Jacksonville, NC

227 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 27340.

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	2,040
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,900
Cooks, Fast Food	1,830
Cashiers	1,630
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,330
Waiters and Waitresses	1,140
Customer Service Representatives	1,130
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	1,000
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	870
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	790
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	780
Cooks, Restaurant	730
Office Clerks, General	720
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	700
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	680
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	630
General and Operations Managers	580
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	550
Nursing Assistants	530
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	530

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
Education Administrators, All Other	14.11	260
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	9.66	370
Cooks, Fast Food	8.45	1,830
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	3.57	140
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	3.29	130
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	3.10	100
Driver/Sales Workers	2.97	410
Firefighters	2.94	340
Animal Caretakers	2.80	250
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	2.80	130
Tire Repairers and Changers	2.79	100
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations)	2.65	100
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	2.42	100
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	2.41	130
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	2.40	110
Postal Service Mail Carriers	2.20	250
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2.13	1,000
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	1.97	290
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.92	440
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	1.90	700

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$282,050
Dentists, General	$188,850
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$154,520
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$148,330
Pharmacists	$132,850
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$124,530
Software Developers	$123,110
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$121,420
Nurse Practitioners	$120,700
Veterinarians	$120,430
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$116,300
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$115,210
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$107,150
Sales Managers	$107,000
Medical and Health Services Managers	$105,450
Education Administrators, All Other	$105,270
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$103,120
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations)	$100,890
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$99,780
Construction Managers	$98,920

