Lawrence, KS

234 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 29940.

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)	2,880
Retail Salespersons	1,430
Cashiers	1,310
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,230
Waiters and Waitresses	1,190
Customer Service Representatives	1,090
Stockers and Order Fillers	950
General and Operations Managers	850
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	750
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	700
Cooks, Restaurant	690
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	630
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	600
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	590
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	580
Nursing Assistants	540
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	530
Printing Press Operators	500
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	480
Bartenders	470

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
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	11.78	120
Printing Press Operators	10.34	500
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	6.94	420
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	5.57	150
Fundraisers	4.55	170
Instructional Coordinators	4.48	340
Tutors	3.49	200
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	2.85	310
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	2.60	120
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	2.52	110
Social and Human Service Assistants	2.46	360
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.25	2,880
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2.16	1,230
Manicurists and Pedicurists	2.15	110
Information Security Analysts	2.01	130
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	1.96	230
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	1.96	100
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	1.89	270
Personal Financial Advisors	1.87	170
Recreation Workers	1.87	210

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$432,860
Family Medicine Physicians	$275,960
Sales Managers	$189,740
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$171,290
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$170,660
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$169,130
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$164,800
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$156,080
Marketing Managers	$148,550
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$140,710
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$135,920
Pharmacists	$133,880
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$128,760
Medical and Health Services Managers	$127,760
Nurse Practitioners	$126,650
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$126,340
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$126,170
Construction Managers	$121,660
Human Resources Managers	$112,130
Administrative Services Managers	$111,780

