Columbia, SC

515 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 17900.

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
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	11,640
Retail Salespersons	10,860
Customer Service Representatives	10,430
Stockers and Order Fillers	9,470
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	9,410
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	9,400
Cashiers	8,700
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	7,740
Office Clerks, General	7,260
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	6,610
Waiters and Waitresses	6,580
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	6,120
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	5,630
Nursing Assistants	5,420
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	5,320
Security Guards	5,290
General and Operations Managers	4,890
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	4,680
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	4,360
Cooks, Restaurant	3,520

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
Hydrologists	6.42	100
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	4.76	150
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators	4.15	170
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	3.87	130
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	3.45	1,870
Nuclear Engineers	3.14	120
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	2.88	540
Agricultural Equipment Operators	2.73	200
Recreational Therapists	2.68	100
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	2.57	140
Dietetic Technicians	2.53	200
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	2.39	100
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	2.37	870
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	2.18	1,790
Compensation and Benefits Managers	2.13	120
Bill and Account Collectors	2.04	820
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2.01	310
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)	2.00	580
File Clerks	1.99	370
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations)	1.95	150

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$374,300
Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$296,020
Anesthesiologists	$290,620
Nurse Anesthetists	$271,350
Psychiatrists	$251,060
Dentists, General	$228,820
Family Medicine Physicians	$224,360
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$176,890
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$162,260
Advertising and Promotions Managers	$159,950
Optometrists	$156,350
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$141,570
Marketing Managers	$136,930
Database Architects (2 O*NET occupations)	$135,790
Pharmacists	$133,850
Actuaries	$133,060
Psychologists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	$130,580
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$129,960
Veterinarians	$129,960
Computer Hardware Engineers	$129,830

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

All 515 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	3,260	$69,210	0.89
Actuaries `15-2011`	80	$133,060	1.12
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers `23-1021`	100	$80,820	2.39
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	Not available	$126,680
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors `25-3011`	70	$63,020	0.78
Advertising Sales Agents `41-3011`	190	$49,500	0.83
Advertising and Promotions Managers `11-2011`	50	$159,950	0.92
Agricultural Equipment Operators `45-2091`	200	$31,820	2.73
Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors `53-1041`	30	$61,470	1.28
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	260	$73,110	0.73
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians `53-3011`	150	$29,000	4.76
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	870	$25,720	0.86
Anesthesiologists `29-1211`	70	$290,620	0.72
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	880	$30,720	1.30
Animal Control Workers `33-9011`	40	$41,740	1.17
Animal Trainers `39-2011`	Not available	$29,670
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval `17-1011`	140	$100,200	0.52
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	200	$64,110	0.76
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	360	$162,260	0.64
Art Directors `27-1011`	130	$87,990	0.94
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1121`	220	$78,880	0.91
Athletic Trainers `29-9091`	100	$58,170	1.28
Audio and Video Technicians `27-4011`	70	$57,580	0.39
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers `49-2097`	80	$44,240	1.50
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	370	$48,340	0.97
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers `49-3022`	100	$46,170	1.90
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	2,500	$48,080	1.40
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$29,640	0.15
Bakers `51-3011`	440	$33,800	0.73
Bartenders `35-3011`	1,070	$19,230	0.56
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	820	$39,370	2.04
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	1,120	$46,370	1.09
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1042`	150	$97,550	1.21
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	3,260	$46,690	0.94
Brickmasons and Blockmasons `47-2021`	80	$48,590	0.58
Broadcast Technicians `27-4012`	60	$50,920	1.14
Brokerage Clerks `43-4011`	60	$60,620	0.67
Budget Analysts `13-2031`	110	$82,980	0.96
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	990	$36,960	0.97
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	130	$44,750	0.33
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	520	$60,320	0.71
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	1,540	$77,400	0.56
Business Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1011`	230	$129,380	1.11
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	280	$37,350	0.81
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	880	$71,820	0.70
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	70	$49,160	0.37
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians `29-2031`	140	$65,590	0.87
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	380	$79,860	1.33
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	190	$65,010	0.68
Cargo and Freight Agents (2 O*NET occupations) `43-5011`	80	$55,070	0.32
