Decatur, IL

188 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 19500.

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
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,430
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,350
Cashiers	1,210
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	1,060
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	990
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	970
General and Operations Managers	950
Retail Salespersons	950
Construction Laborers	940
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	790
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	780
Light Truck Drivers	680
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	660
Stockers and Order Fillers	610
Nursing Assistants	600
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	590
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	550
Office Clerks, General	540
Waiters and Waitresses	530
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	500

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
Millwrights	14.81	180
Food Batchmakers	9.50	490
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	3.02	1,350
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	2.99	140
Construction Laborers	2.91	940
Highway Maintenance Workers	2.68	120
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	2.56	1,060
Construction Managers	2.53	280
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	2.47	590
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	2.41	420
Light Truck Drivers	2.37	680
Social and Human Service Assistants	2.13	270
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	2.11	100
Tellers	1.99	190
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	1.82	190
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1.79	350
Electricians	1.78	400
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.72	110
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1.66	200
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	1.65	120

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$429,340
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$212,400
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$183,860
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$160,460
Pharmacists	$145,960
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$133,290
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$132,250
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$131,250
Marketing Managers	$129,310
Human Resources Managers	$128,460
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$128,370
Sales Managers	$126,880
Physical Therapists	$125,600
Nurse Practitioners	$110,820
Software Developers	$110,300
Medical and Health Services Managers	$106,470
Construction Managers	$104,160
Labor Relations Specialists	$103,780
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$103,730
Management Analysts	$103,690

