Harrisonburg, VA

259 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 25500.

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)	2,590
Retail Salespersons	1,980
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,650
Cashiers	1,460
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,420
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,390
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,290
General and Operations Managers	1,280
Waiters and Waitresses	1,150
Office Clerks, General	1,060
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	1,040
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	980
Production Workers, All Other	930
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	800
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	780
Cooks, Restaurant	740
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	660
Customer Service Representatives	660
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	640
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	600

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
Production Workers, All Other	8.77	930
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	8.67	110
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	8.15	150
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	5.47	220
Coaches and Scouts	4.86	510
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	4.80	110
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	4.28	110
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	3.79	600
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations)	3.66	440
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	3.61	120
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	3.20	1,040
Food Batchmakers	2.78	200
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	2.22	170
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	2.18	400
Printing Press Operators	2.15	130
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	2.11	130
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	2.08	250
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	2.03	110
Instructional Coordinators	2.03	190
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	1.94	340

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$264,970
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$197,580
Dentists, General	$159,220
Sales Managers	$157,260
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$150,560
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$148,200
Marketing Managers	$141,430
Pharmacists	$136,150
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$136,090
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$134,270
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$131,970
Human Resources Managers	$130,590
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations)	$129,960
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$128,410
Lawyers	$127,070
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$126,400
Nurse Practitioners	$122,340
Veterinarians	$119,990
Software Developers	$119,250
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$111,970