Carpenters `47-2031`	880	$48,070	0.52
Cashiers `41-2011`	8,700	$27,830	1.11
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	350	$50,680	0.66
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	280	$69,820	0.55
Chemical Engineers `17-2041`	100	Not available	1.86
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	410	$57,870	1.16
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	250	$64,740	1.73
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1052`	50	$102,690	0.97
Chemists `19-2031`	190	$73,430	0.90
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	320	$176,890	0.61
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	1,380	$50,610	1.39
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	1,670	$28,850	1.27
Chiropractors `29-1011`	150	$74,090	1.48
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	280	$57,640	1.60
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	1,070	$94,520	1.14
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	1,790	$67,290	2.18
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	860	$34,380	0.89
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9192`	40	$34,140	1.05
Clergy `21-2011`	90	$57,990	0.60
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	810	$55,280	0.96
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	110	$99,960	0.58
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	350	$47,050	0.56
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	250	$44,810	0.62
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers `49-9091`	40	$49,970	0.65
Commercial Pilots `53-2012`	60	$92,300	0.53
Commercial and Industrial Designers `27-1021`	70	$74,960	0.86
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1122`	70	$80,290	0.91
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	80	$45,820	0.53
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$53,710	0.16
Compensation and Benefits Managers `11-3111`	120	$73,870	2.13
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists `13-1141`	390	$56,440	1.37
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	1,120	$72,990	1.06
Computer Hardware Engineers `17-2061`	70	$129,830	0.38
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	270	$125,510	0.60
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	520	$76,560	1.40
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	240	$51,530	0.55
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	770	$91,920	0.70
Computer Programmers `15-1251`	190	$98,490	0.81
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1021`	90	$102,390	0.97
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	2,110	$90,760	1.60
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	2,030	$50,080	1.12
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	990	$141,570	0.58
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers `49-2011`	140	$37,320	0.87
Concierges `39-6012`	80	$30,980	0.66
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `19-1031`	80	$45,910	1.19
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	2,610	$42,630	0.94
Construction Managers `11-9021`	820	$112,180	0.85
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	450	$62,410	1.21
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	80	$67,630	0.68
Conveyor Operators and Tenders `53-7011`	110	$37,230	1.83
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	1,500	$22,880	0.92
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	1,410	$34,800	1.26
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	3,520	$35,490	0.99
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	100	$27,540	0.28
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	1,260	$44,860	1.31
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	490	$65,850	0.86
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	1,180	$36,900	1.16
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	270	$37,550	1.58
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners `27-3092`	40	$60,380	1.23
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	270	$48,220	0.58
Crane and Tower Operators `53-7021`	50	$65,870	0.49
Credit Analysts `13-2041`	100	$81,740	0.60
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks `43-4041`	70	Not available	2.17
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1111`	40	$77,120	1.11
Crossing Guards and Flaggers `33-9091`	130	$32,690	0.56
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9021`	60	$48,400	0.97
Curators `25-4012`	30	$56,270	1.10
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	10,430	$37,430	1.59
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9032`	90	$47,760	0.79
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	620	$43,790	1.43
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	350	$36,230	1.09
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	590	$88,260	0.89
Database Administrators `15-1242`	250	$83,330	1.42
Database Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1243`	240	$135,790	1.38
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	860	$46,800	0.87
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	620	$82,370	1.09
Dentists, General `29-1021`	480	$228,820	1.53
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	580	$66,340	2.00
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	320	$84,440	1.41
Dietetic Technicians `29-2051`	200	$37,500	2.53
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	170	$68,080	0.84
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	860	$31,050	0.63
Directors, Religious Activities and Education `21-2021`	40	$39,210	0.79
Dishwashers `35-9021`	1,470	$28,180	1.21
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	430	$47,550	0.83
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	1,170	$22,900	1.13
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers `47-2081`	50	$44,800	0.22
Editors `27-3041`	70	$67,530	0.29
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	130	$100,440	0.92
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	960	$101,830	1.15
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	580	$101,150	1.27
Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1081`	200	$78,880	1.31
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	120	$46,510	0.62
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	360	$71,280	1.20
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	1,560	$60,070	1.74
