El Centro, CA

228 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 20940.

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
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	8,020
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	3,350
Cashiers	1,960
Retail Salespersons	1,900
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,630
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,360
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,190
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,130
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	1,110
Office Clerks, General	1,100
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	950
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	930
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	860
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations)	840
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	780
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)	770
General and Operations Managers	730
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	690
Security Guards	670
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	640

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
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	30.00	3,350
Agricultural Equipment Operators	21.84	260
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	20.69	240
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)	16.07	770
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	8.35	290
Rehabilitation Counselors	6.40	260
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	6.14	100
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations)	4.81	840
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	4.42	8,020
Tutors	3.31	240
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	3.12	690
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	2.95	140
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	2.79	140
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	2.76	180
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	2.48	140
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	1.91	100
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	1.86	1,110
Social and Human Service Assistants	1.76	320
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.76	380
Phlebotomists	1.75	110

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$370,290
Family Medicine Physicians	$220,170
Dentists, General	$217,830
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$177,950
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$172,460
Nurse Practitioners	$164,700
Lawyers	$162,580
Pharmacists	$158,490
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$156,750
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$156,730
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$152,360
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$149,290
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$147,410
School Psychologists	$145,400
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$141,760
Human Resources Managers	$137,930
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$134,950
Speech-Language Pathologists	$133,760
Medical and Health Services Managers	$132,620
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$132,280

