Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area

202 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 2700002.

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
Cashiers	1,740
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,710
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,220
General and Operations Managers	1,180
Retail Salespersons	1,060
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	1,030
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,020
Office Clerks, General	850
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	820
Waiters and Waitresses	730
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	710
Bartenders	690
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	690
Construction Laborers	680
Stockers and Order Fillers	670
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	640
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	620
Cooks, Restaurant	590
Customer Service Representatives	540
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	500

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
Gambling Service Workers, All Other	32.36	130
Logging Equipment Operators	23.80	140
Forest and Conservation Technicians	12.52	110
Social Workers, All Other	7.67	140
Highway Maintenance Workers	6.93	300
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	4.13	210
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	3.85	280
Rehabilitation Counselors	3.84	100
Bartenders	3.24	690
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	3.14	120
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2.84	690
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	2.56	1,030
Correctional Officers and Jailers	2.52	270
Tellers	2.46	230
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	2.22	100
Construction Laborers	2.19	680
Emergency Medical Technicians	2.17	110
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	2.06	170
Cashiers	1.99	1,740
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations)	1.94	260

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$252,260
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$213,860
Pharmacists	$156,990
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$156,200
Nurse Practitioners	$131,180
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$124,430
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$123,810
Veterinarians	$123,570
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$122,050
Sales Managers	$113,970
Administrative Services Managers	$112,650
Construction Managers	$111,060
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$110,850
Physical Therapists	$110,390
Medical and Health Services Managers	$106,660
Lawyers	$104,300
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$104,180
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$101,720
Dental Hygienists	$100,240
Software Developers	$100,150