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	510	$101,320	1.01
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	360	$74,190	1.07
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	250	$65,400	1.04
Electrical and Electronics Drafters `17-3012`	40	$74,590	0.90
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	250	$68,100	1.49
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay `49-2095`	80	$95,740	1.46
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	460	$39,560	0.74
Electricians `47-2111`	1,170	$60,390	0.61
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3024`	70	$63,250	1.79
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles `49-2096`	70	$49,530	3.36
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (2 O*NET occupations) `17-2072`	100	$88,380	0.41
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	4,360	$60,050	1.24
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers `47-4021`	60	$80,830	1.07
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	470	$39,630	1.19
Embalmers `39-4011`	30	$61,880	3.30
Emergency Management Directors `11-9161`	90	$71,110	2.66
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	770	$42,290	1.68
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	40	$93,640	0.25
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	130	$114,560	0.33
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1123`	150	$78,360	1.05
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling `11-9072`	60	$66,400	0.65
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3025`	40	$62,320	1.32
Environmental Engineers `17-2081`	130	$96,140	1.33
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health `19-4042`	100	$51,290	1.19
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	100	$85,300	0.44
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining `47-5022`	80	$54,370	0.89
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	1,370	$56,230	1.17
Exercise Physiologists `29-1128`	80	$48,800	3.56
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	850	$45,870	1.03
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4021`	310	$56,430	2.01
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers `51-6091`	60	$46,160	1.99
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	240	$98,020	0.60
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	100	$224,360	0.37
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	11,640	$27,170	1.19
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators `51-2051`	170	$44,950	4.15
File Clerks `43-4071`	370	$37,510	1.99
Financial Examiners `13-2061`	80	$90,260	0.49
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	1,800	$124,790	0.85
Financial Risk Specialists `13-2054`	100	$94,620	0.64
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	170	$65,170	0.50
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	530	$87,630	0.58
Firefighters `33-2011`	1,060	$36,960	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	1,930	$72,800	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	60	$85,820	0.46
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	250	$48,020	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers `45-1011`	90	$57,340	1.26
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	170	$61,830	0.67
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	3,110	$37,880	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	450	$45,380	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	340	$60,100	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	1,800	$74,040	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	600	$75,630	1.10
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	6,120	$62,230	1.68
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	300	$42,770	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	260	$73,450	0.67
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	1,860	$76,420	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	2,920	$47,680	1.03
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	230	$43,140	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	1,450	$62,860	0.92
Floral Designers `27-1023`	80	$27,830	0.80
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	100	$38,900	0.23
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	2,030	$30,260	0.90
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	Not available	$20,920
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	100	$35,980	0.59
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	380	$31,400	0.51
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	860	$60,860	1.42
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders `51-3091`	40	$36,420	0.82
Forensic Science Technicians `19-4092`	60	$45,990	1.16
Foresters `19-1032`	50	$89,990	1.99
Fundraisers `13-1131`	280	$62,720	1.01
Fundraising Managers `11-2033`	30	$103,620	0.35
Funeral Attendants `39-4021`	140	$28,870	1.78
Gas Plant Operators `51-8092`	40	$81,960	0.83
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	4,890	$103,950	0.55
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers `19-2042`	40	$88,290	0.72
Glaziers `47-2121`	160	$51,310	1.10
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products `45-2041`	40	$34,510	0.69
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	320	$55,690	0.64
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand `51-9022`	40	$45,710	1.33
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	220	$45,780	1.31
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	580	$30,710	0.75
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers `47-4041`	130	$47,380	0.97
Health Education Specialists `21-1091`	130	$62,960	0.77
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars `29-9021`	70	$49,290	0.69
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	370	$102,890	0.65
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	450	$44,090	0.98
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `17-2111`	30	$72,780	0.56
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `29-9099`	Not available	$36,600
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	660	$62,130	1.38
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	230	$49,730	0.84
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	1,220	$57,610	1.18
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	5,630	$51,280	1.08
