Longview-Kelso, WA

199 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 31020.

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)	1,780
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,440
Retail Salespersons	1,120
Cashiers	1,050
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	900
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	770
Stockers and Order Fillers	730
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	720
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	710
General and Operations Managers	600
Office Clerks, General	590
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	590
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	560
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	540
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	510
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	490
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	440
Nursing Assistants	440
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	440
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	430

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
Logging Equipment Operators	31.56	180
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	23.41	590
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	16.76	180
Roofers	5.68	200
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	5.35	540
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	4.79	560
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	4.43	110
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	3.35	100
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	3.33	160
Helpers--Production Workers	3.05	130
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	3.00	110
Coaches and Scouts	2.63	170
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	2.47	100
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	2.47	440
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations)	2.06	270
Carpenters	2.02	360
Tellers	2.00	170
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	1.99	200
Bus Drivers, School	1.97	210
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	1.90	710

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$228,330
Dentists, General	$204,950
Sales Managers	$172,930
Pharmacists	$172,630
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$171,190
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$163,970
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$162,170
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$158,880
Construction Managers	$154,300
Nurse Practitioners	$148,960
Human Resources Managers	$137,230
Medical and Health Services Managers	$134,790
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$133,420
Software Developers	$130,000
Electrical Engineers	$128,340
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$127,230
General and Operations Managers	$125,600
Dental Hygienists	$123,020
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations)	$122,380
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$122,240

