Hattiesburg, MS

244 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 25620.

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	2,600
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	2,190
Cashiers	2,110
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,960
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,460
Customer Service Representatives	1,280
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,100
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,070
Cooks, Fast Food	1,010
Waiters and Waitresses	1,010
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	850
Nursing Assistants	840
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	840
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	830
Office Clerks, General	820
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	810
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	790
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	680
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	680
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	670

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
Psychiatric Aides	8.05	110
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	5.67	220
Surgical Technologists	4.53	210
Highway Maintenance Workers	4.41	270
Cooks, Fast Food	3.92	1,010
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	3.56	230
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	2.80	200
Loan Officers	2.77	300
Nurse Practitioners	2.61	340
Medical Records Specialists	2.54	200
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	2.45	210
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	2.44	100
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	2.43	220
Paramedics	2.41	100
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	2.20	100
Emergency Medical Technicians	2.14	150
Respiratory Therapists	2.06	120
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.04	530
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	2.04	360
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	1.92	130

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$319,400
Dentists, General	$132,390
Pharmacists	$128,980
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$128,480
Nurse Practitioners	$113,300
Human Resources Managers	$108,750
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$108,420
Electrical Engineers	$106,620
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$105,200
Veterinarians	$104,630
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$104,540
Construction Managers	$103,940
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$101,300
General and Operations Managers	$97,860
Physical Therapists	$97,580
Medical and Health Services Managers	$94,050
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$91,660
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$89,480
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$88,980
Lawyers	$87,570

