Columbus, IN

190 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 18020.

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)	2,980
Retail Salespersons	1,500
Machinists	1,470
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,440
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,310
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	1,000
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	910
Cashiers	900
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	900
Stockers and Order Fillers	810
Office Clerks, General	790
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	750
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	690
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	640
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	610
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	610
Customer Service Representatives	600
General and Operations Managers	590
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	520
Waiters and Waitresses	490

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
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	50.32	140
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	39.89	180
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	22.67	240
Machinists	15.95	1,470
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	11.26	610
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	10.92	440
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations)	10.84	130
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	10.52	1,000
Tool and Die Makers	9.65	180
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	7.76	910
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	6.85	330
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	6.62	2,980
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5.73	120
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	4.70	900
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.67	260
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	4.62	230
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	4.54	360
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	4.44	310
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations)	3.48	280
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	3.48	490

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$369,300
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$180,830
Marketing Managers	$166,610
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$147,910
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$143,590
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$139,430
Pharmacists	$137,330
Administrative Services Managers	$134,150
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$130,490
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$127,700
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations)	$126,110
Nurse Practitioners	$125,780
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$124,460
Human Resources Managers	$124,230
Sales Managers	$120,730
General and Operations Managers	$112,760
Management Analysts	$111,090
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$110,720
Chemical Engineers	$109,190
Lawyers	$105,790

