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Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN

309 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 29200.

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

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.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
General Internal Medicine Physicians$416,860
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$368,750
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$204,450
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$177,640
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$142,640
Education Administrators, Postsecondary$141,700
Optometrists$134,830
Computer and Information Systems Managers$133,270
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$133,060
Public Relations Managers$131,280
Nurse Practitioners$126,820
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$124,050
Pharmacists$122,990
Purchasing Managers$122,410
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$121,020
Sales Managers$120,980
Human Resources Managers$119,620
Marketing Managers$117,150
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$112,900
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$111,470
All 309 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011570$77,7400.60
Administrative Services Managers 11-3012260$103,3401.50
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 25-301130$50,5901.27
Agricultural Engineers 17-202150$86,32053.93
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-209130$52,1001.66
Agricultural Inspectors 45-201170$48,1407.76
Agricultural Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 19-401250$44,7204.70
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091140$26,6200.55
Animal Caretakers 39-2021230$29,4301.29
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301160$58,8100.93
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-9041170$177,6401.15
Athletic Trainers 29-909130$67,2101.59
Audio and Video Technicians 27-401150$44,5500.99
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-3021170$62,3801.69
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023480$49,2901.03
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603160$32,3000.95
Bakers 51-3011120$33,8300.80
Bartenders 35-3011460$22,6800.92
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301140$44,5800.36
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021180$46,2000.68
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 19-102980$55,2402.07
Biological Technicians 19-4021130$62,6302.89
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031930$48,4001.03
Brickmasons and Blockmasons 47-202170$60,3201.97
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051240$47,3500.91
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031210$60,2001.12
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199100$75,2200.15
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302150$37,2600.61
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020370$73,9601.15
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians 29-203140$82,0500.95
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1194240$51,4903.15
Carpenters 47-2031300$63,0500.69
Cashiers 41-20111,910$29,5400.94
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051130$57,5400.94
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101160$40,3000.48
Chemical Technicians 19-403180$64,1902.22
Chemists 19-2031120$52,1402.13
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101140$204,4500.29
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021140$48,7300.54
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011380$30,7201.13
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-205190$87,3800.38
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-103160$78,2900.29
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061210$33,9900.83
Clergy 21-201130$65,6700.90
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010110$46,1500.52
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 19-303350$86,6700.92
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022150$66,2500.90
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124190$47,5201.85
Commercial and Industrial Designers 27-102130$85,2801.47
Community Health Workers 21-109430$44,9400.84
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 13-114140$72,4100.51
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041260$78,1200.96
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124160$101,5000.50
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123190$72,8000.98
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-9161180$57,2801.63
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers 51-916230$63,5701.79
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211210$87,6600.62
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232390$52,9900.83
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021170$133,2700.38
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 49-201150$47,8801.20
Construction Laborers 47-2061760$49,9601.05
Construction Managers 11-9021150$101,1200.58
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401150$68,0900.53
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011270$29,5400.65
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012260$38,5800.89
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014930$34,8701.01
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012110$49,9100.43
Cost Estimators 13-1051120$74,8200.85
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021270$37,1201.01
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners 27-309230$57,4703.67
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-403180$44,8700.66
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902170$66,8003.83
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051900$41,0900.53
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031260$52,7102.28
Data Entry Keyers 43-902140$38,9700.54
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-205170$79,2800.39
Dental Assistants 31-9091190$48,7300.74
Dental Hygienists 29-1292150$91,7501.00
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302140$77,9600.47
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103170$61,1701.35
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011470$34,8201.31
Dishwashers 35-9021250$28,6900.78
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032110$48,7500.85
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031370$28,6001.38
Editors 27-304140$39,9300.65
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032140$111,4700.66
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-9033240$141,7002.05
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903130$59,1600.66
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012460$59,5202.00
Electrical Engineers 17-2071120$95,1500.88