Helpers--Carpenters `47-3012`	40	$35,850	0.71
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	270	$37,670	1.68
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	350	$39,170	1.42
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters `47-3015`	140	$38,830	1.28
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	310	$37,320	0.74
History Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1125`	50	$104,100	0.97
Home Appliance Repairers `49-9031`	130	$46,430	1.65
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	7,740	$30,210	0.71
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	850	$23,070	0.78
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	660	$29,240	1.00
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	380	$45,410	1.68
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	460	$109,440	0.83
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	2,270	$67,990	0.98
Hydrologists `19-2043`	100	$65,770	6.42
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	260	$63,960	1.38
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	760	$98,780	0.82
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	1,370	$64,680	1.23
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	850	$128,050	1.36
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	1,930	$43,500	0.98
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	370	$101,330	0.76
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	260	$50,940	0.76
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	1,680	$48,310	1.11
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	610	$39,270	1.36
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	840	$61,640	1.46
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall `47-2131`	110	$50,750	0.95
Insulation Workers, Mechanical `47-2132`	90	$46,970	1.44
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage `13-1032`	40	$81,830	1.23
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	1,870	$38,760	3.45
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	1,540	$74,100	1.27
Insurance Underwriters `13-2053`	300	$75,290	1.13
Interior Designers `27-1025`	110	$62,720	0.62
Interpreters and Translators `27-3091`	170	$52,200	1.26
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	70	$39,170	0.17
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	5,320	$32,170	0.95
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates `23-1023`	90	$94,400	1.54
Judicial Law Clerks `23-1012`	80	$47,040	2.52
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	260	$60,880	0.94
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	70	$71,620	0.43
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	9,410	$37,530	1.26
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	1,890	$36,180	0.78
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4034`	70	$45,040	1.64
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	440	$29,830	0.88
Lawyers `23-1011`	1,950	$105,200	1.02
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	730	$58,520	1.84
Legal Support Workers, All Other `23-2099`	90	$57,160	0.72
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	440	$61,290	1.31
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	230	$33,200	1.07
Library Technicians `25-4031`	50	$35,990	0.26
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	1,600	$62,110	0.97
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `19-4099`	540	$51,840	2.88
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	240	$26,720	0.60
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	2,100	$37,600	0.84
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	590	$51,270	1.42
Loan Officers `13-2072`	570	$64,660	0.83
Lodging Managers `11-9081`	80	$56,850	0.71
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	60	$49,350	1.08
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	490	$75,800	0.77
Machine Feeders and Offbearers `53-7063`	170	Not available	1.56
Machinists `51-4041`	240	$59,570	0.34
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists `29-2035`	130	$85,560	1.20
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	1,780	$29,590	0.82
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service `43-9051`	160	$36,440	1.16
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	190	$64,910	1.25
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	4,680	$46,870	1.21
Management Analysts `13-1111`	3,120	$93,250	1.37
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	410	$129,960	0.26
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	1,800	$68,600	0.79
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	560	$136,930	0.56
Marriage and Family Therapists `21-1013`	100	$49,340	0.56
Massage Therapists `31-9011`	240	$59,310	0.96
Materials Engineers `17-2131`	40	$121,290	0.63
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	870	$35,660	2.37
Mechanical Door Repairers `49-9011`	60	$49,510	0.89
Mechanical Drafters `17-3013`	30	$61,300	0.33
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3027`	90	$72,830	1.03
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	450	$102,280	0.60
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	2,190	$40,680	1.06
Medical Equipment Preparers `31-9093`	310	$44,180	1.58
Medical Equipment Repairers `49-9062`	130	$45,580	0.80
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	640	$62,650	1.30
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists `19-1042`	60	Not available	0.15
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	2,230	$40,160	0.91
Medical Transcriptionists `31-9094`	60	$37,480	0.59
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	1,640	$107,280	1.08
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	180	$47,830	0.50
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	210	$48,250	0.62
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	410	$36,870	0.98
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other `51-4199`	40	$47,050	0.92
Meter Readers, Utilities `43-5041`	50	$43,270	1.08
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	2,450	$59,400	1.56
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4035`	Not available	$39,010
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	3,150	$42,230	0.88
Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers (3 O*NET occupations) `47-4090`	50	$45,660	0.70
