Grand Island, NE

192 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 24260.

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
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,250
Retail Salespersons	1,070
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	970
General and Operations Managers	870
Cashiers	860
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	830
Stockers and Order Fillers	670
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	660
Nursing Assistants	590
Waiters and Waitresses	570
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	540
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	470
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	460
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	460
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	440
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	440
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	420
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	410
Customer Service Representatives	410
Office Clerks, General	410

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
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	12.36	120
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	4.76	460
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	4.30	410
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	3.10	470
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	2.52	110
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.46	320
Highway Maintenance Workers	2.46	100
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.41	410
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	2.33	150
Tellers	2.25	190
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	2.21	120
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	2.18	160
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	2.08	160
Parts Salespersons	1.99	140
Loan Officers	1.93	130
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1.84	970
Driver/Sales Workers	1.83	190
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1.65	160
Nursing Assistants	1.60	590
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	1.58	170

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$177,730
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$173,690
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$141,590
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$137,100
Sales Managers	$134,750
Pharmacists	$134,520
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$130,350
Nurse Practitioners	$125,690
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$123,040
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$109,480
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$109,460
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$107,650
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$107,610
Medical and Health Services Managers	$103,220
Lawyers	$103,150
Veterinarians	$103,050
Financial Examiners	$101,690
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$100,340
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$99,030
Construction Managers	$98,880

