Lewiston-Auburn, ME

229 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 30340.

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
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,870
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,490
Retail Salespersons	1,430
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,280
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,210
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,080
Cashiers	1,020
General and Operations Managers	950
Office Clerks, General	950
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	820
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	760
Nursing Assistants	690
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	670
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	610
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	540
Customer Service Representatives	480
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	460
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	460
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	460
Social and Human Service Assistants	450

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
Helpers--Electricians	7.80	150
Sewing Machine Operators	4.98	160
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	4.88	140
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	4.34	100
Roofers	3.54	150
Social and Human Service Assistants	3.35	450
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	3.23	160
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	3.22	130
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	2.89	460
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	2.78	320
Bakers	2.58	190
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations)	2.18	170
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	2.15	120
Social and Community Service Managers	2.14	140
Highway Maintenance Workers	2.12	100
Food Batchmakers	1.97	110
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	1.88	820
Parts Salespersons	1.85	150
Driver/Sales Workers	1.85	230
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations)	1.82	100

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Nurse Anesthetists	$247,470
Family Medicine Physicians	$239,740
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$143,710
Pharmacists	$142,840
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$138,440
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$138,050
Nurse Practitioners	$135,630
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$131,520
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$131,190
Electrical Engineers	$127,370
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$126,300
Marketing Managers	$126,140
Sales Managers	$125,230
Construction Managers	$117,870
Software Developers	$117,700
Human Resources Managers	$114,320
Lawyers	$105,240
Medical and Health Services Managers	$104,040
Administrative Services Managers	$104,010
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$103,130

