Jonesboro, AR

251 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 27860.

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
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,990
Retail Salespersons	1,940
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,900
General and Operations Managers	1,470
Cashiers	1,340
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	1,280
Office Clerks, General	1,260
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,220
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,180
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,170
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,110
Nursing Assistants	1,050
Waiters and Waitresses	920
Customer Service Representatives	730
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	720
Receptionists and Information Clerks	670
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	630
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	620
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	610
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	590

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
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	10.25	100
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	8.56	130
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	5.05	100
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	4.57	170
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	4.40	100
Psychiatric Technicians	4.28	260
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	4.06	230
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	3.97	250
Physical Therapist Assistants	3.97	170
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	3.39	100
Speech-Language Pathologists	3.31	240
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	3.21	210
Surgical Technologists	3.04	140
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	3.04	450
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	2.78	170
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.49	630
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.48	500
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	2.40	110
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.37	620
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	2.32	150

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$312,020
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	$269,990
Dentists, General	$169,850
Pharmacists	$133,520
Nurse Practitioners	$126,760
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$123,630
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$120,020
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$117,660
Marketing Managers	$112,820
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$109,210
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$106,360
Sales Managers	$104,670
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$103,230
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$103,100
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$101,150
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$100,080
Physical Therapists	$100,010
Medical and Health Services Managers	$97,300
Therapists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	$97,190
Purchasing Managers	$95,290

