Lima, OH

219 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 30620.

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)	1,830
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,630
Retail Salespersons	1,490
General and Operations Managers	1,210
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,120
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	960
Cashiers	940
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	830
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	810
Office Clerks, General	730
Nursing Assistants	690
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	690
Waiters and Waitresses	680
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	660
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	620
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	540
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	510
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	510
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	500
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	500

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
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	5.77	180
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	5.43	220
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	4.16	510
Chemists	3.61	100
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	3.54	470
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	2.96	160
Correctional Officers and Jailers	2.72	330
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	2.64	310
Production Workers, All Other	2.60	210
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	2.59	500
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.42	500
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	2.29	210
Food Batchmakers	2.29	130
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	2.19	110
Phlebotomists	2.17	100
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.13	460
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	2.09	110
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	2.00	150
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	1.99	220
Nurse Practitioners	1.98	210

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Family Medicine Physicians	$223,700
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$208,000
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$152,770
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$150,740
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$140,030
Pharmacists	$137,460
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$125,380
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$125,100
Marketing Managers	$122,260
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$121,000
Nurse Practitioners	$120,350
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$117,990
Human Resources Managers	$115,800
Software Developers	$114,600
Purchasing Managers	$114,430
Sales Managers	$114,100
Medical and Health Services Managers	$105,690
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations)	$105,140
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$99,290
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	$98,990

BLS didn't publish the median for 1 occupation here because it is very high: General Internal Medicine Physicians. They aren't ranked, and we don't estimate them.