All 190 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	330	$78,740	0.71
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	80	$134,150	1.00
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	80	$28,960	0.98
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	310	$180,830	4.44
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$57,000	1.07
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	190	$49,180	0.85
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	30	$34,660	0.96
Bakers `51-3011`	40	$35,700	0.47
Bartenders `35-3011`	150	$23,700	0.63
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	100	$44,780	0.74
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	360	$46,660	0.82
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	80	$55,470	0.89
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	110	$85,460	0.30
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	40	$36,650	0.85
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	170	$71,500	1.09
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	60	$37,450	2.41
Carpenters `47-2031`	190	$67,780	0.89
Cashiers `41-2011`	900	$29,280	0.91
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	40	$59,660	0.56
Chemical Engineers `17-2041`	40	$109,190	6.46
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	40	$45,360	2.21
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	120	$49,150	0.96
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	110	$29,350	0.91
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	40	$97,460	1.45
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	30	$36,490	0.40
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	230	$39,300	4.62
Commercial Pilots `53-2012`	Not available	$99,250
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	150	$78,770	1.14
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	60	$71,270	1.24
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	610	$48,590	11.26
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers `51-9162`	40	$57,770	4.40
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	50	$83,830	0.38
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	130	$103,800	0.80
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	150	$58,380	0.65
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	90	$139,430	0.44
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	310	$53,900	0.88
Construction Managers `11-9021`	40	$102,020	0.30
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	110	$35,490	0.76
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	360	$29,740	0.80
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	50	$80,800	0.65
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	80	$36,230	0.63
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	600	$42,700	0.72
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	260	$47,880	4.67
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	40	$94,700	0.51
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	120	$47,260	0.96
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$84,810	0.99
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	120	$27,670	0.67
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$55,820	0.58
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	160	$29,380	1.22
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	90	$98,160	0.83
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	70	$99,960	1.11
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	30	$61,230	1.07
Electricians `47-2111`	290	$79,670	1.19
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	140	Not available	2.80
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	50	$61,080	0.34
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	40	$34,690	0.38
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9041`	50	$41,890	2.86
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	90	$110,720	1.87
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,440	$28,290	1.16
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	180	$143,590	0.66
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	40	$91,040	0.39
Firefighters `33-2011`	90	$43,510	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	150	$76,940	0.56
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	280	$44,250	0.70
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	170	$74,640	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	Not available	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	230	$61,950	0.49
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	690	$75,640	3.20
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	340	$47,880	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	170	$59,570	0.85
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	200	$32,150	0.68
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	40	$32,340	0.41
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	40	$69,800	0.52
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4022`	140	$52,060	50.32
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	590	$112,760	0.52
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	120	$43,240	5.73
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	40	$31,300	0.44
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	30	$66,590	0.52
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4191`	180	$34,650	39.89
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	70	$54,490	0.55
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	520	$57,350	0.78
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	100	$42,210	1.93
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	30	$49,110	0.62
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	750	$33,080	0.54
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	140	$26,360	0.99
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	90	$30,850	1.02
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	60	$124,230	0.79
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	340	$62,330	1.17
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	90	$64,020	3.82
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	910	$97,480	7.76
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	490	$63,770	3.48
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	360	$130,490	4.54
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	210	$43,780	0.83
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	40	$94,770	0.58
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	900	$49,030	4.70
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	60	$38,960	0.87
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	90	$58,180	0.59
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	40	$46,600	0.78
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	420	$35,360	0.59
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	60	$38,920	2.79
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,310	$38,510	1.38
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	170	$38,900	0.55
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	60	$29,140	0.99
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$105,790	0.28
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	170	$62,400	0.80
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	90	$23,640	1.76
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	210	$42,470	0.68
Loan Officers `13-2072`	50	$59,040	0.54
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	280	$100,720	3.48
Machine Feeders and Offbearers `53-7063`	80	$45,700	5.89
Machinists `51-4041`	1,470	$61,230	15.95
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	180	$29,400	0.67
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	40	$61,530	2.22
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	610	$58,450	1.25
Management Analysts `13-1111`	110	$111,090	0.40
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	40	$147,910	0.21
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	180	$66,390	0.63
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	40	$166,610	0.35
Mechanical Drafters `17-3013`	40	$61,730	2.81
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3027`	130	$82,460	10.84
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	1,000	$127,700	10.52
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	400	$44,580	1.52
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$49,270	0.79
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	390	$42,110	1.26
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	170	$101,380	0.87
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	30	$45,390	0.75
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	50	$39,200	0.93
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	2,980	$46,950	6.62
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	50	$60,880	0.87
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	330	$38,420	6.85
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	440	$47,320	10.92
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$86,050	0.47
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	170	$125,780	1.60
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	230	$38,260	0.50
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$87,920	1.34
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	790	$45,620	1.01
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	110	$64,970	0.71
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	190	$44,620	1.61
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	110	$36,880	0.61
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	40	$58,560	0.62
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	50	$50,500	0.36
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	110	$36,630	1.29
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$55,160	1.15
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	70	$77,650	0.85
Pharmacists `29-1051`	50	$137,330	0.51
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	110	$38,370	0.74
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	40	$61,140	1.12
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	90	$96,400	1.03
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	60	$124,460	1.09
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	130	$369,300	1.14
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4193`	240	$38,280	22.67
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	100	$85,930	0.65
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	150	$72,500	0.68
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	90	$60,550	0.84
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	120	$36,640	0.75
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	210	$60,180	1.68
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	140	$91,510	0.40
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	50	$61,300	0.48
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	160	$40,990	3.15
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	30	$62,770	0.36
Real Estate Brokers `41-9021`	30	$75,920	2.10
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	240	$35,560	0.83
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	80	$30,420	0.75
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	640	$77,030	0.59
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,500	$29,840	1.20
Roofers `47-2181`	50	$59,400	1.13
Sales Managers `11-2022`	130	$120,730	0.65
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	240	$63,150	0.60
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	450	$65,630	1.13
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	60	$126,110	0.63
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	220	$44,410	0.39
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	70	$60,040	0.44
Security Guards `33-9032`	250	$34,630	0.60
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	50	$36,640	0.43
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	50	$65,010	1.42
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	470	$44,780	1.78
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	30	$34,960	0.41
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	40	$71,220	0.59
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	130	$43,160	0.95
Software Developers `15-1252`	280	$104,880	0.53
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	810	$32,130	0.89
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	240	$49,240	1.52
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	390	$31,110	0.85
Tellers `43-3071`	120	$37,110	1.18
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	40	$33,140	1.06
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	180	$71,180	9.65
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	110	$59,520	0.73
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	90	Not available	1.24
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	490	$26,340	0.67
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	310	$49,320	2.34