Fairbanks-College, AK

207 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 21820.

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
Retail Salespersons	1,040
Stockers and Order Fillers	840
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	800
Cashiers	670
General and Operations Managers	630
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	630
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	590
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	590
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	540
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	500
Waiters and Waitresses	490
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	470
Office Clerks, General	430
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	430
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	400
Food Preparation Workers	390
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	380
Cooks, Fast Food	370
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	360
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	340

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
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	22.94	100
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations)	11.30	140
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	6.35	260
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations)	6.31	130
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	4.42	100
Medical Records Specialists	4.22	190
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	3.92	130
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	3.82	430
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	3.52	110
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	2.76	240
Cooks, Fast Food	2.47	370
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	2.34	340
Social and Community Service Managers	2.20	110
Parts Salespersons	2.19	140
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.14	110
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	2.12	120
Construction Managers	2.02	180
Administrative Services Managers	1.97	120
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	1.96	130
Food Preparation Workers	1.86	390

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Pharmacists	$173,340
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$164,910
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$159,570
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$150,930
Nurse Practitioners	$144,300
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$137,880
Construction Managers	$137,470
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$135,980
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$133,220
Dental Hygienists	$131,860
Medical and Health Services Managers	$131,310
Massage Therapists	$130,590
Lawyers	$129,660
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$129,270
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$123,240
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$122,760
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$122,260
Human Resources Managers	$116,060
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$115,410
General and Operations Managers	$114,990