All 199 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	250	$93,130	0.66
Agricultural Inspectors `45-2011`	40	$56,870	10.25
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	60	$36,240	0.52
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	70	$36,690	0.96
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	230	$54,080	1.24
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$41,510	0.91
Bartenders `35-3011`	210	$49,930	1.03
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	120	$51,920	1.12
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	490	$56,620	1.36
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	210	$61,730	1.97
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	120	$74,750	1.58
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	140	$80,740	0.49
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	40	$53,550	1.13
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	160	$76,920	1.26
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	50	$59,280	1.63
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	40	$80,690	1.49
Carpenters `47-2031`	360	$68,550	2.02
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,050	$36,350	1.29
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	40	$76,690	0.68
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	40	$63,080	0.69
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	110	$76,390	3.00
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	130	$80,450	1.21
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	30	$42,300	0.23
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	60	$102,750	0.64
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	30	$87,630	0.38
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	200	$47,350	1.99
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	170	$44,360	2.63
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	80	$58,790	1.94
Community Health Workers `21-1094`	30	$49,600	2.12
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$56,810	1.28
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	90	$77,940	0.82
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	100	$122,380	0.72
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	130	$64,040	0.69
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	70	$171,190	0.41
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	360	$55,810	1.25
Construction Managers `11-9021`	60	$154,300	0.57
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	140	$36,550	0.84
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	120	$45,640	1.03
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	310	$44,980	0.82
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	100	$78,610	1.65
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	160	$41,890	1.54
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	70	$58,290	1.48
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	380	$49,460	0.55
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	60	$49,570	1.30
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	190	$47,500	1.84
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	100	$123,020	1.66
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$204,950	1.21
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	50	$36,980	0.34
Dishwashers `35-9021`	80	$36,880	0.61
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	70	$59,020	1.35
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	40	$46,960	0.41
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	80	$162,170	0.94
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	90	$78,490	0.92
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	30	$128,340	0.62
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	60	$122,240	1.70
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment `49-2094`	50	$81,750	2.73
Electricians `47-2111`	300	$96,860	1.48
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	440	$79,910	1.20
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	100	$62,530	2.47
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	100	$75,290	0.85
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	50	$48,060	0.55
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	70	$35,860	1.00
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,440	$36,020	1.41
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	110	$158,880	0.47
Firefighters `33-2011`	Not available	$78,940
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	290	$106,120	1.34
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers `45-1011`	30	$76,600	4.17
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	230	$52,910	0.72
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	270	$97,530	1.64
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$73,610	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	410	$81,980	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	30	$119,540	0.77
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	440	$82,060	2.47
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	380	$59,980	1.28
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	200	$75,270	1.22
Food Batchmakers `51-3092`	50	$37,690	0.98
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	260	$38,460	1.11
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	50	$50,500	3.12
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	60	$37,140	0.83
Foresters `19-1032`	30	$78,460	12.67
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders `51-9051`	60	$69,070	17.11
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	600	$125,600	0.65
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	50	$53,620	2.88
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	40	$36,590	0.45
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	60	$62,250	1.17
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	50	$89,650	1.08
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	40	$60,050	1.23
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	80	$64,400	0.75
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	770	$62,930	1.42
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	30	$50,230	1.22
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	130	$43,120	3.05
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,780	$47,840	1.57
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	60	$36,390	0.54
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	70	$37,430	1.04
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	30	$137,230	0.57
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	190	$75,810	0.81
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	90	$99,630	0.95
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	560	$96,950	4.79
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	100	$163,970	1.49
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	270	$51,700	1.31
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	40	$43,570	1.12
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	190	$58,950	1.18
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	40	$99,540	0.62
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	100	$58,460	0.80
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	510	$46,590	0.87
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates `23-1023`	40	$228,330	6.79
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	100	$80,660	3.35
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	900	$40,510	1.15
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	270	$44,150	1.08
Lawyers `23-1011`	50	$101,170	0.26
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	50	$51,370	1.16
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	110	$77,940	0.67
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	250	$49,970	0.97
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	60	$50,330	1.34
Loan Officers `13-2072`	90	$78,940	1.21
Log Graders and Scalers `45-4023`	30	$61,030	37.83
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	180	$76,980	31.56
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	40	$68,170	0.67
Machine Feeders and Offbearers `53-7063`	70	$47,510	6.40
Machinists `51-4041`	140	$63,190	1.84
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	170	$37,260	0.76
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	30	$79,890	2.18
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	370	$53,100	0.91
Management Analysts `13-1111`	50	$98,620	0.23
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	60	$133,420	0.36
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	100	$71,120	0.43
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	30	$121,030	0.33
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	80	$98,910	1.00
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	250	$61,480	1.14
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	30	$60,700	0.67
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	50	$58,830	0.19
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	60	$134,790	0.39
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	70	$46,790	2.07
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	150	$94,190	0.91
Millwrights `49-9044`	80	$74,940	7.13
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	210	$44,820	0.57
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9023`	110	$52,660	4.43
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	160	$82,340	3.33
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	50	$107,890	0.62
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	60	$148,960	0.68
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	440	$47,830	1.14
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	50	$96,780	1.38
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	590	$48,170	0.91
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	40	$51,080	0.73
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	190	$64,150	1.51
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	540	$47,980	5.35
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	130	$37,980	0.90
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	40	$58,500	0.71
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9196`	590	$59,770	23.41
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	90	$47,010	1.27
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	60	$64,440	1.42
Pharmacists `29-1051`	70	$172,630	0.88
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	100	$58,250	0.81
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	40	$107,810	0.59
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	200	$80,710	1.66
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	120	$94,930	0.66
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	90	$59,880	1.00
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations) `51-8013`	Not available	$94,660
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	130	$44,350	1.01
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	30	$45,050	0.87
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	40	$76,810	1.55
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	150	$75,190	1.50
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	230	$101,440	0.83
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	300	$40,790	1.25
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	100	$37,450	1.11
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	720	Not available	0.81
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	30	$58,760	1.29
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,120	$38,680	1.09
Roofers `47-2181`	200	$58,830	5.68
Sales Managers `11-2022`	80	$172,930	0.49
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	180	$72,300	0.54
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	360	$77,020	1.10
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	180	$60,100	16.76
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	200	$104,110	0.70
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	430	$57,580	0.96
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	50	$64,880	0.36
Security Guards `33-9032`	140	$45,370	0.40
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	80	$47,800	0.86
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	330	$51,740	1.53
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	40	$87,220	0.67
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	90	$51,050	0.74
Software Developers `15-1252`	150	$130,000	0.33
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	60	$80,800	0.81
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	40	$81,830	0.83
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	50	$98,710	0.96
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators `51-8021`	30	$77,350	4.65
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	730	$38,190	0.98
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	270	$65,140	2.06
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	230	$61,260	1.67
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	710	$45,400	1.90
Tellers `43-3071`	170	$47,220	2.00
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners `51-4194`	40	$61,820	25.30
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	50	$64,890	0.44
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	30	$127,230	0.59
Urban and Regional Planners `19-3051`	30	$82,620	2.81
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	410	$54,870	0.68
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	30	$64,420	0.97
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	120	$59,860	1.09
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing `51-7042`	70	$59,550	4.52