All 259 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	450	$76,530	0.74
Agricultural Inspectors `45-2011`	Not available	$45,560
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	140	$28,760	0.82
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	140	$31,980	1.25
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1121`	220	$77,480	5.47
Athletic Trainers `29-9091`	50	$63,230	3.66
Audio and Video Technicians `27-4011`	30	$46,350	1.03
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	80	$49,920	1.21
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	340	$48,930	1.16
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	Not available	$28,490
Bakers `51-3011`	130	$30,200	1.31
Bartenders `35-3011`	280	$44,940	0.87
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	100	$46,920	0.57
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1042`	80	$79,000	3.89
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	500	$47,090	0.87
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	220	$45,950	1.29
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	250	$60,450	2.08
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	230	$63,130	0.51
Business Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1011`	120	$94,950	3.61
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	Not available	$37,470
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	140	$62,240	0.67
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	70	$45,910	2.08
Carpenters `47-2031`	380	$49,650	1.35
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,460	$28,980	1.12
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	100	$47,900	1.19
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	60	$63,270	0.73
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1052`	50	$77,450	5.56
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	$264,970	0.47
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	160	$60,000	0.99
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	170	$29,710	0.76
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	70	$78,770	0.42
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	150	$34,240	0.95
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	40	$85,710	1.19
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	510	$25,810	4.86
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	30	$47,870	0.50
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1122`	110	$77,810	8.67
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	220	$72,680	1.23
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	70	$51,350	1.11
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	60	$44,890	0.90
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	60	$79,530	0.32
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1021`	70	$131,970	4.87
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	60	$91,020	0.29
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	190	$59,310	0.64
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$150,560	0.17
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	480	$43,520	1.03
Construction Managers `11-9021`	110	$98,660	0.66
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	60	$60,930	0.98
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	190	$28,680	0.70
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	200	$37,900	1.07
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	740	$35,920	1.24
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	100	$50,950	0.65
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	100	$73,730	1.07
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	200	$46,120	1.20
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	60	$43,040	0.84
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	660	$39,100	0.60
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	40	$79,560	0.36
Demonstrators and Product Promoters `41-9011`	30	$39,260	1.14
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	170	$45,320	1.02
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	100	$100,620	1.04
Dentists, General `29-1021`	70	$159,220	1.34
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	220	$28,390	0.95
Dishwashers `35-9021`	280	$31,440	1.38
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	80	$58,040	0.96
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	260	$34,380	1.52
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers `47-2081`	40	$47,360	1.28
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	110	$104,960	0.82
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	170	$134,270	2.22
Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1081`	110	$76,370	4.28
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	240	$60,010	1.63
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	40	$45,840	0.97
Electricians `47-2111`	370	$61,880	1.15
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	660	$77,340	1.13
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	80	$48,730	1.29
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1123`	50	$79,840	2.01
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	60	$74,450	1.58
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	120	$56,380	0.61
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	120	$35,020	0.88
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$111,970	0.80
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	70	$48,510	4.28
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	40	$33,810	0.37
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	2,590	$29,240	1.60
File Clerks `43-4071`	70	$25,810	2.16
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	140	$148,200	0.41
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	30	$58,520	0.59
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	40	$93,280	0.24
Firefighters `33-2011`	180	$43,900	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	450	$67,350	1.33
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	50	$47,570	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	60	$63,550	1.54
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	570	$44,560	1.10
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	130	$49,090	1.67
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$58,510	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	340	$79,900	1.31
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	130	Not available	1.46
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	540	$68,800	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	40	$49,300	0.81
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$81,440	0.66
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	490	$73,460	1.74
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	570	$46,870	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	330	$67,300	1.26
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	200	$66,330	2.78
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	240	$32,150	0.65
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	30	$36,230	0.93
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	Not available	$37,960
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	210	$31,710	1.71
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	70	$69,300	0.73
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1124`	60	$80,410	7.37
Fundraisers `13-1131`	90	$75,150	1.86
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,280	$94,320	0.87
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products `45-2041`	80	$35,060	7.59
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	Not available	$56,630
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	110	$27,730	0.89
Health Education Specialists `21-1091`	60	$61,680	2.05
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	110	$98,910	1.14
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	50	$39,200	0.67
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	40	$66,190	0.46
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	340	$60,210	1.94
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,290	$58,660	1.49
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	70	$37,680	2.75
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	60	$40,470	1.37
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	Not available	$35,240
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	80	$49,750	1.22
History Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1125`	50	$82,860	6.19
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	800	$28,820	0.44
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	220	$28,690	1.18
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	140	$30,950	1.23
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	50	$49,660	1.41
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$130,590	0.51
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	240	$62,310	0.62
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	30	$76,210	1.05
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	80	$100,190	0.50
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	400	$64,990	2.18
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	70	$136,090	0.63
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	1,040	$53,440	3.20
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	50	$103,920	0.66
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	50	$47,030	0.87
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	320	$46,170	1.28
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$38,370	0.69
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	190	$77,430	2.03
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	100	$58,950	0.50
Interpreters and Translators `27-3091`	30	$40,580	1.47
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	1,420	$34,180	1.52
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	30	$60,150	0.70
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,390	$38,320	1.12
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	330	$37,180	0.81
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	90	$31,070	1.03
Lawyers `23-1011`	130	$127,070	0.42
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	40	$38,120	0.55
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	110	$76,240	2.03
Library Technicians `25-4031`	70	$34,260	2.37
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	330	$60,830	1.20
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	100	$31,980	1.52
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	300	$34,930	0.73
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	60	$48,900	0.81
Loan Officers `13-2072`	100	$65,010	0.85
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	30	$68,700	0.32
Machine Feeders and Offbearers `53-7063`	150	$45,610	8.15
Machinists `51-4041`	60	$49,900	0.49
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	430	$32,230	1.18
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	780	$50,350	1.21
Management Analysts `13-1111`	170	$96,450	0.45
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	80	$128,410	0.31
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	70	$36,770	1.01
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	290	$61,950	0.76
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	40	$141,430	0.26
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1022`	90	$79,270	4.61
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	300	$39,300	0.87
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	260	$43,580	0.64
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	110	$109,840	0.45
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	80	$50,970	1.33
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	40	$37,420	0.55
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	340	$76,830	1.28
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	340	$52,260	0.58
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	100	$62,730	1.38
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	120	$79,670	0.94
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	90	$122,340	0.69
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	540	$38,830	0.88
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	70	$77,960	1.16
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians `19-5012`	30	$59,550	2.44
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	50	$98,780	0.70
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,060	$44,060	1.03
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	40	$44,880	0.51
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	260	$49,670	1.30
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	30	$62,980	1.09
Order Clerks `43-4151`	30	$37,380	0.96
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	600	$46,150	3.79
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	250	$34,590	1.07
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	Not available	$41,670
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	110	$50,870	0.69
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	220	$43,680	1.89
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$56,800	0.78
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	50	$88,790	0.43
Pharmacists `29-1051`	130	$136,150	0.99
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	300	$43,780	1.51
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1126`	40	$90,430	4.47
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	110	$100,820	0.98
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	40	$126,400	0.62
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	50	$197,580	0.35
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1054`	30	$101,210	6.24
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	240	$52,290	1.24
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	230	$58,260	0.81
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1065`	50	$97,370	7.00
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	40	$64,670	1.19
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	130	$60,550	0.93
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	120	$34,740	0.62
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	130	$64,180	2.15
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	40	$54,100	1.03
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) `27-2012`	30	$60,830	0.54
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	930	$36,280	8.77
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	140	$54,870	0.86
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	330	$84,680	0.75
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	70	$69,380	0.53
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1066`	80	$76,710	4.77
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	100	$59,580	0.85
Real Estate Brokers `41-9021`	Not available	$84,590
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	70	$47,370	0.86
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	390	$37,220	1.02
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	Not available	$34,000
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	130	$45,850	2.11
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	980	Not available	0.69
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	90	$34,700	2.40
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,980	$33,350	1.21
Roofers `47-2181`	90	$46,020	1.65
Sales Managers `11-2022`	130	$157,260	0.47
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	310	$61,120	0.59
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	430	$59,370	0.82
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	440	$129,960	3.66
Sales and Related Workers, All Other `41-9099`	40	$36,280	0.94
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	30	$37,660	1.00
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	400	$78,300	0.90
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	560	$45,690	0.78
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	160	$50,750	0.75
Security Guards `33-9032`	200	$37,160	0.37
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	Not available	$33,470
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	640	$43,530	1.85
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	140	$45,580	1.31
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$75,330	0.60
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	140	$39,600	0.78
Software Developers `15-1252`	220	$119,250	0.31
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	60	$76,940	0.54
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	40	$72,410	0.62
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$79,720	0.77
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,650	$38,130	1.39
Structural Iron and Steel Workers `47-2221`	50	$57,720	1.66
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	260	$61,830	1.23
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	360	$29,240	1.65
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	470	$37,600	0.78
Tellers `43-3071`	140	$39,880	1.01
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	60	$41,810	1.23
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	190	$55,920	0.96
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	40	$105,650	0.40
Tree Trimmers and Pruners `37-3013`	30	$43,360	1.34
Veterinarians `29-1131`	50	$119,990	1.49
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	60	$35,440	1.09
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$47,120	0.72
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,150	$44,760	1.20
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	80	$61,970	1.46
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	110	$37,440	4.80
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	110	$51,870	0.62