All 207 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	170	$82,500	0.51
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	120	$108,300	1.97
Air Traffic Controllers `53-2021`	80	$103,230	15.17
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	130	$81,520	3.92
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	40	$41,390	0.45
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	80	$37,800	1.29
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	110	$159,570	2.14
Atmospheric and Space Scientists `19-2021`	40	$94,380	16.69
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	80	$61,820	2.21
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	270	$61,060	1.65
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$41,830	1.57
Bartenders `35-3011`	260	$31,840	1.45
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	40	$54,080	0.40
Biological Technicians `19-4021`	60	$47,380	3.43
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	470	$59,320	1.45
Budget Analysts `13-2031`	40	$86,380	3.90
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	130	$72,970	1.96
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	360	$94,740	1.40
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	30	$57,920	0.99
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	130	$79,680	1.12
Cargo and Freight Agents (2 O*NET occupations) `43-5011`	70	$57,480	3.18
Carpenters `47-2031`	280	$84,970	1.79
Cashiers `41-2011`	670	$37,340	0.92
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	40	$92,410	0.84
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	90	$55,130	1.88
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	50	$150,930	1.06
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	120	$68,180	1.27
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	100	$36,750	0.80
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	40	$66,350	2.78
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	240	$111,080	2.76
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	120	$41,000	1.32
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	50	$49,140	0.82
Commercial Pilots `53-2012`	60	$103,570	4.98
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	40	$54,750	2.51
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	80	$92,970	0.77
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	110	$103,770	1.09
Computer Programmers `15-1251`	30	$90,730	1.40
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$80,530	0.41
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	100	$62,970	0.58
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	90	$135,980	0.56
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `19-1031`	50	$77,640	8.52
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	330	$60,990	1.30
Construction Managers `11-9021`	180	$137,470	2.02
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	370	$37,010	2.47
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	170	$49,340	1.62
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	280	$40,150	0.84
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	120	$45,340	1.27
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	50	$58,780	1.27
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	230	$44,980	0.38
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	40	Not available	0.72
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	140	$56,810	1.52
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$131,860	1.41
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	90	$27,740	0.70
Dishwashers `35-9021`	150	$32,900	1.37
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	80	$62,130	1.74
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	140	$48,530	1.44
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas `47-5023`	60	$94,600	12.32
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	40	$80,220	0.48
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	40	$111,090	0.79
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	40	$133,220	1.47
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	30	$97,990	2.16
Electricians `47-2111`	260	$97,860	1.48
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	290	$79,160	0.90
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	40	$63,860	0.99
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	50	$89,170	3.56
Environmental Engineers `17-2081`	50	$109,410	5.43
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health `19-4042`	40	$60,990	4.90
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	130	$88,640	6.31
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	150	$64,310	1.35
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	90	$42,950	1.17
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	70	$123,240	2.00
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	800	$30,170	0.89
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	190	$122,260	0.98
Firefighters `33-2011`	Not available	$50,840
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	330	$103,570	1.75
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	50	$54,850	1.88
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	50	$73,690	1.96
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	240	$45,730	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	90	$59,200	2.11
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	340	$98,110	2.34
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	60	$78,480	1.25
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	540	$73,620	1.59
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	30	$59,240	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	50	$137,880	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	70	$85,650	0.46
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	400	$59,660	1.54
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	200	$61,630	1.37
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	390	$34,530	1.86
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	60	$84,610	1.07
Fundraisers `13-1131`	30	$70,860	1.27
Gambling Service Workers, All Other `39-3019`	60	$41,750	17.94
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	630	$114,990	0.77
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers `19-2042`	70	$100,250	12.86
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	50	$36,610	0.70
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	70	$48,170	1.72
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	90	$93,820	0.96
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	590	$76,560	1.21
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	100	$44,760	4.42
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	40	$42,620	1.13
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	590	$42,550	0.59
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	80	$31,020	0.75
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	100	$37,150	1.65
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$116,060	0.93
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	140	$77,760	0.66
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	130	$91,330	1.25
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	60	$47,200	0.31
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	40	$114,990	0.86
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	110	$56,470	3.52
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	70	$77,580	1.37
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	40	$50,440	0.40
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	500	$43,420	0.97
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	280	$44,820	0.40
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	130	$48,520	0.57
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$37,580	1.51
Lawyers `23-1011`	90	$129,660	0.50
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	50	$59,800	1.39
Library Technicians `25-4031`	50	$61,960	3.03
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	Not available	$76,690
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `19-4099`	30	$86,530	1.94
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	120	$50,480	0.53
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$49,170	0.94
Loan Officers `13-2072`	50	$64,990	0.81
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	110	$94,740	1.82
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	310	$37,540	1.55
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	380	$62,520	1.06
Management Analysts `13-1111`	80	$106,870	0.38
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	180	$129,270	1.24
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	40	$47,990	1.06
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	50	$56,920	0.24
Massage Therapists `31-9011`	50	$130,590	2.12
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	50	$122,760	0.69
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	180	$52,140	0.94
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	190	$61,090	4.22
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	290	$50,340	1.27
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	170	$131,310	1.24
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	50	$56,800	1.59
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	60	$47,960	1.49
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	120	$78,660	0.85
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers `17-2151`	30	$102,010	23.03
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	40	$49,910	0.12
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	260	$104,000	6.35
Motorcycle Mechanics `49-3052`	40	$49,110	12.86
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-9121`	70	$115,410	2.74
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	100	$86,690	1.30
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	80	$144,300	1.01
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$100,230	1.22
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	30	$103,850	0.83
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	430	$49,410	0.75
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	40	$59,860	0.95
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	430	$82,390	3.82
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	90	$42,700	0.67
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	50	$61,420	0.94
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	60	$71,390	0.60
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	140	$45,160	2.19
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$64,240	1.38
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	30	$62,430	0.49
Pharmacists `29-1051`	50	$173,340	0.67
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	80	$55,850	0.68
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	50	$113,570	0.80
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	70	$164,910	1.84
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	200	$96,670	1.85
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	110	$105,370	0.67
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	40	$57,700	0.53
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations) `51-8013`	60	$88,870	8.87
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	60	$57,680	0.57
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	40	$55,300	3.11
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	40	$68,180	0.44
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	200	$103,530	0.79
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	30	$78,310	0.46
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	80	$64,480	1.21
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	40	$89,840	0.90
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	160	$47,260	0.76
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	50	$61,040	0.67
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks `43-4181`	90	$45,950	3.18
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,040	$37,550	1.14
Sales Managers `11-2022`	90	$96,970	0.61
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	120	$51,550	0.42
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	80	$59,840	0.28
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	30	$77,410	0.47
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	60	Not available	3.18
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	160	$78,740	0.66
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	630	$47,860	1.58
Security Guards `33-9032`	130	$60,400	0.44
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	50	$75,750	1.81
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	110	$53,080	0.57
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	120	$42,360	2.12
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	40	$62,540	2.73
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	110	$86,850	2.20
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	140	$50,240	1.32
Software Developers `15-1252`	70	$101,260	0.17
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	40	$108,700	1.04
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	840	$40,850	1.27
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	100	$83,680	0.91
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	30	$75,640	1.20
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	260	$31,090	0.80
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	60	$97,860	1.82
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	60	$100,680	2.43
Tellers `43-3071`	130	$45,690	1.66
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	90	$44,890	3.43
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) `39-7010`	140	$38,730	11.30
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	60	$70,870	0.53
Tutors `25-3041`	90	$45,480	2.11
Urban and Regional Planners `19-3051`	40	$99,630	3.57
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	490	$26,530	0.93
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	40	$99,840	1.25
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	70	$80,210	0.75
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists `19-1023`	100	$88,740	22.94