All 234 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	400	$79,050	0.82
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	50	$111,780	0.52
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	220	$26,020	1.68
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	160	$28,660	1.80
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval `17-1011`	90	$91,860	2.42
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	30	$60,380	0.99
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	60	$156,080	0.79
Athletic Trainers `29-9091`	40	$60,820	4.06
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$46,240	0.78
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	240	$47,880	1.04
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$36,010	1.52
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$32,710	0.82
Bartenders `35-3011`	470	$29,980	1.86
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	90	Not available	0.67
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	630	$48,290	1.38
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	130	$45,930	0.97
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	30	$57,590	0.31
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	410	$72,100	1.12
Business Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1011`	150	$169,130	5.57
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$39,260	1.00
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	150	$63,770	0.89
Carpenters `47-2031`	280	$59,800	1.24
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,310	$29,270	1.27
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	100	$60,230	1.47
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	80	$44,700	1.14
Chemical Technicians `19-4031`	Not available	$60,230
Chemists `19-2031`	60	$96,050	2.23
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	60	$164,800	0.95
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	130	$60,980	1.01
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	240	$29,090	1.36
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	150	$97,220	1.23
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	30	$90,170	0.32
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	100	$36,420	0.80
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	70	$76,520	0.65
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	150	$52,460	1.85
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	60	$48,700	1.23
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1122`	120	$109,350	11.78
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	90	$45,210	2.55
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	130	$76,700	0.93
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	90	$85,330	1.50
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	30	$49,570	0.70
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	30	$51,280	0.54
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	60	$84,220	0.43
Computer Programmers `15-1251`	60	$84,950	2.01
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1021`	40	$170,660	3.54
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	160	$82,360	0.94
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	270	$56,760	1.15
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	130	$135,920	0.57
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	280	$47,680	0.77
Construction Managers `11-9021`	110	$121,660	0.90
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	30	$76,080	0.69
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	110	$29,700	0.51
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	180	$36,080	1.23
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	690	$35,140	1.47
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	70	$70,630	0.99
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	120	$43,280	0.91
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	40	$46,760	0.75
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	1,090	$37,800	1.26
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	80	$48,130	1.35
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	30	$93,020	0.91
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	150	$22,620	0.84
Dishwashers `35-9021`	130	$27,590	0.81
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	50	$31,940	0.37
Editors `27-3041`	50	$65,460	1.72
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	90	$83,240	0.82
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	420	$140,710	6.94
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare `11-9031`	40	$53,680	1.56
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	70	$51,690	1.76
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	230	$50,850	1.96
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	50	Not available	0.75
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	30	$110,180	0.71
Electricians `47-2111`	140	$61,070	0.56
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	450	$50,310	0.98
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1123`	90	$83,490	4.86
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	140	$67,090	0.91
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	310	$34,560	2.85
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	60	$105,070	1.07
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	30	$275,960	0.96
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	50	$50,650	3.78
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	2,880	$28,320	2.25
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	170	$171,290	0.60
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	50	$48,190	1.14
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	100	$83,260	0.81
Firefighters `33-2011`	70	$51,930	0.57
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	200	$78,920	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	40	$50,310	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	50	$128,760	1.56
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	580	$38,440	1.43
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$50,610	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$61,080	0.87
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	160	$78,710	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	360	$66,470	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	100	$102,210	1.96
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	250	$79,800	1.10
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	370	$47,590	1.00
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	130	$58,200	0.65
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	350	$31,350	1.19
Food Scientists and Technologists `19-1012`	40	$64,210	8.93
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	130	$26,550	1.37
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	90	$70,290	1.09
Fundraisers `13-1131`	170	$65,820	4.55
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	850	$85,110	0.73
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	120	$54,290	1.82
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	100	$36,180	1.00
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	40	$109,630	0.60
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	30	$63,010	0.54
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	130	$59,390	0.97
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	420	$59,050	0.62
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	60	$43,420	1.06
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	40	$53,880	0.79
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	750	$30,700	0.52
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	270	$27,040	1.89
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	80	$30,550	0.97
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	70	$112,130	0.94
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	230	$64,130	0.77
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	Not available	$60,560
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	100	Not available	0.86
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	160	$66,010	1.09
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	60	$126,170	0.73
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	180	$44,650	0.68
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	130	$67,010	2.01
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	120	$42,380	2.60
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	210	$50,430	1.07
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	30	$45,640	0.52
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	340	$61,900	4.48
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	130	$60,120	0.80
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	80	$43,240	1.60
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	600	$34,260	0.82
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	50	$54,400	1.28
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	530	$43,190	0.54
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	360	$38,440	1.13
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	40	$30,120	0.56
Lawyers `23-1011`	140	$103,070	0.55
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	40	$44,770	0.69
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	110	$64,990	2.52
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	70	$40,270	2.46
Library Technicians `25-4031`	50	$49,400	2.20
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	150	$62,400	0.67
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	80	$29,190	1.56
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	260	$42,960	0.79
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	70	$57,890	1.24
Loan Officers `13-2072`	80	$100,480	0.84
Machinists `51-4041`	60	$50,460	0.59
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	300	$33,910	1.06
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	60	$63,980	2.84
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	480	$48,020	0.95
Management Analysts `13-1111`	180	$83,080	0.59
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	170	$103,800	0.83
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	110	$28,470	2.15
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	260	$67,060	0.86
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	80	$148,550	0.58
Massage Therapists `31-9011`	40	$48,880	1.27
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	60	$94,990	0.64
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	210	$37,170	0.77
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	70	$47,590	1.06
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	270	$44,010	0.85
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	170	$127,760	0.85
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	70	$53,120	1.49
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	230	$59,400	1.12
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	350	$45,330	0.74
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	60	$46,800	1.91
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	120	$80,770	1.17
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	50	$47,240	3.78
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	100	$126,650	0.96
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	540	$38,520	1.13
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$109,740	0.78
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	50	$101,060	0.96
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	30	$31,040	0.04
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	120	$60,080	0.78
Operations Research Analysts `15-2031`	40	$87,380	1.13
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	30	$47,620	1.34
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	160	$46,840	1.23
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	90	$44,370	0.49
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	90	$39,190	1.19
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	110	$52,530	0.85
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	90	$37,910	0.96
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	170	$91,780	1.87
Pharmacists `29-1051`	160	$133,880	1.45
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	180	$39,620	1.13
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1126`	30	$105,820	4.57
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	40	$45,590	0.81
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	110	$99,620	1.24
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	30	$126,340	0.60
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	80	$432,860	0.66
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	130	$59,280	0.83
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	200	$63,380	0.91
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	100	$70,530	0.87
Prepress Technicians and Workers `51-5111`	80	$48,490	10.35
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	90	$35,530	0.57
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	500	$41,890	10.34
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	170	$59,010	1.28
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	150	$93,420	0.43
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	110	$61,330	1.05
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	170	$58,040	1.83
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	70	$63,020	0.94
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	80	$37,740	1.30
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	260	$35,410	0.85
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	210	$31,760	1.87
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	700	$78,020	0.62
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	50	$41,980	1.68
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	50	$46,950	1.75
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,430	$31,320	1.10
Sales Managers `11-2022`	180	$189,740	0.83
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	360	$78,410	0.86
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	320	$75,560	0.77
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	40	Not available	0.47
School Psychologists `19-3034`	30	$84,740	1.43
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	370	$62,080	1.04
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,230	$42,630	2.16
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	30	$78,460	0.21
Security Guards `33-9032`	160	$35,080	0.37
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	70	$39,590	0.65
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	180	$44,090	0.68
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	50	$33,070	0.64
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	90	$79,990	1.34
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	360	$45,040	2.46
Software Developers `15-1252`	410	$104,990	0.74
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	70	$48,930	0.85
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	50	$85,130	0.79
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	950	$36,340	1.01
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	170	$64,370	1.01
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	80	$36,940	0.48
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	590	$22,360	1.26
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	80	$60,380	1.79
Tellers `43-3071`	120	$37,450	1.07
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	220	$64,770	1.46
Tutors `25-3041`	200	$23,630	3.49
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials `27-2023`	40	$44,930	7.58
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	50	$37,720	1.18
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	40	$46,700	0.95
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,190	$37,230	1.58
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	80	$60,530	1.94
Web Developers `15-1254`	40	$78,080	1.76
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	70	$48,180	0.51