JobAfterNext

Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area

278 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 2300001.

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

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.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)$366,660
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$363,850
Family Medicine Physicians$257,230
Marketing Managers$146,550
Computer and Information Systems Managers$142,780
Pharmacists$138,920
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$134,650
Human Resources Managers$133,650
Software Developers$130,600
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$130,520
Veterinarians$129,440
Nurse Practitioners$127,800
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$126,970
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$126,920
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$122,930
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations)$118,580
Management Analysts$110,990
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$109,990
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)$106,330
Medical and Health Services Managers$104,750
All 278 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011370$79,5000.64
Administrative Services Managers 11-301280$94,8500.71
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 25-301150$58,4903.52
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-209150$46,4904.31
Agricultural Inspectors 45-201170$37,62012.41
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians 53-301150$31,5209.42
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091120$35,6700.76
Animal Caretakers 39-202160$35,7000.54
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 17-101130$65,1000.79
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904140$134,6500.40
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302150$53,0200.82
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023410$47,7001.45
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-6031130$30,4703.07
Bakers 51-3011110$36,5301.15
Bartenders 35-3011280$47,8300.92
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021120$45,5200.71
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-30311,240$47,0502.24
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051330$43,6902.00
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031160$52,0401.36
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199210$70,5700.47
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-101140$84,6301.07
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021150$35,7402.75
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-102090$73,7400.47
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-701180$42,9002.72
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 53-502150$64,4903.64
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119460$61,4301.32
Cargo and Freight Agents (2 O*NET occupations) 43-501170$47,2101.69
Carpenters 47-2031770$62,4702.83
Cashiers 41-20111,950$33,9801.56
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-205160$50,1200.73
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-1011100$55,9001.22
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-1011180$109,9902.21
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021240$63,2901.48
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011450$37,1502.13
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-205130$90,2800.22
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103150$95,7300.40
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061120$37,4400.79
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010100$68,9800.71
Coaches and Scouts 27-202280$36,6700.84
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-912470$51,5401.06
Community Health Workers 21-109450$49,5201.81
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041300$94,9901.80
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129940$91,5600.21
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121190Not available0.41
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232180$65,9600.63
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302170$142,7800.27
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-103140$78,9104.00
Construction Laborers 47-2061380$45,2300.85
Construction Managers 11-9021130$91,1400.81
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401160$71,9301.00
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 49-901230$65,0801.78
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011180$37,3000.71
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012270$38,5201.54
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014540$44,8700.95
Cooks, Short Order 35-2015190$35,1603.37
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012170$46,2801.09
Cost Estimators 13-105150$73,1800.54
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021100$42,0000.59
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031230$48,1303.12
Crossing Guards and Flaggers 33-909140$43,4801.05
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051440$42,2900.41
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-903240$49,7902.14
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-205140$82,5600.35
Database Administrators 15-124230$59,3401.12
Dental Assistants 31-9091130$47,9100.80
Dental Hygienists 29-129290$94,6400.99
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-3021140$106,3303.02
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203230$85,7400.88
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011140$39,1000.63
Dishwashers 35-9021290$35,0201.50
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-503280$55,2800.98
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031130$34,7300.79
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032290$99,1702.15
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-903390$82,9001.20
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012200$56,0401.41
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051160$95,7903.08
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209480$79,2403.07
Electricians 47-2111260$73,8500.85
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,010$60,2401.79
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061100$50,8601.61
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042140$44,9701.93
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 25-103250$76,8602.94
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204140$62,6901.02
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 47-502230$49,0702.44
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011200$67,4801.06
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-903170$44,6300.53
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301380$91,5601.22
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121560$257,2301.46
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-304140$62,4502.38
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-209250$37,4400.49
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 45-209340$34,2802.68
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30231,540$34,0900.99
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators 51-205190$47,86013.55
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031220$126,9200.65
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 13-2099180$366,6603.44
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205140$77,4800.29
Firefighters 33-2011220$47,4601.57
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011270$69,5100.82
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102140$70,1200.97
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012370$47,1500.74
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-101180$49,3101.09
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-1012110$60,2102.11
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011270$74,5701.08
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011570$62,6900.98
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102230$56,1500.73
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101280$80,9301.23
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011270$71,3201.00
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011640$51,5501.40
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047250$57,7800.98
Fish and Game Wardens 33-303160$73,26027.30
Food Batchmakers 51-3092Not available$45,760
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 51-309330$51,6602.56
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021600$35,0201.66
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-304150$35,4600.45
Food Service Managers 11-9051100$70,5101.07
Fundraisers 13-1131110$71,7002.37
Funeral Attendants 39-402140$38,1803.13
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,360$81,5000.96
Graphic Designers 27-102450$58,0700.59
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-501250$39,3100.44
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209940$43,0200.58
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102260$61,7400.84
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-909930$34,4700.78
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021280$61,9601.68
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,370$50,4501.65
Helpers--Electricians 47-301380$47,2902.94
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909850$50,4401.35
Helpers--Production Workers 51-919860$43,4300.88
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051260$47,1304.23