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	180	$50,430	0.77
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	480	$59,180	1.08
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (4 O*NET occupations) `51-9195`	50	$44,790	0.65
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	230	$55,670	0.60
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers `39-4031`	40	$48,130	0.56
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	270	$38,040	0.84
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-9121`	90	$122,930	0.31
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	810	$86,650	1.02
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists `27-3023`	80	$49,450	0.80
Nuclear Engineers `17-2161`	120	$128,340	3.14
Nuclear Medicine Technologists `29-2033`	60	$87,480	1.49
Nurse Anesthetists `29-1151`	210	$271,350	1.58
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	920	$118,470	1.12
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	5,420	$37,400	1.48
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	260	$101,340	1.31
Obstetricians and Gynecologists `29-1218`	Not available	$296,020
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	400	$79,160	1.13
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians `19-5012`	60	$50,900	0.80
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	280	$102,650	0.67
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	120	$74,330	0.93
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	7,260	$38,320	1.16
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	140	$51,630	0.29
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	1,120	$48,410	0.92
Operations Research Analysts `15-2031`	300	$79,560	1.10
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians `51-9083`	50	$36,400	1.06
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	300	$38,570	1.69
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	130	$46,150	0.70
Optometrists `29-1041`	90	$156,350	0.82
Order Clerks `43-4151`	90	$45,320	0.46
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics `49-3053`	90	$46,730	0.96
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	1,180	$41,340	1.22
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	1,070	$31,240	0.75
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	220	$46,740	0.39
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9196`	450	$51,010	1.83
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	1,790	$57,220	1.80
Paramedics `29-2043`	490	$53,160	1.91
Parking Attendants `53-6021`	430	$29,560	1.24
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	770	$34,310	1.12
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators `47-2071`	100	$45,960	0.91
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	220	$52,240	0.57
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	430	$94,130	0.63
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	440	$44,620	1.70
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation `37-3012`	110	$42,510	1.57
Pharmacists `29-1051`	1,050	$133,850	1.29
Pharmacy Aides `31-9095`	100	$35,570	0.99
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	1,470	$39,170	1.23
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1126`	60	$76,480	1.06
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	400	$40,210	1.10
Photographers `27-4021`	120	$36,060	0.90
Physical Therapist Aides `31-2022`	70	$35,740	0.60
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	300	$62,920	1.05
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	670	$99,840	0.98
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	400	$115,840	0.97
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	1,050	$374,300	1.21
Pipelayers `47-2151`	90	$44,190	1.02
Plant and System Operators, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `51-8099`	40	$70,620	1.06
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	1,060	$52,070	0.90
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	2,840	$59,260	1.67
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1065`	40	$101,220	0.87
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	130	$62,130	0.69
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	980	$55,610	1.18
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators `43-5053`	470	$58,470	1.78
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	430	$80,010	1.12
Power Distributors and Dispatchers `51-8012`	80	$101,010	3.75
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations) `51-8013`	150	$79,600	1.95
Prepress Technicians and Workers `51-5111`	30	$43,400	0.52
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	560	$31,510	0.46
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	340	$44,250	0.93
Private Detectives and Investigators `33-9021`	100	$48,000	1.06
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	120	$62,830	0.55
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	260	$52,210	1.81
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) `27-2012`	280	$50,430	0.76
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	240	$39,600	0.37
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	990	$60,090	1.00
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	2,430	$85,260	0.90
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	110	$59,110	0.76
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	910	$59,540	1.15
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `33-9099`	70	$51,630	0.36
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	210	$39,980	0.53
Psychiatrists `29-1223`	90	$251,060	1.23
Psychologists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `19-3039`	40	$130,580	0.77
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1066`	90	$100,260	0.86
Public Relations Managers `11-2032`	170	$91,550	0.92
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	810	$61,610	1.13
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	220	$40,930	0.85
Purchasing Managers `11-3061`	130	$112,530	0.59
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	700	$74,080	1.19
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	490	$49,480	1.00
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	1,880	$35,530	0.82
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	880	$30,140	1.05
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1193`	90	$99,340	2.67
Recreational Therapists `29-1125`	100	$43,730	2.68
