Jackson, MI

232 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 27100.

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
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,700
Cashiers	1,690
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	1,630
Retail Salespersons	1,210
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,140
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,000
Office Clerks, General	990
General and Operations Managers	970
Customer Service Representatives	830
Waiters and Waitresses	810
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	750
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	700
Nursing Assistants	690
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	690
Machinists	650
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	630
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	530
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	530
Cooks, Restaurant	520
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	510

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
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	17.59	110
Tool and Die Makers	8.74	180
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	8.14	100
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	8.13	200
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	7.61	340
Machinists	6.25	650
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3.83	240
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	3.23	1,630
Electrical Engineers	3.22	230
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	3.19	190
Food Batchmakers	3.10	190
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	2.92	260
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2.59	140
Helpers--Production Workers	2.42	140
Production Workers, All Other	2.39	220
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	2.32	500
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	2.29	300
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	2.27	360
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.10	510
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	1.94	130

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$298,440
Dentists, General	$181,800
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$170,400
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$165,710
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$159,680
Marketing Managers	$159,090
Sales Managers	$151,710
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$149,930
Human Resources Managers	$149,930
Purchasing Managers	$144,120
Pharmacists	$134,080
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations)	$133,680
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$130,640
Software Developers	$130,220
Information Security Analysts	$130,010
Nurse Practitioners	$129,460
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	$128,570
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$112,650
Personal Financial Advisors	$111,990
Electrical Engineers	$109,240

