Dalton, GA

228 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 19140.

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
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	3,370
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	2,470
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	2,000
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,540
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,530
Retail Salespersons	1,360
Cashiers	1,350
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,220
General and Operations Managers	1,170
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,120
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1,120
Customer Service Representatives	1,080
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,040
Office Clerks, General	1,030
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,010
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,000
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	910
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	890
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	860
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	830

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
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	364.53	3,370
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	222.31	1,220
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	158.87	860
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other	156.47	890
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	152.10	570
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	68.89	150
Sewing Machine Operators	10.05	440
Production Workers, All Other	6.44	680
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	6.15	2,000
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	5.54	100
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	5.32	150
Printing Press Operators	5.11	310
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	4.93	910
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	4.88	120
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	4.65	190
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	4.28	170
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	3.97	1,120
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	3.29	830
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	3.17	210
Helpers--Production Workers	3.03	210

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$326,210
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$287,800
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$242,760
Dentists, General	$202,690
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$163,550
Marketing Managers	$162,010
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$161,140
Sales Managers	$139,960
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$133,000
Human Resources Managers	$130,700
Pharmacists	$130,050
Training and Development Managers	$129,730
Medical and Health Services Managers	$118,720
Nurse Practitioners	$118,330
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$116,720
Software Developers	$115,480
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$111,580
Physical Therapists	$109,710
Administrative Services Managers	$107,200
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$105,800