All 192 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	300	$68,090	0.81
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	60	$97,130	0.89
Agricultural Equipment Operators `45-2091`	60	$44,310	8.45
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	60	$28,080	0.61
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	40	$28,990	0.62
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	30	$130,350	0.59
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$50,440	0.96
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	260	$53,250	1.46
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$36,020	1.50
Bakers `51-3011`	30	$34,850	0.50
Bartenders `35-3011`	260	$28,910	1.38
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	110	$46,490	1.09
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	440	$46,610	1.25
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	160	$59,490	2.18
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	50	$67,200	0.19
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	40	$37,490	1.20
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	70	$66,710	0.58
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	70	$66,050	2.45
Carpenters `47-2031`	230	$48,350	1.37
Cashiers `41-2011`	860	$30,050	1.10
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	120	$49,350	2.21
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	70	Not available	1.96
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	70	$173,690	1.27
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	160	$49,810	1.65
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	320	$30,000	2.46
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	40	$90,910	0.38
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	30	$74,550	0.42
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	460	$50,320	4.76
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	70	$57,120	0.85
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	70	$61,110	1.79
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	70	$67,050	0.62
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	60	$57,040	1.48
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	80	$49,680	0.46
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$123,040	0.31
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers `49-2011`	40	$40,530	2.32
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	410	$45,370	1.47
Construction Managers `11-9021`	100	$98,880	1.05
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	90	$29,970	0.56
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	130	$35,630	1.15
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	200	$36,500	0.56
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	80	$31,060	2.22
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	90	$62,470	0.93
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$64,200	1.03
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	130	$37,870	1.30
Couriers and Messengers `43-5021`	40	Not available	2.11
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	40	$56,450	0.82
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	410	$45,070	0.63
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	100	$46,910	1.01
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	60	$85,660	1.06
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	80	$30,500	0.55
Dishwashers `35-9021`	80	$29,690	0.67
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$49,590	1.10
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	190	$30,470	1.83
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	80	$109,460	0.99
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	90	$109,480	0.96
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	90	$84,450	2.71
Electricians `47-2111`	260	$52,470	1.33
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	360	$64,530	1.03
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	30	Not available	0.67
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	40	$59,000	0.33
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	50	$28,320	0.62
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$99,030	1.35
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	40	$177,730	1.54
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	120	$49,110	12.36
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,250	$29,150	1.27
Financial Examiners `13-2061`	30	$101,690	1.89
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$137,100	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	210	$63,590	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	330	$38,480	1.07
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	50	$50,530	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$48,710	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	210	$74,180	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	70	$76,410	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	290	$60,790	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$98,880	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	410	$66,820	2.41
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	310	$46,380	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	160	$62,360	1.01
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	190	$34,590	0.85
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	160	$32,820	2.08
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	60	$57,240	1.04
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	870	$79,520	0.97
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	50	$55,790	0.96
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	60	$30,740	0.77
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	30	$66,280	0.69
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	80	$58,070	0.77
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	970	$60,810	1.84
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	100	$53,830	2.46
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	320	$36,730	0.29
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	90	$30,020	0.78
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	90	$30,230	1.33
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	200	$62,100	0.85
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	60	$80,200	0.61
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	170	$62,350	1.48
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	150	$107,650	2.33
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	280	$50,730	1.41
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	470	$49,740	3.10
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	30	$80,690	0.57
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	160	$74,500	1.33
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	80	$38,180	2.18
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	410	$37,330	0.72
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	70	$64,940	2.59
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	660	$44,370	0.89
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	230	$36,750	0.94
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$35,310	1.37
Lawyers `23-1011`	50	$103,150	0.27
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	60	$37,700	1.54
Library Technicians `25-4031`	30	$48,470	1.80
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	200	$61,090	1.23
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	250	$44,920	1.00
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$47,840	0.86
Loan Officers `13-2072`	130	$72,310	1.93
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$68,510	0.63
Machinists `51-4041`	90	$67,430	1.20
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	220	$30,440	1.00
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	460	$55,740	1.19
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	$76,060	0.25
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	70	$107,610	0.42
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	80	$51,980	0.36
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	100	$40,370	0.46
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$51,650	1.05
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	140	$44,580	0.57
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	150	$103,220	0.99
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	30	$37,040	0.73
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	180	$65,480	1.15
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	370	$55,120	1.03
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	90	$56,450	3.76
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	110	$64,690	2.52
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other `53-3099`	30	$34,580	2.53
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	70	$50,960	2.25
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	40	$76,610	0.50
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	60	$47,260	6.80
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	80	$125,690	0.98
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	590	$38,880	1.60
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	60	$87,190	1.51
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	410	$36,400	0.66
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	120	$55,020	1.00
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	50	$44,750	2.53
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	60	$37,830	3.38
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	410	$48,510	4.30
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	60	$44,550	1.00
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	140	$46,960	1.99
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$59,620	0.91
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	40	$77,370	0.65
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation `37-3012`	40	$39,160	5.21
Pharmacists `29-1051`	70	$134,520	0.91
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	120	$46,820	1.02
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	40	$37,810	0.99
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	60	$60,880	2.12
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	90	$87,080	1.34
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$141,590	0.90
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	150	$55,850	1.30
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	190	$73,710	1.12
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	90	$55,490	1.02
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	40	$52,270	3.10
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	70	$50,230	0.70
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	50	$77,730	0.19
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	40	$46,380	0.56
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	30	$59,780	0.44
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	80	$68,860	1.42
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	250	$37,400	1.08
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	830	$82,590	0.97
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,070	$30,830	1.08
Roofers `47-2181`	90	$39,700	2.60
Sales Managers `11-2022`	60	$134,750	0.39
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	140	$44,300	0.44
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	420	$64,420	1.32
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	30	$77,700	0.45
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	340	$64,910	1.26
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	540	$44,450	1.25
Security Guards `33-9032`	90	$38,850	0.26
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	90	$29,400	1.10
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9012`	40	$36,310	2.66
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	270	$46,090	1.30
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	90	$33,440	1.41
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	40	$68,340	0.69
Software Developers `15-1252`	50	$96,260	0.11
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	80	$64,080	1.28
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	70	$65,620	1.57
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$86,270	1.36
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	670	$34,650	0.94
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	100	$60,320	0.83
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	440	$28,080	1.22
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	70	$59,590	1.91
Tellers `43-3071`	190	$37,440	2.25
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	150	$64,900	1.33
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	80	$100,340	1.34
Veterinarians `29-1131`	30	$103,050	1.53
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	50	$34,920	1.56
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	570	$29,840	0.99
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	40	$62,920	1.21
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	170	$48,940	1.58