All 228 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	300	$76,280	0.50
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	70	$100,560	0.66
Agricultural Equipment Operators `45-2091`	260	$37,200	21.84
Agricultural Inspectors `45-2011`	40	$55,690	5.77
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	80	$34,950	0.45
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	40	$40,880	0.33
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	40	$172,460	0.39
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$68,410	0.72
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	320	$54,330	1.07
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$40,580	0.59
Bartenders `35-3011`	130	$34,620	0.41
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	150	$49,520	0.90
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `19-1029`	60	$93,260	2.50
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	530	$47,960	0.92
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	60	$62,610	0.36
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	140	$70,360	1.17
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	330	$84,170	0.72
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	70	$51,960	1.24
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	100	$76,380	0.51
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	60	$106,620	1.24
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	40	$85,680	0.76
Cargo and Freight Agents (2 O*NET occupations) `43-5011`	80	$44,920	1.87
Carpenters `47-2031`	140	$74,340	0.50
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,960	$35,090	1.51
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	60	$52,760	0.72
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	60	$177,950	0.71
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	220	$60,690	1.31
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	380	$38,220	1.76
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	120	$109,490	0.75
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	240	$36,310	1.52
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	50	$58,240	0.36
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	40	$47,790	0.37
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$53,990	0.87
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	840	$106,750	4.81
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	30	$71,390	0.53
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	30	$103,310	0.18
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	30	$84,610	0.15
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	130	$75,460	0.42
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$152,360	0.17
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	270	$53,560	0.59
Construction Managers `11-9021`	60	$130,630	0.38
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$72,860	0.62
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	330	$40,230	1.23
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	70	$40,980	0.39
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	380	$37,710	0.64
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	50	$68,430	0.49
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	200	$39,050	1.20
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	50	$61,330	0.69
Crossing Guards and Flaggers `33-9091`	70	$34,320	1.86
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	360	$46,240	0.33
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	40	$41,860	0.72
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	130	$56,050	0.78
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	40	$115,870	0.45
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$217,830	0.69
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	770	$123,970	16.07
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	140	$34,320	0.63
Dishwashers `35-9021`	160	$34,990	0.78
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	150	$53,990	1.72
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	160	$46,510	0.94
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers `47-2081`	90	$78,020	2.66
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	170	$156,750	1.23
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	40	$49,620	1.35
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	140	$67,400	2.79
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	200	$141,760	1.38
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	40	$134,950	0.72
Electricians `47-2111`	160	$74,450	0.51
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	860	$100,390	1.48
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	180	$57,110	2.76
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	50	$39,840	0.70
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	40	$95,630	0.97
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	70	$76,050	0.35
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9041`	40	$39,270	1.77
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	70	$102,710	1.03
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	60	$220,170	1.26
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	100	$48,880	6.14
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers `11-9013`	40	$98,630	14.78
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	3,350	$35,140	30.00
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,630	$38,840	1.01
File Clerks `43-4071`	40	$37,170	1.31
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	130	$129,480	0.36
Firefighters `33-2011`	180	$46,080	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	170	$86,010	0.48
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers `45-1011`	240	$64,150	20.69
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	50	$66,820	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	460	$45,600	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$56,060	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$51,470	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	190	$80,640	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$70,430	0.53
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	480	$66,410	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	40	$58,840	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	50	$149,290	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	190	$79,060	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	640	$46,250	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	50	$47,870	1.37
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	240	$58,780	0.92
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	320	$38,610	0.86
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	40	$35,240	1.32
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	50	$35,590	0.38
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	60	$77,290	0.60
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	730	$99,250	0.50
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	30	$49,190	0.39
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	110	$49,880	1.40
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	30	$80,710	0.39
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	80	$45,460	1.67
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	120	$75,220	0.69
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,130	$55,140	1.30
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	90	$38,610	1.30
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	50	$54,480	0.72
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	8,020	$34,320	4.42
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	100	$34,320	0.57
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	100	$36,230	0.87
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	40	$46,010	1.12
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$137,930	0.54
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	220	$71,970	0.58
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	30	$99,330	0.21
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	180	$75,890	0.97
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	80	$132,280	0.75
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	340	$39,650	1.06
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	140	$49,610	2.48
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	110	$46,130	0.42
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$39,550	0.61
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	60	$86,420	0.63
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	80	$45,310	1.36
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	1,190	$40,450	1.27
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	50	$111,880	1.00
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	930	$37,350	0.75
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	280	$43,790	0.70
Lawyers `23-1011`	110	$162,580	0.35
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	30	$78,110	0.58
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	40	$43,470	1.14
Library Technicians `25-4031`	40	$48,520	1.42
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	300	$74,710	1.11
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	90	$34,320	1.29
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	240	$43,380	0.57
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$78,350	0.52
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	50	$65,690	0.50
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	290	$38,460	0.80
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	500	$47,870	0.78
Management Analysts `13-1111`	270	$77,350	0.72
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	360	$147,410	1.36
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	40	$35,090	0.61
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	100	$60,540	0.26
Marriage and Family Therapists `21-1013`	50	$70,370	1.62
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	390	$45,290	1.13
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	60	$60,850	0.72
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists `19-1042`	40	$119,480	0.55
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	290	$45,820	0.73
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	220	$132,620	0.86
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	50	$48,770	0.92
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	250	$104,140	0.97
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	60	$43,590	0.10
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	80	$70,710	1.12
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	40	$88,580	0.30
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	70	$164,700	0.48
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	240	$44,670	0.39
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$81,520	0.75
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,100	$44,500	1.06
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	50	$54,540	0.60
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	240	$70,830	1.22
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	380	$34,320	1.61
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	50	$57,240	0.48
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	60	$63,000	0.36
Parking Attendants `53-6021`	40	$34,350	0.67
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	170	$37,180	1.53
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	100	$57,610	1.51
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	40	$47,100	0.94
Pharmacists `29-1051`	90	$158,490	0.67
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	160	$51,130	0.80
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	110	$46,910	1.75
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	70	$116,950	0.60
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$156,730	0.59
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	40	$370,290	0.25
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	150	$62,390	0.77
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	290	$76,230	1.02
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	40	$63,970	1.35
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	130	$55,930	0.96
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	140	$44,370	0.72
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	40	$57,640	1.90
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	140	$67,000	0.86
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	140	$105,860	0.31
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	100	$58,230	0.73
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `33-9099`	290	$35,750	8.35
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	40	$37,820	0.55
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$93,100	0.31
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	40	$58,560	0.90
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	60	$92,000	0.65
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	160	$41,440	0.42
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	80	$34,900	0.56
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	950	$103,450	0.67
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	260	$43,960	6.40
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,900	$35,490	1.16
Sales Managers `11-2022`	270	$85,670	1.00
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	200	$53,240	0.38
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	360	$73,270	0.70
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	70	$44,160	1.91
School Psychologists `19-3034`	50	$145,400	2.01
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	780	$99,440	1.73
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	540	$49,150	0.75
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	90	$61,090	0.45
Security Guards `33-9032`	670	$37,230	1.24
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	90	$59,600	0.63
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9012`	40	$44,790	1.70
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	230	$44,560	0.67
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	50	$39,430	0.49
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	100	$80,380	1.15
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	320	$45,140	1.76
Software Developers `15-1252`	70	$125,930	0.09
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	180	$99,020	1.60
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	90	$97,000	1.36
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	70	$133,760	0.94
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators `51-8021`	40	$96,150	3.42
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,360	$39,450	1.14
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	220	$73,620	1.05
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	690	$54,420	3.12
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	140	$77,110	2.95
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	1,110	$43,970	1.86
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	50	$89,600	0.76
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	40	$101,650	1.00
Tellers `43-3071`	100	$45,550	0.71
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	70	$36,440	1.64
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	140	$61,010	0.72
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	80	$95,330	0.84
Tutors `25-3041`	240	$49,000	3.31
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	480	$34,320	0.50
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	100	$74,790	1.91
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	30	$39,030	1.45
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	70	$58,350	0.41