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302380$53,6401.35
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209450$67,5501.25
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2028250$38,7301.55
Electricians 47-2111580$78,5401.17
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021720$59,5900.79
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406160$40,1900.59
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042140$39,0701.21
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 47-502230$65,2901.48
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011180$64,9700.60
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031210$35,7800.97
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-3013220$88,3402.13
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-304150$62,1801.83
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-209230$37,9400.20
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30234,260$28,2301.68
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031310$121,0200.57
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205180$84,5400.32
Firefighters 33-2011200$54,8500.89
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011430$83,5200.80
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101440$44,9500.54
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012790$44,7500.98
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011140$56,5101.16
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101260$66,0800.70
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011400$80,2200.99
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101290$74,6400.63
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011780$67,6000.83
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102260$47,9800.75
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-10111,720$74,7703.88
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011610$48,1400.83
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 33-109140$89,6100.72
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047290$61,7600.71
Floral Designers 27-102340$30,9001.31
Food Batchmakers 51-3092150$60,6801.33
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021420$29,5000.71
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041140$29,9900.72
Food Service Managers 11-9051120$65,2000.78
Fundraisers 13-1131200Not available2.69
General Internal Medicine Physicians 29-1216120$416,8602.67
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,030$100,6000.45
Graphic Designers 27-1024100$66,0600.80
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-5012220$31,2701.11
Health Education Specialists 21-109160$58,3001.32
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars 29-902150$44,9501.85
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1071440$109,1103.03
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209960$53,7900.47
Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022120$74,1400.97
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021230$61,4300.84
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,410$58,3601.04
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909840$39,1200.57
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051100$44,6600.99
Home Appliance Repairers 49-903140$44,1301.74
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,780$35,7100.63
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031320$26,1701.12
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081180$29,3801.04
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416160$46,4200.94
Human Resources Managers 11-3121140$119,6200.95
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071510$64,1400.85
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-302640$61,3500.71
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112630$98,6402.64
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041370$70,1301.29
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051270$124,0501.66
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051290$43,7200.56
Information Security Analysts 15-1212Not available$101,390
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419950$52,3500.56
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061680$49,4601.73
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909970$60,4700.64
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031300$65,1502.00
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-9041100$49,3600.68
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021240$62,1500.75
Insurance Underwriters 13-205350$95,1300.76
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-411150$45,0300.49
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20112,100$38,4501.45
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2012100$55,6301.44
Labor Relations Specialists 13-1075100$79,0502.35
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70622,470$37,3101.27
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011430$37,8100.69
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-601170$29,3200.50
Lawyers 23-1011220$100,6500.45
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601250$44,1500.50
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-402250$52,8500.57
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-412170$32,0601.22
Library Technicians 25-403160$39,2901.23
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061330$65,1600.78
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092140$31,0901.31
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033620$43,3100.97
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413150$48,0600.45
Loan Officers 13-2072110$75,9800.63
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1081210$83,3201.30
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 53-706360$45,6801.98
Machinists 51-4041720$62,2203.81
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists 29-203540$95,8101.28
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012370$35,6900.65
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-90711,250$55,4801.24
Management Analysts 13-1111300$95,6000.51
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-919970$87,7800.16
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161280$64,1200.47
Marketing Managers 11-202180$117,1500.32
Materials Engineers 17-213140$85,1302.38
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-302790$74,2803.65
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141510$100,6902.61
Medical Assistants 31-9092400$44,3500.74
Medical Equipment Preparers 31-909360$45,0601.13
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042140$82,0601.21
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013450$43,8400.71
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111320$106,7100.80
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-1121110$51,5701.21
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102380$48,6500.90
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102660$35,9200.57
