Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area

208 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 2500001.

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
General and Operations Managers	1,370
Retail Salespersons	1,300
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,120
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,110
Cashiers	990
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	960
Waiters and Waitresses	840
Office Clerks, General	800
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	770
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	760
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	670
Stockers and Order Fillers	630
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	580
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	560
Cooks, Restaurant	540
Carpenters	510
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	490
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	470
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	460
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	450

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
Library Assistants, Clerical	4.59	100
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	4.44	1,120
Fundraisers	3.76	110
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	3.59	120
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	3.53	130
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	3.36	100
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	3.21	110
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	3.20	130
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	3.05	270
Carpenters	2.86	510
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	2.60	110
Social and Community Service Managers	2.56	140
Healthcare Social Workers	2.53	130
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	2.50	120
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	2.35	670
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	2.27	150
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations)	2.20	290
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations)	2.15	270
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	2.06	140
Speech-Language Pathologists	2.03	100

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$359,840
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$181,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$161,850
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$159,990
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$155,450
Software Developers	$154,340
Marketing Managers	$144,470
Nurse Practitioners	$144,210
Pharmacists	$140,820
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$136,150
Loan Officers	$134,980
Human Resources Managers	$131,400
Sales Managers	$129,040
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$126,040
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$124,640
Personal Financial Advisors	$123,540
Management Analysts	$122,870
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$120,620
Construction Managers	$115,520
Fundraising Managers	$111,810

