Manhattan, KS

238 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 31740.

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)	2,190
Cashiers	1,620
Retail Salespersons	1,390
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,230
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	1,100
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,020
Waiters and Waitresses	940
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	930
General and Operations Managers	920
Customer Service Representatives	870
Nursing Assistants	840
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	810
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	720
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	690
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	580
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	570
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	570
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	560
Cooks, Restaurant	520
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	510

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
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	4.56	200
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	3.12	140
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	2.94	180
Fundraisers	2.88	110
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	2.62	470
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	2.39	330
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	2.27	110
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	2.24	1,100
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	2.20	360
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2.10	1,230
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	2.04	310
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	2.03	110
Tellers	1.92	220
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations)	1.91	170
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	1.84	690
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1.81	240
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	1.80	130
Nursing Assistants	1.68	840
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1.65	2,190
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	1.62	170

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$294,890
Sales Managers	$162,920
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$157,400
Marketing Managers	$151,780
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$140,850
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$139,180
Pharmacists	$139,080
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$138,290
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$137,240
Lawyers	$124,230
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations)	$123,990
Administrative Services Managers	$115,610
Nurse Practitioners	$115,350
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$114,990
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$113,160
Human Resources Managers	$112,140
Construction Managers	$111,360
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$107,860
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$106,610
Medical and Health Services Managers	$106,330