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022310$60,7000.76
Millwrights 49-904440$72,4501.62
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-20906,280$63,1406.80
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042150$73,8301.25
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4072Not available$36,560
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-408180$44,4300.93
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-912170$142,6401.01
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244200$84,1000.97
New Accounts Clerks 43-414150$39,3302.19
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171240$126,8201.13
Nursing Assistants 31-1131770$37,7600.81
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-5011120$77,6201.27
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 19-501230$54,6001.61
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1122110$96,7401.02
Occupational Therapy Assistants 31-201160$71,9301.67
Office Clerks, General 43-90612,040$42,8401.26
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073340$83,4601.09
Operations Research Analysts 15-2031240$86,9103.35
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205780$46,2301.76
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208160$38,3701.28
Optometrists 29-104150$134,8301.66
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111220$44,9200.89
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064190$36,1000.51
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-2141130$46,0000.89
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011130$50,9500.51
Paramedics 29-204370$58,7701.05
Parts Salespersons 41-2022160$36,7800.92
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-3051100$52,9200.95
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205270$81,4000.38
Pest Control Workers 37-202130$49,4600.46
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 37-301250$49,0402.64
Pharmacists 29-1051290$122,9901.37
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052330$42,8301.08
Photographers 27-402140$41,7501.32
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-2021110$62,0301.45
Physical Therapists 29-1123180$100,3101.02
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107150$133,0600.45
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229120$368,7500.52
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152320$62,7801.04
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051350$74,3200.80
Postal Service Clerks 43-505140$58,8800.89
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052190$62,0700.88
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 25-1199330$82,3903.35
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011240$35,4900.78
Printing Press Operators 51-511270$39,1000.72
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109260$58,0400.97
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061250$61,2000.99
Project Management Specialists 13-1082290$83,3300.41
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) 13-202030$62,1400.88
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-9141140$61,5100.66
Public Relations Managers 11-203240$131,2800.81
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031250$67,3801.35
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503170$51,9801.06
Purchasing Managers 11-306130$122,4100.54
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034160$78,5701.06
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-9022130$49,1901.06
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171490$35,1100.82
Recreation Workers 39-9032200$30,6400.94
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11412,080$80,7900.94
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-101540$49,1500.67
Residential Advisors 39-904160$43,6501.03
Respiratory Therapists 29-1126110$80,1401.25
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,650$30,6701.03
Roofers 47-218140$44,1400.50
Sales Managers 11-2022200$120,9800.49
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091450$62,8700.55
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012630$68,0800.78
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401160$95,5900.32
School Bus Monitors 33-909430$32,0300.59
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031630$62,5900.90
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,310$47,2701.16
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-303190$78,5600.29
Security Guards 33-9032570$36,2300.67
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-302190$28,7000.40
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-901240$52,1700.95
Sewing Machine Operators 51-603180$35,1201.17
Sheet Metal Workers 47-2211140$62,9001.84
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071530$46,8900.98
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053150$31,5100.90
Skincare Specialists 39-509430$47,1400.63
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151120$64,0200.85
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093460$39,9401.61
Software Developers 15-1252490$99,7500.44
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-101330$86,3803.19
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052170$49,0500.99
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205860$60,1300.54
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112790$96,5700.76
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,580$33,8400.85
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018380$52,1001.17
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031350$35,7601.02
Surgical Technologists 29-2055130$63,2001.65
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-303130$61,2200.80
Tax Preparers 13-208250$46,3000.95
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 25-309980$50,5501.12
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-90451,010$32,5201.08
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202270$62,2100.77
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905230$58,9500.52
Tellers 43-3071230$37,9401.07
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309360$35,2200.84
Tool and Die Makers 51-411180$80,0602.25
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151230$49,9600.77
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307180$112,9000.53
Tree Trimmers and Pruners 37-301360$40,5201.78
Tutors 25-304150$35,4700.44
Veterinarians 29-113190$91,9101.62
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-9096150$37,3201.86
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-2056190$52,1602.22
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,490$28,4201.00
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031110$54,7201.31
Web and Digital Interface Designers (2 O*NET occupations) 15-125540$68,1500.53
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121560$49,0202.03
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-412240$46,3702.07