All 227 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	360	$73,740	0.73
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors `25-3011`	50	$47,690	3.97
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3011`	110	$73,240	2.40
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	110	$26,260	0.83
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	250	$30,460	2.80
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	30	$154,520	0.43
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	70	$45,700	1.29
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	430	$46,180	1.81
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$30,240	1.50
Avionics Technicians `49-2091`	60	$97,240	8.75
Bakers `51-3011`	80	$30,420	0.96
Bartenders `35-3011`	240	$31,000	0.95
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	40	$38,360	0.83
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	70	$42,990	0.52
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	500	$42,910	1.07
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	100	$52,710	1.03
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	700	$81,330	1.90
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	40	$43,710	0.83
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	130	$73,920	0.79
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	140	$62,940	3.57
Carpenters `47-2031`	140	$48,880	0.61
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,630	$26,380	1.56
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	50	$46,020	0.68
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	180	$66,520	1.32
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	120	$29,310	0.67
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	80	$90,070	0.68
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$51,070	0.37
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	120	$27,890	0.94
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	150	$49,660	1.33
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	80	$30,420	0.99
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	30	$52,730	0.93
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists `13-1141`	50	$42,820	1.29
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	130	$75,360	0.89
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	30	$100,890	0.54
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$73,710	0.87
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	240	$89,420	1.61
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	80	$98,100	0.43
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	150	$49,770	0.61
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	70	$148,330	0.32
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	390	$39,830	1.04
Construction Managers `11-9021`	180	$98,920	1.36
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	80	$61,670	1.59
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	1,830	$22,900	8.45
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	240	$33,820	1.61
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	730	$29,580	1.54
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	90	$67,530	1.13
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	250	$35,090	1.82
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	90	$48,180	1.54
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,130	$33,980	1.29
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	60	$36,840	1.40
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	170	$47,970	1.33
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	120	$82,380	1.64
Dentists, General `29-1021`	50	$188,850	1.29
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	100	$92,410	2.65
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	190	$23,130	1.03
Dishwashers `35-9021`	170	$27,810	1.03
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$45,440	0.82
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	410	$20,300	2.97
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	260	$105,270	14.11
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	180	$78,260	1.59
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	40	$46,410	1.44
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	130	$44,030	3.29
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	120	$55,970	1.00
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	40	$76,210	1.39
Electricians `47-2111`	150	$48,470	0.58
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	1,000	$48,370	2.13
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	130	$49,700	2.41
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	70	$82,340	3.35
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	50	$115,210	0.91
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	50	$75,890	1.68
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	40	$61,360	0.27
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	100	$39,330	0.87
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,900	$27,330	1.46
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	100	$121,420	0.36
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	80	$81,330	1.71
Firefighters `33-2011`	340	$47,870	2.94
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	310	$64,980	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	60	$44,440	1.76
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	100	$69,240	3.10
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	780	$37,580	1.88
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$37,960	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	60	$51,640	1.29
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	230	$68,710	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	60	$59,480	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	350	$55,130	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	40	$48,100	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	80	$97,470	1.47
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	90	$59,820	0.38
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	550	$46,400	1.44
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	140	$50,770	0.68
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	280	$27,900	0.92
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other `35-9099`	80	$26,830	2.96
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	100	$31,460	0.96
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	130	$63,710	1.65
Fundraisers `13-1131`	30	$64,100	0.90
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	580	$91,100	0.49
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	30	$58,230	0.46
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	90	$39,990	0.88
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	90	$38,180	1.46
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	30	$55,470	0.51
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	70	$56,620	1.87
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	210	$48,570	1.53
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	360	$45,640	0.52
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	60	$36,660	2.99
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	70	$35,740	2.18
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	500	$31,400	0.34
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	290	$23,560	1.97
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	110	$27,440	1.27
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	60	$44,980	2.06
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	290	$64,730	0.95
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	40	$61,770	0.29
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	30	$107,150	0.37
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	70	$40,230	0.26
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	130	$49,940	2.80
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	60	$52,790	0.30
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$59,760	0.91
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	120	$59,910	1.50
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	40	$40,670	0.50
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	150	$50,560	0.94
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	60	$36,760	1.19
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	790	$33,320	1.05
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	630	$34,620	0.64
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	440	$36,610	1.35
Lawyers `23-1011`	170	$81,660	0.65
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	60	$36,030	1.10
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	40	$51,460	0.79
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	130	$60,770	0.60
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	240	$32,420	0.73
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	30	$44,510	0.60
Loan Officers `13-2072`	80	$57,920	0.90
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	120	$77,400	1.45
Machinists `51-4041`	30	$55,500	0.34
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	470	$28,630	1.61
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	430	$38,310	0.83
Management Analysts `13-1111`	200	$91,170	0.65
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	130	$124,530	0.64
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	170	$58,800	0.54
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	50	$99,780	0.48
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	220	$37,420	0.78
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	80	$51,930	1.15
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	530	$38,580	1.63
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	170	$105,450	0.85
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	30	$46,800	0.68
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	60	$29,280	1.14
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	240	$36,690	0.50
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	50	$68,700	0.82
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other `53-3099`	80	$61,360	5.22
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	80	$79,690	0.80
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	70	$120,700	0.66
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	530	$35,880	1.08
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	70	$93,640	1.55
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$85,540	0.71
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	720	$38,730	0.86
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	90	$49,440	1.32
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	180	$46,930	1.14
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	40	$36,730	1.83
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	30	$54,900	1.25
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	40	$28,930	0.21
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	130	$38,400	1.73
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	210	$51,630	1.58
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	170	$27,600	1.88
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	30	$45,700	0.61
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	70	$38,140	2.06
Pharmacists `29-1051`	80	$132,850	0.73
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	170	$40,710	1.08
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	80	$37,840	1.61
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	30	$61,780	0.87
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	80	$95,190	0.83
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	60	$116,300	1.09
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	50	$282,050	0.43
Pipelayers `47-2151`	70	$44,000	5.94
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	270	$53,230	1.74
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	440	$59,540	1.92
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	40	$62,130	1.56
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	250	$56,660	2.20
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	290	$31,320	1.79
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	70	$51,630	3.55
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	90	$34,650	1.01
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	80	$45,410	0.58
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	210	$79,240	0.59
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	40	$62,350	1.90
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	140	$50,060	1.29
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	80	$61,050	0.80
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	40	$47,110	1.23
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	70	$63,930	0.85
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	270	$30,600	0.87
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	130	$33,700	1.19
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	50	$37,020	1.08
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	870	$84,750	0.76
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	50	$47,370	1.49
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	40	$54,790	0.83
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	2,040	$29,480	1.55
Roofers `47-2181`	40	$47,530	0.86
Sales Managers `11-2022`	100	$107,000	0.47
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	400	$46,380	0.95
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	210	$59,280	0.50
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	40	$85,590	0.41
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	440	$38,590	0.76
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	140	$47,720	0.83
Security Guards `33-9032`	110	$30,730	0.24
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	120	$46,160	1.10
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners `47-4071`	40	$45,520	3.45
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	40	$50,680	1.05
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	130	$37,530	0.49
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	70	$32,920	0.80
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$75,400	0.76
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	60	$44,850	0.43
Software Developers `15-1252`	140	$123,110	0.24
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	130	$53,660	1.42
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$78,300	0.94
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,330	$33,880	1.39
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	80	$52,620	0.46
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	170	$31,130	0.96
Surveying and Mapping Technicians `17-3031`	40	$50,400	1.83
Tax Preparers `13-2082`	30	$43,550	1.31
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	370	$50,000	9.66
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	680	$29,110	1.41
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	40	$63,320	0.93
Tellers `43-3071`	60	$39,830	0.53
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	100	$30,160	2.79
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	270	$59,190	1.76
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	30	$103,120	0.42
Tutors `25-3041`	80	$40,290	1.31
Veterinarians `29-1131`	40	$120,430	1.30
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	100	$35,010	2.42
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,140	$28,870	1.49
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	70	$68,120	1.57