All 202 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	260	$77,210	0.63
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	60	$112,650	0.80
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors `25-3011`	30	$68,400	3.01
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	180	$29,230	1.56
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	60	$37,080	0.79
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$50,350	1.06
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	230	$49,130	1.17
Bartenders `35-3011`	690	$25,640	3.24
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	130	$49,050	1.14
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	460	$50,070	1.19
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	210	$50,350	1.88
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity `53-3052`	50	$46,960	1.15
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	90	$62,010	1.13
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	140	$70,730	0.47
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	70	$71,380	0.51
Carpenters `47-2031`	320	$62,170	1.68
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,740	$29,620	1.99
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	80	$67,850	1.30
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	80	$156,200	1.38
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	140	$65,170	1.30
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	190	$32,250	1.32
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	50	$91,720	0.51
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	60	$37,150	0.54
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	70	$66,200	0.74
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	50	$52,280	1.02
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	40	$43,930	2.36
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	80	$48,110	2.54
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	100	$94,520	0.86
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	40	$57,940	0.91
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	30	Not available	0.23
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	80	$61,610	0.42
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	50	$110,850	0.24
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `19-1031`	60	$67,250	8.71
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	680	$58,040	2.19
Construction Managers `11-9021`	70	$111,060	0.69
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	70	$31,090	0.38
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	210	$42,030	1.68
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	590	$36,620	1.49
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	270	$67,400	2.52
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	40	$74,160	0.65
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	50	$47,200	0.45
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	210	$56,410	4.13
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	540	$44,430	0.73
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	60	$53,180	1.19
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	90	$59,990	0.82
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$100,240	1.28
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	60	$79,080	1.97
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	120	$26,690	0.80
Dishwashers `35-9021`	180	$29,630	1.31
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$62,370	0.71
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	140	$29,530	1.24
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	70	$101,720	0.78
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	50	$66,630	0.46
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	80	$104,180	2.18
Electricians `47-2111`	160	$81,050	0.73
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	620	$62,550	1.57
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	90	$59,950	2.05
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	110	$47,460	2.17
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	60	$71,980	0.43
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	40	$42,220	0.45
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	70	$91,540	1.52
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	40	$252,260	1.33
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,220	$29,750	1.12
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	140	$122,050	0.57
Firefighters `33-2011`	120	$38,030	1.24
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	300	$87,320	1.32
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	30	$89,920	2.29
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	30	$48,250	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	450	$39,100	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers `39-1013`	30	$45,700	4.57
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	60	$45,690	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	30	$65,410	0.93
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	190	$82,400	1.10
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	300	$64,190	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	70	$88,820	1.70
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	190	$77,880	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	450	$46,780	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	110	$64,850	0.64
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	460	$32,760	1.83
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	170	$33,590	2.06
Forest and Conservation Technicians `19-4071`	110	$56,620	12.52
Foresters `19-1032`	90	$76,310	31.07
Fundraisers `13-1131`	30	$59,990	1.04
Gambling Cage Workers `43-3041`	60	Not available	14.93
Gambling Service Workers, All Other `39-3019`	130	$29,990	32.36
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,180	$74,900	1.19
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	50	$38,580	0.63
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	60	$45,620	1.81
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	80	$63,390	0.73
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	640	$58,100	1.10
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	300	$60,670	6.93
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,710	$37,310	1.40
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	80	$26,940	0.69
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	280	$34,720	3.85
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	40	$54,180	1.39
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	150	$73,920	0.59
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	30	Not available	1.54
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	90	$99,000	0.83
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	130	$82,870	1.06
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	60	$124,430	0.90
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	80	$58,360	0.37
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	60	$59,340	0.38
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	120	$60,950	0.85
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	40	$40,090	0.90
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	820	$37,110	1.31
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$61,690	1.43
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	500	$40,180	0.60
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	340	$37,670	1.26
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	Not available	$31,200
Lawyers `23-1011`	70	$104,300	0.33
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$54,950	1.24
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	40	$35,360	1.66
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	310	$58,450	1.72
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	100	$29,210	2.22
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	150	$48,780	0.55
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	50	$51,030	1.16
Loan Officers `13-2072`	100	$76,330	1.29
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	140	$58,470	23.80
Machinists `51-4041`	100	$60,300	1.25
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	690	$36,260	2.84
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	710	$55,020	1.65
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	40	$123,810	0.21
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	70	$61,460	0.29
Marriage and Family Therapists `21-1013`	90	$62,300	4.95
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	30	$81,930	0.41
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	100	$46,210	0.41
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	60	$57,790	1.12
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	230	$50,380	0.84
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	180	$106,660	1.07
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	120	$66,390	3.14
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	100	$61,140	0.57
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	270	$49,310	0.68
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$70,200	0.84
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	40	$94,380	0.43
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	70	$131,180	0.72
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	450	$45,660	1.09
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$90,430	1.04
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	50	$89,710	1.06
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	850	$45,660	1.23
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	250	$73,430	1.85
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	30	$46,490	1.56
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	150	$40,930	1.37
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	40	$57,150	0.36
Paramedics `29-2043`	40	$66,900	1.23
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	120	$37,250	1.54
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators `47-2071`	40	$68,080	3.72
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$55,910	0.84
Pharmacists `29-1051`	90	$156,990	0.94
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	130	$49,710	1.00
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	90	$110,390	1.16
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	30	$213,860	0.32
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	260	$91,630	1.94
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	210	$72,350	1.09
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	70	$60,250	3.26
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	120	$57,470	1.28
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	130	$45,370	0.97
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	40	$76,360	1.48
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	90	$69,500	0.78
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	110	$91,150	0.37
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	40	$63,640	2.48
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	90	$37,930	2.02
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	70	$53,980	0.82
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	80	$83,210	1.28
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	30	$45,150	0.55
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	170	$35,360	0.65
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	150	$36,960	1.64
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	40	$45,590	1.02
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,020	$89,420	1.07
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	100	$36,700	3.84
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	50	$47,940	1.92
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,060	$34,960	0.96
Sales Managers `11-2022`	60	$113,970	0.35
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	120	$65,500	0.35
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	190	$70,730	0.55
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	60	$50,750	4.80
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	400	$63,590	1.32
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	480	$46,640	1.00
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	80	$60,220	0.60
Security Guards `33-9032`	170	$38,710	0.46
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	110	$35,960	1.22
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9012`	30	$48,340	2.03
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	130	$47,300	0.56
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	100	$35,130	1.40
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	140	$73,900	7.67
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	90	$80,800	1.59
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	210	$47,740	1.66
Software Developers `15-1252`	50	$100,150	0.11
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	70	$63,330	1.02
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	80	$65,190	1.74
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	40	$81,320	0.85
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	670	$35,160	0.84
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	170	$59,890	1.23
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	90	$43,030	0.59
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	1,030	$38,550	2.56
Tellers `43-3071`	230	$39,950	2.46
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	70	$72,070	0.50
Veterinarians `29-1131`	40	$123,570	1.76
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	60	$48,780	1.76
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	730	$23,460	1.14
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	90	$61,340	2.51
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	220	$61,670	1.86
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists `19-1023`	50	$79,000	8.98