All 208 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	310	$93,320	0.82
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	80	$89,120	1.15
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	80	$38,810	1.17
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval `17-1011`	50	$120,620	1.83
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	30	$62,970	1.19
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	160	$62,870	0.87
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$37,090	1.40
Bakers `51-3011`	110	$42,240	1.76
Bartenders `35-3011`	380	$39,040	1.89
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	50	$55,300	0.46
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	450	$61,770	1.23
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	100	$50,450	0.91
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	40	$53,460	0.84
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	90	$73,360	1.15
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	150	$80,330	0.53
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	100	$77,730	0.78
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	40	$58,050	2.10
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels `53-5021`	30	$84,220	3.31
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	100	$85,060	3.36
Carpenters `47-2031`	510	$67,000	2.86
Cashiers `41-2011`	990	$36,160	1.21
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	100	$69,310	1.94
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	210	$74,630	2.01
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	110	$43,530	0.80
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	30	$47,050	0.32
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	30	$86,580	0.38
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	50	$60,750	0.81
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	70	$57,510	4.11
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	60	$83,960	0.57
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	40	$105,000	0.32
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	100	$66,480	0.51
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	70	$161,850	0.38
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `19-1031`	50	$79,780	6.71
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	310	$59,140	1.06
Construction Managers `11-9021`	180	$115,520	1.74
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	60	$91,260	1.50
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	Not available	$40,710
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	120	$47,410	1.05
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	540	$47,480	1.44
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$98,330	0.97
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	90	$47,340	0.87
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	120	$61,720	2.50
Crossing Guards and Flaggers `33-9091`	40	$47,100	1.74
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	430	$48,200	0.62
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	80	$46,420	1.66
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	30	$106,230	0.45
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	70	$55,880	0.66
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$76,910	1.74
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	120	$36,760	0.82
Dishwashers `35-9021`	220	$37,060	1.75
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$54,570	0.67
Editors `27-3041`	40	$57,550	1.44
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	270	$124,640	3.05
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	180	$78,330	1.94
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	70	$126,040	1.87
Electricians `47-2111`	290	$79,730	1.46
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	490	$99,490	1.33
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	60	$42,620	1.31
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	180	$76,740	1.48
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	130	$38,020	1.55
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	90	$104,210	2.11
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	30	$359,840	1.07
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	960	$36,580	0.94
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	140	$159,990	0.61
Firefighters `33-2011`	180	$55,850	1.98
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	270	$83,680	1.23
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	60	$50,520	2.12
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	60	Not available	2.46
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	370	$48,440	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$59,560	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	110	$63,540	3.21
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	160	$85,010	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	380	$70,910	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	130	$94,350	3.20
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	200	$78,770	1.14
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	350	$57,150	1.16
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	110	$66,740	0.66
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	60	$37,870	1.35
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	260	$41,040	1.10
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	40	$37,480	0.56
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	60	$97,090	0.94
Fundraisers `13-1131`	110	$64,570	3.76
Fundraising Managers `11-2033`	40	$111,810	3.67
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,370	$103,420	1.47
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	30	$74,470	0.62
Health Education Specialists `21-1091`	30	$65,420	1.74
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	130	$58,300	2.53
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	150	$72,760	1.41
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	470	$64,410	0.85
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	30	$63,340	0.83
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,110	$42,430	0.97
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	210	$34,540	1.86
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	140	$39,670	2.06
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	30	$131,400	0.54
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	160	$79,030	0.64
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	80	$102,020	0.85
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	100	$71,540	0.88
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	40	$136,150	0.61
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	50	$57,230	0.23
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	50	$34,940	1.29
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	100	$56,490	0.62
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	80	$81,540	1.30
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	30	$63,750	0.58
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	70	$77,790	0.56
Interior Designers `27-1025`	60	$79,480	2.91
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	580	$45,120	0.99
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$88,890	1.48
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	390	$45,500	0.49
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	1,120	$49,810	4.44
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	40	$38,650	0.70
Lawyers `23-1011`	40	$109,970	0.22
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	130	$70,040	3.53
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	100	$38,720	4.59
Library Technicians `25-4031`	40	$53,090	1.94
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	80	$82,930	0.49
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	380	$43,630	1.44
Loan Officers `13-2072`	50	$134,980	0.62
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	50	$82,380	0.68
Machinists `51-4041`	140	$64,890	1.79
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	230	$39,120	0.99
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	460	$57,360	1.14
Management Analysts `13-1111`	50	$122,870	0.23
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	50	$155,450	0.32
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	210	$80,820	0.88
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$144,470	0.51
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	30	$99,880	0.43
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	90	$49,020	0.42
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	180	$51,470	0.69
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	260	$88,060	1.65
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	80	$76,260	2.19
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	90	$63,610	2.45
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	30	$47,620	0.74
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	300	$80,180	1.79
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	180	$46,550	0.49
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3051`	30	$72,800	4.92
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$108,120	0.64
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	70	$144,210	0.77
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	280	$45,930	0.73
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$75,290	0.96
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	90	$102,110	2.18
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	30	$75,040	2.46
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	800	$51,860	1.21
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	220	$75,950	1.70
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	40	$44,060	0.36
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	80	$37,100	0.53
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	120	$56,210	2.02
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	50	$72,970	0.45
Paramedics `29-2043`	60	$70,560	2.16
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	60	$43,140	0.82
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	30	$62,410	0.79
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	30	$123,540	0.48
Pharmacists `29-1051`	60	$140,820	0.66
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	70	$49,290	0.59
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	80	$109,180	1.19
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$181,760	0.83
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	270	$76,160	2.15
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	340	$74,840	1.93
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	60	$61,570	3.01
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	100	$57,820	1.11
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	130	$55,200	1.01
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) `27-2012`	40	$60,060	0.93
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	60	$69,750	0.62
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	90	$96,270	0.31
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	90	$94,930	1.14
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	70	$70,000	0.92
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	60	$73,190	2.31
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	40	$88,350	0.68
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	100	Not available	1.98
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	200	$44,940	0.84
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	130	$42,720	1.46
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	770	$105,960	0.85
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	70	$68,430	2.81
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	60	$51,000	2.65
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,300	$37,630	1.25
Sales Managers `11-2022`	50	$129,040	0.27
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	200	$72,790	0.61
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	240	$74,350	0.73
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	40	$106,490	0.56
School Psychologists `19-3034`	60	$102,270	3.24
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	670	$80,680	2.35
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	560	$56,340	1.24
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	90	$60,860	0.73
Security Guards `33-9032`	100	$44,300	0.29
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	180	$71,680	2.02
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	200	$49,280	0.93
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	150	$42,630	2.27
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	140	$79,060	2.56
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	150	$48,040	1.25
Software Developers `15-1252`	60	$154,340	0.14
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	110	$92,470	1.54
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	60	$84,260	2.18
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	110	$82,890	2.60
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	100	$100,420	2.03
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	630	$39,390	0.84
Stonemasons `47-2022`	Not available	$63,310
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	290	$62,030	2.20
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	130	$42,580	0.94
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	760	$44,610	2.01
Tellers `43-3071`	120	$47,610	1.35
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) `39-7010`	90	$36,120	6.21
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	70	$58,090	0.55
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	50	$110,700	0.81
Tutors `25-3041`	30	$58,750	0.67
Urban and Regional Planners `19-3051`	70	$75,880	6.01
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	30	$37,650	0.93
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	80	$48,110	2.25
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	840	$38,700	1.38
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	120	$64,830	3.59