All 251 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	320	$66,000	0.57
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	$87,690	0.41
Agricultural Equipment Operators `45-2091`	60	$30,760	5.27
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	60	$26,850	0.37
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	100	$30,410	1.01
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	60	$100,080	0.72
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers `49-2097`	40	$46,770	5.29
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	80	$48,920	1.37
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	350	$44,830	1.26
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	40	$35,170	0.89
Bakers `51-3011`	140	$30,060	1.55
Bartenders `35-3011`	150	$24,460	0.51
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	80	$41,270	1.21
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	270	$38,280	1.71
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	470	$44,660	0.88
Brickmasons and Blockmasons `47-2021`	30	$48,880	1.50
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	210	$46,790	1.32
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	230	$60,200	2.00
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	330	$46,740	0.77
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	150	$59,160	0.79
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	40	$66,860	1.47
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians `29-2031`	30	$84,000	1.24
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	70	$62,120	1.72
Carpenters `47-2031`	110	$43,950	0.43
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,340	$28,090	1.11
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	90	$39,050	1.16
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	40	$52,970	0.56
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	140	$120,020	1.79
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	60	$43,740	0.42
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	500	$28,550	2.48
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	30	$81,960	0.21
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	70	$81,330	0.52
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	320	$36,890	2.18
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	170	$60,880	1.32
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	120	$38,220	1.19
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	170	$49,960	2.78
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	50	$56,310	0.32
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	30	$53,660	0.58
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	150	$53,310	2.32
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	80	$80,330	0.37
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	160	$50,220	0.56
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	80	$123,630	0.31
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	390	$37,970	0.90
Construction Managers `11-9021`	90	$86,170	0.61
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$50,460	0.66
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	490	$26,580	1.98
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	240	$32,720	1.42
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	540	$30,190	0.99
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	140	$43,370	0.94
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	50	$56,160	0.56
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	180	$36,470	1.18
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	100	$47,140	1.47
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9021`	60	$41,280	5.89
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	730	$36,770	0.73
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9032`	40	$50,150	2.08
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	210	$51,610	3.21
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	40	$37,830	0.73
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	170	$36,720	1.13
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$86,650	0.94
Dentists, General `29-1021`	60	$169,850	1.30
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	50	$81,880	1.55
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	110	$28,040	0.52
Dishwashers `35-9021`	140	$27,750	0.76
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	80	$54,960	0.98
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	160	$37,570	0.97
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	120	$86,430	0.91
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	80	$103,100	1.19
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	70	$48,360	2.33
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	150	$52,420	1.08
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	40	$95,250	0.55
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	70	$88,360	1.33
Electricians `47-2111`	340	$48,740	1.17
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	570	$56,270	1.06
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	60	$34,680	0.91
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	70	$57,970	0.37
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$79,360	0.65
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	130	$59,390	8.56
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	30	$30,890	0.29
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,900	$26,260	1.26
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	250	$103,230	0.76
Firefighters `33-2011`	50	$34,630	0.34
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	240	$61,490	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	560	$31,270	1.17
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	110	$36,620	1.51
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$49,250	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	310	$64,550	1.29
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$58,420	0.55
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	560	$51,790	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	110	$38,240	2.40
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	70	$66,290	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	620	$60,450	2.37
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	570	$36,790	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	60	$33,570	2.01
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	250	$53,010	1.05
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	240	$27,580	0.68
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	130	$27,740	1.11
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	140	$55,940	1.50
General Internal Medicine Physicians `29-1216`	60	$67,830	2.11
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,470	$69,370	1.08
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products `45-2041`	100	$37,210	10.25
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	50	$39,790	0.58
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	90	$27,570	0.75
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	50	$61,800	0.63
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	50	$46,930	0.74
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `29-9099`	40	$31,450	2.98
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	60	$52,710	0.86
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	90	$26,870	2.16
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	170	$47,230	1.03
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,220	$47,670	1.52
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	80	$33,350	2.06
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	100	$33,990	1.62
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	50	$36,480	0.89
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,110	$27,430	0.66
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	160	$26,840	0.97
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	90	$26,970	0.92
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	200	$53,790	0.56
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	70	$101,150	0.52
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	290	$59,120	1.68
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	90	$109,210	0.94
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	450	$47,510	1.50
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	30	$64,030	0.45
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	210	$49,560	0.89
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$43,790	0.76
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$78,060	0.56
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	30	$43,670	0.39
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	110	$51,520	0.61
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	230	$37,200	4.06
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	1,180	$27,890	1.37
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	80	$52,950	1.80
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	1,280	$37,500	1.11
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	290	$36,190	0.78
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	100	$28,850	1.24
Lawyers `23-1011`	90	$92,510	0.30
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	70	$59,260	1.34
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	630	$50,980	2.49
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	520	$36,500	1.37
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	60	$46,100	1.01
Loan Officers `13-2072`	80	$94,960	0.72
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$85,340	0.36
Machinists `51-4041`	80	$51,220	0.72
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists `29-2035`	40	$79,510	2.54
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	340	$28,850	1.01
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	560	$38,400	0.94
Management Analysts `13-1111`	110	$61,940	0.31
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	230	$79,600	0.94
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	170	$50,900	0.50
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	30	$112,820	0.21
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	160	$76,690	1.37
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	220	$37,190	0.70
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	80	$38,080	1.09
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	90	$36,730	0.24
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	350	$97,300	1.51
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	80	$62,440	1.49
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	110	$41,130	1.64
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	280	$59,430	1.17
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	720	$44,050	1.31
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	170	$49,440	4.57
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	60	$61,990	0.91
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	100	$46,140	1.67
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$81,370	0.44
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	40	Not available	2.55
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	280	$126,760	2.22
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	1,050	$35,210	1.87
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1072`	100	$77,590	3.39
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	30	$55,870	0.57
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	140	$106,360	2.15
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	90	$78,660	4.67
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,260	$36,400	1.32
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	60	$37,490	0.82
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	240	$45,590	1.27
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	50	$38,010	1.88
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	50	$36,260	1.68
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric `29-1242`	30	$269,990	6.10
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	450	$41,320	3.04
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	100	$32,080	0.45
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	70	$45,520	0.46
Paramedics `29-2043`	60	$43,660	1.47
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	200	$35,060	1.93
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$50,370	0.66
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	40	$75,610	0.35
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	30	$47,070	0.77
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation `37-3012`	40	$39,280	3.47
Pharmacists `29-1051`	170	$133,520	1.35
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	260	$38,240	1.42
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	70	$35,520	1.33
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	170	$62,700	3.97
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	190	$100,010	1.82
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	30	$117,660	0.48
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	130	$312,020	0.96
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	160	$47,030	0.89
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	230	$49,570	0.89
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$59,970	1.08
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	150	$63,140	1.14
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	230	$34,340	1.25
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	60	$44,300	0.99
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	30	$54,550	0.92
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	210	$37,360	2.14
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	120	$55,760	0.79
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	120	$66,430	0.29
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	90	$46,370	0.78
Psychiatric Technicians `29-2053`	260	$37,330	4.28
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$40,930	1.20
Purchasing Managers `11-3061`	40	$95,290	1.21
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	140	$61,630	1.59
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	Not available	$43,860
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	670	$32,540	1.89
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	60	$28,140	0.48
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	50	$35,330	0.79
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,990	$78,940	1.51
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	60	$40,130	1.88
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,940	$28,960	1.28
Sales Managers `11-2022`	120	$104,670	0.49
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	220	$48,780	0.44
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	590	$60,910	1.23
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	60	$62,560	0.54
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	50	$27,990	1.57
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	610	$60,920	1.47
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	380	$35,900	0.56
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	60	$61,910	0.30
Security Guards `33-9032`	250	$34,820	0.49
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	40	$28,190	0.28
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9012`	100	$43,160	4.40
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	60	$43,260	1.20
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	540	$49,390	1.69
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	80	$30,690	0.81
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	150	$56,820	1.81
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	190	$35,280	1.11
Software Developers `15-1252`	130	$84,990	0.20
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	60	$54,760	0.54
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	40	$51,800	0.95
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	60	$59,220	0.94
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	240	$91,020	3.31
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,170	$31,330	1.06
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	210	$56,930	1.10
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	150	Not available	0.72
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	140	$49,590	3.04
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	550	$28,300	0.99
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary `25-9044`	250	$23,080	3.97
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	110	$49,740	1.97
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	80	$63,490	2.20
Tellers `43-3071`	220	$33,620	1.70
Therapists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `29-1129`	50	$97,190	5.51
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	80	$33,130	1.99
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	120	$44,600	0.70
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	80	$82,300	0.91
Tutors `25-3041`	50	$50,100	0.73
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	60	$30,620	1.27
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	920	$24,680	1.04
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	80	$39,570	1.59
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	100	$39,780	5.05
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	340	$51,900	2.08