All 229 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	320	$75,980	0.72
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	60	$104,010	0.77
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors `25-3011`	40	$61,830	3.26
Advertising Sales Agents `41-3011`	50	$42,240	1.87
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	50	$32,750	0.38
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	60	$35,110	0.68
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	60	$50,740	1.30
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	280	$56,370	1.30
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	50	$33,090	1.54
Bakers `51-3011`	190	$37,380	2.58
Bartenders `35-3011`	180	$45,040	0.80
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	140	$45,600	1.16
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	540	$50,230	1.28
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	140	$49,100	1.11
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	130	$60,680	1.50
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	140	$74,340	0.41
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	60	$38,640	1.51
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	60	$80,360	0.41
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters `51-7011`	100	$47,030	4.34
Carpenters `47-2031`	280	$60,950	1.38
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,020	$35,280	1.08
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	60	$56,440	0.98
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	60	$138,440	1.03
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	190	$61,980	1.62
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	460	$34,570	2.89
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	40	$92,470	0.39
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	70	$86,530	0.68
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	100	$36,420	0.86
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	110	$48,470	1.47
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	40	$51,550	2.11
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	80	$76,300	0.63
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	30	$75,470	0.73
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	30	$89,660	0.23
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	130	$82,890	0.83
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	170	$59,420	0.76
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	70	$138,050	0.32
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	330	$45,890	0.99
Construction Managers `11-9021`	80	$117,870	0.72
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	60	$72,970	1.34
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	120	$35,470	0.59
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	150	$43,730	1.11
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	250	$44,510	0.58
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$79,270	0.85
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	80	$45,730	0.68
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	70	$48,550	1.26
Crane and Tower Operators `53-7021`	30	$74,040	2.30
Crossing Guards and Flaggers `33-9091`	140	$38,230	4.88
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	480	$45,790	0.60
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9032`	50	$51,750	3.54
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	60	$59,300	1.07
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	70	$81,570	0.82
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	100	$57,650	0.87
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	90	$36,190	0.53
Dishwashers `35-9021`	170	$34,920	1.19
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$59,160	0.92
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	230	$38,220	1.85
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	130	$103,130	1.33
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	120	$59,500	1.11
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	70	$127,370	1.07
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	50	$77,120	1.30
Electricians `47-2111`	410	$78,430	1.75
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	670	$59,110	1.58
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	60	$48,860	1.28
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	80	$46,850	1.39
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	110	$63,470	0.80
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	60	$44,060	0.60
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$102,800	0.81
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	60	$239,740	1.90
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	40	$41,730	0.47
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,490	$34,720	1.26
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	240	$131,190	0.92
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$80,320	0.42
Firefighters `33-2011`	190	$52,930	1.78
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	240	$78,800	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	290	$46,700	0.78
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$45,970	0.65
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$60,560	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	210	$78,900	1.12
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	60	$78,000	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	420	$69,990	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$94,830	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	250	$69,780	1.22
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	460	$51,440	1.35
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	230	$62,070	1.20
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	110	$37,120	1.97
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	340	$35,630	1.24
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	70	$38,140	0.73
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	90	$64,990	1.20
Fundraisers `13-1131`	60	$61,470	1.62
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	950	$96,730	0.89
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	30	$56,480	0.51
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	80	$38,200	0.86
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers `47-4041`	40	$46,780	2.45
Health Education Specialists `21-1091`	50	$59,210	2.36
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	60	$49,500	1.07
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	60	$65,070	0.96
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	50	$62,230	1.35
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	160	$67,180	1.31
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	1,080	$57,900	1.71
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	150	$46,920	7.80
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	30	$33,300	1.07
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	50	$45,070	1.04
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	100	$48,260	2.12
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,870	$38,240	1.42
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	40	$49,910	1.49
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$114,320	0.67
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	300	$58,240	1.09
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	50	$72,430	0.44
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	150	$66,890	1.13
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	70	$126,300	0.88
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	410	$57,000	1.71
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	140	$48,310	0.74
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	100	$58,010	1.82
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall `47-2131`	50	$47,870	3.69
Insulation Workers, Mechanical `47-2132`	40	$51,230	5.14
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	60	$46,450	0.94
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	110	$57,240	0.72
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	70	$40,470	1.59
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	760	$38,240	1.12
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	50	$49,500	1.37
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	610	$43,780	0.67
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	250	$45,180	0.87
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	30	$36,330	0.58
Lawyers `23-1011`	150	$105,240	0.65
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	50	$45,830	1.11
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	50	$63,750	1.15
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	50	$38,310	2.03
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	60	$66,130	0.31
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	390	$50,870	1.29
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	60	$56,430	1.19
Loan Officers `13-2072`	100	$96,990	1.23
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	Not available	$57,240
Machinists `51-4041`	90	$59,020	1.00
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	170	$37,240	0.65
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	40	$60,850	2.34
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	340	$50,170	0.72
Management Analysts `13-1111`	100	$86,530	0.35
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	70	$131,520	0.35
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	130	$66,820	0.45
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	50	$126,140	0.37
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	380	$51,460	1.50
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	90	$47,690	1.44
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	310	$47,720	1.06
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	170	$104,040	0.95
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	130	$61,800	3.22
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	160	$38,960	3.23
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	100	$63,090	0.54
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	140	$44,500	0.32
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	120	$60,340	2.15
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	80	$39,400	2.01
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	60	$81,650	0.58
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	40	$47,100	3.56
Nurse Anesthetists `29-1151`	60	$247,470	3.49
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	180	$135,630	1.81
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	690	$48,570	1.55
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$91,380	0.82
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	90	$84,310	1.77
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	950	$42,840	1.26
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	130	$56,140	0.89
Order Clerks `43-4151`	30	$45,290	1.39
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics `49-3053`	40	$52,010	3.25
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	320	$51,980	2.78
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	80	$34,440	0.47
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	70	$47,880	1.05
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	90	$58,430	0.76
Paramedics `29-2043`	30	$64,970	1.05
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	150	$46,400	1.85
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$54,750	0.95
Pharmacists `29-1051`	80	$142,840	0.82
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	130	$44,200	0.93
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	30	$68,190	0.94
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	130	$98,300	1.60
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	80	$143,710	1.63
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	190	$62,140	1.36
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	140	$66,530	0.68
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	40	$61,430	1.95
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	120	$57,470	1.20
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	90	$47,010	0.61
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	80	$46,850	1.77
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	90	$38,790	1.20
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	100	$48,690	0.82
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	160	$102,490	0.48
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	60	$55,480	0.63
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	140	Not available	1.62
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$55,140	1.52
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	100	$84,510	1.37
Real Estate Brokers `41-9021`	40	$40,630	2.87
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	250	$39,370	0.88
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	130	$36,230	1.29
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	80	$40,370	1.69
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,280	$85,870	1.23
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	40	$44,730	1.62
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,430	$36,540	1.20
Roofers `47-2181`	150	$51,350	3.54
Sales Managers `11-2022`	170	$125,230	0.88
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	150	$57,920	0.38
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	390	$60,790	1.02
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	70	$37,330	5.68
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	40	$38,410	1.53
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	420	$64,110	1.30
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	460	$48,880	0.88
Security Guards `33-9032`	140	$43,340	0.34
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	40	$43,210	0.43
Sewing Machine Operators `51-6031`	160	$44,670	4.98
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	80	$59,910	2.21
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	270	$49,530	1.06
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	110	$43,680	1.39
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	50	$60,280	2.48
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	140	$77,080	2.14
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	450	$48,110	3.35
Software Developers `15-1252`	150	$117,700	0.29
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	170	$60,150	2.18
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	80	$60,700	1.58
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$88,610	1.14
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,210	$40,680	1.40
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	160	$55,480	1.09
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	140	$35,490	0.85
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	820	$47,120	1.88
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	70	$90,880	2.34
Tellers `43-3071`	180	$42,880	1.79
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-6064`	40	$40,420	5.99
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	40	$39,770	1.25
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	100	$65,370	0.74
Tutors `25-3041`	40	$54,960	0.81
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	50	$49,270	1.14
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	450	$43,130	0.65
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping `43-5111`	40	$59,580	2.39
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	80	$55,520	0.62
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	40	$37,800	2.12