All 219 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	300	$72,980	0.64
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	60	$78,960	0.66
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	100	$25,190	0.80
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	70	$28,630	0.81
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$152,770	0.72
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	60	$47,160	1.27
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	270	$45,740	1.20
Bakers `51-3011`	150	$29,330	1.93
Bartenders `35-3011`	220	$30,270	0.90
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	60	$35,410	1.14
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	150	$45,170	1.16
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	430	$46,570	0.98
Brickmasons and Blockmasons `47-2021`	40	$94,220	2.13
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	210	$62,450	2.29
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	140	$77,330	0.40
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	160	$72,330	1.00
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	90	$78,770	2.53
Carpenters `47-2031`	130	$53,800	0.60
Cashiers `41-2011`	940	$28,230	0.95
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	90	$81,270	1.40
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	30	$45,270	0.51
Chemists `19-2031`	100	$72,570	3.61
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	30	$150,740	0.49
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	230	$50,020	1.79
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	80	$28,790	0.45
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	90	$98,990	0.77
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	40	$80,130	0.37
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	210	$34,710	1.72
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	130	$56,720	1.17
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	110	$37,380	1.33
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	90	$48,040	1.77
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	70	$71,210	0.54
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$64,440	0.91
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	160	$46,240	2.96
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	50	$87,920	0.33
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	110	$49,980	0.47
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	70	$140,030	0.31
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	230	$51,110	0.64
Construction Managers `11-9021`	100	$91,350	0.84
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	140	$26,210	0.69
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	260	$35,820	1.81
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	380	$34,200	0.85
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	330	$59,240	2.72
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	60	$74,460	0.85
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	90	$43,160	0.72
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	90	$47,500	1.62
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	460	$42,340	0.55
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	100	$39,440	1.78
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	30	$36,600	0.83
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	90	$45,570	0.71
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	70	$78,530	1.01
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	40	$82,430	1.43
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	40	$61,000	1.53
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	110	$28,580	0.63
Dishwashers `35-9021`	130	$28,480	0.87
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	60	$45,610	0.87
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	190	$37,880	1.45
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	120	$97,240	1.15
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	70	$78,240	1.21
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	140	$59,790	1.22
Electricians `47-2111`	250	$75,600	1.04
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	540	$75,830	1.21
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	50	$52,110	0.94
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	50	Not available	0.85
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	80	$62,010	0.52
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	60	$31,200	0.60
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9041`	70	$45,920	3.77
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$93,610	1.03
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	40	$223,700	1.21
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,830	$27,320	1.48
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$125,380	0.57
Firefighters `33-2011`	150	$60,020	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	150	$73,510	0.56
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	510	$35,900	1.30
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$43,960	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	210	$78,820	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$70,130	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	330	$60,900	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	60	$76,010	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	460	$76,350	2.13
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	390	$43,670	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	230	$61,930	1.16
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	130	$43,990	2.29
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	230	$29,720	0.79
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	130	$30,080	1.41
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	70	$62,650	0.87
General Internal Medicine Physicians `29-1216`	30	Not published (very high)	1.44
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,210	$80,720	1.08
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	50	$53,310	0.71
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	100	$33,530	1.03
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	70	$47,390	1.15
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	110	$61,290	1.86
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	160	$60,950	1.24
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	660	$58,140	0.99
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	70	$53,250	1.38
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	810	$31,980	0.58
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	120	$27,470	0.89
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	70	$29,640	0.81
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$115,800	0.73
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	230	$63,510	0.78
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	310	$105,140	2.64
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	180	$74,470	1.26
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	150	$117,990	1.92
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	290	$43,740	1.15
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	500	$57,990	2.59
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$59,600	0.93
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	90	$52,990	0.57
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	50	$45,600	0.95
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	830	$35,390	1.17
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	80	$78,530	3.89
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	960	$37,050	1.01
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	230	$36,200	0.76
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	50	$28,040	0.85
Lawyers `23-1011`	90	$83,260	0.36
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	30	$46,180	0.80
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	500	$62,080	2.42
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	40	$26,220	0.80
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	340	$40,530	1.09
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	30	$45,760	0.58
Loan Officers `13-2072`	70	$62,430	0.81
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	70	$77,000	0.91
Machinists `51-4041`	120	$53,950	1.35
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	310	$30,060	1.13
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	620	$57,180	1.25
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	$81,530	0.22
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	30	$121,000	0.15
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	130	$61,560	0.47
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	60	$122,260	0.49
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	50	$99,290	0.52
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	420	$43,530	1.59
Medical Equipment Preparers `31-9093`	40	$40,150	1.74
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	90	$47,360	1.50
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists `19-1042`	30	$94,580	0.62
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	420	$39,090	1.35
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	260	$105,690	1.33
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	50	$47,910	1.12
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	320	$73,060	1.61
Millwrights `49-9044`	90	$82,640	6.99
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	690	$43,970	1.54
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	180	$43,920	5.77
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$67,380	0.79
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4072`	90	$43,720	1.90
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other `53-3099`	40	$25,850	2.41
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	220	Not available	5.43
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	80	$80,510	0.84
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	210	$120,350	1.98
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	690	$37,360	1.48
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	70	$82,420	1.63
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	80	$84,890	1.52
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	50	$60,550	2.85
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	730	$41,410	0.92
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	130	$58,860	0.87
Order Clerks `43-4151`	30	$47,430	1.32
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	510	$37,430	4.16
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	220	$33,090	1.21
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	40	$46,530	0.55
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	30	$48,140	0.25
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	130	$37,440	1.45
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$55,280	0.97
Pharmacists `29-1051`	140	$137,460	1.33
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	150	$44,150	1.01
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	100	$37,220	2.17
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	80	$60,420	2.28
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	110	$97,880	1.24
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	110	$125,100	2.09
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	220	$208,000	1.99
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	170	$61,160	1.16
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	180	$62,170	0.84
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	120	$57,700	1.12
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	110	$77,210	2.19
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	130	$33,480	0.85
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	70	$35,670	1.45
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	50	$62,150	1.69
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	210	$34,350	2.60
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	150	$60,230	1.17
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	150	$81,670	0.42
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	60	$55,660	0.60
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$57,970	0.47
Purchasing Managers `11-3061`	40	$114,430	1.46
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	150	$74,810	2.00
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	370	$35,600	1.27
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	80	$29,390	0.79
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	50	$45,600	1.09
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,630	$81,440	1.50
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	90	$77,570	1.91
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,490	$28,900	1.19
Roofers `47-2181`	40	$44,980	1.02
Sales Managers `11-2022`	160	$114,100	0.81
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	250	$54,940	0.62
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	460	$61,690	1.16
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	380	$75,760	1.12
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	490	$44,460	0.90
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	60	$51,320	0.38
Security Guards `33-9032`	140	$30,060	0.33
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	60	$37,720	0.55
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	340	$45,130	1.29
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	140	$31,340	1.75
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	40	$67,190	0.56
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	160	$37,560	1.14
Software Developers `15-1252`	140	$114,600	0.25
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	140	$64,020	1.70
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	80	$74,270	1.55
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	80	$80,810	1.32
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators `51-8021`	30	$85,930	3.60
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,120	$35,920	1.23
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	120	$57,230	0.74
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	60	$33,730	0.38
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	70	$61,520	1.79
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	440	$34,130	0.96
Tellers `43-3071`	160	$38,070	1.49
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	50	$40,510	1.56
Tool and Die Makers `51-4111`	70	$84,730	3.61
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	130	$49,550	0.88
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	90	$94,960	1.26
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	30	$34,270	0.85
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	680	$36,720	0.93
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	50	$64,310	1.28
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	470	$85,790	3.54
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-4122`	40	$36,490	3.70