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	380	$34,800	1.01
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	9,400	$81,920	1.10
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	150	$35,880	0.64
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	240	$39,660	1.12
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	330	$79,780	0.92
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	10,860	$29,540	1.10
Roofers `47-2181`	160	$44,660	0.48
Sales Engineers `41-9031`	100	$108,830	0.77
Sales Managers `11-2022`	1,360	$128,650	0.84
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	3,400	$48,570	1.07
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	3,290	$62,470	1.05
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	450	$109,080	0.63
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	80	$36,880	0.34
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	70	$40,620	0.63
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	Not available	$27,780
School Psychologists `19-3034`	100	$81,370	0.64
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	3,310	$60,280	1.22
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	6,610	$45,620	1.53
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	910	$58,890	0.74
Security Guards `33-9032`	5,290	$35,140	1.63
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers `49-2098`	320	$60,310	1.46
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	770	$36,550	0.91
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9012`	110	$49,320	0.72
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	390	$44,810	1.47
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	350	$50,170	1.14
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	2,170	$41,240	1.05
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	270	$29,560	0.43
Skincare Specialists `39-5094`	140	$37,870	0.75
Slaughterers and Meat Packers `51-3023`	150	$46,170	0.84
Social Science Research Assistants `19-4061`	110	$62,090	1.39
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `19-3099`	90	$83,780	0.94
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	160	$100,420	1.03
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	430	$78,240	0.80
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	1,090	$38,550	0.98
Software Developers `15-1252`	2,070	$123,380	0.48
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers `15-1253`	250	$86,320	0.52
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	300	$63,270	0.45
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	150	$58,900	0.62
Special Education Teachers, Preschool `25-2051`	60	$59,360	0.81
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	230	$58,860	0.55
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	390	$87,820	0.84
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators `51-8021`	40	$64,930	0.52
Statisticians (2 O*NET occupations) `15-2041`	80	$67,630	1.07
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	9,470	$37,180	1.32
Structural Iron and Steel Workers `47-2221`	100	$50,510	0.58
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters `51-2041`	130	$46,910	0.98
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	1,260	$58,920	1.01
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	770	$39,250	0.58
Surgeons, All Other `29-1249`	Not available	Not published (very high)
Surgical Assistants `29-9093`	70	$48,160	1.19
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	440	$61,230	1.48
Surveying and Mapping Technicians `17-3031`	250	$45,370	1.68
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) `17-1022`	170	$66,580	1.30
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service `43-2011`	40	$32,890	0.46
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers `51-6052`	60	$36,690	1.66
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents `13-2081`	50	$73,210	0.34
Tax Preparers `13-2082`	150	$36,150	0.75
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	340	$62,330	1.17
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	2,680	$27,860	0.74
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary `25-9044`	40	$37,710	0.10
Technical Writers `27-3042`	90	$77,640	0.74
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	290	$75,710	0.80
Telemarketers `41-9041`	130	$36,100	0.91
Tellers `43-3071`	690	$43,560	0.82
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-6063`	70	$38,380	2.24
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-6064`	140	$36,320	2.57
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other `51-6099`	130	$46,370	3.87
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	240	$35,220	0.88
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers `23-2093`	120	$50,920	1.01
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	110	$70,620	0.77
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) `39-7010`	60	$30,320	0.47
Traffic Technicians `53-6041`	30	$57,080	1.70
Training and Development Managers `11-3131`	150	$104,470	1.20
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	1,440	$61,460	1.24
Transportation Inspectors (3 O*NET occupations) `53-6051`	40	$115,210	0.66
Transportation Security Screeners `33-9093`	60	$64,150	0.49
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	540	$101,030	0.96
Travel Agents `41-3041`	80	$31,650	0.56
Tree Trimmers and Pruners `37-3013`	50	$40,190	0.38
Tutors `25-3041`	230	$33,780	0.52
Urban and Regional Planners `19-3051`	70	$71,910	0.62
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers `39-3031`	220	$22,400	0.71
Veterinarians `29-1131`	210	$129,960	1.00
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	240	$36,680	0.76
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	430	$38,390	1.32
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	6,580	$17,810	1.14
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	490	$55,070	1.49
Web and Digital Interface Designers (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1255`	140	$80,930	0.49
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	80	$44,690	0.60
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	830	$49,730	0.78
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	190	$38,530	1.25
Writers and Authors (2 O*NET occupations) `27-3043`	Not available	$41,600
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists `19-1023`	50	$79,580	1.19