All 232 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	500	$81,470	0.95
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	70	$106,250	0.71
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	260	$29,600	1.84
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	70	$29,810	0.69
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	140	$159,680	1.82
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	60	$49,730	1.12
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	240	$51,870	0.95
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$33,310	1.02
Bakers `51-3011`	140	$36,150	1.60
Bartenders `35-3011`	260	$35,740	0.95
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	70	$38,860	1.27
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	150	$46,250	1.02
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	500	$48,690	1.01
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	140	$45,440	0.97
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	90	$63,030	0.90
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	190	$81,810	0.48
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	60	$36,910	1.23
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	210	$78,410	1.21
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	50	$81,860	1.14
Carpenters `47-2031`	130	$56,160	0.53
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,690	$29,370	1.52
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	50	$51,100	0.69
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	50	$59,510	0.66
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	60	$298,440	0.87
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	210	$70,350	1.51
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	280	$30,860	1.51
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	40	$73,400	1.60
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	80	$107,320	0.60
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	60	$84,810	0.49
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	90	$32,950	0.65
Clergy `21-2011`	40	$54,870	1.76
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	110	$37,940	0.92
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	130	$48,430	1.44
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	40	$43,680	0.62
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$49,480	1.01
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	160	$71,680	1.06
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	190	$45,640	3.19
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers `51-9162`	50	$62,470	4.40
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	110	$128,570	0.71
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	140	$100,100	0.74
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	280	$50,800	1.07
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	210	$170,400	0.86
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers `49-2011`	30	$48,300	1.32
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	340	$48,130	0.87
Construction Managers `11-9021`	100	$105,000	0.75
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	330	$29,460	1.42
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	270	$38,360	1.69
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	520	$36,680	1.02
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	70	$73,650	0.92
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	190	$36,810	1.31
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	80	$47,490	1.21
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	830	$42,230	0.89
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	240	$44,840	3.83
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	30	$45,970	0.72
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	70	$107,640	0.78
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	150	$45,540	1.06
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	110	$78,990	1.32
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$181,800	0.96
Dietetic Technicians `29-2051`	90	$39,190	7.94
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$74,530	1.38
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	160	$28,920	0.84
Dishwashers `35-9021`	170	$30,420	0.96
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$45,980	0.84
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	190	$41,220	1.28
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas `47-5023`	50	$60,270	7.09
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	170	$102,630	1.48
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	70	$47,570	1.67
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	110	$48,870	0.87
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	230	$109,240	3.22
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	50	$83,070	1.54
Electricians `47-2111`	240	$63,540	0.89
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	750	$63,770	1.49
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	90	$70,660	1.54
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	60	$91,640	1.73
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	130	$71,890	0.78
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	170	$29,650	1.43
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4021`	40	$40,840	1.78
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$84,760	0.78
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	100	$39,650	1.10
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,140	$27,390	0.82
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	310	$149,930	1.02
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	100	$89,700	0.79
Firefighters `33-2011`	100	$47,690	0.82
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	210	$74,910	0.73
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	40	$45,720	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	390	$38,210	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	30	$47,070	0.52
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$52,130	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	220	$81,770	0.99
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	70	$80,500	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	410	$65,560	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$95,820	0.70
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	510	$74,090	2.10
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	410	$44,880	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	120	$54,290	0.54
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	190	$45,970	3.10
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	170	$31,120	0.52
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	80	$30,090	0.74
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	90	$62,200	1.05
Fundraisers `13-1131`	40	$61,730	1.06
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	970	$91,950	0.77
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	50	$60,010	0.66
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	200	$46,730	8.13
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	100	$30,640	0.95
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	60	$62,160	0.84
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	110	$61,220	0.76
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	630	$56,080	0.85
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	140	$38,350	2.42
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	90	$47,940	1.58
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,700	$34,180	1.09
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	170	$27,980	1.10
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	70	$149,930	0.84
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	270	$69,240	0.83
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	60	$50,090	2.22
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	300	$96,670	2.29
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	360	$63,510	2.27
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	260	$112,650	2.92
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	230	$43,460	0.81
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	80	$130,010	1.20
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	500	$45,460	2.32
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	70	$50,520	1.13
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	130	$81,480	1.58
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall `47-2131`	40	$45,330	2.23
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	50	$46,400	0.69
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	100	$45,080	0.57
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	530	$34,970	0.67
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	690	$36,620	0.65
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	440	$36,520	1.28
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4034`	110	$38,800	17.59
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	80	$33,470	1.15
Lawyers `23-1011`	160	Not available	0.59
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$58,780	0.74
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	40	$34,120	1.15
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	220	$64,290	0.95
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	50	$25,960	0.91
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	340	$41,610	0.96
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	100	$46,750	1.69
Loan Officers `13-2072`	110	$60,540	1.09
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	90	$75,940	1.00
Machinists `51-4041`	650	$49,840	6.25
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	300	$35,490	0.96
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	480	$47,090	0.87
Management Analysts `13-1111`	180	$105,410	0.56
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	150	$165,710	0.69
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	220	$65,510	0.69
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	60	$159,090	0.44
Mechanical Drafters `17-3013`	30	$68,760	2.20
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3027`	40	$59,480	2.93
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	190	$95,280	1.83
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	240	$40,230	0.80
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	40	$46,950	0.54
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	300	$39,740	0.87
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	170	$108,940	0.77
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	40	$44,700	0.68
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	60	$36,480	0.99
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	310	$65,580	1.38
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	1,630	$40,700	3.23
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$59,880	0.66
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	140	$38,020	2.59
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	340	$42,920	7.61
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	80	$94,210	0.71
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	80	$129,460	0.69
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	690	$40,080	1.32
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	60	$83,880	0.97
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	990	$44,260	1.12
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	130	$29,290	1.94
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	160	$59,860	0.95
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	200	$33,340	0.99
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	70	$59,030	0.52
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	90	$44,030	0.87
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$53,630	0.87
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	40	$111,990	0.42
Pharmacists `29-1051`	130	$134,080	1.16
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	270	$45,340	1.60
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	Not available	$60,990
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	90	$104,000	0.93
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	50	$130,640	0.82
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4193`	80	$41,190	6.87
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	250	$81,930	1.49
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	240	$65,160	0.98
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	180	$57,700	1.53
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	130	$38,570	0.77
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	80	$77,430	2.44
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	220	$35,290	2.39
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	120	$60,700	0.87
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	210	$100,280	0.55
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	50	$61,020	0.43
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	70	$77,860	0.72
Purchasing Managers `11-3061`	30	$144,120	1.06
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	280	$36,130	0.84
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	110	$36,660	0.93
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	Not available	$41,140
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	40	$38,440	1.23
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,210	$34,770	0.86
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4023`	50	$51,410	5.20
Roofers `47-2181`	80	$58,320	1.55
Sales Managers `11-2022`	170	$151,710	0.75
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	350	$58,570	0.77
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	410	$72,310	0.92
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	80	$133,680	0.74
School Psychologists `19-3034`	30	$88,330	1.36
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	280	$63,590	0.73
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	530	$47,020	0.86
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	110	$57,580	0.64
Security Guards `33-9032`	170	$38,750	0.37
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	110	$37,500	0.96
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9012`	40	$46,380	1.66
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	380	$43,830	1.29
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	60	$39,990	0.64
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	40	$60,230	1.75
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	90	$85,860	1.16
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	160	$36,650	1.03
Software Developers `15-1252`	390	$130,220	0.64
Special Education Teachers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2059`	100	$80,210	8.14
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	40	$72,910	0.42
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	80	$92,630	1.15
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,000	$34,560	0.98
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	70	$53,820	0.37
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	40	$51,390	0.22
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	700	$36,620	1.36
Tellers `43-3071`	220	$37,750	1.84
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	30	$36,000	0.86
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	180	$63,410	8.74
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	100	$60,310	0.63
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	90	$107,960	1.07
Tutors `25-3041`	60	$52,000	0.98
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	50	$36,800	1.08
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$47,470	0.79
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	810	$39,920	1.00
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	50	$59,110	0.98
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	130	$49,790	0.85
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-4122`	40	$41,180	3.10