All 244 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	350	$65,320	0.61
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	120	$77,470	1.13
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	120	$21,430	0.75
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	200	$26,790	1.91
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	30	Not available	0.38
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	90	$52,980	1.50
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	430	$37,700	1.52
Bakers `51-3011`	110	$27,780	1.19
Bartenders `35-3011`	170	$26,360	0.56
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	100	$35,360	1.50
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	190	$38,290	1.18
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	630	$40,230	1.16
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	260	Not available	1.61
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	170	$58,030	1.48
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	210	$72,360	0.48
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	60	$29,580	1.08
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	90	$66,540	0.45
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians `29-2031`	Not available	$30,390
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	Not available	$61,820
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	100	$50,900	2.20
Carpenters `47-2031`	210	$48,360	0.78
Cashiers `41-2011`	2,110	$26,040	1.71
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	40	$54,870	0.46
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	40	$66,120	0.71
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	30	$43,730	1.46
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	170	$46,530	1.07
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	290	$21,590	1.40
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	40	$44,930	1.35
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	60	$88,980	0.41
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$81,330	0.31
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	190	$27,650	1.22
Clergy `21-2011`	30	$51,670	1.35
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	190	$50,640	1.43
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	130	$45,440	1.30
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	30	$44,500	0.53
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	50	$43,410	1.19
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	100	$61,360	0.62
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	50	$54,740	0.94
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	40	$67,620	0.24
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	170	$59,880	0.79
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	140	$49,510	0.48
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	90	$105,200	0.34
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	420	$35,700	0.96
Construction Managers `11-9021`	80	$103,940	0.53
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	30	$66,820	0.57
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	1,010	$23,470	3.92
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	360	$27,600	2.04
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	610	$29,360	1.09
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	110	$38,720	0.73
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	80	$66,060	0.87
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	200	$30,810	1.23
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	130	$40,310	1.79
Credit Analysts `13-2041`	50	$76,350	1.75
Crossing Guards and Flaggers `33-9091`	50	$15,080	1.22
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,280	$36,700	1.24
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	50	$33,610	0.97
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	40	$72,930	0.40
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	260	$38,190	1.66
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	90	$65,360	1.00
Dentists, General `29-1021`	70	$132,390	1.32
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	30	$57,420	0.76
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	60	$76,880	1.63
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	200	$26,260	0.93
Dishwashers `35-9021`	200	$26,180	1.05
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	80	$48,530	0.94
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	180	$35,440	1.09
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	180	$81,420	1.35
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	150	$53,430	1.09
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	60	$106,620	0.73
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	70	$89,480	1.26
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	40	$74,420	1.62
Electricians `47-2111`	240	$48,580	0.81
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	450	$47,650	0.80
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	90	$33,530	1.40
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	150	$37,390	2.14
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health `19-4042`	Not available	$28,880
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	30	$52,690	0.93
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	50	$61,780	0.27
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	100	$24,980	0.79
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$91,660	0.64
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,960	$22,550	1.27
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	220	$104,540	0.64
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$60,390	0.36
Firefighters `33-2011`	130	$30,830	0.93
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	400	$65,740	1.23
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	30	$42,580	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	100	$35,410	2.44
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	680	$34,750	1.39
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$38,960	0.86
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$51,930	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	360	$71,260	1.47
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	100	$66,130	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	680	$55,670	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	60	$37,130	1.27
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	100	$63,090	1.70
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	330	$66,520	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	840	$45,910	1.88
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	180	$57,940	0.71
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	620	$28,270	1.74
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	70	$25,970	0.61
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	150	$56,270	1.57
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	560	$97,860	0.40
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$38,580	0.52
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	70	$24,580	0.59
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	Not available	$40,170
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `29-9099`	30	$29,620	2.40
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	90	$55,330	1.22
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	30	$35,860	0.69
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	100	$46,590	0.63
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	830	$48,200	1.01
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	50	$34,530	1.19
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	40	$40,850	0.65
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	270	$37,020	4.41
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,460	$25,410	0.85
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	200	$21,230	1.16
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	190	$25,980	1.82
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$108,750	0.61
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	230	$55,000	0.63
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	110	$101,300	0.72
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	150	$62,800	0.83
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	80	$128,480	0.78
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	230	$37,850	0.74
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	200	$39,620	0.84
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	200	$66,410	2.80
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	110	$58,290	1.21
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	210	$36,800	2.45
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	120	Not available	0.64
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	100	$31,070	1.75
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	810	$27,400	0.91
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$47,020	1.00
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,070	$34,260	0.91
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	260	$29,590	0.68
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	80	$26,750	1.03
Lawyers `23-1011`	160	$87,570	0.52
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$39,720	0.85
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	530	$48,350	2.04
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	430	$35,620	1.10
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	230	$38,530	3.56
Loan Officers `13-2072`	300	$58,560	2.77
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	70	$51,260	8.81
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	60	$69,430	0.60
Machinists `51-4041`	40	$52,170	0.35
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	350	$24,650	1.01
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	850	$38,810	1.39
Management Analysts `13-1111`	70	$63,530	0.20
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	50	$84,530	0.20
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	30	$41,440	0.56
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	160	$48,570	0.45
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	60	Not available	0.35
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	40	$76,770	0.36
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	290	$35,950	0.88
Medical Equipment Preparers `31-9093`	50	$34,320	1.71
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	200	$43,600	2.54
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	Not available	$34,690
Medical Transcriptionists `31-9094`	40	$37,590	2.28
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	360	$94,050	1.53
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	30	$53,870	0.65
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	90	$36,510	1.30
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	250	$50,290	1.02
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	280	$37,160	0.50
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	70	$54,040	1.05
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	30	$34,790	0.67
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	70	$79,110	0.56
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	340	$113,300	2.61
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	840	$30,440	1.44
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	60	$85,900	1.00
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	80	$79,590	1.24
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	820	$35,690	0.83
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	180	$47,030	0.94
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	30	$36,770	1.06
Orderlies `31-1132`	60	$26,840	2.67
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	70	$30,070	0.33
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	70	$40,350	0.77
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9196`	220	$44,450	5.67
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	100	$45,050	0.63
Paramedics `29-2043`	100	$53,820	2.41
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	180	$34,980	1.68
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$46,510	0.97
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	50	$80,570	0.44
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	70	$33,180	1.66
Pharmacists `29-1051`	170	$128,980	1.32
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	230	$37,470	1.21
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	70	$37,750	1.14
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	90	$58,610	2.10
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	140	$97,580	1.29
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	50	$108,420	0.71
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	170	$319,400	1.22
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	80	$49,940	0.43
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	440	$44,080	1.65
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	40	$69,700	1.25
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	180	$57,060	1.38
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	190	$28,830	0.98
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	40	$35,570	0.65
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	50	$47,630	2.31
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	80	$56,620	0.52
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	190	$81,710	0.44
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	30	$51,430	1.41
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	90	$58,930	0.73
Psychiatric Aides `31-1133`	110	$31,380	8.05
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	100	$65,120	0.84
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	220	$52,090	2.43
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	60	$39,480	0.83
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	480	$29,850	1.33
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	110	$28,460	0.83
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	90	$37,070	1.55
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	2,190	$76,270	1.62
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	120	$60,170	2.06
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	2,600	$28,410	1.67
Roofers `47-2181`	30	$43,680	0.64
Sales Managers `11-2022`	110	$86,440	0.43
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	160	$45,240	0.32
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	370	$50,690	0.75
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	30	$59,300	0.27
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	670	$49,590	1.57
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	790	$35,620	1.15
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	120	$39,210	0.60
Security Guards `33-9032`	250	$30,760	0.49
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	280	$37,640	0.86
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	80	$22,000	0.82
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$58,050	0.57
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	90	$37,500	0.51
Software Developers `15-1252`	40	Not available	0.06
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	140	$47,790	1.35
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	40	$49,770	1.08
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	130	$48,360	1.92
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	90	$74,140	1.26
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,100	$31,040	0.97
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	80	$38,300	0.40
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	120	$21,730	0.56
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	210	$48,610	4.53
Surveying and Mapping Technicians `17-3031`	30	$45,860	1.40
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	440	$25,590	0.77
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	90	$58,510	1.53
Tellers `43-3071`	200	$36,470	1.52
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	100	$51,980	0.57
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	100	$79,990	1.13
Tutors `25-3041`	50	$45,360	0.73
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers `39-3031`	50	$21,100	1.01
Veterinarians `29-1131`	50	$104,630	1.51
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	50	$28,850	0.90
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	50	$35,040	0.94
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,010	$21,830	1.11
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	30	$43,750	0.67
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	160	$49,500	0.97