All 238 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	470	$65,900	0.94
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	$115,610	0.43
Agricultural Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `19-4012`	90	$51,270	18.10
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	330	$27,980	2.39
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	90	$29,880	0.96
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval `17-1011`	50	$77,940	1.39
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	40	$77,810	1.19
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$157,400	0.72
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	50	$59,260	0.98
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	240	$44,410	0.98
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	60	$35,260	1.73
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$30,010	0.74
Bartenders `35-3011`	250	$27,160	0.96
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	130	$45,290	0.90
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `19-1029`	50	$88,610	2.50
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	560	$45,570	1.19
Budget Analysts `13-2031`	70	$73,920	4.06
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	150	$45,850	1.07
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	70	$54,010	0.72
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	690	$75,120	1.84
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	50	$39,290	1.14
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	210	$59,940	1.23
Carpenters `47-2031`	300	$51,600	1.31
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,620	$27,870	1.52
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	130	$57,030	1.80
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	40	$48,640	0.59
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders `51-9011`	50	$36,040	1.08
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	80	$138,290	1.18
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	240	$53,130	1.81
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	210	$28,590	1.18
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	80	$63,440	3.27
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	180	$96,030	1.44
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	Not available	$64,740
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	200	$30,720	1.54
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	140	$64,260	1.19
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	90	Not available	1.09
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	130	$68,240	0.94
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	40	$93,710	0.66
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	80	$39,660	1.35
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	150	$97,470	1.01
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	80	$84,820	0.46
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	220	$51,230	0.87
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	120	$139,180	0.52
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	420	$47,730	1.11
Construction Managers `11-9021`	150	$111,360	1.14
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	50	$66,660	0.97
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	310	$34,100	2.04
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	520	$32,280	1.06
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	70	$27,820	1.51
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	130	$37,000	0.95
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	80	$78,560	1.03
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	130	$41,030	0.96
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	60	$41,540	0.97
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	870	$38,620	0.97
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	90	$46,030	1.50
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	30	$73,920	1.15
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	130	$21,770	0.70
Dishwashers `35-9021`	100	$24,370	0.59
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$46,110	0.60
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	Not available	$17,510
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	100	$84,910	0.92
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	180	$113,160	2.94
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other `25-9099`	60	$51,620	1.57
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	170	$51,720	1.37
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	40	Not available	0.64
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	50	$103,540	1.17
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	40	$66,440	1.09
Electricians `47-2111`	170	$61,170	0.64
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	570	$49,520	1.18
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	70	$56,620	1.31
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	40	Not available	0.68
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	50	$73,580	0.97
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	40	$75,360	1.36
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	100	$71,330	0.65
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	150	$31,870	1.31
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$107,860	0.82
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3041`	50	$45,930	3.70
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	50	$35,400	0.51
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals `45-2093`	90	$37,020	8.28
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	2,190	$27,130	1.65
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	180	$137,240	0.61
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	50	$63,130	1.13
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$59,080	0.42
Firefighters `33-2011`	120	$53,290	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	380	$78,660	1.35
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	50	$49,780	1.34
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	50	$75,360	1.45
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	510	$36,460	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	80	$44,820	1.36
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	60	$56,300	1.40
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	260	$74,230	1.23
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	30	$64,930	0.43
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	350	$61,530	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	110	$81,330	2.03
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	190	$73,300	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	420	$45,310	1.08
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	170	$57,780	0.77
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	290	$29,270	0.96
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	50	$21,660	0.45
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	100	$70,860	1.24
Fundraisers `13-1131`	110	$65,870	2.88
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	920	$84,990	0.76
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	60	$49,800	0.82
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	130	$29,700	1.26
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	50	$49,750	0.75
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	60	$53,290	1.52
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	150	$58,000	1.08
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	480	$51,750	0.68
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	60	$47,750	1.13
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	580	$30,420	0.39
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	190	$26,240	1.28
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	130	$28,630	1.42
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	90	$51,820	2.92
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$112,140	0.50
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	500	$76,400	1.59
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	50	$46,000	2.10
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	70	$95,230	0.56
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	180	$62,910	1.16
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	60	$114,990	0.65
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	190	$37,450	0.70
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	60	$97,490	0.97
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	110	$51,060	2.27
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	250	$49,040	1.23
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	90	$66,600	1.46
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	130	$66,010	1.60
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	140	$58,750	0.86
Insurance Underwriters `13-2053`	60	$66,280	1.65
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	70	$37,690	1.38
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	720	$30,220	0.94
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$50,330	1.14
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	930	$36,070	0.91
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	440	$36,660	1.34
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	90	$28,500	1.28
Lawyers `23-1011`	120	$124,230	0.45
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	70	$39,450	1.29
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	70	$60,370	1.58
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	90	$32,710	2.96
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	230	$61,430	1.04
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	170	$39,380	0.50
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	80	$47,760	1.50
Loan Officers `13-2072`	130	$87,730	1.40
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	170	$66,710	1.91
Machinists `51-4041`	100	$51,630	0.98
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	280	$28,350	0.95
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	570	$46,370	1.08
Management Analysts `13-1111`	180	$80,720	0.60
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	110	$106,610	0.53
Manicurists and Pedicurists `39-5092`	60	$30,260	1.05
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	220	$61,100	0.70
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	30	$151,780	0.25
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	90	$83,200	0.84
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	120	$37,460	0.44
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	70	$47,050	0.98
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	190	$37,910	0.57
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	220	$106,330	1.07
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	50	$53,390	1.07
Microbiologists `19-1022`	40	$81,330	6.26
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	240	$54,980	1.13
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	250	$39,570	0.51
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	80	$66,170	1.26
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-9121`	30	$140,850	0.88
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	130	$80,170	1.25
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	40	$38,150	3.30
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	90	$115,350	0.79
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	840	$36,080	1.68
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	70	$91,560	1.44
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	70	$88,610	1.21
Occupational Therapy Assistants `31-2011`	30	$62,380	1.79
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	80	$44,350	0.10
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	360	$58,080	2.20
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	50	$27,460	0.25
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	110	$45,330	1.36
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	70	$47,890	0.50
Paramedics `29-2043`	50	$48,950	1.30
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	100	$36,380	1.04
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$51,630	0.85
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	120	$83,180	1.27
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	40	$38,070	1.10
Pharmacists `29-1051`	80	$139,080	0.76
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	150	$39,640	0.94
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	Not available	$37,900
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$60,210	1.29
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	90	$97,110	0.99
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	130	$294,890	1.08
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	200	$60,600	1.27
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	280	$52,220	1.23
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$63,920	1.18
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	130	$57,700	1.17
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other `25-1199`	60	$60,050	1.16
Power Plant Operators (3 O*NET occupations) `51-8013`	70	$98,840	7.24
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	70	$49,160	0.41
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	50	$37,500	0.98
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	30	$56,620	1.61
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	100	$52,570	0.75
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	160	$95,390	0.45
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	40	$62,560	2.24
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	170	$45,980	1.62
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	150	$59,170	1.53
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	40	$51,640	1.08
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	60	$79,750	0.70
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	110	$37,000	1.61
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	390	$32,130	1.24
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	90	$29,900	0.79
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	810	$78,960	0.69
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	40	$36,050	1.08
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	50	$34,890	1.63
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,390	$29,540	1.04
Sales Managers `11-2022`	130	$162,920	0.57
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	370	$62,900	0.85
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	220	$63,040	0.50
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	40	$123,990	0.40
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	330	$57,620	0.90
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	1,230	$40,460	2.10
Security Guards `33-9032`	160	$39,730	0.37
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	40	$76,750	1.09
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	170	$41,910	0.60
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	80	$32,300	0.98
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$78,750	0.68
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	240	$42,520	1.60
Software Developers `15-1252`	350	$101,960	0.60
Soil and Plant Scientists `19-1013`	60	$66,100	11.92
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	100	$58,860	1.11
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	40	$56,890	1.25
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	50	$58,320	0.95
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	80	$77,050	1.29
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,020	$30,990	1.05
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	160	$42,200	0.96
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	470	$34,510	2.62
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	1,100	$31,020	2.24
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	40	$59,320	0.77
Tellers `43-3071`	220	$35,930	1.92
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	190	$55,830	1.22
Veterinarians `29-1131`	70	$81,310	2.55
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	140	$33,630	3.12
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	200	$51,610	4.56
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	940	$33,140	1.20
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	70	$47,490	1.52
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	180	$50,550	1.25