All 188 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	260	$76,720	0.60
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	50	$80,670	0.69
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	90	$31,200	0.73
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	100	$31,670	1.30
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$183,860	0.74
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$54,500	0.91
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	240	$47,880	1.14
Bartenders `35-3011`	320	$31,200	1.44
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	130	$46,330	1.06
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	330	$48,200	0.83
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	Not available	$54,830
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	110	$62,790	1.35
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	140	$73,080	0.43
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	100	$73,780	0.70
Carpenters `47-2031`	180	$87,220	0.90
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,210	$31,320	1.34
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	30	$212,400	0.57
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	160	$57,270	1.40
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	100	$34,740	0.64
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	100	$96,170	0.91
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	60	$75,660	0.60
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	150	$49,370	1.32
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	50	$62,400	0.46
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	60	$38,870	0.87
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	140	$50,650	2.99
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	70	$49,630	3.80
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	30	$41,470	1.04
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	70	$62,810	0.59
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$48,510	0.99
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	30	$56,690	0.64
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	60	$80,410	0.40
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	80	$50,470	0.39
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	60	$128,370	0.31
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	940	$61,270	2.91
Construction Managers `11-9021`	280	$104,160	2.53
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	170	$36,750	1.31
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	320	$36,440	0.78
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$79,230	0.84
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	70	$35,680	0.56
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	Not available	$37,280
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	420	$40,190	0.55
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	60	$47,770	0.56
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	60	$80,930	0.85
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	100	$31,200	0.64
Dishwashers `35-9021`	100	$31,990	0.71
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	50	$56,740	0.80
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	140	$37,560	1.17
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	120	$103,730	1.24
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$50,290	0.97
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	50	$103,030	0.94
Electricians `47-2111`	400	$81,020	1.78
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	370	$59,050	0.92
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	80	$60,490	0.61
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	110	$31,200	1.12
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	90	$85,420	1.93
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	970	$31,200	0.86
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	220	$131,250	0.88
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	30	$72,620	0.28
Firefighters `33-2011`	120	$62,430	1.14
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	370	$75,400	1.57
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	30	$81,470	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	300	$39,730	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$48,250	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	210	$79,390	1.14
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	230	$61,780	0.55
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	350	$91,450	1.79
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	300	$45,350	0.92
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	160	$65,470	0.87
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	490	$57,880	9.50
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	200	$33,450	0.78
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	100	$33,710	1.11
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	80	$63,480	1.08
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	950	$96,120	0.93
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$48,100	0.73
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	70	$32,620	0.83
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	30	Not available	0.63
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	50	$52,680	0.90
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	90	$77,770	0.74
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	990	$59,100	1.63
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	40	$44,960	0.90
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	120	$54,790	2.68
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	780	$37,160	0.62
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	110	$31,250	0.88
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$128,460	0.78
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	140	$63,700	0.52
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	190	Not available	1.82
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	160	$75,380	1.26
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	120	$132,250	1.65
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	170	$53,990	0.76
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	420	$57,700	2.41
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	60	$58,280	0.86
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	40	$59,530	0.28
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	660	$36,140	1.03
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$63,530	1.10
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	70	$103,780	3.51
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,430	$46,010	1.65
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	210	$37,540	0.77
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	60	$34,580	1.04
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$100,790	0.32
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$58,550	0.95
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	70	$34,280	2.95
Library Technicians `25-4031`	40	$50,650	1.98
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	220	$66,750	1.15
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	680	$47,660	2.37
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	70	$46,750	1.39
Loan Officers `13-2072`	90	$75,190	1.09
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	110	$81,760	1.52
Machinists `51-4041`	60	$56,980	0.72
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	230	$34,680	0.91
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	1,350	$61,380	3.02
Management Analysts `13-1111`	90	$103,690	0.35
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	80	$133,290	0.44
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	140	$68,080	0.54
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$129,310	0.44
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	130	Not available	1.51
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	130	$43,060	0.54
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	30	$50,070	0.60
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	220	$41,820	0.77
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	150	$106,470	0.88
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	50	$37,890	1.08
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	180	$59,690	0.98
Millwrights `49-9044`	180	$63,190	14.81
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	1,060	$50,040	2.56
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$94,700	0.57
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	80	$110,820	0.83
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	600	$41,990	1.41
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$79,880	1.42
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	540	$44,040	0.75
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	100	$100,520	0.74
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	160	$59,160	1.48
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	30	$38,570	0.21
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	50	$48,510	0.68
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	30	$59,690	0.29
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	70	$38,000	0.91
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$56,780	0.81
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	90	Not available	1.16
Pharmacists `29-1051`	60	$145,960	0.63
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	180	$40,560	1.32
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	60	$47,720	1.52
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	40	$65,210	1.11
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	40	$125,600	0.51
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	Not available	$429,340
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	180	$76,750	1.35
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	200	$81,800	1.00
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	120	$59,880	1.24
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	130	$42,740	0.95
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	50	$44,980	1.24
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	70	$73,680	0.59
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	60	$102,870	0.20
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	40	$71,780	0.42
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	30	$35,830	0.71
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	30	$59,840	0.36
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	260	$35,690	0.98
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	70	$31,590	0.73
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	790	$87,170	0.80
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	40	$46,260	1.33
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	950	$33,650	0.83
Roofers `47-2181`	60	$74,640	1.44
Sales Managers `11-2022`	110	$126,880	0.58
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	290	$59,550	0.78
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	270	$65,900	0.76
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	310	$62,000	1.00
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	500	$45,890	1.00
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	130	$66,980	0.88
Security Guards `33-9032`	150	$41,220	0.39
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	40	$45,950	0.43
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	590	$46,360	2.47
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	40	$34,950	0.60
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	100	$70,420	1.58
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	270	$45,040	2.13
Software Developers `15-1252`	70	$110,300	0.15
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	40	$65,390	0.53
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	50	$63,520	1.70
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	100	$62,980	2.11
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	50	$81,600	1.00
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	610	$34,800	0.74
Structural Iron and Steel Workers `47-2221`	40	$64,830	2.12
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	130	$51,740	0.91
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	160	$39,000	1.05
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	550	$48,480	1.33
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	40	$73,410	0.88
Tellers `43-3071`	190	$37,160	1.99
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	40	$64,410	2.13
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	210	$36,880	1.58
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	110	$160,460	1.72
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	530	$31,200	0.80
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	50	$62,150	1.29
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	200	$57,670	1.66