All 228 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	450	$77,410	0.74
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	110	$107,200	1.04
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	50	$24,960	0.28
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	70	$26,330	0.63
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	40	$79,410	0.96
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	40	$163,550	0.46
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$47,890	0.72
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	250	$47,770	0.86
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	30	$30,710	0.82
Bakers `51-3011`	50	$30,170	0.53
Bartenders `35-3011`	90	$20,260	0.29
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	30	$41,030	0.49
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	180	$41,410	1.08
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	530	$45,600	0.92
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	280	$58,820	2.27
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	440	$71,230	0.96
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	60	$30,140	1.02
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	150	$64,050	0.73
Carpenters `47-2031`	40	$42,750	0.14
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,350	$27,260	1.04
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	40	$66,090	0.44
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	180	$46,570	3.02
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	$242,760	0.49
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	100	$50,760	0.58
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	210	$22,260	0.95
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	50	$51,960	1.74
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	200	$99,760	1.27
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	50	$62,030	0.37
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	80	$29,760	0.51
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	100	$63,040	0.70
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	210	$44,740	3.17
Commercial and Industrial Designers `27-1021`	60	$74,660	4.15
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	90	$62,300	0.50
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	40	Not available	0.48
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	50	$60,640	0.84
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	50	$39,030	0.76
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	120	$82,300	0.64
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	80	$94,640	0.38
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	220	$58,630	0.74
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	90	$161,140	0.31
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	240	$35,320	0.52
Construction Managers `11-9021`	90	$97,210	0.53
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	80	$71,230	1.29
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	410	$31,060	0.69
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	110	$47,440	0.68
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	70	$74,840	0.76
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	100	$41,750	0.62
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	40	$35,400	0.53
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,080	$39,730	1.00
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand `51-9031`	80	$22,930	31.83
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9032`	100	$33,210	5.54
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	110	$40,730	1.55
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	40	$39,110	0.73
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	50	$101,020	0.45
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	180	$37,530	1.13
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	100	$82,010	1.08
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$202,690	0.80
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	40	$75,600	1.06
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	110	$22,590	0.50
Dishwashers `35-9021`	90	$27,610	0.43
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	120	$49,520	1.36
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	180	$39,070	1.03
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	120	$99,490	0.88
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	80	$71,840	0.54
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	140	$96,730	1.70
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	100	$72,150	1.84
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	60	$78,230	1.50
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	150	$67,610	5.32
Electricians `47-2111`	180	$56,860	0.58
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	1,120	$63,340	1.92
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	40	$38,900	0.56
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	40	$88,370	0.98
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	120	$65,290	0.61
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4021`	120	$47,940	4.88
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers `51-6091`	860	$45,610	158.87
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9041`	30	$33,130	1.37
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	90	$326,210	2.01
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,530	$23,400	0.94
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	200	$133,000	0.56
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	70	$80,750	0.46
Firefighters `33-2011`	180	$48,110	1.26
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	190	$69,300	0.56
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	100	$74,320	2.32
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	490	$35,850	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$47,510	0.68
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	30	$46,720	0.59
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	350	$70,830	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	90	$78,720	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	540	$61,780	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	60	$80,760	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	1,120	$59,370	3.97
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	430	$37,230	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	360	$59,230	1.39
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	200	$30,100	0.53
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	40	$27,570	0.35
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	80	$61,180	0.76
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,170	$94,050	0.79
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	120	$53,630	1.47
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	40	$43,780	0.54
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	70	$57,200	0.93
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	150	$65,560	0.89
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,540	$53,760	1.78
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	40	$38,440	1.36
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	40	$37,050	0.92
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	210	$33,850	3.03
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	230	$29,130	0.13
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	110	$24,520	0.61
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	30	$42,000	0.80
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	70	$130,700	0.74
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	400	$55,480	1.04
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	60	$75,170	2.04
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	200	$95,160	1.29
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	910	$55,050	4.93
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	220	$116,720	2.08
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	2,000	$37,930	6.15
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	830	$43,010	3.29
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	60	$44,760	0.83
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$78,300	0.52
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	50	$42,060	0.56
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	80	$51,500	0.40
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	550	$30,520	0.59
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$62,100	0.92
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	2,470	$37,040	1.99
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	280	$36,390	0.70
Lawyers `23-1011`	120	$91,730	0.39
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	30	Not available	0.52
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	30	$76,000	0.60
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	230	$54,380	0.86
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `19-4099`	40	$57,540	1.20
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	350	$50,340	0.85
Loan Officers `13-2072`	50	$61,310	0.46
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	110	$56,500	1.05
Machinists `51-4041`	120	$48,240	0.99
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists `29-2035`	50	$76,920	2.67
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	150	$26,020	0.42
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	50	$47,200	2.09
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	1,010	$47,220	1.58
Management Analysts `13-1111`	180	$98,090	0.48
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	220	$102,740	0.85
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	260	$79,040	0.69
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	80	$162,010	0.49
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3027`	30	$70,640	2.15
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	90	$90,940	0.75
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	320	$37,170	0.94
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$40,470	0.59
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	430	$36,200	1.08
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	70	$118,720	0.27
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	40	$49,490	0.59
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	40	$33,730	0.60
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	340	$67,380	1.32
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	770	$35,800	1.30
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	190	$44,820	4.65
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	50	$57,150	0.67
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	70	$88,910	0.55
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	30	$45,320	2.06
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	160	$118,330	1.17
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	390	$36,110	0.64
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$74,310	1.04
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	30	$111,580	0.44
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,030	$39,310	0.99
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	200	$40,860	1.00
Order Clerks `43-4151`	70	$31,630	2.23
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	110	$34,590	0.67
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	350	$29,780	1.47
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9196`	170	$35,560	4.28
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	80	$47,780	0.46
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	180	$36,930	1.57
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$50,780	0.89
Pharmacists `29-1051`	120	$130,050	0.91
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	190	$38,760	0.96
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	80	$37,260	1.25
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	30	$66,650	0.74
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	50	$109,710	0.46
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	50	$287,800	0.35
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	90	$47,370	0.45
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	290	$60,130	1.04
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	140	$55,450	1.00
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	150	$46,090	0.76
Print Binding and Finishing Workers `51-5113`	60	$37,890	4.09
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	310	$35,200	5.11
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	40	$57,820	1.05
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	680	$38,240	6.44
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	450	$47,540	2.73
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	300	$98,590	0.67
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	30	$59,520	0.26
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	60	$75,500	0.47
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	60	$49,720	1.28
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	100	$62,440	1.06
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	40	$46,430	0.51
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	340	$34,570	0.90
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	130	$22,980	0.90
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	40	$48,420	0.57
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,000	$83,290	0.71
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,360	$29,140	0.83
Sales Managers `11-2022`	180	$139,960	0.69
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	300	$59,500	0.56
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	790	$65,930	1.53
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	60	Not available	1.67
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	350	$65,500	0.78
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	590	$37,440	0.83
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	90	$48,490	0.43
Security Guards `33-9032`	130	$37,820	0.25
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	60	$56,520	0.42
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	440	$34,180	10.05
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	790	$38,910	2.29
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	30	$30,600	0.29
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$67,600	0.58
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	120	$36,190	0.64
Software Developers `15-1252`	280	$115,480	0.39
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	90	$59,440	0.80
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,040	$33,370	0.88
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	50	$50,050	0.26
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	30	$57,590	0.67
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	120	$76,420	2.48
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	470	$27,970	0.79
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	60	$56,670	1.01
Tellers `43-3071`	110	$38,660	0.80
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders `51-6061`	150	$44,940	68.89
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-6062`	570	$37,820	152.10
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-6063`	1,220	$39,840	222.31
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-6064`	3,370	$38,670	364.53
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other `51-6099`	890	$32,220	156.47
Training and Development Managers `11-3131`	30	$129,730	1.49
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	210	$58,230	1.08
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	120	$105,800	1.26
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	680	$17,930	0.72
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	60	$60,380	1.04
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	120	$47,190	0.71