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,360$38,3600.78
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031160$34,9700.93
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081300$36,2602.87
Human Resources Managers 11-312140$133,6500.48
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071170$73,9900.47
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-211240$98,1200.24
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041130$75,8300.75
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-305170$130,5200.71
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051310$47,2101.00
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419950$37,8400.90
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061160$46,9500.66
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909970$53,5000.97
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall 47-213130$46,9501.81
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-904190$48,1501.05
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021170$56,4000.90
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-411180$39,0601.34
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,000$38,6601.12
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201280$47,3101.89
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-7062620$38,2600.52
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011770$45,2901.99
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011110$36,4501.40
Lawyers 23-101190$100,5900.31
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601250$44,6200.80
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022100$48,1301.91
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-412170$33,7201.98
Library Technicians 25-403150$39,5001.73
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-206190$62,7100.34
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033340$40,1700.84
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413180$46,6001.16
Loan Officers 13-207290$81,7400.85
Lodging Managers 11-9081100$58,6705.66
Logging Equipment Operators 45-4022300$44,78035.76
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108140$53,8200.36
Machinists 51-404160$49,9300.51
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012730$36,8502.10
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-904370$57,8603.08
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071780$48,0001.25
Management Analysts 13-1111Not available$110,990
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199150$122,9300.61
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161170$73,1200.48
Marketing Managers 11-202140$146,5500.28
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022100$37,0101.76
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214140$81,4200.33
Medical Assistants 31-9092490$45,6901.47
Medical Equipment Preparers 31-909390$49,0702.85
Medical Records Specialists 29-207270$45,1500.90
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013390$44,0801.00
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111170$104,7500.69
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-1023170$52,0203.16
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102630$51,6400.46
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022320$61,0201.26
Millwrights 49-904480$66,0804.90
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090540$38,6700.96
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902350Not available1.27
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042140$59,3101.93
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 53-309930$30,6301.64
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-305160$58,8606.36
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244110$78,1000.90
New Accounts Clerks 43-414170$44,5604.66
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171150$127,8001.12
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,050$42,7501.80
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 25-107240$75,3101.35
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501140$92,9600.76
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112290$81,5401.42
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,310$43,3501.31
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073250$50,1401.31
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205730$40,9001.21
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 49-305360$45,1903.81
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111170$42,9101.14
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064150$37,8300.66
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-2141110$49,5301.23
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9196320$63,5208.27
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-201190$60,8100.58
Paramedics 29-204380$61,5602.07
Parts Salespersons 41-2022180$44,0901.62
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 47-207140$51,4702.63
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305150$58,4000.86
Pharmacists 29-1051140$138,9201.10
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052270$40,2801.42
Phlebotomists 31-909750$39,0400.82
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202140$62,4700.84
Physical Therapists 29-1123170$95,3801.55
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107170$126,9701.09
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-122960$363,8500.45
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152120$62,9500.66
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051270$61,8900.98
Postal Service Clerks 43-5051150$61,0504.93
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052180$55,4901.36
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 11-913140$91,5006.99
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011100$46,9500.50
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199110$57,4701.09
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-506190$52,4600.56
Project Management Specialists 13-1082140$80,0600.32
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202050$118,5802.12
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914180$65,0700.66
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909950$49,9401.67
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031100$56,0500.88
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031140$54,9703.45
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034110$78,1001.17
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171330$39,2700.88
Recreation Workers 39-903290$37,4700.68
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-708190$37,5301.46
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,520$80,0101.11
Residential Advisors 39-9041110$39,8003.17
Respiratory Therapists 29-112640$75,6900.63
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,680$36,1501.06
Sailors and Marine Oilers 53-501140$49,5803.20
Sales Managers 11-2022130$92,4400.50
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091110$55,9100.22
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012150$69,5000.29
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401130$76,1600.29
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-7041160$47,0209.97
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031650$63,1001.52
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014560$47,2200.81
Security Guards 33-9032140$43,7700.28
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-302170$44,5800.49
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-901250$60,7901.93
Sewing Machine Operators 51-603160$37,4901.42
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071200$46,4400.62
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053120$35,9501.20
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other 25-106940$66,4105.85
Social Workers, All Other 21-102960$60,2802.42
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151150$69,6801.77
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093380$45,6402.17
Software Developers 15-125260$130,6000.09
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052150$61,5701.42
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205750$61,6601.37
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058100$50,9001.48
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112740$81,6500.60
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 51-802170$61,5805.80
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,360$36,8001.18
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018120$56,3500.62
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031470$34,5102.22
Surgical Technologists 29-205540$60,5400.75
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-90451,140$43,8201.98
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-9052100$93,6602.61
Tellers 43-3071380$39,0602.84
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309340$36,6800.87
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) 39-701030$45,0701.54
Training and Development Specialists 13-115190$63,9500.51
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307140$88,4300.47
Tutors 25-304140$49,8800.52
Veterinarians 29-113150$129,4401.57
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205670$48,8001.41
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031900$38,2000.98
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031160$60,5603.08
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-412170$45,6500.43
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-7042100$44,6403.87
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 19-102330$79,4404.53