Kokomo, IN

158 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 29020.

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
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,540
Retail Salespersons	1,290
Cashiers	980
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	740
Electricians	730
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	710
Waiters and Waitresses	690
Office Clerks, General	600
Stockers and Order Fillers	600
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	550
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	530
Nursing Assistants	460
General and Operations Managers	450
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations)	400
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	390
Cooks, Restaurant	370
Customer Service Representatives	340
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	320
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	300
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	300

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
Electrical Engineers	4.71	210
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	4.47	300
Electricians	4.20	730
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations)	3.77	400
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	2.38	240
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	1.93	110
Social and Human Service Assistants	1.88	190
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	1.83	170
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.75	1,540
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	1.67	260
Bus Drivers, School	1.65	150
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	1.64	230
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	1.60	160
Dental Assistants	1.53	140
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations)	1.48	170
Recreation Workers	1.48	110
Retail Salespersons	1.45	1,290
Cashiers	1.39	980
Postal Service Mail Carriers	1.39	100
Nursing Assistants	1.38	460

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Dentists, General	$174,240
Pharmacists	$151,730
Software Developers	$132,390
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$131,390
Construction Managers	$127,930
Nurse Practitioners	$126,220
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$121,790
Sales Managers	$119,110
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$115,140
Project Management Specialists	$110,920
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$106,570
Electrical Engineers	$106,550
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$105,410
Lawyers	$104,320
Physical Therapists	$98,350
General and Operations Managers	$97,930
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$97,500
Personal Financial Advisors	$97,430
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$96,730
Medical and Health Services Managers	$96,710

All 158 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	170	$77,520	0.52
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	50	$28,750	0.83
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	30	$51,970	1.00
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	200	$48,580	1.22
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$36,050	2.04
Bakers `51-3011`	40	$34,640	0.69
Bartenders `35-3011`	180	$23,060	1.07
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	110	$45,890	1.14
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	280	$45,990	0.89
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	150	$42,920	1.65
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	60	$56,690	0.98
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	50	$53,740	0.21
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	80	$70,140	0.70
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	50	$59,530	2.00
Carpenters `47-2031`	120	$61,000	0.78
Cashiers `41-2011`	980	$29,570	1.39
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	100	$48,730	1.06
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	120	$29,930	1.01
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	90	$30,140	1.04
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$78,690	1.20
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	40	$44,320	1.15
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	70	$47,600	0.43
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	210	$48,210	0.83
Construction Managers `11-9021`	40	$127,930	0.42
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	120	$36,290	1.20
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	370	$35,300	1.15
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	30	$28,670	1.05
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	40	$76,490	0.77
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	90	$37,650	0.95
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	340	$38,380	0.57
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	30	$44,080	0.79
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	140	$48,360	1.53
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	80	$94,230	1.58
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$174,240	1.36
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	120	$28,190	0.95
Dishwashers `35-9021`	110	$29,430	1.02
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$51,200	0.76
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	130	$30,540	1.37
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	80	$96,730	1.01
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	70	$49,660	0.81
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	210	$106,550	4.71
Electricians `47-2111`	730	$91,290	4.20
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	300	$61,180	0.96
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	40	$44,180	1.10
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	40	$41,670	1.00
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	30	$56,870	0.30
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	40	$35,090	0.61
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	30	$131,390	0.90
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,540	$29,130	1.75
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	100	$115,140	0.53
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	40	$81,040	0.45
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	150	$95,680	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	320	$46,550	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$51,560	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	230	$97,500	1.64
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	160	$62,010	0.50
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$79,500	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	260	$83,500	1.67
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	300	$47,970	1.18
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	120	$61,120	0.82
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	230	$30,160	1.13
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	80	$32,860	1.17
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	50	$72,250	0.84
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	450	$97,930	0.57
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	90	$30,320	1.35
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	40	$96,340	0.71
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	170	$64,800	1.83
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	390	$58,370	0.82
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	710	$35,650	0.73
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	160	$27,150	1.60
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	40	$30,080	0.70
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	130	$66,200	0.61
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	40	$73,650	2.07
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	100	$106,570	1.22
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	240	$91,470	2.38
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	110	$121,790	1.93
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	80	$40,840	0.44
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	130	$45,720	0.98
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	70	Not available	1.33
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	70	$59,500	0.63
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	50	$39,100	1.43
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	530	$36,400	1.06
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	550	$39,040	0.82
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	230	$37,490	1.07
Lawyers `23-1011`	60	$104,320	0.32
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	40	$45,860	0.99
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	30	$60,400	1.04
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	50	$29,640	2.32
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	140	$67,240	0.97
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	280	$50,790	1.23
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	40	$46,560	1.03
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$60,780	0.95
Machinists `51-4041`	60	$45,200	0.85
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	110	$33,780	0.56
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	280	$48,400	0.80
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	40	$46,990	0.30
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	70	$62,450	0.36
Massage Therapists `31-9011`	40	$57,060	1.61
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	300	$105,410	4.47
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	170	$44,700	0.93
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	50	$49,160	1.11
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	230	$43,890	1.05
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	110	$96,710	0.78
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	40	$37,250	1.04
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	160	$60,960	1.13
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	230	$38,930	0.70
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$90,040	0.91
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	50	$126,220	0.64
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	460	$38,250	1.38
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$92,320	0.99
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	600	$41,820	1.07
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	100	$82,270	0.92
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	50	$38,390	2.69
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	50	$32,270	0.43
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	50	$57,960	0.52
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	90	$35,980	1.44
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$52,140	1.03
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	80	$97,430	1.28
Pharmacists `29-1051`	60	$151,730	0.86
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	110	$39,400	0.99
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	60	$98,350	0.97
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	400	$91,470	3.77
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	140	$72,300	0.92
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	100	$59,880	1.39
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	50	$39,400	0.46
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	70	$61,500	0.79
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	70	$110,920	0.29
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	30	$62,160	0.47
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	70	$79,330	1.24
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	200	$35,040	0.95
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	110	$28,320	1.48
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	740	$83,370	0.96
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,290	$31,580	1.45
Sales Managers `11-2022`	70	$119,110	0.47
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	170	$53,660	0.60
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	210	$70,620	0.73
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	30	$24,150	1.85
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	190	$60,320	0.80
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	200	$44,220	0.52
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	60	$77,190	0.55
Security Guards `33-9032`	110	$44,080	0.37
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	60	$38,520	0.78
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	170	$43,690	0.93
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	40	$31,300	0.66
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	40	$64,470	0.88
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	190	$37,690	1.88
Software Developers `15-1252`	60	$132,390	0.15
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	30	$56,060	0.81
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	600	$33,050	0.93
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters `51-2041`	30	$46,380	2.80
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	170	$59,040	1.48
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	120	$37,220	1.03
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	300	$30,440	0.91
Tellers `43-3071`	100	$38,470	1.30
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	40	$61,680	0.39
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	690	$28,420	1.33
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	40	$66,230	1.23
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	110	$49,860	1.20