100.44
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,870$43,6301.56
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073470$63,3102.03
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208140$40,8401.11
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111200$46,6801.11
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064200$34,2500.72
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-2141180$43,3401.61
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011110$47,7500.56
Paramedics 29-204390$49,2201.80
Parts Salespersons 41-2022200$37,2801.55
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305150$48,4100.61
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 37-301250$47,9103.44
Pharmacists 29-1051180$137,7901.13
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052240$46,1901.07
Phlebotomists 31-909730$43,6400.49
Physical Therapist Aides 31-202260$29,9802.63
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202140$62,5800.75
Physical Therapists 29-1123130$101,3001.01
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107180$127,6701.08
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-122970$297,4100.41
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152160$50,0600.70
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051470$59,7201.46
Postal Service Clerks 43-5051130$61,0503.73
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052190$52,5201.21
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 11-913140$89,1506.29
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations) 51-801350$129,2703.35
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011120$36,4000.51
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109280$57,8701.84
Procurement Clerks 43-306160$53,2902.34
Production Workers, All Other 51-919960$42,8500.50
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-506170$48,3100.38
Project Management Specialists 13-1082270$85,5900.51
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202080$50,7202.90
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141180$47,9901.17
Psychiatric Technicians 29-205390$41,0201.20
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031110$63,1300.83
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503190$48,0001.84
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034130$77,6701.15
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-9022150$36,3301.58
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171360$36,7200.82
Recreation Workers 39-9032190$29,1201.21
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081110$46,3501.48
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-1141900$92,0800.55
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-101560$51,2601.24
Respiratory Therapists 29-112640$79,8100.63
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,640$35,3000.87
Roofers 47-218170$45,9701.13
Sales Managers 11-2022140$112,5700.45
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091230$62,7500.38
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012420$65,0300.71
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401180$98,0800.57
Sales and Related Workers, All Other 41-909930$29,3900.74
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-7041260$55,84012.92
School Bus Monitors 33-909440$33,6801.16
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031600$61,8101.17
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014820$42,3500.99
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031110$54,0400.46
Security Guards 33-9032150$36,8600.24
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021160$36,6601.01
Sewing Machine Operators 51-603150$34,7100.95
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071340$42,7000.86
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305380$36,0400.67
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915150$72,5400.46
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093220$46,1801.02
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-101350$80,8106.49
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052100$67,4000.81
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112760$88,2000.72
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,100$35,8000.80
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018110$69,8700.48
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031280$29,1101.10
Surgical Technologists 29-205550$63,8600.87
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-303150$58,7801.62
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-90451,200$36,4601.75
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-2022130$60,6001.89
Tellers 43-3071320$42,8502.01
Tile and Stone Setters 47-204450$45,5002.66
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-3093130$37,9102.50
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-209370$62,1202.89
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 51-419450$64,23019.60
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) 39-701060$36,8502.46
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151170$56,4400.76
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307160$100,7700.55
Urban and Regional Planners 19-305150$76,0202.55
Veterinarians 29-113170$108,1101.75
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-9096100$36,8501.62
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-2056120$42,1201.95
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,220$25,0301.11
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031290$49,2404.70
Web and Digital Interface Designers (2 O*NET occupations) 15-125530$66,2800.63
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121210$51,1201.06
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-7042280$45,7309.44
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-102350$76,4005.36